Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future

Episode 10: Nano

Plot: The Nicktoons discover that Jimmy has been studying the remains of Morph- at the cost of his own rest. But soon, Morph escapes and searches for its remaining parts that are hidden away in secret locations, all except one single nanobot that becomes attached to a terrified Maxwell. The Nicktoons must try to secure the nanobots while Yuki looks after Crash after he loses his eyesight.

Part 2

Soon the Nicktoons go to their first stop to collect the hidden nanobots; Axion Labs in Amity Park. Darry Phantom sneaks his team inside by phasing through the building, ending up in one of the hallways. Tammy whispers to Darry, "Where are the nanobots?"

Darry whispered back, "I think I might know where they are. My dad says they keep all the top secret stuff through a bolted door down the hall."

Suddenly, the nanobot jumps off of Maxwell's shoulder and scurried down the hall. "Hey, wait!"

"Where's your evil robot friend going?" Tammy curiously asked.

Maxwell crossed his arms and pointed out, "He's not my friend."

"We can't let that thing loose in here." Darry hastily warned. "Let's get it back before it finds where the rest of the nanobots are."

They immediately follow it down the hall and soon find it stopped in front of a large steel door. "What are you doing, nanobot?" Maxwell asked, suspicious of the nanobots motives.

The nanobot buzzed in response, but no one could understand what it was trying to say. But Yuki looks at the door and assumes, "I think this is the room with the nanobots inside."

Tammy tried opening the door, but it was sealed tightly shut. She then noticed a control panel on the side. "It looks like you need a code."

"I got your code right here." Darry said as he turned intangible and attempted to walk through the door, but instead smacked on the surface and fell on the ground. As he sat up, he frowned and muttered, "Ghost shield. Thank you, Valerie."

Maxwell approached and stated, "If you're done being dumb, Scottie, I think I can bypass the security since the chip increases my intelligence." While he was talking, the nanobot jumped over to the door. "I'll just need to rewire the system or I can just-" before he could finish, the nanobot went into the keypad.

They watch the keypad spark until the large door opened. "All right, nanobot, you did it!" Maxwell cheered, earning him stares from his friends. "I mean, big deal, he did it. Not like it can be trusted."

As they go inside, Tammy mentions, "I don't know, it is pretty cute." They stop in surprise when they see the inside, "... compared to the rest of the nanobots."

They find some of the nanobots inside a round case that was pumping cold air inside like the ones in HQ and the museum. "Gnarly," Darry cheered, "We found the nanobots before Morph did."

The nanobot buzzed at Maxwell and he said, "He's right. We gotta get this outta here before Morph finds it. The more nanobots he absorbs, the more powerful he becomes."

Unknown to them, Morph spotted the heroes from behind the door. It leered at them with its glowing eye, knowing they'll do whatever it takes to stop it. It hides behind as a large glow engulfs him.

The Nicktoons watch, wondering what to do with the frozen nanobots when... "Darry?" They turn to see Danny Fenton from behind the door, "What are you kids doing here?"

"Dad!" Darry shouted in shock, fearing they would get in trouble for sneaking in. "We were..."

But a calm Yuki finished for him, "We're on a mission for Neutron. He wanted us to keep the nanobots safe."

"Hm, sounds serious." Danny responded, "That's why Neutron asked me to keep it in here. But if it's in danger, I know a safer place to keep the nanobots."

"Really?" Tommy asked, surprised, but happy to have some help.

"But what if Morph finds you?" Tammy warned. "He's out there somewhere."

Maxwell looks at him suspiciously however when Danny answered, "Don't worry. With Morph in a weakened state, I'm sure all of us will beat him somehow." He then began walking over to the container, strangely with a limp and grabbed the container, pulling it off from the freezing tubes. "I better hurry and take these away before they unfreeze."

He quickly rushed out with the nanobots and shut the door. Darry sighed in relief. "Well, it's a good thing we have my dad helping us."

