~We Interrupt This Fic For An Important Announcement~
Realistic Fish-Head: Terror strikes fear into the hearts of many as a dark force is unleashed through the city. Villains are running amuck and the heroes have vanished off the face of the earth. The only two heroes left are these two kids, Astrid Southerland and Alan Tennyson.
(camera turns to Astrid and Alan)
Astrid: Thank you, Realistic Fish-Head. My friend and I grew suspicious of this force as soon as we saw penguins tap-dancing in Miami… and a large dark storm-cloud covering the entire nation.
Alan: At first we just thought it was another government conspiracy, but our super-cartoon instincts told us otherwise… that, and we broke the fourth wall and read the chapter where Darkarai was unleashed.
Realistic Fish-Head: How do you plan on taking out this force?
Alan: Well, first we're going… to… ugh, I don't feel good…
Astrid: I TOLD you not to engulf all those twinkies.
(Alan falls to the ground, passing out)
Astrid: Alan? (is blinded when a sudden flash of light illuminates from Alan) WAUGH!
Realistic Fish-Head: And there you have it- freaky forces and odd behaviors. We now return to our story…
Alyx swooped down, landing near Stutz, and the rest of the kids slid down her wing and ran to their friend's aid while she transformed back human. "Stutz! Are you alright? Speak to me, pal!" Timothy cried, grabbing Stutz by the shoulders and shaking him.
"T-Timothy! Arrow-ow!" Stutz replied, pushing him away.
"Oops. Sorry."
"Dude, what happened?" Luca asked. "We were at least ten-thousand feet in the air! How'd you survive the fall?"
Stutz then began to tremble. "I-I have n-no idea! O-One minute I'm f-falling, t-then s-suddenly s-some floating g-girl c-caught me and l-lowered m-me t-to the g-ground." he replied.
"Floating girl?" Brody repeated, curiously.
"What did she look like?" Kaiser asked.
"She h-had l-light-brown h-hair, b-blue eyes, a-and w-was w-wearing p-pajamas. B-But the f-freakiest thing w-w-was, I c-could see r-r-right through her!"
"Like a ghost?" Kiff inquired.
"P-Please don't say that word around us," Benny said with a gulp.
"Kiff could be on to something," Toni said, ducking behind a bush and looking toward the temple, seeing that Vincent and Lamone were back on the ground fighting the phantoms, the vampire having transformed back into his human-identity. "I mean, we're facing ghosts now…"
"What if she was an angel?" Brody asked. "She could have been sent to rescue Stutz."
"That sounds more logical," Blackrose said. "God is always sending angels to protect someone."
"Especially now," Gwen agreed. "With everything that's going on right now, we need God and His angels more than ever!"
"Whoa, look!" Timothy said, pointing over at the fight.
The phantoms were suddenly solid, and when Vincent shot at them their wounds remained, and every time Lamone punched a phantom, the bone cracked. The phantoms, confused, quickly retreated back into the temple. The rest of the troupe ran to Vincent and Lamone, who seemed out of breath. "Are you guys alright?" Alyx asked them.
"We are now that those ghostly hunters ran off," Vincent said.
"Darkarai's power must have weakened," Lamone said. "Otherwise, all our shots would have went through them."
"How did her power weaken?" Kiff asked.
Lamone looked at the cross he wore around his neck. "Someone must have expressed their faith."
"We were just talking about God and His angels and how we needed them." Brody said, smiling. "You think that did it?"
"A prayer like that… I have no doubts," Vincent said, tussling Brody's hair. "It's a good thing you kids have so much faith in Him."
"And it's not going to decrease anytime soon," Blackrose said.
"So, now that the phantoms are gone… how do we get in?" Toni asked, looking at the temple.
Just then, several trap-doors opened beneath them, save for Timothy, Benny, and Stutz. "YAAAAAH!" the others screamed as they fell.
"GUYS!" Timothy yelled, watching as the trap-doors closed.
