House of Madness, Jasper "Gunpowder" Jones' Hideout.
Jasper let out a huge sigh after hearing the news that Black Bomberman, the rogue bomber who caused so much trouble to White Bomberman, has decided to become a hero instead of a villain, or in his eyes, a bomber outlaw, after his mechanical castle got invaded by a robotic Bomberman created by Dr. Mook. He was known for his actions such as capturing Dr. Mitsumori's daughter, Lisa and holding her hostage in his mechanical castle, and framing White himself while robbing a bank, causing the up-and-coming hero and savior of the Bomber Nebula to be arrested and sending him to prison, and his last feat was stealing the chips from the pan-galactic bureau's mother computer located in Diamond City and giving the chips to his henchmen from different planets in the Bomber Nebula.
"There goes our future outlaw," He thought out loud, "He had so much promise, so much potential, yet he decided to throw it all away just to become friends with White and become a fellow savior of the nebula..."
A green bomber wearing western attire, walked up to Jasper, "Jas," He began with a worried tone in his voice, "How about heading down to the Texas State Fair on Planet Earth to get your mind off of Black Bomber for now? You've been obsessed over him and his abilities for months."
"I'd love to, but the state fair doesn't start till next month, Blade," Jasper responded, with hints of anger in his voice, "Besides, it's August."
"What about the Bomberman Land amusement park? I bet Duster and Greis wouldn't mind spending their time there."
"We got banned from Bomberman Land, remember?" Jasper turned around, sighing. "You slashed the tires of Racer Bomber's car and even tried to play Sword Draw with your knife instead of a paper fan, prompting onlookers to get the staff members to kick us out!"
"Oh yeah." Blade frowned, "Let's not forget about your son cheating at those games with his psychic powers until he got a headache. He wanted Greis to help him, but he refused and wanted to play fair instead. And then there's Rose's magic show where she turned nearby bombers into adorable little bunny rabbits... How come Lavender and Bronze never came with us that day?"
Jasper replied, "Lavender didn't come because he got sick at some point, so Bronze had to look after him." He shaked his head, "Must've been something he ate."
A red bomber with a flamethrower on his back comes into the room with a black and red game system in his hands, resembling a VR visor. along with its small stand and its controller. He plugged it in and sat down at a nearby table.
"Flamethrower, is that what i think it is?" Blade asked.
"Yep." He replied, while turning the game system on. "I found it in the attic. It looks like it hasn't been used in years."
"Did you know that thing caused headaches and neck pain back in the day?" The green bomber blinked.
"Mm-hmm." Flamethrower muttered as he got closer to the eyepiece. "Everything's so red..."
"No wonder it didn't sell well," Jasper added, "They only released a few games for it before deciding not to be bothered with it anymore. They wanted to work on another system, anyway."
"Want to try it out, Jasper?" Flamethrower asked.
"No, Flame." Jasper declined, "I'd get a headache from playing that."
"Daddy! Daddy!" Shouted a 5-year-old bomber outside of the hideout, "Look what i found!"
Jasper heads outside to see his adopted son, Duster Schwartz, holding a mysterious v-shaped crystal in his hands. Along with him is his older brother Greis and his father's fellow outlaws aside from Blade and Flamethrower: Lavender, Bronze, and Magical Rose. "What is it, Duster?" He began.
"I found a crystal, Daddy!" Duster chirped, "I found it while we were playing baseball!"
"From the looks of it, it must be an amethyst quartz." Rose added.
"Well, our current hideout is next to the mines," Lavender joined in, "Which is why your son found that crystal."
"It's shaped like a mecha's head ornament," Said Greis, "Which is unusual for an ordinary quartz crystal."
"I think we should keep it!" Duster chirped. "Maybe it'll be worth something! Maybe a lot!"
"I don't know, Duster," Greis disagreed, "But what if the quartz isn't from the mines?"
"Who cares?!" Duster retorted, "The crystal is ours!"
Then, the mysterious crystal he found started to glow in a blinding, bright light. Everyone gasped.
"What the heck?!" Jasper shouted, "It's glowing!"
"Something tells me this is no everyday quartz crystal." Bronze commented with a concerned tone in his voice.
Jasper is not taking any chances about the strange crystal his son found. But as soon as he takes the crystal off of Duster's hands, he, his sons, and the outlaws (barring Flamethrower and Blade, who are still inside of the hideout) have vanished into thin air...
Everything went silent.
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Jasper, his children and his outlaws screamed as they landed on some bushes, moments after the mysterious quartz crystal teleported them away from Planet Bomber, just moments after Duster discovered it and picked it up. Being the leader of the bomber outlaws, Jasper, the grey-green Bomberman got up first. "You guys all right?" He said.
"I think so..." Rose responded, putting her top hat back on her helmet. "But that crystal, however..."
Greis sighed in annoyance while adjusting his eyeglasses. "I knew you shouldn't have touched that thing in the first place...!"
"Big deal!" Duster retorted while dusting the leaves and dirt off of him. "It's a pretty crystal! Heck! It could be worth thousands-no- millions if we sell it!"
"Would it be nice if you stop being so greedy for once, Duster?" Greis wasn't amused, "And talk like a normal 5-year-old while you're at it?!"
"Goo goo, ga ga, bon bon!" Duster mocked while blowing a raspberry, "Is that normal enough, for you, greybrain?!"
"This is why i don't want to start a family of my own, let alone having children..." Bronze groaned after hearing the kids argue, but decided to get up anyway. Lavender soon followed.
"That's quite enough, you two." Jasper scolded his children. He and his outlaws emerged from the bushes, only to see a massive, medieval-like castle that stands before them. There are huge quartz crystals surrounding the castle in many different colors. "Something tells me we're not in Planet Bomber anymore." He muttered.
