CHAPTER 13-JUNGLE DIMENSION I:
"I shall find the answer to who I really am…"
Nebula muttered that to herself as the dreadful team was the first to have arrived in the jungle dimension. The area around them was vastly green and there was an abundance of plant life around them, ranging from trees, vines, flowers, mushrooms, ivy, and much more. There were also some animals exclusive to this jungle dimension, but they were vastly overshadowed by the monsters that had invaded the jungle dimension.
Nebula, Janna, and Upsilon were swinging on some of the vines through the trees until they made it to land. Of course, once they touched the ground, they were greeted towards several Craw monsters.
They were the last things that they wanted to see right now…well, except for Upsilon, who did what he does best.
"Exterminate and destroy," Upsilon blared before firing away at a couple of the monsters. "Assimilate all of Ludo's monsters."
"I have to wonder why you enjoy saying that all the time," Janna smacked another Craw monster with her hairdryer.
Nebula decided to take a break from fighting this one time. After that encounter with that Nebula android in the canyon dimension, she felt that she should sit this fight out. As such, she walked away and took a good look at her surroundings. There was a lot of jungle life that was surrounding her and it surprised her. She had to wonder why she had never been in a jungle before, not like she remembers the one time she trekked through an actual jungle.
It was then her eyes were caught something in the distance below. The creature that she saw, in particular, was revealed to be a mermaid, lying on a rock near a body of water. This got her to jump.
"Whoa, what the heck…" Nebula was bewildered as she drifted from her team and got a closer look at the enchanted mermaid. Janna noticed Nebula looking and saw what she was looking for.
"Yes Nebula, that's a mermaid over there in the distance," Janna smirked. "According to ancient legends, in this dimension, when they sing their enchanted song, they make it rain and help plants in this jungle to grow."
"Huh," Nebula gave her a look that showed she didn't believe her. "You have to be kidding me."
"No, I am not," Janna shook her head as Upsilon joined them after the latest monster thrashing. "These mermaids make it rain when they see you and sing their song."
"Illogical: a strange human-like woman with fish-shaped tails down from the waist called mermaids have the ability to trigger accumulation when their singing is heard," Upsilon said as if it was questioned. "Impossible: such an occurrence is unidentifiable and mermaids are non-existent beings-doesn't compute in the slightest."
"Upsilon has a point," Nebula snorted. "Mermaids that make it rain is utterly ridiculous and preposterous."
"Alright then," Janna shook her head. "Suit yourselves. Just don't say I didn't warn you."
With that, Janna ran off as Nebula and Upsilon followed behind her, with Nebula still denying how mermaids can make it rain.
"I just can't believe it," Nebula grunted. "Mermaids that can sing and make it rain is such an extraordinary feat, that it shouldn't be possible."
"That's what they also say about you who is the ultimate life form and has all the ultimate powers stored inside of your wand."
"No one asked you Upsilon."
Janna wasn't paying attention to them. Instead, a thought crossed her mind.
I think seeing mermaids would be something Jackie would get a kick out of. Sometimes I wonder if she is part mermaid.
With that, they continued through the mysterious jungle…
Team Sparkle had entered the jungle next as they also got a good look of where they are. They had swung from a couple of vines and were now walking along the jungle floor. After doing some observing of the place and witnessing some beautiful mermaids in the distance, Daron came to the excellent conclusion that she shared with her teammates.
"I think I understand it, girls," she snapped her fingers. "The reason why this dimension feels so mysterious is that there are many beautiful mermaids living here. And I believe that they have some magical power."
"Yeah, go figure," Pony Head sounded like she knew that already.
"Specifically in this dimension, the mermaids here have the magical power to make it rain whenever they sing an enchanted song upon catching sight of someone, making the sight wicked radical dudettes," Jackie sounded like she was a huge expert on mermaids.
"Whoa gurl, how do you know about these mermaids," Pony Head gaped as Daron was shown thinking.
"I might know a lot of things about mermaids," Jackie smiled sheepishly. "I actually read these history books about mermaids."
"Yeah, I kind of expect that from Jackie," Daron quirked. "Since she has such a strong fascination for mermaids and such, as I've witnessed several times."
"You know it dudette," Jackie smirked. "Let's go explore this jungle, and maybe if we're lucky, we might run into a couple of mermaids."
"Okay Jackie, if that's what you want," the floating unicorn head was alright with it. "Just as long as it might help with finding my medallion and your seashell necklace, okay?"
"I think it might help us after all," Jackie went back to smiling nervously as they went through the jungle. Daron was shown looking at Jackie's reaction and realizes that there's definitely something about her that she doesn't know, and it has something to do with mermaids.
It seems that Jackie has a secret, and it must have something to do with mermaids…
Keeping it quiet for now, they went through parts of the jungle…
"SAY WHAT NOW," The three Demonstrix members yelled in unison as they were trekking through the jungle too. Their client had given them their next mission, but they couldn't believe what it was.
"Again, this is your next mission," the client was starting to sound irritated. "The dimension that you are in harbors some mermaids that reside in it. Whenever they catch sight of you, they'll sing an enchanted song and make it rain, allowing you boys to be exposed. So your next mission is to get to the rendezvous point that I gave you without being detected by the mermaids."
Before the client hung up, Tom snatched it and suddenly bellowed.
"ARE YA CRAZY," Tom was clearly peeved off. "Wanting us to get through parts of this jungle dimension without being caught by some mermaids that make it rain!? What, does the real Ludo speak mermaid or something!?"
"Hehehe, funny you should mention that…" The client laughed nervously as he was about to reveal something, but he never revealed it. They took notice that he wasn't revealing it and wanted to know.
"Mention what exactly?"
"Oh never mind, just forget it," the client brushed it off. "Just get to the rendezvous point without being spotted by the mermaids, and that's final!"
Feeling like he got his point across, the client hung up as Tom was gritting his teeth.
"Relax comrade Tom," Buff Frog got Tom to cool it. "This is probably just part of test, and client is just using mermaids as the safest alternative."
"Come on Tom, Buff Frog is just saying that because as a result of training in the field of espionage, he is more than confident with getting by these mermaids with no problem."
"That's right, and I…vait, vat Archibald!?"
"Well let's go you guys," Archibald encouraged. "Those mermaids aren't going to disappear anytime soon you know."
Archibald flew ahead of them as Buff Frog and Tom rushed after him to make sure he doesn't get caught.
"I'm just surprised that he knew vat espionage means." Buff Frog blinked.
"Let's just get this over with." Tom sighed as they went through while trying to avoid the mermaids…
"…and thus the main trio of heroes, consisting of Star, Marco, and Andrew made it into the jungle dimension where there are a lot of plant life, huge vegetation to swing on, and mermaids everywhere that can make it rain whenever someone is spotted by it and it sings a beautiful song." Star had finished a monologue as they had entered the jungle and swung on a couple of vines.
"Star, that was completely unnecessary," Andrew grumbled.
"What, I was just setting the mood so we can know where we have to go," Star defended.
"Speaking of which, Marco why did we come here?" Andrew questioned.
"It's simple, we saw Ludo fleet of battleships enter this dimension not too long ago and they are currently soaring in the north direction." Marco pinpointed.
"Well that makes it much simpler," Andrew groaned. "At least we're in an area that makes me feel like I'm back on my island."
"We know Andrew," Star deadpanned as they landed on the ground and saw several mermaids in the distance, just as Star said. As he observed them, a thought just clicked in Andrew's mind as he felt like cracking up.