"Oh, this is BAD!" Benny cried, twisting this fedora-hat in his hands, nervously. "Those phantoms could be back any minute, and half of our team just pulled a Houdini-act!"
"Q-Quick! W-W-We've got to find a way inside!" Stutz stammered, feeling along the wall in hopes of finding a secret entrance.
"But there's no door! And the only way in is through the… (gulp)" Timothy stammered, pointing over at a reality-mall department. "Perfume department…"
"W-Wonder how w-w-we could've m-missed THAT." Stutz said, arching an eyebrow.
The three boys stared at the department, flowery-feminine odors emitting from the entrance of the store no man with a macho-nerve would dare step foot in at the risk of being showered in spritz of manhood-crushing, dignity-defying, humiliation-unlimited girly fragrances!
But they had no other choice.
"Lets do this," Benny said, determined.
The three of them dove through the entrance, running through the department (in slow motion), trying to avoid being shot by a squirt of womanly scents. Stutz was spritzed in the face, gagging at the scent of lilacs and vanilla; Benny leaped in the air, trying to avoid a spritz of rose-petal perfume, but was ambushed by a mist of honeysuckle; Timothy was wearing a gas-mask to avoid the feminine odors, but realistic-hands pulled off the mask and sprayed the sweet odor of lemon-and-coconut. Soon, Timothy and Stutz were carrying a limp Benny through the department…
Seconds later, they reached the end, bursting out of the store and into a hallway. "*gack* I HATE going in there," Benny wheezed.
"Yeah… bad enough that Mom took us to one when we were four," Timothy said with a cough.
"Well, w-w-we got t-through it, s-so lets f-find the others," Stutz said, standing up…
Seeing Jason Voorhees, Masquerade, and Sesshomoru standing before them. "Well, well, what do we have here?" Sesshomoru asked.
Stutz, Benny, and Timothy's faces instantly paled. "All in favor of going back, say 'Aye'!" Benny cried.
The three villains lunged, but the cowards were quicker, taking off down the hall, screaming their defiant battle-cry of cowardice: "MOMMMMYYYYYY!"
Lex stood before the gang, his red eyes glowing. "Long time no see, Edwin," he said, his voice echoing with evil. "I see you've managed to assemble some new recruits… only to foolishly surrender your best student,"
Edwin raised his wand. "How about we skip the conversation and get to the part where I blast you into oblivion?" he snapped.
Lex only laughed. "You old fool. What makes you think you can handle me?"
"Because… *hyuck* I'm your father," Immediately Edwin transformed into Goofy.
"Wow. Didn't expect that," Shang said.
"Whoa!" Max cried, jumping back. "H-How did he change into my dad?"
"He is your dad's Nobody," Kitefang explained. "Edwin fused with him after signing a contract with Disney. Since Lex is your Nobody, Edwin's Goof-form would count as-"
"D-Dad?" Lex gasped. "I-I thought your heart was ripped out by Xemnas years ago!"
"It was, and I was created," Norm said, stepping up. "Edwin managed to save your father by sharing a heart with him, while I was created- a Nobody of a Nobody."
"Is that even possible?" Eric asked Puggsy in a whisper.
"Hey, I've played the games, I don't know all of the 'Nobody' logic," Puggsy replied.
Lex sneered. "Well, it doesn't matter who you are… I'm still going to destroy you once I forge the X-wand," he said, taking out his key-blade. "I just need to fuse this body with the other half of my heart,"
"Other half?" Max questioned.
"You didn't honestly think you were the only one who sent his heart to safety, did you? I did the same after our battle… I was GOING to choose FF2, but you beat me to him, only having half of my heart join with his. So, I sent the other half to my old master."
"No…" Edwin gasped, gulping.
"Yes!" A voice called, and suddenly Finneas stepped out. "Long time no see, Edwin."
Eric recalled Finneas from some of Edwin's memories, and cringed. "This isn't good," he said.