"But there was something weird about him." Maxwell mentioned, "I couldn't hear his thoughts."

Yuki gave him a disapproving glare, "You're reading minds again without permission?"

Maxwell sheepishly answered, "Well, he looked a little hurt and I wanted to make sure he was alright."

"Dad was hurt?" Darry asked in surprise, having not noticed anything wrong.

"But I wonder why Max couldn't read his mind." Tammy wondered, "He usually just can't read the minds of non-organic lifeforms."

"'Non-organic'?" Darry questioned until his eyes widen in realization, "Robots!" He quickly ran out of the vault to find Morph, but a sound was heard and the rest of the Nicktoons run out to see Darry and Danny on the ground, having run into each other.

"Dad!" Yuki called, surprised to see him come back after taking the nanobots.

"Darry? Yuki?" Danny asked, holding his back. "What are you kids doing here?"

"Mr. Fenton, where did you go?" Tommy asked in panic. "Where are the nanobots?"

Danny stood up and pulled his son to his feet. "If you're talking about those nanobots from the future, they're locked away." he answered, "You shouldn't be messing around in there."

"Dad, are you hurt?" Darry asked in concern, "Max said you were and I couldn't believe it."

"And what did you do with the nanobots?" Tammy demanded to know.

Despite their questions, Danny seemed confused, "Whoa, hang on a second. I'm not hurt and I didn't do anything with the nanobots. They're supposed to be in the freezing chamber. If they're out for too long, they'll unfreeze and cause havoc again." The kids were confused about Danny's obliviousness about the situation until Maxwell read his mind, 'I wonder if they're on some kind of mission from Neutron. Why would they think I have the nanobots?'

Maxwell's eyes widen when he realizes that since he can now read his mind, the Danny they saw before was a fake. Knowing full well where the next nanobots were, the good nanobot buzzed and Maxwell took off while yelling, "Thanks Mr. Fenton."

Though confused, everyone followed him, and Darry told Danny, "Sorry Dad, gotta go. I'll see you at dinner." Danny stared in bafflement as they all left Axion to continue their mission to find the last remains of Morph.

Meanwhile in Bikini Bottom, Crash was rummaging around in his room, making quite a mess since he still couldn't see. Finally, Crash grabbed his sandboard, felt it to make sure he grabbed the right one, and smiled in joy. "Yes!" Crash cheered victoriously, "Now the Amazin' Crash will board down the stairs, through the livin' room, out the front door, through the front yard, and land outside the air dome- all without usin' my eyes." He got on his board and was prepared to ride out the door, but he instead crashed into the wall and fell backwards.

Hearing the noise, Twitchy and Junior enter their room. Junior looked at his brother in concern, "Crash, are you more hurt? I thought Yuki was taking care of you."

"Hmph," Crash grunted as he stood up, "I don't need no one to take care of me. I'm a daredevil. Bein' in danger is my thing." He got on his sandboard and moved forward, but due to his blindness, ended up crashing into the wall again. Junior winced, but Twitchy chuckled in amusement.

Downstairs, the door to the air dome opened and the wet Nicktoons came in to find the last of Morph's pieces. "Okay," Darry stated, a bit out of breath. "I think we made it here before Morph."

"But where are the nanobots?" Maxwell demanded to know.

"Maybe Sandy knows." Tammy suggested.

"Knows what?" a southern accent asks, and they all turn to see Sandy standing behind them.

The Nicktoons smile and Maxwell rushes up to her. "Mrs. SquarePants, we need your help. Do you have the nanobots Jimmy Neutron gave you?" He asked as the good nanobot buzzed on his shoulder.

"You mean them tiny robots that tried to do him in?" Sandy asked, to which everyone nodded in response. Sandy smiled and answered, "Sure I do. Come on, I keep 'em down below with the rest of my stuff."

