Angel: Welp...the last episode before the finale. Next week will be the week that this ends...
After the bus from the field trip broke the near-empty sorcerer ball, one last drop fell into the sewers. It rolls down an entrance of a tunnel before dripping into the water. Then it begins to spread, going all the way through the pipes and into the drains...
Where some green water ends up going into Randy's cup. He's about to drink it as he puts it up to his lips.
"Cunningham, stop!" Howard calls out, running up to him. Amy walks up from behind Howard. "Do not drink that water...! Cause guess who's packin' McBubble Slams?" He holds up three bottles, one for each of them.
"McBubble Slam is so good cause it's got electric lights," Randy puts down the water and then grabs a bottle. Howard gives one to Amy.
"It doesn't have electric lights..." Howard looks at the label, which actually says 'now with more electric lights.' "Huh. I don't know what that means, but I'm glad there's more of 'em."
"I don't even know what that means..." Amy raises a brow, taking a small sip. She glances to the cup of water, raising a brow at how green it is. She shrugs it off and leaves with the boys. "Heidi, I'm leaving with Randy and Howard! I'll see you later!"
"Bye, biffer!" Heidi calls out to her before going back to whoever she was talking to on the phone. She reaches the kitchen. "All these memails were blowin' up my winbox yesterpanks..." She takes the water, drinks it, and then her eyes turn fully green. She drops her phone and the water to start clawing at the floor, groaning like a zombie.
"So? Shall we to the Game Hole?" Howard offers Randy, who doesn't seem too keen on the idea.
"Eh, we always to the Game Hole," He complains at this and Amy facepalms herself.
"Oh! I need my bag. Whatever you guys decide to do, text me. I'll meet you there!" She then runs off in the other direction to get back to her house.
"We could to Charlie Cluckers," Howard suggests with a smile.
"Eh, it's kinda clucked out," Randy states as they walk past his neighbor watering the lawn. He puts the water from the hose up to his mouth for some reason. Once he tastes it, he reacts in the same way as Heidi. He immediately stops what he's doing to start digging with his bare hands.
"Um, okay," Howard rubs the back of his neck as they're now walking into the shopping center of town. "We could walk around the McSac Store and leave without buying anything." Behind them, a student from their school gets infected by the water, digging into the sidewalk.
"Nah. Oh, I got it! Game Hole!" Randy exclaims with a smile.
"What?! You didn't wanna go when I said it," Howard protests to him.
"Cause I didn't want to go when you said it. Now I wanna go."
"Yeah, cause you said it!" Howard exclaims as a car behind them spins out of control. The car crashes, and they don't seem to pay attention to it.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No."
"Yes!"
The two bicker as the family in the car start digging into the road with shovels, all of their eyes green.
"No-oh!"
"Ye-es! You only wanna do stuff when it's your idea or Smith's idea," Howard argues to him.
"That's ridiculous. And besides, Ames and I are having...stuff going on," Randy rubs his arm, remembering when he almost said he loved her. He hadn't stopped thinking about it since then, as he just hides it nowadays. Amy herself hasn't commented on it to him, so he wasn't sure what was going on through her head. And usually, it's easy to tell what is going on with her, or at least in his eyes.
"What stuff?" Howard raises a brow at him as they stop walking.
"I, uh...was close to saying that I loved her when I forgave her for the cake fries thing," Randy smiles sheepishly, earning a sharp gasp from Howard.
"Whoa, Cunningham! You mean to tell me that you almost said you loved her? And I'm just finding this out now?!" Howard demands to him angrily.
"I'm nervous! I'm pretty sure that she knows that I was gonna tell her. She's not stupid," Randy drags a hand down his face, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"How do you know that she knows that you almost said it?" Howard crosses his arms, looking up at him.
"It's Ames. She'd pick up on it instantly, ugh! This is so hard!" The taller boy grips his hair in frustration.
"You could just tell her," His friend suggests simply.
"But she might feel overwhelmed and I don't wanna ruin what we have. It's too soon," Randy looks away, still in thought.
"You guys have been going out for months, Cunningham. It's too late for too soon," Howard rolls his eyes.
