Ok people, This Is It! It's time! Get ready for a big fight, because it's gonna be one big one! Everything has been leading up to this moment, where some backstory will be revealed, our heroes will finally unite, and even some will become unlikely heroes themselves.
This chapter was a fun one to write, and I'm glad to share it will all of you! Get ready... Get set... Oh screw it, Let's Go!
Chapter 18: Test Run / Assembled
Back at the Warehouse
It was quiet, sometime around 6:00 PM, with the sun beginning to reach the horizon. Gumball, Darwin, Aelita, and Carrie were up on the second floor of the warehouse taking a rest. They have been through a lot today, and they deserved some sleeping. Darwin and Carrie leaned against each other, while Gumball and Aelita were snuggling against each other. As the girl laid on the mattress, the blue cat was resting against her chest, his right hand rested on the girl's pregnant stomach, covered by her own hand, and their other hands holding each other's. Nicole was watching from the top of the stairs. Seeing her kids resting peacefully brought a smile to her face. Despite Anais's betrayal to the family and abandoning them, the mama cat was relieved that her son was able to keep it together. Him asking about if he was one of those monsters, she was dreading that he wouldn't handle the truth. But he took it more well than he thought, and she was glad that he didn't ask for all the details. Besides, he wasn't a monster. He wasn't like them. He was willing to protect his family and loved ones. Perhaps because he was still himself, somewhere underneath the monstrous transformation he undergoes.
But now she had to stop thinking about that for now. The more important thing they needed to do was get somewhere safe. The mama cat made her way down the stairs, and approached the bag she brought with them before their house exploded to smitherines. Opening it up, there were still weapons inside. Some small pistols, the minigun Richard used eariler, a energy staff, and a shock blaster. But underneath them all was a pair of white gauntlets with blue glowing lines, that were thin and smooth. Nicole reached for them and placed them on her hands. Clenching her hands together, from the tip of the knuckles erupted two energy claws, similar to Wolverine's claws. She gave a sigh, and a face of deterimination. The mama cat had a life that her kids never knew about, one that she was hoping to put behind her. But now... Now with everything that's happened. She'd have no choice to return to that life. Whatever it takes to protect her family.
Tommy was watching from the doorway next to the strip doors. He was keeping a watchful eye out for any suspicious activity, and the sign of the black trucks they encountered eariler that day. Knowing these freaks, Hydra Force would soon be here, and he had to be ready if they did. He wasn't going to let them take away Aelita.
"Hey..." Turning his head he saw Nicole approaching him.
"Hey yourself." Tommy said, and then noticed her gauntlets in her hands. "Let me guess, you wanna kick my ass still?"
"No, just keeping watch in case they come back." Nicole said.
"Me too." Tommy said. The two stared out from the doorway, watching and waiting.
"Look... I'm sorry for the rough introduction back there." Tommy said.
"Me too." Nicole said. The mama cat glanced back at the boy. She didn't know a thing about him, except the small details he gave her, including his parents, who he was very critical about.
"Sooo, your parents." Nicole said.
"What about them?" Tommy asked.
"You said that your dad barely cares about you, your brother hates you and your mom is in jail." Nicole said.
"Why do you wanna know?" Tommy asked.
"I'm just curious." Nicole said. The boy turned away, hoping he didn't have to explain, but he knew he couldn't keep quiet about it.
"My dad was both a dumbass and an asshole, he would sell some of my stuff without even telling me, and he left me in the woods when a bear attacked our campsite." Tommy said. "That was pretty much the last straw that made me run away. My brother, he pretty much abuses me, much in a physical way. They're both dumbasses, and they didn't care much about me."
"And your mom?" Nicole asked.
"Eh, she cared... but I can't say that I would call her mom anymore, especially after what she did in secret." Tommy said.
"You said that she was in jail." Nicole said. "For what?"
"She slept with my friend Gus, though I wouldn't call him a friend either." Tommy said as he rolled his eyes. "She had sex with them a couple years ago."
"Oh my gosh..." Nicole said a bit shocked. "She slept with a minor?"
"Yeah... and she had his kid too." Tommy said. "The investigation into the matter revealed a lot about her."
"Like what?" Nicole asked.
"She used to be a porn star." Tommy said. "She would sleep with other men, have sex for fun, get knocked up, and have sex while so." The mama cat's eyes widened. His mom was involved with pornagraphy? Dear god, she thought.
"How long has it been going on?" Nicole asked.
"Before and after I was born." Tommy said quickly. "Worse part was that she did those films when she was pregnant with me. Makes me sick to even think about it." He leaned forward a bit and kicked the wall he was leaning against. No doubt that was in anger.
"What about your friends?" Nicole asked.
"Eh... I don't talk to Gus anymore, since he slept with my mom and sometimes bail out on me whenever we get into trouble." Tommy said. "And Lola... well... she was my best friend. She's the father of a Diplomat from Africa. She was always there for me whenever me and Ro would get into trouble with some of the bad guys we faced off against. She'd always stand by my side." He lowered his eyes with a smile, showing a tint of red on his cheeks.
"Sounds like you were more than friends." Nicole said.
"Well, I didn't see it actually." Tommy said. "But a friend we met back then helped me realize it... and... well... I guess you can say we became more than just friends... But now... now she's...
"What happened?" Nicole asked.
"Well, her family has had some history with the Shadowkan, since some of them killed her mother and were trying to capture her when she was... five or six, I don't know." Tommy continued. "Four years ago, Dr. Kamikazi managed to open a wormhole to their dimension and brought some of them here. Like I said, we closed the portal and sucked almost all of them back in. But some of them didn't go back. And a year later, Lola was kidnapped by them. It was kinda sad... That was the last time I ever saw of her..."
"That's sad." Nicole said.
"I know." Tommy said. "Since then, I've been on my own. Well not technically on my own, because Robotboy's been by my side. He's the best friend anyone could ever have." The mama cat gave a smile. She was surprised how a small robot boy could be not only friendly, but also become a massive fighting robot too.
"Sooo... how did you find out about Aelita?" Nicole asked.
"Professor Moshimo." Tommy said. "He's one of the most brilliant minds in the world. He created Robotboy. Six months ago, after the whole Black Arms Invasion, we received a distress signal from his home, and we found his place ransacked. Turned out he was kidnapped, but he left a video for us to tell me to find her. So I went to the academy she used to go to, and done my homework investigating. Turns out Moshimo was right. I spent the whole time trying to find her, but couldn't find any trace. I was on the verge to give up until I saw her with your son."
"How did Moshimo know about her and Franz Hopper?" Nicole asked.
"He was also part of the Carthage Project too." Tommy said. "They were a team together along with other scientists who were trying to build a device that would allow them to travel from one place to another."
"A teleportation device." Nicole said.
"A dimensional warpgate." Tommy said. "Like the one Dr. Kamikazi was using, but an actual gate. They both found out the militia they were working with were going to use the Project to take over the world. They both escaped with the help of someone from the Plumbers. Plumbers are-"
"Intergalactic Police." Nicole said. Tommy raised an eyebrow, knowing the mother knew something.
"I guess now we should be talking about you." Tommy said. The mama cat gave a sigh. She was hoping not to explain her old life. But he told her about his ordeal, so now it's time she returned the favor.
"I used to work with the Space Police Delta." Nicole said. "I was considered one of the youngest female and top agent of the entire US Devision of the SPD. I was part of a special ops team known as the A-Squad. You should've seen us back in the day. We were fierce, dedicated, and we worked so well as a team. They thought about making me the head of the US Devision, but I let my old buddy Magnusson have it. Besides, I was thinking about settling down and starting a family with Richard."
"Is that why you left?" Tommy asked.
"No..." Nicole said. She looked up, seeing Gumball and Aelita sleeping peacefully together. "My last mission, I was helping some old friends who were attacked by the Shadowkan, the monsters who the SPD were fighting against. I was late in my pregnancy with Gumball. I was helping them escort their son somewhere safe, but I was attacked from behind, and I got scratched here." Nicole lifted her shirt up, revealing some scars on her stomach.
"Ouch." Tommy said.
"Yeah..." Nicole said. "After that, I felt so sick, and there was some complications with my pregnancy. Turns out the monster who scratched me infected us both with some deadly virus. I thought I was going to lose him. But the SPD was able to save him by injecting some alien blood into me. It worked, and I gave birth to him after that. He was perfectly healthy. That's why I left the S.P.D, so I could be there for my family. I wouldn't trade them for the world." Tommy rose up and looked at the mother's son.
"You know, when I saw him when he turned into a... Shadowkan." Tommy began. "I think the virus and the alien blood made him that way. The virus made him part Shadowkan, and the alien blood made him invincible to anything thrown at him."
"I was beginning to wonder." Nicole said.
"Did you know he was part Shadowkan?" Tommy asked.
"I found out last year, after he attacked Jamie." Nicole said. "The girl was messing with him and Darwin one day and she tried to cook Darwin alive. Gumball lost it and he... he attacked Jamie when his... features grew. I found him in the middle of the night with blood on his hands and teeth. He was going to attack me, but Darwin showed up and managed to snap him out of it.. I saw him when he was... that. I realized that he was one of those monsters... and the worse part is... he ended up inheriting my rage. He was a sweet boy, and he still is, more like his father. But I guess he possesses the rage I still have." Nicole only lowered her head, with a tear dripping from her eye.
"He seems to be controlling it well." Tommy said.
"Yes... though there are times when he would lose it if he gets jumped or attacked." Nicole said. "Luckily he manages to keep it in check, and Darwin would make sure he didn't go too far like he did when those Hydra guys attacked us." Nicole lifted her head up, and saw Gumball cuddling with Aelita. A smile formed on her face, and Tommy saw this too.
"She must mean the world to him." Tommy said. "I'm glad that he was able to protect her."
"You heard what Gumball said, have you?" Nicole asked, referring to Aelita's pain and suffering in the past year.
"I still can't believe she went through so much trauma." Tommy said. "She loses her friends, gets kidnapped by those creeps, gets experimented on and now... she's carrying a baby." He slowly leaned against the wall, sliding down slowly to his knees, rubbing his head in shame, with guilt taking over. "If I'd learned about her sooner... maybe she wouldn't have been through all that."
"Well, now you can be there for her." Nicole said. "And so will we." The blonde lifted his head up, and gave a smile.
"I wanna say thank you for looking after her for me." Tommy said.
"And thank you too, for helping us back there." Nicole said.
"Does this mean we're cool?" Tommy asked.
"Don't push your luck blondie." Nicole said, as the boy rolled his eyes. Soon, Richard approached them with a defeated sigh.
"I couldn't find Anais." Richard said. "I hope she doesn't get hurt out there." The mama cat gave a sad sigh.
"I guess she made her choice." Nicole said. "She thinks we don't love her anymore."
"Don't mean to be critical, but that was pretty cruel of her selling you guys out back there." Tommy said. Hearing that made Nicole look out the door. With Anais saying that they would pay, no doubt she probably went to those murderers and told them where they were.
"We may have to hurry." Nicole said. "It's only a matter of time before they find us."
"Where will we go?" Richard asked.
"There's only one place where we'll be safe." Nicole said. "The S.P.D."
"But Nicole, you haven't spoken with those guys for fourteen years." Richard said. Tommy turned his head to the outside.
"Don't worry, Richard." Nicole said. "I've already sent a distress signal... I just hope they receive it soon."
"What distress signal?" Mordecai spoke as he and Rigby appeared from the left.
"Just some friends." Nicole said. "They can get us out of here."
"Hey, if it makes you feel better, we just called Skips." Mordecai said.
"Yeah, he'll be here." Rigby said.
"Wait, how'd you get in contact with someone?" Tommy asked.
"There's an old phone booth out back." Mordecai said. "It still works."
"I would've used my phone, but Gumball busted it up." Rigby said.
"S...Skips?" Nicole asked in surprise. "Wait, how do you guys know Skips?"
"He works at the Park." Mordecai said.
"Wait, how do you know Skips?" Rigby asked.
"He's my old partner." Nicole said. "From the SPD."
"The SPD?" Mordecai asked. "Wait... You mean the Space Police Delta?"
"Wait, how do you know about the SPD?" Nicole asked.
"Dude, Skips told us all about it during his war-stories!" Rigby said.
"Wait..." Tommy said, looking at the outside, as if he was sensing something.
"What is it Mysterious Hero with the cool-ass robot?" Richard asked.
"What?" Nicole asked.
"It's the nickname I gave him." Richard said. "He did save our lives, didn't he?"
"Shhh! Something's out there." Tommy said.
On the upper floor of the Warehouse, Darwin was sleeping with his body against the wall, with Carrie sleeping next to him. The poor guy doesn't usually sleep well without his fish bowl. At least his ghost lover was there to keep him company. Gumball and Aelita however, were sleeping on the floor, in each other's embrace. Suddenly, the blue cat was twitching a bit, but then stopped. His eyes opened, showing them black with his pupils glowing yellow. He lifts his head up, and gets up to his feet. He then leaves, his footsteps waking Darwin up from his sleep. Opening his eyes, he saw Aelita alone, and Gumball not there. A bit confused, he turned his head, seeing his brother walk down the stairs.
"Huh?" He thought, raising himself up, unknowingly allowing Carrie's face to land on the floor, making her wake up.
"Darwin?" Carrie asked as she got up, following the fish. Darwin looked over the stairway ledges, seeing his brother heading outside.
"Gumball?" He asked, and went down the stairs to catch up with his brother. The blue cat walked outside the warehouse, moving about fifteen feet away from the building, staring up at the sky. Darwin and Carrie emerged from the doorway, with the orange fish moving closer to the blue cat.
"Gumball?" Darwin asked. "Dude?" Raising his fish arm, he tapped the boy's shoulder. The blue cat turned around, showing his black eyes with yellow pupils. The fish boy backed away a bit.
"Gumball...?" He asked with fear in his voice. "Are you ok?" Carrie's eyes widened, fear striking her for the first time in years.
"Nooo..." She spoke, seeing the blue cat's eyes.
"They're Heeeeeere!" Gumball said as his head twisted a bit.
"AHHH, He's Possessed!" Darwin shouted, and then gave a strong slap to his face. The blue cat's eyes reverted to normal, and he gave a scream in pain.
"OW!" Gumball shouted. "What the w- Ow! Dude, what the what is wrong is you?!"
"I'm sorry man, you had that creepy smile on your face." Darwin said.
