Hey guys, this is 1602jaw here. Bringing you another unexpected tale today.
As you must know, there is only a small few chapters left, not counting the last bonus chapter.
Before we begin, let's cover the reviews first, shall we?
Memeking the Third: True, there's a lot to unpack here with lore and action. It's like a perfect chapter made for me...well, I made it but still you know what I mean.
Thenewsubwayguy: You bet she's going to witness some madness on her own.
NonedescriptNorbert: Darn, that idea actually sounds way cooler. Honestly, I would love to show more of the city, but this chapter is mainly a tease for it. The full extend of it will be explore in the future. I guarantee that.
Guests: Nice cast suggestion. Again, I'm certain wether you guys are the same or not, but I'm liking these suggestions.
DizaGadiza48: Another nice cast suggestion.
Anyways, let's not waste any time and watch me attempt to describe some of these real life places, shall we?
Las Vegas.
A town of landmarks. Filled with the richest lights to have ever seen. So rich as the sun light merely added more to the crisp light of this area, as the blue sky enhance the golden and silver horizon to ever stood in this heated desert.
There were pine trees, buildings shapes like pyramids, signs and billboard plaster everywhere on tall and small structures.
Massive fountains showing off water shows and waterfalls became the norm to this land, as norm as the casinos, hotels, bars, clubs, buffet, and restaurants, each varied differently.
Cars from modern to old drove to this place. Going from one place to another, showing off the glittering of the vintage era of cars from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Civilians walk among the roads and sidewalks, either admiring the surroundings or going on with their normal days of gambling, eating, shopping, and strolling.
In the farthest reach from the casinos, the hotels, the clubs, the bars, and the restaurant, stood a typical, normal block building.
The building being a police department.
It was located in a normal street with no billboards, signs, or lights.
Inside sat a officer speaking with someone sitting in front of his desk.
The room was rather mundane, with officers going around or standing around, speaking with a officer. There were other officers sitting in their desk, discussing with someone or merely checking paper work.
The officer itself was white, wearing a white, cowboy hat, and a white mustache.
He spoke in a western accent.
"Now listen lady, from what we gather you apparently got drunk, cause a huge fight, then almost drown everyone inside a bar by flooding the place to end the conflict. Then after it over, you then try to pick another fight with another woman, this time causing severe damage to the casino. Now then, does this ring any bell to you?"
"HELL NO! I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM, HOW I GOT HERE, AND WHY I'M HALF NAKED HERE!" Aqua stuttering shouted, as she is cover in trash with grease pouring from her hair down to her face, a bandana peal stick on top of her head, and she seem to be wearing entirely a paper bag covering her breast and boxes covering her bottom.
She is scare, scratching intensely on her left arm.
"Madam, I need you to calm down", The officer told her.
"CALM?! I-I CAN'T BE CALM! I-I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL FOR THIS!"
"Madam, you aren't going to jail. Relax".
"SORRY! I CAN'T HELP IT! MY TEARS ARE STILL CRYING!" Aqua cried, "I NEED SOME BEEEEER!"
Awkward silent continue until the officer said, "Riiiiight, so since I can't press charges on you, due to the bar and casino owner taking a pity of you for whatever reason, I'm going to let you go. Are there anyone that could contact you in anyway? Do you know- Wha-what are you doing?"
Aqua is struggling to jog down a beer bottle down her throat. After being discover, she quickly toss it away, creating a breaking noise, as she replied with, "Oh! Uhh, nothing! I was...uhh..just admiring your...uhhh...vintage beer bottle".
"What?"
"Yeah, just totally admiring it".
"Uhh, it seems to me you were trying to drink my beer bottle".
"No! No! I wasn't".
"Uhh yes, you did which by the way it was empty, and it isn't really vintage at all".
"Uhhh nah! I totally knew it. I-I wasn't totally trying to drink it. Honest. Now can you continue...please?"
"Ummm...fine...anyways, do you know anyone that could help you?"
"Uhh yes, I do. Chris McLean!"
"Chris? You mean that host from that reality show?"
"Uh huh".
The officer sigh, "Guess that explain the pity from the owners ".
"Hey, since you did mention it, can I contact him please?"
"Sure", After he said that, Aqua grab his phone.
And while she stare at it, she then stare back at the officer, having no clue how it function. Embarrassingly, she asked him, "Uhh, mind calling him for me? I don't know how phones works".
"Figure", He replied, out of annoyance.
Cut to a busy highway intersect, where cars from different time, different places, and different design all drove through the long road ahead, passing by the forests, which visibly shows a market and town, hidden away.
A black truck is seen driving along the rest of the vehicles. The driver was Beetlejuice, still out of his dreary mind. Sitting beside him is Lydia and Chris McLean, with the rest of the interns sitting in the back.
"How long are we going to get there?" Chris asked, "Seriously, who's idea is it to set up the finale at Washington state?"
"Umm...you did, Chris", Lydia replied.
"Really? I don't remember. Anywho, can this truck of yours go any faster?"
"Listen Chris, from Florida to Washington, it's going to take us about eleven hours to get there. Well, twenty two hour, or more if it wasn't for Beetlejuice stopping at a diner for a treat".
"And by treat, you mean-"
"Checking out the waitresses, uh huh", Beetlejuice replied, which weirded Chris out, "Yeeeaah".
"Whatever, just...make sure we get there in time", Chris told them, "I just hope my losers get the memo".
Suddenly he felt a vibration coming from his pocket. He pull it out, revealing it to be a ringing phone and answer it, "Hello?"
"Chris!"
"Aqua?"
"Yes, it's me! Aqua!" She said, in a whimpering and desperate tone.
"Aqua, uhhh...nice to hear you again. Where are you?"
"I"m in Las whatever this place is! You got to help me! I'm lost, I don't know where to go next. I need your assistant, please!" Aqua cried out, drowning the call with extensive crying, which annoyed Chris.
"Okay, okay, calm down", Chris replied, gesturing his hand, "Now listen, I can't get you right now because I'm kinda farther away from you. And also, it's a challenge, so here's the thing. You need to get to Washington state real fast. There, you need to find a tropical place. If you reach it, you'll get to choose who to be your finalist".
"Really?"
"Yeah. Soooo you better get going".
"But..but Chris! I-I don't know how to get there. How do you expect me to reach Washington state?"
"I don't know. That's your problem. Bye".
"No, no, no, no, wa-wait! At least...at least send me some money. I-I can't-"
After Chris hung up, Lydia asked him, "Was the...Aqua?"
"Yeah, she seem to be in a rough position. Don't worry, I'm certain she'll make it".
"And how would you know that?"
"Come on, I seen Aqua managing to stay on the show much longer. I think she can handle it".
( Cut back to Aqua ).
Aqua is walking on the sidewalk, fully dress back in her old clothing, though a little raggy and containing green and brown stains on it.
She walk through the industrial road.
A road devoid of any iconic architects. Instead, it was a road filled with flat, pale complexes. There were few cars passing by and few people walking by, with the blue sky and crisp sun turning this bland, pale road into a morning newborn.
The only complex Aqua passes that is noticeable was a club name 'Gentlemen Club', with the design resembling a Greek architect.
But even that doesn't sway too much.
"Stupid host", Aqua mumble, "Useless as always. Hmph, I gotta find some way to get to Washington state, but I don't know how. I guess I could take a bus. That's what that police guy said. But I need money to do it".
She stopped and thought for a second until she spotted someone.
A guitarist sitting on a flip chair, while playing a guitar. He wears a round, top hat with a bushy mustache covering it entire faces, wear sunglasses, and wore a giant, black coat.
He also has a suitcase with twenty dollars in them, including coins.
As he play calmly, Aqua quickly confront him and punches him, knocking him out on the ground, "Would you mind stop playing that! I'm trying to think here!"
She glance down, spotting the dollar in the suitcase.
Being selfish as always, she was surprise and relieved, "Oooh! Money!"
She ran off, fully thrilled to her prospect of a new hope, "Yes! I got enough money to get myself on a bus! Nothing will stop me!"
( Nine seconds later ).
At the Gentlemen Club, Aqua came out, dizzy and drunk.
She burp, and continue to walk out stutteringly and unbalance, commenting, "Ah, some refreshment is nice to begin my journey to Washington. Man, who knew Las Vegas would have the most wonderful drinks here. Better than my world".
After feeling pleased by this, a realization hit her with all it might, causing her to place both her hands on her cheek with a shocking expression, "Oh no! I spend all my money on booze! Now I don't have any way to get to Washington now!"
Panicking and out of her drunk state, she try to regain her sanity by slapping herself three time, "Keep it together, Aqua. Let's not panic here. I'm sure I'll figure something out. I'm certain of it".
She sat down, crossing her legs as she ponder, "Hmm, maybe I could hinge a ride with someone. That could certainly work but there just one problem. What if the guy I'm riding with is ugly? Or worst, old?! Ew!"
She ponder once more, "What if I steal a car..no, that's stupid. That only going to put me into more trouble. Or maybe...maybe I could ask politely to borrow their car...yeah, that sounds...idiotic".
As she ponder on of what to do, she felt a tap from behind. She turn around, telling them, "Hey! Would you mind! I'm trying to think here!"
To her sight were three children's, age to be twelve year old by the looks of it. There were two boys and one girl. They were wearing old drag clothing, fitting well for a Victorian era play theater. They were Cambodian, and have black hair.
The first boy was wearing a cap with stitches on them. He wears a brown, saggy coat, a grey shirt, and a shiver, grey pants. He has short, spike black hair, and seem to have two bracelets, with one crane attach on it. Though it is hardly seen due to being cover entirely in bandages.
The left boy has long, sharp hair that reaches to his neck, and covers half of his left face. He wears a grey scarf around him, wore a long, black coat, has black boats, and short, grey pants.
He doesn't wear a shirt, revealing a wooden armor with twelve cranes on them, each set up from top to down with four line in three row.
The right girl have a ponytail, wore a hood, a purple cape, and grey skirt, with her legs having wooden armor with two cranes on each side.
They stood there in silent until the first boy said, "Umm excuse me, are you...Aqua?"
"Huh?"
"Forgive us but we are helpless, slum orphans", The second boy said, in a awful British accent, in a attempt to sound poor, "And we seem to notice your dire circumstance".
"Uhh, no!" Aqua state, getting up and looking down at them with her hands on her hips, as she try to explain her predicament, not wanting to be seen looking like this, "I was just taking a small break, you dumb kids! I'm not in some...dire...situation...look! What do you want from me, anyways?"
"We notice your from that show we used to watch".
"Wait, you mean Total Drama?"
"Yes, and...we were hoping if you could be so kind to heal one of our friends", The first boy said, gesturing to the girl, who with one nudge by him, did a small cough.
At first, Aqua was hesitant, telling them, "Pff, please. As if I have time to heal someone. I'm kinda busy right now, so no".
"But..but...my sister is a huge fan of you".
"Huge fan?"
He nodded.
This seem to grab her interest but it wasn't enough for her to show any sympathy, "Yep, not buying it, sorry. I can't deal with this. If you want help, go find a doctor or someone. I'm in the middle of a game here".
"Wow, what a enormous, selfish d*ck".
"What?"
"I-I mean, we can help you with that".
"How?"
"Come with us, and we'll show you", The second boy said, gesturing her as they run off to the back building.
Aqua stood there, a bit doubtful at first, "I don't know if I should follow them. There's a fifty chance they may loot me. Buuuuuut there's a one hundred percent chance they may help me. Not to mention, I could get a better image of myself if I help those kids. After all, I am a goddess".
She follow them behind the building.
As she reaches to the back, she saw the first boy and girl holding up what appear to be a brown sack.
The second boy, standing to the left side, gesture his hand to her at the sack, while making a small grinned.
Confuse, Aqua asked, "Uhh, what is this?"
"It's a...uhh..magic sack that could transport anyone to their location by simply entering it".
"Wait, that's it?" Aqua asked, feeling quite perplex and disappointed, as she was expecting something more lavish or more magical, not some sack.
"Uh huh", The second boy replied, nodded to her.
Aqua, hesitant again, thought this over until eventually just going along with it, "Eh, why not. I mean, I gone through tons of magical transportation. Can't deny an opportunity".
She approach the sack and put her right leg in, then move her left until finally her entire self is in the sack, "Huh, I'm not feeling anything magical yet. Are you sure it-"
Suddenly, the entire sack closed on her, as she fell lump on the ground, as the three chidlren's begin to kick her, violently. Harder and harder, as she scream until finally her voice down, indicating she has now been knock out.
Though the first boy gave one last kick, finishing their knock out idea.
"Huh, that was easy than I expected", The second boy said, "Didn't think she'll fall for that".
"Yeah, I was expecting her to fall for Steam Gal fake sickness", The first boy said, "Guess I was wrong".
"You know Steam Rad, we could've done this instead of doing the whole fake sickness thing", She said to him.
"Whatever, let's put her into the trailer", The second boy said, "Steam Rad, Steam Gal, put her in. I'll start the truck".
"Hang on, who allow you to instruct us to do something?" Steam Rad asked, "I don't remember Steam Chad doing the order here".
"Umm hello, I'm the one who plan this out. So shut up and get going", He told him, as he head to the nearest truck.
The truck was green, with the long trailer being plain white.
Steam Rad grumble, as he and Steam Gal both drag the unconscious Aqua to the trailer.
After they toss her in the empty interior of the trailer, they close the slide door shut and hop right in the truck, as the drove off.
Luckily for Aqua, the slide door wasn't close shut tightly, revealing a small gap at the lower bottom.
The truck was now farther away from Las Vegas and on the road to their next destination. A destination unknown to Aqua.
The area was vast. No sign of human life besides the rattle snakes curl up underneath the dead bushes and shrubs.
There were pebbles, cactuses, boulders, large distance valleys, and more dead bushes, some being blown away from the wind.
The sky remain blue and the sun remain still, gleaming down with more ray of light, as it continue to heat the scorching land.
The three children's rode in the driver seat. The interior was light brownish, with the cold breeze coming from the condition, and old western music is playing from the radio.
"How long are we suppose to get there?" Steam Gal groan, "It's taking us forever".
"We should be there for about an hour or so", Steam Chad replied.
"Hour or so? Do you know how long it will take to get from Nevada to Washington?"
"Relax, it's not going to take too long. As long as we don't encounter any of Cherieng hired guys we'll be fine".
"You know, it does seem kinda wrong for us to do this behind our mother back", Steam Rad said, feeling somewhat ashamed.
But Steam Chad doesn't seem to care. He's not the type to care, nor listen to their boss.
"Don't call her our mother. And first off, we're merely doing this in case if her hired goons fail us. Besides, we haven't done anything interesting besides taking care of Radon and Gameha, and that was humiliating".
"Still, I don't think those bounty hunters and mercenaries won't be happy about this", Steam Rad point out, "After they find out we pretty much wasted their time".
"As if I care", He said, "Look at this way, if we bring her to our boss she won't use us as servants, but more as equal".
"Please, just be honest. You only doing this just out of spite".
"Even so, it would at least greatly benefit for us".
The tolerance between Steam Rad and Chad are split but neutral at the same time.
Neither of them couldn't despise their sister, though.
"Hey, is it me or am I getting a feeling someone is following us", Steam Gal said, getting their attention out of curiosity.
"Why would you say that?" Steam Chad asked.
"I don't know. I guess it's due to the fact this thing is looking right at us through the window", She said, pointing to her right window which reveal Feral Zeke, clenching on the open window as he growl and sneer at them.
It took Steam Gal for a second to notice her brothers shock expression, as she turn around and is greeted by him.
"Oh...hey, there's the person we looking for too".
Feral Zeke scream, as he lunge at them, causing the truck to move recklessly and out of balance.
So unbalance, which allows the slide door to open a little, allowing the unconsciousness Aqua to be slip out from the truck, as she roll down on the sand slope, a little away from the road as the truck drove off.
There was no passing vehicles, no sound of the vooming wheels, no screeching noises from above by the vultures.
It was dead silent throughout the day to night.
The next day, Aqua awoke, poking her head up with the stack still covering her.
She turn around, utterly confuse at first until finally removing it, "Ugh, the smell. Why does my mouth has little sand in it?"
She is in stunned by the look of it. She was now in a vast desert landscape, showing no civilization but mountains valley's.
It was her worst day yet to be standard out in the middle of nowhere.
"What the f*ck?!" Aqua exclaim, remaining still and laying there.
She slowly got up, feeling an urge of urgency and panic. There was no sign anywhere to indicate where she is, nor does she know where the road leads to. She felt a sense of regret, thinking she should've stay a little longer back in Las Vegas, instead of ending up here.
Lost and nowhere to go, other than Washington.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO! This isn't good! Cr*p! I can't continue like this!" Aqua said, as she move around in circle while pressing both her hands on her head in distress, "I'm stranded! Lost! There's no civilization in sight! Damn those kids! I shouldn't had trust their magical bag! I knew they would screw me over!"
As much as she want to continue whining, self blaming, and break down crying, she knew it wouldn't help, as she clam herself by gasping some air, and stopping for a moment, "Okay, got to calm myself down for a moment. I am not going to lose right now. I just...need to follow this road. Yeah, that's it! I'll follow this road, and maybe I may catch a ride with someone who could help me! After all, I am a celebrity. There have to be some folks who would help me for free".
( Five hours later ).
Aqua was all four on the ground, crawling her way through the sand ground as she panted and gasping, sweating intensity as she said, "Boy, this is tougher than I thought".
As much as pity may likely fallen to her, the pity will likely disappear, once it realize she only made it a few distance away from the sack.
Much of it due to her laziness.
( Eleven hours later ).
Aqua was back on her feet, only she is moving with a slower pace as her arms hang out and her sweat become more and more frequent.
Now she was way distance away from where she lay.
"Gosh, these's no cars in sight. What the hell?" Aqua wonder, "Isn't this place a hot spot for tourist or something? I don't know where am I?"
Soon she begin feel a growl coming from her stomach, which got her attention, "Dang it, I'm hungry. I-I need some protein inside me, fast!"
She look around for something that may seem eatable, and sure enough she notice several cactus, some being tall while others being small and look round, with some flowers on them. Some have spikes resembling furs while others don't. Some resemble balls while others resemble thin plates.
Whatever the case, Aqua was desperate.
She ran to the tallest, and took a bite, not realizing it contains spikes, which cause her to scream out lout as she remove the spikes from her tongue, shoving it out and spitting a few out.
"Blah! Sh*t! Okay, cactus out of the picture. Oh god, I need something to eat. I probably should've eaten before-OH MY F*CKING HELL!" Aqua scream, as she turn to her left to see a giant wave of dust storm coming to her way, as she is consume within it.
( Ten hours later ).
It was now night time, as Aqua begin to roam in the middle of the cold desert.
The moon was large, as she took more steps through the shadow might of the land. She begin to whimper, as now she is in the worst case of scenario. With no road in sight and no house in sight. She was all...alone.
"Great, now I'm truly lost. This couldn't poss-no, no, not going to say it. Not out here", Aqua said to herself, "If I say it out loud, there's likely a chance I may receive something far worst".
( The next day ).
Aqua was still in the middle of nowhere.
The heat intensify as more and more sweat drool from her head and down to her clothing, creating sweat stain.
She was now on all four again, with her tongue out and her unable to keep her eyes open.
She kept crawling slowly, as she look above to see the sun mocking her with more ray of heat and light.
She continue to pant a few more until slowly lifting her right arm up to the sun to reveal a middle finger, as she said, "F*ck...you...Sun".
After she said that, her face fall to the ground.
Then she notice a nest in the distance.
"Fooooood!" Thinking it to be food, she quickly got up.
Slowly, as if her bones would crack at any moment, she ran to it.
There were four eggs in the nest. With one being grab by the desperation of Aqua, as she crack it apart.
Unfortunately, instead of eggs it was a baby vulture, falling down in the nest as it chirp.
Her gleeful smile drop, and turn into a despair frown after realizing it.
"Awww...damn it!" Aqua exclaim, then screaming once she saw a vulture flying down at her and begin to poke onto her while screeching.
( Two hours later ).
Facing to the sky, as the sand cover her entire back and the shadows of the vultures swarm at the sky.
She was in a plain desert with no. shrubs, no cactus, no valley. It was a flat, plain land. So vast for her to comprehend.
She lay there on the ground, feeling her tongue becoming rusting, the same goes to her skin wrinkling and crippling.
She could barely open her eyes, nor could she think of anything, or move at all. She is permanently stuck on the ground, no where to go and no where to do.
Only one word manage to come out from her mouth, as she kept staring at the sky, "Gotta...keep...moving...I don't think I...have...enough strength to move on...but...I got to".
As she resume back to looking forward, she is confronted by a pity display.
Two skeletons, handcuff together. One was a police officer with it suit looking rip and having dirt on them while another seem to be a convict, with torn off white shirt.
The skeleton remain of a police officer seem to indicate they die here from either the 40s or 50s.
Aqua doesn't know the story behind it. All she could remark is, "Huh...well that's a unfortunate display.
( Nine hours later ).
Dawn set in.
She was now on her feet once more, this time moving more and more of a slower pace, as she could barely think of where she's going.
It was like she was lifeless, a abandoned spirit roaming throughout the dead land.
Once the night peak, collapse on the ground with her knee, then cried out, "CAN THIS DESERT SUFFERING END ALREADY!"
She broke down crying, with frustration and despair overcoming her, as well as desperation.
Just then, she begin to hear a faint laughter coming from in front of her.
As she lifted her head up she can see familiar faces in the horizon.
These familiar faces were hard to disguising as they were blurry and wobbling. However, she can quickly recognize them based off their laughter and the color emitted from them.
She was bewilder but at the same time baffle, as the figures become more and more clear to her.
There standing in front of her were her friends back at home.
Kazuma, Megumin, and Darkness. They were there, cheering and laughing as they jog down their throats with rum.
Something that put Aqua in a desperate and drooling state, "Ka...zuma?"
Unknown to her, they were merely hallucination, as Kazuma soon notice her and said, "Well, if it isn't our useless goddess here. All drain out and nowhere to go".
"Jeez, for a goddess, I didn't think she would dip so low but not like this", Megumin point out, as they all laugh at her.
Aqua stood there, filled with baffles.
All she can say is a desperate plead for help, ignoring their comments, "Kazuma! Megumin! And Darkness! You guys have to help me! I can't go on like this! I'm in the middle of nowhere!"
"Oh give up, Aqua", Kazuma told her, "It's your fault you ended up this way. Seriously, if you were somewhat useful you wouldn't be here but no, you have to screw it up, just like everything else".
"Hey! I play the game just exactly like it is! I mean, others were doing the same", Aqua said, getting enough courage to make defend her position.
"That's because they try. You have to use someone as a tool to get you this far".
"Not to mention, you won't hot enough to attract any male to help you so there's that", Darkness added.
"Uhh..I'm pretty certain that Sanji help me before, so.."
"Whatever! Just fail, will ya! You only making yourself pitiful", Kazuma said, as they resume back to their laughter, only this time they begin to fazed out of existence.
"Shut up! Your pitiful, you...you...you pervert!" Aqua pointed, offended and filled with envy.
"That's a weak insult, you know that", The final voice of Kazuma disappear, leaving Aqua alone again.
She couldn't believe what she saw. To see them again, and only here to berate and insult her.
Humiliated as it seem, she can only feel a touch of dishearten.
Just then, she turn around to see another familiar face.
This time, it was a large figure standing in front of her, as he tower over her. It was Chris Mclean, looking down at her while holding a cocktail, and giving out a huge grin at her.
She step back, scare.
"C...Ch...Chris?"
"Sup Aqua", He begins, "Today challenge is all about suffering".
"Huh?"
"Tell me, how does it feel to be popular. Is it exciting? Awesome? Wicked?"
"'I...I..."
"Don't tell me, it's horrible right? Ha! Yeah, I totally knew that", He said, taking his glance off from her and to himself, "Sometime popularity could gain the heart of everyone, including me. On one hand, it's great but on another hand, it does have their price, tho. And your price is quite complicated".
"Complicated...what do you mean? I-I don't understand? What are you even talking about?" Aqua demanded, losing her fear as Chris stood there, smiling and taking a sip from his cocktail, "Chris! Stop acting...whatever your acting and help me!"
"Ooooh, I love to but...actually, I don't feel love. Nor empathy. Actually, a little empathy but not a whole lot, catch my drift?"
"What?"
"My point is, I can't Alright. I'm merely a construct figure to project to whenever someone is almost dying in a desert. Meaning, I'm just part of you hallucination. I mean, it's pretty obvious due to me being a giant and all but to give you an idea. I'm not drinking anything".
"Then...why are talking to me?"
"Duh, drama! Anyways, bye!" After he said that, he soon disappear, with him being consume by the dust wind.
Aqua attempted to not let him leave as she hold out her hand, saying, "Wait! Don't go! Cr*p! At least tell me the nearest civilization!"
"Hello Aqua".
She startle as she turn around, seeing Ryuko standing behind her with a serious look. Frowning upon her, Ryuko said, "Nice to see you here. All alone, with no booze or anyone bailing you out".
"Ooooh, why you! Why can it be someone that isn't you!"
"Because I'm the only one who truly hate you the most. For all the sh*t I gone through, you are the only one who I f*cking hope would die! Or heck, give up or lose! Because at this rate, I'm not expressing anger but mostly disgust and disappointment".
"Uhh...I guess that's a little better?"
"Damn it Aqua, are you even listening to what I'm saying!"
"Uhhhh..."
"Of course not. That's why I'm baffle on how you made it this far. Not with wit, just dumb luck. And even when you made it this far, you aren't going to learn jack sh*t of anything because of how selfish you are".
"Well...screw you! At least I took my dumb luck as an advantage! You...you took the hard route!" Aqua said, pointing at her.
"Aqua...that's not even a good excuse".
"Your excuse isn't good!"
"Whatever", Ryuko turn around, as she leave among the dusty fog before saying her last word, "Just hurry up and die already. I don't care how much you plead, karma will bite you a** sooner or later".
"Hey! I'm not done talking to you! Come back here!"
Aqua lunges at her but as soon as she did, she landed on the ground as the fog disappear.
Once they gone, she lay there until finally looking in front of her to see Brendan.
She look up to see him, but instead of a grinned, a angry frown, a disgust look.
He gave her a simple deadpan expression.
This surprise her, but at the same time, puzzle her, "Brendan?"
"Aqua...get up".
She slowly and stutteringly got up, as Brendan continue, "Aqua, you have to be the most selfish, ignorant, and egocentric, horrible person I have ever met. At first, I felt a bit sorry for you, even pity despite how rude you acted. I even gave you so many chances. After everything you've gone through, everything I try to help you, look at where you are. Lonely, almost near death, still refusing to feel regret, being berated and mock by many of whom you know, even your friends".
