Hi everyone, thanks again for waiting. So, last we left off, the Saturday Home was attacked by a strike-squad of Argost-controlled Cryptids, including Fiskerton, Zon, and Komodo, and apparently the maniac has the rest of Zak's family. Now the Avengers must enter one of the most dangerous places they've been to in order to free them: Weird World
Part 2
"Greetings and bienvenue" A chair turned around to reveal a humanoid individual in a dark grey and black sharkskin cloak with a white mask and long white hair. "Welcome to Weird World, I am your host, V.V. Argost."
The intro to the first episode of the titular show 'Weird World' was being played on a small screen at the roof of the pilot compartment in the Avengers Quinjet for the whole team to see. Zak piloted the Quinjet personally as Danny, Kim, Ron, Rex, Ben, and Jake all sat and watched it, along with Fiskerton and Rufus, the naked mole rat on the gorilla-cat's shoulder, with Zon and Komodo eyeing Rufus.
"Now there's a guy who'll send a chill down your spine." Kim noted.
"What does the V.V. stand for?" Ron asked.
"Vincent Vladislav." Zak answered. "But even then, it's not his real name. Turns out Argost, isn't even human."
"Then what is he?" Danny asked.
"Believe it or not, he's actually a Yeti." Ben answered, surprising much of the group.
"A yeti? Like the abominable snowman?" Rex questioned almost skeptically.
"Exactly. But don't let that fool he, he's no wild animal, but he's definitely a monster." Zak said.
"A yeti is a cryptid, right? So, couldn't you control him with your powers?" Jake asked.
"I didn't know he was a yeti for a long time, that is until he got his own Anti-Kur powers." Zak replied.
"Zak, I can understand if this is personal, but we need to know the whole story if we're gonna beat this guy." Danny told his friend.
Before Zak could even begin however, Komodo had climbed up from behind the seat Fiskerton was sitting on before trying to bite down onto Rufus, causing the naked mole rat to scream as it climbed away and dive into Fiske's fur, Komodo stuck his head in response, causing Fisk to laugh and moan as he was being tickled and scratched at the same time.
"Hey, hey, easy lizard boy!" Rex pulled Komodo out as Ron ran up to Fisk, and Rufus jumped into Ron's hands.
"Rufus is not lunch! You got that!?" Ron scolded Komodo as Fisk even waved a finger and gave a disapproving grunt and yammer of his own, causing Komodo to scowl as he looked away. Zon cooed a bit as it moved towards Rufus, causing Ron to back up nervously. "Okay, that goes for you to. Rufus isn't lunch." Rufus however didn't seem intimidated by Zon as he climbed from Ron's shoulder onto Zon's wing and up to her head as he waved.
"Hello." Rufus squeaked as Zon purred in response.
"Okay… so Argost?" Danny got right back on point.
"Right." Zak began. "Like I said, he was a yeti who lived in the Himalayas, his favorite pass-time was hunting tourists or anyone unfortunate enough to climb in his terrorist. But here's the thing, he wasn't defending his turf or following an animalistic instinct like hunting or gathering. He did it for pleasure, even collected souvenirs."
"Wait… seriously?" Kim questioned in shock as the others were paying attention as well. "He killed… for pleasure?"
"Yeah, including my grandparents." Zak continued, much to the surprise of everyone else. "But, he was also smart enough to learn human language, apparently through watching TV, so he disguised himself as a human with that robe and mask and made deals with all sorts of underworld crime lords to get the funds necessary to launch his own TV show, Weird World."
"So, he hunts people… and then leaves to start his own show?" Rex questioned trying to make sense out of that "Someone's aiming low."
"Actually, his show was only a cover to try and find Kur." Zak continued. "Like I told you guys before after that whole Phantom-Mutradi mess, Kur was an ancient evil being that had the power to influence Cryptids. My parents dug up the Kur Stone before I was born, but accidentally unleashed his power and it made its way to me when Mom was pregnant with me. Argost wanted to use Kur's power for the same kind of reason; build an army of cryptids to take over the world and destroy humanity."
"Okay, so he's one of those typical world-domination monsters." Jake said. "Yeah, we've all dealt with that same sort of thing."
"Yeah, plenty people wanna take over the world, but he has a special way of doing that." Zak continued. "After learning I was Kur's reincarnation, he decided to get someone else's power. He used this mirror-portal to bring over an anti-matter duplicate of me, Zak Monday, who had the same kind of powers and killed him to acquire the Anti-Kur abilities."