"Wha... what creepy smile?" Gumball asked, but then looked around, trying to figure out why he was outside. "Wait, why am I outside?"
"Dude, you were walking down the stairs and you came out here." Darwin said. "Your eyes were glowing yellow again."
"I was?" Gumball asked. "I don't even remember doing that."
"Huh... well it was kinda creepy." Darwin said, but then stared back at Carrie, who was almost white as a sheet. Well she is white as a sheet because she was a ghost, but to explain it better, she looked terrified.
"Carrie, are you ok?" Darwin asked.
"He's... He's One Of Them!" Carrie said.
"Huh?" Gumball asked. "What are you talking about?"
"Gumball, you're one of the Shadowkan!" Carrie said.
"Shadowkan?" Gumball and Darwin asked.
"You mean those monsters that Mom and that blonde kid was talking about?" Gumball asked.
"Yes, they're Kaijin from another world who wants to destroy ours!" Carrie said. The two looked at her with confusion. "Japanese Tokusatsu demons!" The two still looked confused. "Seriosuly, you guys never watched Super Sentai or Kamen Rider?!"
"Uhhh... we watched Power Rangers, does that count?" Gumball asked. The ghost gave a defeated sigh.
"They're monsters from another world." Carrie said.
"But how do you know this stuff?" Darwin asked. The ghost then felt uneasy, as if she didn't want them to ask that. She took another sigh and turned away.
"I was only four years old when it happened." Carrie said. "I was a human girl, a long time ago. But then suddenly, I was attacked by one of those monsters. He did... horrible things to me... horrible... horrible things..." A couple tears escaped her eyes, showing pain and horror. "And when he was done, he killed me, causing me to become a ghost." Darwin only looked with remorse, as Gumball looked a bit confused.
"Oh, my sweet Carrie." Darwin said as he embraced her. "I'm so sorry to hear that." The ghost then wrapped his arms around her lover tightly, nuzzling him for comfort.
"Wait a second, I thought you said you were born a ghost." Gumball said.
"I was born a ghost." Carrie said. "But I was given a human body when I was born and I've been a fleshy girl until I was killed."
"Um... I don't even know how to respond to that." Gumball said. "So... what else was I doing?"
"Well, after I tapped your shoulder, you just stared at us and said they're heeeeere." Darwin said.
"They're here?" Gumball asked. But then, he gasped in shock and realization. "They're Here!"
The girl was asleep, which was surprising with everything she's been through the whole day. Her head began turning however, either she was dreaming, or something else.
"Aelita..."
"Aelita...!"
The voice got her attention. Opening her eyes, she saw someone up close to the ceiling. She knew who it was. It was the yellow fairy that she's been seeing in the past couple days.
"It's you..." Aelita said.
"Aelita, wake up!" The fairy said. "They're here! They're Here!" The girl's eye widened, realizing what she was saying. She then lifted herself up.
"Aelita!" Gumball's voice called out. Turning her head, she saw the blue cat running up the stairs to her.
"Aelita!" Gumball said. "They-"
"I know..." She said, with fear taking over once more. "They're Here!" Then suddenly, there was noise outside. Looking out the window, they saw Black Jet Trucks. A dozen of them approaching the Warehouse really fast. Tommy's eyes widened upon seeing them.
"Uh oh..." Tommy said. "I better get Robotboy!"
"Oh Shit, They're coming!" Mordecai shouted as he ran back into the facility. "Gumball! Darwin! They're Found Us! They're Coming!"
"They're already here...!" Nicole said, and leaned her head back into the warehouse. "Kids, stay upstairs, we'll let you know when to run!" Gumball and Darwin gave a nod, and Gumball took Aelita's hand.
"C'mon!" Gumball said as they hid behind window, with Darwin and Carrie following suit.
"I don't like this... I don't like this." Darwin said as he hugged Carrie. Aelita was beginning to hyperventilate, clinging onto Gumball, who had his arms around her.
"It's gonna be ok Aelita." Gumball said. "I won't let them hurt you. It's going to be fine." As the kids hid, Tommy ran over and picked up his watch. Pressing a button, Robotboy flew out of the backpack, activated and ready.
"What wrong Tommy?" Robotboy asked.
"Brace yourself Ro." Tommy said. "They're here. Ready?" The robot gave a nod.
"Robotboy ready..." Robotboy said. With a nod, the blonde boy and the robot headed for the door, while Mordecai and Rigby looked around.
"What do we do?!" Mordecai asked as Nicole and Richard came inside.
"Here!" Nicole said, getting her back full of weapons. "Richard, take the minigun!" She tossed the massive minigun to Richard.
"Uh... ok!" Richard said, still nervous holding the massive gun.
"You two, take these!" Nicole said as she tossed the Shock Blaster and the Battle Staff to Mordecai and Rigby.
"Whoa..." Mordecai said.
"Sweet!" Rigby said.
"C'mon!" Nicole said as he placed the Battle Axe and bag over her shoulder. "Let's Go!" They followed out the door while the others waited inside and hid on the upper floor. Gumball lifted his head up, followed by Aelita, Darwin, and Carrie, seeing Nicole, Richard, Tommy, Robotboy, Mordecai, and Rigby head outside with weapons in arms, ready to fight, just as the black trucks pulled up closer. The trucks skid and came to a stop, just as militia mercenaries came out with their guns and everything. The men all pointed with their firearms, armed and ready.
"They got guns..." Rigby said.
"I know dude." Mordecai said. "Shut up..." Then, a black doombuggie with armored details approached and moved up past the other trucks. Stepping out of it was none other than Drex Archo. The sight of the man made Aelita whimper and cling closer to Gumball. Slamming the buggie's door, the man stepped forward, passing his militia troops, and his metal claw ready. Nicole quickly stood her ground, and Tommy activated his energy sword and Robotboy giving an angry glare. Richard nervously held his Minigun, while Mordecai and Rigby stood with their own arsenal, trying to keep a steady stance, though there was nervousity in them as well.
"Nicole Watterson..." Drex said. "Former Agent for the Space Police Delta. I knew I'd recognize you from somewhere." From their hiding spot, the kids were hearing what they were saying, including the last bit.
"Space Police Delta?" Gumball and Darwin asked.
"That was the old me..." Nicole said. "And you guys just brought her back."
"With you being a mother of three." Drex said. "I have to ask, how is it that you're still in top shape."
"I've been through the most gruesome training that had ever existed on this planet." Nicole said.
"You certainly were taught by somebody." Drex said. "Was it Hokuto? Konoha? Or Mr. Miyagi?"
"No... it was the teaching of life." Nicole said. "I have raised three kids and one husband." Tommy then glanced at Richard in confusion.
"Let me guess, you're a man-child aren't you." Tommy said.
"Actually I'm more of a chubby Peter Pan, but I sometimes I do question my role as a father though." Richard said.
"It's going to take more than your skills to defeat us this time." Drex said. "Allow me to show you all, the wrath of the Shadow Monsters." Extending his hand out, shadows began to emerge from behind, and then suddenly a surge of dark lightning slammed into the ground, revealing General Voidus, with his sword in his hand. Feather-Shadow flew in from above, with Raptor-Sniper, Silkoid, and Grey-Man riding on it's back. Making a perfect landing, the Shadowkan soldiers leaped off and joined the others. Gorgon flew in, using his feet to carry Lionizer, and dropped him into the battlefield. Behemoth, with Sepultura and Mecha-Neck on his shoulders, came into the area as well, with Heliotoid using his flames to fly in, and Reaper-Robot also joined. Everyone froze in place, surprised by the sight of the monsters.
"Holy..." Mordecai spoke.
"Shit..." Rigby finished.
"Ahhh!" Richard shouted. "What are those things?!"
"It can't be..." Nicole said, her facing showing a face of horror, as if something came back to haunt her once again.
"The Shadowkan." Tommy said. From their hiding spot, Gumball, Darwin, Aelita, and Carrie were watching, all of them surprised by what they were seeing.
"Wh...what are those things?" Aelita asked.
"The Shadowkan." Carrie said. "Mutants from another world." Gumball glanced at the Shadowkan group. His ears began to twitch a bit, hearing what the Shadowkan were mumbling about. They were speaking some kind of language, but somehow, the blue cat knew what they were saying.
"They're saying something..." Gumball said.
"Saying what?" Carrie asked.
"They're saying... kill... destroy... murder... all kinds of pretty nasty stuff." Gumball said.
"Wait, how do you understand them?" Darwin asked.
"I... I don't... do I?" Gumball asked.
"Puney Lower-Lifeforms!" General Voidus called out. "This is the day that you all shall remember General Voidus and the Shadowkan's triumphant return! We demand the blue cat, and the little girl as well!" Hearing those made Gumball and Aelita duck a bit in their hiding spot.
"We're giving you one last chance, Watterson." Drex said. "All I ask is you give up the girl, as well as your son, and we will not shed anymore blood." The mama cat gave a glare.
"Never..." Nicole said. "You're not taking the girl, and you're definitely not taking my son."
"Then you leave us no choice." Drex said. "We shall kill you, and I will rip out your son's beating heart, and make you watch." Hearing that made Gumball whimper, and hugged Aelita tightly, unknowingly grabbing her chest, causing her to blush.
"Sorry, I'm still not frisky, I'm just scared." Gumball said.
"It's fine." Aelita said. "I don't mind it actually."
"You hurt my kids... I'll kill you." Nicole said.
"Look around!" Drex said. "You're out numbered, and you're completely outmatched! Nobody can save you now..."
Suddenly, Tommy turned his head, noticing the leaf that was on the ground began to go up in the air slowly, and then quickly. Nicole, Richard, Mordecai, and Rigby looked around, noticing that something was going on, as something was pushing from behind them gently.
"You feel that?" Mordecai asked. Then the strange force began to get slightly stronger.
"I felt that." Rigby said. They could feel it all around them. There was something pushing them from all over. It was... The Wind. It was moving around them, as if someone was nearby. The agents and Kaijin noticed this, as the wind got stronger and stronger. Then, a blue vortex began to form around them, as if someone was running at super sonic speed. In fact, there was.
"What sorcery is this?" Drex asked.
"The Wind... The Wind is moving around us!" General Voidus spoke. "But how?"
"What's going on?!" Richard asked.
"Is it the SPD?" Nicole asked
"No..." Tommy said, a smile forming on his face. "It's him!" Before one of them knew it, a blue figure dashed by, striking some of the militia men. The blue spark then moved up to the top of the truck crates, revealing to be none other than Sonic the Hedgehog!
"Hey y'all!" He spoke. "That's how you make an entrance, am I right?" Nicole, Tommy and Richard smiled.
"Sonic!" Tommy called out.
"Nicole, It's The Blur Blur!" Richard said.
"I'll be damned..." Nicole said.
"Dude... It's Sonic the Hedgehog!" Mordecai called out.
"No way... it's actually him!" Rigby shouted. Gumball, who lifted his head from his hiding spot, recognized the blue hedgehog as well. A smile formed on his face. His idol has come to save them!
"Wait... is that?" Carrie began, to be cut off by Gumball's gasp.
"Darwin, It's Sonic!" Gumball said with a smile. "Sonic's Here!"
"Mr. Sonic came to save us!" Darwin said. Aelita looked up to see the hedgehog as well. She quickly gasped, as the image of an old friend came back to her head. It was him! It was definitely him!
"You... You came back..." She said with a smile. Sonic looked back at the kids, gave a smile and a wink.
"FIRE!" Drex shouted, and the militia aimed, and fired. The bullets moved up the floor to the crates, but in an instant, Sonic jumped up, did a somersault, and lifted his leg forward, kicking one of the militia men, who didn't see him coming. The blue hedgehog then jumped up, and spin dashed into another one, and another one. The blue hedgehog was so fast, everyone couldn't figure out where he was going, or who he was gonna strike next.
"Shadowkan, Get Back!" Voidus shouted as he and the Shadowkan jumped back, leaving the other militia men to fend for themselves.
"Where the hell is that hedgehog going?!" One solider asked, only to be slammed by Sonic's spin dash.
"Holy Crap, he's fast!" Another milita man spoke.
"HEY!" The shout got his attention, where he was quickly whacked at the waist by a Macestaff, hurling him into one of the truck crates.
"What the?!" The other soldier asked, who turned around, see none other than Jak, holding his mace up. With one more swing, he pounded the soldier into a couple of others.
"Gotcha." Jak said. Another soldier attempted to attack, but Jak threw his foot back, kicking him in the crotch, and swinging his mace one more. He then threw a punch forward, and an uppercut, throwing the guy into the air. A couple more soldiers rushed in to shoot, but Jak then did a somersault and slammed the guy to the ground, sending a little blast to push the soldiers back.
"Dax!" Jak said, as the ottsel on his shoulder tossed him the Morph-Gun, which then transformed the Wave Concussor, Which had an elongated barrel and a red charger on top. He charged it up and aimed it as he reached the ground. All charged up, he fired the gun and sent out a circular blast of eco along the ground, sending the soldiers to the ground.
"Oooooh, that's the stuff!" Daxter said.
"FREEZE!" A group of soldiers said with their guns up, aiming at both Jak and Daxter. "Put your hands up!" Then suddenly, a strange ball was thrown at one of the soldiers. Looking down, he was that it was some sort of metal sphere, which began to quickly beep red. His eyes widened with shock.
"GERNADE-"
-BOOOM-
The explosion happened quickly before he could shout. The bomb blew up and the soldiers were blown back, with the one up front most likely reduced to ash. Before they reacted, they were shot by flaming bullets. Fired by a speeding lombax on his hoverboots. His Commando helmet allowed him to sensor any targets, and Clank, who was riding backpack on the lombax's back, also gave him eyes for what's behind him. After a couple of shots, the lombax high jumped into the air as Clank's heli-pack and hoverboots lifted him up into the air. He then summoned his Predator Launcher, a small dark-red carbine held with a left-hand grip and trigger, containing missile-shaped red node on the end. It pointed multiple red dots, one on each of the six soldiers, that remained.
"Incoming!" Ratchet said as pulled the trigger, releasing missiles that homed in onto the enemies.
"Look Out-!" One of the militia men shouted, only for them to get blown up and reduced. Drex was surprised by these mysterious attackers, as the Shadowkan were watching. As the wind died down, Sonic came in with a perfect landing, facing his opponent.
"Reach for the sky." Sonic said imitating Tom Hank, as Jak, with Daxter on his shoulder appeared with his Macestaff, and Ratchet slowly descended with Clank's heli-pack.
"What the hell is this?!" Drex asked.