"Come, Lex, let us fuse and begin the fusion of the toon world and reality!" he reached for Lex…
But a sword swung, nearly slicing off his hand. "Back off my creator, you freak!" Kitefang snarled. "If anyone's gonna be fusing with him…" he looked at a picture of the sun, transforming back into Kite. "It's gonna be me."
"Ha! You can't fuse with him now!" Lex scoffed. "His heart is mine! …Oh, crud, that didn't come out right."
Kite smirked. "You might THINK so… but during our last fusion, a piece of FF2's heart joined with mine. If you want to forge the X-wand, you'll have to fuse with me, too."
Max arched an eyebrow, not recalling FF2 losing part of his heart during the fusion with Kite. It's a bluff. a voice inside his head said. He and Kite may have fused, but their hearts remained separate.
"You're bluffing!" Finneas snapped, his voice almost trembling.
"Am I?" Kite questioned, arching an eyebrow.
"He must be!" Lex said. "If Kite had a piece of FF2's heart, they'd still be fused together! …Right?"
"I don't know… FF2 and I managed to split," Max said, smirking as he crossed his arms.
"And I'm going to fuse with you and get FF2 back!" Kite snapped at Lex.
"FF2 is gone!" Lex snarled. "I'm all that's left of him now!"
"I KNOW he's still in there somewhere… I just have to bring him back out," Kite said, pulling a stereo out of his hat.
"What are you doing?" Finneas scoffed.
"When FF2 and I fused, we shared memories… including a memory of his favorite song."
"Oh, no you don't!" Finneas took out his wand, zapping at Kite, but Edwin blocked it with a blast from his own wand.
"Nice try! *hyuck*" Edwin scoffed. "If you want a piece of my friends, you're going to have to go through me!"
"So be it…"
Finneas and Edwin began their duel, the rest of the gang ducked out of the way to avoid being blast. "Kite, better get started with your plan!" Kasandra called.
Kite pushed the "Play" button on the stereo, and music began to play. "I know you're still in there, FF2." he called. "Join in to prove you're still with us!"
Kite: Open up your eyes take a look at me
Get the picture fixed in your memory
I'm driven by the rhythm like the beat of a heart
And I won't stop until I start
To stand out
Stand out
"I don't know why you're doing this. It won't-" Lex began, but was cut off by the next verse.
Some people settle for the typical thing
Living all their lives waiting in the wings
It ain't a question of 'if', just a matter of time
Before I move to the front of the line
Lex tried to ignore him, biting his bottom lip, then realizing his foot was tapping. No… he thought. Kite then stepped up, circling around him.
Once you're watching every move that I make
You gotta admit I got what it takes
Finneas tried to zap at Kite again, but his shot was blocked again by Edwin. Lex tried to fight by zapping at Kite, but the teen only dodged his blasts.
To stand out
Above the crowd
Even if I gotta shout out loud
'Til mine is the only face that you'll see
Gonna stand out…
'Til you notice me
"C'mon, you know the words!" Kite called.
"No- I can't- I won't- I-" Lex sputtered, flinching to regain control, but FF2 managed to break out.
FF2: If the squeaky wheel's always getting the grease
I'm totally devoted to disturbing the peace
FF2 and Kite: And I'll do it all again
When I get done
FF2: Until I become your number one
FF2 and Kite: No method to the madness
No means of escape
Gonna break every rule or bend 'em all out of shape
It ain't a question of 'how'
Just a matter of 'when'
Kite: You'll get the message that I'm trying to send
The rest of the gang dodged a stray blast from Finneas as the battle between him and Edwin raged on. Finneas transformed himself into a jaguar and tackled Edwin, but Pocca leaped onto him and bit his ear, making him roar in pain and giving Edwin a chance to zap him and turn him into a kitten.
FF2 and Kite: I'm under a spell
I'm in over my head
FF2: And you know I'm going all the way to the end
Finneas hissed then zapped a sword hanging on the wall, making it fly at Kite. Edwin zapped it, making it turn into a solar-surfer. Obviously I've spent too much time with Jim Hawkins. he thought.