As they went to the cellar, Yuki shifts awkwardly as she asked Sandy, "So... how's Crash doing?"

Sandy answered, "He's doin' just fine. I don't know what you did, but he's been up in his room restin' his eyes without puttin' himself in danger." Yuki looked a little guilty, but everyone followed Sandy down the stairs. But from a corner of the dome, Morph slinked toward the glass and was now larger due to absorbing the previous portion of nanobots.

From inside the house, a thud was heard on the door, and it opened to show Crash wobbling as he held his sandboard. "That would have worked if I knew the door was open." Morph, in his liquid form, slinked through the bottom of the glass and entered the dome. Crash looked around after hearing the quiet robot. "Gee," Crash said in worry, "I think the house has a leak. I better tell someone. MAAAAA!"

But his cries go unheard since below the cellar, Sandy was showing the Nicktoons where the nanobots were. She moved the boxes aside and opened a square freezer that contains the nanobots frozen inside. "Here it is, fellers." Sandy told the Nicktoons, "In here, they're about as functional as a wagon with no cattle."

"Gnarly!" Darry cheered. "Now we just have to take it to HQ and keep it safe from Morph."

"Mom?" Crash's voice was heard until they hear him scream before he tumbled down the stairs and see him land flat on his face.

Yuki gasped in worry while Sandy immediately rushed over to her son. "Crash, sweetie, are you okay?" She asked, helping him up. "What are you doin' down here?"

"I thought I heard somethin' down here and I couldn't see what it was." Crash cried, strangely looking scared, which Yuki noticed.

Sandy didn't notice anything strange about her scared son and just hugged him, "Don't worry, son, nothin' will harm you while you can't see."

"Ma, are you down here?" Crash's voice was heard until he screamed as he fell down the stairs and landed on his face. Everyone was surprised to see two Crashes.

"Wait," Tommy exclaimed, "Crash can't be in two places at once."

"I'm in two places at once?" Crash asked, holding his hands out, "Where?"

Sandy looked at the Crash she was holding and pushed him away, "What the hey is goin' on?" she demanded to know. But the Crash she discarded gritted his teeth and his arm turned into black ooze that he shot at the real Crash, pinning him to the wall.

"Morph!" Darry exclaimed, "Tammy, Tommy, help fight Morph; Yuki, help save Crash; Max, guard the nanobots. Nicktoons Go!"

Tammy took out her jump rope and Poof appears as Tommy's chain hammers. They yell in battle cry and charge at the fake Crash. Morph reverts to its original form, but splits into two; one against the twins and the other after the nanobots. The second Morph flings at the nanobots for more power until Sandy jumps in. "Hi-yah!" She screams, swatting it with her karate chop.

Darry charges a blue ray and shoots at it. Morph partly splits itself to dodge the blast when it turns green and shoots a ghost ray as well. Maxwell uses his telekinesis to bring out a small gadget to block the blast. He takes out his spark gun and shoots, but Morph deflected with a ghost ray. The Morph against Tommy and Tammy turned pink as one arm turns into a jump rope-like whip and the other into a chain hammer. It swings its chain hammer to smack Tammy. "Hey! No fair in using our weapons against us!" Tommy complained.

Morph responds by shooting black stars from its body and pinning him to the wall. Maxwell backs away toward the contained nanobots. "Morph has his morphing powers back. If he gets the rest of his parts, he'll be unstoppable again."

Crash got to his feet and tried to feel around. "Hey, what's going on?" He asked, "Is everyone doin' something excitin' without me?"

When Morph was about to strike the defenseless Crash, Yuki quickly picked up a baseball bat and shouted, "Crash, look out!" And batted the robot from the sponge.

Crash didn't notice what was going on and looked annoyed, "Yuki, is that you? I thought I fired ya?"

Yuki looked even more annoyed and responded, "I was saving your life, duh! You're still blind and in danger, remember?"