"Language dude." Sonic said. "Watch the language. The name's Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. These are my buddies Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank. And you sir, are a very bad man." With that said, Nicole and Tommy approached closer.
"Mr. Sonic." Nicole said.
"Mrs. W." Sonic said, giving a nod.
"Hey Sonic." Tommy said.
"Sonic!" Robotboy said with a smile.
"Hey Tom. Hey Robo-dude." Sonic said with a wave.
"You're kidding me?" Drex asked. "This is what the almighty Space Police Delta has sent? A blue rat, a guy with a rabid orange muskrat, and a furry kitty cat with a gun?"
"Actually sir, the correct term is Lombax." Ratchet said.
"And I'm here too sir." Clank said, waving from behind Ratchet's back.
"You really shouldn't judge a book by it's cover." Jak said. "You should take things into consideration."
"Yeah, you tell him Jak!" Daxter said. "And by the way creepy dude with the metal arm, I'm an ottsel, not a muskrat." Drex only smirked.
"Well, meet my friends." Drex said as he snapped his fingers, as the Shadowkan returned to their positions, ready to fight.
"Wow... even from a distance, those things are the E to the Z to the Iddlely-dee disgusting." Sonic said. "Well, we got some friends of our own too."
"Funny, because I don't see anyone else." Drex said. Then there was a sound, a sound that sounded like a motorcycle. The blue hedgehog turned around, and saw a motorcycle coming from behind the warehouse and zooming toward them.
"The prodigal son returns." Sonic said. On the vehicle was CJ, who revealed himself as he took off his helmet. He then jumped on top of the steering rig, and pulled out a card.
"Let's do this!" CJ called out, holding the card out. "SAMURAI STORM!" Placing the card into his belt, he quickly formed a pose. "HENSHIN!" Jumping off of his bike, his entire body began to glow, and quickly morphed into his Captain Japan armor. With his feet, he not only made a perfect landing, he made slick slid across the field til he reached Sonic's side. In the hiding spot, Gumball, Darwin, Carrie, and Aelita watched with awe.
"Whoooaa..." Gumball and Darwin said. "A Kamen Rider..."
"Kamen Rider?" Aelita asked.
"Japanese Tokusatsu show." Carrie said.
"Impressive." Sonic said. "You're still not getting my 20 bucks."
"Wasn't aiming to surprise you." CJ said. "I like to make an entrance."
"Captain Japan..." Drex spoke. "You have a lot of nerve getting yourself involved."
"Funny, your Dark Phoenix buddies attacked my fellow SPD agents back at that factory." CJ said. "And you're chasing this woman and her family who happens to be a member of the SPD. You mess with one of us, you start a quarrel with all of us."
"An ant has a quarrel with a boot." Drex said.
"You threatening to squash us?" CJ asked. "You'll have to be better than that."
"Hey dude, where's your buddy?" Sonic asked.
"Don't worry, he'll show up." CJ whispered.
"Though I have to admit, I wasn't expecting the SPD would be sending someone like you." Drex said. "Not even the hedgehog or some cat with a robot backpack, and a guy with an muskrat wearing shorts. This really puts a smile on my face for this... but fun isn't something when it comes doing my job."
"Well you're one to talk Mister guy with only one arm." Sonic said. "And you're metal arm isn't actually an arm."
"Captain Japan!" A voice spoke from behind Drex, revealing to be General Voidus, moving a bit past the man. "It has been a long time."
"General Voidus." CJ said. "Been looking for you. I'm surprised that you work with humans now. You must be pretty desparate."
"Spare me your insults, Captain Japan." Voidus said. "Before, I was outnumbered, but now I have more help than ever..." He then turns to his Shadowkan brothers, who all gave nods and growls of excitement.
"So, are we gonna get the fight already?" Jak asked. "Because I'm ready whenever you guys are."
"We'll get to that in a second." Sonic said. "First, I want to know, what do you guys want with the Wattersons?"
"Surprised that you do not know." Drex said. "We're here to capture the hybrid that they've been hiding."
"Hybrid?" Sonic asked. "Would that be Darwin? He's just a fish with legs." Hearing that made Darwin silently squeak in fear.
"No..." Drex said, as Darwin gave a sigh of relief. "We want that little cat for a very special purpose... and a young fugitive they've been hiding in their house." Aelita froze in place, as she and Gumball looked at each other.
"First I've heard of it." Sonic said.
"Well, you're gonna have to go through us if you want them." Ratchet said.
"Oh we will." Drex said. "There is lots of us, and only a few of you. What hope do you have?"
"General..." Grey-Man spoke. "May I kill them now?" As they were all talking, they didn't actually noticed a small figure from the roof of the warehouse, extending his metal claws.
"Alright, I had enough of this..." CJ said and called out. "EL TIGRE!" Suddenly, something grabbed a hold of Grey-Man's Staff, which happened to be a grapple claw. The chain pulled back, grabbing the staff and flipping Shadow-mutant off the ground and on his face.
"Oooohhh..." Gumball, Darwin, Carrie, and Aelita said. The attention was drawn back to the mysterious staff snatcher. The small but acrobactic figure jumped on top of the van, revealing himself. His height was just a bit taller than Sonic's. The boy's skin was light and tone, and his eyes were tiger green. His wore a black suit with modern brown mexican boots, a red hankerchief around his neck, dark brown gloves with silver chain bracelets on each wrist. Other assets were the brown and beaver colored flexible body armor, featuring motorcycle and sports armor, with shoulder, elbow, and knee pads, with a yellow T in the middle of his chest. He wore a helmet that was in two ears on the top like that of a tiger, and tiger tuffs on each side of the helmet. He had a tiger tail, almost realistic. For those who may not know who he really is, the only familiar features he has are the freckles on his cheeks, the scar over his left eye, the brown belt with the silver buckle with a black T engraved in it, and the overbite with the prominent chipped tooth. Lifting his head up, he spoke.
"Whassup?" He asked. Sonic, Ratchet, and Jak looked at the boy with surprise, but they were also impressed.
"Oooooooo…" Sonic, Jak and Daxter said with awe.
"Nice..." Ratchet said.
"What the hell is this?" He asked as Grey-Man gets back up.
"My partner." CJ said. "That's who."
"The SPD also brings the infamous El Tigre to stop us too?" Drex shouted.
"Tiger!" El Tigre said.
"What?" Drex asked.
"I perfer Tiger." El Tigre said. "I'm not actually mexican or spanish, I'm american. And you should be ashamed attacking and shooting families out in the open. So you guys better drop your weapons or you're all gonna get a butt-whooping!"
"Hey, kid!" CJ said, getting the boy's attention. "Keep it down... alright?"
"Oh sorry, sorry... you guys do the talking." El Tigre said. "Hey can I break this staff?"
"Go ahead." CJ said.
"Nice." El Tigre said as he flipped the staff and broke it with his leg, tossing it aside.
"You heard the Tiger, Drex!" CJ said. "You surrender now or we're gonna kick your asses."
"Dude, watch the language." Sonic said. "There are kids out here."
"Enough of this chit-chatter!" Drex shouted. "I've had enough of this stalling you all are trying to do! I'm here for the little cat and the girl! You shall give them to me, or there will be blood!"
"You know, you're right, we've let this conversation go on long enough, since it was getting boring anyway." Sonic said. "THINK FAST!" The words came out quickly as Sonic pulled out his sword and threw it directly at Drex. With a loud clank, the man actually caught it, right before the tip of the blade could stab him in the face. Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, and El Tigre were a bit surprised by this.
"Whoa..." Ratchet said.
"Weren't expecting that, were you?" Drex asked.
"Actually, I was." Sonic said. "Which is why I'm going to say this... HERO TIME!"
"What?" Drex asked, unaware of a small nanomechion on the Sword.
"It's Hero Time!" It spoke, clicking a familiar omnitrix symbol on it's chest, emitting a strong flash of green right in Drex's eyes. As he opened them, he saw a taller muscular figure in the air, throwing a powerful punch from a crystal fist, sending Drex across the field into the truck. The Shadow-Kaijin were about to react, but the figure then shot out crystal shards, preventing them from making a move, while also grabbing Sonic's sword. Taking a back flip back to Sonic's side, the figure was fully revealed. It was a light green Petrosapien, a silicon based alien with a super density molecular structure. He wore a black shirt with a green stripe in the middle, along with black pants, and an omnitrix symbol on his belt. For those who about Ben 10, he actually has the ability to transform into multiple different aliens through the use of the galvin watch, the Omnitrix, and this alien was one of them.
"Diamondhead!" The petrosapien spoke, as Sonic, Ratchet and Clank gave a smile, while Captain Japan, El Tigre, Tommy, Nicole, Richard, Jak and Daxter, as was Darwin, Gumball, Aelita, and Carrie watched with surprise and mouths hung open.
"Oh my god..." Jak said.
"Am I right?" Ratchet asked.
"Gumball..." Darwin spoke as he was about to hold in his excitement. "It's... It's... It's..."
"It's Ben 10!" Gumball said.
"It's Ben 10!" Gumball and Darwin shouted, and then squealed, as Carrie and Aelita looked a bit confused.
"Who?" Aelita asked.
"Just some superhero they're fans of." Carrie answered.
"BEN 10!" Mordecai and Rigby shouted with smiles of joy.
"Dude... that's Ben Tennyson!" El Tigre said.
"Yeah, I noticed." CJ said.
"Sonic the Hedgehog, I believe this is your's." Diamondhead spoke, returning the sword to Sonic.
"Thanks D." Sonic said. Drex, a bit sore from the punch and slam, slowly got to his feet.
"Don't Just Stand There!" Drex shouted. "Kill Them All!" The remaining militia men raised their guns out.
"Oh No You Don't!" Jak called out as he summoned his Macestaff and swung it hard, sending out a strong wind gust and pushed them all back to the ground. The Shadowkan held their ground.
"Permission to kill sir?" Voidus asked.
"Permission granted." Drex hissed as his metal arm transformed into a sword.
"Shadowkan!" Voidus shouted. "Let Us Destroy Them!"
"Tommy, you and Mrs. W get everyone out of here!" Sonic called.
"Got it!" Tommy said. "Let's go Ro!" With a nod, Robotboy, Tommy, Nicole, Richard, Mordecai, and Rigby headed straight inside the factory to collect the kids, while the boys stayed, ready to fight.
"It's Showtime!" Sonic called out. Rolling up like a ball, he dashed forward and struck Drex, who countered with his metal arm. With a thrust, Drex attempted to stab, but Sonic jumped onto the sword arm and kicked Drex in the face. Sonic then swung, and Drex countered.
"You rat!" Drex said. "You will pay dearly for resisting the wrath of Hydra Force."
"You killed some of my friends back at Kadic." Sonic said. "So it's you who's going to pay." As the blue hedgehog jumped back, Drex quickly clicked his wristwatch and his belt lit up.
"Death Metal... Transform!" He shouted as he brought his arms down and flashed in a quickly electric light. In his place was his Death-Metal Armor Hyena form. As he lifted his head up, Sonic only smiled.
"Wow, you got a transformation too?" Sonic asked. "What is with it with people transforming all the time?"
"Silence!" Drex spoke as his gun arm transformed into a sword.
"Alright, let's fight!" Sonic said as he dashed forward and swung his own sword, striking Drex's own blade. As the two exchanged blade strikes, Voidus had his sights set on CJ.
"Captain Japan!" Voidus shouted as he charged forward with sword in his hand. He made a swing, but CJ dodged, throwing a kick onto Voidus' shoulder. Another swing from the sword, but CJ ducked and threw several punches into the Shadowkan General's chest, throwing him back.
"Seriously?" CJ asked. "You still use a sword to fight? What's the point of using it if you're not good with it?"
"How dare you insult my skills!" Voidus shouted as he swung again, and CJ jumped back.
"Ok, let's make this fair then." CJ said. He then summoned his own sword, his Samuraizer, and clashed with Voidus, throwing several blade strikes, and the Shadowkan General throwing his own. Behemoth then approached Jak and Daxter. Daxter was giving a little worried face.
"Oh my..." He said.
"Don't worry Dax." Jak said. "We got this." He then pulled out his Macestaff and lept up, striking the Shadowkan in the head. Behemoth fought back by slamming his fists, but the Eco warrior dodged quickly, and struck once more with his sword. He then pulled out his morph gun, which turned into the Blaster. He fired bullet and bullet, throwing Behemoth off. Grey-Man lunged forward to attack El Tigre, but the Tiger boy leaped up and kicked him from behind, sending him landing face first on the ground.
"Ok, you really need to work on your charging." El Tigre said. Grey-Man then picked up the two pieces of his staff, and lunged forward once more, swinging with both pieces in hand. El Tigre jumped out of the way, dodged left, right, up, and down.
"Hold still you little cat!" Grey-Man shouted.
"Sorry, I just can't stand still." El Tigre said. Grey-Man was then furious, and thrusted his piece with the spikes forward, but El Tigre, done with dodging, slid under, and extended his metal claws, and chopped up the staff with them into more pieces. Then he leaped up and shot out his grapple claw to grab Grey-Man by the arm. With a strong pull, he then flung the Shadowkan far away.
"GAAAAHHHH!" Grey-Man shouted as he flew a very far distance.
"Guess I threw him right out of the park!" El Tigre said.
Rimshot, but no applause.
"Yeah, better leave the jokes with Luan instead." El Tigre said to himself. He was then interrupted by a screech, which happened to be Gorgon, who flew in to attack. But El Tigre dodged out of the way. Ratchet looked around, wondering who he was gonna fight.
"Ok, I'm starting to feel left out." Ratchet said. "Nobody wants to fight me."
"Ummm... Ratchet?" Clank said, tapping his friend's shoulder. Turning around, he saw Lionizer, extending his bladed tails and his two swords in hand.
"Finally, about time." Ratchet said as he summoned his Combuster and fired, shooting Lionizer a couple times. But the Shadowkan then swung his sword, with the lombax dodging with a backflip, then a leftflip. Lionizer then swung his bladed tails, but Clank activated his heli-pack and boosted Ratchet into the air, who then summoned his Wrench and threw it with a Comet-Strike, striking the Shadowkan in the head. With Diamondhead, he was squaring off against Reaper-Robot.
"You know, from what I can see, you look more like a robot than a Shadow-mutant." Diamondhead said. "But if I'm honest, you still look ugly."
