Author's Note: This story is based three years after my other fanfic. The Master Programmer is not a human or has the name Rick. Kilobyte and Rotgut are in this story, and Fred is not a small wasp to begin with and the Doom Wagon is not created by Kilobyte. Some speech will be from the television series. So just enjoy this fanfic and don't criticize! I dislike criticism! claws at the screen for anyone who is planning to deliberately criticize the story
Ace Lightning: Wrath of the Master Programmer and the Ultimate Villain Showdown
Chapter 1: Attack At The Thunder Tower
The Sixth Dimension, a magical realm, home to many different creatures like the unicorn, the centaur, the merpeople and even talking pieces of poo. The most well known creatures that occupy the Sixth Dimension were the Lightning Knights, an organisation of superheroes that could manipulate electricity. The Thunder Tower, their headquarters, was a large observatory like building, hidden in a mountainous region. Most of the base was built underground, but there were also many warehouses hidden within the rocky walls surrounding the Thunder Tower.
A group of three dark figures watched secretly from a high cliff above the Thunder Tower. One was tall and skinny, while the one next to it was even skinnier. Compared with them, the third figure was enormous, with two large yellow bug-eyes. The tall figure turned to face the large figure.
"You go in first and disguise yourself, then when I give the signal and then we'll destroy the Lightning Knights and grab the Amulet and also several minions in the process" said the tall figure.
"And be careful mate, those Lightning Knights aren't half crazy!" added the skinny figure.
With a screech, the large figure hovered into the air using large buzzing wings and it flew off towards the Thunder Tower. Just then, a loud blow of a horn caught the mysterious figures by surprise. A small ship came into view and it landed on the ground. A line of Lightning Knights stepped out of the Thunder Tower to greet the ship.
Leading the group of Lightning Knights was Ace Lightning. He hadn't changed much, only he was more muscular and his blonde hair was a little longer.
Beside him was Sparx, who had ranked up in the Lightning Knights and was now a Lightning Lieutenant and the Sword of Jacob had been upgraded and it was now able to powerful blasts of fires. Sparx was taller and she had decided to let her red hair loose. It was now down to her shoulders and her fringe was now hiding her eyebrows. Sparx still secretly had a crush on Ace, but she was still too afraid to tell him.
Among the large line of Lightning Knights was also Thunderfoot. He was a bit taller than before, as he was now fourteen.
The side of the ship opened and a flight of stairs stretched out onto the ground. A burly man in smart clothes with greying marched out of the ship and approached Ace and Sparx. He had a metal jaw.
"Welcome General Thunderjolt" greeted Ace, saluting the man.
"Enough of the pleasantries, Lightning" said the general gruffly. "Show me around quickly, I've got a date with pixie in two hours!".
"As you wish sir" said Ace and led General Thunderjolt into the Thunder Tower.
The two figures watched as the Lightning Knights vanished. With a short cackle, the two boarded a strange motorbike vehicle. The seat was actually a coffin and at the back of the vehicle was covered with rockets. On the front of the vehicle was a skeleton gripping a chainsaw. On the side of the vehicle was some words painted in emerald colours, spelling out the name of the vehicle:
T H E D O O M W A G O N
Inside the Thunder Tower, the Lightning Knights led Thunderjolt into a large room where many random objects stood.
"What do you call this room?" asked Thunderjolt. "The room of random objects?".
"No sir, this is where we keep all the villains we've arrested, only we have put them in suspended animation and trapped them in these objects" explained Thunderfoot, stepping up.
"But, these are all objects from that Carnival of Doom that was demolished three years ago" said Thunderjolt.
"Yes sir" said Sparx, getting bored.
There hadn't been much for Sparx to do in after Lord Fear was defeated. Most of the main troublemakers had been arrested and were in this room. Sparx frowned as her fringe blocked her eyes again, so she quickly brushed it aside.
Just then, there was a giant booming explosion, and part of a wall came flying inwards. Bricks and stone went flying in all directions.
"What in the name of Zoar?" cried Blackout, running into the room.
A giant figure crawled into the room through the destroyed room. It was a giant wasp, about the size of a rhinoceros and just as nasty. Two snapping crab-like claws sat at the front of the wasp, reaching out to any nearby Lightning Knight. It looked around the room with two large yellow eyes.