"I'm sorry but are you referring to my friends in my world or-"
"And despite me hating what you did, I don't want to see you like this. I don't want you to suffer, nor do I want you to die".
This stunned Aqua. She was expecting the same tone from the others. Instead, Brendan gave a calm, honest expression, as he continue by saying, "If you think I'm being nice, don't even think about it. I'm only here to tell you this. Keep moving and don't sub-come to your failure. I don't care if you win or not, my only concern for you now is being alive. That's all".
Aqua was left there, completely put off guard and baffle, as Brendan turn around and disappear in the dust wind, faded away as the moon shine more lightly than ever.
As the night becomes darker, as the sand wind become more and more aggressive, she remain still. With no thoughts, and no comments.
She wasn't sure what to think. Does she feel regret, anger, and refusal? No idea, to her own thought.
The only thing she could think now is sitting down and folding her legs as the night soon consume her of her own thoughts.
No torment persuade onward to the next day.
The sun rise as the sand landscape remain once again, the hot, crispy, frying self as always.
No wind, no sound of vultures, no dead trees in sight, no clouds in the sky.
Aqua lay on the ground, curl to herself.
She was now dry, with no substance anywhere for her to regain enough strength to continue on.
All she can mutter out from little of a courage is with one sentence, "Need...to...carry on...can't...find...a...way".
Lifeless, no food or booze. It was as if she was waiting for death to swept in and take her away from the scorching hellfire, "So..this is it?...my final...journey? Dying here in the middle of a desert with no food, no booze, no...money..."
If it wasn't for her remembering something.
Remembering her own ability.
This made her realized how dumb she is to not think of this before, "Wait a minute...I have a healing ability! Not only that..."
With one press to give a whimsical, lighting boost, she was now fully heal up and all wet.
This didn't bother her, as much as it should. Instead, she was relieved with the refreshing heal she did to herself, "Ah, much better. Why didn't I use that before hand?"
She was now a little confident, as she turn around to face at more distance, "Okay then, now I need to figure a way out of this. If only there's a abandoned house or a river, I may not have to worry about dying".
Just then, she heard a voice which froze her, "There you are, my trustful, loyal partner".
She was startle, screaming, "AHHHHHHHH!"
As she turn around with both her arm raise up and her left leg lifting upward while both her hands try to shield her from what horrifying sight she may see.
IT WAS!
Mister Mind.
The shock expression slowly turn to utter confusion, disbelief, and bewilderedness.
"Finally, I manage to catch up to you", Mister Mind said, "It wasn't easy for me to follow you here by my own brilliant mind, you know".
"Wait a second...do I-"
"Remember me? Yes, you do. From the castle. I should thank you for releasing me and also helping me to retrieve something personal to me. It wasn't hard but I congrats".
"Hold up, helping you? What do you mean by that? And just...who are you?"
This surprise Mister Mind a little, "You don't recall me before? From the castle?"
"Ehh..my mind is a little dizzy right now".
"Hmm, it seems to me you don't recall anything what happen", Mister Mind said, thinking not much of it, "Very well, I might as well tell you again. I am Mister Mind, your partner".
"Partner?"
"Indeed, all you need to know is I am the most brilliant entity in the universe. And as much as I want to tell you more here's no time, unfortunately. I need you to do one more favor for me, and it's a easy one".
"Like what?"
"A simple one. Taking me to Washington, of course".
Aqua knew straight away this Mister Mind fellow is not what he seem.
Despite the similar intention that the both of them have, Aqua knew there is something up, despite still being utterly confuse by this creature.
She quickly cut him off by saying, "Listen, I have no idea what you want from me but I can tell you have some sinister intention behind it so no thanks!"
Being the one to have gone through everything in this season, she knew something bad may happen if she continue to be involve in this mess, and decided to walk off.
This baffle him, "Really? You simply going to walk off just like that?"
Aqua nodded, "Yep! Better than sticking with a worm".
"You don't seem to understand. You and I have the same intention".
"Pff, yeah so?"
"So, it could benefit the both of us", Mister Mind said, grinning, "With my mind and your...luck, we could make it there in no time. I see some potential in your, my lady".
"Hmm...yep, not buying it", Aqua replied, as Mister Mind drop his grinned, which turn to shock and panic to the oblivious sight of Aqua, as she turn around to face, "Look, if you think I'm going to easily believe after what I been through-hey, why are you panicking all of a sudden? And is it me, or is the sky becoming darker?"
"Look behind you fool!"
She turn around and looked up. To her startle, a woman riding on a flying speeder, flew right at her.
Aqua quickly moved out of the way as it landed, as the dust clear away to reveal a space cop wearing a visor, a ponytail, a black jumpsuit, and white gloves.
Mister Mind, recognizing who this person is, he jump and hide back into Aqua hair.
The woman hop out of her vehicle and landed right in front of Aqua, then pointing at her, "You! Identify yourself?"
"Uhh...Aqua?" She replied, confuse and bewilder, "Who are you?"
"Mandora. First class evil chaser of inter planet control force", She replied, pulling out her badge, then she pulled out a device which produce a blue hologram, "I have a warrant and permeant to investigate this universe planet for three criminals. Each being the most infamous criminals in the multiverse".
The hologram shows a figure dress with a blue jestor like costume, with a cone hat and a cape, have white hair that reaches to his neck, and black eyes with white pupils.
Another figure shows a child dress in rags and a helmet. He seem to be a demon, indicated by the horns sticking out.
The last figure shows Mister Mind, which surprise and baffle Aqua a little to see him be part of a criminal.
This support her assumption correctly, which made her realize how dangerous he is to be accompany with but at the same time, she wonder if what he was telling is true, does this make herself a criminal as well?
"Holy cr*p", Aqua thought, "That's the same worm I met".
"Now then, I would like to have some word with you", Mandora said, turning off the device, "I've been investigating this case ever since one of the prison station in my universe have been broke out. My investigation led to this planet. May I asked if you have seen one of them around here?"
"I...uhhh..", Aqua wanted to tell. She wanted to reveal to her of Mister Mind, as she believe if she turn this guy in, she could earn something out of this, despite how weird it may look.
Just then, she heard a whisper coming from her left ear. It was Mister Mind, poking out and telling her, "Do not tell her anything. Do not".
"What was that?" Mandora asked her, noticing Aqua unable to speak.
"Uhh...it's..uhhh".
"Do not tell her where I am", Mister Mind said, as his appearance is fully seen by Mandora.
She back away, pulling out her stunned blaster ( Resembling a oval shape egg with a pointing needle at the front ) and aiming it at them, "Aha! Stay where you are!"
Aqua, startle by her immediate reaction, raises both her hands up in the sky as Mister Mind hide back in her hair.
"So, harboring a criminal I see".
"Harboring? I don't know what your talking about", Aqua said.
"Don't lie. Stay where you are and don't move", Mandora said, "Further action will put you into more serious consequences".
After she said that, Mister Mind begin to whisper to Aqua once again, "Run".
"What?" Aqua asked, quietly.
"Run. We're already in deep water now run".
Having no idea what to do and not wanting to be arrested again, based off of Mandora tone, Aqua turn and ran off.
"Hey!" Mandora begin to chase after her.
Aqua ran for her life. For her own dear life of mind. She doesn't know why she did as she did, only out of fear from this mysterious woman.
Running and running, refusing to look back or stopped.
Mandora kept running to her, calling out to her, "Stop! In the name of justice!"
"Ignore her! Keep going!" Mister Mind told Aqua.
Finally, Aqua stopped right in front of a huge gap from the other side.
Looking down, she see a huge wave gushing through the river. The flow of it heads to the right.
"Why do I get the feeling I must jump", Aqua wonder, hopefully thinking it not to be true.
But of course, Mister Mind had to ruin her hope, by saying, "I was thinking of jumping across but jumping into the water seem a lot more sense".
"Damn it!"
"Freeze!" Mandora shouted, startling Aqua to turn around as the space cop aim her stun gun at her, "Do not move. I repeat, further action will put you into more serious consequences".
Aqua remain shaken. She look back down at the river, knowing full well it's her only way out.
However she remember she's a water goddess, and soon her worries disappear with a more smug expression.
She move on inch, startling Mandora as she lock on with her stun gun, "Don't you dare. I warn you".
Just as Mandora move an inch, Aqua leap off the cliff, before giving a middle finger to her, "Ahahahahaha! So long! Sucker!"
However her joy of escape soon end, as she stumble downward with more and more boulders hurting her, as she collided with more and more debris until finally she fell into the river, disappearing out of sight.
This left Mandora in a serious concern, knowing full well Mister Mind is still with her.
At the Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, located near the Hoover dam, Aqua risen from the river below and onto the other side of the cliff.
She climb heavy, managing to clings onto the platform, as she collapse on the ground, gasping.
She was all wet, with some scratch and bruises but not too severe from the fall of the impact.
She was near the bridge, closer to the road, and as for where it is still unknown to her.
There were oddly no vehicles anywhere in sight. This oddity didn't concern her enough. What did concern her is wether or not the stranger follow her.
Soon she regain her thoughts, and got up slowly, looking back down and elsewhere to see the stranger is nowhere in sight.
She sigh in relief, "Phew, thank goodness that weird lady isn't around".
"See, I told you you needed me", Mister Mind said, poking out from her left side of her hair and near her ear, "Without me, you would've been lock up in a space prison".
"Oh shut up you!" Aqua replied, grabbing him and tossing him on the road, as she approach him, "Now you listen here! I don't care if you did help me back there, I'm still not going to help you!"
"There's really no choice, madam. We both criminal here. You ran away from the authority".
"Shut up! I'm a competitor! A goddess! I don't need your help, worm! And besides, it's..probably your fault I'm being chase...whatever you did to me".
"Come now, I simply use you to help me gain something personal to me. You should be grateful I let you go, Scott free".
"Blah, blah, blah, blah, be grateful!" Aqua said, as she move to the right side of the road, "Doesn't matter if you let me go, I already told you! There's no way I'm going to work with some worm that could give me even more trouble!"
Right on cue, she is immediately struck down by an unexpected vehicle. With the sound of a honk and the collided feel of a cold metal, she is hit back down on the road, with Mister Mind being in shock by it.
Noticing a vehicle, he quickly hid back into Aqua hair.
The vehicle itself was a red car. Attach to it was a travel trailer. The car seem to be in old condition, possibly made from the nineties. There were some dirt on the tires and lower half of the vehicle and some scratch added to the lower side.
But it seems to be functioning pretty well, with the sound of the motor can be heard.
The click of a open door is heard, as a person came out from the left side of the vehicle.
The man was wearing a shirt with blue shorts, with a fishing hat, and glasses.
He appear toward Aqua, feeling concern to anyone being struck by his own driving.
A old female voice can be heard, possibly sitting in the vehicle, calling out his name and asking, "Tom, have you figure out who we struck?"
"Uhh, yes", He replied, "It seems I may have struck some drunken, Vegas, female dancer or something. God hope she isn't dead".
Aqua groan, with the man Tom asking the woman with a concern but calm tone, "Excuse me, are you alright young lady?"
Soon Aqua regain conscious and lifted herself up to her waist, as she proceed to rub her head, "Ow, again with my head".
"I'm terribly sorry miss", He said, helping her up, "I didn't even notice you were there. Guess I was too put off by this country beauty".
"Well if you ask me, maybe next time look before you admire something, a**hole", Aqua replied, now fully looking at him, "Now who the hell are you?"
"Me? With that tone of yours I can safely say your from Vegas".
"Uhh..no, no I'm not, weirdo".
"Heheh, right", He responded, seemingly oblivious, "The names Tom Anderson".
He then proceed to point at the woman sitting next to the driver seat, "And over there is my wife, Marcy".
"Hello", She replied, waving her hand with a blank expression.
"Umm..hi", Aqua responded, a bit weirded out by them from their accent alone.
"Say, what bring you here out of the middle of nowhere?" Tom asked, "Are you lost?"
"Yes! Of course I'm lost!" Aqua replied, quickly, "I-I almost die out of here because of some stupid brats and a space cop!"
"Brats and space cop", Tom remark, assuming it to be nothing but funny tales that Aqua is exaggerating, "Heh, that's Vegas for ya".
"Yeah, Vegas whatever. And now I'm trying to get from here to Washington!"
"Washington? You mean Washington state?"
"Yes!"
"Hmm, that interesting because you see, me and my wife are heading there right now if you haven't notice".
"Wait, really?" She asked.
"Yep, I got a huge day off from work. Yep, heading to Washington could ease down a bit from my stress after-"
While Tom ramble on and on about his mundane life on a whole, Aqua quickly thought of something, "Wait a minute, if he's heading to Washington, and since I'm also heading to Washington that would mean...I could knock him out, take his car, and be there in no time! Brilliant!...or I could literally hitch a ride with him without needing to worry about money or that strange woman. That sounds good enough for me".
"Anyways, that's the full story of it. Just a bunch of kids screwing up as usually on my lawn".
"Uhh yes, that's nice!" Aqua ignore what he just say and move onto her idea, pressing and sliding her hands together, "Anyways, I was wondering if I could..hitch a ride with you, please?
"What?"
"I mean, if you don't mind, that is".
"Uhh..I don't know. Me and my wife already have someone hitching with us, and I can't allow stranger-"
"Pleaaaaaaase?" Aqua kneel down, crawling down to him and up to his chest, while producing fake tears, "I don't have any transportation available. Are you seriously going to leave me out here and DIE?!"
"Well...", Tom begin to scratch his head, unsure what to do as Aqua gave a watering, puppy stare at him.
As much as he want his vacation trip to be tame, compare to his previous one, he can't help but feel bad for the woman.
So he decided to allow it. After all, she seem harmless enough to his own eye.
Cutting back to the truck, it remain on the road.
Steam Gal, Steam Rad, and Steam Chad gain some scratches and bruises but not too severe.
Steam Chad remain driving, with a deadpan expression, as for whatever happen to the Feral Zeke?
Well...Steam Gal has some explanation behind it.
While the radio play a soothing, country music, Steam Gal begin to remark, positively to lighten the mood, "Weeeeell...at least it could've been worst".
"Could've...been worst...you throw him out the WINDOW!" Steam Chad reminded her, harshly.
"Okay, I'm sorry but you told me to get rid of him!"
"I didn't meant it literally!"
"Well what did you want me to do? Hold it until we find the girl?! Because it wasn't easy to knock him out three times!"
Steam Chad scowl, "Whatever! Let just...find the nearest town and take a small break. In any hope, we may see him again in a dumpster or something".
The awkward silent cave back in again.
It continue to remain like this, until Steam Gal spoke up again, "I want a milkshake".
"SHUT UP!"
( Cut back to Aqua ).
The vehicle is set off on the road to Washington state.
As they drove, Aqua sat in the back while Tom begin his usual talk on today matter.
"I tell you what, this day couldn't possibly get any weirder than this", Tom remark, while driving, "Heck, last time I took a road trip I was arrested for almost destroying America and put to the death sentence, if it wasn't for my lawyer stepping in. Yep, that was one hell of a trip I went through, I tell you what. Heh, heh, boy does it bring terrible memories. Now I-"
"Hey, uhh..sorry to butt in but would you mind shut up, please?" Aqua asked, back there, "I'm...not in the mood to talk".
"Oh, I understand. Going through hard times, I get ya. Talking makes you feel sick, I get it. Now, I don't know if you know this but-"
Aqua groan, after realizing there's no attempt to shut his mouth up, "On second thought, maybe I rather walk instead of joining a ride with him".
Sitting there while the air conditioner cool the interior, as she glance off as someone sitting next to her, remaining focus to her with a nervous and shy look, with constant sweating coming out of him.
He was in his 20s, wears a red hooded shirt with no sleeves, wears jeans, wears glasses with a eyepatch, and has shaggy, brown hair.
Aqua try to not make any eye contact but she can't help but feel a little unease by him.
Soon, she decided to look at him, still anxious as ever.
After a long moment of silent, she finally said, "Uhh...hey?"
"Oh, uhh...hi".
Another silent cave in, until she finally spoke again, this time asking him, "Ummm...can I help you with something?"
"Oh! Sorry, I...uhh...I guess I didn't introduce myself earlier. The names Zach Xigma, a universe journalist at your service".
"Oh, okay...uhh..my names Aqua".
"I know. Don't worry, I know who you are. I'm a huge fan of your show, Total Drama Cruise".
"Really?"
Zach nodded, "Yep! I even met your other universe counterpart".
"That's...uhh..amazing", Aqua said, pretending to smile while thinking to herself, "Oh god, this is worst. He's probably one of those type of fans who get obsessed over their fan favorite".
"Anyways, I'll be frank I didn't expect to meet you here. I mean, my next assignment was to meet the cast of Total Drama Cruise but not like this. Isn't that weird?"
"Uhh...yeah, it is".
"Yeah...also, I do want to point out but I'm also kind standard too after my vehicle got tow for illegal parking. Not to mention, I'm kinda hiding from...someone I know personally but I hope it doesn't bother you. Just want to put it out so it doesn't confuse you".
"Well...that's interesting to know...I guess...wait a minute, did you mention my counterpart?"
"Yeah, I met a alternative version of you from Total Drama Infinite".
"Hold up, Total Drama Infinite? That's the world I visited".
"Cool, right? By the way, I have some question to ask, if you don't mind answering. Question one, do-"
Feeling a bit too annoyed by him, she cuts off him by saying, "Listen kid, I like to talk and all but could you save it for a minute. I need to head to the bathroom".
"But...we in a car".
"Exactly", Aqua said, then asking Tom, "Hey Tommy, would you mind stopping and allowing me to enter your trailer for a bathroom break?"
"Huh? Uhhh..sure, if it means saving up some gas", Tom replied.
"Umm, okay", He replied shrugging, as Aqua got up after the car is park on the side, "Take your ti-"
Before he could finish, the door slam shut, leaving him in silent.
Aqua head to the trailer and open the door. The interior contain mostly average things such as a couch, a TV, some cabinets, a closet, and a small fridge. She enter the stall on her right.
Aqua gasp at the sink, as Mister Mind pop out from her hair and onto the sink, as she continue to gag for a minute until saying, "Oh my god, that guy is irritating. First those three brats, then some space cop, then a worm, and now I'm traveling with people who won't shut up! Man, this suck!"
"I would suggest you to go along with this but knowing your attitude, I'm going to assume you aren't", Mister Mind remark.
"This is all your fault!" Aqua pointed at him, "I could've done anything easier to reach the finale, if you hadn't done...whatever you did to me".
"You should be proud of me, Aqua. Without me, you would've remain back in Las Vegas, as a homeless, pathetic pest".
"Oh shut up! I could've make it out of there easy".
"No, you won't. Remember, I saw you literally wasted enough money you stole to get on the bus; But instead of doing that, you wasted on more beer".
"Wait a minute, how did you know that?"
"I saw you while searching you.
Aqua folded her arm then glance off, not admitting to her dumb action, "Whatever, there was like...million way I could reach Washington without money".
"By using your body to gain a male attention, correct?"
"Uhh...maybe...sort of...".
Mister Mind sigh, "Listen, you need me. I can do whatever I desire. And my desire is the same as yours. Reaching Washington. Now I know that you suspect me of having sinister intention. But let's be honest, we all have sinister reason. That's why I need you to listen to me. If you do what I say, you can make it to the finale".
"Hmm..I don't believe you. I know how evil..things...do".
"It's up to you. I'm merely offering you an opportunity. Don't pass it".
Aqua thoughts this over. She wanted to win, and she wanted to make it there by her own accord, but at the same time as although she doesn't want to admit it, she need some...assistant. And where to gain it is by joining forces with a worm who claim to be powerful now, whatever he meant by that.
She look down at him, awaiting for an answer.
She took one sigh and said, "Fine, I'll take your offer".
"Good", Mister Mind replied, grinning, "Now listen closely. I need you to stick by me, do whatever I command, and do not question it. Got it?
"Yeah, yeah, I got it. But it better not involve me getting into more trouble".
"Don't worry, I'll make sure of it", He said, in a sinister tone.
"Ehh, I don't like the way you say it".
"Say what?"
"That tone you just did", Aqua said, "You were acting all evil and stuff like that".
"Ah, that's just how I usually act. You'll get use to it".
Then she heard a knock coming from the door.
It was Zach, asking her, "Hey Aqua, are you alright in there?"
"Aww cr*p, it's that annoying guy again", Aqua said, "I wish I have someone else to assist me, instead of that weirdo...buuuuut something about him...kinda makes me want to use him".
This gives Aqua an idea. Since Zach is a journalist, to her eye she could use someone like him for her favor.
Mister Mind hop back into her hair, as she open the stall door and open the door to face him.
"Hi Aqua, is everything alright?" Zach asked her.
"Oh, it's fine", Aqua replied, smiling, "I was just..thinking about it".
"About what?"
"Like...say, didn't you say your a journalist?"
"Uhh, yeah I am".
"That's great because I've been thinking", Aqua stepped down, wrapping her arm around him and pressing her finger to give him a shoulder rub, "Since your here, I was wondering if you could be my personal...uhh...personal documen...tor".
"Documentor? Like what, document everything you experience and did throughout this trip?"
"Yep! And I'll repay you back with anything you want...that's not money or sex".
"Hmm, that is a promising offer", Zach said, thinking it through.
He was a little hesitant, as although he had seen the show he didn't focus on the details of it all. Matter of fact, due the show convoluted premise, he cannot even remember and comprehend certain things.
Regardless, he still remain a gleeful fan of the show. And due to his positive track record, he decided it wouldn't be great to pass an offer by a celebrity like her.
"Alright, sure thing. I'll do anything for you without question".
"Really?!"
"Yep, as a fan of your show I-"
"Great!" Aqua said, slapping him hard on his butt, "That's great to hear".
"Why did you slap my a**?"
"Did you just question me?" Aqua asked, intimidatingly.
"Uhh no! Not at all".
"Good to hear", Aqua resume smiling, then thinking to herself while walking back to he car.
"Man, kinda wish I assist for someone else", Zach thought, "But oh well, she isn't too bad. If I help her, I may even get a bigger raise and attention".
Back to Aqua thought, as she stepped right in the car, "Wow, that was easy. With Mind help and a fan of mine assisting me, I think this is going to be easy. Sure, I need to be wary on that space cop and kids but honestly, I think I'm in a perfect condition to not worry for anything".
Finally, they reach to their next destinations. Far passing the night.
After sleeping in the car for god knows what, it was a relief to see some new buildings that isn't Las Vegas again.
The town they arrive at was Beatty town.
It was a calm, clear old town. Many of the structures were small and medium, most having a square and rectangular shape to them, while the height remain flat with one level in some area.
There were few cars passing by, mostly due to how deserted it may look to many who visited. Few vehicles pass by, along with few civilians, most being tourists.
Most of the structures have a design flavor to old Western architect design, especially those from the early 1900s.
Some were regular, pale buildings with plaster signs on them showing food, ads, or sales for antiques while others were more unique. Some resemble saloons, clubs, and bars to fit the time period.
There were a slew of food chains, stores, and antique stores. There is also a museum called Beatty Museum.
They park at the Family Dollar store. There, Tom and the others came out, with Tom saying, "I'm going in there to get some bug spray. Does anyone want something?"
"Uhh yeah", Aqua said, "Booze...like any booze. Can you get that for me".
"Uhh, I'm not sure if a Family Dollar store sale liquor, madam".
"Well...find something that's like booze".
"Like what? A soda?"
"I don't know!"
"Well, you aren't exactly being specific but I could get the one me and my guys back at home use to drink. Shoot, it brings me back some memories thinking of that sweet taste of chocolate milk. I wonder if they do still sale those".
"Yeah whatever, just go inside", Aqua said, gesturing her hands at him to leave and enter the store, while she and Zach stood out here, with Tom wife going to check up the trailer.
Zach look around, admiring his surroundings and remarking, "For a small town, it sure does feel magical around here".
"Magical? Seriously?" Aqua asked, looking at him dumbfounded and deadpan, as she asked, "You call this magical?"
"To be fair, I meant it as a metaphorical term", Zach replied, "As in, it's similar to something magic but it ain't. It just give out the same feeling as a magical world".
"Uhh...Huh?" Aqua, having less IQ than ever, doesn't understand what he meant.
Zach remain silent until admitting about it, "Yeah..I know...but still I do love visiting places and admiring it. It'll be good to write for an article. I wonder what should I title it?"
"Well I don't. Most of the world where I visited sucks", Aqua replied, "I can only tolerate it if they have-"
"Booze?"
"Uhh no..food and bath...and yes, booze".
"I just say that".
"Well you should've allow me to finish my sentence, kid".
"Umm, I'm not a kid, I'm like 20 year old here".
"Pff yeah right".
"I am!" Zach claim but before they could dwell themselves in a petty and useless argument, they heard a scuffle coming from the trash can right in front of them near the entrance of the store.
"What was that?" Aqua asked him.
"Probably just a wild animal".
Suddenly the trash can fell on the right, revealing not just cans, bags, and half eaten food but a familiar figure that Zach knows and Aqua recognize.
It was the same demon boy that appear in that hologram.
He got up, coughing out paper, and begin to swipe his coat off from all the juice and dirt on him.
Zach, squealing with excitement and sudden surprise, shouted, "Coff!"
"Bless you?", Aqua replied, a bit confuse.
"No! I meant, Coff!" Zach ran up to the little boy and pick him up to give him a tightly hug.
A hug so tight that it annoyed and embarrassed the demon boy.
"Oh my god! I'm so glad to see you! I didn't know you were on Earth".
"Will you f**king let go of me!" Coff shouted, startling him as he release him.
Coff swipe himself once again, saying, "God, I hate when you do that".
"Sorry, just...what are you doing here?"
"Uhh duh, I'm living my life here".
"You mean you live here?"
"No you d*ck hole! I'm just here to visit", Coff said, crossing his arm, "Anyways, what brings you here? And where's your magical car or something?"
"First off, it's not magic, it a inter-dimensional motorhome...which unfortunately, got tow because I park somewhere that is restricted. And second, I'm here to meet with the Total Drama Cruise gang".
"Total what now?"
"You know...the show about a group of competitors from different dimension competing on a reality show".
"Are you referring to Total Drama Infinite, or Total Drama Endless?"
"Look, all you need to know I manage to meet one of them right now", Zach gesture him to Aqua, "Tada! Aqua!"
"Uhhh...hi?" Aqua awkwardly greet.
Some long second of silent proceed until Coff finally said, looking up at Zach, "Huh, you actually did find a hoe. Didn't think you would find a perfect match but..lucky".
"What? No! I'm not his hoe you f**king creepy midget!" Aqua stated, "I'm a competitor and a goddess!"
"Hey, don't call me a midget, sl*tard!"
"Heheheh, okay you guys, calm down here", Zach told the both of them, looking at Coff, "Now Coff, she didn't meant it. She just went through a lot from the desert. So I suggest you should be a little bit more polite, okay?"