"Insolent lifeform!" Reaper-Robot spoke. "You will pay dearly for showing disrespect!" He then swung his mace hand, but Diamondhead dodged, and began to firing diamond crystals at the beast. Reaper-Robot then swug his massive claws, but Diamondhead slid under and kicked the kaijin, sending him forward.
"Fool!" Reaper-Robot shouted as he fired his pulse blaster, shooting beams as Diamondhead used his arms to create a shield, reflecting the beams back at Reaper-Robot.
"Yeah, you should know, I can reflect anything that comes my way." Diamondhead said. "Well, almost everything."
"Then can you reflect this!?" Reaper-Robot shouted as he swung his mace again, striking and breaking off Diamondhead's arm off.
"Gah!" He said as his hand was cut off by the mace. But then it grew back, brand new.
"Oh, and I can regenerate too." Diamondhead said.
"GRAAAGH!" Reaper-Robot shouted. "Try to dodge this!" He then slammed his claw arm into the ground, summoning giant pillars of ice from the ground. Diamondhead however only gave a grin, and his arms transformed into sharp blades. It's a neat ability Petrosapian has, to regenerate themselves, and transform their body arms into all kinds of melee weapons. Diamondhead slashed through each ice pillar Reaper-Robot could summon, and with a charging dash, and powerful fist, he punched Reaper-Robot into the wall, leaving him unconcious.
"Awww Yeah! Who's Bad?" Diamondhead said. There were some cheers and applause coming from Gumball, Darwin, Aelita, and Carrie. But that was short lived as Drex lifted his head up, seeing the four, but his eyes directly at Gumball and Aelita.
"Uh oh..." Gumball quickly said as he realized they've been spotted. "Run!" He grabbed Aelita's hand and they both ran for it, with Darwin and Carrie running behind.
"Voidus!" Drex called. "Tell the Shadowkan to capture the girl and the hybrd!"
"Shadowkan, Capture the Girl and the Blue Kitty!" Voidus shouted.
"You heard the boss boys!" Silkoid shouted. "Let's get us some flesh, brothas!" He, Sepultura, Heliotoid, Mecha-Neck, Raptor Sniper, and Feather-Shadow gave a roar as they charged into the Warehouse. Sonic turning his head after he punched Drex in the face.
"Shoot!" Sonic said. "CJ, the shadow mutants are going after Gumball!"
"I'm a little busy myself!" CJ spoke as he was guarding against Voidus' attacks. "Tiger, the Shadowkan are going after the girl and Sonic's buddies! Stop Them!"
"Copy That!" El Tigre shouted after punching Gorgon, placing him in a daze. With the opportunity, he then shot his Grapple Claw and flung foward to where the Shadowkan were going, using each claw to grab objects and ledges to pull himself, like Spider-Man and his web slinging.
"Jak, Ratchet, you and the boys go help him out!" Sonic called out.
"We're a little busy right now!" Jak said as he kept shooting his Blaster at Behemoth, with Ratchet still shooting at Lionizer with no effect.
"Man these things are tough." Ratchet said as he summoned his Fusion Gernade glove, throwing a bomb right at Lionizer. The explosion has done some damage, but not enough to kill it though. Soon, CJ and Sonic were pushed back into the group by Drex and Voidus, and the four were cornered.
"Any ideas Captain?" Sonic asked.
"Not really." CJ said. As the Shadowkan began to corner them, they were then bombarded with crystal shards. Turning their heads, they saw Diamondhead shooting crystal projectiles.
"Hey, over here!" Diamondhead shouted. Having enough of the bombarding, Behemoth approached Diamondhead, with Sonic tripping Drex, CJ punching Voidus in the face, and Jak shooting Lionzer with his Morph Gun. As Lionzer fell, Ratchet whacked him in the head with his Omniwrench. They then grouped up with Diamondhead.
"You got a plan for this right?" CJ asked.
"Actually, I wasn't thinking that far ahead!" Diamondhead said. But then, they heard a honking sound, in a funny and familiar melody.
"Well, looks like he made it in time!" CJ said turning his head. The others did the same, and saw what appeared to be a Semi-Truck approaching from behind the Shadowkan. Drex and Voidus quickly moved out of the way, though Lionizer was flipped over by the impact of the truck. It then moved into Behemoth, who almost got toppled over. The truck then skid toward the group, and stopped right in front of Sonic. The truck door opened from the driver side, revealing Skips in a bodyarmored uniform. He pulled out a massive cannon gun from the seat, and aimed it right at Behemoth.
"Time for you to lay down, you bastards!" Skips said as he moved forward, and fired, hitting massive spheres of energy at Behemoth, which worked greatly on him, throwing him backwards. After a couple of shots, Skips fired one last sphere, which hit Behemoth in the chest, and sent him toppling backwards, right into Drex and the other Shadowkan.
"No no nononono NO!" Voidus shouted as he, Drex, and Lionizer were crushed by Behemoth, who laid onto the floor. Skips blew into the muzzle of the gun.
"Bull's eye." Skips said.
"Wow..." Sonic said.
"Nice..." Daxter said.
"That was awesome Skips." CJ said.
"Thanks." Skips said. "I still got it."
"Skips?" Diamondhead asked, getting the yeti's attention, who then stared at the petrosapien with a smile.
"Well well, if it ain't Max's dumbass son's flesh and blood." Skips said.
"Nice to see you too, Skywalker." Diamondhead said jokingly.
"Wait, you know him?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, you're not the only one who knows everybody." Diamondhead said.
"I see you're staying out of trouble.. hopefully." Skip said.
"Well depends if you define the definition of trouble." Diamondhead spoke.
"Sorry to cut things short Skips, but we better get inside and help the others." CJ said.
"You're right." Skips said. "Let's move out." The Yeti and the others headed straight for the Warehouse, knowing little that a battle was going on inside. Behemoth just laid there on the ground, on top of Drex, Voidus, and Lionizer.
"Ow... that hurt." He said.
"Get off of us you idiot!" Voidus shouted.
"You fools were suppose to be experts!" Drex said.
"You didn't tell us we'd be dealing with a bunch of teenage freaks!" Voidus shouted. "Lionizer, get your hand off me!"
"That's not my hand." Lionizer said.
"Grrrr... Where is Gorgon?!" Voidus shouted.
"Right here sir." Gorgon spoke as he flew in.
"Gorgon, get him off of us now!" Voidus shouted.
"And do it quickly!" Drex shouted.
"Yes sir." Gorgon said as he flew to Behemoth and attempted to pull him off. "This may take a while though."
Back in the Warehouse, The kids kept running for their lives as the battle went on outside.
"Mom!" Gumball called out.
"Kids!" Nicole spoke from the lower floor. But then, Heliotoid flew through the window of the upper floor, creating a trail of flames in the middle of the warehouse, separating Gumball and Aelita from Darwin and Carrie. Nicole, Richard, Tommy, Mordecai and Rigby were trapped on Darwin and Carrie's side too.
"Gumball!" Darwin called out.
"Bro!" Gumball called out as they both rushed toward each other, but the fire separated them.
"It's ok, we'll find another way around!" Carrie said. Then Heliotoid emerged from the flames in front of Gumball and Aelita.
"Hello..." He spoke. "I hope you like it HOT!"
"AAAHHHH!" Gumball and Aelita screamed. Taking her hand, Gumball and Aelita ran for it, as Heliotoid chased after them. Then, sniper beams were shooting above and behind them. Gumball turned to see Raptor-Sniper shooting at them.
"Watch where you're shooting!" Heliotoid shouted.
"You watch where you're going!" Raptor-Sniper shouted.
"Hey douchebags, we need them alive, remember?!" Silkoid shouted, only to be whacked by Raptor-Sniper, who then continued to fire.
"Robotboy!" Tommy called out. "Help them!"
"Ok Tommy!" Robotboy called out as he flew toward Gumball and Aelita's location, only to be thrown off by Mecha-Neck, who leaped up and pulled the robot down. Gumball and Aelita kept running, but Raptor-Sniper aimed ahead, and shot at the stairway, causing it to tumble down.
"Ahh!" Gumball said. "That was our only way down! What are we gonna do?!" Aelita looked around, and then noticed a long chain dangling from the ceiling. She recalled during her adventures with her friends back at Kadic, she would often grab onto a chain that was dangling from the top of the factory to help herself slide down to the elevator, either to get there quick enough or to show off. She took a couple steps back, and then rushed forward. She then took a big leap, much to everyone's surprise. She grabbed onto the chain, and slid down to the ground, making a perfect landing.
"Oooooooo..." Everyone said.
"Whoa..." Gumball said as stars began to sparkle in his eyes. "She's more amazing than before..." The girl then turned her head.
"Gumball, try and grab on!" Aelita called as she pushed the chain to him. The blue cat then took a deep breath himself, and stepped back. He then rushed forward, and jumped. Then fell quickly onto the side of the stairway, then tumbled down as he hit his crotch on the metal pole, then toppled wee-wee-wee-wee onto the ground.
"Ow! Ooph! Ouch! DEI! Ooomph!" Gumball spoke with each impact, and fell face first onto the ground.
"Gumball!" Aelita gasped as she ran toward her friend. "Gumball, are you alright?!" The blue cat lifted his head.
"It's ok... I survived..." He whimpered. But this was cut short as another sniper beam shot toward them, making them panic.
"C'mon, We'll head outside!" Gumball said as he pulled his friend out the massive door. They leaned to the side, and began panting.
"That was close." He said, as Aelita gave a nod. But then there was drips of liquid dripping between them. They gave a whimper, then lifted their heads up, seeing Feather-Shadow staring right at them and hissing.
"AAAHHHHH!" They both screamed, and they took off running. Feather-Shadow took flight and chased after them. However, the monster didn't noticed El Tigre on the top of the building running by it in the same direction. As he got close enough, he shot his grapple claw onto Feather-Shadow's wing. The winged Shadowkan noticed the extra baggage and tried to fling him off, but the tiger boy's claw held on tight.
"Stop!" El Tigre shouted. "In The Name of the SPD, You're Under Arrest!"
"Get Off Me Your Vermin!" Feather-Shadow shouted, shaking as he kept running. Despite the dangling, El Tigre leaped to the ground, his feet sticking in, trying to pull the shadowkan back, but the winged beast was still strong, it pulled El Tigre with it.
Jumping off the ground, his grapple chain pulled him forward onto the Shadowkan's back.
"Well, you're grounded, feathered beast!" El Tigre shouted as he used his claws to strike the beast's wing, causing them to spark and fall off, and bringing the beast down to the ground. But it didn't give up chasing Gumball and Aelita. As the boy jumped off and landed on his feet, he charged in toward the beast with a couple of claw strikes, and pulled his fist back.
"VICIOUS UPPERCUT!" El Tigre shouted as he moved in and punched Feather-Shadow multiple times and finishes with a firey uppercut, sending the beast flying to the ground. With the beast down, El Tigre stretched himself.
"Wow, that training with Lynn really paid off." He said. Turning his head, he saw Gumball and Aelita.
"Wow..." Gumball said as well. "That was pretty cool."
"Thanks." El Tigre said, his smile showing his chipped tooth. Aelita's eyes widened with realization. She had seen this hero before a while ago, but she saw that similiar overbite way before that. The white haired boy she saw that time when she ran out of that gas station.
"It's you!" She said, taking a step forward. "You're the boy from the fuel station!"
"Hey, you recognized me!" El Tigre said. "I also saved you from those thugs that were tossing you around like a ragdoll." The boy then examined her from top to bottom, but then stopped as she saw her bump on her tummy. "Wow, you really let yourself go..."
"Hey!" Gumball spoke as he approached him. "Excuse me sir, she is expecting, not fat." El Tigre's eyes widened at the realization.
"Oh, sorry..." He said. "I had no idea... I didn't... you know..."
"It's no problem at all." Aelita said with a smile. Seeing this made Gumball only pur in jealousy. But a rub on his head by the girl made him pur in relief, making him nuzzle against her neck. But this moment was cut short however, as El Tigre turned his head and saw Feather-Shadow getting back up.
"Ok, you guys better run now." El Tigre said.
"Good idea!" Gumball and Aelita said as they ran back to the Warehouse, leaving El Tigre to face off against Feather-Shadow.
"Yo Captain!" El Tigre called through his helmet's communicator. "He's not stopping! Any Alternatives?"
"If he's not stopping, then slice him up!" CJ called out.
"Copy that!" El Tigre said. "Yo Shadow Monster, I've been authorized to kill you now!" The Shadowkan gave a loud roar, blowing wind on El Tigre.
"Ok, you asked for it." El Tigre said, his claws sharpening up. He then rushed foward and began striking with his claws against the Shadowkan's face. The beast then lunged it's arm forward to strike, but El Tigre jumped up, and gave the beast a kick in the face. The beast opened his mouth and fired needles, but the boy jumped, flipping himself to dodge. Then the boy jumped up on the Shadowkan's back, and dug his sharp claws into the beast's back neck. Feeling the pain, Feather-Shadow shook hard, and though his claws held him on for long, the boy was eventually flipped off the beast, but El Tigre shot another grapple claw forward, this time in front of Feather-Shadow. Feather-Shadow then shot out more needles, making El Tigre dodge wth all his might. But he knew he couldn't do that forever.
"Alright, time to try out that new move." He said as he made a perfect landing. "Hey feather-butt, come get me!" Hearing that insult, he charged after the boy, who was leading him to the side of the wall.
"Here Goes Nothing!" El Tigre spoke as he charged toward the building, his feet touching the wall, allowing him to run up. He then made a high jump.
"SPINNING ARMADILLO!" He shouted, spinning high in the air with his claws, like an armadillo, diving in. As he got close enough, he stopped spinning and kicks his leg out. Upon impact, El Tigre kicks Feather-Shadow right through, causing the creature to screech in pain, sparking bursts all over his body, and then exploded. As the smoke cleared, El Tigre landed with style.
"Super-Macho..." El Tigre spoke in a low voice. "Huh, either I've been wearing the belt too long, or I've been hanging out with the Casegrandes too much."
Back with Gumball and Aelita, the two ran back into the Warehouse.
"Wait, aren't those monsters still in here?" Aelita asked.
"I dunno, it's better than being outside, is it?" Gumball asked. But then they stopped in their feet, seeing Heliotoid making an approach on them. The blue cat knew he'd spoke too soon.
"I hate myself." Gumball said to himself. The two turned around to go outside, but then Sepultura slammed through the window in front of the teens.
"AAAHHHH!" Gumball and Aelita screamed once more.
