Chapter 4: Load Game
Fortunately, Wade was already on his way. He was zooming through Nakasumi Toys with the Wade-Bot version 3.0. This version not only had a cloaking device, but it was equipped with lasers that would knock out anybody they came in contact with. Finally, he crashed through a door and saw Mr. Nakasumi and Ms. Kyoko tied up to two chairs. He ripped off the tape over their mouths.
"Are you guys alright?" he asked through the monitor.
"Yes, we're fine. It's your friends you should be worrying about." Mr. Nakasumi pointed to the other end of the room, where a screen showed an image of Kim trying to escape from some sort of monkey-creature. Next to the screen was a short man that resembled a panda. He was sitting in some sort of virtual-reality chair, wearing an immersion cap like the ones that had sucked Ron and Zita into Everlot.
"Ah man! I've gotta find some way to help them!" The Wade-Bot moved over to the chair and looked for something it could plug into.
Meanwhile, Kim was running out of energy. There was no way she could hurt Ron, even if he was a mutated freak.
"This is hard to watch," Raimundo said to his friends.
"For you guys, maybe," Shego said.
"I say we get out there and help her!" Omi declared.
"That sounds like a mighty good idea, partner!" Clay agreed. He and Omi tried to get into the fight, but something was stopping them.
"You people don't seem to get it! You can't interfere with destiny!" Pandabubba shouted.
"Let us see about that. Golden Tiger Claws!" Omi shouted. He and Clay jumped through the portal and landed in front of Ron.
"Looks like this has become a free-for-all," Kimiko said as she followed them through the portal.
"Ya got that right!" Rai shouted as he joined the battle.
Shego shrugged. "Works for me." She jumped through the portal with Diego's spirit behind her.
"No! You can't do that!" Pandabubba cried. He began to worry that his plan was falling apart.
"We just did," Omi said. "Tornado Strike, water!" Omi created a barrier in front of Ron. Clay, Kimiko, and Raimundo used their special attacks to surround Ron on the other three sides.
"Thanks, guys," Kim said. She had almost recovered when Shego jumped at her. "Shego! What do you think you're doing?" she asked as she dodged punch after punch.
"Trying to get rid of you!" Shego answered.
"It's time to end this once and for all!" Omi said. "Golden Tiger C—"
"NO!" Pandabubba shouted. He pointed at the claws, and they disappeared! "That's it… I'll have to take care of you myself!"
"This is not good," Omi muttered.
Back in reality, Wade couldn't find any way of connecting to the virtual world. "Do you guys have any ideas?" he asked Mr. Nakasumi and Ms. Kyoko.
"I believe Pandabubba mentioned something about a satellite dish on top of the building," Ms. Kyoko answered.
"That'll work!" An antenna popped out of the Wade-Bot, and Wade typed rapidly to see if he could hack into Pandabubba's system.
Inside the computer, Jack and Drakken were contemplating a way out of the trash bin, which turned out to be a metal room with no exits.
"We're doomed! There's no way out of here!" Drakken shouted.
"I want my mommy!" Jack shouted. Both of them started crying, and Drakken threw his arms around Jack. Fortunately, this was what gave Drakken an idea.
"What's that thing on your back?" he asked.
"Oh, that's just my helipack. Not like it can get us out of here!" Jack broke out in another fit of crying.
"Actually, it might be just what we need to get out of here!" Drakken exclaimed. He stepped back and looked at Jack. "You wouldn't happen to have a computer chip on you?"
Jack sniffed and stopped crying. "Not that I know of… wait a minute! My watch!" Jack looked at his watch, which was what he used to control his machines. "It communicates messages to the Jack-bots! I completely forgot about it!"
"That's perfect! Now, take off your watch and put your helipack on the ground." Jack followed Drakken's instructions, and Drakken pulled some tools out of his coat pocket. "See, wearing a lab coat all the time comes in handy!"
Shego jumped away as Kim started to fight back. Shego prepared to defend herself when a bubble surrounded her and she disappeared! Confused, Kim looked up and saw that Pandabubba had aimed some sort of device at the place where Shego had been.
"Guys! Look out!" Kim shouted as she jumped out of the way of the device.
"You can't escape me! My power is infinite here!" Pandabubba proclaimed.
At that moment, the Kimmunicator started to spark from across the field. It emitted a sudden flash of light that covered the entire arena, and when the light faded Wade was standing next to the Kimmunicator! He looked somewhat confused, but when he saw Kim he realized what had happened. He gave her the thumbs-up signal and picked up the Kimmunicator.
"What? Who are you?" Pandabubba questioned.
"Wade Load, child prodigy. I'm the guy that cracked your system." Wade aimed the Kimmunicator at the box that held Ron and pushed a button. The elements surrounding Ron faded away, and Ron himself reverted back to normal. He looked around and blinked.