"So, he has the same kind of powers you do?" Danny asked.
"Sort of." Zak answered. "I can only influence cryptids, I can't make them do anything against their will, but he can. His Anti-Kur powers completely strip away a cryptid's free will and make them do whatever he wants."
"So that's how he was able to control these guys and those cryptids back at your home." Kim deduced.
"He then tried to steal my powers and mix it in with his own." Zak continued. "Thing is, matter and anti-matter don't mix. So, when they merged inside his body… he sort of imploded."
"He died?" Danny stated.
"Yep." Zak responded.
"As in dead-dead." Jake wanted to make sure. "Not coma-dead, but actually dead."
"Uh huh." Zak nodded.
Most of the group, save for Ben and Zak, had chills sent down' their spine. "But… he's alive now?! What is he, some kind of zombie?!" Ron questioned. "Or did they bring him back Frankenstein-style!"
"Ron… I'll admit this is kinda creepy, but I don't think…" Kim tried to speak from a reasoned tone of voice.
"Actually, yeah, that's how." Zak confirmed, much to the shock of Kim, Ron, and Jake.
"Well, I mean Van Kleiss came back the same sort of way so… I guess it's not impossible." Rex tried to say, but even he was slightly disturbed by this.
"And most of my ghost enemies are technically 'back from the dead' to… so there's that." Danny added.
"Basically, one of my enemies, Animo, a mad-scientist who likes to experiment on animals, brought him back Frankenstein-style with a mix-match body of cryptid parts." Ben said.
"So, you fought him to, Ben?" Danny asked.
"Only once, in fact that's how Zak and I met." Ben explained. "But I used Feedback to drain his own energy fueling his body and put him into a coma. That was the last time we've seen him."
"Well clearly someone's helped to bring him back." Kim deduced. "The question is, who?"
"We'll ask him when we see him." Zak stated as he narrowed his eyes and continued to pilot the Quinjet.
"You know where he is?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, his home, Weird World." Zak answered.
"So, his old TV studio?" Rex questioned. "Not exactly villain-lair material."
"Trust me, that place is a real nightmare factory." Zak explained. "When he took the Kur stone before I was born; my parents led a team of fifty Secret Scientists to break in and get back. But only seven came out."
"Wait… what?!" Kim exclaimed as most of the group, even Ben, were stunned. "Fifty went in, but only seven came out?!"
"Yep." Zak confirmed. "And this other time, he kidnapped Fisk, so my family went in to get him back. We made it out alive, but… just barley."
Fiskerton, Zon, and even Komodo shuddered as they remembered their previous visit to Weird World and they wouldn't recommend that experience to anyone.
"Okay… this is serious." Danny noted with a gravely serious expression.
"Yeah well, I mean we've been to hostile alien planets before." Rex said trying to put up an expression of confidence. "I'm pretty sure whatever this guy throws at us, we can take it."
Right as he said that however, the Quinjet had passed the last piece of cloud cover and they all saw their destination: Weird World. It looked like something one would see in a classic monster movie, only in real life. It was a black mansion with elements that seemed to mix that of a gothic cathedral with Dracula's castle, complete with its own graveyard near the front gate. Even lightning flashed around it for dramatic effect
Immediately, all the Avengers' eyes widened as they saw the dark mansion. "Okay… I'll give the guy credit for first impressions." Rex said with a small gulp.
"And… we're actually… going… into that place?" Ron shivered as Rufus hid in Ron's coat-pocket and shook with terror.
"He's got my parents in there." Zak answered grimly as the Quinjet landed half a mile away from Weird World. "So yeah, we're definitely going in."
Kim placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Hey, we'll get your family back Zak. I promise."
"Yeah, you're not doing this alone." Danny added with his own confident yet friendly expression before he transformed into Danny Phantom. "We might not know Argost all that much, but he doesn't know the Avengers."
"We beat Argost before, we can do it again." Ben had his own grin as Rex and Jake smirked as well, the later transforming into the American Dragon as well.
"Right… we got your back buddy." Though Ron was quite scared, he wouldn't let his friends go into a place like that alone. Even Rufus gave his own thumbs up. Zak also felt a furry hand on his other shoulder to look to see a smiling Fisk as Komodo and Zon gave affirmative and loyal growls and calls of their own.