"Where do you think you're going?" Sepultura said. Gumball, realizing that screaming wasn't going to stop them, took a deep breath and stepped forward.
"Hey, what's the big idea?!" Gumball asked. "Surrounding two helpless kids like this and threa-" He was then met with a punch in the face by Sepultura and fell to the ground.
"Gumball!" Aelita called, but then she was grabbed by Silkoid.
"Whaddup girly..." Silkoid said as Aelita gave a scream. Darwin and Carrie were able to make it to the other side and saw Gumball out cold.
"Gumball!" Darwin shouted as he tried to rush to his brother, getting in range of Raptor-Sniper's aim. Luckily Carrie saw this coming.
"Darwin, Look Out!" She cried as she pushed the fish out of the way.
-BANG-
A sniper beam went through Carrie's head, green goo gushing out, causing her to fall onto the ground.
"CARRIE, NOOOO!" Darwin shouted as he ran toward her. He held her in his arms, trying to get her to wake up. But no prevail. The fish with legs began to shed some tears.
"Carrie... no..." He whimpered. He then started to cry.
"GAH!" Carrie shouted as she lifted herself up.
"AHHH!" Darwin shouted. "Carrie, you're alive!" The ghost girl shook and rubbed her head.
"Ow." Carrie said, and looked back at Darwin. "What? I'm a ghost. Ghosts can't die, remember?"
"Oh sweet relief." Darwin said. "It's ok, we're good!"
"AAAAHHHHH!" Aelita's screams got their attention. They turned to see Aelita being held by Silkoid, with Sepultura approaching her.
"Aelita! Gumball!" Darwin and Carrie screamed as they tried to save her, but Heliotoid appeared and summoned a firewall, preventing them from entry. He then turned back toward the girl, still held by Silkoid.
"Give her to me..." Sepultura said.
"Sure thing dawg." Silkoid said as he pushed her into Sepultura's clutches and he held her from behind.
"You know, the human guy said that we had to capture you alive." Sepultura said. "But that doesn't mean we can't have fun with you." He then extended his tongue out, and slid it across Aelita's neck and cheek, making her whimper in fear. She then felt Silkoid attempt to grab her legs.
"C'mon, let's get some action on this fleshy!" He spoke. The girl's eyes widened, and she threw a couple of kicks to keep him back.
"Gumball!" Aelita cried out. "Gumball Help Me!" The blue cat slowly opened his eyes, and the blurryness began to die down. As his vision cleared, he saw Aelita held by Sepultura, with Silkoid trying to spread her legs open. He gasped upon the sight. He lifted himself up, and rage began to build up inside him.
"HEY!" He screeched, getting their attention.
"Leave... Her... ALONE!" The blue cat shouted, with his eyes becoming black and yellow once more. His hands became claws, his tails grew spikes, and wings sprouted from his back, and black antennaes popped from his head, revealing his Shadowkan form.
"What the hell?" Silkoid asked.
"How is this possible?!" Sepultura asked, dropping Aelita to the ground.
"He... he has our genetic traits!" Heliotoid said. "He's one of us?!" Gumball then gave a loud growl and lunged forward, leaping over Aelita and striked Heliotoid.
"Fool! BURN!" Heliotoid shouted as he shot flames around Gumball, burning him. But the blue cat emerged from the flames, where his burnt marks began to heal up. He then growled, showing his sharp teeth.
"He's... invincible?!" Heliotoid asked in shock. In an instant, Gumball grabbed Heliotoid by the leg, and then threw him around, tossing him outside through the window.
"Damn!" Silkoid shouted. "Seppy, Stop him!" Sepultura then charged in, only to be grabbed as well, with Gumball using his claws to rip off Sepultura's arm, making the Shadow-mutant scream. The blue shadowkan cat then lifted Sepultura off the ground and hurled him out of the building. The blue cat turned his head slowly back at Silkoid, who had his mouth hung open.
"Oh, screw this shit." He said as he made a run for it, and the blue cat made a dominant purr. The girl rose from the floor and approached the blue cat.
"Gumball?" Aelita asked, getting the cat's attention. He turned his head and stared at the girl with his yellow and black eyes. But they reverted back to dark blue.
"Are... are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah..." Gumball said as he turned around fully, his body reverting back to normal. "I'm... I'm sorry, they were gonna... they were gonna..." He was then met by a hug from Aelita, who then gave a nuzzle to his cheek.
"Thank you." She said. The blue cat gave a weak smile, and hugged her back.
"Gumball!" Darwin's voice called out, getting their attention. They turned to see Darwin and Carrie, as the flames died out around them.
"Buddy!" Gumball called out as his brother hugged him in open arms.
"Gumball!" Nicole called out as she, Richard, Tommy, Robotboy, Mordecai and Rigby rushed in. The mama cat gave a hug to her sons, thankful that they're ok.
"You guys ok?" Carrie asked.
"Yeah, we're good." Aelita said. But before they could celebrate, more shots were heard from the other side of the warehouse, revealing Raptor-Sniper, who was then joined by Silkoid, Reaper-Robot, Mecha-Neck, Sepultura and Gray-Man.
"Haha, I brought backup, bitches!" Silkoid called. Then turning to the other side, more militia men arrived with guns. The group then turned back to the Shadowkan.
"Sorry, but you didn't think it would be that easy did you?" Raptor-Sniper asked as he aimed his gun forward at the group.
"Actually..." The voice caused the Shadowkan to turn around, only to see Sonic, CJ, El Tigre, Diamondhead, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and Skips, ready to fight.
"We kinda did." Sonic said, who then swung his sword, sending Raptor-Sniper against the floor.
"YEAH!" Gumball and Darwin cheered, as Sonic rushed in, followed by Diamondhead who pushed Reaper-Robot to the ground, El Tigre and CJ rushing in, with Jak and Daxter who pushed Gray-Man as well, following suit, and Ratchet and Clank jumping on Silkoid.
"Sonic!" Gumball called out.
"Hey kid!" Sonic said.
"Did we miss the party?" Skips asked.
"Skips!" Mordecai and Rigby called out with a smile. "You made it!"
"Of course I did." Skips said. "I did tell you I would."
"I knew you would get here big guy!" Rigby said. But their conversation was cut short as they Shadowkan rose back up, ready to fight. And some militia men moved in with them.
"Ok guys, you head out and we'll be right behind you ok?" Sonic asked.
"Ok!" Gumball and Darwin said.
"Nicole, you get everyone out of here now!" Skips called.
"Sure thing!" Nicole said.
"Wait, we wanna stay and fight!" Mordecai said.
"Yeah, me too!" Rigby said holding up his staff. Skips gave a groan.
"Fine, but just stay behind me." Skips said.
"Got it!" Mordecai and Rigby said.
"C'mon kids, let's go!" Nicole said as she grabbed Darwin and Carrie, pulling Richard with them. Tommy and Robotboy followed suit. Aelita went to follow, but turned her head back at Sonic.
"Aelita, come on!" Gumball said as he pulled her the other way.
"You guys got guns?" Skips asked.
"Sure do." Jak said as he pulled out his Morph Gun, which then transformed into the Vulcan Fury, a cylindrical blue mod gun with a rotating barrel.
"Clank, Dual Vipers." Ratchet said.
"Check." Clank said as he summoned the Dual Vipers, a pair of rapid machine guns with a large magazine full of bullets and small nozzle, into Ratchet's hands. CJ then summoned his R1 Pistol, armed and ready.
"You ever use a gun?" CJ asked El Tigre.
"No, but I can use my nails, and they shoot out like guns." El Tigre said extending his nails.
"That'll do." CJ said.
"Doing some firing practice?" Diamondhead asked. "Sounds good to me."
"Wait, I don't have anything." Sonic said.
"Here." CJ said as he tossed a D-Pistol to Sonic.
"Wicked." Sonic said.
"Alright boys!" Skips shouted as he brought out his Gun Cannon. "Let's go!" Ready, the boys then fired their weapons at the Shadowkan and troops. Skips fired multiple spheres from his Cannon, Diamondhead fired his crystal shards, El Tigre firing his nails like guns, Mordecai shooting with the Shock Blaster, Rigby shooting with the tip of the staff, Jak firing multiple at rapid succession with the Vulcan Fury while Daxter was cheering, Ratchet firing his Dual Vipers while Clank gave him boosts into the air. CJ firing his pistol, and Sonic firing his own. Seeing this chaos, Sepultura noticed the others trying to get away. He then slid out of the warehouse to pursuit, as did Mecha-Neck, who left as well to hunt the prey. With Nicole's party, they were moving forward as the men prepared to firing.
"Richard, clear the pathway!" Nicole said.
"Ok, honey!" Richard said as he aimed his mingun and fired, shooting most of the men down with multiple bullets, clearing the pathway for them to get outside. As they made it out, Richard gave a smile.
"We're saved!" He said, but there was the sound of clicking. Looking forward, he saw more militia men, with guns aimed at him.
"AHHHHH!" Richard shouted, but then Tommy rushed in, with Robotboy floating above him.
"Go get 'em Ro!" Tommy called out as Robotboy transformed into his Super-Activated mode, and began firing rockets and lasers upon the militia men, while Tommy used his energy sword to strike down his own foes that surrounded him. Soon all the men were on the ground dead. Gumball and the others sighed in relief.
"Oh thank goodness." Gumball said. "I think we're safe." But then, there was a slam behind them.
"Maybe you should keep your mouth shut." Darwin said. Turning their heads they saw Mecha-Neck rising up and giving a loud roar.
"AHHHH!" Gumball, Aelita, Darwin, and Carrie screamed and made a run for it. But the beast then opened it's mouth, revealing six glowing holes inside, and it began to fire plasma bullets upon them, in between them, causing Gumball and Aelita to trip over.
"Gumball!" Darwin cried out, but was pulled back by Carrie and Richard. As the two got up, they turned to see Mecha-Neck approaching them. Aelita was frozen solid. The blue cat however stood between the beast and the girl, shielding her in case the shadowkan tried anything. As the beast looked directly at the blue cat, Gumball's eyes shifted again, reverting to the black and yellow eyes. He lowered his arms, and began walking toward the Shadowkan.
"Gumball?" Aelita asked. "Gumball?" The blue cat didn't respond. He only approached the shadow-mutant, who gave a loud roar. Gumball however didn't cringe or anything, but showed his sharp teeth.
"あなたは彼女を傷つけません... / Anata wa kanojo o kizutsukemasen...!" Gumball shouted as he transformed back into his Shadowkan form. Mecha-Neck gave another roar, opening it's mouth ready to fire. But then, a spinning blade struck it in the face, almost sending it off balance. Gumball's eyes then reverted to normal, and he fell to his knees in dizziness.
"Gumball!" Aelita called out as she ran to him, and helped him up.
"Gumball!" Darwin and Carrie called out as they came to his aid as well.
"I'm good... I'm good..." Gumball said as the girl held him. "What happened?" They then saw the spinning blade hit the ground, and looked forward. Mecha-Neck turned his head, and saw Nicole Watterson, standing there, with mechanical gloves around her wrist. As Mecha-Neck gave a growl, Nicole raised her arms up, forming an X, and her bracers emitted two sharp energy claws.
"Get away from them, you BITCH!" She hissed. Mecha-Neck gave a roar, and opened its upper head's mouth, revealing six small holes in it, glowing.
"Uhhhh... we should go." Gumball said.
"But what about-" Aelita said.
"Trust Me!" Gumball said as he got to his feet and grabbed Aelita by the waist, carring her sideway, and Darwin held her feet so they wouldn't drag. "Mom is gonna come out on top and she doesn't want us in the way!" They quickly ran for it, as Nicole positioned herself, ready to fight. With a screech, Mecha-Neck fired multiple plasma bullets toward the mother cat. But she ran toward it, dodging the bullets with quick speed and agility, and quickly moved in with a kick to the monster's face, performing a back flip onto the ground. Mecha-Neck countered with a swing of his large talons, but Nicole jumped out of the way to the beast's left and swung her claws, striking it on its side. The monster retaliated, slamming his talon to the ground. But Nicole backflipped, then jumped on the talon, and struck Mecha-Neck once more, this time with her Battle Axe. Mecha-Neck then fired again, shooting plasma bullets, but the mama cat continued to dodge, leaping onto the outside wall of the warehouse, leaping onto the crates, then jumping in to attack again.
"What?..." Gumball wondered.
"I've never seen Mrs. Mom fight like that before." Darwin said. Mecha-Neck swung his talons, with Nicole dodging, and striking with her Axe and Claws in all areas, including the legs. Suddenly, the beast opened it's mouth, sending out a long tongue to grab Nicole's leg, pulling her up. Suddenly, Mecha-Neck's mouth revealed more tentacles, grabbing Nicole's legs and arm, holding her up.
"MOM!" Gumball and Darwin called as the mama cat tried to break free. The tentacles held her up toward's Mecha-Neck's face, and the tongue moved around her, ripping her white shirt down the middle, revealing her skin and bra covering her breasts.
"Tasty..." Mecha-Neck said, his tentacles trying to make their way up her skirt, but Nicole's eyes widened with anger. The shadowkan just did a big no no.
"Don't... Touch... ME!" She shouted as she activated her energy claws and sliced the tentacles that held her, freeing her from their grasp. Mecha-Neck then opened it's mouth to fire, but Nicole stabbed the beast in the mouth, disabling it's plasma mouth gun.
"You! Disgusting! Perverted! Shitface! Monster!" The mama cat shouted as it continued to stabb the Mecha-Neck's mouth, making it gush out blood. Pulling back, Nicole leaped down, slicing the Shadowkan's legs, then sliced off it's talons, with one loud roar, Nicole leaped up into the area, as Mecha-Neck looked up, unable to counter. Nicole then moved down with both claws.
"AAAARRRRRRGGGH!"
The beast gave a shriek as Nicole dug her energy claws into the beast's head. She then leaped forward and pulled her claws, tearing the monster from the inside of its face into its back. She then pulled out her claws, ripping more of the kaijin out, and flipping forward onto the ground. Mecha-Neck then exploded, and it's lifeless body fell to the ground. Gumball, Darwin, Aelita, and Carrie watched with shock and awe.
"Whoa..." Gumball and Darwin said.
"Uhhhh... is there anything you guys wanna tell me?" Carrie asked. But then there was another low rumble. Slowly turning around, they saw another Shadowkan, bursting from the ground, revealing to be Sepultura.