"But what if she breaks up with me?!" The tall boy exclaims, gesturing to himself. "I don't wanna lose her…"
"Just talk to her."
"No! I have to act like nothing's wrong, that way we can just be ourselves. Oh, whaddaya know, we're at the Game Hole. Where is Ames, anyway?" He searches around for her, and they see her running up to them.
"Sorry I'm late! Had to make sure that the you-know-what was safe."
They simply stare at her, blinking. She pinches her nose at them. "Um, the power ball? Because I still have it in my room?"
"Ohhh," They say in understanding and she smiles weakly at Randy.
I know that he was going to say that he loved me…but if I tell him that I feel the same way, it might scare him off. And what if he dumps me over hearing it? What if he regretted almost saying it back then? I've had to act normal just so it's not awkward…and that's why I have to do. I'd rather stay happy risk-free than to lose him...
"Shall we to the...?" Randy smiles, gesturing to the door.
"Fine! But not cause you said it," Howard glares up at him. Amy stares at them in confusion.
"Am i interrupting something?"
"Just that we always do what Cunningham suggests, and never my ideas!" Howard gestures to himself, the brunette rolling her eyes. If she had a lame Ninja catchphrase every time she heard that one...
Randy holds open the door for his girlfriend and she steps inside. But then the three trip, falling into a heap in front of a possessed Greg. He's been digging a hole into the floor, a large one. Amy looks up to see that he's all alone in the arcade, which wouldn't be the case. The purple-haired boy gets out of the pile, sitting up.
"What the juice, Greg?!" Randy exclaims to him, but because he's underneath the control of the broken power ball, he doesn't respond. "Why's there a hole in the Game Hole?"
A creak is heard and Amy turns around to see a game close to falling.
"I seek the ultimate prize..."
Randy glances to his left, pulling Amy out of range from the game. Howard lifts up his head, spitting out some dirt.
"The ultimate prize? I wanna seek the ultimate prize!"
"Skee-bowww," Some of his games start falling and Amy rubs her chin, examining his behavior.
"Something's not right about this..." She murmurs to herself.
"Uh, Greg, your games are falling. Greg?" Randy waves a hand in front of Greg, who just sits there.
"Forget the games! Look at all these holes!" Howard points outside, dragging the two out the door. "Ha!"
The two gasp to see just about everyone in town digging holes and nothing else. Mick is using a drill while other people just use their hands or shovels. Even Kat is possessed as she's nearby digging with her hands.
"There's a digging contest and we're already losing!" Howard jumps up and down in a panic.
"Uh? Digging contest?" Randy crosses his arms.
"How would that even work? That seems like a lot of unnecessary work with no payoff," Amy shakes her head.
"Maybe it's a new holiday!" Howard shrugs at the two. "Like Hole-a-ween! Or Holesgiving! Or Ground-holes Day! Come on! We gotta shovel up!"
"Doesn't it seem a little...strange?" Randy questions him and Amy nods in agreement.
"My sentiments exactly. There's no reason why everyone in Norrisville would get involved. And after everything I've read about Norrisville, there's no way I would've missed something like this," She points out, crossing her arms.
"Ohh, you're doing it again!" Howard shouts at them. "If this was your idea, you'd totally shovel up!"
They glance to the right to see Doug driving an excavator.
"...But Doug's driving an excavator!" Randy argues, gesturing to where he left.
"With no one else noticing that he's too young to drive it, mind you," Amy points down at Howard.
"Exactly! Even Doug's beating us! Come on, guys, let's do what I wanna do, for once!"
They look down at their friend, seeing the pleading look in his eyes. They glance to each other, having a bit of a bad feeling...but they couldn't deny his face. Even if it's something as mundane as digging. Both of them sigh in defeat.
"Okay, okay."
"YES!" Howard cheers, running off with a laugh.
"Ohh, I'm gonna regret this tomorrow," Amy rolls her eyes as they follow after him. Howard finds an unoccupied hole and starts digging in it.
"What are we even looking for?" Randy wonders as he sits down, doing nothing to help. Amy takes a seat next to him.
