Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future

Episode 3: Mother Nature's Revenge

Plot: Maxwell is getting accustomed to being a Nicktoon, but wants to explore more of HQ, including the Hall of Villains. Despite the objections from the Nicktoons, he breaks in and finds Undergrowth's seed, which ends up getting eaten by Sam. While the Nicktoons try to rescue Sam from being possessed by Undergrowth, Jimmy and Cindy try to compete with each other to be Max's first word after learning that whoever's Max addresses first signifies who he's closer to.

Part 2

In Amity Park, the Nicktoons reach Fenton Works after receiving Yuki's distress call. Darry opened the front door and he and the others gasp when they see the inside. The living room was full of potted plants, each carefully arranged in every corner of the room and on the coffee table. There were even potted plants hanging from the ceiling and on the walls.

Tammy glanced around when she found something that caught her interest, "Oh! Sunflowers, how sweet!" she was about to pluck one until Yuki slapped her hand, "What?"

"Careful! Our mom doesn't want us to mess with her plants," Yuki warned, "She even threatened to ground me if I touch one of her precious daffodils."

"Okay, I know your mother is a plant lover, but even this is bizarre," Tommy said suspiciously.

"Yeah...I wonder who could be responsible for this," Darry said, darting his eyes at Maxwell.

Maxwell realized and scoffed, "Come on! You think I had something to do with this?"

Tammy suddenly spoke up, "You shouldn't be blaming Max for everything that goes wrong, Darry. It's rude."

"And you shouldn't be defending him just because you have a crush on him." Tommy told her.

"Who told you?!" Tammy yelled at her brother.

When the group started arguing, Yuki held her forehead and groaned, "Why didn't I call my own Nicktoon team for help?"

Maxwell wipes sweat off his forehead. "Why is it so hot in here?" he asks, unzipping his jacket slightly.

Darry noticed he was feeling warm as well. "Now that you mention it, it is pretty warm." he looked at the thermostat on the wall which read 70 degrees. "There's the problem. I wonder who turned it up so high." he walked over and placed his hand on the button, about to turn it down.

"DON'T TOUCH THAT!" a voice screamed as a startled Darry turned to see his mother looking angry to see him.

Sam was wearing a tank top, shorts, a sun hat, and gardening gloves. She stormed over to Darry and swatted his hands off the thermostat. "Cold air is not good for the plants." she told him.

Darry backed away from his mother and gulped, "Sorry. I-I just wanted to cool the room a bit. A little air won't do any harm."

"It will harm the children." Sam said angrily.

"Actually, we can use a bit of cold air." Tommy mentioned, fanning himself with his hat.

"Not you!" Sam snapped. "The plants." she gently grabbed a leaf that was hanging on the wall with her fingers. "They have feelings too."

Everyone seemed weirded out by her behavior. Yuki whispered to her brother, "I told you there was something weird going on."

"Uh Mom, are you feeling okay?" Darry asked her.

"Of course, sweetie," Sam smiled innocently as she stokes one of her Venus Flytraps, "As long as the children are fine, so am I."

"You sure?" Yuki also asked, "Maybe we can have Dad check up on-"

"NO! I won't have that meddlesome Phantom and you flesh-walkers ruin my plans!" she hissed at them.

They all hold each other, startled by her outburst. But Sam shakes her head and regains her smile. "Sorry, I don't know what came over me." she said with a chuckle. "Maybe I better go check on the fichus."

After she walked away, Maxwell was the first to speak up, "I told you your mom's a weirdo."

Darry was about to scream at him, but Tammy stopped him. "Darry? Did your mom ever talk about liking plants this much?"

"Of course not!" Darry immediately answered, "Yuki and I are the only children she really cares about."

"Why don't you tell Mr. Fenton?" Tommy suggested, "I'm sure he can snap her out of whatever mood she's in."

"Where's Mr. Fenton anyway?" Maxwell wondered.

"He had to pull an all-nighter," Yuki explained, "He should be back in the afternoon. But when he comes, we better tell him about Mom."

As the group talked, Sam peeked around behind the corner of the kitchen when she glanced at her two flytraps, "You know what to do," she said in a dark tone. The two flytraps grinned with sharp teeth and eyes glowing red.

Back at HQ, SpongeTron was sitting at a table as Jimmy plugged a cord into the back of his head. "Commander, what are you doing?" he asked nervously while Jimmy typed on a computer that the other end of the plug was connected to.

"Just checking your memory banks for any moments I might've missed in my son's life." Jimmy answered as the screen loaded.

"Oh," SpongeTron understood, feeling confident, until he has some concerns, "Is this gonna hurt?"

"Of course not." Jimmy answered, not really paying attention. "I'll be better than ever once Cindy realizes I know our son better than she does."

"But shouldn't Cindy be present to see the recordings? She's Max's mother after all."

"A scientist always knows the right path to take. And she'll realize that I'm one step ahead of her."

But before he can view anything, Goddard suddenly jumped on the table and started barking. "I think Goddard's trying to tell you something." SpongeTron mentioned.

