Author's Note: A quintuplet of villains are about to arrive in the Carnival of Doom, and I know… you're probably thinking "Not more badguys!". But I just love creating new villains! Enjoy! Oh and one more thing…wait…its coming to me…I'll get it in a moment… oh yes! I…no wait, it went again!
Chapter 3: Enter Behemoth X
Kilobyte examined Spidertor and then folded his arms with interest. Lord Fear didn't dare move, for he was completely stunned by what was happening.
"What do you mean by your master has been waiting and looking for me?" asked Kilobyte gruffly to the spider before him.
"I mean exactly what I mean," said Spidertor, his yellow eyes staring at Kilobyte hatred. "My master is very powerful and if you dare try to underestimate him, I will destroy you!".
"I'd like to see you try" said Kilobyte, his three remaining tentacles getting ready and attack Spidertor.
Spidertor laughed and pulled a sharp pike from his back and aimed it at Kilobyte. He then scuttled forward with fast agility, his pike leading the charge. Kilobyte stood firmly rooted to the ground and suddenly sprang up into the air like a wild cat, seized Spidertor's pike and landed behind the arachnid. Spidertor spun around to face Kilobyte and charged at him like a bull. Kilobyte was much quicker and his octopus tentacles were already binding around Spidertor's body.
"You fool! No one is able to defeat me!" said Kilobyte.
As Kilobyte crushed Spidertor's body, a giant jet of water collided with Kilobyte and made him drop Spidertor to the ground. Kilobyte was up in a flash, searching his surroundings for the one who soaked him. He found his answer in a large, fat, green shark wearing an eyepatch over his right eye. The shark "swam" down from the Deathstrike by floating in midair. He grinned at Kilobyte. He had a tattoo of some sort of sea demon on his side.
"Ahoy matey, I am Savashark" cried the shark in a pirate accent. "I am the navy leader of the Behemoth X".
"And I'm a mortal named Rick Siggelkow" said Kilobyte sarcastically.
A third figure stepped out of the Deathstrike, a spooky looking knight wielding a sharp sword.
"Lancelot!" cried Lord Fear.
"Correction, Sir Lancelot!" replied Lancelot.
Lancelot had changed over the three years since his defeat. He was now a haunted suit of black armour, a pair of glowing green eyes looking out of the visor. The red feather on the top of the helmet was now a dark blue. A strange green glow surrounded Lancelot's body and smoke foamed out of where his waist would be.
"You betrayed me to join a shark and a robotic spider!" shouted Lord Fear. "And I thought you were a loyal minion".
Lancelot gasped, his eyes wide. He dropped his sword and kneeled before Lord Fear.
"Forgive me, my lord" pleaded Lancelot.
Savashark and Spidertor approached Lancelot and pulled him up. Spidertor then smacked Lancelot on the side of the head, making the dead knight's helmet spin around.
"Shut up you idiot!" shrieked Spidertor.
"Yes, otherwise we'll throw you into Davy Jones' locker!" threatened Savashark.
Lancelot picked up his sword and pointed it at Savashark.
"How about I turn you into a sushi feast" suggested Lancelot furiously.
"Add the deranged octopus" muttered Lord Fear and Staff Head chuckled.
"SILENCE!" boomed a cold voice.
Lancelot, Savashark and Spidertor quickly got into a line and stood as still as statues. A dark feeling rose up in Lady Illusion's body and she shivered. Dirty Rat grabbed his sides and started to flap more slowly. Lord Fear rubbed his hands together and looking anxiously towards the open in the Deathstrike. A mysterious figure ventured off the Deathstrike, dressed in nothing more then a black cloak. A large black hood covered the darkness where his face should be. Two yellow eyes glared at the spectators.
"Stop your pathetic arguing!" snapped the cloaked man.
"Sorry Nebulous" apologised the others.
"Nebulous?" asked Lord Fear confused.
Nebulous turned to face Lord Fear and nodded. Once upon a time, Lord Fear and Nebulous had worked side by side and were battling the Lightning Knights, but an earthquake struck the battlefield they were on and Nebulous plunged into a ravine. And here he stood now, nothing more than a dark shadow.
"It has been a long time, Lord Fear" said Nebulous darkly.
"Yes…it has" said Lord Fear.
"There is no time for reunions!" shouted Kilobyte. "Let's destroy them!".
Lord Fear yelled something to Savashark and fired a laserbeam from his staff at the approaching shark. Savashark was hit head on by the beam and he was sent spinning away. He then straightened up and then charged at Lord Fear. Lord Fear was about to get hit, when Anvil stepped in and smashed Savashark into a carnival booth with his iron anvil.
Spidertor slashed his pike at Pigface, who dodged it with his good agility. The pig then dashed around Spidertor and sucked in his chest, they his nostrils burst open and a spray of green snot flew out and covered Spidertor and the ground. Blinded by snot, Spidertor slipped on the snot on the ground and went skidding out of control, right into a brick wall.
Lancelot screamed with anger, raising his sword and towering over Rotgut and Dirty Rat. The two squealed with fright and ran off. Unfortunately, Rotgut's leg snapped off and he tumbled over into some mud. Lancelot caught up to Rotgut and he turned his sword around into a dagger-like position. Rotgut pupils shrank to a minuscule size.