"We'll know when we find it. Or maybe we won't. Or maybe it's whoever digs the most holes! Maybe it's the most dirt! Maybe it's-ah ha! I won!" Howard holds up a fork and no one around cares. Amy stares at them, squinting their eyes. She didn't know what it was just yet, but the behaviors of everyone around them is a little unnerving. Not one person is acting normal...
"I guess today's not the Fork of July," Howard remarks, tossing the fork and continuing to dig.
"Who ok'ed this? They're digging up everything," Randy tosses away the stick he was playing around with.
"Wouldn't someone from the city council stop this? All these holes can't be safe," Amy glances around them.
"Yeah, you know what's really weird is you're the only ones not digging up everything!" Howard shouts in their ears. Amy glances back at him in annoyance, pushing him slightly. He trips and falls into the hole. The two bags hum as the Nomicons buzz. Howard peeks from the bottom of the hole, grunting in annoyance as he sees them out. He crosses his arms with a glare, daring them to shloomp inside.
"I just wanted to make sure the cover still has circles on it. And it does. It does, right there. So I'll put it...uh, you know," Randy slowly puts his down in front of him. Howard turns to Amy, who's still holding hers.
"What?"
"What do you mean, what? Smith, you're my friend, but can't you do me a favor this one time?" Howard gestures to himself. Amy blinks a bit in shock before snapping out of it.
"After everything in the past you've done, you want me to do you the favor?" She asks while raising a brow and he scoffs.
"And who was the one who helped get your parents here for winter break?"
She sighs as she looks away. "Dang it, why'd you have to pull that card...fine," She puts it down as well.
"I'm gonna go get my Dad's shovel! You stay here and guard this diggin' spot, and no Nomicons! Promise?"
"We promise," They state in unison with blank looks.
"We are so winning this!" Howard exclaims happily, running off with a giggle. They wait until he's gone to open up their Nomicons, falling into two holes.
The two land face-first next to the First Ninja and the First Kunoichi. They look up to see four power balls floating around.
"The Sorcerer Balls were flung to the four corners of Norrisville," First Ninja speaks up, the two lying on their backs.
"Yeah, yeah, we know this part. You've told us like ten times," Randy complains, only for a shadow to loom over them.
"If reunited, the orbs will unleash an evil unseen for 800 years!"
The shadow belongs to the Sorcerer, who takes the orbs into his hands. But then a new shadow appears that looks familiar to them, and stomps on the Sorcerer. The new villain takes them and his evil laughter echoes.
"Oh, no, yeah, okay, this is new," Randy slightly sits up.
Amy sits up in alarm. "W-Wait, that looks like Evil Julian!"
He gasps at her deduction and then their predecessors get into their faces.
"You must protect the balls at any cost!" They warn the two before the shadow is about to step on them.
Amy sits up from the hole, crawling out of it as she tries to catch her breath. Randy comes up, holding the book. "Juice it, Nomicon, you trying to scare the cheese outta us?" He stands up, putting the book in his bag before he bends down to Amy, hugging her. She feels at ease immediately, hugging him back. She places her Nomicon into her purse. "What does protecting the balls have to do with a hole-digging contest?"
"They've gotta be connected somehow," Amy rubs her chin after Randy helps her up.
"Must...peep...ultimate preezy," Heidi states while holding a shovel.
"Oh no, Heidi..." The brunette frowns in concern. "But...the green eyes...this ultimate prize stuff..."
"They're looking for a power ball!" Randy exclaims in realization, both of them gasping. "Ames has a power ball!" He and Amy both cover his mouth with hands as everyone turns to look at them. Amy gives him a look that says 'really?' "I mean...she has a shower...stall. Flower mall? Sour doll..."
They go back to digging and Amy sighs in relief. "Thank cheese they bought that..."
"We have to protect it, at any cost!"