Zak smiled, truly touched by his friends' loyalty. "Thanks guy. Let's go."
Meanwhile, deep in the inner most chambers of the dreaded mansion known as Weird World, V.V. Argost himself sat in his own personal study. He took a moment to look at his own hands as it felt so good to be back in his original Yeti-body, despite it being a cloned version, it was much more preferable than that patchwork of a body Animo provided him; mask and cloak in all. By Argost's side, was his faithful, stoic, and silent servant Munya who provided him a tray with a rare steak.
"Thank you, Munya." Argost helped himself to the meal with a fork and knife. Despite being a sadistic monster, he acted the gentleman whenever he felt necessary. However, a third individual entered the chamber.
"All the preparations are complete, my master." A feminine voice spoke in a hiss, which was revealed to have belonged to a large humanoid-serpent creature.
"Rani Nagi." Argost greeted. "I am pleased to hear that."
"However, I must question our approach." The Queen of the Nagas began. "First, we ally ourselves with beings who do not share our desired goal; now you haven't even killed the boy's parents."
"My dear, I have every intention of ending the Saturday lineage, but I don't want to do it quickly." Argost began. "After what all young Saturday has done, I want him to hurt as much as possible, both physically and emotionally, until he personally begs for me to end his pitiful existence like a began tiger for a puny mouse. And as for our own comrades, I have a great deal of respect for each of them, as they share such grand views that rival even my own, it is so rare to find kindred spirits. But more importantly, young Zak has found powerful allies and I want to test them to see if our future with our new associates is worth investing."
"These Avengers are mere humans! We are the superior creatures, as such we can destroy them!" Rani Nagi protested.
"To quote Lao Tzu, 'there is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent'." Argost said, right before an alarm sounded throughout his study. "Perimeter alarm, it seems our guests have arrived. Rani Nagi, see to it your brethren are prepared; Munya, you see to it that these Avengers receive a proper Weird-World-welcome."
"Yes, Master." Rani Nagi and Munya both bowed as they left the chambers, leaving Argost alone.
"Now, young Saturday, shall we play a game?" He mused with an evil smile as his own eyes began to emanate a green aura, indicating he was activating his Anti-Kur powers.
Munya had entered what appeared to be a camera-control room filled with all kinds of levers and switches. He saw on one monitor; the team young heroes and their animal companions enter the main foyer of the mansion as he sat down. The silent man gave a hum as he began to work the controls and switches.
The group kept a tight formation as they walked in from the main gate into a large foyer-like area that was as big as three stories with a large staircase leading up one story that broke off on the left and right to lead to separate wings Everyone kept their eyes out for anything out of the ordinary. But they could already tell that this mansion was anything but ordinary.
"Okay, I'm really getting goosebumps about this place." Ron shivered as did Rufus in his pocket. Komodo gave them an indifferent look, causing Rufus to stick his tongue out at the komodo dragon.
"Jake, can you see where Zak's parents are?" Kim asked.
"My dragon sense can't see through walls." Jake answered he tried to sniff the air. "But, there's definitely something alive in this place. A lot of somethings."
"Watch your back everyone." Zak told the team. "Argost has got everything, from Cryptids to classic bobby traps."
"What you mean like trap doors? Electric doorknobs?" Rex slightly scoffed.
"Yes." Zak answered.
"Uh… I was kidding." Rex said in surprise.
"I know. I'm not." Zak said seriously. His eyes slightly widened as he sensed something. "Guys… we got Cryptids!"
Everyone put their guard up as several doors along the walls and ceiling opened up to reveal several Cryptids; mostly half a dozen Skree in the air, with multiple Chupacabras on the ground, even two large Mongolian Death Worms that were about the physical size of an SUV and over a hundred feet long; but what stood out the most were two Cryptids that Zak was already well familiar with. On the ground was a primate-like cryptid with a long tail and a claw on the end, and a rainbow-colored dinosaur-bat like creature; these were the Ahuizotl and the Duah; all of these creatures had glowing green eyes, indicating they were under Argost's control.
"Oh look, the welcome wagon." Jake said as he flexed his wings and Ben quickly transformed into Diamondhead.
The creatures all roared as they charged at the young Avengers and their animal compatriots, forcing them to scatter and fly as they took on the beasts.