"HAHAHAHA!" He laughed.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Gumball, Darwin, Aelita, and Carrie gave a scream. Nicole then turned around quickly, grabbing the battle axe from her back and throwing it right into Sepultura's face, causing blood to gush out, some of it on Darwin's face. With a mighty jump, Nicole then pulled her axe out of the Shadowkan's face, then kicked the screaming Sepultura into one of the freight boxes, making him explode. The kids watched with shock as Nicole made a perfect landing. She was huffing... and huffing... She then saw Sepultura, still partially alive, gagging as blood came out of his mouth. The mama cat moved toward him, extending her battle claws.
"Wait... Wait... No!" Sepultura begged, but Nicole swung her claws, striking the Shadowkan. Then she swung again, and again, and again, and again, again, again, again, as she was screaming in rage. No doubt the Shadowkan was already dead by the first swing, but Nicole wasn't stopping. With one last shout, she dug her claws into the monster's chest, gushing out more blood. She then pulled both arms, ripping Sepultura's corpse in half. She then let out an aggressive shout as she lifted her head up to the sky. She then nearly slumped, but she was still standing. There was some blood on her face, but it wasn't her own. She just panted slowly, unaware of what the kids were seeing.
"Nicole?"
As a pink hand touched her shoulder, she yelped and turned, ready to strike. But she froze, seeing that it was only Richard, who was a bit surprised, but he stood his ground. Nicole panted a bit more, tension rising inside her.
"Nicole... it's ok." Richard said. "The monster's dead now. It's over." Nicole slowly came to her senses, seeing that she was about to stab Richard. She began to take deep breathes, then she lowered her arms, and the energy claws went back into her bracers. She then looked around, seeing Robotboy and Tommy behind Richard, then froze as she saw the kids. Gumball, Darwin, Aelita, and Carrie were standing there, all in shock. Carrie's expression was not as strong because she's dealt with stuff like this, but Darwin's expression was completely terrified. Gumball and Aelita had their mouths hung open, shocked, but also a bit... confused. Gumball had seen his mom angry, but he's never seen her this.. brutal. Seeing her kids brought tears to her eyes. Nicole knew at one point that she had to tell her kids about her secret life in the SPD... but not this way, and not to see what she was like. Before she could cry, Richard pulled her into a hug, as the mama cat hugged him tightly, trying to hold back her tears, but she couldn't. She buried her face into her husband's shoulder, crying out her tears. Richard stood there and nuzzled his wife, assuring her that everything is ok. He then turned to the kids.
"And that's why I don't piss off your mother kids." He said. "Always remember that." With that said, Gumball and Darwin gave a nod, and Carrie looked back at them and Aelita.
"Ok, can someone now tell me what's going on?" Carrie asked.
"GAAAAAHHH!" Raptor-Sniper shouted as he fired more sniper beams, but Sonic was too fast for them, and he fired back. The boys still had their long-ranged firearms, but they were shooting down most of the militia men than the four Shadowkan.
"Dude, we're not making much progress!" Mordecai said.
"Any suggestions?" El Tigre asked.
"There is one idea." CJ said, who then activated his Wrist Com.
"Barney!" He spoke. "Barney, do you read me?"
"CJ is that you?" Barney voice spoke through the communicator.
"Hey Barnes!" Sonic spoke taking CJ's arm. "We need support back here."
"Support?" Barney asked.
"You know, the Angels of Heaven, Air Strike, Bring the Rain!" Sonic said.
"Don't worry guys, we're bringing the rain." Barney said.
"We'll also need some choppers to excort us out of here too!" CJ said.
"Got that too." Barney said. "Don't worry, air strike is coming in now." Then a timer came onto CJ's wrist com, showing that they got thirty seconds on the clock.
"Ok guys, an air strike is coming in hot in less than thirty seconds." CJ said.
"Air Strike?" El Tigre asked.
"Yeah, SPD's gonna make it rain." Sonic said.
"Alright, let's move!" Jak said as everyone headed for the other side of the warehouse. They kept dashing as more shoots from Reaper-Robot and Raptor-Sniper shot at them.
"Hold on!" Ratchet said as he turned around.
"Rat, we don't got much time." Sonic said.
"Just give me a sec." Ratchet said. "Clank, we need the Mag-Net Launcher!"
"Got it, but what for?" Clank asked as he summoned the Mag-Net Launcher, a small, blue, and black weapon with yellow highlights, with a pumping tube connecting it's nozzle. The robot gave it to the lombax.
"To take care of some mutants." Ratchet said as he turned toward the Shadowkan and fired three mag-nets at the Shadowkan, trapping them in mag-netic spheres, and lifting them up in the air.
"Hey!" Silkoid shouted. "What the hell man?!"
"Something to keep you up!" Ratchet said as he ran to join the others.
"Hurry, we got fifteen seconds!" CJ called out.
"Let's get out of here!" Sonic called as the boys ran for it. But then Reaper-Robot moved in and blocked their path, preventing them from leaving.
"Oh no you don't." He spoke.
"Oh screw this!" Mordecai said as he and Rigby stepped forward. Aiming the Shock Blaster and Staff, they screamed as they fired like hell on the Shadowkan, shooting it not only in the chest, but also in the legs, bringing it down, it's arms, destroying it's mace hand and pulse blaster, and at it's face, causing it to fall over.
"Yeah!" Rigby shouted.
"We got it!" Mordecai cheered.
"Ok, let's get out of here!" El Tigre said as they ran for it. "How much time now?!"
"Eight seconds!" CJ called. Raptor-Sniper was unble to use his sniper-gun. He then heard a sound, a sound like fighter jets approaching the area.
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"Uh oh..." Raptor-Sniper said.
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"We're almost out!" CJ said as they ran toward the doors.
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The boys leaped through the doors and out of the warehouse.
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"We made it!" Daxter called out, as Jak looked up to see SPD fighter jets approaching the area.
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"Get down!" Jak called out, and the boys jumped to the ground. The Jet fighters shot down at the warehouse.
"Oh this is bullshit-" Silkoid said.
-BOOOOOOOM-
The warehouse exploded as the jets rained down on it like the fires of heaven. Reaper-Robot shrieked as the shots hit him, causing him to explode, along with Raptor-Sniper, Gray-Man, and Silkoid, who was still pissed. The whole place went up in flames. Sonic, CJ, El Tigre, Diamondhead, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, Mordecai, Rigby, and Skips were safe and sound. As they lifted their heads up, they saw the building in flames. Most of them gave sigh of relief, while some of them actually gave chuckles and thumbs ups as they got back up.
"Yeah... that was rad." Sonic said. The boys then cheered, but that cheering was cut short as they saw a black doom buggie pull up yards away from them. Getting out of it was Drex, still in his Death-Metal Hyena Armor, who was bruised up from Behemoth's fall.
"We're not done yet." Drex hissed.
"Oh yeah, almost forgot about you." Sonic said. Then a dark bolt stroke the ground near Drex's truck, revealing to be General Voidus, with Lionizer, Heliotoid, Gorgon, and Behemoth emerging as well. Wiping the dirt off his armor, Drex stepped forward, as did the remaining Shadowkan.
"With your permission, I want to destroy Captain Japan." Voidus said.
"He's all your's." Drex said, as his arm extended a metal blade. "But the blue rat is mine."
"Will this guy just give up already?" Daxter asked.
"Looks like we'll have to give him a reason too." Jak said, pulling his Macestaff out.
"Skips, get Mordo and Rigs out of here." Diamondhead said.
"Got it!" Skips said as he picked up Mordecai and Rigby and took off to the others.
"Dude, we can walk you know." Mordecai said as they left. Diamondhead looked right at Heliotoid, seeing the flames evaporating from his body.
"One of those Kaijin is a fire type." He said.
"Then go Heatblast and fight fire with fire!" Ratchet said, with the others looking at him. "What, I keep up to date with this guy."
"I do not think fire would be that effective Ratchet." Clank said.
"He's right." Diamondhead said. "That thing can absorb the fire and replenish itself. So, we're gonna have to do the opposite." Sonic knew what Ben meant. To fight fire, they'll need the opposite of fire.
"But Ben, I don't think Ripjaws would be able to fight well against it though." Sonic said. "That thing will burn you up like a fish out of water."
"Who said anything about Ripjaws?" Diamondhead asked. "We're gonna make it colder." Turning he Omnitrix a bit on his chest, he slammed his fist into it, emitting a blast of green light. Then as the light cleared, another alien took its place, all blue with green eyes, covered in a cloak, and his face looking like a skull.
"Whoa!" Everyone said.
"Dude!" Sonic said amazed. "I never seen that alien before. What is it? Some kind of death-like alien?"
"Actually, it's a Necrofriggian." Clank said. "They are actually insectoid that are intangible and freeze anything in various ways."
"What the little guy said." The blue alien said. "But I like to call it... BIG CHILL!" His robe them dissaperated, revealing it to be his wings, his body showing an insectoid appearance, proving Clank's logic, as a quickly cold breeze evaporated from him, causing the guys to shiver a bit.
"Wow, that is cold." Jak said. The heroes then faced back at Drex and the Shadowkan.
"Kill them all!" Drex said as he charged forward.
"Shadowkan, Attack!" Voidus called out, as the rest of the Shadowkan gave cheers and roars, charging with Drex toward the heroes.
"So... what now?" Daxter asked. Sonic only sighed but gave a smile.
"We fight." Sonic said, spinning his sword. With that said, he began to walk forward.
"C'mon Dax... Let's Rock!" Jak said as he lifted his Macestaff and followed suit, as Daxter held on tight.
"Ok, this will be fun." Ratchet said, summoning his Omniwrench and Combustor, joining the walk.
"Alright, let's freeze things up." Big Chill said with a nod and flew up with the boys, as Captain Japan and El Tigre followed suit. The Shadowkan were charging, and pretty soon, so were the heroes.
"Dude, they're not stopping!" El Tigre called out.
"Neither are we, kid!" CJ called out. "You got a problem with that?"
"Not at all!" El Tigre called out.
"Then don't hold anything back!" Sonic called out as their running quickly shifted to charging. Within seconds, both groups collided, with Sonic swordfighting Drex, CJ fighting Voidus, Big Chill countering Heliotoid, Jak and Daxter brawling Behemoth, El Tigre scratching Gorgon, and Ratchet and Clank shooting Lionizer. There was lots of fighting, clanging, slashing, shooting, punching and kicking, it was hard to keep up with who. Gorgon then flipped out his long tongue in attempt to strike El Tigre. The boy however, dodging each one. He tried grapple clawing, but the beast was evasive to each shot.
"Well, if he wants to use that tongue of his... might as well use it against him!" El Tigre shouted as he dodged Gorgon's tongue flip, but this time, the boy grabbed onto it's tongue, and pulled the Shadowkan forward, slamming it straight into the ground and into the air a few times. He then pulled it down, and when it was close enough, with his metal claws, the boy swung down and sliced Gorgon's tongue right off!
"GAAAHHH!" Gorgon shouted in pain. As the creature stumbled, El Tigre saw this opportunity to grapple claw again, this time with both claws, grabbing both of Gorgon's wings.
"You're not going anywhere!" El Tigre shouted as he pulled the Shadowkan down and slammed him into the ground again.
"TIGER SWIPE!" He shouted as he extended his claws and swung, making a shockwave that striked Gorgon so hard that he flew out of the area.
"Strike three, you're out." El Tigre said.
Ratchet was jumping and dodging Lionizer's blades, while firing his Combuster Pistol. But the Shadowkan was flinging them back with his sowrds. Luckily, with Clank as the backseat driver, was able to coordinate where Lionzer was going to swing next for Ratchet to dodge.
"This thing won't stop swinging his swords!" Ratchet said.
"Ratchet, I do not think the Combuster will exterminate him." Clank said.
"Just noticed that." Ratchet said as he dodged another swing. "Got any ideas?"
"Perhaps we should... Pixelize him." Clank said.
"Right!" Ratchet said as he summoned another weapon, a white block-like gun that fitted within the lombax's arm like a glove, with a black lower cone with a larger blue cone surrounding much the front of the weapon, and the green screen at the end from which its blasts are fired.
"Hey Lion-freak!" Ratchet called out.
"It's Lionizer!" The Shadowkan said as he clanged his swords together to form an X.
"Say hello to the Pixelizer." Ratchet said, holding up his gun.
"Hello... and Die!" Lionizer shouted as he charged forward to swing, and Ratchet fired, shooting a blast of green energy, striking the Shadowkan and sending him on the ground. As the beast struggled to get up, he looked at his right arm and sword, and saw that part of his sword was pixelated, and began to break apart into pixel blocks.
"Wha... what have you done?!" Lionizer asked.
"Prepare to be Pixelated, bitch." Ratchet said, aiming his gun again. Lionizer got back up and tried to counter, but the lombax fired again, pixelating his other sword, and then shot him again, and again, with parts of the Shadowkan's body beginning to morph into 2D pixel images. This time, Ratchet charged his Pixelizer up, and fired once more, releasing a Megablast 64 on the beast, where his right arm broke into pixel blocks. The shadowkan screamed as his arm was broken up and he was on the ground.
"Perfect score." Ratchet said.
Big Chill was at arms with Heliotoid, who was firing balls of fire at the alien. Since Big Chill was an Ice-type alien, he has the power of Cryokinesis, to manipulate ice and use it as a weapon. He was firing beams of ice, while Heliotoid dodged.
"Seriously dude, you need to... Chill Out." Big Chill said.
"The only one who will chill out is you, when I engulf you in flames!" Heliotoid shouted as he fired columns of flames in Big Chill's direction, and forming a fire circle around the alien.
"You shall burn!" Heliotoid shouted as he fired a burst of flames against Big Chill. The fire began to engulf him. But to the Shadowkan's surprise, the alien wasn't burning up!
"WHAT?!" Heliotoid asked.
"I forgot to mention." Big Chill spoke. "Nothing can heat me up... I'm way too cold to be burned." Raising his hand forward, he fired an Ice Beam, which struck Heliotoid in the arm, freezing his entire arm. Surprised by this, Heliotoid gave a loud screech and charged forward, as Big Chill did the same. The beast leaped in to attack, but then Big Chill became intangible, and phased right through the creature, not only evading the attack, but also freezing the Shadowkan in ice crystal. With this opportunity, the alien generated spiked balls of ice around his fists, and swung hard, shattering the Shadowkan into nothing but ice pieces.
"YAAAAAHH!" Behemoth shouted as he threw his fist down, as Jak dodged and aimed his morph gun, equiped with the Blaster Mod. He shot bullet after bullet as the Shadowkan attacked again.
