Pacific Ocean
The group all sat quietly in one of the EPF's jets while Danny and Jenny flew alongside them.
"So, you're telling me that your home is somewhere on one of these islands?" April asked.
"It should be," Finn answered. "Dr. Gross will probably want to head to Founders Island to hold your friends hostage. It should be somewhere here."
Jenny's pigtail-like satellites suddenly picked up a news feed that troubled her.
"Guys," Jenny spoke up. She managed to hack into the jet's audio system to get the passengers' attention. "One of Dr. Gross' experiments managed to kidnap someone else. She was apparently a news reporter doing a story in the Earth Kingdom."
"Well, where's that?" asked a shrunken down Jake, who was hiding on the dashboard.
"Its entrances are actually hidden throughout the Pacific Ocean," Danny explained. "Maybe this Founders Island of yours might be one of those entrances."
"That should be easy enough, right?" Finn asked. "We just go in, capture Dr. Gross and save whoever she captured and we'll be on our way."
"And since there are eight of us this time, we should have a better chance at taking her down," Jake said.
"Not exactly," April chimed in. "Even if we find exactly where this entrance to the Earth Kingdom is, we need to be able to open up some sort of spiritual portals. It doesn't exactly sound like a cakewalk."
"Well, we do have a spirit with us this moment," Shini brought up. "And we've got your telepathic abilities, so maybe it won't be so difficult."
"Yeah, I guess," April responded. "I dunno, though. It's gonna take a lot of energy and concentration for us to open the portal. Are you up for it, Danny?"
"I can try," Danny thought. "I brought a portable device that can open up portals to another dimension. If I can modify it to give us access to the Earth Kingdom, we should be good to go."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Jenny chimed in. Everyone else seemed to agree.
"So then it's settled," Danny said. "As soon as we touch down somewhere, I'll get started on the portal."
And so the group continued in their search for an entrance to the Earth Kingdom.
Polynesian Island - Pacific Ocean
Rainbow darted across the vast expanse of water with Pinkie in her arms. Though the extra weight slowed Rainbow down a bit, the two were able to make it to a small island seemingly in the middle of nowhere in just under an hour and a half. As soon as they got to their destination, Rainbow immediately set Pinkie down.
"Alright. So, now what?" Rainbow asked. "There's supposed to be some sort of civilization around here, isn't there?" She then circled the entire island while Pinkie, at a loss for where to look, just stood there. "I got nothing," Rainbow informed Pinkie. "You?"
"Doesn't seem to be any portal here," Pinkie told her as she looked under a nearby rock.
Rainbow then let out a big sigh. "Well, I guess we'll have keep searching every other nearby island."
Before the two of them left the island, however, a jet flew overhead and landed close to the shore. It's side featured six hexagons bordering each other in a ring shape. Rainbow and Pinkie, both confused, approached the aircraft. The two of them stood silently in front of the door before it opened up, revealing five people, with a small dog suddenly growing in size from one of the people's hand. A robot then landed beside the group, with a ghost-like individual following suit and transforming into a regular man in a white button-up shirt with a red band collar.
"Who the bjork are you two?" one of the group members asked. This one wore a white bear hat, a vivid blue shirt, and a green
"I'm Pinkie Pie," the pink woman spoke. She then pointed to Rainbow. "And this is my girlfriend, Rainbow Dash."
"Uh, hi," Rainbow responded as she awkwardly waved at the passengers. "And just who the heck are you guys?"
"I'm Danny Fenton," announced the man in the white button-down shirt." Everyone else introduced themselves accordingly. The man in the white bear hat introduced himself as Finn Mertens, while his dog introduced himself as Jake.
"Cool! Another talking dog!" Pinkie interrupted.
"Another one?" Danny faltered.
"Yeah, one of our friends has a talking dog after he was exposed to magic," Pinkie explained in a matter-of-fact manner.
Still confused by the explanation, Danny's group continued. The redhead in a black jumpsuit introduced herself as April O'Neil, and her friends introduced themselves as Casey Jones, Karai, and Shinigami. Finally, the white and blue gynoid introduced herself as Jenny Wakeman.
"Okay," Rainbow responded. "Now that we got that out of the way, would any of you happen to know how to get to the Earth Kingdom? Our friend was kidnapped and we're trying to go save her."
"That's actually what we're here for," the man in the button-down shirt answered. He then pulled a device out from his pocket. "This device is able to open portals to an entire world full of ghosts. If I can modify it to open up one of those spiritual portals to the Earth Kingdom, my friend and I"--he pointed to April--"might be able to draw up enough energy to get us there."
"Alright," Rainbow commented. "That shouldn't be too hard."
"Not exactly," Danny continued. "This could take a lot of energy out of us. Who knows how long we'd even be able to keep it open?"
"Well, then we'll just have to be quick about it," Rainbow commented. Danny gave her a skeptical look. "Okay, I'll be quick about it," Rainbow then clarified.
"If you're thinking of going alone, you're out of your damn mind," Danny told her. "You'll need help facing whatever we find on the other side of that portal."
"Sorry, but I don't have time for you guys to keep up."
"Our friends were kidnapped, too," Danny told them. "So trust me when I say you're gonna need our help."
Rainbow's eyes slightly widened. There were more people kidnapped? she thought to herself.
"Fine," Rainbow conceded. "We'll follow your lead."
"Alright," Danny said. He then pried open the device, revealing a small container filled with green fluid. "Let's see if I can rewire this to give us access to the Earth Kingdom."
"Do you always carry that thing with you?" Rainbow inquired. "No offense, but it kinda seems ridiculous that you'd just carry that with you in your pocket all the time."