"Hey you know Marco, wouldn't it be a surprise if Jackie turned out to be a mermaid," the treasure hunter chuckled with his arms crossed.
Instead of reacting appropriately, Marco looked thoughtful about what Andrew said.
"I dunno Andrew, I don't doubt for a second that Jackie isn't part mermaid," the Latino expressed. "It's possible that she is, based on all the mermaid motifs that she has, including her orange seashell necklace. There was that one beautiful dress she wore when she took me to the school dance, but due to how poor that looked, she took me out on a date instead, in the park."
"Wow. That must have been amazing."
"It was Andrew," Marco smiled at the memory. "Jackie taught me how to skateboard a little, and we even shared our first kiss that night."
"Amazing dude," Andrew was intrigued.
"Another sign that she could be a mermaid was this one time we went out on a date when Star was missing for five months where she took several live lobsters in one of the restaurants and had the both of us toss them back into the ocean where they could be freed and liberated back to where they belong."
"Yeah, because mermaids also have the power to communicate and feel associated with underwater life," Andrew smirked. "We have plenty of that on my island."
"I know, I saw it before," Marco nodded.
"Hey you two, if you don't mind, I'd like us to get a move on and explore this dimension since we're here," Star shouted. "We could run into a mermaid or two while we're at it."
"Sure thing Star," Andrew sighed. "We might as well, shouldn't we Marco?"
"Yeah, let's get going."
"And besides you two, Ludo isn't being left off the hook this time!"
Once Star shouted that statement, Marco and Andrew nodded. It was then Team Star ventured through the jungle dimension too as they were hoping that they would keep themselves on the tail of Ludo's fleet of bird-shaped battleships…
Team Sparkle had explored quite a bit of the jungle dimension. It wasn't long before they came across their first mermaid in the flesh. Daron and Pony Head were in awe and gawking at the beauty of the mermaid that was in front of them. Sure Pony Head had met some mermaids in her spare time, but none were as enchanting as this. By contrast, Jackie simply approached the mermaid casually and waved at the mermaid.
"Hello there," she sounded like she was adapted to it.
The mermaid spoke in a mermaid language but waved back and exchanged a similar greeting to Jackie. Now Daron and Pony Head were wicked surprised. Since when did Jackie know how to communicate with mermaids, and how did she act like she was meant for this.
"Jackie gurl, did you just speak to that mermaid," Pony Head was wide-eyed.
"That I did," Jackie nodded. "And the mermaid said hello to me back."
"I don't understand," Daron was wrapping her head around this. "How are you capable of speaking mermaid Jackie?!"
"Ha, well the funny thing is that I happen to be one of them." Jackie was confident when she revealed it.
Beyond surprised, the nerdy girl and the floating unicorn head felt their heads rattle and smoke like a train from what Jackie just revealed to them.
"Whoa Jackie, your actually a mermaid?" Daron gaped.
"Well, technically I'm not a mermaid," she continued. "But my great-great-great grandmother was a mermaid who came to Earth from another dimension, fell in love with a human male and they gave birth. Thus I have some mermaid blood in my heritage."
"So that means…?" Pony Head wasn't able to finish.
"That's right; I'm half mermaid, and half human," Jackie finished for her.
"So that would explain why she has such a fascination for mermaids," Pony Head started to figure it out.
"And why she knows so much about them," Daron was surprised.
"Here's another thing you should know about me," Jackie made another reveal. "The orange seashell necklace that we're looking for isn't just an ordinary seashell necklace. It's actually a mermaid family heirloom past down to me by my great-great-great grandmother."
"SAY WHAT," her partners yelled in surprise.
"And here's a bonus, my heirloom necklace actually has some mermaid magic stored in it," Jackie exposed. "It may look like a regular necklace, but it actually has some amazing mermaid powers thanks to my great-great-great grandmother."
"So that's it," Daron yelled. "That's probably why Ludo might have seemed interested in your necklace Jackie! It has some strong mermaid magic that could aid him in his universal conquest!"
"That seems like the best theory Daron, and I do believe your right," Jackie nodded.
"Okay gurls, I should let you know that my medallion also has some unicorn magic stored into it as well," Pony Head confessed. "Hence why Ludo was interested in it and why he would want to be behind its theft."
"That does make sense," Daron nodded.
"Oh and if you two are wondering when I first got it, I had just turned 12. I was given it for my 12th birthday from my mom who had it passed down to her by my grandmother," Jackie informed. "Around that same time, I dyed a streak of my hair aqua on the left side and that's been my thing."
"Wow."
"And that's not all. Last year, I had gotten this cool mermaid tattoo on my right shoulder side," Jackie smirked. "I'll show it to you girls."
She took off her shirt, wearing an undershirt underneath, and revealed to them the tattoo of the mermaid which was the same aqua color as the streak in her hair. Daron and Pony Head gawked in admiration.
"Wow Jackie, that tattoo is beautiful," Daron gushed.
"Yeah gurl, that tattoo looks like the bomb," Pony Head agreed.
"I know," she put her shirt back on. "Marco had seen it too and you should have seen how he reacted to it."
"He loved it didn't he?"
"Oh yes, he did. He gawked at the sight of it."
Daron was still in shock to learn that one of the coolest girls who went to her school was actually half mermaid this whole time, and didn't even know about it.
"I'm just feeling so psyched," Daron squealed. "I've been traveling through dimensions with a floating unicorn head and a cool skateboarding girl who happens to be one half of a mermaid! It's like a dream come true!"
"Yah, this is a terrific team after all," Pony Head smiled.
"Something else occurred to me," Daron realized. "Jackie, when you were 14, you already looked curvy in the hips and the bust. Does that have something to do with your mermaid heritage?"
"Now that you mention, yes it does," Jackie confirmed. "Mermaids are curvy in the waist and have a gorgeous bust to gawk at, so it's natural that I get this figure from my mermaid heritage."
"Wow," Daron shook her head. "No wonder why Marco had the hots for you for many years. You were just so beautiful at a young age that you won Marco's heart."
"I know that," Jackie blushed. "And I think he's won my heart too."
"Hey gurls, let's go find some more mermaids," Pony Head suggested. "Maybe if we're lucky, Jackie could ask them if they saw her necklace which my medallion would be with."
"That's a terrific idea Pony Head," Daron and Jackie chimed. "Let's go for it."
Jackie then said farewell to the mermaid in front. The mermaid ended up singing its enchanted song which caused it to start to rain.
"I told ya it would start raining when that song was sung," Jackie smirked.
"We never doubted you for a second," Daron smiled. "Let's go find some more mermaids."
"Right on sistah," Pony Head was all for it.
The two of them stormed through the jungle to find mermaids who could help Jackie find her heirloom necklace and Pony Head's medallion as Daron and Pony Head were impressed about learning about Jackie's heritage…
As Nebula had flown and carried Janna up several cliffs with Upsilon hovering above to keep up with them as they were making their way through the jungle dimension. Suddenly, it started to rain thanks to one of the mermaids singing their song. Janna knew this was the work of the mermaids as she told her teammates.
"Told you two that mermaids could make it rain," she was smirking.
"Hmph," Nebula wasn't in the mood for chatting.
"What about you Upsilon," Janna decided to check on the robot's functionality. "How are you able to handle this rain?"
"I am 100% waterproof on the surface," Upsilon informed her. "Though I still can't calculate how mermaids can make it accumulate like this."
