ZED'S ARMY FALLS

We travel back inside of ZED to find Ulrich KC and Aelida in ZED'S world.

"Wow so this is what ZED'S new place looks like," said KC.

"Yeah amazing isn't it," said Ulrich.

"You know this world reminds me of X.A.N.A'S," said Aelida.

"Yeah except ZED attached all the regions and X.A.N.A didn't," said KC.

"So what are we looking for again?" asked Ulrich.

"We are looking for the Dark Forest," said KC.

"Where is that exactly?" asked Ulrich.

"I have no clue," said KC.

"Well we have to wait for the others to distract ZED so we can contact Jeremy. I just hope ZED doesn't find out that we are here," said Aelida.

"Looks like you spoke too soon," said KC.

In no time at all the three of them were surrounded by Mega Tanks. Then in the air the Hornets came and blocked a potential jump escape.

"What do we do now?" asked KC.

"I don't know," said Ulrich. "The funny thing is, is that they aren't shooting at us."

"Maybe they are going to keep us here until ZED gets rid of everyone else," said KC.

"I wouldn't doubt it. The last thing ZED wants is to lose," said Ulrich.

"So he knows that we aren't stupid enough attack six Mega Tanks and four Hornets all at once," said Aelida.

"Exactly," said KC.

Back outside the rest of the gang was attempting to figure out which "human" ZED really was.

"This is going to take forever," said Odd.

"I know what you mean. There are millions of people here we will never find him," said Yumi.

"Yes we will," said X.A.N.A.

"You know we could ask people," said Moen.

"Yeah lets do that, so then we can have the whole town thinking there is a killer out there and that he is going to kill them all," said Odd.

"That's where you are wrong Odd," said X.A.N.A. " ZED doesn't want to exterminate the human race. He want's everyone to work for him, building his robot army so he can take over other galaxies."

"So they made an unstoppable general out of a computer, real smooth," said Odd.

"Basically," said X.A.N.A.

"Leave it to the U.S. to build a super computer that will one day destroy the world," said Odd.

"Now let's not get too technical about this," said X.A.N.A.

Just then a cool breeze whipped through the air.

"Wow that was random," said Yumi.

"Look at that," said Moen, pointing in the direction of some huge black clouds.

"Well I'll be. ZED is actually going to start his destruction and taking over of the world today," said X.A.N.A.

"Either that or he is going to show himself and risk being shut of," said Yumi.

"I really hope that it's going to be the second one," said Odd.

The thick black clouds filled the sky in a matter of seconds. Military satellites showed pictures of the situation on TV. From outer space if you were looking at the earth you would just see a big black ball. The Weather Company told everyone to stay in doors and not leave their houses. Back where our heroes were standing people in the park were running like mad to get away from the area. Soon the whole park was covered in thick black clouds. And in a matter of minutes the whole world was in darkness.

"Ok this is going to be the hardest battle to fight because I cant see a damn thing," said Odd.

Lightning flashed in the distance. Then the scenery came into view. It was like the whole world was being lit up from the inside.

"Ok now that's more like it," said Odd.

"Who is that?" asked Yumi.

In the distance a young boy was walking towards them. He stops within viewing distance.

"If that is ZED I am going to laugh so hard that I…" said Odd.

"ODD, shut it," said Yumi cutting off Odd.

"So you are the ones that are going to get rid of me," said ZED.

"Yes, and by your size I think that we should save you a horrible beating and you just give up now," said Odd.

"Oh you think so," said ZED.

ZED just waves his hand and Odd goes flying 1000 yards backwards and into a park bench.

"ODD!" yelled Yumi.

"Ok this guy is a lot tougher than I thought," said Moen.

"Come on try me," said ZED.

"X.A.N.A, you want to give it a shot?" asked Yumi.

"I'll give it a shot," said X.A.N.A.

Before X.A.N.A can do any thing ZED waves his hand again and X.A.N.A is sent into a near by tree.

"This does not look good," said Moen.

"Ok who is going to be next," said ZED.

"This is crazy we cant fight we don't have any weapons," said Moen.

"You just realized this now," said Yumi.

"If neither of you wish to challenge me then move out of my way," said ZED.

Meanwhile in ZED'S computer world Ulrich, KC, and Aelida were awaiting Jeremy's orders.

"Anyone know any jokes that will help pass the time?" asked KC.

"I don't believe this," said Ulrich.

"What?" asked Aelida.

"Look," said Ulrich pointing up.

The hornets had left, and then the mega tanks backed off and went in another direction.

"What's going on?" asked Aelida.

Then Jeremy's voice came out of the sky.

"Ok I have bought you guys some time lets move," said Jeremy.