Jake flew into the air along with Danny and Zon as they took on the flying Skree, but Zon wasn't interested in them. She set her sights on the Duah as she flew and rammed the creature straight into the wall. However, the Duah lashed its claws out to knock Zon back. The two glared at each other as they flew and lashed out claws and teeth at one another.
Rex formed his Smack Hands as he tried to keep one Death-Worm back as it had venom dripping through its claws that almost fell onto Rex's face. "Man… I really hate worms." Rex muttered as he pulled one Smack Hand back, which spun like a drill before he punched the creature in the face to send it reeling back. Rex ran to press the advantage as he formed Punk Busters on his feet before jumping and delivering a devastating airborne roundhouse to the Death-Worm's face and knock its teeth out.
Diamondhead shot several diamond shards from his hands to keep the second Death-Worm at bay, but that only served to anger the creature as it lunged and grabbed Diamondhead in its mouth and attempted to swallow him, but Diamondhead's hands turned into sharpened blades to pierce the inside of the creature's mouth, causing it to screech in pain as it spat him out, letting Diamondhead get back up as he pressed his hands on the ground to create a diamond prison around the cryptid and keep it contained.
Meanwhile; Kim, Ron, Zak, and Fiskerton, along with Komodo found themselves surrounded by more than two dozen Chupacabras being led by the Ahuizotl as it snarled at Zak in particular.
"Uh Zak, call me crazy, but that crytpid looks like it has it out for you." Kim noticed.
"The Ahuizotl, and yeah it does. It can also use that tail-hand of yours to suck out your eyeballs." Zak explained.
"Oh, that is just sick and wrong!" Ron cringed with Rufus wrenching in disgust as well.
"I'll take care of him; you guys handle the Chupacabras." Zak said as he used his Claw to extend its staff part and pole vault straight at the Ahuizotl, landing on the creature's chest with his feet and knocking it back.
"Chupacabras, huh?" Ron observed as he activated his Mystic Monkey power. "You know, I thought they'd be a lot bigger."
"Guess they're pack-animals." Kim assumed as she glanced at Fiskerton who merely shrugged.
The many Chupacabras leapt at their supposed prey, but they were ready as Kim ran and punched one down before delivering a roundhouse to knock back two more and jumping to land on her hands and perform a split-kick to knock down two more before spinning her feet in the air like a helicopter blade knock down any that tried to pounce her. Komodo even provided Kim with aid as he stuck to her rear to swipe his tail at one Chupacabra before jumping to pounce on two more, lashing out with teeth and claws.
Ron used his own monkey martial arts skills as he did multiple air flips and landed to thrust his hands forward, sending an invisible force outward to knock back multiple Chupacabras. Several tried to get at him from behind, but Fiskerton was quick to rush in and smack them down with his own hands before he grabbed a coach from the side of the room and used it like a blunt weapon to knock down any Chupacabras that tried to pounce him.
Zak meanwhile squared off with the Ahuizotl as it snarled at him. "Holding a grudge huh? Well, I don't have time to play with you, so get out of my way or I'll do worse than seal you back in your tomb." However, Zak didn't appear to notice the Ahuizotl's elongated tail trying to sneak up on him from behind, but Zak was still able to grab it with his Claw. "Seriously? You tried that same trick before, don't think I forgot." Zak then pulled on the Claw to pull in the Ahuizotl, where Zak delivered a punch to its face and knock it back.
Danny flew and shot Ecto-Beams at whatever Skree was coming close to him, each one came down with one hit as Jake flew alongside him to blast fire at the Skree, resulting in one-hit take downs as well. It seemed like most of the aerial cryptids would fall rather easily.
"I get Zak probably wants us to hold back against most of these guys but still… it feels like they're going down too easy." Jake said.
"Yeah, I got a feeling this is only the warm-up." Danny deduced as they heard a painful cry from Zon who was thrown back against the wall and pinned by the Duah.
The Duah snarled at Zon, who snarled defiantly at him to. However, before the creature could bite down on her, Jake was quick to fly in and wrap his arms around the Duah's neck and pull it back.
"Hey, leave the lady alone!" Jake exclaimed as the Duah struggled in its grip, but lashed out its wings towards Jake's face, forcing him to let go, but this left the Duah open for an ecto-blast from Danny right into the wall. Jake even came in with flying punch to the Duah's face and send it crashing down to the floor, knocking it unconscious.