"I understand," Janna said as they landed on higher ground and started walking again. She had noticed Nebula was still upset by what she saw since she was running ahead of them.
"You're still upset, aren't you Nebula?" The Filipino dared to ask.
"So," Nebula sighed. "I won't be able to get to the bottom of this just by mulling over it."
"What about mulling over it while on the go then," Janna huffed.
"At least you'd be moving forward," Nebula grunted.
The nightmare loving Filipino followed after her with Upsilon trailing behind her. It just didn't add up. The Nebula that was with them looked like Nebula, who talked like Nebula, acts like Nebula…but does she really got nothing to remember? Was she just a Nebula Android too?
"I suppose it's a possible theory," Janna shook her head.
Despite this, she refused to believe Nebula was an android. She believed Nebula was Nebula and she would continue to believe so until actual proof is surfaced right in front of her. Nebula was the same Nebula who was locked up for 40 years, made a promise to Victoria, and saved Janna's life on more than just one occasion.
Seeing that it was still raining, Janna made sure she kept up with her teammates as they went through the jungle dimension while it was raining…
The Demonstrix were sneaking through the jungle with Tom and Archibald sticking close behind Buff Frog. Because of his trained skills in the espionage, the frog monster was the best fit to lead them without being caught by mermaids. What they didn't count on was the fact that it was raining even though they never ran into a mermaid.
"Hey Buff Frog, it's raining," Archibald was confused.
"I know," the frog monster deadpanned.
"How could this have happened," the gargoyle asked. "We never ran into a mermaid and yet it's raining."
"Keep in mind Comrade Archibald that there is more than one mermaid in jungle dimension," Buff Frog issued. "Not only that, but there's more than one team in this jungle too since someone must have gotten one to sing..."
"Yeah, I guess your right," Archibald nodded. "What do you think Tom?"
When the gargoyle turned to face Tom, he noticed something off. Tom was actually smoking from pain as the rain was hitting him. Taking notice of this, he pointed out the obvious.
"Hey Tom, you're smoking from the rain hitting you!"
"Nice observation there, Captain Obvious," Tom hissed sarcastically. "In case you forgotten, I happen to be part demon!"
"Oh, and since your part demon, you control fire, and rain is made of water! And we know that water is strong against fire, in which the rain is causing you to smoke up and feel pain!" Archibald deduced.
"BINGO!" Tom yelped in pain. "Well don't just stand there, help me out!"
"Hold up Comrade Tom," Buff Frog learned of his predicament and offered to help. "Let me find you…alternative source for your predicament."
As Tom was begging him to hurry up, Buff Frog's sight was caught on a nearby mushroom big enough for Tom. Even though it was the most efficient, it seemed durable enough to keep Tom from being pelted from the rain. Plus it took the shape of an umbrella and it seemed to be waterproof. So Buff Frog grabbed the mushroom and gave it to Tom, who covered himself from the rain. This caused him to stop smoking.
"Well, this isn't the best way to keep dry, but at least I stopped smoking," Tom thanked the frog monster. "Thanks for that Buff Frog."
"Anytime, Comrade Tom," Buff Frog gave him the approval sign as they kept moving and tried to remain out of sight from any of the mermaids.
"I take it that you never had the chance to encounter rain before, huh?" Archibald dared to ask.
"Oh, you think Archibald," Tom huffed. "In the underworld, it doesn't rain water. Water would end up vaporizing before it reaches the underworld. Where I came from, it rains fire instead. We also prefer to swim in lava, because that's what demons are adapted to."
"Yeah I could never imagine swimming in lava," the gargoyle winced.
"Me too, I vould fry up," Buff Frog cringed before he caught sight of something in the distance and stopped his team. "Look, there's a mermaid over there. Stick with me and I'll get us by it safely."
"Whatever you say Buff Frog sir," the gargoyle saluted.
"Let's just hope that it'll stop raining soon," the demon sighed.
"Trust me, Comrade Tom, this von't be last time it'll rain around us," Buff Frog warned.
The frog monster then escorted the gargoyle and a mushroom wielding demon out of the mermaid's sight so they can get by without being spotted…
Team Star was swinging from vine to vine as it was raining.
"Hey guys, it's actually raining," Star chirped. "This must be the work of the mermaids!"
"Well this isn't fun," Marco complained. "Now it's raining and I'm going to get wet socks…"
"You think you have it bad Marco," Andrew had it even worse. "I'm stuck in one of the vines!"
Andrew just wasn't having it. Not only was it raining and his hat was getting soaked, but he was stuck in one of the vines by his wrist as Star and Marco got down from the vine safely.
"Wow Andrew, you decided to hang out in the vines for a bit," Star joked.
"Quit it with the jokes Star," Andrew yelled. "Just get me down from this vine!"
As her soaked hair covered parts of her face, Star got out her wand and was about to free him the extreme way.
"Not a problem Andrew, I'll cut you down with one of my spells!" Star aimed it for the vine.
"No Star, don't use magic, use-"
"Jungle Vine Wrist Removal," Star cast the spell and it fired at the vine, in which the vine snapped off and Andrew fell to the ground face first, with his hat floating down on his head a few seconds later.
"Of course, I expected this from the crazy Mewni Princess," Andrew muffled as he got up.
"Told ya that I'd get you down," Star beamed as Andrew wiped himself and adjusted his hat.
"Well thanks a lot, Star," Andrew huffed sarcastically.
"Anytime Andrew old buddy," Star winked at him before running off.
Marco had chased after her as Andrew pulled the vine that was stuck on him off and tossed it onto the ground before running after the others. Suddenly, it stopped raining.
"Oh goodness, it stopped raining thankfully," Andrew sighed as he chased after his partners.
But the clear sky wouldn't last for long…
Team Sparkle had navigated through most of the jungle from swinging on vines and other stuff. They had just passed by several mermaids who looked gorgeous. The mermaids were actually waving hello to Jackie, who decided to return the gesture.
"Hello mermaids," Jackie greeted back in stride.
"Wow Jackie, I'm impressed that you are able to talk to these mermaids as if they were your friends," Daron gushed. "Then again, considering what we learned about you, it might not be a surprise any longer."
"Yah gurl, pretty soon we should start referring to you as Mermaid Queen," Pony Head joked.
"Yeah dudettes," Jackie giggled in flatter. "I find that very suitable…"
The skateboarder girl then got serious.
"Anyway, I had spoken to all these mermaids we passed and none of them know where my seashell necklace is," Jackie admitted. "Considering that it has mermaid powers, they probably would have seen it."
"Yeah that's true," Pony Head went with that.
"There's something else that I feel like asking," Daron was serious. "Have you told Marco about your mermaid heritage?"
"Well…I've been wanting to for a while, especially since we started dating," Jackie admitted. "The problem is I haven't been able to. I was planning on doing it the night we had that party two years ago when we were alone. But then Star came and revealed her crush on Marco and how she had to leave for Mewni, and then Marco ran off after her and he had been distant with me. We started hanging out sometime later when he learned that her crush on him was a phase. But I haven't told him."
"Oh gurl, you should tell that Earth Dude about it," Pony Head encouraged.
"I'm planning on telling him," Jackie seemed determined. "Because I trust him to keep it low and because we have known each other for years, and I know he wouldn't want anything to happen to me."
"Good idea Jackie," Daron smiled. "The next time you run into Marco on this adventure, be sure to tell him."
