LAST TIME ON GALACTIK FOOTBALL

"I'm getting married!"

"Rocket, it's… it's him."

"D'jok is everything all right?"

"I was wondering when you were going to let yourself go."

"I'm sorry Tia but I needed to be sure, the man that you saw on the news was it really him?"

THE FINAL

The theme tune to the news echoed all over the galaxy as people turned on their televisions to hear about the exciting news of the galactic football cup. The whole galaxy was bursting with enthusiasm as they waited to hear the latest news of the two teams facing off against each other in the cup; the Snow Kids versus the Lightning's. Callie and Nort were up earlier on their talk show sharing their excitement while the teams were doing last minute preparations. Back in the Snow Kids hotel, D'jok and Micro-Ice were in their hotel room taking getting ready for their final match. Nevertheless, the small striker noticed that something was on his friends mind.

"You know, usually by now you would be cheering saying how it was our destiny to win." Micro-Ice joked, which seemed to still not get his friends attention since he was still busy doing up his boots.

"Hey!" He cried out when his best friend threw his t-shirt over his head, turning off his sight for a while before he was able to shake the material off and chucked the shirt back at the raven haired boy. "What was that for?" It took some time for the small guy to respond since he was rolling on the bed with laughter.

"Well… it seemed to be the only way to… get your attention." Micro-Ice snigger, however, his victory was only short lived when he noticed his friends attention had drifted off again. "Oh man! Don't tell me your dad got kidnapped again." He moaned and flung his arms on the bed.

"Micro-Ice! dad was not kidnapped." D'jok said stubbornly –not that he knew about anyway- now he was starting to get fed up with his friend's strange behaviour, it wasn't like he didn't have enough on his plate, the match, the wedding and the baby; or the baby then the wedding – whatever came first to cause him strife.

"Then what's with the distance look then." Micro-Ice demanded to know and this time he was deadly serious but when D'jok just gave him a shrug, it got on his last nerve.

"Just got a lot of stuff on my mind, that's all." Was all he said and it tick his friend off more. Every time he said that then he jinxed the whole thing; he wouldn't be surprised if something big was going on again while they played a match.

Meanwhile, the pirates were busy preparing preparations for their own means.

"I can't believe we are going to miss the cup for the third time in a row!" Artie complained as they walked through the dark alleyways of Genesis.

"If our plan works then you might be able to see it after all." Sonny snapped back at him, it wasn't like he wanted to miss it either he wanted to be there to support his son. But Technoid seemed to always be in his way –again! Not to mention something that Tia said to him last night had him thinking 'and I was bloody well there every time he spoke about how special my damn flux was' something about it had sent shivers down his back, what had she meant? Now he could never ask her because he had already upset her too much. "Everyone ready!" The captain asked and everyone nodded in agreement. Putting on their sun glasses and pulling there hat down low they jumped into the main square, disguised in their fan t-shirts.

Later on, the Snow kids were once again in the Genesis stadium changing room for the second time that week, doing some warm up exercises to keep their nerves from showing. They were all terrified. For some reason they had been able to win the last cup and that one before that but winning it for the third time… that was impossible. It was going to take a miracle for all of them to get through this. It wasn't just the players who were tense but their coach as well –plus the fans but there were too many to go through. I'm getting to old for this, Aarch thought as he rubbed the sore spot on his neck. He changed his mood quickly though when he entered the room to see the team who he had witness grow up from kids, prepare themselves for their match.

"I don't have much to say." The coach began and everyone snapped their heads to look at him, he was glad to see he wasn't the only one that was a little tense. "You're at a great team and I believe in you, I know you can do this." With this all of the Snow Kids jumped up and cheered, soon followed by the team sault as everyone made their way into their positions.

"I don't know why but I feel like I'm sitting in a premier seat for a movie or something." Clary commented as she stuffed buttery goodness into her mouth, while Mark and Yuki just laughed at the girl. However, Aarch was to stress to be amused.