"I don't need you!" Crash yelled, "I can take care of myself!" Suddenly, Morph's tentacle wrapped around Crash and pulled him away. "Hey!" Crash yelled as he struggled, "What's this gooey metally stuff?"

Yuki gasped while Sandy yelled, "Put down my boy!" She jumped up to karate chop the robot, but Morph held Crash in the way, causing Sandy to freeze in place. Darry flew forward to punch Morph, but he too had to stop when Crash was held like a shield and Darry had to stop before he hit the sponge. Tommy threw a gold star at Morph, but when it held Crash as a shield again, Tammy had to use her jump rope to deflect it away.

With the Nicktoons restraining themselves, Morph approached Maxwell and held Crash hostage, signaling Maxwell to hand over its remaining parts. "What's going on?" Crash asked as he struggled inside the goo, "Why can't I move?"

But Maxwell remained still with fright as he stared at Morph right in front of him. The nanobot tried to get his attention so he could act and save Crash, but Maxwell remained frozen. Without any more time for response, Morph turned its arm into a hammer and swung at Maxwell, knocking him away from the freezer. Morph then jabbed its hand into the freezer and absorbed the remainder of the nanobots until it was powered to its original size. Afterwards, Morph changed into liquid form and escaped at fast speed through the door with Crash still trapped in its body. The little nanobot decided to follow it in pursuit.

Tammy ran toward the fallen Maxwell in concern. "Max, are you okay?"

Maxwell got up and sadly responded, "No. Morph retrieved all his parts. Now he probably has his original programming to annihilate my dad. My nanobot must've left to rejoin Morph as well."

"Your nanobot?" Tommy questioned, surprised to see Maxwell referring to the nanobot as such despite his previous hostility towards it.

Maxwell began stammering, "Uhh... What I was intending to state was..."

But Tammy smiled at this, "Aww, you really do like that formerly evil nanobot."

"No, I don't!" Maxwell yelled defensively, "Don't forget, he left to follow his original body."

"You don't know that for sure." Darry pointed out, "Maybe he was attracted to Morph." He received odd stares from his friends, "He is a robot."

Sandy approached them and reminded, "Need I remind y'all that my boy, Crash, was captured by that beast?"

But Yuki assured, "Don't worry. We'll save him, and I can tell him I was right that this would happen. But where could Morph be going now that he has all his parts?"

Maxwell answered, "Like I said, he's following his original programming."

Meanwhile, back at Nicktoon HQ, the water in the bathroom was running until it turned off and the door opened with Jimmy coming out while drying his face with a towel. He now looked clean, rested, and shaven. Putting the towel around his neck, he sighed in relief. "The kids were right; I did need some rest. At least I can now focus on my work." When he walked into the lab, he noticed SpongeTron still restrained due to his virus. "SpongeTron, I'd forgotten about you."

"Thanks for remembering." SpongeTron responded dourly, "Can you let me go now- so I can destroy you! No, I don't mean that! Yes, I do- no, I don't!"

"Don't worry." Jimmy calmly assured, "I know whatever virus Morph put into your systems is causing your behavior. I'll try to eradicate it. Though how did it bypass my protection system?" Suddenly, there was a large bang from inside and Jimmy turns to the door to see the completed Morph barge inside the lab.

From Morph's view on its screen, a targeting scope appears on Jimmy's face and the words "Annihilate" flash on screen. Morph rushed at Jimmy with its arm turned into a sharp blade. Jimmy's eyes widened as he dodged out of the way. As he hid behind a desk, Jimmy narrowed his eyes and dully said, "This is getting old."

"What's going on?" Crash asked while stuck in Morph's body. "Am I in the washing machine again?"