"I will, and that's a promise too," Jackie nodded. "Now let's see if there are any other mermaids in this jungle who might know where my seashell necklace is which Pony Head's medallion might be with too."
"You said it, Jackie," both Daron and Pony Head chimed as they continued through the jungle. As Jackie waved farewell to the mermaids, one of them sang that song, which caused it to rain, and we know what that means…
"UNBELIEVABLE," Andrew yelled in exaggeration. "We didn't even RUN into a mermaid, and it's started to rain!"
"Well keep in mind Andrew that there is more than one mermaid in this jungle," Marco explained, putting his hood up. "And combining that with how large the jungle is and how there are 3 other teams exploring this dimension at the same time, its likely someone else got the mermaids to sing."
"That's true," Andrew groaned. "I don't like having my hat soaked in water due to the rain…"
"Well Andrew it could be worse," Marco tried to enlighten him. "You could be forced to wear wet socks that come from walking in the rain…"
"I get that," Andrew then noticed that Star wasn't with them at the moment. "Hey, where the heck is Star?"
His question was answered when Star came swinging towards them on a vine.
"Yayayayayayayaya," Star had let out the craziest yell as if she had lost her marbles. In a matter of seconds, she jumped down and landed into a puddle. As she turned around to look upward by sitting, she let out a hysterical laugh from the fun she was having. As Marco shook his head, Andrew was shocked.
Okay, so Star definitely has gone cuckoo on us.
Shaking his head, Andrew then decided to ask. "Listen, Star, how the heck can you handle this kind of weather?"
"Believe me, Andrew, it rains on Mewni just as it does on Earth and on your island," Star got up. "In fact, Marco and I remember this time we snuck off to climb a large mountain and got through a rainy area just to get to the top to win at Game of Flags. It was awesome!"
"Game of Flags…?" Andrew was lost by what she said.
"It's essentially King of the Hill taken to the extremes and it's played by both sides of her family; her mother's side and her father's side," Marco revealed.
"Oh, I get it," Andrew seemed to wrap his head around it.
To his relief, it stopped raining.
"Thank goodness," Andrew huffed. "Now I can wring my hat."
"And I have to wring my hair too," Star chimed.
Both Star and Andrew took the moment to wring out their hair and hat respectively. Seeing this as a chance, Andrew decided to mess with Star by taking his already soaked hat and then wrung it right over Star, causing more water to fall on top of her head.
"Whoa, what was that for Andrew," Star yelled as she shook herself.
"Oh, I only did that because I felt like it," Andrew cackled.
"How about if I wring my hair over your head, Andrew…?"
"Wouldn't happen, because I would think first before you could..."
"The two of you are impossible," Marco chuckled before he started walking. Once he did, he felt his feet step into something wet and grimaced. "And so are my socks. They're wet, this isn't good…"
Not liking this, Marco struggled to follow after Star and Andrew with wet socks on through the jungle…
"I don't get it. If Nebula can be so calm about this, why can't I," Janna was wringing out her beanie while she watched Nebula wring out her own hair. "Is it because I can remember and she can't…"
"I'd advise you to inform Nebula and tell her everything you know," Upsilon stated as his system was fully functional.
"I dunno…I really want to, but I don't want to set her over the edge. You should have seen how she reacted when she saw that discarded Nebula Android back in the canyon dimension."
"I have noticed it, but you either have to overcome it or if otherwise, trigger something that'll reveal who she really is."
Janna took a deep breath and slumped. "I just don't wanna risk it. Besides, I've got a plan."
"And how possible will this plan of yours be able to pull through, statistics-wise?"
Janna was struggling to find an answer but was saved when Nebula returned to them.
"Alright, I think I figured out a route for us while I was wringing out my hair," Nebula said. "We'll have to fly over a few gaps, and then we head down the path and then we'll see what we'll run into next."
"Alright we can move," Janna allowed Nebula to grab her hand. "It stopped raining anyway."
"I know," Nebula flew off with Upsilon hovering after them. "I still don't get how mermaids could make it rain here…"
"It's like I said, mermaids have many magical powers," Janna grinned.
"I think I've noticed that, from seeing several mermaids in this jungle."
Once Nebula said that; they ended up getting onto an upper path where they were walking and started picking up the pace. Janna took a look at her surroundings and felt they looked familiar.
"You know, this place reminds me of the jungles that existed back on Jail Island," she recalled.
"Jail Island," Nebula was perplexed as she looked at Janna. "Since when was an island made to be a jail?"
Janna's attention to Nebula went down a few notches.
"Yes, there was a security base and a jail on that island," Janna explained. "It was on Earth and parts of it were surrounded by a thick forest. But then it was blown up, and…I was on the island when it happened."
"Wait, how did you escape," Upsilon was curious now. "This piques my interest."
"Well…" her gaze fell onto Nebula, but she looked away before she could catch her. "I guess I was saved in the nick of time."
Accepting that as an answer, Upsilon continued with Nebula and Janna through the jungle dimension…
Once it had stopped raining, the girlish team had felt themselves soaking wet. Daron was shown wringing her hair and wiping the lens of her glasses, while Pony Head shook herself and her mane dry. Meanwhile, Jackie took her own hair and wrung it.
"Wow Jackie," Daron commented. "You look like you just had a wipeout while surfing on a big wave."
"That is the perfect way to put it," Jackie laughed as she dried her hair out. "In any case, I'm just surprised that the mermaids we ran into were friendly and happy to see me."
"Maybe they're glad to see their mermaid leader return to them," Pony Head joked once again.
"Yeah, that's a good one," the skateboarder girl remarked. "But it has more to do with my mermaid heritage and the mermaid blood that I have."
"Anyway, shall we get going girls," Daron instructed.
"Ready when you are Daron."
The three girls went down a path until they came to the edge. They jumped down and bounced off of a rather big mushroom that propelled them up to another path above them. They got a good look of their surroundings from a good view up, the blue sky hovering over their heads.
"Wow, this place is beautiful girls," Daron smiled. "This place is more spaced out than the previous dimensions we've explored."
"Well go figure, this place is really pretty," Pony Head admitted. "I like what we've encountered so far."
"I think this place is totally radical," Jackie smirked. "And it's just the way I like it."
Taking the upper path, the three girls continued through the jungle while seeing if the other mermaids in the jungle know where Jackie's heirloom necklace is with Pony Head's medallion…
Now that they had dried up, Marco still had wet socks as he took off his shoes to look at how wet they are.
"Well this sucks," he groaned. "My socks are still wet. Did I mention how much I hate wet socks?"
"Not to worry, Marco, I gotcha covered," Star prepped her wand. "I'll dry them off: Drying Moist Removal!"
She shot the spell on his socks. To his surprise, they dried right up as he put his shoes back on.
"Well thanks for that Star," Marco appreciated the offer, even though it came with a catch. "But there's still a possibility that it'll rain again, and then my socks will become wet again."
"Oh right," Star moaned. "I didn't think about that…"
"That's not a surprise. That's how Star is," Andrew muttered loudly. "She always does things before thinking and puts herself into situations without thinking of the consequences."
"Hey," Star protested as they jumped off of several mushrooms. "I don't always screw up and use spells without thinking of the effects first."
"Andrew's got a point you know," Marco agreed. "You have used magic in situations without thinking, even when it isn't necessary. Remember when you used magic to make me grow that enormous beard that I was cocooned in?"