"Listen Zach, I appreciate you not wanting ill feeling toward your whore but I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood to act nice anyone. Especially my current situation".
"What current situation".
"It's...uhh...something personal".
"Yeah, something personal", Aqua mutter, already having a huge grudge toward the boy. Not to mention, remembering that exact hologram, and having a feeling what he meant by that.
In this case, it just makes thing more worst and dire for Aqua now.
Zach, noticing it, ask Coff, "Umm would you mind letting me talking with Aqua here?"
"Suit yourself", He replied, case Zach grab her hand and drag her behind the trailer.
"Aqua, I think you should try to be a little nice to him, okay?"
"Nice? He's the one who's been a little sh*t to me! And who the hell is he?"
"Look, he's my best friend ever since he saved me from being a captive...after he kinda scam my money".
"Riiiight, like that's going to convince me being nice to him".
"Okay, he may not be the greatest person in the world but he does have ways to get out of trouble, if we ever get into one".
As much as Aqua hate to include that demon child on her ally list, she couldn't pass it off.
She already felt anxious and cautious, enough for her to ditch her opinion and focus more on trying to find ways of maintaining her goal on winning.
As they converse one another, a car pass by them on the road.
This particular car that is mention contain something familiar to many in New York.
The car in question is a brown, 1990s Cadillac.
Driven by it is a man with a mustache, sunglasses, a button shirt and grey pants. Sit beside him is a old woman, and from the back seat is a young man with brown hair, a blue shirt with long sleeves, and brown pants.
"Ah, I say this before and I'll say it again, it's great to get a vacation off", He said, "I haven't felt this happy before that web crawler existed".
The old woman chuckle beside him, saying to him, "Oh Jonah Jameson, you always have something to say that always involve with Spider man".
"Of course I do! He's like a awful music to me. Never go away, and never stop mentioning it! It's gridding my thoughts every time I open my mouth".
"Peter, do you have anything to say?" Aunt May asked Peter, "You been very silent ever since we saw that weird star while we stay in a hotel".
"Oh, it's...uhhh nothing, Aunt May", Peter replied, "I guess I was a little too memorize by it, that's all".
"Always memorize everything, Parker", Jonah said, "Once we reach Washington, I'll win that stupid Nobel prize for having visiting every state with one vehicle".
"Still kinda weird you would pull us along".
"Ah, that just because I trusted you to make sure to document everything, especially your phots, Parker. I want to make sure I shove every photo at those loser back at the convention. Let see who's a wimp now".
As they drove off, Peter Parker begin to feel a weird sense.
A weird one that kept bothering him ever since they arrive in Nevada.
"Strange, why do I feel something...urgent?" He thought, "Whatever that weird star we saw must've did something but I'm not sure what".
He refer to his late night stay in a hotel, where he supposedly saw an odd star shot out. It came near somewhere but he couldn't put his finger on it.
As they drove off, the same truck driven by the Steam Children's drive by and enter the parking lot for the Dollar store.
After waiting for a response, Aqua and Zach finally approach Coff.
"Okay so after talking with Aqua", Zach said, "She decided to tolerate you, and will allow you to join her".
"pff whatever, as long I get pay and stay low, I'll tolerate her...a little", Coff said.
"Great! Good to hear", Zach said, then turning his attention to Aqua, "See! Told ya he's not a bad of a guy".
"Yeah, by bad you mean only tolerating me if I pay him".
"Well...that still count, though".
Suddenly, Aqua deadpan expression turn to fright, noticing the same children's she saw earlier stepping out of the truck that was park distance away from them.
"Oh cr*p..it's them!" She thought.
Not wanting to be seen, Aqua quickly told them, "I'm going to go the restroom stall, if you don't mind".
"Uhh, okay?" Zach responded, as she run off and enter into the store.
She could've hid inside the trailer but her panic mindset prevent for logical thinking to come into her, so she took it herself to try and attempt to hide it out, not known to anybody.
"Okay guys, we going to get some snacks in order for us to continue with our intention", Steam Chad said, as the three of them head inside the store, "And don't buy any chocolate substance! Especially you Steam Gal".
"Aww why not?" Steam Gal moan.
"Because every time you take a taste of one or two, you'll immediately go hyper and drown yourself with more of that substance!" Steam Chad told her, "Do you know how much I have to waste all my stolen loot for?!"
"Oh come on, your just being paranoid", Steam Gal said, "I am not going to drink a chocolate shake. I've been holding on a diet".
"We don't do diet. We steams, remember?" Steam Rad reminded her.
"What I meant to say is I've been restraining myself from going crazy, okay".
Steam Chad sigh, as he didn't want to deal with Steam Gal excuse any longer, "You know, whatever. Let's pick a snack and get out of here".
In the restroom, Aqua hid herself inside one of the stall.
The stall barely let in any light, as she curl herself up and sit on the toilet, telling herself, "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, they here! They here!"
Mister Mind, hearing her nervous tone, came out and asked her after taking a large peak to the stall, "What are you doing? Why are you in a stall?"
"It's...those kids!"
"Kids?" Mister Mind was confuse, "What kids?"
"Those three brats! They try to kidnapped but I escape! And now they here! They probably follow me here!"
"Will you relax. You aren't going to win, if you keep acting like this", Mister Mind told her, "Now I suggest you get up and get back to the car".
"But...but the kids?"
"Do you understand?!"
As much as she didn't want to, she had to.
She was willing to do anything to make it to the finale.
Slowly and shaking, she open the stall and open the door.
She peak out, seeing the light doorway leading out into the interior of the door, which casted away the dark, seclude area where she is hiding.
Aqua slowly came out and walk out.
"Got to find that Tom guy around here. I need to get out of here fast before they notice".
While she slowly made her way, she turn to her left to see Steam Gal on the ground, gurgling with tons of empty, milk cartons splatter on the ground, along with chocolate milk stain.
Steam Chad and Rad surrounded her, facing down at her and not noticing Aqua.
She was startle, as she progresses faster away from them.
Steam Chad sigh and facepalm himself, "I freaking told her not to. I told multiple time!"
"I mean...your kinda, sort of right", Steam Rad added, "I mean, she did drank chocolate but it's more of a milk substance than a shake substance".
"It still counts!"
Elsewhere, Tom was looking at two barbecue sauce, holding both in his hands.
There was a honey one and a spicy one.
"Hmm, now this is truly something", Tom remark, "I can't figure out which one I like".
"Unfortunately his decision came to an end, once Aqua join up to him, "Tommy guy! We got to go!"
"Now hold on, I'm trying to think which sauce I should choose from".
Aqua, not wanting to waste time, quickly slap the two sauce down which modified Tom.
"F**k the sauce. Let's go!"
She then proceed to grab his right hand and pull him away.
They drove off once again.
Back on the long road ahead, passing by more vast land of sand, hills and mountains as the sky remain blue with clouds and the brightly lid sun shinning upon several vehicles, now driven on the heating, burning, boiling road.
As they drove, Tom asked their new guest about his home world. Ever since they met, he was a little confuse by his home world, asking him, "So let me get this straight. Your from a different hell that's basically a planet of it own? And none of your demon boys don't do anything immoral?"
"Uhh yeah, I told you that like four freaking time", Coff said, sitting in the middle.
"Well that's interesting. Must've been really weird for any newcomer demons to arrive there and be pleasantly surprise to know it a planet. I wonder how that conversation will go?"
"God, does this fat buzoo ever shut up?" Coff asked Aqua, who seem to hold the same contempt as him, "He keeps rambling on and on. I try flipping him off but nothing seem to faze him at the slightest".
"Yeah..." Aqua replied, "As much as I hate to say...your right".
She look out the window, staring out in the sand area.
She worry about her making it last if she get there. She wonder what Chris meant about a fake tropical set?
Is Chris joking? Unlikely.
As she thought about it, Mister Mind poke out from her hair and whisper to him, "You seem...quite tired, Aqua".
"Uhh yeah, we been driving for all night. What do you expect?"
"It seems to me you are thinking about something. What are you thinking?"
"Uhh you know, about how I'm going to find this particular set. Also, why are you asking me this?"
"Ooooh, out of curiosity, madam. You aren't worry about anything, are you?"
"Worry? Ha! Of course not", Aqua quickly shrugged it off.
"You were acting worry back there, you know. From the children's".
"Come on, that was a slight...worry. I'm just super nervous about the whole thing. There's nothing to worry about".
But deep down, she does have that feeling. With Mandora, and those three children's. She begin to expect she was involve with something.
As for what, she is uncertain.
As she kept looking out the window on her left, a truck block the sand scenery. And to her terrifying shock, she saw them. The children's again!
Aqua, feeling a silent panic, mutter, "Oh cr*p!"
She duck down, as Mister Mind asked, "Let me guess, it's the children's".
"Yes, it the children's".
As it move, Tom remark, "Boy, that truck looks nice. I hope one day I get my very own truck. Yep indeed".
Zach and Coff notice Aqua ducking her head down.
Coff asked her, "Uhh, what are you doing?"
"Ar-are they gone?"
"Gone? You mean the truck?" Zach asked her.
"Yes!"
Both Zach and Coff look at each other, bewilder by Aqua action as Zach replied, "Uhh yes, the truck just went pass us".
This relieved Aqua quickly, as lifted herself up and swipe her head away, "Phew, that's a close call".
"You are acting kinda weird", Zach remark, "Is there something the matter with you?"
"Uhh no! Not at all! I'm perfectly well!" Aqua replied, then thought, "Sh*t! Now those brats are closer to me! Oooh man! I wish we get to Washington soon!"
After passing by Goldfield, they reach another destination.
It was a town known as Tonopah.
A small town by the look of it. Unlike the previous towns they pass by or stop by, this one feature some variants.
For one, there are more structures that doesn't apply to a first or second level. There were hotels, restaurants, shops, houses, gas station, and motels located in the surrounding center, with most houses and smaller buildings being the wall of this area.
Second, there seem to be more trees. Green and flourish trees, with no hints of dying.
As for identify landmarks, there doesn't seem to be any, other than a Clown Motel.
A motel with plaster signs showing clowns and varied colors of red, blue, and purple on them.
They drove on the street filled with the most shops. They pass by the Mizpah Hotel, as they park near the structure.
There were few cars and few people passing by. Most of the cars were driving slowly through the street. As for the people, most were tourist or native of his town.
They came out of the vehicle, with Tom holding a camera and remarking, "Boy, is it nice to finally take a small break and take a good look around before we depart. Isn't that right, Zach".
"Yeah, totally", Zach replied.
"Uhhh, why are we stopping?" Aqua asked, "Shouldn't you keep driving. I mean, I'm not being pushy or anything but as a competitor it would be wise to keep moving!"
"Well I choose some towns for me and my wife to take a good look", Tom replied, as his wife step near him, "And this place is one of them. Anyhow, me and wife are going to tour around the place. Meet us back here around four o clock".
As these two turn around and walk off to where the gas station is, Aqua, Zach, and Coff stand there, wondering what to do before four o clock pm.
"Well, guess it time for us to tour around too", Zach asked them, pulling out his phone, "What do you say, guys?"
"F**k that", Coff replied, "I need to find a stripper club so I could waste away my money I have".
"Coff, your too young for that. Besides, I don't think there's a strip club around here, not that I'm certain of".
"Zach, I'm a demon. You expect me to be all pure, kind and all that whiny cr*p?"
"Well no, I'm mostly basing it off by principle standards".
"Yeah, well your principle could suck it own d*ck".
"Anyways", Zach, ignoring his vulgar attitude, turn to her and asked Aqua, "What do you want to do?"
"Uhh...", Before Aqua could make a response, she see the same truck passing by.
The children's did not notice her, but she quickly duck down on the ground as the truck drove off.
She felt a huge shaking emitting from her, with Zach and Coff once again, confuse by her sudden reaction.
"Great, she's doing that again", Coff commented, looking at him then back Aqua, as civilians pass by and notice this oddity but quickly walk pass them without thinking too much of it.
"Hmm...maybe she's hungry", Zach said.
"How?"
"I don't know. Based off her action, I'm assuming she is", Zach said "We haven't eaten much besides snacks all day, and a couple of microwave dinners".
"You know, now did you mention it I am feeling sort of hungry".
As he say that, Zach approach Aqua and press his hand on her shoulder, shoving it and asking, "Uhh Aqua, are you hungry or something?"
"Yeah? Why?"
"Well...me and Coff were thinking you need some food. We were hoping if you-"
While he spoke, this gave Aqua some reassurance, knowing food could help her calm down and possibly make her lay low for a bit.
She quickly got up and confront him, replying, "Yes! Let's go find a restaurant and eat! That will surely give me enough protein to make it".
This startle him for a bit until he finally calm down, as Aqua led the way.
As they walk from the different direction where Tom went, the Jonah crew that were seen before hand were at the gas station.
As the pump begin to fill the car with more gas, Jonah is seen talking to his phone, "What do you mean we just hit a new huge break through? Your saying what? The Oscorp? Collapse? Well that's insane".
Back in the car, Aunt May glare off at the streets, admiring the old buildings remaining as it is while Peter kept moving and shoving, feeling more and more of a tinkle.
He tuck his collar, he kept scratching his head constantly. He can't decipher this odd behavior, "Man, even when taking a nap I can't rid of this feeling. Maybe a little fresh air could help".
He asked Aunt May, "Ummm...Aunt May, I need to get out and get some fresh air".
"Oh do as you will, I think Jonah is having one of his fit right how", Aunt May pointed, as Jonah begin to blow up with berates, rants, and barks.
Peter, using this an opportunity to get some alone time, step out of the car and walk off, heading to the nearest alleyway.
He enter and lean up against the wall, now having more time to think as numerous civilians walk by and cars passing by.
None to notice his behavior behind all the pile of trash bags and dumpsters.
"Ok, I don't know what's been up to me but I'm getting a feeling something important is following me", Peter thought to himself, "I don't know what but I should do some little investigation around here. Something tells me my weird vacation isn't going to let me be Peter Parker for once".
"17 dollar for a freaking steak?! Are you kidding me now?!" Aqua exclaim, looking at the menu.
She and her two boys sat at a booth.
They were at the Tonopah station, home of the casino, hotel, and food.
The interior for the food area has a western theme to it. There were old posters and signs plaster above them. Plaster on the support pillars. Sometime plaster on the ceiling.
They show mostly worded text in old western theme fonts, with sometime showing a background of the desert or something else.
Everything has a sandy and glossy, wooden feel to it, with the lights being usually yellow to fit the mood of a saloon like city.
As the waitress took their menu and walk off, Aqua complain once more while wearing a disguise she got from a trash dumpster ( The outfit itself was a soak coat, a broken sunglasses, and a top hat ), "No seriously, 17 dollars for a steak?! In my world, those usually cost with a few golden coins, not 17 dollars!"
"Hey, be lucky it's not billion credits in my world", Coff told her, then asked Zach, "Hey, should I question about her sudden disguise or what?"
"Uhhh it's not a disguise", Aqua explain, "It's just me...uhhh...simply wearing something fancy. You know, dress none revealing and also less barbaric".
"Yeah, by fancy you meaning grabbing a pair of worn out clothing from a dumpster".
"It's not a dumpster. It's a donation dumpster".
"Aqua, you literally got it from behind a restaurant. I'm pretty certain you stole those clothing from some dead body or something".
"Oh, and you complaining about it by someone who isn't wearing a shirt".
"At least I'm honest".
"Guys, mind keeping your tone down", Zach told them, "I don't want to attract attention around here, okay?"
"What's wrong in that? If anything, her being a celebrity on a reality show could be useful".
"I meant, not attract a awkward scene here", Zach said, "And besides, having a little dinner together may give us a chance to talk, since we haven't talk a lot during the trip".
"What else do we need to talk about?" Coff asked, "About where we going, specifically a place in Washington".
"Exactly", Zach said, then turn his attention to Aqua, "Now Aqua, we know you need to get to Washington but can you give us any detail which place?"
"I don't know", Aqua replied, "All I know is I need to go somewhere that is...tropical...possibly a fake tropical place".
"Fake tropical place", Zach ponder, pressing his chin and looking down, "Hmmm..that is a hard one. Perhaps it somewhere off the coast of Washington".
"Why a fake tropical place?" Coff asked.
"By Chris logic, it could probably refer to a final challenge being constructed. I seen the show, and boy does Chris come up with weird stuff. Do you know there was an entire mysterious scene cut out where Ryuko supposedly fell into a hole?
"Uhh..no, I don't know, and I don't care".
"Well..I actually seen the uncut version", Zach said, not impressing Coff and Aqua sat there, confuse by what he meant, "No, seriously. I actually did".
"Yeaaaaah, that's...great to hear...as if I care".
Just when things seem to ease down, she look around to see more folks eating, waitresses taking orders from the customers, more customers and waitresses passing by, and the sound of gamble and slot machines can be heard across from here.
What caught her to a troubling surprise is the sight of the three children's entering this area. They sat across near them to a table.
Almost by sight of them, causing if one of them to turn to their right they could spot Aqua easily with the poor disguise.
Recognizing them and sweating intensely, Aqua quickly got up and said, "I gotta go".
"Go where?" Zach asked her.
"To the bathroom! Duh! Anyways, got to go!"
As she quickly walk off, Coff remarks, "Seriously, should we be questioning more about Aqua behavior?"
"Eh, she can be eccentric at times. I mean, I saw her acted like this way before on the show".
"Riiight...like when?"
"On the show".
Coff remain silent for a moment until commenting, "I'm going to assume you didn't pay much attention on certain details, didn't you?"
"Uhh..no...uhh...yeah, I didn't", Zach said, admitting to it, "But come on, Aqua may be acting weird but she just being cautious, that's all".
Cautious about what?"
"Losing or end up in a sticky situation. If I know anything about Total Drama, there's always going to be a unexpected surprise".
In the restroom, Aqua went into one of the stall.
She sat on one of the toilet. Her legs folded and wrapping her around her head.
As much as she wanted to remain calm, she can't. Due to the sight of them and having loads of stress putting onto her.
"This is bad...f**king bad", She said, "There is no way they going to not notice me. I'm literally clear in the open. I'm screeeeew!"
"Then perhaps maybe, you should ask your friends to proceed onward quickly", Mister Mind suggested, poking out once again, "Seriously, your sweat is almost making my living space unbearable".
"Awww but I can't do that. I've already order some food".
Mister Mind sigh, thinking to himself, "And to think my arch nemesis is far more mature compare to this".
"Hey! I can be mature!...sometime when I'm alone and stuff".
Outside of the Tonopah station, Peter stood across the front entrance, looking at the giant wooden palace standing in front of him.
"Seems my Spider senses is pointing at here", Peter thought, "I don't know what I'm going to encounter but I sure hope it's not dangerous. Then again, dangerous does always come back around to bite me".
But before he could enter, he was bump by a mysterious figure dress in a trench coat and a hat.
"Hey, watch it", Peter said but soon, he begin to feel a small shock coming from his body.
He move a little, until remaining balance, thinking to himself, "Woah, all of a sudden I feel...a little drain a bit".
As he glance up to see the trench coat man, he can almost make out his facial feature.
A face that surprise him, as the man enter the building.
"Oh no, it can't be", Peter said, "So that's why my Spider senses was acting up. I got to change to Spider man, knowing full well there's going to be a upcoming battle for me to deal with. I just hope Aunt May isn't worry about me being gone for too long. Or Jonah, even".
( Back at the restaurant section ).
The Steam Children's converse among each other about their current situation.
"Do you think our mom will finally get rid of those two idiots that hang around with us?" Steam Gal asked, "Because if it true, then I am stoke".
"I very doubt that", Steam Rad said, leaning at his chair, "Knowing mother, she likely keep them longer, just to spite her old friend".
"Listen if we bring these two before they do, I'm certain she'll repay us in some way or form", Steam Chad told them.
"Like what? Extra food? I'm getting real tired of that", Steam Rad commented.
"I was thinking we could get one of those blocky, wooden houses", Steam Gal said.
"You mean a shed?" Steam Rad asked.
"Yep, a shed! With a fireplace, comfortable beds, and nice TV..plus internet connection".
"Why do you want that?" Steam Chad asked, "What about, I don't know, weapons? The weapons she gave us suck".
"Oh come on, our sleeping rooms suck too. We mostly slept on a tree or...or..rocks. I'm sick of it".
"Hey, uhhh off topic here but shouldn't we figure out how we going to capture the water goddess and the feral guy again?" Steam Rad asked, "Because I'm pretty certain one of them are gonna be hard to capture again".
"Good point", Steam Chad said, then asked out of annoyance, "God, how long is our steak coming by?"
Across the nearby table, Zach is looking around to see where Aqua is. He's been waiting worryingly, feeling concern for Aqua well being.
As for Coff, he doesn't care. He seem to be more occupy with chewing on Aqua dinner than anyone.
"I wonder what's taking her so long?" Zach wonder.
"It probably nothing, Zach", Coff replied, making Zach turn around to face him, "She's probably dealing with a huge amount of load to release. That, or car sickness".
"Are you eating Aqua dinner?" Zach asked him.
"No, I'm merely preserving it".
"By...eating it".
"Look, if there's a chance she's going to come out, whine about it, and say she doesn't want it then it make sense to eat it before that outcome arrive".
"That still kinda rude".
"Well I"m doing the both of us a favor".
Finally, Aqua arrive at the scene. She didn't sit, instead standing up and telling them with a serious tone, "We need to go".
"What?" Zach asked, a bit surprise as Coff stop and look up at her.
"I said, we need to get going".
"But...wait a minute, why though? Don't you want to eat first?"
Aqua, wasting no time to explain, grab his steak and shoving it in her mouth.
In disbelief by this and grabbing attention to some of the people around the table, she shove the streak and attempted to swallow, only to cause her to choke and cause her to hit her stomach to cough it out.
Chunks of meat and spit came out on the table but she eventually gasp for air, now that she had finally swallow it and grab Zach glass of water to drain the aftermath.
After slamming the glass down, she said, "There! Finally full! Now move!"
"But...you just ate my steak?" Zach pointed.
"Yeah, so?"
Zach remain silent until replying, "Never mind".
"Good! Let's get the hell out of here!" She made a marching move, but before she could move further her first step met with a sudden and horrible act.
She stepped on a banana peel, sticking on her bottom boot. Lifting it up to see it, she was disgusted, "Ugh, ew! Who the hell throw a banana peel out in the open like this?"
She looked out until noticing Feral Zeke under the table where they sat, with pile of peels stack on one another. Shocking, they stare at each other, awkwardly until Zeke attack her.
This cause her to scream and tremble as she crash and fell onto the Steam Children's table, causing them to get up and move away from it.
Aqua lay there, along with Feral Zeke. Both dizzy until Steam Gal quickly recognize them, "Hey! It's these two again!"
"Holy cr*p!" Steam Chad said.
"I know, right?!"
"No! I meant, holy f**king christ! We literally sat across that table and we didn't even notice Feral Zeke hiding under there?!"
"Well who cares! Because now, we got them!" Steam Rad said, pulling out a shot gun and aiming at the two of them, who regain conciseness.
Everyone in the room gasp by this, with Zach and Coff were even more confuse by this.
Feral Zeke, startle by the sight of a gun, quickly lunge at him.
He grab onto his face, causing Steam Chad to shoot. Striking the wall two times.
The sound of the bullet cause everyone to get up and ran out, screaming.
"Get this thing off me!" Steam Rad shouted, being hit on the head dozen of time by Zeke.
"Steam Gal, help him!" Steam Chad order her, as she run up to him.
He pulled out a Tommy gun and aim it at Aqua, who begin to slowly back away on the ground until hitting near the other side of the booth, "Stay where you are and you might come out of this alive".
"Wha-What do you want from me?" Aqua asked, demanding for some explanation by these brats kidnapping her.
"Simple, you", Steam Chad told her, "We got a duty to do by capturing you and him for a special treatment?"
As he said that to her, Zach and Coff stood there. Unable to do anything but felt an urgent reason to stand and think how to solve this.
Either get out by Coff thoughts or attempt to save her.
"What are we going to do, Coff?" Zach asked him, worryingly.
"Why are you asking me? Your the older one here".
As Steam Gal try to apprehend Zeke with a leech, who was smack Steam Rad on the ground, Zach look around and see a wooden chair near by.
"Now get up", Steam Chad said, as Aqua slowly stood up with her hand up, "It will be a lot more easy if you cooperate with us because...you know, we have guns and you don't...excluding the fact your a god but still, we got guns".
"Kick him", Mister Mind whisper.
"What?" Aqua asked, afraid.
"Do what I ask. Kick him. That way, it will give you an chance to escape".
"That's crazy. What if it doesn't work? What if I get shot?"
"Then sacrifice will be made".
"Uhh excuse me, are you talking to yourself?" Steam Chad asked her, confuse by this.
"No!...What makes you think that?" Aqua replied, quickly.
"I just heard you speaking to yourself".
"You were speaking to yourself!" Aqua pointed, deflecting her claims.
This left Steam Chad silent, completely dumbfounded by this response.
His only thought was, "Wow, didn't think the desert would effect her so much".
Then suddenly, he felt a smack of a wooden chair hit him.
It didn't struck him down, as he just stood there completely stunned by that feeling.
He turn around and saw Zach, with the broken support wood of the chair, as he stand there in fear.
"Uhh...hello?" Zach responded, as Steam Chad aim his gun at him, startling him.
Before he could pull the trigger, the gun is snap out of his hand by a web shooter.
"Whoa! Careful there. You might actually hurt an adult, kid", a voice is heard, with everyone pausing what they doing and looking upward to see...
SPIDERMAN!
Crawling above the ceiling, as he continue to crack out some comments. Everyone was shock to see him, with Aqua being the most as she has never seen this guy before.
"Thought I would get a little snack here. Didn't think I end up in a sport ring".
"Wha-what the hell is that thing?" Aqua shouted, pointing at him.
"Who am I? I'm your friendly neighborhood...actually, we aren't in a neighborhood technically speaking; Just call me Spiderman, okay?"
"Oh my god, it Spiderman!" Zach said out loud, filled with relief and excitement to see him.
As for the Steam Children's they were annoyed by him.
"Oh..oh come on!" Steam Chad said, "Now this web f**ker is here!"
"Whoa! Language there kiddo", Spiderman replied, shooting a web which stick onto Steam Chad mouth, who is unable to remove it with his bare hand.
As Spiderman jump back down, he asked them, "Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, everyone is alright...except you!" A sudden voice is heard behind him.
Before Spiderman could turn around, his spider senses caught a grasp of hands readying to grab him.
He leap and flip backward and landing back on the ground to see who was trying to grab him.
It was the same trench coat guy, only this time his entire face and body is reveal. He is entirely purple with pink stripes lining all over his body.
Everyone was stunned by this, bewilder even.