Zon flew a bit closer towards Danny and Jake as she nuzzled her head against Danny first. "Okay… okay you're welcome." Danny chuckled slightly before Zon nuzzled against Jake's face as well.
"Let me guess, your ex?" Jake assumed, resulting in Zon chirping in confirmation. "Yeah, he seemed like an ass."
Rex jumped up into the air with his Punk Busters above the Death-Worm he was facing before forming both his Fun-Chucks and fell down as he spun them before slamming them on the giant worm's face to knock it unconscious. Rex then turned to see Diamondhead finish up with his diamond prison to keep his own Death-Worm. The two quickly exchanged a high-five.
"Anyone call for an exterminator?" Rex joked.
"That's how we get it done." Diamondhead smirked.
Kim was facing against six more Chupacabras, but it seemed like she wouldn't have to deal with any as a coach was thrown to send them flying all the way across the room. She looked in surprise to see Fiskerton giving a warrior's yell as he pound his chest King-Kong style.
"Whoa… thanks." She smiled at Fisk who gave a smile and a nod as well.
Ron ran and flipped up the stairs with a pack of seven Chupacabras right behind him. Once he made it to the middle-level where the stairs split up, Ron made a martial arts stance as he faded the Chupacabras. "Just you and me Rufus, you ready?"
Rufus made a similar stance on Ron's shoulder. However, this proved to be unnecessary as one of the Chupacabras was pulled down by an invisible force and thrown off the staircase. The others were swiped off their feet and fell down the stairs as well, the assailant revealed himself as Komodo who had turned invisible.
Ron and Rufus looked almost dumbfounded. "A komodo dragon that can turn invisible… That is so cool!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yep. Uh-huh. Cool." Rufus chirped as well as Komodo hung his head high in their praise.
Zak meanwhile continued to parry his Claw against the claw-strikes from the Ahuizotl. The creature tried to lash out its tail-claw at Zak, but he ducked underneath the strike and spun his claw like a staff before swinging to strike both ends repeatedly against the Ahuizotl's face to knock it back. As it reeled back, Zak launched the grappler in his Claw, which hit the Ahuizotl in the chest and send it flying and crashing into a grandfather clock to knock it out.
Zak breathed a sigh of relief as he regrouped with the rest of his team. "Everyone alright?"
"We came, we saw, we kicked Crytpid-butt!" Ron cheered as he and Rex exchanged a high-five, along with Jake.
"Can we get a what-what? Hollah!" Jake cheered.
"Don't celebrate just yet." Danny told everyone. "We still gotta find Zak's parents, and Argost himself."
"Yeah, this house isn't done with us yet." Zak said.
"Pretty sure if all the guy's got is mind-controlled animals, we can take him." Rex said confidentially. However, several smaller doors opened along the floor as hundreds of beetle-like insects began to flow into the chamber and quickly surround the group.
"Uh oh." Fiskerton mumbled as Zon and Komodo were also on edge.
"Are these… bugs?" Kim questioned.
"Well, they don't look all that dangerous to me." Ben observed.
"No, these things are bad news!" Zak stated as he recognized these bugs. These were the Jinshin-Mushi. "We have to get out of here, now!"
Before anyone could ask Zak what he meant by that, the crytpid insects began to wag their tails which somehow caused the entire room to vibrate, almost as if an earth-quake had hit the mansion.
"Wait... are these things causing an earthquake?!" Kim exclaimed.
"Yeah! That's what they do!" Zak responded as the ceiling and walls already began to collapse. Rex immediately formed his Block Party to create a shield around the whole group and protect them from the falling rubble.
"Okay, I'm calling this! Everyone, hang onto me!" Danny exclaimed as the Avengers held onto Danny and each other, including Fiskerton, Zon, and Komodo. Danny then turned himself, and by extension, everyone else intangible, allowing them to phase through the floor just as the entire room collapsed.
Back in the control room, Munya snapped his fingers in frustration as he saw the intruders escape. However, when he looked at another monitor, he saw them all become tangible again as they fell through the floor and into a dungeon in the basement. This caused him to smile as he began to work with more of the levers and switches.
Everyone tried to regain their bearings as they had just barely escaped being buried alive in the upper floor. "Okay, since when can bugs cause freaking earthquakes?!" Rex questioned.