The two run off back towards Amy's house. Howard drags himself back over, panting. Because of course running tired him out. "Got the shovel! Only had one. You have to use Heidi's toothbrush, and Smith can use her hands. And Heidi has abnormally large teeth, so...hm?" He looks up and sees that neither of his friends are there anymore. "Cunningham, Smith, you bailers!" He then sees that the hole Amy fell in is now being used by Debbie. "That was my diggin' hole! I need to dig someplace no reasonable person would ever dig. Like a place some reasonable person has already digged! The quarry!"
He's about to leave when he stops to look at Doug. "I'm going to find the ultimate prize before you," Doug declares before he digs into a water pipe, bursting it open. He screams as water is sprayed onto him.
Howard just laughs at him. "I love it when that happens to Doug!"
"Gotta get to that power ball!" Randy states while they both run. Amy maneuvers around a hole, which Randy falls into. Amy bends down and helps him up.
"You okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine, we gotta hurry!" He shouts quickly as they take off again.
"Gotta get to that power ball!" Randy then falls into another hole, Amy jumping over another hole...which her boyfriend falls into. She turns around and looks down at him.
"Do you want me to just...meet you there or...?"
"No!" He pulls himself up as fast as he can. "Let's just go!"
The two continue running down the street. "Gotta-ow!"
"Are you alright?" Amy bites her lip as he groans, glaring up at her as she tries not to let a laugh escape her. She notices his look and clears her throat. "Okay, I'm sorry," She helps him up once again. They finally reach her house, failing to notice a possessed Theresa standing in front of Howard's house.
It's until Amy reaches her door that she finally realizes that Randy is going into her room for the first time.
"Eep!" Her whole face turns red as she spins around Randy to move behind him. "Ah ha...m-maybe you should go first..."
He looks at her in confusion before opening the door. He steps inside, looking around her room. There are some panda posters on her walls, along with a bean bag chair right in front of a table that's in the center of the room. She has a white desk in the left corner, and her bed is in the right corner with the window in between. The desk has her computer and her school books. Her drapes are pure white, and her walls are white. The floor is grey carpet entirely. For her bed, she has a canopy bed along with pink sheets. She has several stuffed panda bears on top of her sheets. She also has a TV right next to her desk and her closet door is to the left of her bedroom door.
"Ames, where's the power ball..." He stiffens as he finally realizes the elephant in the room. Which is he's never been inside her room. "In your room! Me...in my girlfriend's room...ha. Haaaa," He turns away from her, blushing as she calms herself down a bit. She steps in and goes inside her closet, pulling out a box. She opens it and takes out the power ball using an old shirt.
"Oh, thank cheese you're still here. We did it. We protected the ball!" He bends down to it.
"Now we just have to keep it out of reach from everyone else in town. But I still don't get why they're even after it," Amy looks down at the ball, and then Howard's reflection appears in it. He's holding a shovel, meaning that they're looking at him from the present.
"Howard?" Randy asks in confusion and Amy almost drops it in surprise. Thankfully she caught it in time.
"Guys?"
"What are you doing in our ball? And in my girlfriend's room, no less!" He glares at Howard.
"What are you doing in my ball?" Howard demands to them, and their eyes widen in shock.
"There's another power ball?!" The two exclaim in unison.
"Howard, wait right there! We'll come to you!" Randy fully wraps around the power ball in Amy's shirt, and they turn around to see Theresa standing there. "Oh, Theresa, hey, you're...in Ames' room? Her room...us...never been...her room," He stammers nervously as he remembers that he's in her room for the first time.
"Wait, hold on, why are you in my room? How'd you even know where I live?" Amy demands to her.
"Give me the ball," Theresa holds out her hand.
"I can't...I can't. Anything else I would give Ames if she was asking, but I can't give you the ball."
"Good answer," The brunette rolls her eyes, taking the ball from him. "Look Theresa, whatever it is, it can wait. We have to-"
She pulls out her twirling stick, striking Amy with it and then knocking the ball out of her hands. "Hey!"
"Ah!"
Randy grabs his bag, throws it around Theresa, and then tosses her into Amy's closet.
"Sorry! So sorry!" He replies for throwing her hard in there. He then throws his bag to catch the ball from breaking.
"How am I gonna explain this to Theresa when she snaps out of it?" Amy pinches her nose at this. "She must be like the others, we can't stay here any longer."