"How did I get here?" he asked.
"Ron!" Kim exclaimed. She ran to him and wrapped her arms around him. "You're alright!"
"'Course I am, KP! What'd you expect?" Ron smiled and hugged Kim back.
"As touching as that is, I still have control here!" Pandabubba shouted. He aimed the device at Kim and Ron and pushed the button, but Wade got in his way and interrupted the beam.
"Wrong! I have control now!" Wade said. He held up the Kimmunicator and pushed a button, sending the beam right back at Pandabubba. A bubble surrounded him.
"No! This is impossible!" Pandabubba cried out. The bubble started shrinking around him.
"Why do they always say that?" Kim wondered.
"Um, guys… what are we gonna do about Diego?" Clay asked. Everybody turned around and saw that the spirit was trying to escape.
"If only he hadn't destroyed the Golden Tiger Claws!" Omi complained.
"I can handle that," Wade responded. He pushed another button, and the claws reappeared on Omi's wrist.
"Ah yes! Thank you! Now, Raimundo, can you head him off?" Omi asked.
"You got it," Rai answered. He used his power of wind to launch himself in front of the spirit. "Sword of the Storm, wind!" he shouted. He blew the spirit towards Omi.
"Golden Tiger Claws!" Omi shouted. Diego's spirit was blown into the portal, which just happened to lead into the bubble around Pandabubba. The bubble closed around both of them, sending them to the recycle bin.
"Yeah! That takes care of all of our problems!" Kimiko said gleefully.
"Jack, Pandabubba, Diego, and even those blue and green people are gone! This calls for celebration!" Omi declared.
"I dunno, guys… don't you feel kinda bad? I mean, those guys are evil, but they don't deserve to be erased forever, right?" Kim asked.
"Hmm…"
Meanwhile, in the recycle bin, Drakken had finished constructing a device out of Jack's helipack.
"So… what is it?" Jack asked.
"This device should get us out of here and teleport us to your house, and at the same time cause the entire system to crash," Drakken replied.
"Alright! That way we get rid of the good guys! But why my house?"
"Because those are the only coordinates that were in the computer."
"Oh. Well, are you gonna start it or what?"
"Don't rush me… I need to program it correctly." Drakken pushed a few buttons on the device. The propeller blades started spinning in different directions, and the machine started emitting a strange energy wave throughout the room. At that moment, Shego, Pandabubba, and Diego's spirit appeared in the room with them.
"Huh? What are you guys doing here?" Jack asked. Before anything else could be said, the room shattered, and all of them were brought back into the real world.
Back in the arena, Wade was pushing buttons on the Kimmunicator and trying to access the recycle bin. Before he could crack the code, the world started shaking!
"Whoah! Whaaat's goooing ooooooon?" Ron asked, his voice vibrating along with the ground.
"The system is crashing! We've gotta get out of here!" Wade shouted, straining to keep his voice understandable. The world around them started to crumble, leaving nothing but blackness. Wade entered a code on the Kimmunicator, and the seven of them were teleported back into the Nakasumi Toys building right before the virtual world was completely destroyed.
The villains reappeared in front of Jack's house. Shego and Pandabubba were completely disoriented. Before anyone could say anything, Diego's spirit plunged into Drakken's mind and took control of his body.
"Ah, yes! Now that we're back in the real world, I can take on a physical form," Diego said. "Now my ultimate plan to take over the world will finally come to pass!"
Shego shook herself out of a trance and threw Diego a quizzical look. "I thought your plan was to wreak havoc with your magical thunderstorm thingy?"
"No, of course not. That was only an attempt to destroy our enemy. But now that they aren't here, I can take control of the Shen Gong Wu and rule the world! Bwahahahahaha!" Diego laughed maniacally.
"Nice evil laugh," Jack mused.
"Uh-huh, that's nice, but how is this going to work?" Shego asked. Pandabubba was completely lost. He looked around at everybody there, but nobody was paying attention to him.
"Jack… do the monks still have the Emperor Scorpion?" Diego asked.
"Yeah, I think so. Why?"
"Perfect. Everybody follow me… we're going to pay a little visit to the Shaolin Temple."
"Wait… what about me?" Pandabubba asked. Jack and Shego ignored the question and followed Diego. Utterly baffled, Pandabubba just stood there as the others walked off. He looked around and saw Drakken's machine on the ground. He picked it up and started messing with it.
"Hmm… I might be able to use this," Pandabubba said to himself. He carried the machine toward Jack's house. Perhaps he could come up with a plot to keep the warriors busy. This time, he thought, the Shaolin warriors wouldn't be able to escape his wrath.