Kite jumped on the board, and FF2 made his own solar-surfer pop up, and they soared around the hallway. "Wow…" Shang said, awed.
"Lucky!" Eric called to his cousins as they shot by.
Kite and FF2: To stand out, above the crowd
Even if I gotta shout out loud
'Til mine is the only face that you see
Gonna stand out…
'Til you notice me
Finneas transformed back into a human, throwing Pocca off of him. Norm caught the lizard, glowering at the warlock, and FF2's genie-ego zapped him, turning the wizard into a newt. Sora and Blackwing laughed.
Kite flew by Kim, giving her a wink.
Kite: If I could make you stop and take a look at me instead of just…
Kite and FF2: Walking on…
FF2 rotated upside down, facing WG.
FF2: There's nothing that I wouldn't do, if it was getting you to notice
FF2 and Kite: I'm alive…
WG looked into his eyes, seeing the real FF2, and even a glimpse of Silver. FF2 then jerked back, turning right-side up.
Kite: All I need is a second chance
A second thought, a second glance
To prove
I got whatever it takes…
FF2: It's a piece of cake.
Finneas changed back, then zapped at FF2's former-egos. Norm used his want to make a force-field, making the blast bounce off back at him, turning him into a squirrel. Edwin pointed and laughed.
Kite and FF2: To stand out
Above the crowd
Even if I gotta shout out loud
'Til mine is the only face that you see
Gonna stand out
FF2: Sta-a-and out!
"He must be a big fan of me to know every word," Max commented, watching as Kite and FF2 zipped by.
"You have no idea," Stalker replied.
Kite and FF2: Stand out!
"I wish I had a solar-surfer," Shang said.
"You could borrow mine," Eric said, eagerly.
"After you get it back from the cops- oof!" Hardy began to comment, until Eric elbowed him in the stomach.
Stand out!
Edwin blasted Finneas, pinning him against the wall.
'Til mine is the only face that you see
Gonna stand out…
FF2: 'Til you notice me.
Kite and FF2 hopped off their solar-surfers. "FF2... Is it really you?" WG asked, her eyes shimmering with hope.
"Yeah. I'm- GAH!" FF2 began, then was zapped in the back.
Finneas stood up after blasting FF2, grabbing him by the shirt-collar. "Nice try, Kite, but it'll take more than a musical number to bring your friend back!" he snapped. "His soul is already filled with too much darkness,"
"Let him go!" Puggsy yelled.
Finneas sneered. "You have darkness in yourself as well, my boy. No wonder your wife wants to leave you."
"WHAT?" The rest of the gang shouted, turning to Brielle.
Brielle cringed. "So much for keeping it on a low profile…" she muttered, then turned to Finneas, sneering. "What do you mean he has darkness in him?"
"Back in 'Magical Mishaps', Marluxio did more than just turn him evil…" Finneas said with a smirk.
"(grr) What did you do to my best buddy?" Fangface snarled through Fangs.
"Nothing… compared to what we plan to do with his wife and child," With that, Finneas zapped Brielle, making her hit the wall, then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Brielle!/FF2!" Puggsy and WG both cried.
Puggsy ran over to Brielle, who sat up. "Son of a bitch…" she muttered, clutching her rib-cage.
"Brie, are you alright?" Puggsy asked, holding her hand.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I've been through worse,"
"Brielle! Your eye!" Kasandra gasped.
"What about it?"
"It's all red…" Gin said, looking close, then gasped. "And your skin-color is fading to gray…"
"Huh?" Brielle looked into a nearby mirror, seeing that she now had one red eye and one blue eye, and her skin was turning gray. "Oh, shit…"
WG glowered. "Wait a minute… Nether-Girl?" she snapped.
Nether-Girl sighed and snapped her fingers, making her disguise disappear, returning to her black-and-white, red-eyed form. "So, you guys finally managed to figure it out, huh?"