"Jeremy what did you do?" asked Ulrich.

"I created dummies of you guys in another zone so that the mega tanks would leave," said Jeremy.

"But we where right in front of them," said Aelida.

"Well I used a program to make you invisible to them," said Jeremy. "But lets not talk about that now we don't have a moment to lose. Go east until you hit the Dark forest."

"Jeremy we don't know which way is north. And where we are?" said Aelida.

"According to my map you are in the mountain region," said Jeremy.

"It doesn't look like we are in the mountain region," said KC.

"Um guys, you may want to take a look at this," said Ulrich.

Then KC and Aelida joined Ulrich at the edge of a huge cliff. They were looking out over a vast land of rocks and some plants. To the left of them was the Polar region, with huge blocks of ice were floating in the water. Then to the right of them they could just see the Desert region. Directly in front of them was the Dark Forest. They saw the huge thick black trees sticking up in to the air. Behind those trees were five huge towers. That was ZED'S central core, his only weakness.

"OK, now that we know where we are going it would be nice to figure out how to get down there," said KC.

"Well the only way I can see is if you were to go near the desert side and take a less steeper cliff," said Jeremy.

"If we do that then the Mega tanks and other creatures of ZED will know that we are really over here," said Aelida.

"Hey we are in a computer world," said KC.

"So," said Ulrich.

"Well then we can just jump from here," said KC.

"KC you are nuts," said Ulrich.

"Come on we can't die," said KC.

"KC let me let you in on a little secret, you have what is called life points. If you lose all 100 of them then you will exit ZED'S world," said Jeremy.

"Really, well then it will be no different then my PS2 games at home," said KC.

"KC we have had experience with this before. You can't just go jumping in and expect to come out alive," said Aelida.

"Yes we can, trust me," said KC.

"Guys we can do this all night if you want to let the world die," said Jeremy.

"So what should we do?" asked Aelida.

Without warning KC jumps from the top of the mountain and falls towards the ground below.

"KC!" yells Aelida.

"Come on down the trip was great!" KC yelled back.

"Oh well," said Aelida.

Ulrich and Aelida both jump and land on the ground, hard. But they pick themselves up off the ground and carry on towards the Dark Forest. Back outside ZED was making a mess of the city. Buildings were up in flames and dead people littered the streets. Some people were even shoved through walls. As their bodies hit the wall the bodies split into many pieces. The arms went one way and the legs another. Their heads were literally smashed into little pieces and blood was splattered onto the wall.

"I can't believe that this is happening for real this time," said Yumi.

"For real, this has never happened," said Moen.

"Not in the real world. You see my friends and I were stuck inside an older version of ZED. We tried to shut him off for another student, but in return he betrayed us and we got trapped in ZED. So we had to figure out a way to get back here. When we did our families moved out here so we could get away from all of this madness. Now it's happening all over again," said Yumi.

"So you fought this guy before," said Moen.

"Not him directly, but yes," said Yumi.

"How did you get rid of him before?" asked Moen.

"Well Ulrich is the one who fought ZED, but he didn't kill him," said Yumi.

"Did you ever find out who did?" asked Moen.

"No," said Yumi.

"Uh, my head hurts," said Odd.

"Odd you're awake," said Yumi.

"Yeah, what happened to me?" asked Odd.

"Well you flew through the air and hit a park bench," said Moen.

"I did. Where is X.A.N.A?" asked Odd.

"That is a very good question," said Yumi.

"Wasn't he in the tree," said Moen.

"Yeah but he is gone," said Yumi.

"Any way we need to find ZED and figure out what he has planned for the world," said Yumi.

"And how do we do that?" asked Moen.

"Easy fallow the path of destruction," said Yumi.

Both of them helped Odd to his feet and slowly began to fallow the path of destruction. The only way to stop ZED now seems to be shutting him off from the inside.

Let's go back into ZED'S computer world and check on Ulrich, KC, and Aelida.

"Ok Jeremy we are just out side of the Dark forest. What should we do now?" asked Aelida.

"Y..o..u. shou…" said Jeremy in a muffled voice.

"Jeremy? Jeremy are you there?" asked Aelida.

"Um guys I think ZED knows that we are here," said Ulrich.

All three of them turned around and saw three Mega Tanks and four Metal Men closing in.

"Quick into the Dark Forest," said Aelida.

They all ran into the Dark Forest only to encounter some scary creatures.

"What is that?" asked Ulrich.

"That…" said KC. "That is a Creeper."

"Oh those things, you can get rid of the easily," said Ulrich.

"In the light yes but in here no. Darkness makes them more powerful," said KC.

The large black figure stood in front of them and motioned for a few more to join it. Then with all four Creepers ready they attacked.