"Well, believe it or not, I'm actually a ghost hunter," Danny explained. "This device usually opens up a portal to an entire dimension full of ghosts, and since I'm not always home to send ghosts back through the portal I have there, it's more convenient for me to send them back immediately with this." Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie both looked dumbfounded after that explanation.
"That's...cool. I think," Pinkie faltered, still confused as to what Danny was trying to say.
"Dude, we've dealt with magic before, but all that just sounds ridiculous," Rainbow said.
"Wait a minute. You're the Fenton? From Fenton Works?" Pinkie asked.
"Technically, my parents are," Danny corrected. "But yeah. They eventually passed the company down to me and ever since then, I've been trying turn their technology into something useful to society."
And then it hit Pinkie.
"No way!" she gasped. "So it's your hot dog grill cooker machine I've been using!" Everyone else looked at her in confusion. "What? I may not know much about his ghost-hunting stuff, but I can sure as hell find a good deal on kitchen appliances."
"Anyway," Danny continued, "I was thinking that if I could rework this device to pick up on the spiritual energy that the Earth Kingdom's portals run on, we'd be able to save our friends and capture their, well, captor."
"And I can use my powers to amplify that energy and keep the portal open long enough for us to get in and get out," April chimed in.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Rainbow said. "What do you want the rest of us to?"
"Well, we're gonna need a plan of attack when we get there," Danny explained. "What can you guys do?"
"I've got super speed and Pinkie can make sweets explode."
"And I thought my powers were weird," Danny commented. "Anyway, your speed and your...explosive sweets...might be able to help us. Do you think you can help April and her ninja friends get our friends in and out of there quickly?"
"Do cupcakes make great tools for learning chemistry?" Danny and Rainbow gave Pinkie a confused look. "Yes," she abruptly answered as she suddenly pulled a cupcake from her own hair. "The answer is yes."
"Okay. So, you guys will be on search and rescue. Meanwhile, the rest of us will apprehend Dr. Gross herself and any of her tech."
"Woah. When did you become an expert on military junk?" Rainbow asked.
"It's not the first time I've had to think of a strategy to save someone," Danny affirmed. "Besides, it doesn't hurt that I've watched loads of Power Pals growing up."
Suddenly, a green light started flashing on Danny's device.
"Over ten new ghost portals have been discovered," the device's virtual assistant informed. It then proceeded to list off the newly discovered locations, one of them being the Earth Kingdom.
"Pfft. I probably could've done that," Jenny commented.
April then closed her eyes shut and extended her right arm, seemingly searching for something. She then stopped in her tracks.
"I think I sense something," she told everyone. "There seems to be some sort of rift into the spiritual realm."
"Okay, maybe not that," Jenny conceded.
Danny then pointed his device in the general direction of where April was gesturing. All of a sudden, a green ooze-like substance appeared. It swirled in mid-air, looking to be unstable. April now focused her mental energy on fighting this instability and keeping the portal open.
"Thanks, April," Danny acknowledged. "Alright. Everybody through the portal, quick!"
And just like that, Rainbow, Jenny, and Finn leapt through the portal. Unfortunately, however, April's strength started to wane, as the portal itself started to flicker.
"Hurry up, guys!" April yelled as she struggled to keep the portal open for much longer. "I don't know how much longer I can hold this!"
Not before long, though, April couldn't take anymore and collapsed to the ground. The portal then reversed its rotation and began to close.
"Oh, no you don't!" April exclaimed before lunging towards the portal. And before she knew it, she was on the other side of that portal.
Spirit World
As soon as April collapsed to the ground, Finn and Rainbow rushed in to help her back up.
"Are you alright?" Finn asked.
"Yeah, I think so," April responded as she regained her composure. "Did everyone get here?"
"Where'd it go?" came a familiar voice. The quintet turned around to find their remaining friends just standing there, with Pinkie Pie looking especially worried. "Where'd the portal go?" Pinkie continued. Rainbow approached Pinkie, but as soon as she reached out to her, her arm completely passed through Pinkie's body.
"What the?" Rainbow muttered to herself. "Uh, Pinkie?" She continued in vein to tap Pinkie's shoulder. "Why can't I touch her?"
"Huh. That's weird," Danny commented. "I've never been able to see the real world from the Ghost Zone."
"Ghost Zone?" Rainbow suddenly turned around and looked at Danny with a mix of confusion and frustration. "What do you mean Ghost Zone? Are you saying we're dead?"
"What? No! We're still alive," Danny clarified, "but it's still weird that we're seeing the real world from here. That's not supposed to happen."
"Then how come we can see the real world this time?" April asked.
"And how come no one else can see us?" Rainbow asked, still worried about Pinkie.
"I'm still trying to work that out."
All of a sudden, a strange figure darted past their eyes.
"Uh, did anyone else see that?" Danny asked everyone. The same figure immediately dashed by again.
"I think so," Jenny answered.
"Me too," April chimed in. She then clutched her tessen in preparation for whatever was coming. Finn, Rainbow, and Jenny had also gotten into combative stances, while Danny transformed and activated his ecto-energy. This was all in vain, however, when the elusive figure snuck up behind April and captured him. One by one, the group members were picked off, until it was just Finn left.
"Aww, man," Finn shuddered as he looked around for any attack. Sweat ran down his forehead as he constantly spun around, looking for who could possibly be attacking him and others. He flailed his sword the moment he saw something move from the corner of his eye. Fortunately for him, it was just Jake and everyone else he left behind on the island.
That didn't lower his guard, though. He kept searching for a sign of someone coming after him. Now and then, he kept flailing his sword, hoping to strike the attacker down.
And just like that, the elusive figure had come up from behind and grabbed Finn. His luck had run out.