"Uh-oh!" said Thunderfoot.
The wasp reared back its head and screeched, before extending its large wings and flying up into the air. It then suddenly swooped down towards the Lightning Knights.
"Attack!" shouted Ace and every Lightning Knight in the room started firing lightning bolts or bullets from their wrist cannons, swords and guns.
The wasp dodged every attack with amazing agility. One of its claws shot down and seized a test-your-strength machine as it flew over head. Ace formed a powerful lightning ball and he threw it at the wasp. He missed unfortunately and blew a hole in a wall.
A sudden cackle filled the ears of Ace. His eyes were minuscule as the cackling rang in his head. He shook his head in disbelief.
"It can't be?" said Ace and he looked towards the first smashed wall.
There he was, the Master of Fear himself, Lord Fear, standing triumphantly on the Doom Wagon. Fear looked even more ancient than ever. His hat and cloak were now black and the brim around the hat was green. In Fear's hand was Staff Head, who had gone under an amazing transformation. Staff Head now looked like a large fat frog sitting on a stick. Two large purple bat wings protruded out of his shoulders and a glass orb sat on top of his head. He still had his glowing red eyes. As an addition, he now had long movable frog legs, teeth and eyebrows.
"Foolish Lightning Knights, you have been led into a cunning ambush!" laughed Lord Fear and dashed into the room on the Doom Wagon, firing laserbeams from Staff Head.
Several Lightning Knights were hit, some injured, and some even killed. Fear blasted down a door and flew through it. Ace ran off after his arch nemesis. Ace decided he would fly to pick up speed and time. Fear and Ace flew through the steel corridors of the Thunder Tower until Ace lost Lord Fear.
"Damn it!" snarled Ace.
He stood and thought for several seconds and then realised when Lord Fear was heading for.
"The Amulet Chamber!" cried Ace and he was off like a flash.
Ace reached the Amulet Chamber, a small room with a green capsule in the centre, containing the triangular magical Amulet of Zoar. Lord Fear stood at the capsule slowly making a hole in the glass with Staff Head so he could get the Amulet.
"The Amulet is mine!" said Lord Fear.
"Not so fast, Lord Fear!" said Ace.
Lord Fear froze in shock, than he turned around and smirked at Ace with great interest.
"Ace Lightning, I must say this is unexpected…" said Lord Fear.
"What? That I'd see you again trying to steal the Amulet?" asked Ace angrily.
"No, you moron! It's unexpected that you're about to die!" laughed Fear and blasted Ace with a laserbeam from Staff Head.
Ace fell to the floor, but quickly stood up and fired lightning bolts at Ace. Fear blocked all of the attacks, except one the sent him flying through the air, smashing into the Amulet capsule and falling to the ground on the other side. The Amulet floated in the air, but it was spinning around wildly as Lord Fear had hit it in his flight.
Lord Fear angrily stood up and aimed his staff at Ace. Ace raised his wrist cannons and prepared to fire a powerful electrical blast at Fear. The two enemies unleashed their attacks at eachother, but forgot one important thing:
"The Amulet!" cried Ace and Lord Fear at the same time.
The two looked on as the Amulet was hit by the two powerful attacks. The mystical artefact shook and rumbled uncontrollably and then it shattered, a mighty blast of energy spreading throughout the room at warp speed. Ace and Lord Fear were hit and were flung into the opposite walls. Ace was hurt by the collision with the fall and fell unconscious. Fear managed to get himself up and saw the Amulet split into seven pieces like before. A swirling purple vortex appeared out of no where and sucked the fragments in, except one which fell to the floor with a loud clatter. The portal snapped shut and the room was filled with silence. Lord Fear and Staff Head were bewildered.
Lord Fear slowly limped over to the abandoned Amulet fragment, which was the bottom right-hand piece. He smiled and placed it in his cloak.
"Come my loyal staff," said Lord Fear "We must retreat".
Fear clambered aboard the Dooms Wagon which was parked nearby and he raced off back towards the warehouse.
