A/N: Yup, Charmcaster did in the previous chapter what she didn't do in "Couples Retreat." xD

Chapter 19

Kevin and Gwen watched as the HIT soldiers left a relatively small black box in the middle of the ground not too far from the battle and some skyscrapers. "Uh... what the heck is that thing?" Kevin asked, and Nelson replied with a smirk, "You'll see." He snapped his fingers and as Gwen and Kevin watched, another agent with a rocket launcher stood from the top of a building and fired directly at the black box.

For something of its size, the explosion that resulted from the black box was colossal. It blew away several of the Plumbers and their ships; and then a skyscraper that had been sitting too close to the explosion was shaken too much and crumbled and started to fall down upon itself. The resulting smoke from the explosion filled the air, and Gwen put up a mana forcefield to protect herself and Kevin from the inhalation.

Once the smoke finally cleared, the Plumbers were milling about in confusion. The other army had backed away, trying to avoid the smoke and carnage. Kevin turned back around to confront Nelson, but he was gone. "How do you get that far in a freaking wheelchair?!" he yelled in frustration.

Bones, having already recovered from the blow to the head, crawled back up, and seeing all the destruction, snarled at Kevin and Gwen, "This is all on you." Then he ran back towards his Plumbers and yelled, "Guys! Get ahold of yourself! This is just a minor setback! We're in luck, they fell back while that stupid thing went off! Let's attack them now!"

Eventually, the Plumbers began to regain control of themselves, and started to run towards the army that outnumbered that was larger than them and more prepared. The war continued on again for a moment, before one of the stragglers yelled, "Wait! Another ship is getting stolen!" Bones turned around with an expression of shock on his face as, indeed, another Plumber ship had come to life and was preparing to fly off. And the person driving it was none other than Nelson.

"How'd he get over there?!" Bones shrieked, his face nearly purple now with rage. He opened his mouth, presumably to order someone to follow Nelson, but then he stopped, thought for a moment, and then he sighed and turned to the few Plumbers that were waiting for orders, and told them, "Let him go. Max is up there, as well as the two anomalies. He'll get taken care of, one way or another."

Bones nodded to his soldiers as they went back to fighting while Nelson's ship flew towards the sky. "Now what?" Kevin asked, after having watched all that had just transpired. "We've gotta warn Ben and Charmcaster," Gwen declared, "They've got some trouble coming their way." Kevin responded to that by laughing. And he didn't stop for a few seconds. "What's so funny?" Gwen asked, confused. "I'm sorry," Kevin chuckled, "But it's hard to classify a guy in a wheelchair as 'trouble.'" "I wouldn't underestimate him too much," Gwen warned him, "You saw what he just orchestrated. Clearly he's got something else planned, and I doubt it's any good."

"Well, whatever'll help you sleep I guess," Kevin sighed, still snickering a bit. Gwen rolled her eyes, and got out her Plumber's badge that had come with her into this reality, and contacted Ben. "What's going on?" Ben's voice asked over the radio, and Gwen replied, "Nothing good. Nelson's still alive, and he's in a wheelchair... but he's allied the remaining gangs together and now he's flying towards the Plumber station in one of their ships."

She heard Ben laugh over the radio before he asked, "Seriously? What does he think he's going to do in a wheelchair?" "I don't know," Gwen admitted, "But he's got something planned. He orchestrated this big explosion down here, and he's clearly still ticking in the head." She heard Ben sigh, and then he replied, "Fine. We'll deal with him." "Did you get Julie?" Gwen asked. "Yes," Ben nodded, "Max and Michael are on here too, though, so we've got a fair amount of opposition to deal with once they wake up." "Be careful," Gwen warned. She heard a grunting reply before the radio turned off.

"Now what?" Kevin asked, and Gwen replied, "I guess we go back to watching this battle for now. You wanna get more popcorn?" "Sure," Kevin sighed, walking away.

Ben turned to Charmcaster and Julie, who had been listening to the conversation. "Now what?" Charmcaster asked him, waiting for his plan. "I guess we've gotta go and deal with that bum again," Ben sighed, "Even though he's in a wheelchair. So I guess we start making our way towards the docks."

"So who the heck is Nelson?" Julie asked. "He's the leader of one of the gang factions," Charmcaster replied, "And now since we killed Vilgax, he's trying to take over. And now that *that's* happening, we've got a bunch of corrupt intergalactic police people coming back trying to destroy the human race. And they are at war with Nelson right now."

"And why is he in a wheelchair?" Julie asked, confused. "Yeah," Ben smirked, "We kinda kicked his butt pretty badly. Charmcaster seems to have unlocked some even greater powers or something, because she defeated him and Michael almost singlehandedly. She threw him into a wall with her mind, and I guess it must have paralyzed him. We thought he was either going to die, or call off the attack and leave us alone. But look again, I guess he's going to try for a last ditch effort or something."

"And who's the Michael dude?" Julie continued, still trying to catch up on what she had missed. "He's a bad guy from the dimension I originally came from," Ben explained, "In our world, he was called Darkstar, but he was also disfigured there. He's starting to look a little ugly, but not quite how he was before. I'm not really sure what his play is right now though, he's kind of forsaken Nelson. Anything else?" "Nope, I'm good," Julie replied with monotony. "Then let's go," Ben sighed, leading the way, "We've got a wheelchair-bound man to deal with."