"What the… Where's Brielle?" Hardy demanded.
"Who wants to know?"
Hunter snarled through Kasandra, grabbing Nether-Girl by the throat, pinning her against the wall. "Talk, or I swear to God I'll rip your throat out!" she snapped fiercely, her eyes glowing bright yellow.
"Go ahead… Brielle and I became the same person back in 'Family Traits', remember? If I die, she dies."
"That's not true," Sora said, stepping up. "Just because you're her dark-ego doesn't mean she'll die, otherwise FF2 would have disappeared after Dark-Al erased all his other egos!"
Nether-Girl chuckled. "Those 'egos' were merely prisoners trapped inside a bracelet, just like you. The ones who were erased were just alternate forms, they weren't living beings. Dark-Al and I are the dark-halves of the authors. We're as close to them as their werewolf halves…" she looked at Stalker. "Except YOU, Stalker. Since you bit WG, you don't count as a part of her, anymore."
Stalker growled. "Let me at her! Let me at her!" she yelled, running to claw Nether-Girl's face off, but was held back by Hardy.
"Now, how about letting me go, before my boyfriend kills you?"
"Boyfriend?" The others repeated.
"That would be me," a voice said, and suddenly FF2's genie-ego was hit by a black orb with a white outline, causing him to disappear. The others turned around, seeing Dark-Al, grinning. "Miss me?"
"Oh, great. ANOTHER pain in the neck!" Tracker sneered.
Dark-Al shot another 'shadow-drain' blast, making it hit Blackwing, causing him to disappear. He then turned to Norm and Sora. "You two are next!" he cackled and blasted at them. They tried to dodge, but the orbs followed them wherever they went.
"Look out!" Edwin gasped, leaping in front of Norm, taking the blast. The effect caused him to transform back into his normal image, and he hit the ground. "Ouch."
Sora was cornered as the orb flew at him, but it only passed through him. "Huh?" he said, confused.
"What the…?" Dark-Al gasped, confused.
"You idiot! Sora was a prisoner of the bracelet, not an actual ego!" Nether-Girl spat. "Geez, didn't you just hear my explanation of egos five seconds ago?"
"Fine… then I'll just go for the egos!" he shot a blast at Norm.
Max thought fast and shoved Nether-Girl in front of the blast. She shrieked in agony as the shadow engulfed her… and there was nothing left after that.
Dark-Al froze. "No… no, no no!" he stammered as he ran to the spot where she last stood. "No… what have I done?" he covered his face with his hands.
"Serves you right for trying to kill us," Puggsy sneered.
Dark-Al turned to him, his red eyes blazing with fury. "I'd shut up if I were you. Since Nether-Girl has been erased, that means your precious wife will be dead in a matter of seconds!" he turned to Max. "And it's ALL YOUR FAULT!" He lunged at Max-
*THUD! BAM! BOOM! CRASH!*
…Then three figures fell on him. "Wow… where'd that trap-door take us?" Luca asked as he, Toni, Alyx, and Kaiser stood up.
Lamone and Vincent landed in a dungeon. "Well, look who decided to drop in," a voice said, and they saw Pete and Marlow standing in front of them.
"What say we make this quick?" Marlow said, raising his cross-bow. "The chapter is already long enough, and I have an urge to kill…"
Lamone and Vincent stood up, glaring. "How sad. So desperate for new allies that you teamed up with a low-rated Disney villain." Vincent scoffed.
"Hey! I'm the FIRST Disney villain, pal! And I'm capable of more than you think!" Pete snapped, whipping out a sword.
Lamone took out his key-blade while Vincent took out his daggers. "Lets finish this," the vampire said.
"With pleasure…" Marlow said, then shot an arrow, which Vincent caught between his blades, then lunged.
Lamone and Pete dueled, his key-blade breaking the blade of his sword. "Uh… how about a draw?" Pete asked, chuckling nervously.
"Oof!" Vincent grunted after Marlow kicked him in the ribs and into the wall. He then hit him on the head with a brick, knocking him unconscious.