"Right," Star was still shaking about that memory when Marco wanted to grow a beard just to impress Jackie, but she grew it with magic. It took her almost 24 hours or longer to finally get Marco freed from the oversized beard that extended throughout the house with a simple razor. "I think you both made your point."
Marco and Andrew nodded as they were on the move again.
"Anyway Marco, are we going the right way?"
"We have to be," the Latino confirmed. "With the wind direction, the way the leaves and clouds are swaying, combined with the moss that's growing on the trees…"
"To put it simply, Marco says we are going the right way," the treasure hunter huffed as he grabbed his partners and they went in the right direction. "And let's keep going this way until we see the air fleet depart for the next dimension."
And so they picked up the pace through the jungle dimension…
Team Dread came to a halt to take down some Craw monsters and some bat monsters, but that's not the only reason they came to stop.
Janna was wondering why they were even in this dimension. They didn't see Ludo head here because the hideout in the canyon dimension was destroyed, and the one they took out was a fake. So what was their reason for being here?
"I don't get it, why are we even in this dimension," Janna was unsure of this as she bashed a craw monster with her hairdryer. "I mean, we have no Ludo to follow since the one we followed previously was revealed to be a fake, and we don't know where he is currently…"
"Upsilon," Nebula paused to shot Dark Purple Lightning Spear at the bat monsters. "Had detected some of Ludo's monsters swarming this jungle dimension and he also sensed some Ludo activity being taken in this jungle. Even if the one we beat previously was fake, that doesn't change the fact that the real Ludo must be the ringleader in this and is planning it all in hiding."
"Affirmative, my calculations never lie." Upsilon proclaimed.
Nebula grabbed Janna with one hand and her wand in the other. With one swing, Janna hit one of the bat monsters with a kick while Nebula blasted the other one with a Dark Purple Fist Punch, knocking its lights out. Upsilon had fired away at the remaining craw monsters as they vanished with the bat monsters. After landing onto the ground, Janna smirked to herself.
"Well that was a resourceful team attack," Janna said coyly.
"Yeah, I just wish that I wasn't so lost right about now," the dark girl remarked.
"Still feeling bad about not having any memories?"
"Well, yes, but I was actually referring to how we're lost in this jungle dimension."
Indeed, Team Dread was lost in the jungle dimension with no clue on how to get by it…
Buff Frog was shown jumping from one ledge to another while carrying both Tom and Archibald on his shoulders.
"Did you have to carry us up those ledges Buff Frog," Tom queried.
"Yeah," Archibald agreed. "We could have flown up those ledges by ourselves."
"And risk you two getting spotted by mermaids," Buff Frog argued. "Sorry, too risky."
Seeing that there was no room to an argument, Tom and Archibald remained quite as Buff Frog got to the top. Once he did, the frog monster swung from one vine to another with his comrades holding on tight on his back, and bouncing on several bouncy mushrooms along the way. It was impressive how Buff Frog was managing himself through this jungle dimension while not getting spotted by a mermaid yet.
"You know Buff Frog, you really are taking this seriously," Tom commented. "You're not paranoid of being spotted by the mermaids, are you?"
"Of course not," Buff Frog argued. "Have you seen size of mermaids? They are like any other mermaids in other dimensions, and there's no vay vee could miss them."
"Regardless, it's awesome how you're getting us by here," Archibald praised. "I feel like you were meant to get by this kind of area."
Buff Frog was about to comment to that before he noticed something in the distance.
"Look," he pointed.
"Looks like a human lady with a fishtail," Archibald was wide-eyed.
"That's a mermaid Archibald," Tom retorted.
"He's right," the frog monster huffed. "Vee better stay outta sight."
As they stayed up above from where the mermaid was, the mermaid had started singing its enchanted song, which caused it to start to rain again.
"Uh oh, it's raining again," Archibald felt a raindrop.
"You know what that means," Tom moaned.
"Yup," Buff Frog gave the umbrella mushroom to Tom to keep him dry from the rain.
They then remained where they were until the rain clears up and the mermaid is gone…
Andrew was still dragging both of his teammates through the jungle dimension. Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing depends on who you ask. They ran into some stray craw monsters and a turtle monster up ahead. This got Andrew to let go of Star and Marco as he got ready.
"Alright, now we're talking," Andrew decided to drill dig over to the stray monsters to attack them from underground.
"I gotcha covered Andrew," Star flew over and approached the stray craw monsters, charging up her wand. "Dagger Crystal Heart Attack; feel the love you monsters!"
This caused the craw monsters to be stunned as daggers were sticking out of their chests which left them motionless. Seconds later, Andrew emerged from underground and his fists collided with the craw monsters before slamming right into them and dishing out several punches on them. Meanwhile, Marco decided to jump for the turtle monster and jabbed it right in the face before kicking it onto its back. With one swing, Marco picked up the monster and hurled it on top of the craw monsters that Andrew just took out
"Now that's what I call teamwork," said Andrew.
"The power of teamwork never fails," Star boasted. "Anyway, are we going to get through here? I mean the air fleet that Ludo sent out is probably nearing the end of this dimension and heading to the next one."
"Relax Star," Marco was confident. "We'll catch Ludo, I promise."
"So no need to get your hair all ruffled up over that Star," Andrew joined.
"And what makes you say that?" Star quizzed.
Just as Andrew was about to answer, they heard thunder again and it started to rain, much to the dismay of Marco and Andrew.
"Not again…" Both of them uttered simultaneously…
Team Sparkle had just used a yellow flower that they touched to fly through the air with ease. Needless to say, all three of them were enjoying the experience.
"Wow girls, I'm amazed at how this flower can actually fly through the air," Daron remarked in admiration.
"I'll say, even though I can fly over here, this flower gave us the perfect opportunity to see the fabulous view down below," Pony Head remarked.
"Yeah, I like how we are flying with a simple flower too," Jackie grinned.
"We've dealt with some crazy things in this dimension, girls, from all the plants that grow very large to mermaids that make it rain, and now there's a yellow flower that is flying us to the top of that hollow stump below us," Daron said.
"And to top it off, we learned our skateboarding partner is part mermaid," Pony Head added.
"It also has occurred to me that we'll have to land inside of that hollow stump that's below us too since this flower can't fly forever." Jackie pointed out.
Then right on cue, when they were right above the stump, the flower then vanished as they saw that they were in for a long drop.
"Let's brace ourselves, girls," Daron yelled.
Pony Head thankfully came through and got the both of them to descend down the stump slowly until they were back on the ground unscathed. They were at the bottom of the stump as they saw a small opening for them to walk out of.
"Hey girls, this small opening is our way out," the nerdy girl noticed it was raining. "But it's raining again."
"No sweat, we've dealt with it already, and we can handle it again," Jackie was confident.
"She's right, let's get by this area." Pony Head agreed.
"Very well then, let's roll."
The three of them ventured back outside in the rain as they kept traveling through the vast jungle to search for their belongings, hoping one of the mermaids know where they could be…
Team Dread was now in another part of the jungle dimension, as they were unable to move forward.
"Okay guys, how can we press on from here," Janna put her hands onto her hips.
"Detected a mermaid's presence in the vicinity," Upsilon pointed to the nearby mermaid up ahead. "Shall we use its ability to create accumulation to get the vegetation in front of us to grow?"
"Fine," Nebula growled. "Let's get this done and over with so we can move on."