As Goddard barked, Jimmy repeated in confusion, "View what?"

Goddard opened his television screen and turned on the news where Cindy was doing a report from a special location. "Hello, this is Cindy Neutron with a special report. What's so special about it you ask? Well, today I'm accompanied by a special guest today. Here is my junior reporter: my son, Max Neutron."

Jimmy stared in surprise to see Baby Max on TV, wearing a fedora hat and oversized trench coat for show. Maxwell giggled and began chewing on a small notepad his mother gave him. "Our special report will be given by my special little guy. What will be his first word?" Cindy asked in excitement and held the microphone to Max. "Go ahead, sweetie. Can you say 'Mama'?"

"Mah." Max said, before grabbing the mike and sticking it in his mouth, causing a screeching sound to boom.

She took the drool-covered microphone out of his mouth and spoke into it, "So close yet so far." she smirked, "Hope you enjoyed the show."

Jimmy's eye twitches furiously at this, but SpongeTron smiled and pointed, "Aww look, Max's eyes sparkle when he's on TV."

Later that afternoon, Danny had returned home from work and was just as surprised as his kids at the numerous plant life in the house. He, Darry, and Yuki sat on the couch, uncomfortable by all the potted plants around the house.

Yuki replied, "Daddy, what are we gonna do?"

Danny tried to remain calm as he explained, "Don't worry. I'm sure this is just a misunderstanding. I'll talk to her and find out what's going on."

Sam then approached and asked in a cheery tone, "What do you think, Danny? Don't you think it's an improvement?"

Danny stood up and tried to talk to Sam in a relaxed voice, "Um...Sam...Honey? It's...nice and everything, but don't you think this is a bit much?"

"What can be 'a bit much' about this wonderful thing?" Sam asked with a small smile. "Every one of these vulnerable dears needs me. I have to be their caretaker."

"That's strange." Danny said, now looking concerned, "I haven't heard you talk like that since..." Danny's eyes widened when he clears his throat, "Um, kids? Why don't we have dinner outside? Just the three of us?"

Darry seemed confused by this suggestion, "Actually, Dad, we already had-" but Yuki elbowed him and made Darry realize, "Um, sure Pop, we'd LOVE to come."

"Outside?" Sam asked, growing a smile. "Under the trees, around the grass and beautiful flowers. Count me in."

"No!" Danny stopped her, "Just the kids and me. I've been away for so long that I want to spend more time with them. Besides, with us gone, you can spend more time with your...children."

Sam turned her back and smirked, "I like the way you think, Danny. Don't be out too long though."

"Yeah," Danny replied, pushing his kids out the door, "And we'll be sure to bring you back a soy burger. Okay bye!" Danny said and quickly slams the door.

"Dad, what's going on?" Darry asked. "I'm guessing we're not really going out to eat."

"Uh...Yuki, do you sense anything weird about your mother?" he asked Yuki.

"Well, she is acting super weird." Yuki answered. "She's more concerned about her plants than anything else, and she's trying to turn our home into a greenhouse."

"Is there anything else?" Danny asked, not noticing several vines creeping towards the humans, "Anything...ghost-related?"

"Not really. I haven't sensed any ghosts all day."

"Huh," Danny said, pondering over this, "Strange, I thought for sure that Sam was taken over again by-GAH!" he screamed when a vine grabbed his ankle and lifts him high into the air.

"Dad!" Darry and Yuki screamed when the concrete below them started to crack. Suddenly, a vine creeped out and tried to grab Yuki, but Darry pulled her away before that happened. They watch as the monster holding Danny moved closer so they can get a full visual.

It was a giant Venus flytrap with glowing red eyes and razor sharp teeth. It growled as it opened its mouth and lifted Danny close to it.

"Hey!" Darry yelled as he changed to phantom form, "My dad is NOT for dinner!" After his words, he released a ghost ray that blasted off the top half of the flytrap's head.

The vine holding Danny began to whither, letting Danny drop to the ground. His two kids rush over to him to see if he was alright.

However, another giant Venus flytrap emerges from the ground and grabs hold of Darry and Yuki with its vines.

Danny changed to ghost form. "Hold on, you two!" he shouted about to fly. "I'll-"

But suddenly, the door broke apart as multiple vines come from inside the house and grab Danny by his arms and legs, pulling him inside.

"Dad!" Darry and Yuki cried once more.

The vines holding them raise high as the Venus flytrap growled at them. Darry's eyes glowed and blasted the monster's head off with ghost ray vision. However, the monster's head regenerates. "Why is this happening?!" Yuki yelled.

Darry remembered something and had high suspicions, "I think I know how. Hold on tight!" His aura glows blue as he using the ghost energy surrounding him to break the vine off. Then, he zaps Yuki free as she falls. The monster screeched in pain and tried to grab them only for Darry to fly toward his sister and grab her. His shadow on the ground turns into a black vortex and they fly inside before the flytrap can get them.

At the Nasty Burger, Tommy, Tammy and Maxwell were having milkshakes. "I wonder how Darry is doing in the greenhouse his mom made." Tommy said, sipping his drink.