Jimmy managed to block Morph's attack with a scalpel, but it was quickly knocked out of his hands. Watching everything, SpongeTron tried to break out of the restraints to help. "Don't worry, Commander. I'll save you." But the virus he had was sapping his strength. However, from under the crack of the door, the friendly nanobot scurried inside and avoided its evil body and climbed onto SpongeTron. The robot looked at it and wondered, "What are you doing here?" The nanobot buzzed and latched onto SpongeTron. "Hey, what's going on?" He wondered and felt as if the nanobot was sucking data from inside. But SpongeTron didn't feel harmed. "I-I feel fine. Like I'm not evil anymore."

He broke out of the restraints, but the nanobot that helped him suddenly started sparking as if it took on the virus that had infected SpongeTron and mindlessly joined with Morph. "Oh no," SpongeTron muttered as Morph suddenly started uncontrollably flashing different colors until it settled on yellow and tried to zap Jimmy with electricity, which Jimmy ducked to avoid. SpongeTron activated his sonic cannon just as the rest of the Nicktoons arrived.

"Looks like we're just in time." Darry noticed. They then see SpongeTron back to normal. "SpongeTron, you're okay?"

"Yes," SpongeTron answered, "Thanks to that single nanobot."

"The nanobot?" Maxwell asked hopefully, "It's here?"

"Well..." SpongeTron paused nervously, "After it sucked the virus out of me, it got infected instead and joined back with Morph, so it's evil now too."

"Just like it said would happen." Tommy stated, remembering what the nanobot told them earlier.

Maxwell got a look of horror upon hearing this. "...No! It can't be true! The good nanobot must be in there somewhere!"

"I'm sorry, Max," Darry said, trying to sound sympathetic, "I know how much you like that nanobot- at least I think you do, you never made it clear- but now it's evil again, so if we wanna protect our friends and family, we have to fight it."

Maxwell stares sadly until Yuki suggests, "You guys stop Morph while I save Crash."

"But Crash said he didn't want your help." Maxwell reminded.

However, Yuki reminded, "He's still my friend, and I'm gonna help him no matter how much he doesn't want it." After she ran off, Maxwell contemplated what she said.

"Nicktoons Go!" Darry called as he and the Nicktoons went after Morph, but Maxwell stood still. Morph aimed its sharp arm at Jimmy and SpongeTron, but Darry flew in front on them and protected everyone with a ghost shield. Morph shrieks as its body changes colors until settling on green. Darry's ghost shield faded as Darry zoomed toward Morph to land a punch, but Morph had one trick up its sleeve. It held Crash up as a shield, causing Darry to freeze in place. Darry stopped in mid-flight as Morph shot him back with a ghost ray.

The twins watched their dazed friend when Tommy shouted, "Dude, not cool!"

"What in tarnation's going on?" Crash called out, "Is there an epic battle I'm missing out? Is it warm here?"

SpongeTron powered up his Robo-Chargers and prepared to fire a blast at Morph, but it again held up Crash like a shield before the robot could fire. SpongeTron turned to Jimmy and asked, "How are we supposed to attack Morph with Crash inside?"

In answer, Yuki stepped forward, "Leave that to me." She ran forward and jumped onto Morph, grabbing hold of Crash's arms and trying to pull him out of the robot's gooey body.

"Hey!" Crash cried out, "Who's yankin' on me?"

Tammy charged at Morph with her jump rope, but Morph batted her with Yuki and Crash, knocking Tammy across the floor in front of Maxwell. She sat up and rubbed her head. "You can help, you know?" She dully said to Maxwell.

Maxwell answered, "I want to, but...I just can't. That robot has... caused me so much trouble."

Tammy raised an eyebrow and responded, "Or...you just don't wanna attack your nanobot friend."

"'Friend'?" Maxwell questioned in shock, "I already told you, that thing is not my-"

"Max, listen," Tammy interrupted, "Whether or not that nanobot is your friend, we're your actual friends and we need your help stopping Morph. So do something now." Tammy ran off to continue fighting, but Maxwell stayed still as he saw Yuki trying to save Crash.

As she yanked on his arms, Crash asked, "Why are you tryin' to help me when all you want me to do is sit and be bored?"