"Clary the only reason I let you up here is because Adium loves your band and is dying to get backstage passes but if you're just going to joke then I will make you leave." The coach of the champions stated and turned back to his screen only to turn back seconds later and give her a glare. "Is that popcorn?" Clary looked back at Aarch to her popcorn a few times before she tried to hide it behind her back.

"No." She mumbled her mouth full of popcorn. Aarch just gave her another evil look before turning back to the main controls. The rock star legend made sure he wasn't going to turn back any time soon before she held the bag out towards the two football players sitting next to her. They couldn't take some at first since they thought they might chock if they didn't stop laughing but they did have some after they calm down a bit.

The original seven made their way on to the field. Being the last on the field, D'jok took a few moments to take in the surroundings before moving on to face his hero and the captain of the lightning team- Warren. On the other side of the field Thran and Ahito were sending knowing looks to each other, Rocket was keeping a careful eye on his girlfriend who was trying her best not to slap him around the head and tell him to stop worrying. Micro-Ice and Mei were sending each other cheerful looks to keep themselves occupied. Soon the match would begin.

Up in the Technoid box, Duke Maddox was not in a good mood. Not only had his new version of football players be a humiliating sight this year but now his assistant was ten minutes late. When did it become so hard to find decent people to work for you now a days, the old man moaned inwardly to himself, as he leaned further back into his chair. Deep down he knew why, it was because he had let Bleylock poison his mind, sure he thought he was ambitious but the general had been on a whole different level. Now he was never sure who to hirer or to trust anymore. Right now he tried not to think about it as he lay back and tried to focus on the match. However, his idea for a relaxing evening and a good game was destroyed when a handful of people jumped into his quarters.

"Hello Maddox, long time no see." Sonny smiled happily as his men secured the other employees sitting in the booth.

"Sonny Blackbones! How did you get in her and what do you think you're doing?" The leader of the Technoid Empire demanded to know. The old man just shrugged as he got up from where he was sitting and tossed his Snow Kids fan t-shirt in the air to make a point.

"We're looking for one of your men Maddox." Sonny answered, showing him a picture of the man they had grabbed off the T.V. "Wouldn't happen to know where he is do you." The only response he got so far was an even more angrier old fat man.

"I have no idea what you're doing here Blackbones but if you think…" He stopped mid-sentence when he found a gun right in his face.

"This man is dangerous, Maddox, he's been working behind your back and has created a weapon that could destroy the universe, he has to be stopped!" Blackbones told the man off. But the duke wasn't taking him seriously and it seemed like the old man wasn't about to give into the pirate so easily until a stroke of luck hit him. The door to the booth opened and Maddox assistant stepped in.

"Sorry I'm late, I…" The man suddenly paused and stopped on the spot when he saw the situation that he had stepped into. Everyone seemed to turn all their attention to him suddenly. "Well it seems I've stepped in at an inappropriate time." Was all he could say as he fiddled with the tie at his neck.

"It's alright Harris there's no need to worry. They seem to have business with Technoid that it completely nonsense." Maddox muttered darkly, not taking his narrowed eyes away from the man that stood above.

"It wouldn't have anything to do with the Netherball Sphere would it." A chilling voice echoed over through the small area. Again, everyone turned towards the assistant again this time with their mouths completely hanging off their hinges. Even the pirates were speechless since they had not expected him to admit it so easily. The only one that seemed able to hold it together was Sonny.

"Since you've explained that much care to explain what you're going to do with it." The old captain asked, as his gun slowly made its way from the Maddox to the man behind all this.

"Well you should already know Sonny from the last time you confronted Bleylock." Harris grinned wildly, which shock everyone to the core. Was it possible that this man was even crazier than his predecessor? "Well it's quite simple; I plan to use the multi-fluxes to become the most powerful man in the universe." The whole area had gone silent once again.

"Are you insane?" The Duke shouted, rising from his chair to face his employee head on; not caring what his nemesis thought or said. His assistant just laughed at him with something that sounded like a crazy villain from a kids Disney movie. Every person in the room was feeling on the defensive now and were tense in their seats.