Suddenly, the shadow underneath the table began to swirl around and Darry and Yuki flew out of it, sliding across the floor, to the three's surprise.

Yuki was the first to stand up when she asked her brother, "That... was awesome! How'd you learn to do that?"

Darry stood up weakly and admitted, "I wish I knew."

"Haven't you ever heard of a door, Scottie?" Maxwell asked, unamused.

When Darry turned his head to Maxwell, he points an accusing finger. "YOU!" he sprinted toward him, hands pressed on the table. "You have something to do with this!"

"What? I didn't do nothing." Maxwell said, looking annoyed.

"Come on, Darry, I already told you," Tammy sighed, "You can't blame Max that your mom is a crazy plant lady with potted plants."

Darry scoffed, "Oh really? What if I blame him that my mom is a crazy plant lady with KILLER MAN-EATING plants?!"

Tammy and Tommy stare in surprise as they turn to Maxwell, who still didn't seem convinced. "I still don't know what you're talking about. Your accusations are flawed! I mean…I still didn't do anything."

"Even if you're right, Darry, how do you know Maxwell had something to do with it?" Yuki asked her brother.

Maxwell just crossed his arms, "He's just mad that I broke the Commander's rules of entering the Hall of Villains," he said, "But come on! I didn't do anything wrong. Sure, I tricked SpongeTron into letting me in and I accidentally knocked down that chest, but I put it back where it was."

Then, everyone's eyes widen. "Wait, chest? What chest?" Tammy asked, feeling nervous.

"I don't know." Maxwell replied. "The only thing that came out of it was some diminutive seed. I thought it was garbage, so I took it out."

"A SEED?!" Darry cried out in shock as he grabbed the front of Maxwell's hood. "You mean you took that seed out?! What did you do with it?!"

"I...kinda lost it." Maxwell answered sheepishly.

Darry growled as he was about to release a ghost ray from his hand. Maxwell yelped and covered his head with his arms until Yuki stepped in. "Now, now, Dar. Let's act maturely about this."

Darry looked at his sister and sighed, releasing Maxwell. Maxwell got up and brushed himself off, "Thanks." This was cut short when Yuki punched him in the face, knocking him onto the ground as Tammy gasped in worry.

"What the hell were you thinking, you idiot!" Yuki screamed angrily at him, "Do you know what you've just done?!"

Maxwell got up, rubbing his swollen cheek, "I thought we were gonna handle this maturely."

"I'm 13! I'm a teen, but still a kid, so I can hit you whenever I want!" Yuki hissed.

"Cut it out!" Tammy yelled, getting between Maxwell and the two siblings. "What exactly is going on here?"

"Your roommate just released Undergrowth into our house!" Darry yelled.

"Undergrowth?" Tommy asked in surprise, wondering how he returned.

"Who's Undergrowth?" Maxwell asked, having never heard of the ghost.

"An evil plant ghost who has high regenerative abilities and control over plants," Tammy mentioned, "He once tried to take over Amity Park and brainwashed everyone into tending to his garden and tried to feed them to his plants."

"Not to mention tried to take over HQ and put all of us into giant pods to be nutrients and replaced us with plant copies of ourselves," Tommy added.

"Really? Cool!" Maxwell said, impressed, until he received death glares from the Fentons, "Uh...okay, I see your point."

"My dad was able to beat him and when Undergrowth came back, it was him, me, and the Nicktoons that stopped Undergrowth," Darry stated, "When he was reduced to a seed, Jimmy sealed him away in the Hall of Villains with high surveillance along with the rest of the dangerous items and weaponry so NOTHING catastrophic can happen again!"

"And now thanks to you, he grew in my house, evaded my ghost sense, brainwashed my mom, and is gonna eat my dad." Yuki explained, and then pointed at Maxwell, "And it's all your fault!"

Maxwell began look guilty as he shrugged, "But I told you I lost that seed."

"Well, somehow he managed to get in," Darry stated, "But how exactly? Like a seed, Undergrowth should be dormant until he receives any nutrients like water or sunlight."

Maxwell got a determined look, "I don't know how, but," he jumped off his seat standing tall, "We're gonna go over there, save your parents, and stop him!"

"I was thinking the exact same thing!" Tammy smiled.

"I'm totally in." Yuki said with a smile.

"Same here." Darry agreed. "But let me say just one thing." he cleared his throat and then started pointing at Maxwell as he sang, "Ha! I told you so, I told you so!" and childishly laughed.

Maxwell frowned and Tammy rolled her eyes before saying, "Let's call HQ and get help from SpongeTron and Jimmy."

Meanwhile at HQ, Cindy has just returned back home with Baby Max in her arms. "You're so cute." Cindy said, cuddling Max in her arms. "You deserve special treat from Mommy for being a good reporter. Can you say 'Mommy'?"

Max just put his fingers in his mouth and drooled while Cindy opened one of the kitchen cupboards.

Sitting at the table was Jimmy with his arms crossed. "Hello honey." he greeted with a scowl, "Did Max enjoy his time on the air?"