"Wait partner! Rotgut's already dead!" cried Rotgut.
"Well so am I, knave!" replied Lancelot and was about to strike Rotgut, when two vines wrapped around Lancelot and made him drop his sword.
Poison stood triumphantly behind Lancelot, Lady Illusion beside her. More ivy shot from Poison's body and wrapped around Lancelot's armour, despite the fact he was now a ghost. Poison then spun Lancelot around in the air and then threw him up in the air. Lady Illusion formed a crystal ball in her hand, except it was larger and orange, and launched it up into the air with a catapult manoeuvre. The bomb hit Lancelot's chest and it exploded. Lancelot's body fell to pieces and came tumbling down to earth. His charred helmet tumbled about and rolled over to Rotgut's loose foot.
"Oh drat!" cursed Lancelot's helmet, as Rotgut's foot kicked it away.
Kilobyte and Nebulous were trading blows. It was two against six, and Kilobyte was winning, until Nebulous melted away into a large shadow and morphed with Kilobyte's shadow and he became a giant shadow beast, which grabbed Kilobyte and started to squeeze his body, blocking the air from reaching Kilobyte's nostrils. Kilobyte managed to whistle before he ran out of breath, and Fred flew up from behind the Haunted House and tackled Nebulous, separating him from Kilobyte's shadow and sending him somersaulting into a lamppost.
The carnival dwellers cheered with triumph, but then four enormous octopus tentacles appeared out of no where and trapped them in their slimy embraces.
"What in the-" gasped Lord Fear.
Out of the Deathstrike, stepped a mysterious figure. It was very humanoid, with four giant octopus tentacles coming out his back like Kilobyte. He had an ugly looking face, a pair of glowing red eyes was the most frightening feature of the face. He had large dragon wings, along with a dragon tail. A line of spikes went down his back and a strange symbol that resembled an eagle.
"Muhahahaha! Greetings fools!" bellowed the creature. "I am The Connector! Leader of the Behemoth X!".
The Connector turned to face Kilobyte and cringed at the Cyber Stalker.
"Kilobyte…my arch nemesis…" spat Connector, his red eyes glowing fiercely.
"What?" cried the Master Programmer in surprise, who was watching from his Fortress of Solitude. "What is he doing there? I thought I recycled him?".
"Your arch nemesis?" asked Kilobyte, slightly confused.
"Yes, I have been waiting for several years for this day," said Connector "And now, I shall destroy you!".
Kilobyte smirked at Connector's overconfidence and punched Connector with an uppercut from one of his tentacles. Connector loosened his grip on Kilobyte, Lord Fear and the others, as he clutched his face in pain.
"Attack!" shouted Kilobyte and Lord Fear let rip a powerful beam from Staff Head.
Connector blocked the attack with a shield and then fired an electrical ball at Kilobyte, striking him in the chest and sending him spinning into the air. Fred caught Kilobyte and he then headbutted Connector away. Nebulous leapt in and slapped Fred with a swift cloaked arm. Fred rolled onto the ground and squashed Kilobyte in the process. Kilobyte managed to slowly get up and tackled Nebulous to the ground. Connector seized Kilobyte with a tentacle and tossed him aside. Nebulous fired to shadow blasts from his hands at Lord Fear and his minions and the ground exploded under their feet, sending them all flying off into different directions.
Savashark, Lancelot and Spidertor were about to join the battle, when Anvil flew down from the sky and landed on them, Anvil hitting his head on a rock and knocking himself out.
Kilobyte and Connector dashed at eachother, and they slammed their tentacles to the one opposite, trying to push the other down.
"Grrr…" growled Connector.
"Hmhmhmhm!" laughed Kilobyte, who was winning.
Suddenly, a lightning bolt struck the two battling foes and knocked them down. The two looked up to see Ace Lightning and Sparx fly down from the sky.
"Hope you don't mind me crashing this party?" asked Ace sarcastically and fired lightning bolts down at Kilobyte and Connector. The two villains jumped up and prepared for battle.
"We'll have to join forces to vanquish them!" cried Connector.
"Very well" replied Kilobyte and whistled to Fred, who has crashed into the side of a carousel.
Fred flew up to Kilobyte, who leapt onto his back. Fred took off into the sky to battle Ace and Sparx. Connector whistled towards the Deathstrike and out of it came an orange raptor, with yellow stripes on its body, green spines running down from its head to its tail. It had gnashing fangs and thrashing claws. Electrical sparks flew randomly from the raptor's hands.
"Come, 10,000 Volt Raptor!" commanded Connector, leaping onto the raptor's back. "Let's battle these fools!".
The 10,000 Volt Raptor sprang up into the air with the same capabilities a kangaroo would have when it was jumping. Raptor tackled Sparx headlong and knocked her off the Lightning Flash. Sparx landed on the ground in a heap, a sword landing not far from her. Connector landed as well and Raptor prepared to go in for the kill. Ace dodged Kilobyte's attacks and fired lightning bolts at Connector. Raptor helped Connector dodge the attacks by running around in weird patterns.