"RUN!" yelled Ulrich.

Then there was what seemed to be a power surge. The computer world became dark quickly and then light came back into the world.

"That can't be good," said Ulrich.

"No, but you know what else isn't good, Aelida is gone," said KC.

"Where is she," said Ulrich.

Aelida had gone in the opposite direction of Ulrich and KC. She then headed further into the forest. With Ulrich and KC making a distraction to the Creepers she went for the towers. As Aelida entered the tower area she saw the five towers up close. There were four smaller ones on the outer rim of the area. In the middle was the massive fifth tower. Just looking at it the tower seemed to be as tall as the Sears Tower. But Aelida had to take care of all the towers if she wanted to see the world safe and sound again. So Aelida took care of the towers on the out skirts of the area first. None of them seemed to have any effect on the area. Until she deactivated the fourth tower. Then the whole area started to shake. A few seconds later Ulrich and KC emerged from the forest and then the Dark forest fell and disappeared. Soon after the Dark forest was gone they all went to the edge of the land remaining and looked out into what seemed to be the world just the only land mass left was no bigger than a park.

"Well that was weird," said KC.

"Aelida did you do all that?" asked Ulrich.

"Well I think so," said Aelida.

"So each tower represented a different region," said KC.

"Yeah but why did the Dark Forest disappear?" asked Ulrich.

"Probably because the Dark forest was just made on the outside edge of the tower platform," said KC.

"Anyway, there is only one more tower left," said Ulrich.

"Well I guess this is it," said Aelida.

"Go shut it off Aelida so we can get back to our normal lives," said Ulrich.

Aelida went into the final tower. As she stepped in she noticed that it was different from the other four. The inside was not pitch black with only one light shining over a shutoff lever. This one was all lit up; there were boxes on the walls streaming with numbers. She then stepped into the center of the platform and the part she was standing on rose like and elevator to another platform. On this platform there was a panel floating in the air. It looked like green glass, and in the middle of it was the symbol of ZED. Aelida walked over to the screen, the symbol went away and a text box formed. Then a voice said, "Please enter the password." Aelida typed in ZED. The screen flashed a red circle with a dash through it. So she tried again, this time she put in ZED backwards. The same circle appeared again. Before the third try she thought for a bit. Then she had an answer; She typed in DESTRUCTION. The green box went away and she thought that ZED'S computer had locked her out and was going to kill everyone, but she was wrong.

A white light came from the bottom of the tower. It spread around Aelida and exited the tower. It engulfed Ulrich, KC, and what was left of ZED'S world. The light then spread out side of the computer. It engulfed the lab, Jeremy, and then it moved outside. ZED was on his way out of the Chicago when he noticed a big white light coming at him. He got a very assured look on his face like he was waiting for this moment to happen. But just before the light got to him it stopped. Then it turned fire red, and started to retract. The red light went backwards until ZED could no longer see it. ZED turned his back, held his hand in the air and snapped his fingers. The red light then came swarming back towards him. The red light was destroying everything in its path. As it neared ZED it started to flicker. ZED turned around to see the light had stopped. He then frowned and got a puzzled look on his face. The red light was starting to change color again, eventually it change to blue. ZED then said, "Shit."

The light then retracted again, but when it came back it was not as pleasant as ZED thought it was going to be. The blue light was doing even more destruction than his red light. It was ripping up the ground and throwing chunks of it all over the place. Houses were destroyed like tissue paper. Office buildings flattened like playdough. There was nothing to stop this light, and ZED got a very unpleasant look on his face. But before he could run the light engulfed him. When the light went away ZED stood up. He looked around to see that all the destruction that he had caused was fixed. On the outside the blue light destroyed everything but on the inside it repaired everything. But there was one problem. This problem was not good either it was bad really really bad. ZED was facing the city at the time the light came over him. Since ZED didn't want to destroy everything again he decided to wait and come back to Chicago. When ZED turned around to walk in the opposite direction he saw a familiar sight. All of his minions were standing in a line waiting for him to give orders. ZED got his smile back on his face and began to divide up the duties.

"I want all my Mega Tanks to take out the tall buildings, all the Crabs and Blocks to take out any vehicles in the area, finally I want all the Creepers Hornets and Metal Men to make mass murder of all the people running for safety," said ZED.

With those orders all of his minions started to tear apart the city. We aren't talking about five or six of each set of minions we are talking about hundreds and thousands of them. In the same fashion as ZED started to do alone his minions in a matter of minutes had the city back to its destroyed state. They started to move west of the city and destroyed any one and anything in their path. With this army ZED was unstoppable to civilians.