"Jak!" Daxter shouted. "Aim for the head!"
"I am!" Jak shouted as he fired again. Then Behemoth raised both fists up and slammed them hard, as Jak quickly backflipped and evaded the attack.
"Ok, time for some brawn!" Jak said as he pulled out his Macestaff, jumping onto both fists and leaped in, slamming his sword into the Shadowkan's head, causing his eyes to boing out a bit as he was bashed into the ground.
"Did that do it?" Daxter asked. But Behemoth lifted himself back up. "No, it didn't!" The Shadowkan gave a loud roar in retaliation, that is until Big Chill came in and breathed its fog breath into its face.
"Hey, I had this!" Jak called out.
"Figured you could use some help!" Big Chill said, only to get swat by Benemoth onto the ground, and Ratchet approached them. "Ok, should've kept my eyes up front."
"What is it gonna take to take this big guy out?" Ratchet asked.
"Perhaps I can make a suggestion." Clank said. "Aim for the eyes." Heeding those words, Jak then aimed his Blaster up.
"Hey Tough Guy!" Jak shouted, getting Behemoth to stare at him, as the red dot from the blaster aimed at the eyes. "Lights out." He then fired, shooting the Shadowkan's eyes out, literally. One eye out, the Shadowkan screamed and flung back a bit. As he revealed his other eye, Jak fired again, taking out the other eye.
"GAAAAAHH!" Behemoth shouted. "My Eyes! I Can't See!"
"Ok, now we kill it!" Jak said, pulling out his Macestaff. Behemoth, completely blind, began to slam his fists into the ground, missing everytime. As his fist landed, Big Chill flew in and froze it to the ground, allowing Jak to smash it. Ratchet then fired his Pixelizer at the Shadowkan's lower body, pixelizing it up and it beginning to reduce into pixel blocks. As Behemoth's body began to crumble, Jak then gave one great throw of his mace into the Shadowkan's head, as it cut through. With one leap, he came in and pulled it out, causing the beast to spark up and explode.
"Oh yeah." Jak said.
"Wow!" Daxter said, then looked at the explosion. "Say, do they all blow up like that?"
CJ was still clashing his sword with Voidus, who fought back with his own blade. After a series of clashes, Voidus raised his sword and swung down, as CJ held his up in defense. But the Shadowkan general swung a kick, knocking CJ to the ground.
"Now to finish you off!" Voidus shoued as he raised his sword. But then, his wrist was grabbed by a grapple claw. Turning his head, he saw El Tigre.
"Oh No You Don't!" El Tigre called out as he yanked, pulling the Shadowkan toward him and onto the floor. With a leap, the boy landed on the Shadowkan's back, doing a kick while doing so. He got close to CJ and helped him up.
"You alright?" El Tigre asked.
"Yeah, I'm used to it." CJ said. Looking back, El Tigre saw Voidus getting back up.
"Ready for some more?" The boy asked with a smile.
"Sure, if you are." CJ said. The boy smirked, and the two made a charge toward Voidus, who then charged forward. But El Tigre slid down, nearly tripping Voidus with a kick, and CJ swung his sword, striking the Shadowkan. Then El Tigre swung his claws, striking him in the waist, then CJ made a quick uppercut with his fist, as El Tigre leaped up and swung. Both heroes bringing a wail onto the Shadowkan, causing him to smoke and spark.
"Shall we finish?" CJ asked.
"Gladly!" El Tigre said as they both joined hands and spun around.
"SAMURAI TIGRE DRILL ATTACK!" They both called out as they spun together, both spinning like a drill, and dived right into Voidus, bringing some major damage and sending the Shadowkan hurling to the ground, screaming and sparking up. As both heroes landed, Voidus struggled to get up, using his sword to pull himself to his feet. Looking back, and all around, he saw Gorgon on the ground without his tongue, Lionizer without his arm, Heliotoid in pieces, and Behemoth just brought down to the ground dead. Sonic was still fighting Drex and was winning. The Shadowkan General couldn't believe it. He was beaten again, this time not only by Captain Japan, but also by some random human and alien scum. Seeing that he was completely outmatched, he had no other option.
"Shadowkan! Retreat!" Voidus shouted. "Retreat!" He then fled, as did Gorgon, who sweeped in and picked up Lionizer with him, leaving Drex to fend for himself.
"Where are you doing?!" Drex shouted. "Get Back Here, You Cowards!" Suddenly, Sonic jumped forward and swung his sword, sending Drex off-balanced.
"Had enough Drex?" Sonic asked. The Hydra Force commander turned his head, giving a glare to the blue hedgehog.
"Stupid Hedgehog!" He shouted as he grabbed ahold of his own helmet and pulled it off, showing his face. "I'm going to kill you, and I want you to look at my face while I do so."
"Bring it on... knave." Sonic said, his hand telling him to come bring it. The man shouted with all his might as he charged forward, swinging his sword, while Sonic deflected each swing, but one powerful swing caused Sonic's sword to be blown out of his hand. With this advantage, Drex swung more, but Sonic dodged and flipped. When the blue hedgehog got to his knees, Drex's blade turned into a fist, and he swung a punch, but Sonic grabbed hold of the fist, and pushed, preventing it from making contact with his face. Drex gave a growl, and Sonic gave a shout, but the blue hedgehog was smiling and laugh.
"You know, this is just like Infinity War, where Thanos is fighting against Captain America!" Sonic said. "You know what happens next?! He gets fucked by Thor!"
"What?!" Drex asked, completely unaware of Ratchet coming in, and swinging his Omniwrench, made of unbreakable metal, hard against the sadist's back, and a loud crack was heard.
"GAAGGH!" Drex shouted as he fell to his knees from the severe pain. He froze, unable to move, showing that his back was indeed broken. Seeing the chance, Sonic then picked up his sword, then grabbed Drex's metal arm, and swung his sword, chopping it off, revealing wires at the end of Drex's lower arm as he screamed.
"See ya!" Sonic shouted, swinging his sword right in Drex's face, sending him stumbling.
"Quick Claws!" El Tigre shouted as he charged in and swiped his claws, striking Drex with each attack and ripping his coat.
"Samurai-Strike!" CJ shouted as she swung his sword and slashed through, with Drex almost falling to his knees, and his shoulder armor broken off.
"Heads Up!" Ratchet said, summoning his Sonic Eruptor, a weapon which holds a xenegote, a frog-like creature that emits a strong soundwave. The lombax fired, with the Xenegote erupting a powerful soundwave, blowing and blasting Drex into the air, shattering more of his armor.
"Freeze!" Big Chill spoke as he gushed a breath of fog, trapping Drex into an ice block.
"My Turn!" Jak called out, swinging his Mace into the block, not only breaking it, but also sending Drex across the field, onto the ground. The Hydra commander attempted to get up, but his back was broken, he could only swing one arm. Sonic then slowly approached him. Drex attempted to punch, but Sonic swat it back.
"This is for Jeremie." Sonic said as he swat Drex with a punch to the face.
"This is for Odd." The hedgehog said, going up and punching Drex in the crotch.
"This is for Ulrich!" Sonic said as he swung his sword, hitting Drex in the face, leaving a mark.
"This is for Yumi!" The Blue Blur said as he performed a kick, knocking Drex in the back of the head.
"And this... this is for Aelita!" The blue hedgehog shouted as leaped into the air, spun very fast and performed a very powerful homing attack, sending the Hydra Force Commander down to the ground.
"Jak! Peace Maker!" Sonic said.
"Catch!" Jak called out as he tossed his Morph-Gun, and it transformed into the Peace Maker, which is the gun that has a Metal Head Skull mounted on the barrel that connects to an additional chamber above the existing ones. The blue hedgehog aimed forward, as Drex lifted his head up to only see too late.
"Hasta La Vista, Baby!" Sonic said with the Arnold Schwarzenegger voice, and fired the Peace Maker, a charged up energy sphere right toward Drex, who gasped as the sphere made impact. The blast from the energy sphere sent Drex right into the doom buggie. Unfortunately for Drex, he was caught into the side, and because his back was broken, he couldn't move. The impact also damaged the truck, making it leak out oil and gasoline, which led a trail straight towards the burning building. The flames caught onto the liquid and began to spread towards the truck and up the leakage into the car... The truck ignited, and Drex, who realized what was happening, let out a scream.
"NOOO-!" He shouted.
-BOOM!-
The doom buggie exploded in smitherines, leaving the vehicle in flames, with the remaining piece of Drex's helmet dropping to Sonic's feet, who then smashed it with his foot. The boys watched with great awe, and turned to see the blue hedgehog, flipping his sword with the Peace Maker over his shoulder. A satisfied look was on his face. Hydra Force was officially down, and his Kadic friends has been avenged.
"And that... is how it's done." Sonic said with a smile. Big Chill, Ratchet, and Daxter were cheering, as Jak gave an approving nod, as did Clank.
"Dude, that was awesome!" Big Chill said, his breath blowing in on Sonic, causing the blue hedgehog to shiver.
"Yeah, remember who you breathe on, ok?" Sonic asked.
"Oh sorry, forgot I'm still like this." Big Chill said. Then suddenly, the omnitrix symbol on his chest began to beep red, and within two seconds, a green light flashed, revealing Ben in his usual human body.
"Just in the nick of time." Ben said.
"Way to go, Sonic." Ratchet said.
"Bravo indeed." Clank said.
"Yeah, you did alright." Jak said.
"Thanks guys, but we all did it, together." Sonic said with a thumbs up. With that said, Daxter jumped off of Jak's shoulder and smiled.
"Aww Yeah, the boys are back in town!" He said. As the boys gave a couple more cheers, Sonic turned his head to see Captain Japan and El Tigre approaching them.
"What do you think?" Sonic asked.
"I have to admit, I'm very impressed." CJ said, pressing the switch on his belt, morphing back to his casual attire.
"Better than using those men in the dresses, right?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah." CJ said. Sonic then realized, he hasn't had the chance to introduce him to his friends yet.
"Oh, introductions." Sonic said, turning to his friends. "Boys, this is Jamiko Miyamoto, aka Captain Japan or as I like to call him CJ."
"Hi." Ratchet said as Clank gave a wave.
"Hello!" Daxter said as Jak gave a nod.
"Hey there." Ben said. "Nice to meet a fellow intergalactic protector."
"Same here." CJ said. Then all focus was toward El Tigre.
"And this is... El Tigre." Sonic said. As CJ gave a nod, El Tigre removed his helmet, revealing the white bushy hair with the tuff sticking on the left side. It was Lincoln Loud!
"Oh..." Sonic said, almost astonished. "And you must be..."
"Lincoln Loud." The boy said, giving a salute. "Reporting for duty sir."
"It's ok, you don't need to give a salute." Sonic said.
"Oh, sorry." Lincoln said, then turned back to CJ. "So... how did I do?"
"You did fantastically." CJ said. "Knew that you could do it." Hearing that made the boy blush.
"Nice to meet you Lincoln." Sonic said. "I'm-"
"I know, you're Sonic the Hedgehog." Lincoln said. "Quite a fan."
"Thanks." Sonic said.
"And I'm-" Ben said.
"Ben Tennyson." Lincoln said. "Nice to meet you too. I heard about your fight with Vilgax. Awesome work too."
"Oh, you've heard about that." Ben said. "Yeah, Vilgax just wanted an audience."
"Yeah, and you pulled Diamondhead out of your hat and kicked his behind." Lincoln said. The boy then found himself almost going fanboy, and quickly halted himself. "Sorry. Getting a little over excited."
"It's alright." Ben said. "Comes with the territory." Sonic gave a chuckle.
"And you guys must be?" CJ asked, looking at the two duos.
"Jak, son of Damas." Jak said.
"And I'm Daxter, but you can call me... Orange Lightning!" Daxter said giving a little lightning sound effect.
"I'm Ratchet." The lombax said. "And this is Clank." The robot jumped off of Ratchet's back and gave a wave.
"Hello." Clank said.
"Whoa, an actual talking robot!" Lincoln said. "Does he fight like that blue one?"
"Something like that, our friend Al did install blasters in his fingertips, and he can use his propellers as melee weapons." Ratchet said.
"Yes, but my greatest weapon is my vast intellegence." Clank said, but then examined Lincoln carefully. "Hmmm... I noticed that your upper central incisor is chipped."
"His what?" Sonic asked.
"My front teeth." Lincoln said. "Yeah, got it from an accident, which I really don't want to talk about."
"Ben!" A couple of voices called out. Turning his head, Ben saw Mordecai and Rigby running up to him.
"Mordo! Rigs!" Ben called out.
"Benny Boy!" Rigby called as he clung onto Ben and hugged him, followed by a hug by Mordecai. "Man, are we glad to see you!"
"Nice to see you too Rigby." Ben said. "And you too Mordecai."
"Wow, look how tall you've gotten." Mordecai said. "Almost seven years, can you believe it?"
"Ben, you friends with them?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, these are buddies I met a few years back when they were in high school." Ben said. "I helped them out in a couple of tight spots."
"Yeah, you should've seen him back then." Rigby said. "He took on that Animo whatever his name is and went Cannonbolt on his b-ass!"
"Dude, it's been seven years and you're still talking about that?" Mordecai asked.
"Oh come on, it was amazing!" Rigby said.
"SONIC!" the voices got the blue hedgehog's attention. Turning his head he saw Gumball and Darwin running up to them.
"Gumball! Darwin!" Sonic called out, as the kids ran up and gave him a big hug.
"I knew you would come back, I knew you would!" Gumball said.
"Like I promised." Sonic said. The blue hedgehog has noticed that Gumball has gotten taller, probably an inch taller than the blue hedgehog. "Wow, you guys are growing."
"Maybe a little bit." Gumball said.
"Good to see you guys again." Sonic said.
"Dude, it's even greater to see you too!" Darwin said as Tommy, Robotboy, and Carrie approached the group.
"Hey Sonic." Tommy said.
"Hey Tom!" Sonic said, noticing how tall Tommy gotten the last he saw him. "Wow, you've grown too."
"Yeah, it's been a long ride." Tommy said.
"Sonic!" Robotboy called out as he flew in and gave Sonic a big hug.
"Hey Robo-dude." Sonic said. "You looking great too!"
"Yes." Robotboy said. "Robotboy happy to see Sonic too!"
"Gotta say, it's nice that you're meeting up with old friends." Ratchet said.