Spiderman quickly recognize him and said, "Well, if it isn't barney the dinosaur himself".
"It's Parasite! You web headed creep", He said to himself, holding both his hands out to shoot bolts of electricity at him but Spiderman quickly dodge them by moving to his left and right swiftly.
"Didn't think you would be here. On vacation, perhaps?" Spiderman taunt.
"Close", Parasite said, "I got an assignment to do, bug man. And your in my way!"
Parasite ran toward him with his hands out to grab him. Spiderman jump but his leg is grab, causing him to be slammed on the ground.
This gives Aqua an opportunity to run off of here, with Zach and Coff following suite.
As Steam Chad finally remove the web from his mouth, he pointed at the exit, as Steam Gal manage to put the collar on Zeke, "Don't you idiots stand there! After them!"
As they ran out, this leaves Parasite to use both his hands to grip onto Spiderman face, emitted bolts of electricity which shock Spiderman to an hundred agony of sharp bolts damaging him.
"Mmm, you were right. This is like a buffet!" Parasite said, sarcastically. Grinning down at the hero, "Maybe some protein may give me enough energy to carry on the mission".
"Alright, so I guess this does...somewhat explain my senses", Spiderman thought, thinking it to be the case but then he remember, "Wait a minute, no didn't. The kid and that girl. They still have something to do with my weird feeling. I can feel it. But what with Parasite deal here? Is he part of this? And what does he mean by assignment? I don't know what's going on but I'm going to find out".
"Hey Parasite! What's the cliche line to keep a person mouth shut?" Spiderman asked, resisting the pain of the shock.
Confuse, Parasite replied, "Uhh..I don't know. What?"
"Chew on this!" Spiderman move his left hand and aim it at his mouth, shooting the web at his eye instead, which release him.
Spiderman kick Parasite while struggling to remove the web. Kicking him so far at the booth, which cause him to be slam on the wall and fall on the table.
The web crawler jump and land back on the ground on all three with his left arm out, "Alright then...I probably should've choose a different one liner than that".
Parasite quickly got up and lunge back at him.
Spiderman jump out of there and stick onto the ceiling.
Parasite then jump at him, and although Spiderman try to quickly avoid him, he was eventually pull back down and zap to the extreme by Parasite, pressing both his hands on his back and consuming the energy from him.
"Desert! Here I come!" He said, as Spiderman scream in agony.
Spiderman look around for something to stopped this, and he notice some drip of water still left inside a cup.
Having know Parasite weakness, he hold out his hand and shoot a web to grab the left over cup and swing it at Parasite face, releasing him.
Spiderman then proceed to look around quickly and swing the nearest table with water stains and glass of water on it, and throw it at Parasite.
Parasite is struck down, shock by the gallon of water that spill onto him, as he shook until he finally collapse on the ground.
This left Parasite unconscious, as the sound of police siren is coming nearer.
Spiderman stood up and look to his right, hearing the sound. Feeling he cannot interrogate him right now, he decided to book out, "Now then, got to get the heck out of here".
Tom and Marcy waited in the car.
It has already been four o clock, and there seem to be no sign of their friends.
All they could do is wait, as the folks here pass by and the vehicles move along.
"Hmm, I wonder where our friends have gone to?" Tom wonder, "It's already been four o clock".
"Maybe they gone out to get a few snacks", Marcy suggest.
"Snacks? We already got enough snacks in here for three more stops".
The silence and tame scene soon ended, as Aqua break through the back seat through the right window, startling the old couple.
"What in god heavens!" Tom exclaim, as Zach and Coff quickly get in, "What's up with you three?!"
"We don't have time to explain", Aqua said, strapping herself with seatbelt and shouting, "Get moving!"
"Now wait a minute, I want to-!"
"I say get moving! Will ya!"
Having no choice but to comply, Tom turn the vehicle on and drove out onto the road.
Passing by another vehicle waiting in the gas station for one of them to return.
"Where the heck is Parker?!" Jonah shouted, "He shouldn't had left without notifying me!"
"But he told me to notify you", Aunt May said.
"I meant by PARKER! If I don't see him here about another second or so, he's FIRE!"
"Oh, I'm sure he'll be here. Don't get too steam up, mister Jonah".
"Steam up?! I'm always steam up! I got a phone call about a huge news deadline! And Parker should've been there but nooo! He choose to join me in this so call 'vacation of his'"
"Jonah you chose him to accompany you, remember?"
"Really? Don't seem to recall that".
After he said that, Peter finally enter the back seat. Managing to retrieve back to his normal civilian identity, and making it in time to not get fired.
Unfortunately, he is met with more wrathful yelling by Jonah, "Parker! Where have you been?! I been waiting here for god knows what!"
"Uhh, sorry mister Jameson, I-"
"You know what! I don't want to hear any excuses! I've already got enough trouble back at home".
As Jonah drove out from the gas station, Peter think to himself, "I got to find out more about that girl, and why that Parasite guy is after her. More importantly, about this assignment. I'm getting a feeling this is going to be more than a long break on my part".
They are back on the road and are now heading to the next town.
They drove on the empty, long road to the vast land of sand, this time containing some green bushes and trees, and sometime sights of lakes or lush hills.
The departure from the last time wasn't that long, as indicated by Tom asking the three of them, "Now let me ask you three again? Why the hassle? Did you three get into trouble or what?"
"I..I don't know", Coff told him, "Asked the hooker here. She might have a reason behind it".
"Aqua, do you got something to tell us because it seems like all of us are in some kind of dizzy dizzy situation".
Aqua wasn't certain how to respond to this. She wonder, "Cr*p, should I tell everyone what I been through or what? I'm not even certain if they going to believe me. Oh, what the hell am I saying? Zach and Coff seem to have some weird multiverse history, so...guess I could tell them...but how am I going to tell them?"
Just then, they felt a sudden shook from the loud hit on their right.
"What in blazing?" Tom turn to look at his rear window to a truck driven by the Steam Children's.
Steam Chad is knocking them out of balance from the road, trying to push them on the desert side on their right.
They kept doing it several time, with Tom getting more and more frustrated, confuse, and worry, "What in god names are they doing?! And are those darn kids driving it?!"
Behind the two vehicles was Jonah car, as they were perplex by this odd, sudden action happening.
"What is going on over there?" Jonah asked, "Looks like some kind of action movie is being film".
"Maybe it is", Aunt May said, believing to be so.
But Peter has a feeling.
A feeling that it must be connected to the girl. And he was right, as he took a small glance to see Aqua blue hair.
"It's the same girl from before", Peter thought, "And the truck must be driven by those kids, I think. I'm not sure what's going on here. I need to know what this whole thing all about. But first, I got to do something. I could maybe try using my web shooters but for what? It would've draw the attention of Jonah and Aunt May".
As he urgently wonder what to do, the truck continue to collide with Tom vehicle.
Doing more and more, creating more scars onto the vehicle.
"Damn it! They scratch my car!" Tom exclaim, "What are they trying to do?!"
"It's those three kids back at the restaurant!" Zach replied.
"What?"
"Yeah", Aqua awkwardly confess, "I may have forgot to tell you this but I kinda got myself into a terrible circumstance".
"What?! What do you mean?" Tom asked.
"What she's trying to say is", Coff interject, "She pull ourselves into a spiral mess of hers".
"I did not! What makes you think I did?!" Aqua told him.
"I don't know. I just assume so. Clearly those kids must be your angry fans".
"They not fans! And I'm even sure why they're after me!"
Back to the truck, Steam Chad continues to drive right at the car next to them. Trying to ram it out, all a while a tied up Feral Zeke is being toss around in the trailer, indicated by the grunts and scream from it.
"Uhhh would it be a good idea to block them instead of ramming them?" Steam Gal asked, concern about the outcome, "I'm pretty certain this will likely kill them".
"I know", Steam Chad said, "I'm just trying to ram them slowly but somehow, that fat, middle age guy has enough strength to remain on the road!"
"We could try other option".
"Like what?" Steam Rad asked her.
"You know..."
"Wait, are you referring we should use that bazooka we have?"
"Yep! You totally read my mind".
"But wouldn't that kill them too?" Steam Chad.
"Chad, she's just want to blow something up. I mean, you did told us to bring any weapons to our disposal".
"Yeah, but I didn't mean like a bazooka. I meant like guns or sword. Simple weaponry", Steam Chad told him, "Not something like that!'
"Too bad! You weren't specific enough!" Steam Gal said, holding a World War 2 America bazooka and attempted to aim it at one of the tires to prevent them from driving further.
Instead, the shot fire at the trailer home, blowing it up and making it turn into a moving bond fire, which cause it to detach and fall off the road.
Much to the appalled, horrified shock to Tom, who witness it, "MY TRAILER!"
"Holy smoke!" Jonah exclaim, shock by it including Aunt May and Peter, "Now that's a story to be written on our newspaper!"
Even the Steam Children's themselves were surprise by this.
As Steam Chad and Rad look at Gal.
"What? I was aiming at one of the tires".
"OH yeah...aiming at one of the ti-OH SH*T!" Steam Chad exclaim, turning around to see a pale fox in the middle of the road, as it glance at them with it red pupil, causing them to spin out of control, which cause them to turn their right and fall off the slope.
Sliding down and rolling until eventually landing on the deep steep, as the two vehicles from above drive off.
This led the truck in disarray. Shamble and broken, with the lid of the trunk open, revealing black smoke emitting it. A twisted trailer, forming a L shape.
Steam Rad kick the door out, as the three of them hop out from the damage truck.
They stare at the damage truck. With a stench of frustration over Steam Chad thoughts, with the two of them wondering what to do next.
"Greeeaat...just f**king great!" Steam Chad remark.
"Huh, is it me or am I the only one expected the truck to explode", Steam Gal added.
"Now what? How do we get to Aqua now? Steam Rad asked him.
"I don't know!" Steam Chad said.
They ponder over this, until Steam Gal notice the banging noise coming from the trailer. As she notice the scream and kick, she see several of the broken pieces of the truck, which gives her an idea.
"Wait, I got it!" Steam Gal said, gaining the attention to her brothers, "Why not we have Zeke ebuilt our truck?"
"What?" Steam Rad asked, dumbfounded.
"Think about it. He's fast, he's vigilant, I think he could fix our truck in no time".
"You really expect a feral monster to know how to do repair?" Steam Chad asked, finding the solution to be dumb.
"Uhh...yeah".
This made Steam Rad facepalm, as he said, "You know what, that's it. Let just call Cherieng about this. I'm done with this".
"But..but Steam Rad, you can't give up!" Steam Chad said, refusing to end it, "What about our reputation?!"
"Well we can't do anything if our truck is destroyed. And beside, we already got what we need".
"Yeah but.."
"Guys, guys, guys...guys", Steam Gal stepped, putting her finger up to his mouth and saying, "I know this may seem like a dire situation but if we allow our Zeke friend to do the repairing I'm sure we'll get Aqua in no time".
After some time of a silent moment, Steam Rad replied, "Yeah no, I'm not doing this".
"Pleeeeassse!" Steam Gal begged, kneeling down to him, "I promise this will work. I'll prove it!"
( Five hours later ).
The truck is back on the road, fully repair and ready to drive off.
The minor issue is it slowly moving, with the truck barely resembling a truck, and more or less resemble a giant ball.
Eventually, the truck stopped and fall apart, leaving the Steam Children's and Feral Zeke without a transportation.
Things may seem lost but Steam Gal try to remain positive about by coming up with another idea, "No wait! I got another idea!'
Quickly driving as far away from that place as possible, they finally reach the town of Fallon.
The town that does not excite Tom, as he is still modified by the lost of his trailer home.
The town was quite vibrant than the rest. Although small, there was some color plaster in this place. So much so, there were more people and vehicles. Not much but average enough for anyone to come by and visit.
It contains mostly shops and restaurants, with a few sight to differs such as a theater being one of them.
They drove to William Avenue. There, they pass by the Churchill county justice court and the building, wooden structure name Nugget, as they finally park where the parking lots are free for the sidewalk area in Maine street.
The Maine streets has light poles, metal benches, some man made trees with seats surrounding it, some trash cans, and a mounted, brick sign located in the center of the road which read, 'Fallon, founded in 1908'.
The buildings themselves were the usual aesthetic design from the previous ones. With western fonts, some resembling saloons, though a little bit more updated to fit the modern norm, some buildings contains signs while others have tents, shielding away from the brightness of the sun.
Most of them either have one level or two level. Everything was square, all attach with no sight of a alleyway. Some were drench with a blue, red, and pale color, while some were bricks revealing.
They all got out. As Tom expression remain modified as he look over to the hook for the trailer. Looking down at the metal ripped, he remark with sincere tarnish and despair, "Awww darn it. And I just install a new air conditioner".
Marcy came to comfort him by patting on his shoulder, "There, there, it's going to be alright. At least we still have each other and most of our stuff".
Tom sigh, which made him somewhat relieve, "Yeah, I guess so. I mean, it could be worst. It could've been violated by those boys again".
Zach felt a bit bad for the old man. Despite going along with them, he can't help but feel pity for the man lost. As for Coff and Aqua, they don't seem to care.
Aqua seems more focus on her trip to Washington than caring for someone prize possession. If it was booze in there, she would show ounce of compassion but none is ever shown into her thoughts.
"I...uhh..I think we should give these two some alone time", Zach told the two of them.
"Yeah, let's focus something else shall we?" Coff said, staring at Aqua, "Starting with our whiny, hooker, slutty friend, Aqua".
A confuse silent proceeded. She look around as people are passing by and several vehicles drove by, she asked him, "What?"
"Don't tell us what. You got some more explaining to do".
"I already told you. I am being chase by those brats for unknown reason, other than some task or whatever. What more do you want?"
"Coff, I think she has a point", Zach told him, "She sounds very genuine about it".
"Well I don't believe so. I think you just want to believe her because she's hot", Coff said.
"What? No! I told you, I'm not even interested in her! I'm only siding with her because I'm too confuse".
"Don't lie, I seen you shrugging off Aqua odd behavior".
"Look, if Aqua saying is true, then we shouldn't put the focus on blaming her. We should put the focus more on moving forward", Zach said, "That's probably what she wanted".
"Yeah, that's not going to work if she's still around. I'm not even certain those brats are dead".
"Oh please, don't tell me you don't have your fair share of problems", Aqua said, which irk Coff as he turn around to face her.
"What do you mean by that?"
Remembering she has seen him in Mandora hologram, Aqua decided to use that to shift the blame, or in this case, a different topic to get back on him, "Don't lie, I have a feeling your hiding something as well".
"Uhh...what are you even talking about?"
"Oh you know, why else would you be here?"
"I told you, it's personal".
"Personal, or hidden agenda, pal?"
"Guys, guys, guys, will you please stop it", Zach cuts in, getting really irritated by each other arguing, "I don't want any of you to make this situation much tougher as it seem, so I suggest we save this for later time until our trip is over".
The two of them stare at each other, contempt to continue this argument. But they knew it wouldn't solve anything, so to much to Zach relief, they both sigh and responded, "Fine".
"Great! Good to hear", Zach clap his hands together and said, "Now, how about we get some drinks? Maybe that calm us down for a bit after what just happen".
"That..sounds great!" Aqua said, which seem to cheer her up a little as she raises her right arm up, "Let's get some booze!"
"Umm actually, I was thinking of getting normal drinks like a soda, a milkshake, a-"
Before Zach could finish further, Aqua glance at him with a sad, puppy like expression in a attempt to force him to feel pity for Aqua need.
"Okay, okay, booze it is", Zach said, which cause Aqua to hop with excitement.
"Simp", Coff mutter to him, referring to Zach obeying her demand.
As they walk away, another vehicle park right next to them on their left.
Jonah quickly came out and slam the door shut, as he head to the nearest building in front of him. Which was, Open Shaw Saddlery.
"Lousy, slow connection", Jonah shouted, "Got to find the nearest store with a phone! I got to report that incident to my co-ops!"
"Uhh mister Jameson", Peter came out of the car, following Aunt May, "Shouldn't we-"
"Not now Parker! This need to be put on the newspaper, NOW! Can't wait any longer, if those Daily Planet morons get to it first!"
"But-"
"No buts Peter!" Jonah finish his rambling, as he storm into that building while shoving people walking by out of the way.
Aunt May, remaining as calm despite what happen, commented, "He sure does love to pick up the news real fast. He's like you, Parker".
"Yeah, only more loud and brash compare to someone with enormous", Peter sarcastically said, looking around and noticing next to him the same vehicle from before.
In fact, he notice what seem to be the driver of this vehicle, Tom, sitting on a bench and sobbing while Marcy is comforting him.
"It's the same vehicle from before", Peter thought, "Which means, that same woman and those other guys are around here".
As he observe more to his surrounding, he can spot Aqua, Zach, and Coff only in his right distance away.
"There they are. If I could ask them some question, I may understand what's going on here. It may even allow me to protect Aunt May and Jameson a lot more, if anything is going to happen".
Peter decided to speak with his Aunt, asking, "Uhh Aunt May, I'm going to take a little stroll around this area, if that's okay for you?"
"Oh, why yes Peter", She replied, "I think that would be wonderful, Peter. I'll be strolling too. Some of these places do look interesting".
"Thanks Aunt May", Peter replied, as he rush off to meet with them.
Cut back to them, Coff was a bit worry of Zach. Despite his taunts, he felt a little concerning for Zach caring for their 'celebrity'.
"Dude, no offense but are you sure it's a good idea to do whatever Aqua want?" Coff asked him.
"I'm sure of it. Yes, she can be a little...whiny on her show but I think helping her out will be worth it".
"I'm just saying. I mean, I'm not perfect by any mean but that doesn't mean we need to contribute more imperfections like her", Coff said, "Why couldn't we just choose a different competitor? One that isn't irritating like her".
"Because...I really don't where the rest of them are".
"Hey! Uhh excuse me, would you three mind stopping for a bit", Peter asked, catching up to them as they turn around to face him.
He begin with a more casual tone, as a way to not paint himself look weird as it seems.
"Aww what the hell do you want?" Aqua groan.
"I...uhhh, was meaning to ask you fellows some questions".
"Why? And who are you, exactly?" Zach asked.
"He better not be another annoying fan", Aqua thought, "I've already dealt with Zach here, I'm not going to deal with another 20 year old loser"
"Pardon my intrusion but the names Peter Parker", Peter replied, shaking hands with Zach, "Photographer for the Daily Bugle".
"Daily Bugle? Ooooh, the Daily Bugle", Zach said, pointing to him, seemingly surprise and quite grateful, "Your the guys that have the most news article on Spiderman".
"Yep, that's us. Though the credit goes mostly by-"
"Anyways, what brings you here from the Bugle", Zach asked, then gasp after thinking about it from the previous incident, "Are you here to capture photos of Spider man?"
"Uhh...yeah, I am".
"That's great!" Zach said, "You know I'm actually a journalist myself looking for Spiderman".
"Really?"
"Yep. Not a photographer but pretty similar".
This cause Coff to moan and facepalm, "Oh god, his ego coming on".
As Zach begin to converse with Parker, Mister Mind whisperingly commented to Aqua, remarking, "Something about this boy perk me the wrong way".
"Huh, what do you mean?" Aqua asked him.
"There something about his tone, his manners. He comes off...similar to that Spiderman".
"You know Spiderman?"
"Know him, yes. His identity, uncertain. Right now, it seems he may likely be our obstacle".
"How would you know?"
"Think about it. Will you trust anyone who may likely use you?"
"I mean...the way you worded it makes you sound kinda hypocritical, considering what your doing".
"At least I'm being somewhat honest about it", Mister Mind said, "Besides, we both on the same side here".
Cutting back to Peter and Zach conversation, Peter as much as he is delightful to hear more of him being a journalist and all that stuff, he intrude in the conversation again, "Uhh yeah, yeah, that's good and all. I mean, I would love to hear more about your weird adventure in the cosmos, but can you tell me about...ummm..her?"
Zach saw Parker pointing at Aqua, and asked him, "You mean her?"
Peter nodded.
"Ooooh her..yeah, her name is Aqua. She's...one of the competitor on this reality show. She's been joining with us, ever since she became stranded out in the desert".
"Really?"
"Yep. Odd I know but it's kinda a long story on her part".
"Basically, she's a hooker", Coff cuts in, wanting to wrap this over quickly to not waste any time.
"Coff!" Zach scolded, which offended Aqua.
"What? I'm telling the truth here".
"Listen, ignore my pal here", Zach said to Peter, "Aqua isn't like that. Sure, she can be a little...irritated at times".
"Irritated?" Aqua asked, feeling offended.
"What I meant to say, she can be unhappy at times but I know she can still be...uhhh..."
"Useful?" Peter asked.
"Uhhh...", Before Zach could answer, Peter spider sense tinkle and at that moment, he quickly push Zach out of the way of a explosion, along with Coff and Aqua.
The explosion is seen and felt by many onlooker.
Tom and Marcy look up, Aunt May turn around and notice, and Jonah quickly got out of the building to hear the blast coming from outside.
As the four of them lay on the ground, coughing and glancing to the spot of the explosion, Zach was the first to glance up to see a familiar fac/
A face he hope he won't see again as he froze there while the others catch up to what they saw.
To much of everyone stunned as the black smoke from the flame clear away, a figure reveal is floating in the air.
He wore a white cape, a blue jumpsuit and a cone helmet. His skin is pale, his eyes are dark with an exception for the white pupil, and has long hair that reaches to his neck.
He also wielded ten rings, with black images on them showing different type unknown creatures.
He remain the air in silent, looking down at the terrifying Zach and the others.
Soon the mysterious attack finally spoke up, "Hello...Zach, my friend".
"Ooooh, cr*p", Zach responded, which caught Aqua attention.
"You know this guy?" Aqua asked him.
She seen him before but didn't think Zach and that guy has some kinda connection.
"Yes, that's...Censorall", Zach replied, "The deadliest saboteur in the multiverse".
"Liberator, Zach", Censorall said, slowly landing, "I thought you would understand that. I even spare and gave your people shelter after your home-world was destroyed. Instead of that, you reported the authority and put me away in a maximum prison!"
Censorall shouted, as he shot a black laser at him, striking him down once again.
"Despite all that, I still have some use for you even with the countless refusal coming from you".
Peter, seeing the urgent of this matter, quickly and quietly ran out of there while they are distracted, heading to the nearest alleyway.
"Now then, with that expedition dump out of the way", Censorial said, as Coff helped Zach up and Aqua begin to step back, "I'm not here to convince you again, nor am I here to liberate this Earth. Instead, I'm here for the girl".
"Ha! totally saw that, Coff pointed out, looking at Zach as if admitting he knew straight away what he want. It's as if he was proud about it, "Totally knew he was going to say that".
"Aww come on", Aqua thought, "Another guy after me? Wait a minute, what if Chris is behind this? There's a likely chance it could".
"Hey!" Tom voice got the attention of Censorall, turning around noticing Tom marching his way toward him alongside Marcy.
Zach, Coff, and Aqua begin to panic, knowing full well how dangerous this guy is.
"Now you listen here, you jestor elf", Tom scoff, "I don't know who you are where you came from, you do not harm my friends over, alright?"
Censorall, ignoring his comment, lifted his hand up and shot another blast from his rings, which destroyed Tom vehicle right in front of them.
This horrified Tom, "BWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
"Ooooh crud, this is not his day", Coff commented, as he see Tom collapse on his knee.
"Oh god! Not my car!" Tom exclaim, clenching his head and his hat.
"Tourist", Censorall mutter out of pure annoyance, then turning his attention to Zach and his friends once again, "Now then, where was I? Oh yeah, hand over the blue one".
"Zach, I think we should do as he said", Coff whisper to Zack, backing away from Censorall aiming at them.
"What? No way".
"Dude, enough with your simping over her. We are literally going to die by protecting a whiny hoe like her".
"It's not that. She's a competitor, and needed some help".
"Which is still count as simping".
Just then, a web shot down at his hands, covering his rings with webs as a voice can be heard, "Sorry to interrupt again but it seems we have a new guy in town".
Looking upward on their right, they see Spider man on top of the roof, crouching down as he stood there, looking down at them.
This brings huge reassessment to them.
"Spider man!" Zach said.
"Glad to see you guys again", Spider man commented, "What a coincidence".
He then turn his attention to Censorall, who remove the web off, "And I'm assuming we are dealing with a jester theme villain or something?"
"The names Censorall!" He replied, aiming his right ring and projecting a serpent dragon that shot another head of a dragon. Lunging more and more from it mouth, as it crash at the roof.
Spider man manage to jump down on the ground.
"And for your information! I am a liberator, not what you may assume is a jester!"
"Oh, so a clown then? Because not to break your spirit but there's already a clown theme villain".
"I am not a clown! I am Censorall! A liberator!"
"Riiight", Spider man sarcastically said, standing up, "And I'm a menace. Listen, you guys really need to be more honest about yourself. Red Skull admits he's evil, and he's like really old".
Censorall began his full attack by projecting two more entity.
One was a slithering, snake with tommy guns as it eyes while the other is a ape with a torrent as a head.
The snake begin to fire bullets while the ape fire canon balls.
Spider man did a flip and jump, avoiding them and allowing them to fire at the empty building behind him, causing more damage and explosion.
Everyone in the near by attack ran off, while Tom, Marcy, Zach, Coff, Aunt May, Jonah, and Aqua stand there emits of the battle.
Spider man jump near the trash and uses his webs to stick it and throw it at Censorall.
Censorall then dodge it and force the gorilla to leap in the air and smash down upon Spider man.
Only for Spider man to quickly jump out of the way, swiftly, as the blow of the impact created a crack on the sidewalk.
Aunt May ran toward Jonah to safety, "Shouldn't we get inside where it safe?"
"Nonsense! I want to see the action", Jonah replied.
"You mean seeing this poor man defend for his life from that odd man?"
"If poor man, you mean Spiderman?! No! I want to see this web crawler get pounded! I would get upset but at the same time, there's high hope my nemesis might get defeated! Now where the heck is Parker?"
"Now did you mention it, where is he?"
Back in the battle, Spiderman is caught by the snake, being strapped and tighten by it as the eyes aim at him.
He uses his web shooter to snatch a near by fallen bricks and throw it at Censorall, who is hit which allows Spiderman to be released.
He then ran up at him, avoiding the gorilla trying to snatch him by sliding downward as he came close to Censorall recovering and gave a strike of a upper punch.
This cause Censorall to be flung and struck down on the ground as the projections disappear.
"I could do this all day, elf Lantern", Spiderman said, "just give it up".
"Didn't I told you! I'm-"
"Censorall? Or was it Censor-something? I can't seem to remember".
This cause Censorall to groan out of frustration.
"Holy cr*p...this guy is amazing", Aqua thought, remarking Spiderman acrobatic skill, "But at the same time, his voice is bugging me. Something about it, tho. He just sound...familiar".