"Told you this place was a death trap." Zak said as they all got up.
"Where are we now?" Danny questioned as they looked around at their new location; which was a room filed with iron maidens, torture-tables, and even a couple of guillotines on the ceiling and other medieval torture items that no one could even find names for. Needless to say, it creeped the group out.
"Okay… this guy needs a new hobby." Kim cringed in disgust.
"Hold on, we're in a dungeon, aren't we?" Ron asked. "So, maybe this is where your parents are Zak."
"Maybe…" Zak tried to think. "I mean, he does have a thing for classic monster movies, so I wouldn't put it past him. But that sounds way too easy, not Argost's usual style."
"The guy just sicked cryptids on us and now we're basically in a torture chamber. Just what kind of style does this freak show have?" Jake questioned.
"The kind where need to keep moving." Ben said. "He knows we're here, and he probably knows where we are to."
"Ben's right, we have to…" Before Danny could finish, the wall on the side suddenly opened as someone ran out to tackle him, much to the group's shock. But Danny used his own strength to throw the mysterious assailant off him, but as he primed an Ecto-beam, he was shocked to see it wasn't another controlled cryptid but rather a human being, one that Zak instantly recognized.
"Uncle Doyle!" Zak exclaimed as everyone else look in surprise. The man in purple with a red mohawk was also surprised to see his nephew, but it was a welcomed one.
"Mini-man!" Doyle greeted. "Good to see ya!" He exchanged a quick high-five with Zak, which turned into a brief hug before he greeted the rest of the Saturdays. "Gorilla-cat, Jurassic, Lizard." Fiskerton gave a happy and excited chirp as he pulled Doyle into an almost bone-crushing hug. "Okay… easy… easy!" Doyle winced.
"Zak… you know this guy?" Kim asked.
"Uh yeah, that's my uncle." Zak introduced as Fisk put him down. "Uncle Doyle, these are my friends, the Avengers."
"Your new team huh? Nice to meet ya." Doyle gave a finger-greeting salute.
"Yeah, nice to meet you to." Danny shook his hand.
"Hang on, how do we know this isn't another Weird World trick?" Ben asked almost skeptically.
"Guys, trust me, it's him." Zak said. "He's one of the few people who can survive this nightmare place on his own. He did it twice."
"Seriously?!" Jake, Ron, Kim, and Rex all questioned at the same time.
"Yeah, when your trained as a cut-throat mercenary, you pick up a few things." Doyle gave a brief explanation.
"But how'd you know we'd be here?" Zak asked.
"A couple of flying jellyfish tried to jump me back at my place. Their eyes were glowing green, so I figured the obvious suspect." Doyle explained. "But Zak, why are you here?"
"He's got Mom and Dad, Doyle." Zak answered grimly.
"What?!" Doyle questioned.
"Yeah, and we're here to help." Danny said.
"We've each tangoed with more than our fair share of super villains." Kim also said. "This place is nuts, but it's nothing we can't handle."
"And if Zak's family needs our help, then we're in to." Ben added.
All the other Avengers had serious expressions on their faces, indicating they were behind Zak one hundred percent on this, something that impressed Doyle quite a bit.
"You got some good friends Zak."
"I know." Zak smiled. "Come on, let's not keep Argost waiting."
They exited out the door into a large hallway, with several more steel doors along the walls, indicating the group was indeed in a dungeon.
"Okay, we're in a dungeon, any sign of your parents, Zak?" Jake asked.
"I can't tell… Komodo?" Zak asked his reptilian brother who sniffed the air to try and find any familiar scents but couldn't as he shook his head. "No, they're not here."
"They gotta be somewhere in this crazy place." Danny said. "Maybe I can try to scout ahead…"
"Bad idea." Doyle said immediately. "You don't know Weird World, and that's exactly what Argost wants."
Zak looked curiously at his Uncle. "You know, that's actually surprising considering you were off on your own twice in this place."
"But I doubt Argost would be stupid enough to underestimate me again. Pretty sure he's got a contingency." Doyle said.
"So, we stick together then?" Jake asked. "But this place is huge!"
"Then let's stop sneaking around and just tear this freaking wannabe-asylum apart!" Rex exclaimed as he formed his Smack Hands and punched down one wall, only for the wall behind it to 'punch' back and slam Rex into the other wall.