In the warehouse, the giant menacing wasp snatched up a small stone gargoyle that was perched on a shelf. Sparx flew in on the Lightning Flash and slashed at the wasp's body. The insect screeched as it felt the pain from the blade in Sparx's grip. The wasp then suddenly did a 360 degree spin and smashed Sparx to the floor with his claws. Thunderfoot ran over to Sparx. There was a massive black bruise on her head.
"Sparx, are you alright?" asked Thunderfoot.
"I've had better days" groaned Sparx as she slowly stood up, rubbing the back of her head from the collision with the floor.
"We've got to exterminate the bug!" said Blackout, running up to the two.
General Thunderjolt was being protected by several Lightning Knights and he watched in awe as the wasp flew overhead and grabbed a pig-like bin from the ground as if it were a fox grabbing a chicken.
"I thought the giant wasps were all wiped out many years ago…" said Thunderjolt "Guess not!".
Lord Fear came flying into the room on the Doom Wagon. The wasp joined him and placed the gargoyle on the back of the monstrous motorbike.
"Come my powerful beast; let us return to the Carnival of Doom! Muhahahaha!" said Lord Fear and cackled. The two villains flew out of the Thunder Tower, taking the items with them.
From the trees that were outside tower, hid Lady Illusion, watching Fear and the wasp fly off into the night sky. She still wore her battle costume, but had made a few adjustments to it. Her long sleeves she had cut down so her arms down to her elbows were visible. She also wore a multicoloured transparent cloak as a bonus.
"So, Lord Fear is back" said Lady Illusion and she morphed out in a brilliant flash of light.
Ace emerged into the warehouse, only to be approached by a red-faced Thunderjolt.
"Lightning! What have you been doing! Lord Fear got away with the Amulet!" shouted Thunderjolt.
"Actually sir, I fell unconscious, but when I awoke, I checked the security cameras and discovered that the Amulet shattered but six of the seven pieces vanished into a portal" explained Ace.
"Very well, we must locate the fragments as quickly as possible," said Thunderjolt "I will return to my home and plan our next move".
"Yes sir" said Ace and bowed before Thunderjolt who left in quite a hurry.
Thunderfoot and Sparx walked up to Ace. Sparx had a bandage on her head, but long fringe hid most of it.
"Where is General Snotball going?" asked Thunderfoot suspiciously.
"He is leaving" said Ace.
"What a coward!" said Sparx.
"I do not trust him…" said Thunderfoot.
"Thunderfoot, you do not trust hardly anybody" chuckled Ace.
"Good point!" said Thunderfoot and he walked off.
"How long will it take to clear up this place?" asked Ace.
"About two hours…well, that's my guess" said Sparx smiling.
Ace nodded in agreement, but then went into thought again. What did Lord Fear want with those items?
"I wonder…" said Ace.
"You wonder what?" asked Sparx confused.
"Why did Fear need that giant wasp to help him? And why did he steal those item?" questioned Ace.
"Well that is easy!" said Sparx "He took the items so he could free his minions from their prisons".
"Of course! Why didn't I think of that?" cried Ace.
"Because I did!" said Sparx triumphantly.
At the Carnival of Doom, which had been recreated by Fear's power, Lord Fear spied Lady Illusion on the roof of the Haunted House and blasted her down onto the ground.
"Greetings Lady Illusion, how nice of you to…drop in!" cackled Lord Fear.
"I've come to ask you for forgiveness" whimpered Lady Illusion, trying to not sound weak from her sudden fall.
"Forgive you? I think not!" said Lord Fear. "You have betrayed me and I do not like traitors!".
"Yeah, Lord Fear doesn't like traitors!" said Staff Head.
"I just said that!" snapped Fear.
"Sorry milord" apologised Staff Head.
"Besides, I have a piece of the Amulet and I will use its power to blast you into oblivion!" said Lord Fear.
"But I have two pieces…" cried Lady Illusion which caught Lord Fear's attention.
"What?" asked Lord Fear in sudden surprise.
Lady Illusion slowly stood up to face Lord Fear, reached into a pocket and revealed the bottom and top pieces of the Amulet. Lord Fear's mouth fell open and he snatched the pieces from the lady.
"Well done, my lady" said Lord Fear. "You're punishment shall be suspended".