"What are you doing?" Mister Mind asked her, "We need to keep going".
"How? Our freaking vehicle is destroyed", Aqua replied.
"Then find something".
Aqua looked around and turn around to see a near by vehicle park on the sidewalk.
Back to Spiderman as Censorall is slowly getting up.
"Look pal, I'm not in the mood of fighting so if you just give yourself up, you do me a favor", Spiderman said.
"Heheheh...you really think I came here alone?"
"Huh?" Spiderman wonder but he didn't had time, as he senses something too late to dodge it, as he is struck at the back which slid him away on the road.
He felt a sudden heat shock and electricity vibration.
He then open his eye and saw them.
A man clad in a yellow and red jumpsuit with a mask arm. He wielded what appear to be gauntlets.
Next to his left is a man wearing a green jumpset but also having his entire body cover in electricity.
"Howdy bug man", The first man asked, sarcastically, "Didn't expect us to take a day off from New York, huh?"
Spiderman gotten himself up, surprise to see them, "Oh...Shocker and Electro...let me guess, off on parole or breakout".
"Breakout", Shocker replied, holding out his left gauntlet, which emitted a glowing green ray and a small vibration sound.
"I'm actually on parole", Electro raises his hand up.
"Oh, neat", Spiderman said, "Say, would you mind letting me deal with a weird, alien guy here. I'm kinda busy right now".
"Sorry bug man but we got a task to do", Shocker said, as he hold out two of his gauntlets and aiming it at him.
"Task? Like what? Are you guys after the girl too?"
"Correction! Freak!" Electro stepped in and shot more electrical ray at him.
Spiderman quickly duck backward then lifted his head a little to see and shot another web at Shocker goggle.
"God dang it, boy!" Shocker shouted, as he try to remove the hard substance.
"Great, first Parasite now these guys", Spiderman said to himself, as Electro begin shooting more.
Spiderman swiftly swing his way out of there from the impact.
"What next? Magneto?" Spiderman landed on-top of another roof top.
"Hold still, you blasted thing!" Censorall shouted, projecting the same dragon serpent.
Spiderman jump down from the strike, then immediately ran toward Jonah and Aunt May, as they were in shock.
"Get down!" Spiderman caught the two of them and push them on the ground, as the electrical bolt misses them.
"Are the two of you alright?" Spiderman asked them.
"Uh yes..thank you, young sir", Aunt May replied, grateful for his action.
As for Jonah, he wasn't too grateful. If anything, he was irritated, "Spiderman! How dare you almost got ourselves kill! Do you got anything to say for yourself?!"
Peter help them up, but Jonah pull his arm away from Spiderman assistance, as well as his sarcastic tone, "Uhh, your welcome".
An electric bolt shot pass by them, with Spiderman telling the two of them, "Quickly! Inside! Now!"
"What about my dear grandson, Parker?" Aunt May asked, as more and more bolts are fire.
"He's fine just go and hide!" Spiderman said, as the two of them head inside to the nearest building, as Spiderman dodges more attack by Electro and Censorall projections.
After Shocker remove the web off his goggle, he then told Electro, "You! Capture the girl! I'll handle that web head!"
"You got it!" Electro comply but the problem was as he looked around, there seem to be no sight of Aqua or the others, "Uhh...where is she?"
Far from town. Far from the battle.
The car Aqua manage to stole drove off into the distance, vast land of sand and grass.
Zach was the one driving, sitting beside him is Aqua and at the back was Coff.
"Can this car move any faster?" Aqua complain.
"It's a old car, what did you expect?" Zach replied.
"I expect for us to move faster. Those monsters could catch up at any moment".
"Then how about you drive?" Coff sarcastically asked, "If you so much in a hurry, why not drive yourself?"
"First off, I don't know how to drive. I'm from a different world. And second, you guys suppose to be my helper here".
"Hey, I didn't sign up to help your a**. I only join you guys to avoid Mandora".
"WHAT?!" Zach was shock to hear that, even flabbergasted, which Coff didn't realize it and didn't intentionally suppose to say that.
"Oops...did I say something?"
"Uhh yeah, you did! You said you were getting chase by a space cop!" Aqua mention.
"And how would you know that? Did you met her?"
"Why yes, I did", Aqua replied, having Zach look at her, "What? I'm serious, I was going to tell you guys earlier".
"Well you didn't do a good job on it!"
"I was scaaaaare!"
"Great, now we all have a share problem coming after us", Coff said, sarcastically and frowning, "No thanks to...well...all of us, I guess".
"Guys, let's calm down", Zach told them, "Let's not fight here. At least still have each..I mean, at least we still alive. We'll just reach to the other town, and figure something out".
"Ahem", Aqua said.
"Oh, and help Aqua get to Washington. That's our priority".
"If Aqua lose this, I'm going to burn your stupid eyepatch", Coff told him.
"Heheheh..your joking, right?"
( Cut back to Spiderman ).
Spiderman is still dealing with the three sinister villains attacking him.
Censorall using all his three creatures to charge him but Spiderman became to quick and leap onto a light pole.
Then he leap once again when Electro shot another electric ray at him, taking down the pole down instead of the web shooter.
Every time they try to shoot at him, Spidermen kept avoiding. Although they wanted to destroy the web slinger, they still have a priority to do.
"That filthy spiderman is wasting our time!" Censorall shouted, as he move his right hand to continue using his projections at Spiderman, "We lost her and now he's fooling us".
"That's basically him in the nutshell", Shocker said, using his gauntlet to shoot more shocking blast at him, as Spiderman begin to feel exhausted from all the jumping around and running around.
He can't even stop and use his web shooter.
Luckily though, police sirens can be heard in the distance, catching Electro attention, "Oh boy, it's the cops!"
"Scramble! Spiderman may have won this time but he won't stop us from completing our task", Shocker said, as they disperse. With Censorall flying out of there and Electro doing the same, only with his electrical power, while Shocker simply ran out of there, leaving Spiderman to leap down.
"Aww, leaving so soon?", Spiderman remark, as the police sirens becomes louder and louder, "Guess it's not their day to deal with their friendly Web Crawler".
Suddenly he heard a loud, aggressive shout referring to him, "Spiderman!"
He turn and saw Jonah, approaching him with his fist flench and his frown becoming more and more angrier as he speak, "You web menace! I'll have you sue for almost causing us our lives!"
"Jonah! Love to hear your vacation story, but I got somewhere else that needed me", Spiderman said, as he leap over Jonah and onto the building in front of him, as he disappear within sight.
"Hey! You come back here", Jonah swing his right fist up, as Aunt May came out, "I'm not done with you! This isn't over!"
"Relax Jonah", Aunt May said, "At least we safe for now".
"Safe from the menace for now! I can't go anywhere without that web crawler showing up!"
His hatred soon came to an end, as soon as he heard Peter Parker voice, "Aunt May!"
They turn aorund and saw Peter Parker, standing behind them.
Aunt May was relieved to see him, "Peter, you alright".
"PARKER! Where were you?!" Jonah demanded, approaching him and facing him, causing Peter to bend down a little from the huge voice done by his boss, "First you were gone from the gas station, and now you went disappearing from the action?!"
"Mister Jameson! I-I was just hiding".
"Hiding?! You should've hide and take photos!" Jonah barked.
"Yeah but I-"
"You know what! Never mind! Next time if we encounter that web head, I'm going to send in a complaint on Spiderman harassment and stalking!" Jonah said, as he turn and walk to his car.
"Thank god they alright", Peter thought, "I really need to know more about Aqua and those guys situation. Maybe if I try to ask some of the bad guys going after them, I may uncover more about this mystery. Let just hope we crossed path again".
As they head to the car, Tom was on his knees as he stare at the burning car right in front of him.
Once more, despair overcome him, as Marcy came to comfort him again, patting him on the back.
"First my trailer...then my car...everything I love...lost".
"There, there, dear", Marcy assure him, "There's always a chance we could buy a new one".
Somewhere else, the Steam Children's were late the arrival, as they use Feral Zeke to pull them to here on a a broken door like a sled.
After a whole day of dragging them, eventually Feral Zeke became exhausted and collapse on the ground.
"Aww come on!" Steam Chad groan, after taking one look to see a huge aftermath of the battle and a crying Tom, "We late!"
"Late for what?" Steam Rad asked.
"There was a freaking battle happening, and we just arrive here too late!"
"Look on the bright side", Steam Gal assure him, "At least...uhh...umm...yeah, there's no bright side".
"F**k!" Steam Chad kick the door hard enough that it struck Tom, knocking him unconscious.
"Want me to...call Cherieng?" Steam Rad asked, as Steam Chad huff with anger.
Barely surviving and barely hanging on, they finally made it to the final town of Nevada.
Winnemucca.
The town was pack with small, square size structures. Each built from different time. Each providing services.
As they drove through the car begin to slow down.
It became slower and slower, as several cars honk and pass by it.
Soon it drove and park near the sidewalk. From there, the car was no use to them anymore.
"What's going on? Why did we stopped?" Aqua asked Zach.
"Oooh no, I think we ran out of gas".
"What?!" Aqua asked, "Then how the heck are we going to get to Washington now?!"
"Lower your voice, alright", Zach said, "It's going to be okay. I'll just find the nearest gas station, and sooner or later we'll be off".
"Yeah, but there's one slight problem. Money", Coff reminded him, as they completely gloss over their current financial trouble.
"Ooooh...yeah, money...crud", Zach said, "I forgot. I only have a few credits left. How much does gas cost on Earth?"
"I don't know", Coff replied, "In Nevada, it cost like...uhhh...three...something. I really don't know. All I know is it not cheap".
"Aww damn it! Now we not going to make it to Washington state!" Aqua begun crying, which annoyed Coff so much, he can't even take it anymore.
"Zach, maybe it's right about time we ditch her. At this point, it's a lost cost".
"Again Coff, we doing this as a favor", Zach replied.
"Favor my a**".
While Aqua continues to cry off, Mister Mind poke out near her ear and told her, "Aqua, mind keeping your tone down. I manage to figure out how we can move on".
"How?!" Aqua asked.
Mister Mind begin whispering to her.
Her crying soon stopped, as she glance near her rear window, spotting something in the distance.
Zach and Coff were silent, confuse by what she's doing.
Eventually, she look back at them and said, in a relief, stoke tone, "That's it! I figure it out!"
"Figure what out?" Zach asked her.
She pointed her finger to a light pole across from theirs. The pole has many paper attach onto it, but one particular paper was a train ad, not far from here.
"You want a missing dog?" Zach asked her.
"No, you wimp! I meant, we should take a ride on a train!"
"A train?"
"Yes!
Zach thought this over. He wasn't certain but due to their current situation, it seems to make some sense.
But before he make his response, he asked Coff, "A train does sound like a likely choice. What do you think?"
"Do trains got good food?"
"Uhh...yeah".
"eh, fine by me".
"Yes!" Aqua said, as her hold the handle and open the door, telling them with a thrill belief, "Come on guys. We don't have much time".
After a exhausted walk in search for the train station, they finally made it.
The station was small. It was located in the middle of a clear area, with just a road and a railroad, and a few houses here and there in the distances.
The structure itself is made out of bricks and hard plastic.
The sky was in it afternoon. There were few people there, waiting for the train to arrive.
After getting a ticket, Aqua, Zach, and Coff waited. Standing there, as the rest of the citizen wait tiredly for the train to come by. Some sat on the bench, some stood still, others sat on their luggage's.
Aqua crossed her arms, tapping her foot, and sigh loudly, "Where is that darn train at? I can't wait longer for Peter sake. I got to make it before anyone did".
"Patient", Mister Mind whisper, "There is still more time. If you were to lose, Chris would've notify you through phone or one of his slaves" .
"Hmm, you do have a point. Maybe I still have a chance to win this".
"That's the spirit. Just do what I say, and you'll be alive and well".
"Don't know what you mean by that but okay".
While she stand there, she can't help but feel someone is watching her.
Someone is remaining hidden among the small crowd.
Someone is after her, and perhaps they too want her for a sinister intention. Once again, she wasn't certain but thoughts and feeling of it emerge within her thoughts.
Her eyes glance back and fourth, seeing the people around her, either taking one sight of her or ignoring her, remaining focus on the train arrival. Either that, or looking at their phones.
A feeling of paranoia soon arrive. There were no voices, just silent but she can feel the voices just by thinking of it.
What are these people up to? What're they going to do? Are they going to jump out and reveal themselves.
A massive worry surge into her, until finally she can hear the sound of a whistle coming from her left side.
They all look to see the train finally approaching.
The train is cover entirely in silver and metal.
The top half contains the rear windows, while the lower half seem to be the storage area, indicating by the visible lines.
The train finally arrive, stopping at the station while the gush of sand wind blow, disappearing out of the cold breeze emitting from it.
"Finally, thank goodness it arrive", Coff said in relief, as the people stepped into the train while others stepped out from it, taking the luggages with them, "I was beginning to strangle Aqua if she keeps winning".
As the three of them follow suite like many others, two figures, cover in hugely with black trench coat and a scarf, follow them through.
Inside the train was a warming, average interior for a coach.
Everything was blue and grey. There were two seats on separate side, with all of them facing forward to the direction where the main control room are.
The chairs were lightly hard, cushions.
The rear windows were clean and clearly visible. As many of them took seats and put some of their more smaller luggages on top, Aqua and Coff were fighting over who sit near the window.
They push and shove, as Aqua is far from the window while Coff is the one near it.
This stir some attention but not too much, as Zach stand there to try to handle it.
"Come on! I'm a celebrity! I should be the one to sit there", Aqua said.
"Screw off, tits b*tch. I'm got here first!" Coff replied, then Aqua manage to grab his torso and throw him out, as she finally take the seat near the window.
"Yes! Victory at last!" Aqua exclaim, raising her arm up.
Coff got up, groaning and scowling at Aqua until finally deciding to have enough with it, "That's it. I'm taking the last seat".
He walk off, leaving one seat left for someone to sit beside her.
Zach asked Aqua, "Umm..may I sit next to you?"
"Oh, uhh...sorry, but I..I kinda need some alone time, if you will", Aqua replied, not feeling fond of sitting next to a nerd or a fan.
A type of fan she dislike.
Zach shrugged and decided to look for his own seat until he heard a whistle and encounter a familiar face.
Peter Parker was sitting across to his far right, waving his hand up near the window by signaling a extra seat.
Zach, pleasantly surprise, approach him, "Hey, it's you from before".
"Yep, what a coincidence", Peter replied, "Didn't thought I see you again".
"How...did you survive? I mean, there was a huge battle happening back there".
"Well, I learn how to escape quickly. It's a little hobby I usually do. You know how New York works".
"heh, yeah...I guess so", Zach said, as he sat by him.
Aunt May, sitting in front of them, heard their conversation and asked, "Peter, I didn't know you made a new friend during our trip".
"This is Zach Xigma", Peter replied, "A journalist from...where are you from exactly?"
"Oh, I'm from Universal Economic Journal".
"Universal Economic Journal", Aunt May remark, "That sounds interesting, young man. I do hope you are pay well".
"Well I am a professional...sometime...maybe a little".
"Uhh yeah", Peter said, "Say, I want to ask you something, what's the deal with...uhh..with that guy earlier?"
"What guy? You mean Censorall?"
"Yeah, What's going on between you two. It seems you guys have some kind of history. I mean, if you don't mind telling me-"
"Peter, what are you doing?" Aunt May interject.
"What?"
"This is something personal to him".
"It's okay", Zach said, "I think explaining myself may cool off my stress I have been dealing with throughout this trip".
As they converse, Jonah sitting beside Aunt May was calling through his phone.
For the obvious predicament, he is seen yelling and complaining to the Nevada police department, "What do you mean you can't sue Spiderman?! Is it because he wasn't responsible for the damage? He was! Don't try to say it those New Yorker rogues and that alien guy, it's Spiderman fault for pete sake!"
While everyone was stilling waiting or gaining a seat, the two men sat way in the back in the same side where Aqua sat.
These two mens were Radon and Gameha, clearing disguising themselves with huge amount of scarfs and a black glasses.
"There she is", Radon whisper to him, "Right within our reach".
"Frankly, it's a bit weird Cherieng is fine with us doing this", Gameha remark, "Isn't this the job for those mercenaries and bounty hunters she hire?"
"Who cares. She probably want us as extra hands, in case if one of our associates fail. And besides, if we capture her we can get whatever we want".
"Like what? Steaks? Ice cream? cakes?"
"No, you Fata**. I'm talking our own ambitions like me, for example, wanted an airship".
"An airship?"
"Yes".
"Is this about Gjira disowning us?" Gameha asked, feeling worry for his brother as he has a tendency of not doing swell with his own weapons, or even getting abandoned.
"No, no, no, no, not at all! It's mostly me wanting an airship to burn things".
"And by that, you mean burn Gjira with?"
Radon became silent for a moment until responded, having no idea how to comeback that, "Shut up".
The train is now moving.
Through mountains, through sights of towns and lakes.
It was here that the Nevada desert is no more. Now the train reaches an area of snow. A snow storm to put it in perspective.
It was night time, as the snow fall onto the power, electrical engine of the train as it move through the dense fog in it path, only the sight of the road can be seen by the two ray of light shooting out of the train.
Inside the car, Aqua lean near the rear window. Feeling the cold breeze emitting from the glass. She looked onward, feeling a sense of anxiety for her own life, and even..a little paranoid.
Despite those thoughts, she felt a slight coolness and harmony just by feeling the coldness after enduring those hot, desert heat it became refreshing to feel something that isn't sand.
"Bored...so super bored", Aqua thought, sitting next to a snoring, napping well dress man who looks like he would fit in a 1940s noir setting film, based off the hat and suit, "This is going to be a longer trip than I imagine. Maybe it wouldn't be longer if I had money".
A attendant passes through. She wave her left arm up, getting the 20 year old female attention.
"Yes?" She asked, wearing glasses, having long, short black hair, and having a monotone expression and tone.
"Uhh...do you have any...beverages? Like booze or something?"
"Sorry, we ran all out".
"What? How? But this is Nevada? From what I assume, it has tons of booze here".
"Well blame the last destination, Las Vegas. I highly doubt they would care", The cynical attendant said, moving forward which left Aqua disappointed.
Panning out to Zach and Peter, while Aunt May is taking a nap and Jonah putting some earplugs to hear the news from his phone ( Being mostly his recording of hating Spiderman ).
"And that's how me and Censorall became enemies", Zach finish, after going full extension to his background this intrigue Peter.
"Wow, that's...uhhh...interesting", Peter remark, "I didn't really know you have your own defensive item".
"Yep, it actually a ring. A ring that can produce a mirror. His projections weaknesses are always mirrors, mostly since it can sometime confuse the projection, allowing it to go into panic mode and exploded. I probably should've pull it out during my confrontation with him".
"Yeah, you probably should. I mean, no offense but I didn't think your the type to fight back".
"Well we all have some hidden secrets. My secret was me breaking into not one but four military, secret bases without getting caught...well, except for one that is".
"That's..neat", Peter said, then though, "Huh, so that explain Censorall connection with Zach. Hating him for exploiting him but at the same time, respecting him for being honest. Now that's some complicated background. As for Aqua involvement, still trying to figure that one out. I wonder whats the next guy we going to encounter".
Outside of the train to the right side, across the distance was a watchful eye of a figure with a speeder.
He was tall, muscular average, and wore a mask.
The figure was clad in black, with some armor on him.
He wore tons of arsenal on him, such as grenades, two pistols, a belt containing ammo and more tiny grenades, and a rifle on his back.
He also wielded what seem to be golden, wrist mounted guns.
What of the more unique feature was a visor attach to his head which rotate 360 degrees.
Each contains four different pieces of a scope, with the exception of one.
One in the front resemble a round, normal canon eye.
The second seems to be a rectangular, attachment with the same two scopes on them. This one seem to be on the left side.
The third scope seem to be the same from the first, only it retracted and extended forward, with each round piece stack on one another.
The last resemble more like an actual visor. With it resembling the lower circle half being cut off, twisting it into a angry, menacing brow expression.
Using his third scope, it extend his view to see Aqua in the third coach.
Switching to the visor appearance, he hop onto his speeder and took off after the train.
The snow became more and more harsher, as the night, blue sky became darken and the vastness of the land became fogged by the storm itself, raining more and more snow down.
This didn't seem to bother the figure, as he continue to remain hidden within the darkness below, preventing them from noticing.
As he got closer and closer near the coach, he hop onto the ladder, as the speeder stopped for the train to continue forward.
The thud from the impact caught Peter spider senses.
"My spider senses is tingling. Another rogue, I suppose", He looked out the rear window.
He look both way, noticing the figure climbing up the ladder to the roof from the left back.
He can't figure out the appearance but he knows it's bad news.
"Yep, totally another rogue", Peter thought, then sighing to himself in his sub conscious, "Guess it times for web head to save the day".
Peter quickly got up, slid his way through and head to the front, but before he could Aunt May asked, "Peter, where are you?"
"Uhhh, taking a leak in the stall".
"But...the stall is in the back".
"Uhh, yeah I know but someone seem to already took it so I'm going to take the one from the other coach", Peter said, storming off, "I'll be right back".
After he left and slide the door close behind him, Aqua from the way back seat begin to feel...nervous.
She tap her finger on the handle, her eyes glance everywhere around the room, even the window.
She begin to sweat, as her mouth clench harder and harder until finally she stood up, "I need to go to the stall".
As she made her way to the stall at the back, she is being watch from above by the figure, using his second scope to use the top scope to view through the layer of the roof and follow Aqua into the stall.
Using the lower scope, he pierce the stop where Aqua is by using a laser.
The laser was almost cutting a round circle to create a hole and snatch the unexpected Aqua, As he continue to do that, Spiderman leap onto the roof, distance away from him to notice.
"Sheesh pal, couldn't wait any longer to go to the bathroom stall", Spiderman witty comment, as the visor on the man soon rotate to his first scope as he stood up and facing him, "Okay, okay, fancy. All black I see. I'm more of a red and blue type but this is neat".
Without a replied, the man aim at Spiderman with what appear to be a golden, wrist mounted gun.
He fire as Spiderman quickly move to his left side, "Woah, no villain introduction here? No monologue? What is this? Your first time?"
"The names Killoff", He replied straight forward, as the smoke emitted from the nostril of the gun.
"Killoff, cool name . Say, are you a mercenary who's after Aqua too? Because I seem to notice that a lot, lately".
"You got that right, kid", Killoff remark, firing more bullets.
Spiderman try to dodge but got struck back by a hit near his left arm. It didn't shoot through. Instead, it pierced his suit and skin off.
As his left arm bleed, he remarked, "Woah, my Spider sense did alerted me earlier".
"That's because my scope could think fast before you could make a move", Killoff said, as he slowly approach him, "I can shoot without missing, I can predict a certain move, just by examining your movement. Try moving, and your head will be next".
"You know, honestly I'm not the one to judge gimmicks...well, I do but do you see four sides or just one because if the first one is true", Spiderman remark, despite his circumstance, "That must've been pretty disorienting if you ask me. Like-"
Before he could answer, a clicking sound is heard, as Spiderman quickly roll out of there as he shot more and more bullets.
Spiderman roll off the train, but manage to stick below the window, avoiding anyone noticing.
"Okay, this is going to be a lot harder than I expected", Spiderman thought, "At least Parasite, Censorall, Electro, and Shocker were easy to deal with. Now I'm dealing with a mercenary. Can the web crawler have one day where I don't have to socket punch a guy".
Spiderman, not wanting to hide any longer, spring himself out of there and back onto the roof, while Killoff was waiting.
"Ok four eye, I dealt with mercenaries before", Spiderman said, crouching down with one hand press onto the ground and his left arm leaning out at the back, "Let see what makes you special".
"I kill superheroes for a living", Killoff said, aiming his two wrist gun at him, "Killing you would be a trophy for me".
( Back to Aqua ).
Aqua splash more and more water in her face. After doing it more time, she stopped and look at the mirror.
"Okay...okay...got to stop being paranoid and focus on the game here", Aqua said to herself, "God I need some booze right about now. I hate it when booze ran out".
"Aqua, what are you doing?" Mister Mind asked, "You need to get back there and remain in your seat. Otherwise, more terrible things will happen".
"Please, I'm perfectly safe. I'm not going paranoid, you bug".
"I am a worm".
"I know!" Aqua shouted, then looking back at the mirror, as she sigh to herself, "Can't believe I got myself into this. I wonder if I could change the way I look. Maybe that will allow me to stay low".
Suddenly the mirror morph. Instead of reflecting herself, it changes into showing a different face. A different figure.
Showing a man wearing a green mask and a yellow jumpsuit.
"Nope. Can't say that's going to work, madam", The man said, which startle Aqua.
"Wha-what the?! Who the hell are you?!" Aqua demanded, pointing at him.
"My names Mirror Master", He responded, "And lady, if you want to stay low, next time don't go to places with mirrors or even reflections. There's always a likely chance you encounter someone like me".
As Aqua try to turn around to the door, a click of a gun is heard. She froze there, as Mirror Master said while holding a gun, "ah, ah, ah, you don't want to do that, girly. Come with me and there won't be any trouble".
"What do you even want from me?!" Aqua asked, "I don't have anything precious on me! Well, if you count my body, that is".
"As much as I want a babe by my side, that's not my priority. My job is to capture you and take you to meet with a certain witch".
"Witch? Who?"
"Honestly, I don't know her name. All I know is she is going to pay me handsomely. Now step into the mirror".
Aqua try to think. Find a way to avoid this. She doesn't know who want her, tho. At first, she thought Chris was behind this but now someone else want her.
She couldn't think now, as she try to look around until realizing she could just use her own ability.
"Come on", Mirror Master said, "Let's go. Don't make me count to ten".
Quickly, she turn around and splash water, thinking it would blinded him, "Take this!"
The water splashes but did nothing. It only effect the mirror. And even if it did struck him, it only minimally did little as he wear goggles.
"Seriously? What was that?"
"Cr*p", Aqua said, "That was...uhhh".
"Wait a minute, did you seriously think splashing water would make me blind?"
"Uhh...maybe...I mean, water does have salt in it, soooo..."
"Unbelievable".
Just then, Mister Mind poke himself out and stare at Mirror Master.
Without expecting it, Mirror Master turn his deadpan look to a horrified and irritated frown, as he scream and clench his head with his hand.
He fell out of the mirror and onto the ground.
The Mister Mind said to a confuse and scare Aqua, "Now your chance. Run!"
Aqua nodded and ran out of the stall while screaming, "Help! Rapist! Rapist! Pervert rapist!"
She ran out into the open, catching the attention to everyone until she accidentally trip down.
"What in blazing is up with her?" Jonah asked.
"Uhh, she's...just a friend mine", Zach replied, "She can act..a little nutty at times".
Aqua quickly got up, panicking and shouting to get the attention of everyone, "Help! I'm being attack by some guy who goes through mirrors!"