Cindy turned and answered with a cool smile, "As a matter of fact, he did. I hope you caught it. You should know that he had a lot more fun and came a lot closer to saying 'mama' than he ever did with you."

"Ha! That's where you're WRONG, my lady," Jimmy stated, "Cuz I already KNOW which word Maxie has said first!"

Cindy's smile turned upside down, "What?!"

"I'm syncing SpongeTron's CPU into the computer and collecting EVERY recording he has;" Jimmy explained, "Now we'll know EVERYTHING from him, including ALL his interactions with Max."

Hearing this, Max's eyes widen in shock since this would mean his parents would know everything he's done with SpongeTron, including his deep dark secret. With no other option, he began to cry out loud, "WHAAAAAA!"

Surprised by his sudden sadness, Cindy tried to calm him down, "Aww, what's wrong, sweetie?"

"Maybe his diaper is wet." Jimmy guessed, trying to check inside Max's diaper.

Before they can figure out what the problem was, SpongeTron bursts in, holding his Recaller. "Commander, I got a call from the Nicktoons. Something's going on at the Fenton household and they need our help."

Max suddenly stopped crying and Jimmy gets an idea. "That's it." Jimmy said with a smile as he takes the baby. "Max will come watch me save the day and he'll learn just who the man of the house is."

"Yeah, then he'll watch as you and your inventions fail while I go and save you and become the hero Maxie sees me as," Cindy smirked.

"I am the one whose footsteps Max will follow." Jimmy said defiantly. "And it'll be my name that he will verbalize upon seeing me."

"And who's gonna be watching him while you're off playing hero? That's right, me. And it'll give him plenty of time to learn who his real parent is."

"Not if I-"

"STOP!" SpongeTron shouted, getting between them. "Friends in trouble! Nicktoons Go!" The adults agreed and followed SpongeTron to the Portal Machine.

Meanwhile, the six Nicktoons make it to Fenton Works, only it was incased in vines and other plant life. "So what's the plan?" Tommy asked.

"Dunno yet, but we have to calculate this carefully," Darry insisted, wanting to do a better job at being leader than he was previously, "Remember, Undergrowth is one of our most dangerous foes."

"Let's not forget his weakness is extreme temperature such as heat or cold," Tommy added.

Tammy then remembered, "SpongeTron has an ice cannon. Let's wait till he gets here and we can-"

"Uh, guys?" Yuki said, pointing ahead, "Your teammate is already going inside."

The three look ahead to see Maxwell running toward the doorway. "Max, come back!" Tammy shouted.

"I can take him!" Maxwell replied as he ran inside. As he enters the living room, Maxwell looks around in awe to see more vines covering the walls, floor, and ceiling. "Wow," Maxwell whispered, "My first Nicktoon mission and it's totally cool."

Then he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to Darry, Yuki, Tammy, and Tommy. "Are you crazy?" Darry asked in frustration.

"Pfft. Come on, if you guys can beat him, why can't I?" Maxwell stated, "Besides, how dangerous can a bunch of stupid plants be?"

On cue, the vines around them spring around their feet, grabbing Yuki's ankles and dragging her away as she screamed. "Yuki!" they cried before they too were grabbed by the vines.

A couple of blue flowers grab Darry's hands as he tried to use his ghost powers to escape. But this time, he wasn't able to. "These things are canceling out my ghost powers!" Darry shouted.

The vines wrap around Tammy and Tommy, grabbing Poof from Tommy's hands and covering the twins' mouths to keep them from wishing for anything. Maxwell used his psychic powers to keep the vines at bay, but more appeared behind him and grabbed him before he can do anything else. When the Nicktoons were all captive, they heard a familiar voice say, "You mere fleshwalkers thought you could stop me again?"

They see a figure standing in the doorway of the kitchen, Darry immediately recognized the voice and sneered, "Undergrowth..."

From out of the vines that grew from inside the kitchen, the figure that came out was none other than Sam, whose eyes were glowing red and had dark circles underneath similar to that of Undergrowth.

Darry gasped in horror as the other kid's eyes widen in surprise as well. "M-Mom?" Darry asked weakly, "Y-You're behind this? But what about-"

But Sam suddenly growled and spoke in a cold raspy voice that echoed alongside her own voice, "I knew you sproutlings would return to save your caretakers."

"That can't be Mom!" Yuki shouted in denial. "It must be a plant clone! It has to be Undergrowth controlling her! But why can't I sense him or any other ghost here?"

Maxwell created a surge of psychic energy around him and split the vines apart that were holding him long enough to drop on the ground. He ran around the room to try and free everyone, but Sam simply growled and swung her arm, making a large Venus flytrap come out of the wall and open its mouth at Maxwell.

"No, Mom!" Darry cried out. "Don't hurt him!"

"You fool!" Sam yelled at Darry, "I'm not your mother!"

Everyone was surprised, but Yuki sighed in relief, "So it is a plant clone." but then she seemed baffled, "But it still doesn't explain why I can't sense Undergrowth close by."

