Chapter 22 – Vader Battle

As Happy pressed the elevator button, the toys were still running through the vents. "Hurry, I can hear it coming!" Jimmy said. They arrived at the same vent where Utility Belt Jimmy and the other toys went through earlier. Utility Belt Jimmy gasps, and they see a surprise riding the elevator up to the vent. It was Darth Vader, with the same black cape, outfit, and mask riding up the elevator car!

"So, we meet again, Jimmy Neutron...for the last time!" Vader growled with a sneer.

"It's King Goobot!" Utility Belt Jimmy and Alex exclaimed.

"That was unrewarding. How did that toy get here?" Agnes asked.

"That toy must've gotten out of the box all by himself!" Jimmy issued to Agnes.

"That toy looks extremely demonic by how he looks." Sherman said. Darth Vader aims his weapon at Utility Belt Jimmy.

"Look out! He's got a dangerous-looking ion blaster!" Alex screamed.

Darth Vader fired plastic toy balls from his ion blaster and the other toys look up to see Utility Belt Jimmy flip through the air over his head, and landing opposite, he then fires his laser at his forehead. Vader screamed and held a hand to defend himself from the laser. Fuming, Vader shot continuously, with Utility Belt Jimmy deftly dodged them with ease. As the elevator, in which Happy already got in, begins to go down, Utility Belt Jimmy and Darth Vader continue their battle. "Quick, get on!" Jimmy shouted. He slides down an elevator cable, along with the other toys. Sherman turned to Agnes, "Hop on my back!" Agnes got on Sherman's back, then Sherman jumped onto the elevator cable and slid down to join the others. Alex was the last one, but is a little hesitant.

As Jimmy and his friends, land on the roof of the car, he spotted something. "The emergency hatch! Come on!" Alex nervously whimpers, but he did manage to slide down. He collides into Oscar, and his pieces fall off. As Vader continues firing his weapon, Utility Belt Jimmy finds small washers on the floor, picks some up, then throws them at his enemy. The villain deflects two washers until one washer hits his face. He gets some more washers, and was about to throw them, but Vader was gone.

"Huh?" Vader grabbed Utility Belt Jimmy by the collar, and holds him up in a choke hold. Utility Belt Jimmy tries to fend off, but he's too strong.

The toys arrive at the ceiling panel of the elevator, with Sherman taking Agnes off his back. Jimmy issued, "Come on, hurry!"

"But Jimmy's in peril!" Alex cried. Vader angrily hits Utility Belt Jimmy against a junction box attached to the cables, thus activating his voice box buttons. "Jimmy-Jimmy-Jimmy Neutron to the rescue!" Jimmy successfully slides open the emergency hatch, overlooking the inside of the elevator. to see Happy Chapman impatiently waiting. He then sees the case, with SpongeBob inside it.

Vader spins Utility Belt Jimmy around, then throws him down onto the floor. He looms over him, with triumph overwhelming him. "Surrender, Jimmy Neutron! I have won!"

"I'll never surrender! You killed my father!" Utility Belt Jimmy bared his teeth.

"No, Jimmy." Vader let in sink in to speak these four words, "I AM your father."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Utility Belt Jimmy yelled in defeat. He feels stunned at this revelation. Sherman and Agnes overheard what happened.

"Weren't those lines from one of the STAR WARS franchise movies?" Agnes asked.

"You mean Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back?" Sherman questioned.

"Yeah, that Vader toy over there said the exact same lines." Agnes stated.

"Good point." Sherman nodded.

Happy is getting more impatient. This elevator is taking forever just to reach the lobby. He checked his watch, but that doesn't help it go faster. "Come on, come on, come on!" What he didn't see was Clifford stretching himself downward. His legs were held by Jimmy, Sherman, Agnes, Oscar, and Cody. Alex runs over to Utility Belt Jimmy.

"Jimmy, you could've defeated Darth Vader all along! You just need to believe in yourself!" Alex cried. Vader aims his weapon at him one last time, ready for the final blow. "PREPARE TO DIE!" Vader bellowed.

"I really can't look!" Alex whimpered As the lion turned away, his tail unwittingly hits Vader, who staggers back. "W-W-Whoa!" The moment Vader tripped over the edge, Vader yelled as he falls down the dark shaft, until he disappears. Alex couldn't believe it. "I-I did it! I finally defeated Vader!"

Utility Belt Jimmy reached his hand down the abyss, a genuine expression of sadness crossing his face. "Father..."