Greg, Principal Slimovitz, and Mr. Bannister suddenly storm into her room. "Ultimate prize!"
Amy gasps sharply before Randy ushers her over to the window. They both pull out their masks, looking out the window.
"Randy and Ames into Ninja and Kunoichi midair Transformation!" The two jump out the window, putting on their masks at the same time. They transform into the sky, Kunoichi cartwheeling and landing on the road. Ninja however lands into yet another hole, a cow mooing for some reason.
"Dang it! How are you missing all of these holes?!"
"You really gotta watch where you're going," Kunoichi comments as she unravels her hair, throwing it into the hole for him to climb out of it.
Howard climbs out of the hole he dug at the quarry, holding a power ball using his jacket to cover it up. "Even when I'm doing my idea, I'm doing their idea."
"Ultimate prize!"
He looks in shock to see everyone in town already there for the power ball. "Oh, shoob me sideways."
"Ultimate prize! Master will be pleased!"
"Smokebomb!" Ninja and Kunoichi appear a few feet away from Howard. "Thank cheese we found that ball before they did."
"We?! Digging for this thing was my idea," Howard protests to him. "You didn't even wanna do it!"
"And without you wanting to, we wouldn't have found it, but can we focus please?" Kunoichi questions him.
"Would you just give it to me?!" Ninja leaps forward to get it from him, but Howard holds it away. The two fight for it and Kunoichi steps in between them, pushing the two apart.
"Stop it right now!" She yells to get their attention and they pause. "Howard, that ball is dangerous, you shouldn't even be hoarding it. At least you haven't actually touched the thing for it to corrupt you. Now hand it over."
"No..."
A new voice speaks up and they look to see Ghoulian standing behind the crowd. "Give it to me!"
The three gasp at the sight of him.
"Evil Cyborg Julian! I should'a known you were behind this!" Ninja accuses him as Kunoichi glares at him clenching her fists.
"Yes, you should have! Because I told you last time we fought that I wouldn't stop until I had the ball and your partner!" Ghoulian exclaims at him.
"Uh, yeah. But you meant that other ball. We emptied that one," Ninja points out to him.
"Oh, indeed, directly into Norrisville's precious water supply," He gestures to the water tower, Kunoichi's eyes going wide.
"What?!"
"Now its power flows inside every resident, allowing me to control them! And now, you will be mine, Amelia!" He declares, Kunoichi recoiling back in slight fear.
"Nice speech. Too bad I wasn't listening," Ninja retorts to him.
"I was," Howard speaks up behind him. "He said this is all because of your thing."
"Shush, shush, shush, shush, shush!" Ninja glares at his friend, clenching his fists. Ghoulian fires green electricity using the ball, knocking Ninja back several feet.
"You okay?" Kunoichi hollers to him and he rubs his head.
"Bring me the ball!" Ghoulian orders his minions.
"Ultimate prize!" They step forward towards Howard.
"Don't let them get that ball!" Ninja calls out to him.
"Fine! But not because you want me to."
"Howard, this is not the time for that argument!" Kunoichi yells at him as Greg comes up from behind him. She slides to a stop in front of him, unraveling her hair to protect them both. She didn't want to hurt them, since they were innocent in all this.
"Yes! Bring it to me!"
"If he can control them with his power ball, maybe..." Ninja watches as they start banging on the hair shield. "Get away from them!" He holds up the ball, his eyes turning fully green. Once the citizens stop attacking, Kunoichi peeks through her hair in confusion. Then she sees Ninja holding the ball.
"What are you doing?! The power of the ball will corrupt you!" She shouts in concern, but he doesn't listen. The citizens move away from the two, turning back around to Ghoulian.
"No! Don't listen to him! Bring the ball to me!" Ghoulian screams at the crowd, using the power of his own power ball to gain back control. The crowd turns around, heading towards Kunoichi and Howard. He hugs the ball close, but Ninja holds up his own again.
"Back off!"
They turn around and walk in the other direction.
"Back on!" Ghoulian orders them, and they go back to the three.