"Because we're friends! And we're on the same team!" Yuki yelled in frustration while trying to pull him out of the robot, "And if you injure yourself even more than you are now, how else are you supposed to do cool stunts?!"

After hearing her, Crash's gains a look of shock. "Wait. WHAT?!" Jimmy then throws an electronic magnet at Morph and it causes the robot's body to split momentarily, sending Yuki and Crash flying out. Maxwell's eyes widen as he runs away before the two fly at the wall. Crash gets off of Yuki and asks, "You mean ya actually like my stunts?"

"Well, duh!" Yuki responded as she smiled, "Why do you think I always hang with you weirdos? I'm doing my best to be your seeing aid and keep you safe because I care about you."

Crash's lip quivered with emotion. "Oh, Yuks! I could never hate someone who'd care about me so much!" He cried, giving Yuki a big hug...or so it seems.

"Crash, I'm right here," Yuki mentioned, who was behind him. In reality, Crash was actually hugging Maxwell. An unamused Maxwell pushes Crash away and moves. But Morph stretches its arm out and grabs Yuki while she screams. Crash gasps and looks around while the other Nicktoons try and save her.

"Nobody swings my sister around but me!" Darry shouts before firing a ghost ray at Morph, turning it green, but a malfunction caused the robot to turn blue, making Morph look like water. Morph's arm stretched over Yuki's head, encasing her in a bubble of water as she struggled to hold her breath. As Jimmy fires a laser gun at Morph and the Nicktoons try to get close. Morph did not seem affected and it just splashes the group away from it.

Crash suddenly hears Yuki's gargled screams for help and turns his head in that direction. "Yuki?" He asked in worry and pulled the bandages off his eyes. He squints while looking at the fight, but can't see due to blurred vision. However, his vision clears up and he could now see perfectly. "Hey, I can see! I'm not just part squirrel, I'm part sponge!" Crash yelled with a smile, and then smirked, "And that means I can save the day!" He removes his helmet and charges at Morph, diving straight into its body. Since Morph's body was currently made of water, Crash's spongy body absorbed it all, including the nanobots. Yuki dropped on the floor, coughing for air.

Darry helped Yuki stand up and congratulated the sponge, "Crash, you did it."

"You stopped Morph!" Tommy and Tammy cheered.

"And you got your sight back!" Yuki cheered as well.

A bloated Crash smiled as he responded, "Aww, shoot! I could've done it even without my eyes."

SpongeTron playfully elbows a concerned Jimmy, "At least we don't have to worry about those broken nanobots, eh Commander?"

"Yes, but..." Jimmy said in uncertainty, "Even without the body, those nanobots could..."

Suddenly, Crash's body begins to shake and the nanobots fly out of his pores and form together, taking the shape of the silver robot, but without its liquid body. Morph then eyes Jimmy through its malfunctioning single eye and slowly walks toward the genius. Yuki stands in front of him. "Don't worry, Commander." She assured with her arms spread out. "I'll protect you."

Crash put his helmet back on and stood in front of Yuki with the same stance. "And since you protected me, it's my turn to protect you." He declared to his friend.

Maxwell watches Crash and Yuki's interactions with each other as they went from non-friends back to friends, and his eyes widen with an idea. But Darry already shouted, "Nicktoons Go!" Tommy fired his laser rifle, but the magic didn't affect Morph's metal nanobot body. Darry flew downward and punched Morph in the back, but Darry instead grits his teeth in pain held his bruised knuckles.

"Hey guys!" Maxwell called out, "Wait!" But Tammy ignored him and tied her jump rope around Morph's legs, but Morph continued forward, dragging her across the floor. SpongeTron fired his sonic cannon, but the blasts still had no effect. Maxwell still called out, "Guys!" But he still goes unheeded.