Darry watched Sam stroking the plants and vines that were around her, and his eyes widen in shock as he pieces everything together. "Undergrowth isn't controlling Mom." he said in shock, "Mom IS Undergrowth."

The others gasp upon this horrible revelation. "You're wise...for a mere ectoplasmic fleshwalker," Sam said in a raspy voice.

"But-but you said Undergrowth was a seed," Maxwell objected, "He wouldn't awaken if he didn't have the proper nutrients as a seed. How is he possessing your mom anyhow?"

"More importantly, how did he end up in Amity Park when he had no way to escape from HQ or Jimmy's world?" Tammy also wondered.

"I can't even explain it." Undergrowth replied, "I was trapped in my imprisonment, and before I knew it, I was inside the body of this fleshwalker." he growled angrily as he looked at Sam's hands, "Trapped in this prison of flesh and blood."

Yuki chuckled nervously, "Okay...So since you're currently unhappy with being inside our mom, then I guess it's a good enough reason to leave, right?"

But Sam smirked and Undergrowth responded, "That I refuse. Being in this body frees me to nurture my children and dispose of my enemies, including Danny Phantom. Once he realized I was in this female's body, he couldn't bring himself to attack and left himself vulnerable."

"What have you done with Dad!?" Darry growled with malice.

Undergrowth signaled to a large pod in the living room and answered, "He is making himself useful." and the pod opened to show Danny Phantom lying inside unconscious as his body was being used as nutrients for the plants.

"DAD!" Darry cried out as he tried to break out of the plants, but wasn't able to due to the flowers disabling his powers.

"You will be next." Undergrowth said to the Nicktoons. "Your bodies will be fed to the children and none of you will be able to stop me this time."

Hearing Undergrowth, Maxwell's eyes widen as something flashes before him. He suddenly recalls spilling granola all over himself and picking it out of his pockets to sprinkle all over the yogurt, including the seed he had found in the Hall of Villains. His face was filled with horror as he fully realized that he indeed cause all this to happen. But he snapped out of his daze when he noticed the Venus flytrap approaching him to steal his life. Maxwell concentrated as an invisible force freezes the Venus flytrap in place.

"All right, Maxwell!" Yuki cheered.

But suddenly, vines come out and grab Maxwell by his arms and legs, breaking his concentration on the flytrap. "That one is too much trouble." Undergrowth said, pointing at Maxwell, "Devour him!"

The flytrap smacked its lips when it leaps toward Maxwell. Maxwell closed his eyes until a plasma ray blasts the flytrap's head to pieces. Maxwell opened his eyes to see the flytrap gone and turned to the ghost boy, "Scottie?"

"I-I didn't do it," Darry explained as the flowers still blocked his powers.

Maxwell turns and sees Jimmy standing at the doorway with a plasma rifle in his hands. SpongeTron came out behind him, shouting, "We're here to save the day!" and fired his freeze ray, encasing the plants that were holding the Nicktoons in ice.

They were able to break the ice and free themselves from the plants. Sam had a look of terror on her face at seeing Undergrowth's precious plants destroyed. Undergrowth then yelled, "You'll pay for that!"

He summoned thorny vines to raise and attack SpongeTron and Jimmy. But unexpectedly, Cindy comes in and yelled, "Hi-ya!" combating the plants with her advanced karate skills.

Entering the house was Baby Max in his walker, who stared at everything that was going on. Cindy pulled a vine in half and said, "You see that, Maxie? Mommy saved Daddy's neck."

"I'll have you know I didn't need saving." Jimmy retorted, approaching her. "I was perfectly fine without your help."

"What's wrong? Jealous that my son looks up to me instead of you?"

"I'm the influential role model here, so he looks up to me!"

As he watched the couple argue, SpongeTron slapped his forehead, annoyed that they would choose to do this in the middle of battle.

Darry rushed over to the pod containing his father. "Don't worry, Dad. I'll get you-" but he was grabbed by a vine and slammed into the wall by Undergrowth. He was about to fire a ghost ray, but stopped when he looked straight at his target.

Undergrowth laughed and mocked, "You fleshwalkers are all the same. You hesitate when it comes to fighting one of your own."

Tammy then jumped in with a star-shaped power saw and cut the vine that was holding Darry. Tommy then grabbed him and pulled him away to the rest of the group.

"What are we gonna do?" Yuki asked in worry. "Undergrowth is still inside Mom and we can't fight him without hurting her."

The two adults stopped arguing and Jimmy asked, "How did Undergrowth come in possession of Sam anyway?"

"It's really all my fault," Maxwell admitted to the group. "I broke into the Hall of Villains without your permission and I took Undergrowth's seed. I didn't know what it was and I must have mixed it with the granola we ate."

Darry suddenly grabbed a hold of his collar and furiously yelled at him, "So you DID do this! You turned my mom into a plant-loving monster!"

But Cindy pulled them apart. "Darry, stop this! People make mistakes and fighting won't solve anything!"

"Says you!" Maxwell yelled, "You and the Commander fight all the time!"

"That's not true." Cindy objected.

"Yeah," Jimmy agreed. "We just wanna be the object of our son's admiration."