"Mirrors? You mean Mirror Master?" Jonah asked.
"Correction! Jonah Jameson!" The voice of the Mirror Master is heard across the startling on lookers, as they notice behind Aqua to be Mirror Master, holding out his mirror gun and aiming it at Aqua.
"I would require everyone to remain calm at this moment", Mirror Master said, "If anyone try to come between me and my prey, you'll end up a fate far worst than death itself".
( Cut back to Spiderman ).
Killoff continues his firing at the web crawler himself.
Spiderman kept dodging and running toward him, and also jumping over him.
He continues to do this each side, and each time he did it became noticeable repetitive.
And again, each time he did it again Spiderman sustain more and more scratches on his arm, legs, and torso.
As he slide from the way back, the firing stopped when Spiderman begin to spoke, "Jeez, does your wrist gun ever run out of juice?"
"It no ordinary wrist gun, dumba**" Killoff replied, "It's a magical gun. It allows me to not having to worry about ammoniation. Meaning-"
"Meaning, it gives you infinitive firepower, correct?"
"Correct on that, kid", Killoff said, continue to fire but instead of Spiderman continue to charge forward, he quickly jump back into the exist and entrance back of the coach.
He remain sticking onto the wall, thinking to himself, "Alright, taking his wrist mounted gun out of the way may not be a good idea. Buuuut...using his scope visor could give me an advantage over him".
He hop back onto the roof, taunting him, "Okay mister bada** here, if you want me as a trophy try using one of your scopes!"
"You mean my laser scope?" Killoff asked.
"Exactly!"
Killoff was hesitant at first but knowing his duty he decided to switch it anyway, thinking it'll make his job easier.
He switches to his second scope and shot lasers at him.
Spiderman kept dodging them by jumping, "Gotta put him into a perfect position".
( Cut back to Aqua ).
A moment of silent continues between the scare on lookers and Mirror Master readying to do his next move.
He gesture his gun around, telling Aqua, "Now then, shall we resume what we been doing? Oh yeah, stepping into the mirror world?"
"Mister Mind, can you do that thing earlier?" Aqua whisper to Mister Mind, "You know, that mind trick?"
But before he could enact the same action, Mirror Master and everyone in the coach felt a sound of a laser.
Mirror Master looked up to see a piece of the ceiling fall onto him. Without having time to react, he was struck down by it, not only the piece of the ceiling but also the Killoff himself who fell on him.
Shock by this, they all look up to see Spiderman looking down through the hole, "Okay, totally not expecting to see Mirror Master down there".
"Why you...little sh*t!' Killoff got up and begin firing at Spiderman, gasping the crowd in the interior, as Spiderman came down and kick him on the head, knocking him out.
"Everyone! Get to the front of the train! Move!" Spiderman told everyone.
They all scream, and they all quickly got up to move to the front of the train.
Everyone was shoving and pushing.
Aunt May is worry about his nephew but is quickly drag off by Jonah.
"What now, Radon?" Gameha asked, still remaining seated.
Seeing that their plan may be foil, Radon responded, "Now we strike!"
He got up and tore off his disguise to release a gush of flames from his mouth, shooting at Spiderman, who jump into the hole from above.
He landed onto the roof, remarking, "Whoa, another mercenary. You guys really don't have much do besides getting more money, huh".
"Come on, Gameha! Let's go after her!" Radon gesture, as he and Gameha ran to the direction where Aqua storm off.
Spiderman hop back down, and as he was going to chase after them he turn around after hearing a click, coming from Killoff, who had gotten himself up and is seen aiming at him.
And it's not just him. Mirror Master regain conscious and he is now aiming his weapon at the web crawler himself.
"Your not going anywhere, kid", Killoff said, "You have to deal with us, boy".
"Especially for ruining my chance to grab her, kiddo", Mirror Master said.
"Come on, guys", Spiderman said, "Can we rather talk this out? We all know what's happen next. You guys strike me, I strike back".
Killoff, having no time to talk, began shooting at Spiderman.
Spiderman jump and stick onto the ceiling, "Okay, guess a peaceful talk is out of the window".
Once he said that, he uses his web shooter to stick Killoff hands, then force them to be stick together and wrapping then, as Spiderman swing Killoff out the left window.
"Oooh...I hope that guy is alright", Spiderman said, as he come down, swiping off a couple of snow on him, "Guess it just you and me, Mirror Master".
"Wrong, web moron", Mirror Master said, seeing it to be a perfect time to escape as he lunge himself into the window, disappearing inside the reflection.
This puzzle Spiderman, "Whoa, how did he..oh right, reflection power. Now I remember. And now I remember I forgot to ask one of them a question. Darn it".
( Cut back to Aqua ).
Aqua ran for her life. She ran so fast, she felt as if she's falling behind, being drag down by some force.
"Why does this always happen to me!" Aqua cried out, "Why couldn't it just be a normal challenge, instead of a chaotic mess!"
"Freeze!"
She stopped by a familiar confrontation.
Mandora, standing in front of her with her blaster out.
They were inside a cargo coach, filled with nothing but luggages, boxes, and tools.
"Stay where you are! I finally caught you!"
"Crud, not you again", Aqua mutter.
"I've been searching for the whole area for you, and somehow I manage to locate you here. Now come with me".
"Oh no...this is the end", Aqua thought, "Now I'll never make it to Washington state. I'll be stuck in some space prison".
Just in the nick of time, Radon and Gameha manage to catch up to her, only for them to be greeted by Mandora.
Gameha catch his breathe, while Radon took notice of her, "Hey! Stay away from our bounty!"
"Your bounty?" Mandora notice, "Wait a second, I know you two before. Your the guys that escape from a maximum prison years ago".
Radon growl, then proceeding to point at her, "And your the one who try to arrest us back on Eternia!"
"Okay, I am really confuse here", Aqua remark, looking back and forth.
Radon screech, as he charge at Mandora with flames flickering out of his mouth.
Mandora responded by quickly spraying at Radon with pink, bubbling substance which not only stopped Radon but also made him scream in agony as the substance overcame him, especially to his eye.
He collapse on the ground, screaming.
This froze Gameha in fear, with Aqua being more confuse and perplex by this, as she asked Mandora, "What did you do?"
"I stunned him with a special weapon of mine. Soap".
"Soap?"
"It's a rare substance in their universe", Gameha replied, knowing some knowledge of her universe.
"Right on", Mandora said, "Now then, where was I-"
Before she could respond, she is quickly knock out by a frying pan.
A frying pan being wielded by Coff, after Mandora collapse on the ground.
"Coff!" Aqua was shock and relieved to see him.
"Christ, hope that doesn't put me into more trouble", Coff commented, then suddenly he is being swiftly pick up and hug by Aqua.
"Thank you! Thank you! You saved my life!"
"What? I didn't save you! I was trying to get rid of her before she notice me", Coff said.
"Whatever! Let's get the hell out of here", She said, as the both of them ran off, leaving Gameha alone.
Looking down at the unconscious Mandora and Radon, choking, gurgling, and coughing from the bubbles of soap covering him.
"Maybe we should've bring weapons instead", Gameha remark.
Outside the train, police cars and ambulance arrive at the scene.
The train have finally stopped at the road, where many of the cars have to be follow the police way of the road.
It was still night time, and many of the workers and people on the train were being interview by cops, news caster, and other investigators.
Nothing makes the night more colder than the lights of blue and red, added with the bright white light emitted from many of the vehicles.
This cause some annoyance to Jonah, commenting, "Oh this is just great. As if I can't have a normal, comforting train trip! Now Spiderman is already here to ruin it!"
"Jonah, you going off again", Aunt May point out.
"I am going off! Once I get back to New York, I'm going to write a book on how Spiderman ruin my day off!"
As Jonah fire out more and more unpleasant comments on Spiderman, Aunt May wonder, "I'm wondering where Peter is".
"Oh man, this is bad", Zach remark, then turning his attention to Aqua and Coff, "I'm really sorry but I think it's going to be a while once the train is turn back on".
"They better start soon!" Aqua said, "I am not going to lose, just because the train having serious issues".
"Let's hurry up here", Coff mutter, rubbing both his arms from the coldness outside, "I don't want to wait any longer once Mandora woke up".
"Yeah, that too".
"Are you guys serious? Coff, you literally knock out a police officer. Do you know how much trouble we get into?!" Zach asked him.
"I don't know why you seem worry. I'm the one who hit her, so it not like you going to go to prison".
Just then, Peter appear in the far distance among the crowd, waving his hand up to them, "Hey guys".
"Peter!" Aunt May said, as Peter approach them, "Thank goodness your still alive. Where were you?"
"Oh, I was in the bathroom stall. Apparently the knob was jammed so I have to kick it open. It wasn't easy though".
"Well I'm just grateful your alright".
As soon as Aunt May came to him to check his nephew over, Mister Mind poke out next to Aqua.
Both of them are quickly worried, as unknown to how long the train will get started, they were worry Mandora would wake up at any moment now.
"Mister Mind, have any idea how we going to get going?" Aqua asked, "Sooner or later, I'm pretty sure those guys are going to wake up soon and try to capture me".
"Do not worry. Let me try to think of something", Mister Mind said, as he looked around and notice a bus almost ready to drive off and head to Washington, by the sign at the front.
Seeing an opportunity, he then uses his mind to penetrate to the driver mind, as the man mind soon became his to own.
"There", Mister Mind said, gesturing Aqua to look at the blue bus, "If the train won't help us, then surely a bus would".
"But..how are we going to-"
"Ride on it? I've already manipulate the driver. He'll let us in".
"Uhh..okay", Aqua said, then turning to glance toward Zach and Coff, "Hey you guys, I figure how we could make it to Washington. Follow me".
She gesture them and walk quickly toward the bus, leaving Zach and Coff confuse as they both look at each other.
"What is she doing?" Coff asked him.
"I think she want us to follow her toward that bus".
"And let me guess, we-"
"Go along with it, yep".
"F**k her".
"Hey, anything can happen", Zach said, "It not just the fault of her decision".
"Still is, technically".
They shrugged and decided to go along, following Aqua to the bus.
Peter notice them. He then stopped them, asking them while Aqua was almost near the bus, "Wait, where you guys going?"
"Uhh-" Before Zach could answer, Aqua cuts in.
"To Washington state, duh".
"This quickly?"
"I mean...yeah, she is a competitor", Zach added, "I don't want her to wait any longer",
"Yes! That's true. My loyal fan say so", Aqua said, grab Zach shoulder and trying to drag him out of this conversation, "So if you don't mind, me and my fans really need to get going".
"If by fan, you mean your b*tch, right?" Coff asked.
"Shut up and get moving!" Aqua said".
"Now hold on for a minute", Peter said, "I've been thinking for a...uhhh..while now, and I was wondering if me, Aunt May, and Jonah could join you guys".
"Join us?"
"Yes, I mean...I am kinda a fan too", Peter said, in a attempt to learn more about this.
Aqua was hesitant, knowing something suspicious about the boy. She can't put her finger to it but his voice reminded her of Spiderman.
Matter of fact, his manners and tones are similar. What if Peter Parker is Spiderman, and he is trying to follow them as a investigator?
As much as it sound...likely, this didn't interest her that much. As her interest is more on winning than anything.
Just then, Jonah cave in after noticing them talking, "Peter! What are you doing?"
"Uhh mister Jameson, I was...uhhh".
"Don't uhh me, Peter! You got some explaining to do for not being there to take a photo of Spiderman!"
"But Jameson, I was just trying to make it up for you by-"
"By what?! Peter?!"
"By assisting my journey, duh", Aqua stepped in, after thinking it over she could use Peter to support her ego, once she win, "You see, I don't know if you know this but I'm a popular competitor on a show call Total Drama Cruise, and I was offering your worker here a chance to assist me through my...uhh...challenge...journey...heh".
"Wait...what?" Jonah then asked Peter, "Is that true, Parker?"
Parker nodded, as after thinking it over with he replied, "Hmm...this would give me a bigger head line. Alright then, it's a deal".
"Great!" Aqua said, as Mister Mind over heard and became quickly wary.
He whisper to her, asking, "What are you doing?"
"Trying to boost my ego, now shut up".
After long tired days, long stops, and long driving, the bus finally made it.
To Washington state.
The bus drove throughout the highway lane, passing by the long forest and mountains.
There was no single sight of a desert, which brings huge comfort and relief to Aqua, as she relax in her own seat, sitting next to some old, middle age men napping.
She sigh to herself, looking out the window to see a huge, grass landscape while the blue sky and sun shine upon the fresh land itself.
"Remind me so much of my home", Aqua thought, "My home world to be precise. It looks so...beautiful. I remember great time back there...before Kazuma...before Megumin...before Darkness...before that scummy, son of a b*tch! Eris!"
She yawn for a bit, then looking back out in the window.
"Now this is relaxing. I haven't seen a single villain jump out and try to kidnapped me. I wonder what should I do with the money? I guess I could spend it all for booze and food, and maybe use it to built my own palace...that sounds about right. However though, I feel a bit...differ about that decision. Something about it doesn't seem right. Like...I have a different reason for being here. What am I saying? Of course not! I'm here to win, god damn it! Not prove something".
She begin to feel tired, due to the cooling air that spread throughout the interior.
The road, the sound of the cars, the coldness of the air, and the comfort of the cushion made her unable to remain cautious and at the same, focus.
She begin to feel..blurry.
As she close her eye and open them, she saw that the green landscape in front of her is gone.
Now it was a huge field filled with grapes.
They were everywhere, reaching way into the distance, located on flat surfaces and hills.
A bit intrigue, she asked the old man beside her, "Uhh excuse me, what is this place exactly?"
"Oh this? This is the wine country. That's our next stopping point".
"Wait...did you say wine?"
"Yep".
Her face froze in a open face expression.
Out of a sudden surprise, Aqua immediately jump out the window while screaming, "WINE!"
The bus park near the giant red farm located in the center of the wine country field.
The farm house itself resemble similar to a farm but has a much more modern appearance to it, with windows, a front lawn, a balcony, and the interior itself resemble a higher class, average household.
There were farms near by, but most are usually the production on making wine.
The fresh, blue sky made the experience here more comfortable, as for the folks living here.
They work and show the tourist around the place, being their guidance.
Peter is seen taking photos, Jonah and Aunt May join a crowd of people as they are being tour around the place, and Zach is writing notes, walking around along with Coff who looks bored by it.
"Man, it's refreshing to have a calm moment, with no battle and no villains to encounter", Zach remark, "It really helps cool off my stress, you know".
"Yeah, except for our dear friend Aqua", Coff pointed at Aqua.
Aqua is seen not controlling herself, as she is strapped on a wheel chair, and put in a stray jacket, moving rapidly as she struggle to get out and try out the wine, "Wine! WINE! Let me free! Let me free! I want a sip of that wine! Pleeeease!"
"Okay, I know Aqua is going through a...unfortunate obsession but hey, at least now she's not scare and have to worry about losing", Zach said.
"And why did we need to strap her on a wheel chair?"
"Just so she couldn't storm off and be caught into more trouble".
"Riiight, makes total sense", Coff said, "It's not like it making a total scene out of this".
Aqua cannot restrain her insanity. It was like heaven to her. All the cleanest, flourish, and fresh smell and taste of a wine was everywhere.
She want nothing but the taste of the field in her mouth.
Mister mind poke out and said, feeling irritated by her obsession, "Mind putting your insane tasteful thoughts down? You are making it impossible for me to think".
"I can't help it! It's a freaking wine country for pete sake!"
"Control yourself, or else I'll control it for you".
while she is struggling to maintain her sanity, she heard a voice calling out to her, "Howdy missy".
She turn around to see a huge woman. Short but massive. Alongside her is a taller and huger man.
The woman wore a long, white shirt with a necktie that resemble a Christmas tree. She wears square shades, and having a red hair.
The man next to her has huge lips, wears a green shirt, black pants and silver, big shoes, and a huge scarf. He's also carrying a large backpack.
"Uhh...hi?"
"Allow me to introduce myself", She begin, "My name is Dophy. Better known as, Miss Merry Christmas. And right here is my pal, Babe".
"Hi", He greet in a simple but child like manner.
"We just a couple of tourist, and we seem to notice you here", Miss Christmas said, "We are super huge fan of the show, especially you".
"Uh huh, uh huh", Babe nodded.
"Wow...really?" Aqua asked, feeling a bit too uncomfortable around these tourist, "That's uhhh..nice...I'm glad to know I have more fans, rather than one".
"Say, would you mind taking a photo with us?" She asked, "Alone, and somewhere in a field, far away from everyone else?"
"Pleeeeease", Babe begged, pressing both his hands together.
"uhh...", Aqua thought, "Well this is a perfect time for me to be alone and try out these wine grape or whatever they call".
Aqua finally responded, accepting the offer just so she could be alone for herself, "Sure thing, my fellow fan".
"Thank you so much", Merry said, "Let's do it behind the farm, shall we?"
"Sure thing", Aqua said, then turning her glance to Babe, "Uhh..would you mind helping me move?"
Babe nodded and stroll her to follow Merry Christmas to the back of the farm.
Peter Parker notice them, and quickly took it as a bad sign, "Oh golly, another attempt on capturing Aqua. And I thought a visit to a wine country would be relaxing".
Behind the barn, further away from the crowd Aqua is finally led to it, which contains nothing wooden crates and empty tubes.
"Huh, a weird choice to take a picture at", Aqua said, "But I'm okay with it".
Merry Christmas begin to chuckle, making Aqua confuse, "You really fall for that, lady. Babe! Now!"
"What?" Aqua, hearing a grunt noise, turn around to see Babe holding up a black baseball batter, readying to strike.
Aqua fearing for her life, tilted to her left, which causes her wheelchair to fall over, pulling herself down and allowing the batter to struck the ground.
"What the hell are you guys doing?!" Aqua asked them.
"Isn't it obvious? We here to capture you, young lady", Merry Christmas said, "For a fortunate, yes!"
Babe begin to laugh, as Aqua thought, "Awww sh*t! I should've seen the warning sign! Stupid wine obsession of mine!"
"Will you guys keep it down!" A sudden, sarcastic voice stopped everything, as everyone turn toward the direction of the voice, leading it to the ceiling of the back barn, "I'm trying to taste some wine here!"
Babe and Merry Christmas were in shock and startle, while Aqua was in relieved to see him.
"Wha-what the hell is that thing?!" Merry Christmas pointed at Spiderman, sticking onto the wall and facing down at them.
"Me? The names Spiderman, and I'm going to be your special tour guide today, so if you don't mind listening", Spiderman hold out his hand and shot a web at Merry glasses, sticking to it and causing her to panic, "That will be kindly appreciate of you".
"You annoying insect!" Merry exclaim, "Babe! Get him!"
Spiderman hop on the ground, as Babe charge at him with his bat.
The Web Crawler gesture him with his hand, "Mind following me here, big guy?"
He swing his bat, but only for Spiderman to jump, hitting the empty crates instead, smashing them into wooden pieces as Spiderman landed behind him, far away from him.
"Careful where you swing it", Spiderman said, "Those things cost a buck, pal".
Merry Christmas manage to rip the web off, "You just ruin my own pair of shades, kid! Your going to pay!"
Soon Merry Christmas begin to morph into a creature. With long claws and a long snot.
She now turn herself into a mole.
This surprise Spiderman, "Whoa, didn't know you have your own power. I actually thought you were just a cranky, diner waitress or an awful, Dance Mom coach theme villain".
"I'll show you cranky!" She said, dug herself down into the ground, as she begin to drill toward Spiderman.
Spiderman immediately jump once again, as she pop out to grab him. Spiderman landed back on the ground, only for Babe to charge at him again.
He turn and shot a web into his face, causing the big fellow to collapse on the ground and try to remove it.
Aqua manage to release herself from the restraints and ran off.
"You guys are pretty terrible at this, not gonna lie", Spiderman remark, "A mole partnering with a big, tubby guy, no offense. Doesn't really sound like a good match up to kidnapped someone, you know".
"Kid, you have no idea how powerful my Devil Fruit are", Merry said, digging back in the ground.
"Devil Fruit?" Spiderman asked, looking around for himself, "Is that like a energy bar or drink?"
"No you moron!" She pop out behind Spiderman and clench him behind her claw arms, both near his neck, "A Devil Fruit is a type of fruits that allows a eater to gain power".
"So essentially, a energy bar".
"No! It-s...forget it! Any last words before I split ya!"
"Yeah...Health advice...", Spiderman said, as he web shoot and stick a couple of grapes near by that had fallen on the ground. He stick a couple of them, enough to be thrown at Merry face, "Try an actual fruit!"
The splash of the grape onto her glasses, allows Spiderman to be release and use his web to begin firing at her until she is finally wrap in a web rope, unable to get out easy.
After she fall on the ground, Spiderman remark, "And here's a interesting fact, do you know there are three types of moles that lives around here, each known for causing house damage?"
Merry Christmas cannot reply, due to her mouth being shut as she can only make muffle noises.
"Yep, and that is why pest controls are needed", Spiderman said, then think, "Now then, got to get back to the others quickly before they notice my absent".
Meanwhile, the guider led the tourists outside the farm, as the man lead them to a stack of whine barrel, with one being a wine glass with wine in it, alongside a wine bottle.
"Now this, my friend is a brand new, freshly made wine", The guider said, "Made with the most delicate substance that you'll ever taste. Even far surpassing France in that one".
The crowd chuckle, as Zach kept on writing it down on his note pad, while Coff took notice, "What are you doing?"
"Trying to write it down for an article. I'm hoping to learn more about this universe wine country. You know, besides everything that happen lately".
"Riiight", Coff said.
"You know, I kinda feel bad Tom isn't here", Zach said, "I think this would've cheer him up".
"Or not because, you know, Aqua is here and she may cause a little bit of more trouble. I'm all accepting to anyone quirk but...not Aqua, of course".
Then suddenly, they all turn and were startle by Aqua screaming, who came out bursting with her arms waving upward and her mouth crying out, "Help! Help! Fat people!"
She trip and fell but got up quickly, then she toward the crowd and stopping next to the guide to grab everyone attention.
"Everyone! I need help! I-I", Before Aqua could continue, the guider intervene.
Telling her, "Uhh excuse me ma'm, you are interrupting our tour here. So I suggest-"
Once again, before he could finish Aqua notice a glass of wine and wine bottle just sitting on a barrel.
Couldn't help it, she push the guider out of the way and grab the glass, pour it into her mouth, and doing it again by pouring more and more wine into her glass from the bottle while speaking and gulping, "You guys don't understand!"
She drink one.
"I was almost being kidnapped-"
She drink two.
"By two fat strangers-"
She drink three.
"Who pretended to be-"
She drink four.
"Fans of mines!"
She drink and splash five more into her face, then complimenting, "Oh god, it taste good!"
Keeping filling and drinking, the crowd stood there in bewilderedness.
Wondering what is even going on with this woman.
After she finish, she gasp for a moment and continue onward, "Anyways, what I was trying to say is...THEY ARE IN THE BACK! QUICKLY! CALL THE POLICE!"
"Huh..you know, now did you mention it", Zach said, as the crowd soon turn their focus up in the sky, in both shock, terror, and baffle, "How come we didn't call in the authority?"
"Uhh Zach, you may need to look up", Coff said, as the both of them stare upward.
Everyone focus was on this shuttle, floating above the sky.
The shuttle was massive. It was so massive, it covers the sun, preventing it to be seen entirely. It was like a dark city cloud has descended down to defy the sun light.
Spiderman appears on the roof, noticing the shuttle in the sky, "Aww come on, couldn't even let me change to my civilian identity".
Suddenly, a ray of light shot down onto Aqua, who immediately is being suck above, making the surrounding folks to back away from this sudden oddity.
Most pull out their phones to capture the scene, while others continue looking onward.
Zach, knowing it to be more trouble, call out to her, "Aqua!" And ran up to the beam.
Coff follow, as the both of them soon got consume by the beam.
"Oh no. This is not looking good", Spiderman commented.
He knew if he follow, it would create suspicion's about his identity but if he didn't follow, he wouldn't know where it would take them.
Not wanting to fail in his heroic attempt, without hesitant he jump into the beam of light.
Afterwards, the beam disappear, and the shuttle fly off into the distance, disappearing out of sight.
This left everyone stunned and silent, until Aunt May said, "Peter? Where's Peter?"
Aqua, Zach, Coff, and Spiderman were both dropped down onto the metal, cold ground after the light disappear.
Groaning and slowly getting up, they were inside a huge, round cell with a white force shield surrounding it.
The outside of the cell seem to be just a empty, blue metal room, with only one door at the front.
"Where the hell are we?" Coff asked.
"In a shuttle", Spiderman replied, "Probably".
"Hey, it's you again Spiderman", Zach pointed out, as Aqua remain holding the whine bottle and looking around the place with a stunned expression, believing it to be a drunken hallucination thing.
"Oh, you guys", Spiderman replied, "Long time, no seen".
"What are you doing here? Did you know we were in trouble and came to the rescue?" Zach asked him.
"Uhh yeah, that's about right", He said, looking around the place.
"That's so cool. I didn't think your Spider senses would be that strong".
"Yeah, that's cool but mind saving your fanboying for later", Spiderman told him, "I'm pretty sure we should focus more about our current circumstance".
Soon the front door slide open, revealing a figure standing in the light.
The figure resemble a bulldog with a monocle.
He wears tight boots and a blue uniform.
The man enter the room, commenting and admiring his capture, "My, what do we have here? I was expecting a simple prey of mine to be capture. I didn't expect a bit more to. be capture".
"Just who in the hell are you, bud?" Spiderman asked, as Zach shaking in fear, recognizing this man before.
Coff even recognize him, but unlike Zach. He seem..a bit surprise than scare.
"My name is Captain Shiner", He introduce himself, "A mercenary, and I came here to capture a specific girl that goes by the name of Aqua".
"Wow...I'm totally not surprise by it", Coff said, as Aqua quickly hide behind Zach back while still holding the bottle.
"And what do you want from her?" Spiderman asked, "Are you working with someone?"
"Someone? Why yes", Shiner said, "I've been hired, along with other bounty hunters and mercenaries, to capture Aqua for a huge reward".
"Who hire you?"
"Who? Why would I tell? My contract say I can't reveal my client until the bounty has been completed", Shiner said, then turning his attention to Zach and Coff, "Speaking of, these two are worth more in some of the universes I've visited to".
"You know this guy?" Spiderman asked the two of them.
Zach nodded, saying, "Let just say I sometime break into something I shouldn't had".
"And as for me, I kinda scam him off", Coff added, "Twice, and also scam dozens of other universes".
"There's a lot of price I can see but my priority still remain", Shiner said.
"Well you aren't going to get them, pal", Spiderman said, "Not with me around".