Once Janna got the mermaid's attention, it started singing that enchanted song which got the rain to start falling and the plants to grow, allowing them to get by the area and continue. The rain stopped shortly after that, and it was clear again.
"Great, now we can move," Nebula wasted no time in getting by as she used the grown plants to her advantage. Janna and Upsilon followed right behind her as the latter was computing how such a feat was possible.
"It's amazing how the accumulation from something such as a mermaid is able to make vegetation grow the way it does," he confirmed.
"Yeah, that's how they work here," Janna felt like sharing with her robot companion. "Anyway, I have this friend named Jackie who is really interested in mermaids. If she were in this dimension and had run into them, she would have been overjoyed from seeing them."
"Who is this Jackie that you are referring to," Upsilon demanded an answer. "I require some background on this Jackie that you mentioned."
Janna was just about to answer Upsilon's question before Nebula told both of them to stop as they came to a halt right behind Nebula.
"Okay, I'm sorry to interrupt whatever it is you two are talking about, but we have a problem here," Nebula pointed. "It's a dead end. And that means we won't be able to go any farther at this rate."
"Oh come on, let me see," Janna got to the front and saw that it was a dead end. Janna then saw something in front of her that left her speechless along with her teammates.
It was a yellow flower that they have to use to fly over to the next area...
Buff Frog was still lurking in the trees above and in the shadows while continuing to carry Tom and Archibald on his shoulders.
"Okay, I know I might have asked this before, but why do we have to continue sitting on your shoulders Buff Frog?" The demon asked.
"To make things easier so the chances of being spotted by mermaids are lowered in numbers," Buff Frog answered. "That vay, vee don't get caught."
"I get that," Tom groaned as he was not meant to live in the jungle. "It's also worth mentioning that I was never meant to live in a jungle such as this one. Demons prefer living in warmer and dryer territory where there are fire and lava to thrive on. We don't like to live in jungles where mermaids make it rain."
"Yeah, mermaids shouldn't make it rain," Archibald agrees before thinking thoughtfully. "At least according to the tales I've read about mermaids…
"Huh, this is no problem for me," the frog monster wasn't complaining. "I feel very much adapted to this kind of environment."
"Well that's no surprise," Tom retorted. "Considering that you were born and raised in a jungle swamp-like area."
"Exactly," Buff Frog said flatly.
The frog monster then got out of the tree and proceeded to press by the jungle while making sure no mermaids were in sight…
Team Star was trekking through the moist grass as they scurried through the murky jungle, hoping that they don't get wet again. Surprisingly, Marco had used a leaf to cover him (despite having his hood up) and Andrew scooted underneath next to the Latino so he wouldn't get wet either.
"You know guys, I hardly remember it raining on the other adventures we've been on," Star pondered. "It's something that rarely happens to us."
"And it's a good thing it hardly rains like this," Marco shivered. "I can't stand wet socks."
"And I can't stand my hat being wet."
"Chill you guys, this is only happening because the mermaids are singing that song to make it rain," Star assured. "Besides, I would rather do this than to cut off a mermaid's tail like I almost did with Tiffany."
"Don't remind me of that Star," Marco winced at the time Star was going to chop off a mermaid's tail with an ax so she would never have to become a queen. "That would have become graphic."
"Not to mention the rating of the show would have been bumped up to a T," Andrew grumbled.
"Hey, there's no need to lean on the fourth wall Andrew," Star scolded.
"Hold it guys, look at that," Marco pointed at something in front of them, something that was peculiar.
It was a yellow flower. And it looked like it could fly.
"Is that a flower," Andrew examined.
"It looks like it can fly," Marco gazed.
"In that case, let's try it out!" Star got out her wand. "Fly, you little flower with Hurricane Force Wind!"
"Star, that's not necessary," Andrew started as she used the spell on the flower.
Abruptly, Star grabbed both Marco and Andrew before grabbing the flower which lifted them into the air. The three of them were now soaring across the air while examining their surroundings below. Surprisingly, Star actually saw this as one of the craziest things she's had to use, and she admitted it to her teammates.
"Okay guys, I think I should point it out that this has to be one of the craziest stunts that I've had to go along with." Star cried out.
"Really, and what else is there?" Marco looked curious.
"Well, one of them that's at the top of the list was the time where Andrew piloted the shuttle we were using while heading to the Space Colony GOD, nearly creaming us while heading there," Star admitted.
"You're never going to let me live down that moment, are you Star?" Andrew groaned.
"Well Andrew, that was one of the only times where my whole life flashed before my very eyes and we were steering close to death, so of course I'm not going to let you live it down." Star quipped as they used the flower to travel until they had to get down to the solid ground again…
"I'm bored," Archibald whined.
"And I'm smoking," Tom retorted. "But you don't see me complaining."
"Oh come off it Tom, there are plenty of things that you could be complaining about right now," the gargoyle retorted.
"Not while I'm meditating my thoughts and keeping myself at an easeful state." The demon countered.
"Okay comrades, I need to stop for just one second," Buff Frog came to a halt as there was a gargoyle statue in front of them. "Archibald, do us favor and activate gargoyle statue."
"Roger that Buff Frog sir," Archibald saluted before flying off of the frog monsters shoulder to touch the statue. This got it to light up and caused the three of them to be teleported to another part of the jungle.
As Archibald went back onto Buff Frog's shoulder, they saw no mermaids in sight, but there was a slight problem they had encountered.
The wind currents were picking up and it was hard for them to get by it.
"Brace yourselves comrades," Buff Frog warned. "This'll be rough."
The demon and the gargoyle hung on tight to the frog monster's shoulders as the frog monster slowly got through parts of the heavy wind. They then saw their ticket out of there; a yellow flower that they had to use to get by.
"Hey Buff Frog, check out that flower," the gargoyle cheered.
"I guess we have to use it to fly past this area," the demon suggestion.
"That vould be the only solution in this predicament," the frog monster grabbed a hold of the yellow flower as it then started flying past the windy and it headed through the air.
"And you know what's the best part; it's not raining," Archibald beamed. "So Tom doesn't have to worry about getting wet!"
"Thanks for bringing that up." Tom deadpanned.
"Let's hope this flower doesn't splatter us onto the ground below." Buff Frog hoped.
They rode on the yellow flower while praying they don't splatter and hope that they don't run into any mermaids…
"Woohoo, this is a wicked cool flower, dudes," Janna was thrilled by this flying flower.
Of course, it was not an understatement. The flower was getting them to a higher part of the jungle, and it was effective in spite of Nebula seeing it as ridiculous since she was steering it.
"This flower was built to function just like a helicopter," the robot informed. "This technique should be efficient enough to get us where we need to head."
"I hope so, but where we're going to land…" Nebula directed their attention to where they need to land. "…is the more important question we should be concerned with."
When Nebula suddenly let go, Janna gulped and screamed while Upsilon let out some incoherent beeps that were loud enough to put a siren to shame.
"Come on you two," Nebula yawned at their outbursts. "We can get down safely. Upsilon, use your hover booster to descend down slowly."
"Affirmative," as soon as he activated them, Upsilon let go of Janna's foot and hovered down slowly.
"And Janna, I'll get us down slowly too," Nebula started to descend downward at a slow pace.
"I hope so," Janna gulped, not wanting to fall from such a massive height.
Fortunately for them, they managed to land safely onto a large leave below them as the fall proved to be effective and not so painful.
"There now was that so bad," Nebula crossed her arms.