"I have plans for you, Fondane," Marlow said, then turned to Lamone, shooting an arrow into his shoulder then kicking him in the temple. He then took out a dagger, pinning him down with his foot. "Now, hold still while I carve out your heart-"
There was a snarl, and suddenly Marlow was knocked into the wall. Wulf appeared, with Danny at his side. "Ghosts!" Pete screamed, then rushed out the door. "You're on your own, hunter-boy!"
Lamone sat up, pulling the arrow out of his shoulder. "Well… Long time no see, Wulf." he said in greeting.
"Is THIS your friend?" Danny asked Wulf, who nodded slightly.
Lamone stood up. "I don't suppose you two have seen some meddlers, and a kid who looks just like me, would you?" he asked.
"Would you believe me if I said 'yes'?"
They stood up, and Lamone turned to grab Vincent, but he and Marlow suddenly fell through a couple trap-doors. "Damn it!"
"I'll go after them. Wulf, you guide him to the others,"
Lamone and Wulf ran out of the room while Danny ghosted through the floor in search of Vincent and Marlow.
Brody, Blackrose, Kiff, and Gwendolyn landed in a room, surrounded by Blackhearts. "Uh, oh…" Kiff said.
"What are we going to do?" Gwendolyn asked, clinging on to Kiff as the Blackhearts drew nearer.
A Blackheart lunged at Brody, but paused, cringing back and hissing at the cross around his neck. "They seem to be scared of our crosses," Brody said. "C'mon, as long as we keep them on, they won't bother us."
"Thank God Lamone gave 'em to us," Blackrose said as they walked pass the Blackhearts, who backed away from them.
"Aren't you a little young to be walking around by yourselvessss?" a chilling voice asked, and they turned around, gasping when they saw Scroop standing before them.
Kiff and Blackrose snarled. "Oh, spare us your little werewolf ferocity," another voice said, and they turned around, seeing Keith. He pulled out a gun and shot at Kiff.
*BANG!*
Kiff cried out in pain, falling to the ground. "Kiffy!" Blackrose screamed, then turned to Keith. "You're going to pay for that!" she lunged at him, but was caught by Scroop, who held a claw to his throat.
"I wasss going to kill your father firssst, but I think I'll practice killing him with you, instead." Scroop said, preparing to cut her throat.
"Leave her alone!" Brody shouted, taking out his knife, but Keith stepped in front of him, holding a pair of knives.
"How about a little one-on-one, kid?" Keith asked, smirking. "I love a good fight,"
"Then you're gonna love me, laddy," an Irish voice said, and a pair of invisible fists punched Keith in the face, knocking him out.
"What the-OOF!" Scroop began, then got punched in the face. He dropped Blackrose, who grabbed him by one of his legs and swung him into the wall once-twice-three times.
"(grr) That's what happens when you mess with werewolves, pal!" she snarled, then ran over to Gwendolyn, who knelt beside Kiff. "Is he…?"
"He's still alive… but he was shot in the heart." Gwendolyn said, sounding confused.
"How could he still be alive, then?" Brody asked.
"Jus' watch," the mysterious voice said.
They looked at Kiff, watching as his wolf-ears and tail disappeared, giving him a human-appearance. "Ugh… what happened?" Kiff asked, sitting up and rubbing his head.
"Ya took a shot o' Sensodin, dat's what happened."
"Whoa! Who said that?"
A figure appeared. He wore a blue shirt, brown pants, had black poofy hair, green eyes, transparent skin… and he looked just like Puggsy. "Deh name's Jonathan Vandeguarde, but ye can call me Jonny. I'm yer cousin,"
A/N: And there you have it. The group is almost back together, FF2 has gone bye-bye, a new OC appears, Kiff is human, and we still got a bunch of other troubles ahead of us. …Just review.
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Tracker78: Thank you, I do my best. …And get ready to read more, because there's a lot more danger planned for us ;)