"Heh, I knew you were going to say that", Shiner said, as he pulled out a remote.
He pressed a button, which send the unexpected and surprise Spiderman down into a trap floor.
He plumber down and out into the open of the show, causing Zach, Coff, and Aqua to be shock.
"Spiderman!" Zach exclaim, as Shiner laugh.
But his laughter soon disappear, once a crew of his.
A blue bulldog dress in green, came to him and said, "Shiner! We detected a upcoming visitor".
"What?" Shiner asked, "Who?"
"Mandora".
"Her", He mutter, grudgingly.
The name Mandora caught Aqua off guard. Not sure what to think of it, other than giving a surprise respond.
"It seems we'll have to chat later, my friends", Shiner said to them, after his man left, "I got something else to do".
Outside of the shuttle, Mandora was way above in the sky, catching up to them in her speeder.
"It seems my scanning screen led to Shiner shuttle", Mandora said, looking down at the screen and back to the shuttle, "I don't know what Shiner is doing here. All I know is there's going to be a lot of arresting to do".
As she proceed forward, pushing the pedestal faster, she was getting nearer and nearer to the shuttle until eventually she was near it side.
After taking a good look, she spotted something.
Sticking at the bottom of the shuttle is Spiderman, his hand sticking while struggling to not let go.
This perplex Mandora, "What the?"
As she move her speeder closer to Spiderman.
To Spiderman, he was more focus on himself not falling than trying to figure a way to stop Shiner.
"Probably shouldn't had said that", Spiderman thought, "Probably wish I still had Stark tech right about now".
"You!', Mandora asked, getting Spiderman attention, "What are you doing?!"
"Oh..uhhh, trying to save the day here", Spiderman responded, having no idea who she is.
Again, he struggle to remain attach on the shuttle.
( Back inside the shuttle ).
Captain Shiner is watching them through his control bay screen.
He stood there in his bay, realizing that the web crawler himself is still attach on his shuttle.
"Hmm, quite the brave he is", Shiner remark, then ordering his two men who were at their control panels, "Use the torrents!"
"aye, aye, Captain Shiner", One of the dog men said, pressing a few buttons and switches.
( Outside ).
Two torrents appear out at the bottom, as it rotate and aim at the two of them.
They notice, and soon laser beams begin to shoot at them.
Mandora dodge it, so does Spiderman who move his body down, attempting to not let his back side be touch the upcoming laser beams.
"You! Hop onto my speeder! Now!" Mandora told him.
"Can't do...got someone to save, ma'm".
"that's an order!"
"You don't understand. There someone in there that need my help".
"We can help later. Right now, it's not the perfect time to-"
Before she could finish, a blast is struck near Spiderman, causing him to fall.
"No!" Mandora quickly fly down as Spiderman plumber down into a vast landscape of a forest, screaming and having his hands out to try to shoot a web with no avail.
Mandora swoop down to saved him.
Spiderman was now within Mandora arms, looking at her as she fly away from the shuttle and somewhere to land perfectly.
"Are you alright?" Mandora asked him.
"Uhh..yeah, I guess".
"The names Mandora".
"Mandora...umm, nice name", Spiderman commented, "Names Spiderman".
"I know".
"Wait, you know?"
( Back to the shuttle ).
Zach kept pushing and slamming herself at the force field, trying to escape.
Aqua walk around filled with anxious and worry. And as for Coff, he remain calm, looking at the wall behind them as he examine it with his hands.
"Damn it", Zach mutter, "I just really had it everything going after me. Cool, but still had it".
He then turn his glance to Aqua, "Hey Aqua! Mind giving me a hand here!"
"Oooh what's the use", Aqua moan, "There's no possible way to escape! We lost!"
"Come on Aqua, don't be like that. Everything is going to be alright".
"How! There's no secret exist, no key, no...no something!"
"I know it seems hard but think of the positive. We been through tons of weird happening that I'm sure we'll figure something out".
"Yeah right!" Aqua said, holding up her wine bottle and continue to dose herself with more and more substance.
Zach soon realize Aqua wasn't acting off quick. She was drunk, and was very clear by her quick assumption to failure, "Uhh Aqua, I think you should stop drinking".
"Why?! Is it because you want some?! Well you cant have it!" She shouted, continue on with her drinking, "So leave me alone!"
While Aqua was stealing with that, Zach notice Coff is doing something at the wall.
Confuse, he approach him and asked, "Umm what are you doing?"
"I'm trying to get us out of here, that's what", He replied, sliding his hand on the wall while not looking at him.
"How?" Zach asked him.
"I've been a prisoner to Shiner before", He said, "I know everything about his shuttle and I know how to escape. And if there's one flaw about his shuttle is never allow anyone to be near their main generator".
after he said that, he knock on the wall twice.
At first Zach was a bit puzzle by his comment.
But then Coff punches through the wall, startling Zach as a huge rubble is heard and felt throughout the shuttle.
A sound alert is trigger, causing the shuttle to burst into smoke and flames, flickering lights, and thousands of sparks is trigger.
Shiner notice, as the shuttle begin to descended downward spiral.
"What in god sake!" Shiner shouted, having no idea what's going on.
Back to the cell, Aqua immediately panic around, while still drinking the bottle.
Zach lose his balance and fall, as Coff whistle to himself and smile.
"What did you do?!" Zach asked.
"I cause the shuttle to go down, duh", Coff replied, "That's how I usually get out. By destroying his ship. Have you ever wonder why Shiner always go after me?"
"Uhh...no, but how does that makes it an escape? What if we all die?!"
Coff smile drop and his whistle disappear, after realizing Zach and the blue whore haven't experience something like this like he did, "Oh sh*t".
The shuttle spiral out of control, losing shards of metal and burst more flames onto the scene until it finally crash into the deep forest.
They were lost.
Nowhere to go and uncertain of the danger.
The crash site left it unknown if Shiner and his crew did survive.
What thing is for certain, Aqua, Zach, and Coff manage to live through the wreckage.
They walk through the forest. Zach suffer a rip from his hooded shirt, revealing his torso with his hood being drag on the ground.
Coff still has his helmet, but his left coast side is ripped and he only has one shoe.
As for Aqua, she has minor damage with it being just dirt stain and oil stain on her hair, skin, and little on her face.
"See? What did I told ya", Coff cough, "Made it out of there alive and well".
"Yeah but...what about Spiderman?" Zach asked, "I'm not sure if he still alive or not".
"Ah, I'm sure his fall wasn't too bad...well, if the trees or sharp rocks don't impale then I'm sure he's still walking".
"Yeah, I hope so", Zach said, "I wonder where he at now?"
"Who cares", Aqua burp, "Am I the only one wondering where we going and how we end up here? Because maaaan did that wine literally made me forget it".
As they keep moving forward and forward, they finally made it to a odd structure.
The structure in question was a pyramid, like complex. The difference from a pyramid was this one has no edges. It was round, similar to a ant hill.
It is cover entirely in a red metal and steel, and there seem to be some green shrubs growing from it, indicating it has been abandoned for quite some time.
"What is this place?" Aqua asked.
"I...don't know", Zach remark, "I haven't seen anything like this before".
"Kinda giving me a Blood Bird vibe here", Coff added, referring to him having seen Blood Birds architect, and remarking how similar it looks.
As they look at it, Mister Mind soon poke out from Aqua hair.
Staring at it and looking quite pleased by it while grinning, "Yes...yes, we finally here".
Aqua notice him and asked, "Huh, did you say something?"
"Yes...we're here".
"Here? Like you mean here, here?"
"Yes, here, here. I have finally did what you promise", Mister Mind said, "Led you to Washington".
"Wait, what are you talking about?"
Mister Mind then jump out of her hair and landed right in front of her, not just Aqua but to Zach and Coff as well.
"Hey Aqua, did that worm just came out from your hair?" Zach asked a confuse Aqua, pointing at him.
"Allow me to reveal my true intention", Mister Mind said, "MAGNETO!"
Quickly they turn around and saw a figure name Magneto, floating above them. Crossing his arm and glancing down at them.
He wore a purple and red look, with a helmet, boots, and a cape.
The three of them were shock and terrified, as Magneto hold out both his hands.
He begin to gesture his hands, as the sound of magnetic can be heard.
Without reacting in time, Zach, Coff, and Aqua were both tied up by the metal pieces that were ripped off from the structure.
They fall on the ground, as Magneto landed and approach them with Mister Mind slithering his way near Aqua.
"Wha-what's going on here?" Aqua asked Mister Mind, "What are you doing?!"
"I'm doing what I have promise to do when offering you for my assistance".
"What?"
"Aqua, what is he talking about?" Zach asked, then looking at Mister Mind, "Who are you?"
"My name is known among your mortals as Mister Mind. And me and Aqua made a deal to help one another. I take Aqua to Washington, and she help me assist her".
"So wait a minute...you were using me?!" Aqua asked in shock.
"Indeed!"
"Aww f**k! I knew there was something up!" Coff shouted, "I can't believe I literally join with you guys!"
"Enough!" Mister Mind said, glancing toward Magneto, "Take me to Cherieng at once".
They were now inside the complex itself.
Aqua, Zach, and Coff were led through a hallway.
A empty, cold and metal hallway.
Magneto led the way, with Mister Mind sitting on his right shoulder.
"I can't believe this", Zach whisper to Aqua, "All this time you were help by a worm, and you didn't tell us this?"
"Well..I try to guys but I was too focus on the game I didn't really bother", Aqua replied, trying to justify her action with excuses, "You understand".
"Didn't bother?" Coff asked, "You put us through tons of turmoil. What makes you think it wasn't important enough to share it to us?"
"For starter, even if I did tell you guys how would things play out? Safe or not safe?"
"I don't know. Not safe. At least it sounds better than hiding it from us".
Aqua was fully in disbelief.
Not only did she ignore the warning but she completely didn't took her risk and deny the offer. It was that simple.
Now she wonder what the worm will do next, now that she is capture.
Finally, they were led out from the tunnel and into a huge, massive open.
A open space similar to a mall.
There they stood in a open, massive space with a huge gap hole that is place in the center which leads from upward to downward as if descending down into the abyss or rising from the abyss.
And at the top shows a open hole, which shine down some sun light into this abandoned complex and there were sounds of the birds singing.
Nine levels made up the entire interior, with support pillars keeping them in place. They were in the fifth part of the layer.
The surroundings in each layer contains passage to other rooms and tunnels, with some being elevators or stairs.
Everything seem to be rusty, empty, and no sign of leftovers. It was as if this building was abandoned purposefully. There were battle marks, broken support pillars, cracks and scratches.
The most obvious one have to be the hole in the bottom where looking down, a pile of rubble can be seen.
This makes it a mystery of what happen to this place before.
"What is this place?" Zach asked.
"It's an abandoned lair, once own by a terroist organization call Antics", Magneto replied, "Cherieng chose this place to be our hideout. Though in my opinion, it's too open to be seen".
"And what happen to it?"
"Let just say there was a huge battle that happen here. One you may have heard on the news".
As the three of them were at awe by it, three figures emerge from the shadow on their left, meeting with Magneto and Mister Mind.
To much of a surprise, it was the Steam Children's.
However instead of them being dress in their drag coats and pants, they wore something completely different and standard to them.
Both Steam Chad and Rad wore red capes, pants, and golden armor shoulders while Steam Gal clad herself with just a pants and a wrapping bra.
"Ah, it's nice to see you three again", Mister Mind said, "Lovely to know you didn't blow my cover".
"Actually, we didn't know you hid in Aqua hair", Steam Chad replied, "We just assume Aqua had gone crazy after experiencing it in the desert".
"Whatever the reason is, I am most pleased by my skill of manipulation", Mister Mind said, "Now then, where is Cherieng if I may kindly asked?"
"She's down in the bottom level", Steam Rad replied.
"Good. Take the two boys into a cell", Mister Mind said, "As for Aqua, I want to hand her over, personally".
They comply, as Steam Gal and Rad took Zach and Coff away, leaving Aqua alone.
Scare and nervous, as she is led by Steam Chad to an elevator in the dark distance.
( Cut back to Spiderman ).
"So what your telling me is Aqua is innocent?" mandora asked Spiderman, parking in the middle of the forest.
Spiderman have already explain everything to her from the beginning to the end.
Mandora was curious and somewhat satisfied.
Spiderman nodded and continue, "Yep, apparently there were tons of guys going after them. I actually knew there was something up when Parasite, and some of my rogues appear out of the bloom".
"Right", Mandora said, "So it is true. Then that would mean I am being led to something sinister that I haven't heard of".
"you mean, you don't know it either", Spiderman asked.
"No, I was here to track down three escapees", Mandora explain, "I didn't think I was going to be led to another illegal activity".
"Huh, guess you and I are on the same page here".
"Anyways, you want to help me track down these escapees and save your friends?"
"Absolutely. I am a superhero in my world, so".
"Good", She responded, as she hop onto her speeder, "Now get on".
In the deep lab within this complex, a Feral Zeke in cage.
Uncontrollable and un tame, it begin to shook the cage violently and scream loudly, as it clench the bar harder and harder.
Feeling nothing but contempt to be free and cause a mayhem.
His sharp teeth is shown, his blood red eyes can be seen, and his drool became waterfall as he furiously jump and shook, until eventually one lighting struck cause him to be stopped and remain still.
This was done to ease him down, done by Cherieng.
She stand in the lab. A lab empty, have little light source, and seem to have no tools or equipments.
It was just a empty, black square room, with some counters either being broken in half and remaining in half great condition.
"It is so hard to tame a creature who was once a man", Cherieng commented, as she was not alone in this room once she turn around to face them.
Censorall, Killoff, Mirror Master, Parasite, Shocker, Electro, Miss Merry Christmas, and Babe appear before her.
"It makes me feel almost pitiful for this unfortunate soul", Cherieng said, "But alas, he may see some hope by my involvement".
"So what now?" Parasite asked, crossing his arm, "Who got the girl then?"
"Yeah, we heard someone manage to capture her successfully without issue", Mirror Master added, "Was it Shiner?"
"And do we get pay after this?" Shocker asked her, "We all gone through that mess, and we deserve something out of it".
"Patient", Cherieng said, walking toward them, "There will be enough reward for everyone, once Aqua arrive here".
"I still don't get it", Censorall said, "If you wanted to gain the future memories so badly, why not just steal the sphere instead? Surely that's more easy to do than this".
"Because as much as that does sound logical, the sphere only allows anyone worthy to give out memories of the future to. Even if I do take it, it won't benefit me. Instead, it will just be another antique junk. So my best option is to capture these two, specifically".
"Sound like a whole bunch of confusing mess", Shocker commented.
"Who cares", Electro said, "As long as I'm given a cure I don't care what this lady do".
Eventually, the slide door behind them open.
Revealing Magneto entering room with Mister Mind, alongside Steam Chad and Aqua.
Aqua was stunned to see all the previous villains that had gone after her.
Here in this room.
"Ah, you have arrive", Cherieng said, as Mister Mind hop down onto her palm, "Good work for capturing this woman for me. I don't know how you did it but I am grateful for it".
"Wait a minute", Merry Christmas was in disbelief, along with the others except Mirror Master and Parasite who were a little surprise to see him, "That worm? That thing was the one that manage to caught her without issues?"
"I can't believe this", Shocker said, in disbelief, "You telling me we gone through all that trouble, and this worm easily got her?!"
"How did you do it?" Electro asked the worm.
"I simply use my brains, young lad", Mister Mind replied, "If most of you resort to intelligent, maybe your jobs would've been easy".
"Ggrrr, that stupid worm", Shocker commented, wanting to shock the worm with his heat wave but was stopped by Mirror Master.
"Don't bother", Mirror Master told him, "It won't do anything, other than giving us a brain tumor if we did".
"All of you! Leave at once!" Cherieng told the hired goons, "I must tender with my own...business.."
"But what about my cure?" Electro asked.
"You will get it soon now GO!"
They all left the room, leaving her and Aqua, alongside Magneto and Mister Mind, alone.
Cherieng then approach Aqua, examining her and admiring her body, "My, so it is true. You are quite attractive, despite some vulgar comments I heard from my subordinates".
"Oh...really...uhh, nice?"
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Cherieng, once the ruler of Cambodia until my unfortunate downfall by those children's. As you see Aqua, me and your little friend made an agreement that if he help me, I'll share my power to him".
"Wait, is that true?" Aqua asked, looking at Mister Mind.
"Of course it is true", Mister Mind then proceed to go all expedition dump, "You see while you were in a weird drunken state I was forcing you to do all kind of things. It wasn't easy. I led you to Area 51. There, I force you to seduce the guards, which would allow me to enter the base quietly. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to work out, so I decided to force you to rain down your power. Once again, it backfire. So I decided to abandoned you and try to do my own thing. That being, simply sneak in without notice".
"Wait, why did you need me?" Aqua asked, "If you could easily sneak in, why did you need me to do all that sorts of stunt?"
"..." Mister Mind has no word, as he continue, "Anyways...while I was searching for a device, I seem to stumble upon hearing a conversation between two guards. They wont guards but disguise as one. Radon and Gameha. Apparently they were there to steal weapon. I heard about their intention, and also about this whole capture thing. This peak my curiosity, of course, so I decided to steal a space ship, meet with Cherieng. And as I was trying to leave, suddenly I was capture by Mandora, believing I stole a spaceship. I was put into a maximum prison until I was greatly free by Censorall. He help me, and together we depart ways. I then came back on Earth to search for ya, which leads back to here".
"Wow...that is the most convoluted, messy, confusing, absurd expedition I have ever heard", Aqua remark. "And that's coming from someone who live her entire life based off from that".
"Thanks you", Mister Mind said, "And now that your here, it's time for us to begin with our experiment".
"Experiment? What do you mean? What are you guys going to do to me?!" Aqua asked, beginning to panic.
"It quite simple", Cherieng explain, "I am going to take the future memories that you have hidden in your skull".
"Wha-what? Future memories? What are you talking about?"
"Remember the Spheres?" Cherieng asked, "The one you have try to grab for yourself. For eons, it was a rarity for me to go so far by creating that device. And now that it has been fallen in the hands of you, that thing, and Chris McLean, I'll must preform a spell to take it from you! and Zeke!"
"Now wait a second! Can you do this to Chris? I mean, you say something about him having...something in his mind. Couldn't you do that?"
"I would but theres a limitation to it usage. It would've seem Chris will likely lose those memories, longer than it should. And since you caught it recently, I cannot let it be drain off for much longer!"
"Awww...cr*p!"
"But do not worry", Cherieng said, as she put her sharp nail near Aqua frightening face, "I will not forcefully grab it from you just yet. No, Zeke will be the first, and his luck to be transform back to his human self. In which, I will grab it from there. His Feral is too harden for me to take it. So will simply revert to his old self".
She then turn around and face Zeke, who is acting violently again, "If that doesn't work, then I'll move on with you and discard this one. I don't care if the memories are the same I'll take no precaution".
"Why are you doing this?" Aqua cried out.
"Why?" She replied, not looking back at her, "For my own gain. My discovery. My chance to find the new and discard the old. I am doing this just for myself. If I gain the memories of what the future behold, I may...use it for my advantage".
"But what about Mumm ra?" Magneto asked, "I thought you were planning on sharing it to him?"
"I do...not fully", Cherieng replied, "Now then, let us not waste time and begin!"
she open the cage and drag Feral Zeke out. There she toss him against the wall.
As Zeke slowly regain conscious, a electrical shock is felt, done by Cherieng. Using her power, she gave Zeke a dose of shocking, bolts.
Spiking him tons and tons of time, all while Aqua watches. Horrified by this.
"Come on...can we talk this out?" Aqua asked, as the red light flicker once she turn to face Magneto and Mister Mind in a attempt to reason with them, "Listen, if it's all about sin and stuff, I'll admit. I actually do wear pants. Yeah, invisible one to be exact. I was just joking with someone, okay!"
The scream of Feral Zeke continues more and more. Soon his skin begin to turn from green to white. His eyes turn to pure, white normal, his hair begin to regrow with a brown hair, his claw like nail disappear, and his voice goes from a growling, vulgar tone to something more..normal sound to a human.
"Yes! For all my hiding, I see it!" Cherieng shouted.
After she shouted, Mister Mind pulled out a device. A device resembling a watering can but act more like a remote.
So much energy is consume, as the preform consumption has finally been stopped.
Feral Zeke was no more. Now he was Zeke. Ezekiel.
Dropping on the ground unconscious.
Cherieng soon lower her head down, as bolts of sparks sprung out of her.
Aqua stood there in feat. Sweating intensely and her eyes widen, as Magneto and Mister Mind move to the side.
Then all of a sudden, Cherieng strike Aqua.
It was her turn to feel the pain of electric, striking her on every part of her body.
"OH GOD! IT FEELS LIKE FIRE MIXED WITH FIRE MIXED WITH LIGHTING, AND THEN MIXED WITH MORE FIIIIIIRE!"
She scream in agony, as Cherieng continues to do this, all a while Mister Mind continue watching, using his device that us not notice by anyone.
( Cut back to Mandora and Spiderman ).
Mandora and Spiderman stood in front of the complex, both readying to enter and locate Aqua, Mister Mind, and the others.
"Hmm, nice. Would be a perfect structure to be transform into a mall", Spiderman remark,"In a weird sense".
"My scanner detect them to be in this complex", Mandora said, holding up a laser pistol, "Are you ready?"
"If you mean buying more web shooters before we arrive, then yeah", He replied, "You can bet I'm ready".
They both nodded and enter into the corridor.
The two of them ran through the huge tunnel, until they finally stopped.
From there, it leads to two passage, each being unknown.
"Let me guess?" Spiderman asked, "We split up?"
"You read my mind", Mandora replied, "I'll take the left, you take the right".
"Got it, and be careful", Spiderman called out, as Mandora enter the left passage.
"I will!" She said, after disappearing in the shadows.
"Alright, you got this", Spiderman said to himself, rubbing both his hands and making his way to the right, "Couple of baddies that I can deal with. I'm having a feeling I may encounter those guys back there again".
He ran for a about a minute until he made it to a huge hallway.
The open hallway contains six passage on each side. The front passage was way in the distance.
There were support pillars, scatter throughout the room.
On top of that, there were another level on the top with railings on them, and each have a machinery attach on the walls.
Spiderman thought, "Why do I get the feeling this is going to lead to a battle right about now".
His spider senses came, as Spiderman leap from a heat explosion.
He stick himself on one of the support pillars, making out to see someone coming out from the smoke.
It was Shocker, with his gauntlet. Heavy dose of heatwave emitting from it.
"Shocker! Hey, nice to see you again", Spiderman sarcastically greet.
Then another figure came out. and then another, and then two more appear.
Electro, Parasite, Miss Merry Christmas, and Babe all surrounded him.
"Electro! Parasite! And...a few other guys I barely remember", Spiderman said, "What's up? How ya doing? Man, it's like some small reunion, huh?"
"It'll be a reunion...in hell!" Shocker said, blasting his heatwave at him.
( Cuts to Mandora ).
Mandora is led into the center of the complex. The same center where Zach, Aqua, and Coff were led to.
She stood there, looking at the scenery and examining the place.
It felt warm, the sun kept emitting the ray of lights into this abandoned structure, as she walk around.
"No sign of them", Mandora thought, "Guess I'll just descend down to see if they there or not".
Moments later, Mandora immediately jump from a blast.
She did a flip and landed on the floor, seeing a three headed black serpent emerging from the impact.
The three serpents have torrents as eyes, as the dust reveal to be Censorall, floating in the air with his ring out.
Alongside him is Mirror Master.
"Censorall", Mandora said, "I should've known you were here".
"I is pretty obvious, honestly", Censorall said, "Now then, what do you suppose we do with this thing, Mirror Master?"
"Hmm, let's play her around then send her off into my mirror dimension", Mirror Master said, holding out his mirror gun, "Got a comfort place reserve for you, madam".
Elsewhere, the Steam Children's roam through the hallway, wandering around out of pure boredom and waiting for any further instruction.
"I'm still a little baffle Cherieng seem more proud toward a worm, more-sore than us capturing Feral Zeke", Steam Rad commented, "Don't you agree?"
"I'm more baffle that she hasn't reward us for anything yet", Steam Chad complain.
"Well she is...kinda busy", Steam Gal said, "Maybe she might give us the reward afterwards".
"I'm not too certain about that", Steam Rad told her, "She has a tendency to forget her deal".
As they stroll along, they were cut path by Radon and Gameha, with Radon being particular smug and arrogant.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here", Radon commented, sarcastically comment, "Don't you look soooo proud to know you three manage to capture one of Cherieng victims?"
"F**k off, Radon", Steam Chad replied, having a huge grudge against him, "I don't have time to mess with you".
"Oooh I'm not here to barf on ya. I'm here to compliment ya", Radon replied, then asked Gameha, "Isn't that right, Gameha?"
"Uhh-"
"See! He agrees!"
"Well I don't care if your here to compliment", Chad told him, getting up front at him, "You better back off or else I'm going to shove that pointy nose up the tip of your d-"
"Hey, hey, hey, guys", Steam Gal stepped in, "Let's not try to fight here".
"Oh, is that a threat?" Radon asked.
"Oh yeah, there's more coming from me, b*tch".
"Okay, I'm going to do some guard duty down in the cell", Steam Gal said, not wanting to take the pressure, she soon left the scene.
( Cut back to Zach Xigma ).
Zach and Coff were placed inside a cell, somewhere deep within the structure.
The cell bars were close enough to one another that it prevents anyone to slip out. The cell was facing off to a open hallway, with cell doors along the side. At the front were a wall with more cell doors, as it leads to other passage from left to right.
Zach attempted to slam the cell down but with no use.
Coff remain seated on the ground, telling him, "Zach, give it up already. Those bars are steel tight".
"Darn, I actually thought they would grow old and eventually be torn down".
"Well this base doesn't look like it been abandoned too long...minus the plants growing out of it".
"Still though, we can't give up", Zach told him, looking at him, "Aqua need us, and we need to get out to save her".
"Zach, what's even the point? Why do you still want to save her? After all the sh*t we gone through, you think it worth risking your life just to save some hoe?"
"It's not about that".
"It is about that. You doing it because your a simp. Well here's reality coming in, there's like large amount of other woman's out there crying out your name. So I suggest give up and let Aqua deal with her own problem".
"You don't understand. I'm not doing it out of love".
"Simp love".
"Whatever! I'm not even doing this for own fanboying...thing".
"Then what are you doing it for? Huh?"
"I'm doing it because..I don't want to lose a life, okay", Zach told him, then turning around to the cell, while crossing his arm, "Now listen, I don't want to go deep or emotional about my personal life recently but...after I find out my home world was destroyed by Gjira, I devoted my life to help anyone life no matter what".
"Seriously? You created your own code or something?"
"In a way, yes. I did..it's not perfect or it kinda cliche but that's pretty much why I want to help her".