"And fighting and arguing about whoever's the best doesn't get in your way of actually CARING for your only child?" SpongeTron asked dully.

"More importantly..." Yuki began saying, raising her voice, "It stops us from rescuing OUR PARENTS!"

As Jimmy and Cindy hear this, multiple vines come through the ceiling and nearly hit the group as they quickly dive out of the way.

While lying on the ground under a lamp table, Tommy asks, "So if Mrs. Fenton ate the seed, how do we get it out?"

"Anyone know how to do the Heimlich Maneuver?" SpongeTron suggested.

"No, Undergrowth is not a normal ghost," Jimmy stated, "He's growing inside Sam and if we force him out physically, who knows what damage he can do to her body."

"So we'll just extract him the Fenton way," Darry exclaimed.

"You mean wait until she barfs him out?" Maxwell asked, "Or wait until she-"

"NO!" Darry yelled out, annoyed.

Yuki understood what he meant and asked in concern, "Are you sure you can do this, Darry?"

"I've done it before, haven't I?" Darry answered confidently. "I only need two minutes."

"I'm coming with you, Scottie," Maxwell quickly volunteered.

But Darry narrowed his eyes at him. "Haven't you done enough?" he asked in disappointment.

"Look, I'm really sorry that I caused all this to happen," Maxwell said with remorse, "Which is why I have to come with you to fix the mistake I caused."

Darry still didn't look convinced, but Tammy insisted, "Take him with you, Darry. You might need help."

"Fine. You can come." Darry dully said until he stared straight at Maxwell, "But this is my first time overshadowing with a partner, so no messing around."

"I know, I know. Just shut up and let's do this already." Maxwell said as he and Darry grab hands. Darry turns them both intangible and Maxwell shivers from the feeling it gave him. They both flew into the air and flew towards Undergrowth, who was using his plants to track down the Nicktoons. The two then flew into Sam's body, causing Undergrowth to gasp and cringe. "No!" he gasped. "It can't be!"

Suddenly, all the plants around the house go out of control and start thrashing about, putting the humans in danger.

Tammy and Tommy scream as the latter hides behind his sister while she swings her chainsaw around, slicing the crazed vines in half.

A bunch of vines were making their way up Max's walker while he just sat there and whimpered. "Max!" Cindy cried as she quickly pulled him out.

Jimmy quickly got in front of them and used his plasma rifle to keep the plants away from them. However, one got past his defense and wrapped around his ankle dragging him across the floor. Max held his hands out to him and cried, "Daaahh!"

"I knew it! He said 'Dad'!" Jimmy cried in joy as he was dragged across the living room.

Yuki ran toward Undergrowth and yelled out, "MOM! Can you hear me?! It's Yuki! You gotta snap out of it!"

Undergrowth turned to her with a glare and swung a vine at her. But SpongeTron quickly jumped at Yuki and pushed her out of the way of the attack. "It's no use, Yuki." SpongeTron told her. "We have to leave the rest to Darry and Maxwell."

"Oh man, I hope those two know what they're doing," Yuki said in worry.

Meanwhile, Darry Phantom opened his eyes and saw he was in a dark and almost green void with Maxwell hanging on his back so he wouldn't fall off.

"Where are we?" Maxwell asked.

"Well, from my experience last time," Darry explained, "I think we're in my mom's subconscious."

They suddenly see many roots shoot past them. "This isn't how I thought overshadowing someone would be like." Maxwell said, looking uncomfortable.

"Trust me, it's gonna get a lot worse," Darry mentioned in precaution, "Though...probably not worse as last time."

They follow the source of the roots and see Undergrowth in the center, many of his vines and roots spread in different directions.

"Whoa..." Maxwell said, almost frightened to see his true form.

"Undergrowth," Darry said with a sneer.

"Ghost boy..." Undergrowth hissed back. "You've possessed this human as well? But you are too late. I have complete control."

"What have you done with my mother?!"

Undergrowth answered, "Since she has consumed me, I have done the same with her." he splits open the middle part of his body to show Sam inside, unharmed, but wrapped in vines while she was unconscious. He closes his chest back up and tells the ghost boy, "As long as she remains part of me, I can use this body as my own."

"And what are you gonna do with it?" Maxwell also asked.

Undergrowth smirked, "Is it not obvious? Use this vessel to regrow all my children, nourish them until they grow enough to rid of those flesh-walkers and take back this world. She is the perfect caretaker of my children and I won't let you pesky weeds stop me!"

"Weed this!" Maxwell yelled and leapt toward Undergrowth to give him a kick.

"Maxwell, don't!" Darry warned, but was too late. As Maxwell charged a foot toward Undergrowth, a flytrap emerges and opens its mouth.

The flytrap ate Maxwell whole, trapping him inside its mouth. "Oh brother." Darry groaned and flew towards the plant, firing an ecto-disk at the stem, severing it. He caught it and wrapped his arms around the flower, hugging it tightly until it coughed up Maxwell.

Darry caught Maxwell by the front of his shirt and stared him in the face as he yelled, "I knew I shouldn't have brought you! I'm trying to save my mom and you're not helping at all!"