He then turned around to face the three objects the wasp had stolen from the Thunder Tower. The first was an old carnival test-your-strength machine, the bell missing. The second was a small stone gargoyle, holding a shield in its arms. The third was a medium-sized trash can shaped like a pig with its wide mouth open.
"And now, my minions are to be revived from the dreadful prison of the Sixth Dimension" said Fear and he stepped up to the test machine. He aimed Staff Head at the core of the machine, but an orange glow of strange energy flew out of Staff Head's orb and surrounded the test machine. It started to melt away and take a new form: The Anvil.
Anvil stood in the place of the strength machine. He was the dim-witted muscle of Lord Fear's gang. A large muscular mutant rhinoceros with a deadly iron anvil attached to his right arm. He was much more bulky than before and he now wore a belt to keep his trousers from falling down, since he now had such muscular legs.
"Anvil strong! Stronger than before!" roared Anvil and smashed his anvil on the dead grass and laughed.
"Good to have you back muscular minion" said Fear "And time to bring back another long lost minion!".
He used the same energy on the gargoyle and it quickly changed shape, forming into a large fat rat with ripped bat wings and dressed in a clown costume. It was Lord Fear's sneaky and devious spy, Dirty Rat. He flew up into the air and spun around joyfully.
"Oh yeah! The rat is back big time baby!" cheered Dirty Rat.
"Oh crikey, not the rat!" moaned Staff Head.
"No need for negativity, Staff Head" said Lord Fear. "Even the rat has a role to play in this battle".
Fear then cackled and sprayed more energy over the trash can. It wobbled dramatically before it started morphing. Large wide arms ripped out of the sides and the bin became fatter. Then a large fat head formed on top of the bin as it became a living creature. It was Pigface, Lord Fear's most grotesque minion to record. The ugly pig was now fatter than ever and snot dripped from his massive snout.
"Mmmm…Pigface hungry. When can Pigface eat?" asked Pigface squealing loudly.
"Not yet my picky pig, but Ace Lightning can be on your menu" said Lord Fear.
"Milord, why don't you use the Amulet pieces to summon a new minion?" suggested Staff Head.
"Excellent idea my loyal staff!" said Lord Fear and lifted two of the three pieces to his face and connected them. Purple sparks of energy shot out of the connected pieces as a new minion was being called to respond. The minion slowly appeared, ripples of energy spread over a wooden gravestone that stood alone beside the haunted house. A long rotting arm came out of the ground and seconds later, a zombie dressed in cowboy clothing stood before Lord Fear and his minions. The zombie groaned and then took off his hat.
"Yee-haw! Howdy partners! Name's Rotgut!" said the zombie, as one of his hands snapped off.
Rotgut groaned with annoyance as he picked up his hand and placed it back on his handless arm.
"Sorry about that. I hate it when that happens!" said Rotgut.
"LF, you summoned a zombie…" whispered Dirty Rat to Lord Fear, but Rotgut heard him and went into a terrible tantrum.
"I'm no zombie! Ya talkin' to the walking dead!" said Rotgut angrily.
"Walking dead? Does that mean he's evil?" asked Staff Head.
"Duh!" said Dirty Rat.
Rotgut's hand fell off again and it scurried away like a spider. Rotgut noticed it was fleeing and gave chase.
"Get back here ya varmint!" cried Rotgut as he chased his hand around a corner.
"Weird guy" said Dirty Rat and Pigface and Anvil nodded in agreement.
"Agreed rodent, but we now have enough power to take down Ace Lightning! Once and for all!" said Fear and he and his minions bellowed with laughter, except Lady Illusion who was looking miserable as ever, and Rotgut who was too chasing his hand.
The Master Programmer, a mysterious red-eyed creature watched from his Fortress of Solitude, in the Dimension X. He smirked as Lord Fear cackled endlessly.
"Ha! Everything is going according to plan! Muhahahahahaha!" said the Master Programmer and burst out laughing.
Will Lord Fear and his gang defeat Ace Lightning once and for all time? Can Ace and his allies find the pieces of the Amulet and defeat Lord Fear? What does the Master Programmer have planned? Find out next time in Ace Lightning: Wrath of the Master Programmer, Chapter 2, The Cyber Stalker.