"Huh...well...guess that explain it", Coff said.
"Yeah".
"I mean, I don't blame ya. I seen tons of guys lose lives so can't blame ya for changing yourself for the better".
"Yeah...thanks", Zach told him, turning around to face him, "And sorry for bringing you along. I know you kinda hate me for doing that".
"Hey, it's fine. It fine. You are, sort of, my pal despite all the cr*p we been through anyways", Coff said, scratching his head, "And I can't really stay mad on you. If it's Aqua then yeah but you...nah".
This seem to cheer Zach up, until suddenly they heard a voice behind them.
"Well this is great and all but I'm pretty sure it's not the right time to cheer up right now".
Startle, they turn around to see Steam Lad, chain up against the wall.
"What the hell? How long were you silent back there?" Coff asked, in disbelief.
"I don't know. I just woke up", Steam Lad replied, "Say, who are you guys anyways?"
"Uhh...names Zach Xigma", Zach replied, "This is Coff, my friend".
"How are you being able to see us?" Coff asked him.
"By my sword, duh".
"Your sword".
"Look across from the cell".
They did just that, turning around and noticing a sword leaning on the left wall.
"My sword allows me to see things", Steam Lad replied, "Sometime...most of the time...sometime it's hard to use it".
"And just who are you?" Coff asked.
"My name is Steam Lad", He replied, "I've been trying to follow Cherieng trail and stop her. Eventually, I fell for a trap, and here I am".
"Wait, you know her?" Zach asked.
"Of course I do. She's my long time enemy throughout century".
Just then, they heard a opening sound of a door.
Coming into this room was Steam Gal, who look rather unhappy as she approach and sat next to their cell.
"Uhh...excuse me but what are you doing?" Zach asked her.
"Doing guard duty", Steam Gal replied, "My brothers are fighting with Cherieng other hire goons so I decided to come down here and do guard duty".
She sigh, looking more and more bored and depressed, possibly not having a pleasant tone from her brothers arguing.
Zach notice her mood, feeling pity but at the same time gave him an idea.
"I could get you guys like a tray grub. I seen movies do that, and...I'm kinda in a mood to do it..but at the same time, I don't".
Zach begin to whisper Coff about his idea, "Hey Coff, I think I got an idea how we could get out".
"Really? Does it involve threatening her?"
"No, I meant...well, you may not like this but I need you to flirt with her?"
"Wait, what?"
"I know it sounds terrible but trust me".
Coff was unsure of. But knowing he can tolerate Zach, he decided to comply with it, since it doesn't involve Aqua.
He sigh and replied, "Fine...but you owe me one".
He approach near Steam Gal, leaning his left arm near the cell bar and try to attempt in flirting with her, "Hey babe, you looking sad. Is there something wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing. It just...I'm kinda sad...you know", Steam Gal said, "The fact we suck at trying to capture you guys".
"Awww don't feel too bad. It's not your fault".
"It is. And I get the feeling my brothers are putting their anger off on Radon and Gameha. Kinda remind me when mother did the same to me".
"Oooh that's sooo sad", Coff said, "You know, I don't think they angry about you".
"Really?"
"Yeah, I pretty certain they more pissed off on...uhh...your mother".
"My mother? I don't know".
"Come on, don't lie. You can tell me".
"Hmm..I mean...I guess Chad does have a huge comp tempt toward her. And plus, he rarely blame for anything. He more so blame her a lot".
"See! What did I told ya", Coff said, "Of course they don't hate you. And...to be fair...I don't hate you too, gal".
"Really?"
"Yeah, in fact I don't hold any grudge against you because...your cute and all", Coff said, which drop Steam Gal depressed mood and look more pleasantly surprise.
However in Coff thought, he was a bit...differ and a bit...cringe from his flirty comments, "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Awww...that's very nice of you", Steam Gal blush.
"Say, how about you free me and my pal here", Coff said, once again trying to flirt with her and convince her to free them, "I know, I know, may sound like I'm trying to convince you to do it but if you do, I'll take you out for a brunch".
This made Steam Gal scream in excitement and decided to comply with his request.
She twisted her cranes, powering herself up, and using her left fist to punch through the cell. She does it twelve time and torn the bars down, until eventually it creates a open gap.
This stunned Coff but in a good way, as he told her, gesturing to Steam Lad, "Mind releasing him too?"
Steam Gal nodded and approach Steam Lad, punching the chains out of it, allowing Steam Lad wrist to be released.
He got up and respond to her, "Thanks".
"No problem", Steam Gal salute, then quickly snatch Coff by her arm in a hugging manner.
"Welp...uhh thanks you for saving us", Zach said, "Me and Steam Lad will be off now".
"Wait a second, what are you doing?" Coff asked, worryingly.
"We'll be right back", He said, as Steam Lad ran off to snatch his sword.
"Don't you dare leave me".
"See ya later".
"Do not freaking leave me behind, you jacka**!"
"We won't!" Zach said, running off, which left Coff to be snuggle and hug by Steam Gal.
"Hey! Get me out of here!" Coff shouted, as his tone became calmer once Steam Gal hug him softly tight.
( Cut back to Aqua ).
Aqua is still be torture by Cherieng, continue with more screams than ever before.
While this was going on, Magneto heard a slight sound of a explosion happening above.
"Did you hear something?" Magneto asked.
"I hear nothing", Cherieng replied, "If you referring to our dear friend Aqua-"
"I don't meant that. I heard something from above".
"Then go check on it!" Cherieng order, as Magneto leave the room.
She continues to torture Aqua.
Aqua, feeling too much of the pain and pressure, fell on her knees, as Cherieng consume more and more, feeling the energy finally being filled within her body.
More and more energy is being suck out. Aqua felt her thoughts being scramble one by one, as soon as she collapse on the ground.
After a long moments of never ending electrical torture, it finally end once Cherieng stopped.
She stopped, feeling her new found knowledge flowing within her, as she remark, "Yes! Yes! The future is within my grasp! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
Suddenly after she made a cackling laugh, she felt...nothing.
No energy flowing in her. No memories of the future. No...nothing.
This came to a sudden stunned to her, "Wait...I can't remember it".
Aqua groan on the ground, as Cherieng look at her hand and clenching it, "I can't even predict my future moves, or what will happen next. Did my...did my action failed me".
"No, no, it did not", Mister Mind said, getting her attention, "You see, it is not you who failed. Rather, it is neither".
"What are you babbling about?" Cherieng asked, until finally realizing what he meant by that, once her sight was caught onto Mister Mind device, "What is that?"
"You really think I stole just a spaceship, did you? No, I stole something that I have many month ago. Let me give you a demonstration".
He turn the device to himself and turn a trigger, causing a ray to shoot at him.
Soon a flaring light show flicker out, causing Cherieng to cover her eyes as Mister Mind transform from his small, humorous state into something more...grotesque.
His grinned was gone. Turning into a typical snout of a Caterpillar. His eyes became plain yellow. He begin to sprung out wings. And his radio device remain with him, although much more larger.
After the light show has ended, Mister Mind fully reveal himself then shot a light beam at Cherieng from the head, striking her against the wall.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Cherieng demanded, "Traitor!"
"You think I would be satisfy with half the power?" Mister Mind asked, "No, I simply play along with your offer until eventually I decided to take my chance to steal it. That's what my device is all about, Cherieng. Stealing".
Cherieng growl, thinking he's mocking her own ability.
Mister Mind continue further by saying, "Now that I own the memories of what the future uphold, I won't have to worry what comes next because I can see every move that will happen. When you strike, I strike hard. When you think, I do the action".
As soon as he said that, she slid out the Goddess of Madness statue that was hidden within her cape, readying to use it.
"I should give all my thanks to Aqua. Without her, I would've easily been squash by you. Guess she wasn't useless after all".
"You may have the knowledge but I still have my own ability!" Cherieng said, holding out the statue and beginning her chant, "Goddess of Madness!"
Red lighting struck, as a tornado is form.
"Bring down the darkness!"
Her arms and legs skins begin to ripped away, along with her cape.
"Bring down the atrocities!"
Half of her face from the upper half is shredded off, revealing the hollow, skeleton skin beneath it.
Not only that but her teeth begin to distort into a hideous grinned.
"Bring down the Terror of Cherrrieeeeeeeeeeeng!"
She finish the final chant, as now she was in her more grotesque form, readying to strike Mister Mind.
And she did just that, firing more lighting ray at him.
( Cut to Zach and Steam Lad ).
Zach and Steam Lad ran through the long red hallway, trying to figure which way goes which as there was no sign to indicate direction.
"Any idea where we going?" Zach asked him, "It seems like we going in a maze here".
"No idea", Steam Lad replied, "I'm just using my senses to help me out here".
"Will it work?"
"Eh..I guess", Steam lad replied, as he isn't really sure. Most of it due to him having trouble using it.
Soon they made it into a much more huger hallway than the last, as this one stretch out like a massive pillar landscape.
"Whoa, I didn't know this complex was that huge".
"Hmm, my senses does seem to indicate we should keep moving forward", Steam Lad said, just then they heard voices in the distance.
It was vague but they could hear small voices in the distance.
Looking at one another, they approach the sound of the voice, remaining cautious.
As they ran, they stopped and hide behind one of the pillars.
Peaking out they can see Steam Chad and Rad arguing with Radon, alongside Gameha who doesn't seem to care or have the energy to argue.
"If I have the rest of my siblings here, they would've capture Aqua easy than you", Radon said to Steam Chad.
"Please, I doubt that", Steam Chad replied, "Even if they did, I'm pretty certain they would do a better job than you".
This made Radon extremely mad, growling at him, "Screw off, Steam sh*t! My fire ability would've do the trick. My other brothers and sister would've been my backup!"
"Backup? Bullcr*p. I may not know much about your siblings background but I know full well they would do their job successfully without you around".
"Oooh just like your siblings? I assume?"
As they argue one another, Zach whisper to Steam Lad, asking him, "Any idea how we going to get pass them? Knowing they would easily spot us".
"It's pretty obvious but I think I could distract them", Steam Lad replied, "You sneak around them. Just make sure you remain in the darkness and behind the support pillars".
"Yeah but...what about you?" Zach asked, quite unsure to let a child fight alone.
"Don't worry. I dealt with them before, I'll be okay".
Zach nodded, as he departed with Steam Lad coming out of the pillar and coming toward them, while sarcastically greeted, "Hello there".
They all turn around, facing him in a shock and disbelief manner.
"Steam Lad?!" Steam Chad exclaim, "How did you escape from your chains?!"
"Good question", Steam Lad said, as Zach quickly and silently made his way through and ran off into the far distance while not looking back, "You just need to fight me if you want the answer".
Radon growl, spiting out flames from his mouth, "If that child want a fight, I'll give him one!"
"Count me in", A voice from behind is heard, as Steam Lad turn around and using his sword to see Killoff appearing from the darkness, with his wrist gun out.
"Killoff", Steam Lad said, seemingly recognizing him, "Let me guess, your here to claim your trophy and bounty?"
"More or less, yes", Killoff said, "Your worth is going to give me a fancy, new sword after this".
As soon as he said that, Radon screech as he begin to transform into a different creature.
His entire clothe is rip from the shell of his skin, revealing to be a Rodan! With yellow, scaling wings and a golden flames emitting from it.
Steam Lad, knowing what he is dealing with, position himself with his fist out and his sword out, ready for a fight.
( Cut to Spiderman ).
Spiderman flung from the ground and onto another support pillars after a blast is struck.
This fight has been going, causing further destruction inside this particular room. There were pile of rubbles and damage marks everywhere.
Shocker and Electro were blasting at the web crawler everywhere from the ceiling to walls to anywhere Spiderman landed.
It was at this point, Spiderman was getting really exhausted from this.
"Hold still, you freak!" Electro shouted, shooting more electrical bolts at him.
Spiderman landed back on the ground. His sense then force him to turn around and see Merry Christmas ( In her Mole form ) using her claw to scratch his back, only for Spiderman to jump and stick on the wall.
"My web shooters are almost drain out", Spiderman thought, "These guys are not giving up. Guess I'll just have to make it quick".
"Seriously madam?" Shocker asked Merry Christmas, "Did you really think sneaking up right at him would get him?"
"Well don't blame me, cowboy! At least I didn't constantly keeping shoot at him".
"Guys, come on", Spiderman said, "Let' not arguing among each other here, please?"
Electro responded with more shock, as Spiderman jump down from the explosion and then landed distance away from their left.
Shocker and Electro keep shooting, while Merry Christmas dug herself down into the steel metal, allowing enough room for her to dig through.
Spiderman kept dodging while thinking what to do, "Okay, if I know anything about Electro and Shocker gauntlets, I know within close contact, both of them would likely explode. That's my best chance".
Sensing danger, he jump once again, avoiding a direct hit by Babe batter, landing a hit on the ground instead.
This gives Spiderman another idea, "That's it. I could probably use the big guy for my advantage. I just need to time it right".
He landed between Shocker and Electro.
Turning to face Electro and greeting him sarcastically while they were in stunned, "Sup, doing a good job back there".
"I'll show you more of a good job!"
Electro power up his electricity and blast at him, only for Spiderman to jump up which went straight to a confuse and terrified Shocker, "Kid, what are you-?!"
It struck him, causing him to suffer a huge amount of shock as he stood there, all burn up once he collapse on the ground.
Electro was baffle but at the same time, feeling awful for what he did, "Shocker, I-"
"Sorry, but I really need to end this quick", Spiderman said, landing behind him, "I have a really strict schedule here so-"
Shocker turn around and fire more, as Spiderman continue to dodge them, "One down, four to go. Now where's mrs. Mole at?"
Suddenly and right on cue, Spiderman legs were both grab by Mole hand, causing him to be pull away, making Electro pretty mad.
"Hey! That's my prey to kill!" Electro shouted, keep shooting at him.
"Ahahaha! You want to know what I do with my victims?" Merry Christmas asked, "I give them a slight blow in the face!"
Spiderman knew what she meant, as she look forward to see Babe readying his bat as if he's in a Baseball league.
"Right on cue", Spiderman thought then said, "Hey lady, ever heard whack a mole?!"
"What?"
"Fooooooort!" Babe shouted, as they got closer and closer, gripping his hand on the batter.
Spiderman, looking behind to see Electro charging, immediately jump upward once he gotten.
Babe struck Mole in the head. Not only that, but the electrical energy blast was fire by Electro, who accidentally electrocute Babe instead.
This cause him to throw the batter upward, in which Spiderman caught it.
After Babe collaspe on the ground, slumping over Merry Christmas, Spiderman landed on the ground and throw the bat at Electro.
Electro dodge it by moving away slightly, "Ha! You think that was going to strike me?"
"No! But this does!" Spiderman said, as he gave Electro a punching blow, knocking him out instantly, "That was just a diversion".
He said, rubbing his knuckle from the blow, "Now then, I wonder where Parasite is at?"
"Right here".
Spiderman look up to see Parasite approach the unconscious Electro and proceed to use his hands to grab his face, feasting on his energy, causing Electro to scream in agony.
"Whoa! Dude, that's harsh man", Spiderman remark, shock by this.
"Yeah so? I'm a parasite. It's what I do", He said, finishing stealing his energy up for himself.
"Yeah but you could've ask him politely".
"Whatever", Parasite told him, "After I'm done with you, I might even feast on my client power just the fun of it".
"Man, you really need a food therapy, pal".
Parasite, having Electro power, begin to trigger off more electron at him.
While Spiderman kept his gimmick of dodging attacks, he then felt a huge blast behind him.
He turn and saw a unexpected guest.
Magneto, floating in the air and making his entrance.
"Oh great", Spiderman said, "Guess I was right about the Magneto thing".
"So your the cause for those sound", Magneto said, "As I expected, I knew you would've arrive here to rescue them".
"Honestly, I kinda expected more out of this", Spiderman said, "But I guess begger can't be chooser".
Magneto proceed to lift up metal scraps near by and throw them toward Spiderman.
Spiderman immediately deflect it by leaping onto the scraps one by one until eventually he uses his kick, only to be struck down by a metal scrap.
Falling down on the ground to the side, as Magneto remark, "Pathetic. Your web senses didn't caught that".
"True, but you didn't expect this".
"What?" Before Magneto knew it, Parasite jump onto his face and force him on the ground, stealing also Magneto power while he scream and grow increasingly weak.
After that was done so, Parasite got up and approach Spiderman, "Thanks for allowing me to consume his power. Now I'm one hundred percent powerful".
He then proceed to lift the metal scraps and throw it at him.
Spiderman dodge them by running away, "Better than him, I guess".
As the battle continue, Magneto groan and lifted himself up. As he did that, he notice a hidden figure in the entrance, gesturing him to follow the figure.
Confuse and intrigue, he got up and follow the entity as it blend back into the tunnel.
( Cut to Mandora ).
Mandora was doing back flip, avoiding the attacks by Censorall projections, using his creatures to fight for him.
The serpents struck down on the ground, then proceed to use their torrents to blast at her.
She quickly ran and hide behind the support pillars, using everything at him with no use.
"Your soap gun and boomerang won't strike me down", Censorall shouted, "Not when I have my own rings".
"Then why are you working with the enemies?" She asked, having only two, small smoke bombs with her as she pull it out, "Aren't you a liberator".
"Cherieng promise me to split half of her power", Censorall said, "If I use those powers, I could finally liberated those oppressed worlds, finally ridding the corrupt".
"your insane".
"Insane, yes. But many smart geniuses have been view that way before, and I am one of them!"
Mandora quickly throw smoke bomb at him, causing smoke to blind him.
She sprinted out, trying to grab the gun distance away from her before she is immediately caught and strap by the serpents, after the smoke is clear.
She struggle to get out of there but the serpents were too tight to allow that.
"I knew you allow the corrupt to twist your mind into thinking me as a criminal", He said, floating to her, "I'm giving you one more chance to join me, and allow true justice to avail".
"Never!"
"Then suite yourself", He said, causing the serpents to tighten her in a attempt to crush her.
As he was doing that, a familiar voice got his attention, "Censorall!"
He turn around to see him. Zach standing there.
"Let her go, Censorall!" Zach shouted, "It's me you want".
"Zach?" Censorall responded, surprise and confuse but at the same time, delightful, "Ah, Zach. Didn't know you were here, friend. Have you finally recognize my reason, old friend?"
"Yes..I do", He said, pulling out his mirror ring.
This cause the serpents to see it and began to screech, causing Mandora to be let go, as she fell on the ground.
Soon they burst into explosion, causing Censorall to fall onto the ground.
With a mirror around, Censorall was useless.
"No...no! My projections!" Censorall shouted, as he charge at Zach with violent rage.
But before he could strike him, Mandora punches him out.
She turn to Zach, as he approach her, "Thanks for saving me, kid".
"Aww no problem", Zach replied, "Guess I finally remember to use the ring this time. Say, since your here have you-".
"Have a chance to bring Spiderman along, yes".
"Really? That's great! Man, that would really boost my fame here".
As if things seem to be easing down, they forgot one more person.
"Your right, but aren't you guys forgetting something".
The both of them turn around to see dozens of Mirror Master, crossing his arm and smirking at them.
"Forgot about me, huh?" Mirror Master taunt, "Can't blame ya. Let see if you can spot the real me. And if you think you could spot me just by looking at the shadows, don't even try".
Just then, they turn around to place everywhere to see Mirror Master is all standing everywhere in the surroundings, making it difficult for them to choose who's the real one.
"There's multiple of me, and only one of me is real. So choose wisely".
( Cut to Steam Lad ).
Radon spit the flames from his mouth, descending down upon Steam Lad.
Steam Lad charge at him with one punch, knocking him out and avoiding the flames. He then throw it onto Steam Rad, who was chasing after him if not for being stuck under Radon body.
As Steam Lad landed, he ran off and dodge from every fire power Killoff is aiming at him.
Killoff kept on firing, blazing at him.
Steam Lad then hide into one of the support pillar.
Killoff then continue to fire through the pillars, not falling for one of these blind actions.
He kept doing it, until Steam Lad finally snuck up and punches him in the fact.
However Killoff then grab him by the neck, forcing him to let go of the sword and allowing him to choke the boy.
Steam Lad, still having his steams, use his kick to strike him in the crotch, causing Killoff to collapse and for Steam Lad to give a upper kick, knocking him out.
He then turn to face Gameha, who was just standing there and not transforming into his form, "Uhh...just...ignore me...I'm not in the mood to fight...please?"
As Steam Lad sigh out of exhaustion, he was then pinned on the support pillar by Steam Chad, using his gauntlet to pin him against it.
Steam Chad then said, mocking him, "Well, well, well, for someone with a sword that allows you to see anywhere, you sure didn't seen me".
Steam Lad ignore his comment and punch Steam Chad, letting him go.
The both of them stood there and glare at one another, as Steam Chad remark, "You know, if your skill and everything, you could've easily been one of us. Another added family addition".
"Don't try to taunt me", Steam Lad replied, "I know your just trying to fool me. Don't think I forgot your ego personality, Steam Chad".
"Well it is connected to my name...weirdly enough", Steam Chad said, "But I suppose we can't all be friends here".
Steam Lad had enough with it and charge at him with his fist, same thing with Steam Chad as he too charge at him.
( Cut back to Aqua ).
Cherieng gave a maximum of thousands of bolts at Mister Mind.
Mind deflect them with his mind, using his mind as a force field.
While the fight between Cherieng and Mister Mind is happening, Aqua remain on the ground. Lifeless but still remaining alive.
However, her mood seem to change.
"So this is the end...I die here...by my own foolishness", Aqua thought, "I...lost...all my hard work just to win. And here I am...laying here...readying for the light to come to me and put the final nail to my entire life..."
She felt lost, she felt defeated, she that her purpose and journey throughout has been nothing. Only benefiting for someone else, and she believe she may die here, only known for the cause as a fool helping for a monster.
That's her thought now.
She wonder why she came here to compete in the first place. Money, yes but for what? After all the torment, she felt it was useless at the end. And that her hard work will go to nothing.
Regardless, there came to be another thought.
One that she remember from the desert. She remember...to keep moving.
As much as she was confuse by that comment, she soon realize it true meaning. A meaning that brought her a small dose of spirit in her.
It wasn't about the money or winning but rather proving herself. Proving she can be useful without the assistance of nobody.
Proving she doesn't need anyone.
Proving she can go through all the cr*p, despite her tough position.
And that was the point.
The whole point she came here.
This boost her higher spirit even more, once the realization came to her.
Now she wasn't scare, nor crying. Now...she was confident.
"Wait...I don't care if I do lose or not", Aqua thought, as she slowly got up, "As long as I make it, I don't have to be seen as a loser!'
Finally, she got up. And with her arms out and pointing upward, she begin to chant her spell.
It was a hard spell, and uncertain spell to that but she doesn't care. She wanted to keep moving, and she is determine to do so by mean, even ending this conflict.
"Sacred create WAAAAATEEEEEERR!"
The loud chant was heard, as Cherieng and Mister Mind stopped and turn.
Nothing seem to happen but as soon as she said, from way above during a battle between Parasite and Spiderman, Parasite felt a drop of water splashing onto his shoulder.
"What the?" Parasite responded, and as soon as he said they could hear thunderstorm from above.
Elsewhere, Mandora and Zach were trying to figure out which Mirror Master was real.
This became difficult, as Mirror Master tauntingly laugh.
However, things change as soon as more and more drop of water begin to start, causing confusion among them.
"Huh, what in blazing?" Mirror Master look up, alongside the others.
Soon little by little, more rain begin to pour.
Even in the bottom level, some felt it and notice it.
Causing Steam Lad and Chad to stopped and notice the pouring of the rain.
As soon as it caugh everyone attention, the rain became increasingly apparent.
It was no regular rain storm, no. It was a storm pouring down a giant gallon of flooding water.
A flood so mighty, it rival the great flood itself. And without warning, the complex. The entire interior complex was consume by it.
Later, a red plane is seen flying away from the complex.
The plane was now above the sight of any land.
After the thunderstorm disappear, leaving the above ground to be cover in blue, Magneto remarks, "How lucky I didn't stay too long down there".
"Be fortunate to be in our care, Magneto. You and I are both lucky to still be alive, despite our immortal state", the mysterious man hidden in the shadow said, smoking a long, black pipe as it puff out a spark of light and smoke.
"I'm guessing we haven't met", Magneto said, looking directly at the man, "Who are you?"
"Do you really not know who I am? Nor know about my foundation?"
"Please, I never listen to human news. Rarely I would believe them, if it involve the oppression of my kind".
"You interest me, Magneto. And it is quite understandable, as I am tired of this cycle of oppression. You and I could make a different".
"What do you mean?"
"Allow me to introduce myself", The man begin, "I am Eager Hostile, and this is my partner who you may refer him as...Blockhead".
"Howdy", Blockhead greet with a nod.
"We are the foundation of a organization call...Antics".
"Antics...hmm, my memory is sort of coming back to me".
"Ah, so you do heard of that name", Eager Hostile said.
"Only on the news".
"Yes, yes, quite right. You see Magneto, regardless of you hatred against all mankind I do share your deep aggression. And I would love for you to join us".
"Me? Join you?"
"Yes...what do you say?"
Maaaaan, was it hard for me to write this. Mainly because it feature some real life location, and boy was it not easy to do.
Not to mention, this took longer to make as it should.
Now then, what a cliffhanger that was. To those who are wondering, yes it will be pick up later on.
Anyways, I hope everyone enjoy this chapter. Again, sorry if it took so long. It's mainly due to me preparing for College and all that lovely stuff. Truth be told, I am going to finish this before the new year begin.
I also hope everyone is satisfied by what happen to Aqua, as I'm sure most of you are smiling of seeing Aqua going through all this. As for the ending, that will be important later down the line...with all other things.
Now for the preview, it's Eddy turn to shine. If you think Ryuko, Armin, and Aqua parts are...well...something then look no further for the next chapter! As Eddy will go through, you guess it, tons of sh*t! These include protecting a powerful, time travel Pokemon, Celebi, escaping from bounty hunters and a robot pirate captain voice by William Dafoe ( If anyone heard of the cancelled Treasure Planet sequel, you know who I'm referring to ), and having to ride on a spaceship heading to Earth, which in no doubt will include tons of shenanigans. And yes, half of it is a 1980 Airplane parody...just in space...which there was a pretty funny sequel of it...and there was a parody of Airplane but let's mention that godawful mess.
Anyways before we go, here's an update for the next season cast:
Mahiru Koizumi ( Danganronpa ).
Les Mutton aka Zeroman ( Zeroman ).
Bob ( SMG4 ).
Marceline ( Adventure Time ).
Akainu ( One Piece ).
Donald Love ( GTA ).
Nana Hiiragi ( Munou Na Nana ).
As always, send in some more cast suggestions. And also, send in some challenge or plot ideas for next season as well.
See ya later.