"Back off!"
"Back on!"
"Back off!"
"Back on!"
"Fine. Howard can have his ball. I'll take yours and Kunoichi!" Ghoulian states, earning annoyed looks from her and Ninja.
"If you think I'll go anywhere with you, you're crazy!" She points at him. He uses his electricity to hit Ninja and then grab Kunoichi. The power ball falls out of his hand and then it falls into a hole. Ninja gasps sharply, looking between the struggling white-haired girl and the hole.
"Let go of me!" She grunts from the tight grip, Ghoulian chuckling. Ninja groans at having to choose and then he throws his scarf at Kunoichi. It sets her free right above the hole and she falls. Ghoulian dives after her and the ball, Ninja following after him. She looks downwards as the ball is front of her, but she can't reach. She throws her hair at a stray ladder, reaching out and grabbing Ninja's hand. Ghoulian extends his arm to the two, but she swings out of the way.
"Ninja Evil Cyborg Kick!" Ninja leaps forward and kicks him in the chest, causing him to fall further. He grips a platform that has the other ball on it. He's about to get it when Ninja uses his scarf to grab it. "Ninja Ball Blast!" He blasts Ghoulian with their own power ball, causing the ground to shake. Howard trips and drops the third power ball, which disappears into the crowd.
"No!"
Ghoulian looks up at Ninja, who's using the power ball again while facing corruption. Kunoichi glances down at him, releasing herself from the ladder. She lets herself fall as Ninja gives off another blast to Ghoulian.
Howard walks after the rolling ball, trying to get it back.
Ninja is rapidly firing at Ghoulian, who just laughs. Kunoichi grabs another platform from above her partner, swinging to a stop next to him.
Howard trips while going after the ball, and Ghoulian attacks. Kunoichi holds up a piece of her hair to deflect his hand. Ninja hits him again with another blast to Ghoulian's power ball, knocking him back further. All the while, Ninja is laughing. Kunoichi sees his armor starting to crack.
Howard grabs the ball, but then drops it again. Ghoulian looks up at the two.
"Stop! No more!" Ghoulian pleads, only to be lifted towards Ninja. Kunoichi bites her lip nervously at him.
"Yes, more! So much more!"
"Stop it!" Kunoichi shakes him to try and snap him out of it. "We're supposed to defeat him, not kill him!"
He doesn't listen and blasts Ghoulian into the wall. "With this, I'm even more powerful than the Sorcerer!"
"Ninja, please!" Kunoichi shouts in a pleading tone, standing in front of him. But he flings Ghoulian into the air and causes a huge explosion.
Ghoulian ends up landing outside the hole, with the second power ball rolling towards him. It touches his shoulder, earning an evil laugh from him. He takes the ball, standing up as he continues laughing.
"Hey, that's mine..." Howard points up at Ghoulian.
"Not anymore."
"Taste my power!" Ninja yells as he jumps up from behind, his eyes still green. He uses the power ball to cause another explosion, Kunoichi snatching the ball away from him from down below. When the smoke clears, he sees Howard lying on the ground and he finally snaps out of it. He sees Kunoichi sadly wrap the power ball into her scarf as she looks to him. A small sense of relief hits her face when she sees his normal blue eyes.
"Howard! No, no, no, no, no..." He runs up to his best friend, feeling guilty. "I didn't mean to! It was the power ball! I'm so sorry! Howard, speak to me."
Kunoichi walks over, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder. She bends down to him from the other side. They stare at him until he wheezes smoke onto Kunoichi's face, causing her to recoil back.
"Dust...in my mouth," He wheezes out to them. "So thirsty..."
"At least he's okay," Kunoichi waves an annoyed hand in front of her face. Ninja suddenly gets knocked away by Ghoulian while Kunoichi gets blasted, sending the power ball into the air. They look up as he takes hold of it.
"That's it! They're all mine. And now...for you," He looks straight into Kunoichi's eyes and she steps back a bit. He gets closer until Ninja steps in between them.