"I suppose I am." Harris laughed at his boss. "But why should I care, I'm going to be ruler of the galaxy, I can make my own rules on what's crazy." He hackled once again and with a click of his fingers, robots appeared out of nowhere from the ceiling and jumped down on to the ground aimlessly shooting. The only reason that Duke Maddox was alive at this moment was because of Sonny knocking into the back him, knocking both to the ground. The pirates were soon on the offensive and were tackling the machines around them. Sometime through all the chaos Harris had run from the room and escaped. Soon Sonny was on his feet again and pushing himself through metal contractions went after Harris.

Warren and D'jok faced off in the centre of the pitch as they waited for the game to begin. Within seconds the ball suddenly launched into the air and only a heartbeat later the two footballers were after it, both attacking it as they tried to claim it. Since Warren had the most experience and had a lot of skill was able to gain control. The lightning captain quickly passed the ball to one of his other team mates before landing back down the ground and running down the field until he was equal to his partner who kicked the ball straight back at him. Both Mei and Thran ran up to the defender to block him. Warren tried to kick the ball to another team mate but Thran stuck up his knee just in time and the ball bounce off his leg and into the air. In the next second, Rocket was there and kicked the ball away. It flew all the way towards the other end of the pitch and would have been received but Micro-Ice if defender hadn't been standing right in front of him (the Lightning players were all very tall) so the ball ended back up in the clutches of the opposing team. The Snow Kids were playing a tight defence against the other team like they had in the first cup. Thran and Mei were sticking tight to their partners and the lightning's were finding it hard to pass their ball towards one another. At the moment a striker was finding it hard to pass the ball on but suddenly one of his team mates had escaped Mei's grasp and was in an opening. Quickly the striker kicked the ball but it was intercepted by Tia. For a while the game was basically the ball bouncing up and down the football pitch. Then Warren charged down the field and in the penalty box and kicked the ball high in the air. Luckily, Thran summoned his flux just into time and twirling into the air stopped the ball. Once he landed back onto the floor a smug look covered his face. It only lasted for a second until everyone could hear the loud booming voice of his girlfriend screaming in the back ground.

Where did he go? Sonny pondered as he ran down the hallways of the stadium. The man had completely disappeared out of site. I cannot believe this! The pirate swore to himself, as he searched the next hallway. In all the rush, he was not paying attention to his footsteps and was nearly sent flying when his boot got caught on something. Getting back on his feet he turned to see what had nearly tripped him when he noticed something unusual. Why do I seem to always be running around underground lately? He thought, as he slid the loose lid aside and jumped down. His feet instantly splashed into water. At least it isn't deep? He wondered as he tried to figure out with direction to go, until he heard splashing coming from the other end. Found you! He cheered as he pressured the suspect.

Above the match continued and the score had still not change. The crowd couldn't help but feel they were watching a constant reply of the same five minutes. The Snow Kids were keeping their defences up and the lightening was also putting up a strong offensive. Warren was at the front of the assault and was charging down the field like an unstoppable hurricane. It seemed right now he was at the height of his power as he stormed down the field surrounded by the Charge and was heading at supersonic speed towards the opposing goal. Everyone tried to get in front of him but he would just disappear and reappear later. From a great distance away from the goal, Warren kicked the ball towards the goal. Seeing the problem ahead, Ahito dived forward for the goal but he didn't jumped high enough and he headed up crashing on to the floor. Everyone had gasps on shock on their faces as the camera's zoomed in on the speeding ball as he moved closer and closer to the goal. Suddenly, a foot appeared out of nowhere and slammed into the ball. Micro-ice was using all his strength to stop the ball. The power of the two fluxes bounced off each other which caused the two objects to fly apart. Everyone let out a sigh of relief and cheered at Micro-Ice for saving the Snow Kids goal.