"WOW!" Duster shouted in amazement as he looked at his new surroundings, "A crystal-themed amusement park!"
"Amusement park?" Greis felt dumbfounded, "I don't see any rides anywhere."
"Doesn't look like the Moon Kingdom, either," Rose cooed, "But it looks so beautiful! This place is a thieves' paradise! I mean, look at the quartz crystals we can steal!" She ran to the nearest crystal and began to break it into pieces with her bombs.
"Well, this'll help me forget about Black... For now." Jasper shrugged, then he joined in, blowing up the large crystals and taking them.
Duster squealed, "We're going to be RICH! Filthy, stinking rich! Just imagine the things we're going to have!"
Greis shaked his head as he didn't want any part of it, due to his moral compass.
Lavender "mined" the quartz crystals with his explosive arrows while Bronze did the same, except with his rocket launcher.
Jasper just realized that Flamethrower and Blade aren't there with them, as they never left the hideout in the first place. "Darn, at least we'll bring some crystals back for them..."
Inside the massive crystal castle, a purple armored figure wearing a blue/red cape watching the madness unfolding on a giant, holographic screen, horrified. The alarms are also blaring very loudly.
"We need to keep this thing hush-hush in case Bomberman knows about this," Bronze whispered to Jasper, "He may be just a child, but deep down, he's a powerful warrior. This may be the reason why Black wanted to help him stop Karat Diamond in the first place."
"Bronze, i don't want to talk about this right now." Jasper frowned, but focused. "Just get the crystals."
Not wanting to see the beautiful quartz crystals being mined to death and destroyed by Jasper and his outlaws, the armored man quickly left the room and decided to take matters into his own hands.
"Daddy," Duster shouted to his father while carrying a large bag full of crystals, "Do you think there's more crystals inside of that castle?"
"I don't know, Dust." Jasper responded, "Since this place is surrounded by crystals, then maybe we can go inside and-" The gray-green bomber's speech is cut short as a comet attacked him and his outlaws, prompting them to stop mining the crystals.
"Where did that come from?!" Duster shouted.
"We're in outer space!" Greis replied.
"I guess you got your wish, Duster!" Jasper commented while dodging another comet, "I guess we'll be going inside after all, but not in the front entrance! Come on!"
The bomber outlaws pack up their bags full of quartz crystals and run behind the castle to see if there's a back entrance that may not be guarded compared to the front entrance. They found it, however, but the purple armored bomber, who has sea-green eyes and has a golden v-shaped ornament on his visor, found them instead, preventing them from entering the back entrance of the castle.
"What...?" Jasper whispered, "Who are you?"
"I am the ultimate beast machine god..." The purple-clad bomber introduced himself, "You are not allowed to destroy, or take the crystals that surround the castle. They are the planet's main power source."
"Pffft-ha ha ha ha!" Duster laughed, "You're the ultimate beast machine god?! Seriously?! What kind of name is that?!"
The ultimate beast machine god himself let out a sigh and decided to attack Jasper and his outlaws again with falling comets. To get inside of the castle, they decided to face the purple armored bomber with everything they've got.
"I fear no god." Jasper pulled out his hunting rifle and then decided to shoot him. Unfortunately, the purple armored bomber held out his hand and stopped the bullets from hurting him, as they fell down on the ground instead.
Magical Rose pulled out her magic wand and created a beam shot, but the purple armored bomber created a beam shot of his own, dissipating her projectile.
Bronze and Lavender fired explosive arrows and rockets at him, but they exploded before they even reached the caped assailant.
Duster attempted to use his psychic powers against him. He levitated the purple bomber off the ground, but he snapped his fingers, cancelling the plum-helmeted youth's abilities. "Hey! You cheater!"
"Our weapons aren't working." Jasper said to his outlaws.
"My powers don't work on this guy!" Duster responded, "He's got to be an Esper, just like me and Greis!"
"You sure he's an Esper?!" Greis added, "If he is, then we should leave him alone!"
Rose quipped, "If our weapons don't work, then these will!" She and the outlaws throw their bombs at him, but unlike their weaponry and psychic abilities, they actually exploded as they reached the purple armored bomber.
The bomber emerged from the flames, but is kneeling. His cape is burnt and his armor is damaged and covered in soot. They made a run for the castle's sewer entrance, assuming it's the castle's least guarded area.
"Give me your hand!" Duster shouted as he held out a Block Pass. Jasper grabbed his son's hand, transferring the power of the Block Pass to him, Greis, Rose, Bronze and Lavender to help them become invisible and run through the sewer entrance's steel bars.
"Those outlaws are tougher than i thought they would be, but they're not too bright... But, they're trying to get inside of the castle!" The purple bomber panted as he's trying to stand up.
He went to the castle's main control room, typing a few keys on the control panel. The large holographic screen showed Jasper and his outlaws' current location, the sewers.
"I can't let them get into the castle and take everything they deem "valuable", let alone selling them to a pawn shop."
The screen changed to Jasper and his men walking through the sewers, trying to relax while staying vigiliant in case the ultimate beast machine god attacks them again.
Surprisingly, there is one member of the outlaws who doesn't pose a threat to the powerful lifeform...
Greis.
Duster Schwartz's older brother, and the one who never wanted to take part of their escapades in the first place.
"The one with the gray helmet... I haven't seen him attack me, yet. Is he innocent? If so, I'll spare him. Everyone else in this group? Not so much."
He let out a sigh, typing keys once more as he decided on what to do with the outlaws while they're in the sewers.
"They're not going to break into this castle alive..."