"Well...well..." Maxwell was trying to find a good excuse when he argued, "Well, it wouldn't have happened if you guys let me in the Hall of Villains in the first place!"

Darry was dumbfounded, "HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!" he screamed at him.

"If we toured around that place, you could have at least told me what that chest was and I would have known it was evil from the start!" Maxwell yelled as he pinned the blame on Darry.

"I warned you there was dangerous stuff inside!" Darry yelled, getting angrier. "I even said 'I told you so'! But you didn't listen to me!"

"Why would you care?" Maxwell spat, "From the stories I heard, you didn't listen either!"

"And because of that, I put my friends' lives on the line!" Darry yelled, causing Maxwell's eyes to widen in shock.

But suddenly, Darry drops Maxwell and the latter quickly grabs onto a root before he falls any further. But he looks up to see Darry get a blue aura around his body and start growling angrily with his eyes tightly shut. "I'll save my mom with or without your help!" he yells at Maxwell. Now active in his Ghost Rage, Darry charges at Undergrowth. The plant ghost swings his vines at him, but the ghost boy uses his powered up ghost ray to blast them to bits. He reaches Undergrowth's body and attempts to tear the middle of him apart to reach his mom inside.

"Scottie?" Maxwell called as he tried climbing up the vines to reach the ghost boy.

Once he rips a hole open, he sees Sam still inside and instantly calms down. "Mom!" he calls as he reaches out to her.

But a bunch of vines grab Darry and pull him away, wrapping around his body tightly, binding his arms and legs. "Scottie!" Maxwell called out, seeing what happened.

Darry struggled to break out of the vines, but was tightly restrained and was unable to use his ghost powers. "Maxwell!" he called out to him, "You have to...save my mom!" but Undergrowth extended his finger and wrapped it around Darry's neck.

Maxwell froze as he saw Darry at the ghost's mercy. But Undergrowth just laughed and said, "Your first victory was pure luck, boy. But you won't have the same luck in here."

"You forgot about me, you giant weed!" Maxwell yelled, "If Scottie can't stop you, I will!"

But the vine around Darry's neck tightened and choked him. Undergrowth told Maxwell. "If you attempt to free my human host, I will end your friend's life."

Maxwell looks at his friend in danger and looks back to see Sam still captive by Undergrowth. He looks back and forth, wondering what choice to make. Darry grunted as he was being strangled and tried to talk to Maxwell, "Max...well. Do...some..."

He continued to hesitate, feeling nervous like he did during his training exercise and wasn't sure who to save again. He looks up at Darry to see he was starting to pass out from lack of oxygen. Maxwell gasped and screamed, holding his hands out toward Darry, letting out a psychic force.

The force pulls the vines off Darry, allowing him to fall and fly to Maxwell. Holding his neck as he breathes for air, Darry says, "Maxwell, you…saved me."

"I had to save you before saving your mom," Maxwell explained, "But that won't stop us from saving her together, right?" Darry nodded as he swooped Maxwell by the arms and both charged at Undergrowth.

Undergrowth growled furiously and tried to swipe at them, but Darry carried Maxwell and flew around, avoiding all the plants. Darry then threw Maxwell towards Undergrowth and the boy threw his hands apart, using his powers to split the vines apart telepathically. He landed inside Undergrowth where Sam is and quickly grabbed a hold of her. As he began tearing the vines off of her, Undergrowth tried to reach inside to pull him out. "Get out of there, you whelp!"

He summons flytraps from his body to pry the boy off his vessel until blue ghost rays blasted each flytrap to bits. He sees Darry floating in front of him, his fist glowing blue and his blue eyes flaring fiercely. "NEVER take over my mom again!"

Darry flew over and punched Undergrowth in the face. After Maxwell freed Sam, he held onto her since she was still unconscious, which was hard for him since he was so small. As he tried pulling her out of the plant ghost, they were both grabbed by Darry, who pulled them out and flew them away from Undergrowth.

"Sorry, Undergrowth," Darry told the plant ghost, "But with no one to suck nourishment from, you're finished." Maxwell added to this by sticking out his tongue.

Undergrowth reached out to grab the three, but he was becoming weakened and grew smaller.

"May you do the honors?" Maxwell urged Darry to finish it (in a polite manner).

"I'd be glad to." Darry responded in the same manner. He swings his right leg back and kicks his foot out, firing a ghost ray that hits at Undergrowth's roots, severing them to pieces as he too begins to wither.

Meanwhile in the human world, Sam's body continued to try and destroy the Nicktoons. But suddenly, she grew weakened and fell to her knees. The plants that were around the house began to whither and the pod containing Danny disappeared and released him. Danny held his head as his energy returned. "What the..." but then he stared ahead to see his wife. "Sam!" he cried and rushed over to her.

Once all the plants withered, everyone ran to their side. Danny picked Sam up, who's still unconscious. "Mom?" Yuki asked her.

Suddenly, Sam began to hack and cough. Everyone backed away, afraid of what will happen. Sam continued coughing until she spat out the seed from inside her.