Somehow, Sonny knew he was getting close. The sound of splashing echoed around the pipes as he race down the pipes. His soon came to a beam of flickering light coming from somewhere above caught his eye. He examined the area to see a great ladder heading towards the top and the movement of light was caused by a person climbing up them. The pirate was quick to grab onto the ladder and start climbing after him. There was still a great distance between them and Sonny was racing double time to reach him. Finally he reached the light and climbed into the open where the summer's breeze caressed him lightly on the face, only to be smacked around the face with something hard. He had not realised how close he was edge until he tripped over it. His pirate instincts kicked in just time and was able to grab the edge. He looked up for a spilt second to see the crazed assistant standing above him.

"Well Sonny Blackbones, I never imagined we would meet face to face like this." The man smirked and stamped his foot hard on one of Sonny's hands. The pirate refused to let out a sound of pain as he faced the man head on. "I suppose I should thank you because if you didn't invent the metaflux this would never have happened." The statement caused only confusion to Sonny.

"What does the metaflux have to do with this?" Sonny demanded, he had not found any data to suggest any of this. The scientist only smiled as he crouched down so they were even closer.

"Do you know why the breathe of Akillkian disappeared?" Harris asked which only caused more confusion.

"Because the explosion moved the planet out of its orbit." The leader of the pirates answered but he only got a shake of the head.

"The breath disappeared because it had been sucked away by the metaflux and would have completely vanished if seven women had not been pregnant at the time who had absorbed it as well, along with the breathe." Stopping for a few moments to see if the pirate was following him, he continued. "Now just think what would happen if all the fluxes were absorbed at the exact same time, it would cause a massive implosion that would destroy everything." The man laughed at the very thought.

"But it's impossible, I cured the Snow Kids of the metaflux and destroyed it eight years ago." Sonny tried to defend his actions but he was interrupted again.

"All but one." Harris snickered lowly, which was so evil that the birds surrounding them took to the skies.

"Tia." Sonny answered in the end as everything came together. But how? He had taken the flux out of her like all the others. It seemed like the scientist was reading his mind because he was happy to answer.

"I can't blame you for missing it Sonny. Unlike all the other Snow Kids she's been able to using the breath since she was young, so the metaflux has had more time to be absorbed into her genetics." The man smirked as he pressed his foot down a little harder, making Sonny's hand loosen from the edge. Now he was using all his upper body strength to keep himself from following.

"So you kidnapped Tia to steal the metaflux." Sonny stuttered out quickly. He needed to keep this guy talking so he could come up with a plan.

"Yes and no." Harris answered and Sonny nearly lost his grip from shock. What the hell does that mean? The pirate wondered. "You see the reason why the metaflux is being kept at bay for the moment is the Breaths unique ability to be a protective shield against other fluxes. But if I take some of the metaflux and then send a signal towards the other flux, it causes a reaction and breaks the shield, which allows the metaflux to absorb every flux surrounding it. " He finished. Sonny could only stare at the man in pure horror.

"But that… that's insane!" Sonny cried out, unable to stop himself. "If you do that than your creating…"

"A massive bomb that can wipe out the whole universe." Harris grinned and stomped his foot on the other hand. "I think I've said enough. Bye, bye Blackbones." Harris grinned as he kicked off Sonny's remaining hand. Sending the pirate to floor of Genesis.

The end of half time was fast approaching and there had been no other close encounters from any side of the teams. One of the lightning's strikers was making another attempt to make a goal and Thran was preparing himself to tackle him when something devastating happened. Just as he was a few steps away his foot tripped over something and slammed straight into the player, knocking them both to the ground. Thran got up and tried apologising but the damage had already been done. The referee came along and beeped for a penalty. They had not realised that they had fallen into the penalty area. Oh crap! Was all Thran could think. The people were sat in a tense silence as Warren was chosen to take the kick. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as all the players got into their positions. Ahito was feeling the most nervous out of all of them. If he didn't catch this he could end up making the Snow Kids losing the cup. He made himself take deep breaths as he pushed out everything round him and focused his attention only on the ball and Warren. The striker took a few steps and with a small run up kicked the ball.