"Yeah... sure is." Sonic said. "Though... I couldn't meet up with everyone..." The blue hedgehog then turned his head. Soon surprise was all that came to him, like he saw an old friend, or a ghost at the same time. And it wasn't Carrie. He then removed himself from the group and took a couple steps in his direction. The others noticed and saw what Sonic was seeing. The only thing that was facing him face to face was Aelita. The blue hedgehog stopped as he was close enough, and looked at her. It was really Aelita! She was alive! A pregnant pause was all that there was, until Sonic raised his hand up with a slight wave.
"Hey stranger..." Sonic said. The girl gave a warm smile.
"Hey..." Aelita said, a recall from when they first met, with Sonic saying it first before. The blue hedgehog smiled, and then examined her from top to bottom, becoming fully aware of the bump on her stomach.
"Uh..." He said, trying to think of what to say. "You look great!"
"Thanks..." Aelita said as she approached him. "You made it."
"Well, of course I did." Sonic said, his voice almost breaking. The girl gave a hopeful smile, as did Sonic. But suddenly, he could not keep a straight face, as tears began to form in his eyes. Without hesitating, he rushed up and hugged her tightly, nuzzling against her neck, crying. And who could blame him? He thought that she perished in the school shooting. But she was alive and well now... but not everyone.
"I heard what happened..." Sonic choked. "To Jeremie... Yumi... Odd... Ulrich... I'm so sorry I wasn't there." The girl gave a frown of her own. Neverless, she wrapped her arms around him, concealing their hug.
"It's ok." She said, nuzzling her chin on his forehead. "You're here now... and that's all that matters." The blue hedgehog gave a hopeful smile.
"Yeah... guess that counts..." He said, tears still dropping down his cheek. The group behind them watched, all of them showing confused faces, even Gumball and Darwin.
"Huh... I've never seen Sonic cry before." Ratchet said. They all approached them.
"So... this is one of the friends you wanted us to find..." CJ began.
"Yeah." Sonic said as he and Aelita broke their hug. "Guys... I want you to meet Aelita. Aelita, this is Ben Tennyson, Jak, Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, CJ Miyamoto, and Lincoln Loud."
"Hey." Ben and CJ said.
"Hi." Daxter said as Jak waved.
"Hello." Ratchet and Clank said.
"Howdy." Lincoln said.
"Hello everyone." Aelita said.
"Ahem..." The cough from Gumball got their attention.
"Oh, Gumball, I take you already know her." Sonic said.
"Yes... yes I do." Gumball said with a smile.
"She's his new girlfriend." Darwin said with a smile, making Gumball blush.
"Darwin!" Gumball said.
"What?" The fish with legs said. "It's true." Sonic raised an eyebrow, then looked back at Aelita and back at Gumball.
"Oh, you two got a thing going on?" Sonic asked, with the blue cat's cheeks becoming more red.
"Uhhh... uhhhh..." Gumball said, with Aelita giving a giggle.
"You can say that." She said. Sonic looked at the cat and smiled.
"Don't worry, little buddy." Sonic said as he patted the boy's head, stepping aside, and pushing Gumball toward Aelita. "I won't be in the way." Gumball blushed even more, but then Aelita nuzzled against his head, making his blush go away, and smile. Turning his head, Sonic saw Nicole and Richard approaching the group.
"Mrs. W." Sonic said, extending his hand.
"Sonic." Nicole said shaking his hand, then pulling the blue hedgehog into a hug. Some have noticed there were a couple tears of gratefulness pouring from her eyes. "Thank you so much for coming."
"You're welcome." Sonic said. "Glad I made it. But you should also thank them." He turned to his friends. "They helped me." The blue hedgehog then looked around, noticing a certain little bunny was missing.
"Where's Anais?" He asked. Nicole looked at Richard, both of them having sad faces, as did Gumball, Darwin, and Carrie.
"She sold us out." Gumball said.
"Huh?" Sonic asked.
"Those guys were after Aelita, and Anais called them." Darwin said. "Anais was jealous of Gumball being close to Aelita, so she called those creeps here out of revenge." The blue hedgehog was surprised, how a little girl would betray her family like this. He lowered his head.
"What?" Sonic asked. He then looked at Richard and Nicole, who also nodded.
"She ran off too." Gumball said. "That was my fault. I may her feel unloved."
"It wasn't just you, Gumball." Nicole said, her hand on her son's shoulder.
"Wow, that bites." Ratchet said, hearing the conversation. The blue hedgehog turned his head. Anais sold her family out to those creeps out of spite? He only sighed.
"Well, she made her choice." Sonic said. "I'm sorry to hear that."
"It's ok." Gumball said.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I see we made it just in time." Skips said as he approached the group.
"Skips." Nicole said, more relief coming back to her. "It's good to see you too."
"You can thank Mordecai and Rigby for that." Skips said, referring to the blue jay and brown raccoon, who both gave nods.
"Your welcome." Rigby said, as Nicole rolled her eyes, but gave a nod in thanks. CJ then approached her.
"Nicole Watterson." He said.
"Yes?" Nicole asked.
"My name is Jamiko Miyamoto of the SPD's Japan Devision." CJ said. "We got your distress signal. We were sent to get you guys in safe hands." Hearing that made Nicole feel even more relieved, knowing that the SPD got her message.
"Thank you... I always knew they wou-" She said, but then her eyes widened, recalling his name. "Wait... Jamiko?" Hearing that took CJ a bit off guard.
"Y-yes, that's my name." CJ said. The mama cat stared at him in disbelief, much to everyone's confusion.
"Oh my god... You have her eyes... and her hair color..." Nicole spoke as tears began to form in her eyes. "Jammy!" The mama cat quickly hugged the boy, which only brought confusion to him.
"Ummm... I'm sorry, have we met before?" CJ asked.
"Oh that's right, you were only three when I last saw you." Nicole said. "My gosh... you look just like your mother." The teenager froze, his eyes widened with surprise.
"Wait... you knew my mom?" CJ asked.
"Of course I did." Nicole said. "She was my best friend, and so was your father." The mama cat then gave a frown, as tears started to flow down her cheek. She hugged him once more.
"I'm so sorry for what happened to them..." Nicole said. CJ looked at the mama cat, but he knew what she meant. The tragic accident that took the lives of his parents thirteen years ago. He gave her a hug of comfort.
"Thank you." He said.
"Um... Mom?" Gumball asked.
"I'm fine..." She said, letting go of the boy and wiping her eyes. "I'm fine."
"Do you know him?" Darwin asked.
"Of course I do." Nicole said. "This is Jamiko Miyamoto, son of Sakura and Ryu Miyamoto. His mother was one of my closest friends." The boy couldn't help but give a little blush from the attention.
"Wow, everyone knows everybody without even meeting each other." Ben said.
"Right about that." Ratchet said.
"Say, I don't mean to cut this little happy reunion short, but how about we leave before more of those monsters show up?" Daxter asked from the group.
"He's right." CJ said. "Hydra Force may be down for good, but with the Shadowkan working with the Dark Phoenix, they may not be far behind."
"Good idea." Sonic said, pulling out his phone, calling Barney.
"Hey Barnes, is the helicopters here yet?" Sonic asked.
"Roger that Sonic." Barney's voice spoke. "They should be here now." Then there was a sound of spinning blades in the distance. Turning around, they saw two SPD Black Hawk choppers approaching the area.
"Whoa..." Gumball and Darwin said.
"Huh, neat." Sonic said. The helicopters landed on the ground. The closer one opening up, revealing Barney inside.
"Hey, Blue Blur!" Barney called out.
"Hey Barnes!" Sonic called out.
"More people you know?" Gumball asked. "How many more people do you know?"
"I know pretty much everybody." Sonic said.
"He's not the only one." Ben said.
"We better get going." Skips said.
"Don't think there will be enough seats though." CJ said.
"Not to worry." Ratchet said. "We got it covered." Clicking his nav-unit, his starfighter appeared.
"Wow...!" Ben said. "Can I ride with ya?"
"Me too?" Mordecai asked.
"And me?" Rigby asked.
"It fits four people." Ratchet said. "As long as Clank doesn't mind sitting in the middle." The small robot rolled his eyes and smiled.
"I suppose we can arrange that." Clank said.
"Well you guys got your ride, I got mine." Jak said, clicking his own wrist com, which summoned his Minivan. With another push of a button, the entire van then transformed into the Hellcat IV, an airship with a short and narrow fuselage, ending with a rudder-elevator tail mechanism capable of refashioning to house the plane's tailgun. On both sides were L-shaped wings, starting with a short delta-shaped flooring that ends in long and narrow wing-like mechanism that run parallel to the fuselage, giving the ship an overal Ψ-shaped profile. The ship bears a blue color scheme with yellow and metallic-silver accents and trim.
"Dude, you're van turns into a Hellcat ship?" Sonic asked.
"It's how you use it." Jak said. The blue hedgehog gave a smile.
"Alright y'all." Sonic said. "Let's Move Out!" With that said, Jak and Daxter jumped into their Hellcat IV, while Ratchet, Clank, Ben, Mordecai, and Rigby got into the Starfighter, while the others went to the Chopper and climbed aboard. Some of the SPD men got out and moved CJ's motorcycle and jetcar, which contained Lincoln's suitcase, into the Helicopter. Sonic then looked back at what was left of the warehouse, and then back at his comrades. With them safe and sound, he felt more confident that they were ready for anything.
"You guys ready?" Sonic asked.
"Ready!" Gumball said as Aelita gave a nod. CJ then glanced at Lincoln.
"You ready?" He asked.
"You bet." Lincoln said with a confident smile.
"Then let's ride!" CJ said as everyone strapped in. Soon the doors closed and the helicopters rose into the air.
"Attention passengers, this is your captain speaking." Barney said. "Our next stop is SPD Headquarters. Strap in and enjoy the ride!" With that said, the helicopter turned around and took off, with Ratchet's Starfighter and Jak's Hellcat IV following them. The battle is won, but the Adventure has just begun. There were more surprises in store for them.
Shortly Afterwards...
The abandoned warehouse got quiet after that battle. The flames died down, and the Doom Buggie was in smokes. However, a badly burnt body emerged from the wreckage, showing Drex Archo still alive, but very badly burnt. His clothing was burnt with ash, and his metal arm was gone. He tried to limp forward, but there was so much pain going through his body. He fell to the ground, only wheezing.
He looked up, and though his vision was blurry, he could see the sun going down. He couldn't believe it. He lost. He lost to a blue hedgehog! He let out a shout of anger, and only laid there, defeated.
Watching from her hiding spot was a pink bunny in an orange dress, and she was not happy. She then turned away, and her face turned to anger.
"GrrrrAAAAAAGGGGH!" She shouted as she pulled her ears. "I can't believe it! They couldn't kill them! It's not fair! It's not fair! It's... Not... FAIR!" She laid on the ground, slamming her fists and kicking her legs. Those Hydra Force guys couldn't make the Wattersons pay! She laid there on the ground, furious.
I hated you before you were even born!
Gumball's voice echoed in her head. The blue cat's venomous words continued through her ears. Her brother never loved her... She hated him... She hated him... But yet... she still loved him. Despite her new hate towards him, she still held such lustful love towards the blue cat. And what infuriated her more was that he was giving his love to that pink haired slut. How could he choose some pregnant whore from off the streets. She didn't care if she suffered so much.
Anais continued to think, her eyes full of tears, anguish and hate. She knew that she had to make the Wattersons pay. She didn't care if they were her family. They're all imbeciles! She was going to make them pay, especially Aelita. She's gonna make that little skank pay. She's gonna hold her down, cut her arms off, slice her stomach open and rip that little runt out of her cunt. And as for Gumball... she's going to torture him until he screams, and she's gonna make him all her's.
"You want something done right, you have to do it yourself..." She said. "I'll make them pay... I'll make them all pay!"
"Awww... what's the matter, little one?" Anais's ears perked up as she heard the strange voice. She turned her head to look at the source of the voice.
"Who's there?" She asked. She saw a dark portal opening up, and as it disappeared, appearing magically out of it was a tall majestic figure, almost the same height as the Shadowkan General. She wore a long white robe, spiked shoulder arms, and upon her head was a massive oval shaped hat with a crystal in the center, with two horns, one on each side. In her hand was a spiked scepter with a crystal gem inside it. The bunny was surprised by the mysterious humanoid individual.
Shadowkan General Despair / シャドウカン将軍絶望
"W...who are you?" Anais asked.
"Oh, no need to be afraid, my dear." The sorceress said. "You may call me... General Despair." The bunny tilted her head, but only shook her head.
"Leave me alone!" Anais shouted, digging her head into her knees, and cried softly.
"Aww, poor thing." She said. "You seem to be in so much pain. Did someone hurt you?" Anais lifted her head up, showing tears of hurt.
"My family doesn't love me." Anais said. "They all love that stupid girl who can't even keep her legs closed. And my brother... I love him so much. But he doesn't love me, and he chooses that knocked up whore." She only continued to cry, as General Despair looked down upon her.
"You wish to make them pay?" She asked. Anais lifted her head up, and began to think.
"Yes..." Anais said. "I want to make them pay." Despair gave a smile.
"Then come with me." She said, extending her hand out. Anais looked at her with a bit of suspicion. This sorceress, who is one of those monsters she saw fighting against her family, wants to help her? Anais began to think... No. She's been thinking her whole life, but no more. She already had the answer. She took General Despair's hand.
"Ok." Anais said, as the color in her eyes showed a dark red glow.
END of ACT 1
Alright, the heroes are now assembled! And there is still more to this story!
The fight itself was inspired by the Airport Battle in Captain American: Civil War, where the two fractions of the Avengers battle it out with each other. Movies like those always give me some inspiration. Only in this story, it's heroes fighting against the baddies.
Now that we've made it to the end of ACT 1, we're pretty much halfway done with the story... or almost halfway done, and I have lots to show you with this story.
But for now, I'm going to take a little break from the story, so I can give my other story Kingdom Hearts: Fractured Friendship a little more focus. I'm working on both these stories back to back, and it's proven to be quite difficult. But I really want these stories to get out and I'm taking my time with them so they're in the best shape possible.
You can find Kingdom Hearts: Fractured Friendship on FIMFiction. MLP may be over, but the fandom will never die.
So thank you all for following this story up to this point. If you have any questions regarding the story itself, feel free to send me a message through an inbox, and I will answer them when I can.
Hero-Quest Adventures: Jump Start will continue in Early 2020!