"No I guess not," Janna huffed. "We did make it down safely."
"All operations are fully functional; proceed with progression post haste," Upsilon pointed.
It didn't take long for them to continue their venture through the jungle dimension as they moved out…
As soon as they got off of one flower, Team Star now had to use another one to get by.
Well, that's too bad for them.
"I have to say it, but I rather prefer taking the rain over this dumb flower," Star groaned.
"But you're the only one who can fly it Star," Marco insisted. "Andrew and I can't make it fly the way you can."
Star scratched her head and searched for another suggestion. "How about you get us by here Marco?"
"You're forgetting who you're talking to; an average human who can't fly."
"Well, how about Andrew getting us by here?"
"I'd be picking daisies by the time I can carry both of you for that period of time."
"Perhaps we could make a round trip…?"
"Star, stop fooling around and use the flower," Andrew barked, getting tired of the princess fishing for excuses.
"Fine," Star moaned as she grabbed the flower and got it flying with Marco and Andrew hanging onto her as they soared through the air with it. While they were looking for a spot to land, they saw the most humongous mushroom that was right in front of them. Just the sight of it caused them to be mind-boggled.
"W-Wow," Marco was at a lost. "I've never seen a mushroom that big before, and I've had 100 small mushrooms on Emilio's Pizzas."
"Well we have jungle mushrooms on my island too," Andrew brought up. "But none of them are as big as that one!"
"Well hold on you two, because this flower is going to head straight for that mushroom," Star warned them.
It might have been a crash landing, but the three of them were safe and sound down on the ground. The flower disappeared the moment Star had let go of it. The three of them trailed off down the path in front of them.
"Star, you're never using a flower to fly again," Andrew groaned after dusting himself off. For once during this adventure, Star actually agreed with Andrew.
"I hope your right too, Andrew, I really don't like using those flowers," Star muttered.
"Well let's keep going if we hope on catching Ludo's air fleet," Marco suggested.
The three of them picked up the pace as they got by more of the jungle area around them…
Upsilon was currently tuning up some minor dents from the recent occurrence involving that flying flower. Nebula was in front as she got her teammates by from one tree to another, bouncing off of several mini mushrooms and only came to a halt when they reached a dead end.
"Flying vegetation detected up ahead," the robot pointed out as Nebula and Janna saw it too.
"Should we make it fly again," Nebula rubbed her temple about whether or not this would be a good idea.
"Be my guest Nebula," Janna shrugged as Nebula grabbed it, with Janna and Upsilon joining her afterwards as they started to fly again.
As Team Dread used the flower to fly, they saw a huge mushroom that was the same one Team Star had seen. Janna was the one who noticed it.
"Whoa ho, that is one humongous mushroom," Janna gawked.
And I thought the mushrooms that were located on Andrew's floating island were big…
"Warning: the wind currents are taking us directly to that giant mushroom," Upsilon gave them a warning.
Despite having difficulty steering it, Nebula managed to find a good spot to land around the mushroom where the flower disappeared once she let go of it.
"Let's get going," Nebula told them as she ran off. Janna smirked and followed after her while Upsilon boosted right behind them. They were hoping on getting where they need to be shortly…
"Yahoo, this flower is actually flying," Archibald whooped as the flower was steering them in the right direction.
"Buff Frog sure got this one down," Tom complimented. "Thanks for this Buff Frog."
"Anytime comrades," the frog monster smiled before frowning. "But don't thank me yet, for vee might be in for rough landing…"
The flower descended as Buff Frog then let go of the flower. Naturally, Buff Frog managed to get onto the ground safely as if he was just gone up a ledge. Tom levitated down onto the ground while Archibald used his wings to descend down safely. They realized that they were at the bottom of a stump, and they still had some ground to cover before they make it to the rendezvous point.
"Well, we're now at the bottom of a stump," Tom examined.
"Yeah, and we see no mermaids, and we haven't been caught by one so far," Archibald cheered.
"And vee shall keep it that vay," Buff Frog got his companions back onto his shoulders before continuing onward through parts of the jungle dimension. "Don't let guard down yet comrades. Vee have come too far to turn back…"
Team Dread was now at the base of a tall tree as they circled around it a couple of times while smacking out any incoming monsters in their path.
"Now where do we go from here," Nebula wondered, picking up a knocked out craw monster and tossing it down the valley below the treetop.
"Well, there's no way we can fly up this tree," Janna quoted. "But I did find this spring like mushroom we can use."
She used the mushroom and felt herself being propelled up to the top of the tree. Once they were finished clearing out the monsters, Nebula and Upsilon joined her by using the mushroom to catch up with Janna. It wasn't long before they found themselves grinding on 'mysterious vegetation' as Upsilon puts it. It was easy to see that they were at the highest point of the jungle and they got a good view of the horizon beyond them.
"Wow, I guess I was wrong," Janna smirked. "This place is much better than the jungle on Jail Island."
Even when it started to rain again, Janna's grin didn't fade away.
"You know, this is really impressive from a nature perspective," Nebula agreed, admiring what was in front of her. "It's hard for me to judge though since I never been in many jungles in my lifetime."
Janna playfully punched her on the shoulder as a result. "Oh stop and enjoy the view. Remember what I said?"
"There's a first time for everything?" Nebula quoted.
"Exactly Nebula," Janna had a teasing tone to her voice. "Let's see what's in store for us next."
They then trotted to the next part of the jungle dimension…
The Demonstrix didn't have any problems after coming out of the stump. They got by with Buff Frog swinging on vines, jumping from tree to tree, and using any and all vegetation necessary to get by with his partners on his back. It was a shame that it came to a halt when Buff Frog stopped and saw something in the distance. There were several mermaids up ahead, which caused Archibald to wince.
"Oh great, there's more mermaids," Tom grunted. "How are we going to get past that?"
"Just let me handle this," Buff Frog then uses a special method to sneak past the mermaids and travel from the treetops so they would be undetected. They managed to get by the horde of mermaids as they landed in front of that same yellow flower.
"Hey, isn't that the same flower we used before," Tom scratched his head.
"Yes I do believe your right, Comrade Tom," Buff Frog seemed skeptical of running into another one.
"Well let's use it to make it fly," Archibald suggested.
"Looks like vee don't have a choice," Buff Frog sighed. "Oh, very vell then…"
Once Buff Frog grabbed the bottom of the flower, it started soaring through the air again. They felt the flower being carried by the gust behind them as they looked at their surroundings. However, their eyes were caught by something HUGE that was in front of them.
"Whoa, what's that suppose to be?" Tom was at a lost.
"It's a giant mushroom," Archibald cried.
"Vow, I've seen big mushrooms many times, but none were that big." Buff Frog was amazed.
It was the same mushroom that Team Star and Team Dread headed for. And just like before, the Demonstrix members were being drifted to the upper part of the mushroom…
As Team Sparkle ventured deep into the jungle, they were encountering less and fewer mermaids on the way by, and those that they did encounter didn't know where Jackie's seashell heirloom necklace was located. Not that Jackie was upset about it, because there was still the next part of the jungle that they could check out.
"Well, we've been through a good portion of the jungle, and we haven't found your belongings at all," Daron huffed. "And even though we've seen just about every mermaid in this part of the jungle dimension, none of them know where Jackie's heirloom necklace is located."
"Which means we don't know where my medallion is neither," Pony Head moaned.