"Ninja Cyborg Legsweep!" He knocks Ghoulian off his feet, diving towards him. The cyborg grabs Ninja, who tries to reach for the power balls. Kunoichi stands up, throwing her hair like a rope. She throws it towards Ghoulian, only for him to lift up his arm. Her hair gets caught in it and she gasps, pulling back as hard as she can.
Howard pants tiredly and then sees a canteen of infected water. "Oooh..." He grabs it and then drinks it. The duo look over to him, gasping.
"No! The water is infected!"
"Howard, don't!" Kunoichi calls out, but it's too late.
"Aw, man!" He gets affected just like everyone else in town. Ghoulian suddenly gets an idea, laughing like a mad man.
"Walk off the cliff!"
Howard starts to do just as ordered thanks to the evil power of all three Sorcerer balls. And unfortunately, the hole is bottomless...
"Howard, stop!" Ninja yells at him, but there's no response.
Kunoichi tries throwing her scarf, and Howard is out of reach unfortunately as the scarf lands right behind his retreating feet.
"You must choose, Ninja! Save that boy or stop me!"
"Huh...?" Ninja looks horrified for having to choose. It felt just like the time he had to choose between Kunoichi and Howard with Mac Antfee.
Kunoichi turns around to him and pulls out her sword. She cuts her hair and lands on the ground safely, running over to him.
"Howard!"
Ghoulian uses the magic to reach her, lifting her up in the air before she could save him. She struggles in its grip, gritting her teeth at Ghoulian.
Ninja groans at the enemy, looking at the power balls. Two doodle ones appear in front of him. "Protect the balls at any cost."
Howard is just about to fall when Ninja reaches his hand out and catches him. At least this way, the power balls would be safe, albeit in the hands of Ghoulian...
"Gotcha!"
Ghoulian releases Kunoichi and she lands roughly behind Ninja. They could only look back as the evil cyborg laughs. He then combines the power of the two power balls all into the one from his chest. "Return your energy to me!"
He starts taking power from everyone, including Howard, to return it to Ghoulian. He turns around to the duo.
"You made your choice, Ninja!" He starts off as Ninja glares at him, helping Kunoichi up. "All the balls are mine! Soon, your world and your partner will belong to me!" He laughs evilly before he disappears in smoke.
"...You saved me instead of the world?" Howard asks slowly and they turn around to him.
"What's the point of having a world if my best bro's not in it?"
"But there's no world! Nobody's gonna be in it!" Howard gestures to everyone leaving the area. "...Also, thanks." He holds out his fist and the three fist bump.
"You're not mad, are you?" Ninja turns to Kunoichi, who shakes her head no.
"I would've done the same thing, to be honest. I wouldn't want a world without either of you. And the balls are safe for now. And so are you..." She hugs him, resting her head on his chest as she closes her eyes. "You really scared me back there."
"I know. I'm sorry," He hugs her back, Howard turning away awkwardly. "I'm just glad to be back."
Green thunder strikes as the two look out Amy's bedroom window. "Julian has the power balls, and unless we stop him, he's gonna enslave the world. And he'll do anything to get Ames." He takes a hold of her hand and she squeezes it as looks of worry are on their faces. "Told you we should have just gone to the Game Hole."
"I said that!" Howard yells from behind, causing Amy to cringe. "I wanted to go to the Game Hole!"
"You also wanted to join the Digging Contest," Randy retorts back.
"Which, by the way, I won," Howard brags to them.
"Considering what happened, I wouldn't call that a win," Amy raises a brow at them. "More like a win-lose situation."
"Still won!" Howard points at her and she rolls her eyes.
"Anyway, that power ball must've had some evil magic left if it got into the water supply and we just didn't consider it coming back to shoob us," Amy facepalms as she continues looking outside. "And now, we have to face the most powerful villain ever in existence..."
A knock is heard from Amy's closet door and they open it to reveal a normal Theresa, who they forgot was still there.
"Hey guys," Theresa greets them.
"Theresa!" Randy's eyes widen in realization. "Hey..."
"Umm, great sleepover, time to go home, bye!" Amy ushers her out of the room, closing the door.
"Nice save, Smith," Howard rolls her eyes at her.