Jimmy ran to a table and opened a small drawer. "I think I have a way to stop it. Now that no Nicktoon is in its clutches, I think I can-" but Morph extended its metal nanobot body and grabbed Jimmy's wrist, causing him to drop the small device he was planning to use against Morph.

The Nicktoons all gasp as Morph wraps its other hand around Jimmy's neck to choke the life out of him. "Jimmy!" Yuki called as she jumped on Jimmy to pry Morph's grasp off of him.

Darry then announces, "Come on, guys! If we all attack together, we might be able to crack it apart."

While the others nodded in agreement, Maxwell still attempted to get their attention, "But Scottie, I want to-" Darry powers up his Ghost Rage while Tammy and Tommy power up their weapons and SpongeTron powers up his Robo-Chargers. Similarly, Crash picks up Jimmy's device and prepares to throw it. Jimmy manages to free Yuki and himself by slicing part of Morph's arm with his beamsword, and the Nicktoons all charge at Morph as they prepare to deliver what would be their final blows. But Maxwell stands still, watching in distress. "No! Everybody... FREEZE!"

With a blast of psychic energy, Maxwell opens his eyes to see that he had inadvertently used his powers to freeze his friends in place, all except Morph who turned to Maxwell with malicious intent, but Maxwell stood in place with no fear. "I know you're in there." Maxwell speaks to the robot. "And I'm not communicating with Morph. I'm communicating with the nanobot I know." Morph continued sending death glares, but Maxwell just took several steps forward, "I don't know what your true intentions are, whether you're just manipulating me or a slave to the head nanobot. But all the time we've spent together must mean something."

The malfunctioning robot formed its right hand into a sharp implement, but Maxwell did not take a step back and clenched his fist. "I may not be able to read your mind to find out which one you are, but I know you're somewhere inside that monstrosity! I also know something else which I REALLY hate to admit..." Morph draws its arm back to strike Maxwell, but the boy's eyes water as he continues, "...that time we spent together really meant something to me."

Just as Morph swings its bladed arm, Maxwell opens his eyes to see the blade stopped inches from his head and Morph's body sparking as it malfunctions some more. Maxwell starts smiling as he adds, "I didn't think so back then, but the Commander was actually right. He does know robot affection when he sees it and he definitely saw it before." He looks down in guilt as he adds, "It just took me longer to see it for myself."

Even though his friends were still frozen, they were still able to move their eyes and hear what's going on. The Morph robot's body begins to shake and spark, but Maxwell speaks to the nanobot, "So if it's alright with you, can we maybe start this friendship over again?" He holds out his finger, hoping the nanobot he liked inside would react to it. Morph continued to spark until it screeched and raised a bladed arm to land a final blow to the telepath. Maxwell gasped and guarded himself with a mind shield.

Suddenly, the spark became more rapid as the nanobot around the right arm switched from orange and black to blue and silver. Maxwell and his friends watch in awe as Morph is splitting in half, the friendly nanobot attempting to escape its master. Maxwell smiled in glee until he saw Morph resisting and attempted to absorb the benevolent nanobot back into its body. Maxwell glanced around when he grabbed Jimmy's beamsword from his hand, rushed in and sliced between Morph and the nanobot. Morph shrieked in pain as Maxwell grabbed the silver nanobot out of its clutches. "Everyone, unfreeze!" Maxwell commanded.

Jimmy and the Nicktoons immediately dropped on the ground and slowly stood up. Darry scowled at Maxwell, "Can you not stop an epic battle without our permission again?"

Jimmy ran over to the telepath and asked, "Maxwell, what happened? What were you thinking?"

"I..." Maxwell glanced at the silver nanobot in his arms as it recovers from the damage inflicted on him and Morph. "I just wanted to save my friend."

"Wow," Tommy said, looking impressed. "So you were really serious when you admitted you liked him."

Yuki shrugs as she states, "Well, at least you beat that...Morph?" They turned to see Morph's remains attempting to come back together, but looked deformed due to the damage and missing its one component.