"Rex!" Ben exclaimed as he and everyone else ran to try and help him, but the wall explodes as Rex punched his way back with his Smack Hands, which he promptly withdrew.
"And I thought Abysus was crazy." Rex muttered.
Soon, the group heard multiple noises and gear-like sounds coming from the walls and ceilings. "Guys… what's that…?" Ron gulped nervously as Rufus hid deeper into Ron's coat pocket.
"Looks like we got some traps coming…" Zak stated. "Run!"
The group ran and as they did, multiple guillotine-blades fell down from the ceiling and almost cleaved some of them in two. But Danny was able to grab Kim and turn both of them intangible to avoid the blades; Ron and Jake could barely avoid them themselves as Fiskerton screamed and tried to run in-between each dropped blade. But it wasn't just them as several holes in the walls opened up to shoot multiple darts at the group, probably poisonous ones as well as Rex formed his Block Party to block one side of the group as Ben transformed into Big Chill to blow his ice-breath and freeze the entire wall solid.
However, that wasn't even the worst of it as a hole opened up on the ceiling and water quickly fell down which began to flood the entire hallway.
"Oh, come on!" Doyle exclaimed as the chamber was already half-way flooded in less than a few seconds. Big Chill turned into Rip Jaws as Rex formed his Boogie Pack and the two tried to swim/soar underwater just as the entire basement was completely flooded with most of the group struggling to hold their breath. Rip Jaws and Rex tried to get to most of their friends; but five large holes began to open up on the floor which began to suck out the water like a drain only at a much faster rate.
Despite many of the attempts to resist such as trying quickly to swim or even hold onto the wall, the suction was too strong as Kim was pulled into one hole, Rex into another as even his Boogie Pack wasn't strong enough to resist the pole. Ron accidentally fell back into Doyle as they both fell into one hole together, with Rufus sent flying out of Ron's pocket, only to get caught by Fiskerton who was also sucked into one hole along with Fiskerton and Komodo. Zak was the last one to get sucked into the final hole just as all the water was drained out of the hallway and the holes all closed; leaving only Jake, Danny, and Rip Jaws who transformed back into Ben as they tried to regain their breath.
"What the hell just happened?! Where's the rest of our team?!" Danny exclaimed.
"Divide and conquer… that must be his game." Ben said as they each got back up on their feet.
"I'm sick of all these twisted games this freak is throwing at us!" Jake exclaimed angrily. "Let's just tear this whole place apart till we find our friends and Zak's family, and get the hell out of here!"
"You are not going anywhere!"
The three remaining Avengers turned around in surprise to see the cell-doors all opened with several loud hisses coming from them. Rani-Nagi revealed herself along three other Naga companions. One was a red cobra, the other was a black serpent with an elongated neck, the last one had green scales and two heads.
"What the… snake people?!" Jake exclaimed.
"They're Nagas, I think." Ben explained. "Zak told me about them; a snake-men cult that worships Kur like a god."
Danny noticed another door opening from behind as someone else stepped out. "Okay, and who is that?"
Ben and Jake turned around in surprise to see Munya enter the hallway as well. He glared at them before closing his single eye, which reopened to form a slit as his entire body began to pulsate and he moaned in pain. His skin turned red as his muscles grew and spider-like legs formed out of his back, even his face contorted spider-like features before he ripped off his shirt to reveal his transformed body.
"Yeah… that's a problem." Ben winced as he, Jake, and Danny came together as Munya and the Nagas surrounded them.
Ron spat out some water as Doyle offered him a hand. "You okay kid?" The former mercenary asked the Monkey Kung Fu master as he helped him up. The two of them appeared to be trapped in a dungeon-like chamber
"I'm fine…" Ron felt his coat and found his companion was missing. "Rufus? Rufus? Rufus!" He began to panic. "Where's Rufus?!"
"Who… look out!" Doyle tackled Ron out of the way to avoid a large stinger from the shadows. But what stepped out of the shadows was something truly horrifying, and something that Doyle recognized.
"Baron Finster!? But how…" Doyle gave an audible gasp as he expected his old enemy to come in on a mechanical scorpion body, but it was revealed to be an organic one as his body appeared to be even more scorpion-like as his lower half was a scorpion's hole body, claws and all. Even his human hands had been replaced with scorpion claws, mandibles hung from his mouth, and his eyes had a green aura around them, indicating he was controlled by the Anti-Kur power.