For three days ZED moved his army west. They destroyed everything in each state they passed through. Mega Tanks blowing up buildings, Crabs and Blocks sending cars flying into the air and falling as burning metal death traps. The Creepers and Metal Men killing all civilians, mostly by cutting them in half and letting the blood spill over the clean streets. Every time ZED looked behind to see what he had accomplished the more he liked destroying the world. It made him feel good to see how no one would be able to stop him, until he reached the desert in Nevada.

ZED was nearing the Area 51 base where he was created. It was nighttime and hard to see what was coming so he decided to stop for the night. When he stopped he looked around just to make sure that there wasn't any one who would sneak up on him. When he couldn't sense or hear any one he decided to get some rest. But soon after he laid down he got right back up. He started to give an order when a loud bang ripped through the air. The shell that was fired was intended to miss on the first shot but his mega tanks got in the way. The shell blew up three of them.

"Fire at will!" yelled ZED.

ZED'S Mega Tanks and Crabs fired into the darkness but they didn't hit anything. So they stopped then another shell was fired. This time it came from behind him. It struck some of his blocks and two of his Crabs. Then his army turned around and shot in that direction. But it was the same, as before, they didn't hit anything. A third time ZED heard the blast he told his army to shoot in all directions. His army didn't hit anything even with this strategy.

"It's so dark out here that I can't see anything. CAMANDER!" said ZED.

"Yes sir," said the Metal Man commander.

"Take your men and the Creepers out there to search for who ever it is firing at us. If you find them mutilate them," said ZED.

"Yes Sir," said the Commander.

Five units of Metal Men and Creepers moved out into the darkness. They didn't get too far because in the distance they could make out another army.

"There is some one over there sir," said one of the privates.

"Yes I know," said the Commander. "EVERYONE TO YOUR POSITIONS."

The army grouped up and got ready to attack. The other army started to fire in an alternating motion, one vehicle firing after another. ZED'S army was hit hard, with each shell fired. From one side to another each shell weakened the army. Most of the Creepers survived unless they were hit in the head. The Metal Men were blown up on each hit. So the Commander ordered a retreat. ZED didn't want to retreat so he sent the Mega Tanks, Crabs, and Blocks out to take on the other army. But the other army was prepared; they shot off a huge missile. As it got to a certain point in the air the outside shell broke apart and ten smaller missiles fell out. Just as ZED'S other half of his army came under the missiles; it lost many units. The missiles came down and hit the army with a great blast. Each missile took out twenty machines. But ZED'S Army still pressed on. Behind his heavy equipment the Metal Men and Creepers regrouped and followed. ZED stayed behind to watch the show. But the show wasn't as he expected. The closer his army got to the other the more machines he lost.

Then his machines got close enough to trip a sensor. Immediately huge bright lights turned on and blinded his army for a few seconds. But it was enough time for the tanks of the U.S. army to take out the rest of ZED'S heavy artillery. ZED'S Metal Men started to advance on the U.S. army.

"X.A.N.A, ZED'S Calvary is advancing quickly. What should we do?" asked one of the Generals.

"Take as many men as you need and go stop them. Tell your men to go for the heads only," said X.A.N.A.

"Yes sir," said the General.

The U.S. army's Calvary ran out to engage the Metal Men and Creepers. They ran out with new laser guns and light sabers, all built in Area 51 for purposes like this. In a matter of seconds ZED'S Calvary killed every U.S. soldier that came at them. It was easy for the Metal Men and Creepers to do so because they were far more advanced than any foot soldier. Behind ZED'S Calvary was a bloody desert and in front of them was an assured victory, or so they thought.

"X.A.N.A, ZED'S army is closing in we should retreat," said the General.

"No, I had a special surprise for the. When they get too close, boom," said X.A.N.A.

"What is the boom?" asked the General.

"A mine line," said X.A.N.A.

"Wait how come we crossed it?" asked the General.

"The men jumped over the line," said X.A.N.A.

"Oh, well then it is a good plan," said the General. "What should we do just in case some of them make it across?"

"Get the rest of the men ready to fight," said X.A.N.A.

Although the U.S. army wasn't going to have to be ready it was a good precaution. So ZED'S army got closer and closer to the line of mines that were a few meters in front of the tanks. In a matter of seconds they closed in on the line, the General leading ZED'S army was confident that they would take out all of the remaining U.S. soldiers. But they were wrong. ZED'S army came up on the line, they didn't slow down they just wanted to get rid of everything. So the army pressed on for its final five seconds. Then BOOM! All the rest of ZED'S army was gone, blown up in a fiery explosion and raining black and green parts. The U.S. army celebrated, but X.A.N.A knew that as long as ZED was still alive that he would only find a way to rebuild his army.