Sparx managed to crawl away and she tripped up Lord Fear, one of his Amulet pieces tumbling out of his cloak. Sparx quickly scooped it off the ground.
"She has got a piece of the Amulet! Pigface, Anvil, destroy her!" cried Lord Fear.
Pigface gave chase to Sparx, and Anvil clutched his head in pain.
"Anvil ready to smash Sparx!" said Anvil, back in his dim-witted state.
Sparx grabbed her sword and electrocuted Pigface and Anvil. The two ruffians collapsed in defeat.
"Ace! I got the Amulet!" cried Sparx.
"Great, Sparx" cheered Ace and slashed Fred across the face with his Lightning Lance.
Fred and Kilobyte went crashing to the ground. Ace picked up Sparx and placed her on the Lightning Flash and the two flew away.
Kilobyte angrily stood up and turned to Lord Fear.
"You fool! Lightning got a piece of the Amulet!" shouted Kilobyte.
"Shut up! Lightning has only one piece, we have four" said Lord Fear.
"I guess you are right…for once", said Kilobyte. "This little twist is just what we may need to defeat Ace Lightning and finish this hunt".
"This is not a hunt, Kilobyte. It is a war!" snapped Lord Fear angrily.
"Quiet, both of you!" snarled Connector. "Ace Lightning is your foe, and now mine! We shall defeat him…together!".
"Uh…milord. Where is Poison Ivy?" asked Staff Head, looking around the carnival.
"And where has Spidertor gone off too?" questioned Lancelot.
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At the Thunder Tower, Thunderfoot approached a water fountain which was built into a tall stone. The only problem was the switch that activated the fountain was on top of the rock and Thunderfoot was small, despite the fact he was now a teenager and he was a very high jumper. Thunderfoot thought for a moment, after spending about five minutes jumping in frustration. He then decided to use his Thunder Axe to hit the button. He threw the axe up the side of the rock. It flew over the switch, but caused only a single drop of water to drip from the tap that was imbedded in the stone.
"Oh nuts. Now what am I going to do?" sighed Thunderfoot and he lowered his eyelids sadly.
Just then, the water fountain was turned on and water gushed out of the tap. Thunderfoot looked up in surprise. A beautiful young girl stood beside the water fountain, smiling at Thunderfoot. She was green in colour with long vine-like hair and a dress made completely out of leaves. It was Poison Ivy.
"Thankyou" thanked Thunderfoot and opened his mouth to drink the water.
He then decided to skip the drink and go onto a shower, shoving his entire body underneath the water. His body, which had gained fur over the three years, was totally soaked. Thunderfoot then opened his eyes and noticed that the young girl was staring down at Thunderfoot with her emerald eyes.
"I haven't seen you around here before…" said Thunderfoot curiously.
"That is because I am new in this dimension," spoke Poison. "And who are you?".
"I am Thunderfoot, and who do I have the name of addressing?" replied Thunderfoot.
"That is an interesting way to greet new people. I am Poison Ivy. You are certainly a cute one" replied Poison.
"Well…I…uh…" mumbled Thunderfoot, placing his hand behind his head and chuckling, red spread across his face.
Just then, a rock suddenly exploded and out of the ground came Spidertor, his yellow eyes placed on Poison.
"Muhahahahahaha! I caught up to you! Your betrayal will not go unpunished!" cried Spidertor and started to walk towards Poison. Thunderfoot grabbed Poison by the hand and ran with her down a passageway and into a building. Spidertor gave chase, crushing a flower on his way.
Thunderfoot and Poison tore down corridors of the Thunder Tower, Spidertor right behind them. Thunderfoot then pulled Poison into an elevator and hit the up button. Spidertor wasn't quick enough and the elevator shot up a tunnel. It eventually came to the outside world. Thunderfoot and Poison ran into a nearby forest which stood several miles from the Thunder Tower.
"That spider guy shouldn't be able to find you here" said Thunderfoot.
"Thanks, I owe you one" replied Poison.
She then bent down to Thunderfoot's level and pressed her lips on Thunderfoot's left cheek. She then ran off into the forest. Thunderfoot was left stunned, blushing. He placed his hand on his cheek and caressed it. Just then, he heard Sparx and Ace fly over head. He called to them and thankfully, Sparx managed to hear him and she gave him a ride.
The trio flew back to the Thunder Tower, not noticing Spidertor scurry away over a rocky cliff.
"What did that weird spider want with Poison, and who is she?" wondered Thunderfoot.
To be continued…
What does Spidertor want with Poison Ivy and is there an old connection between them? Is Connector got something to do with Kilobyte's and the Master Programmer's past? Will Lord Fear gain all the pieces of the Amulet and rule the universe? Will Thunderfoot and Poison meet again?
Fate's fickle hand will play a role in the next chapter, but whose fate will be the most perilous? Ace's? Kilobyte's? Lord Fear's? Possibly even the Master Programmer? No, the fate of a person will be decided. Find in the next chapter of Ace Lightning: Wrath of the Master Programmer, Chapter 4, Sacrifices Must Be Made.