"Relax dudettes, it's no pressure that we haven't found them yet," Jackie remained as cool as ever. "There's the next part of the jungle that we can investigate too, so there's nothing to get worried about."
"You have a point, Jackie," Daron smiled. "It was fun seeing all those mermaids say hello to you in their mermaid language."
"Yeah, I agree, Daron," Jackie giggled. "That was pretty fun."
"You know what else is going to be fun," Pony Head got their attention. "We got some monsters to take care of."
Indeed, there were a couple of craw monsters in their path waiting to be taken out.
"Not if we have anything to show to them," Daron got out her fake wand and charged for them. Pony Head and Jackie followed suit.
One of the craw monsters met its match when Daron smacked it across the head with her fake wand. It was so effective that it skid a couple of feet before being knocked out. Pony Head took care of another one by jabbing it with her horn, getting it to jump a bit. The floating unicorn head then zapped it with a laser beam that took care of that one too. And then the last one that Jackie took care of was met with a karate chop in the face, followed by a jab in the stomach and a kick in the side before being tossed on top of the other two knocked out craw monsters. Daron finished the job by using her fake wand as a golf club and smacked the three craw monsters out of there were they went plummet down the valley from the treetops.
"Woo, we really are impressive," Daron smirked.
"Indeed we are," Pony Head was ecstatic.
"You know, I'm getting used to fighting these monsters since we've faced them several times," Jackie had to admit.
"Yeah, and we are impressed that you put up a good fight even after knowing about your mermaid genes," Daron complimented.
This got Jackie to blush from the flatter.
Just then, it started to rain again and the girls felt it.
"Well, it's raining again," Pony Head pointed out.
"Never mind that dudettes, let's head to the next part of the jungle," Jackie motioned. "That place is bound to have what we're looking for and we might find something we like."
"You said it, Jackie," Daron pocketed her fake wand. "Let's get moving."
Without any protests, the girls shoved off to the next part of the jungle mission in hopes of finding what they are looking for…
The Demonstrix members were spiraling at the top of the mushroom where they landed. Buff Frog wasted no time with plowing through this part, swinging through vines, taking down monsters, and remaining out of sight of any peeping mermaids, with Tom and Archibald tight on his shoulders.
"We're just about close to the rendezvous point," Tom exclaimed. "Keep it up Buff Frog."
"Sure thing," the frog monster said as he kept out of the sight of any mermaids.
After a few minutes, the Demonstrix finally reached the rendezvous point where the client said they had to get to. Then the client called them as he suddenly knew that they had made it.
"Good job you boys," the client cheered. "You didn't even get detected by the mermaids once, very amazing!"
"Well, we couldn't have done it without Buff Frog," Tom admitted. "Looks like his training in the espionage finally paid off."
"Yeah Buff Frog, the way you used those stealth techniques was way past cool," Archibald chirped.
Buff Frog felt proud of his teammates congratulating him on getting them by as they got off their shoulders.
"I'm glad that I could be of assistance," the frog monster said.
"Good, now get to the deeper part of the jungle dimension and I'll give you your next assignment," the client demanded before hanging up.
"Vell, let's go to deeper part of jungle dimension," Buff Frog motioned.
"We're right behind you Buff Frog," Tom said.
"Yeah, let's roll," Archibald saluted.
The three of them then ventured to the deeper part of the jungle dimension for the client to give them their next assignment…
By this point, Team Star felt more content with traveling, as they had swung from vine to vine, and had to grind on strange ivy. Once they got to the end, they admired the view below them.
"Whew, look at the wonderful view below us guys," Star admired. "There are a lot of wonders in this jungle. There's even a river where the mermaids go to take a swim."
"Wow, I never thought that you would be amazed by such views of nature Star," Andrew was shocked. "Considering how I live in nature every day on my island."
"Well Andrew, unlike you I don't remain in one spot," Star said. "I tend to travel through several dimensions, and I get a good look at what's around me and feel that all this traveling is worth all the fun places we can discover."
"She's right Andrew," Marco agreed. "A lot of the places she's visited have always been a pleasure to visit and she gets to see the excitement of visiting every one of them."
"No doubt about that Marco," Star smiled.
They continued walking, but suddenly, a mermaid popped out from one of the ponds nearby and pounced right on top of Andrew, which got him a little irritated.
"Ugh, why did this mermaid pin me on the ground like this," Andrew proceeded to push the mermaid off.
"Well you know Andrew, you could be a mermaid magnet," Star joked.
"Oh haha, that's a riot right there Star," Andrew laughed sarcastically as the mermaid felt hurt emotionally, but shook it off and went back into the water. "I mean no offense to the mermaid, but I really don't want to make it rain again."
"Come on Andrew," Star groaned. "Don't let the rain get onto your parade."
"I dunno Star," Marco said. "I actually agree with Andrew. Remember; no more wet socks."
"Alright you two," Star jumped off of a mushroom she bounced on. "But remember, if it doesn't rain on your parade then look up. Because without rain…"
She motioned them to the rainbow that had formed in the distance. This got Marco and Andrew to gaze in awe at it as it was a wonderful sight.
"…there will be no rainbow."
Using the rainbow as a guide, Team Star decided to follow it, in which it would lead them to the deeper parts of the jungle dimension, where they have to head if they hoped on catching that air fleet…
END OF CHAPTER 13!
YEAH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FINISH THIS CHAPTER, I ACTUALLY ENJOYED WRITING THIS CHAPTER. IT WAS PRETTY FUN!
THAT'S RIGHT READERS, I DECIDED TO USE THE WHOLE 'JACKIE IS A MERMAID' THEORY AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THE STORY, BUT WITH SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS WHERE SHE HAS A OLD RELATIVE THAT WAS A MERMAID WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN SOME THINGS IN THE SHOW, AND ALSO, HER ORANGE SEASHELL NECKLACE IS ACTUALLY A HEIRLOOM THAT HAS MERMAID MAGIC INSIDE IT, THAT NO ONE ELSE CAUGHT ON! I FEEL THAT I DID A GOOD JOB WITH THIS SINCE THE SHOW ITSELF FAILED TO DO SOME BACKGROUND DEPTHS FOR JACKIE'S CHARACTERIZATION OUTSIDE OF BEING MARCO'S GIRLFRIEND! THIS WAS SOMETHING THE SHOW COULD HAVE DONE BUT FAILED TO DO SO, AND IT COULD HAVE MADE HER MORE RELEVANT TO THE SHOW AND SHE COULD HAVE MAINTAINED AN IMPORTANT ROLE! I MEAN AFTER SHE BROKE UP WITH MARCO, SHE WAS WRITTEN OFF FROM THE SHOW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO SEASON FOUR EPISODES AND ONE CAMEO. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS!
I HAD EXPECTED DISNEY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, CONSIDERING THIS IS THE SAME COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LITTLE MERMAID, AND THAT BAFFLES ME! STILL, I DO HOPE YOU LIKE JACKIE'S BACKSTORY!
ALSO, I FEEL HAVING TOM SMOKE UP IN THE RAIN WOULD MAKE SENSE, SEEING THAT HE'S A DEMON WHO CONTROLS FIRE, RAIN IS MADE FROM WATER, AND FIRE IS WEAK AGAINST WATER, SO THIS REACTION WOULD MAKE SENSE!
ASIDE FROM THAT AND THE MANY REFERENCES IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU CAN LEAVE A REVIEW FOR THIS CHAPTER IF YOU LIKE, AND TUNE IN FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!