Tammy and Tommy approached it. "Wow, Max was right." Tommy said, amazed. "She did barf it out." Then, she glows blue as Darry, holding Maxwell, flew out of her body. The two dropped to the floor in exhaustion as Darry reverts to human form.

"Darry, you did it!" SpongeTron congratulated. "You beat Undergrowth and saved your mom!"

"Yeah, but..." Darry said, trying to catch his breath. "But I couldn't have done it without help."

Maxwell chuckled sheepishly while Tammy hugged him. "I knew you could do it, Max!"

"I think you'll do just fine on the Nicktoons." Tommy said and turned to the ghost boy. "Right Darry?"

"Yeah, sure. I agree." Darry quickly replied as he got up and rushed over to his family. "Mom? Can you hear me?"

Sam began waking up as she groaned, "What happened? I had this really weird dream. Darry and Maxwell were fighting Undergrowth inside me." then she looked around and spotted all the damage to the living room. "What happened to the house?"

Everyone else glanced at each other and then at Sam, "It's...a funny story really?" Danny said uneasily, brushing back his hair.

But Yuki warmly hugged Sam, "I'm so glad you're back to normal, Mom." she said happily.

"We love you, Mom." Darry added as he happily hugged her as well.

"I'm glad I can kiss you again without being weirded out." Danny told Sam before kissing her on the lips.

"Awww..." Jimmy and Cindy sighed at once after the kiss. Danny joins his kids in hugging Sam, happy that their family is reunited once more. Baby Max blew spit bubbles as he too watched while being held by his mother.

Later on, the Nicktoons (minus the Fentons who were busy cleaning their place up) went back to HQ to seal away Undergrowth's seed back in the Hall of Villains. After the seed was placed back in the chest, Jimmy closed the door and locked it shut. "You know, I would've liked to see all the other stuff that's inside." Maxwell said, earning glares from Tammy, Tommy, and SpongeTron. "I'm just kidding!"

"Now, Maxwell, do you understand WHY we keep all of these things in a safe containment that's under strict jurisdiction?" Jimmy asked sternly.

Maxwell lowered his head as he answered, "Yes, I know now. I guess even if bad guy equipment is in the hands of heroes, it can still be used for evil. If I'm ever gonna be a good Nicktoon Agent, it means I'll have to be more careful when it comes to following orders."

"I think you'll do just fine from now on, Maxwell." Jimmy assured with a smile. "An important thing about being a Nicktoon is learning from your mistakes. And I think it's time I learn from mine."

He walked away, followed by Maxwell and the twins. "Jimmy?" SpongeTron asked as he and the others follow him into SpongeTron's room.

Jimmy takes a flash drive out of SpongeTron's computer and the robot asks, "Doesn't that contain all my memories with Max?"

The genius nodded when Tammy asked, "So are you gonna look them over and find out Max's first word?"

Jimmy examines the flash drive when he heard a yawn from Cindy as she carries Baby Max to him. "Man, I'm beat," Cindy said tiredly and asked, "Think you can put him to bed for me, Jimmy?"

Jimmy smiled and took Max in his arms. "Cindy and I decided that we don't need to hear Max's first word to find out who he'll be closer to in the future. Looking at the Fentons showed us that we can be just as close as they are, if not more. And we'll keep our ears open when Max is ready to talk." He then crushed the flash drive in his fist and dropped it on the ground, earning a sigh of relief from Max.

Jimmy carried Max out and told him, "Come on, Max. Once you wake up. Mom and I will spend time with you together." Max giggled as his parents lovingly carry him to his room.

SpongeTron sighed in relief when Maxwell, Tommy, and Tammy walk over to him. "You know already what his first word is, don't ya?" Tommy asked slyly.

"Oh yeah. While the computer was looking through my database, I looked through my recordings and found this." SpongeTron said when he pulled his tie to make a giant monitor emerge from his hat. The monitor buzzed when it showed a scene of SpongeTron and Baby Max, right after the defeat of the Syndicate when they tried to kidnap him.

SpongeTron is holding a nude baby Max and the baby smiles as he says, "SpongTwon."

"Well, what'da know? You said my name." SpongeTron said until he realized, "Hey, you said my name!"

The screen dies down as the monitor returns to his head. Maxwell smiled calmly for the moment, clearly remembering as Tommy chuckled, "Whatdoya know? You were his first word."

"Uh-huh, cuz I care for him and love him just as much as his parents do," SpongeTron pointed out proudly.

"Think we should tell the folks about it?" Tammy pointed as the couple who are on way to Max's room.

"Hey, outta curiosity," Jimmy asked his wife, "What if Max's first word wasn't 'Mama' or 'Dada'."

"Well, Jimmy, what if Maxie's first word was 'door'?" Cindy asked calmly...and demonstrated by punching a hole through the metal door with her bare fist.

Jimmy was startled for a moment while SpongeTron chuckled nervously, "You know, I just don't have the heart to tell them."

"Me neither." Tammy agreed. "Let's keep it between us." Tommy and Maxwell nodded in agreement.

The End

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