Ron's face was one of total horror, like something from a monster movie come to life as even Doyle looked disgusted. "Oh… well… that is just all kinds of nasty…"
Kim had found herself in a smaller dungeon as well as she rubbed her head and tried to regain her senses. She looked in a puddle of water underneath her and saw someone just above her with a weapon in hand, and Kim just barley rolled out of the way to avoid it. She looked in surprise to see there was someone else here, a woman with white hair and holding a sword in her hands.
"Wait… aren't you… Zak's mom?" Kim questioned as she was looking at Drew Saturday, however as she stepped out in the open, Drew's eyes had the same Anti-Kur aura over them as she only glared at Kim while brandishing her Fire-Sword.
"Alright, where the hell am I now?" Rex wondered aloud as he was in a similar predicament. "You think locking me in a dungeon is gonna get rid of me? Then you don't know me at all!" He exclaimed, believing his enemy could hear him as he formed his Smack Hands to punch his way out, only for something hard to slug him across the face and send him crashing into the wall.
"So, gotta fight my way out, huh?!" Rex got back up. "Well who's…" However, the young EVO's eyes widened in surprise as his opponent turned out to be none other than Solomon 'Doc' Saturday who also had his own eyes emanating the green aura of the Anti-Kur. Doc held his pulsating power glove in his right hand as he roared and lunged at Rex.
Fiskerton pulled himself back on his feet as Komodo and Zon shook the water off their bodies. Fisk tried to shake the water out of his fur as well but was surprised to see something in his fur moving. This turned out to be Rufus as he climbed out of Fisk's fur and onto his shoulder to spit out some access water. The four animals looked around to see that they were in some sort of sewer-like area.
Rufus noticed something moving the water and gave an alarmed squeak as he pointed toward the water as a creature began to rise from it. Fisk, Zon, and Komodo all gave alarmed calls and screeches as they looked to see the giant octopus/crab like crytpid known as the Migas emerge from the water with glowing green eyes glaring down at them.
Zak himself was all alone as he found himself in a tight chamber, but one that was incredibly tall, almost like he was in the inside of a chimney. He didn't have much time to collect himself however as the floor began to move and shoot straight up. The force was enough to keep Zak pinned as the platform ascended at an incredibly fast rate, that it didn't even stop when it reached the top, sending Zak flying out and crashing hard on the ground.
"What… the heck I…" Zak however looked in surprise to see he was outside, but not just outside, he was on the Weird World's own rooftop, he could see the landscape for miles around him. "I'm… on the roof…?"
"Yes, it seemed like the quite the place to hold a climatic showdown."
Zak turned around and looked upward to see his mortal enemy perched almost like a gargoyle on the ledge of an upper part of the roof, holding the weapon known as the Fang in his hands with glowing green eyes underneath his mask.
"Greetings and bienvenue young Saturday." V.V. Argost greeted with a formal bow. "I hope you enjoy the view, for it is the last thing you will ever see."
Done. So, looks like even the Avengers are having a difficult time in Weird World as they are now separated and facing off against different opponents…
*Doyle and Ron are up against a reanimated Baron Finster
*Rex is facing Doc
*Kim is stuck fighting Drew
*Ben, Danny, and Jake are fighting the Nagas and Munya
*Fiskerton, Rufus, Zon, and Komodo are against the giant crytpid known as the Migas
*And of course, Zak is face-to-face with Argost once more.
Now to explain a few things. Argost is back in his original Yeti-body, I won't go into exact details how (that ascertains into spoilers), but basically his body was cloned, and his consciousness transferred from the one Animo made him into that one. And I know in the cannon series, Baron Finster was killed by Argost, and while he did kill him, I decided to make his fate much more cruel (as per Argost's character), as similar to Munya, he reanimated him with cryptid-scorpion DNA, making him easier to control.
And I'm sure many of you are confused as to how Doc and Drew are being controlled as the Anti-Kur powers only affects cryptids, but they aren't being controlled directly. I'll give you a hint, there is a certain crytpid parasite attached to them that Argost favors and has used to control people before, and since they are cryptids, he's using those parasites as a link with his Anti-Kur powers to control Doc and Drew. I hope that makes sense.
Anyway, how will our heroes get out of this predicament? Find out as the final part of Episode 7 will be uploaded soon. Until then, see ya.