Jimmy tried to protect everyone from the weak robot. "Oh, please," Crash scoffed, "That thing can't do anything extreme like me."

SpongeTron looked worried as he asked, "What else can we do?" Suddenly, the good nanobot reactivates and jumps toward SpongeTron, entering his systems. "Hey!" SpongeTron exclaims as the small robot crawls around inside him. "I don't like where this is going!" But suddenly, SpongeTron's arms turn into large cannons that he aims at Morph. "Ooh, maybe I do like it." He said, clearly impressed.

SpongeTron's cannons powered up and fired a large blue blast at Morph. Once it stopped, the nanobots were frozen in a large block of ice. Once the weapon powered down, the rest of the Nicktoons ran up to him. "SpongeTron, you were amazing!" Tommy shouted.

"I think you mean 'Gnarly'." Darry agreed, also impressed.

SpongeTron turned around, but had an emotionless expression. "Thank you, but..." The robot dully spoke. "I am not the SpongeTron you are talking to."

Maxwell immediately knew who it was. "Wait, Nanobot?" He asked, knowing the friendly nanobot was using SpongeTron to communicate with them.

"That's right." SpongeTron responded, smiling a bit, but still spoke monotonous as the nanobot. "I should thank you, Maxwell. You freed me from the virus that was controlling me and the rest of the nanobots."

Maxwell smiled warmly, but Jimmy came forward and asked, "But I still don't understand something: Where did the virus come from? And who is your creator?"

The nanobot answered through SpongeTron, "I'm afraid I can't answer that, James Neutron. Whoever sent that virus into my systems, affected my memory banks. So I have no memory of my previous directive, except for my time with Maxwell."

Jimmy held his forehead. "Well, that brings me no closer to solving all this."

Tammy then asks, "You're not gonna stay in our friend, are you?"

The nanobot answered, "Of course not. This is just temporary since my real body is gone and I have nowhere else to go."

Darry playfully elbows Yuki and jokes, "He can live on Goddard if he pretends to be a flea. Then maybe we can finally understand him." Yuki frowns and elbows him back, causing Darry to rub his painful arm.

"No, he won't." Maxwell steps forward and concludes, "Because I'm gonna keep him."

Everyone reacts in surprise. "What, you mean like a pet?" Tammy asks.

"Can I keep him, Commander?" Maxwell asked excitedly. "Please, please, please, please PLEEEASE?!"

Jimmy pondered about this. "I don't know, Maxwell. While you and this nanobot seem to be good companions, I'm still skeptical. That thing is part of Morph after all."

"I promise I'll take good care of him!" Maxwell begged, "I'll feed him, walk him, and love him like the robot brother I never had!"

SpongeTron gave him a look, but Jimmy remains skeptical. He sighs, "I'm sorry, Maxwell, but..."

However, Jimmy was bashed on the head by Cindy, who came unexpectedly, "Of course we'll keep him." She states.

She held baby Max, who giggled at everything that was going on. Jimmy frowned at his wife as he said, "But Cindy, you have no idea what's been going on."

But Cindy responded, "I know enough to know that Maxwell is really fond of that tiny robot and that it's already proven itself loyal to him."

Jimmy tried to reason, "But how can we be sure-"

"While you were busy in your lab for days, ignoring your family and other necessities, Maxwell managed to tame this robot with the help of his friends. I think he deserves to have his own robot friend. Isn't that right, robot dog-person?"

Jimmy gave a defeated sigh and responded, "I guess it'll be okay. I'll be keeping an eye on it, but you can keep the nanobot, Maxwell."

The Nicktoons smile happily, but an excited Maxwell hugs SpongeTron just as the nanobot exits the square robot and crawls onto Maxwell's shoulder, leaving SpongeTron confused as to what's going on. Cindy smiles as she says, "Now this is a satisfying conclusion. I'll bake a cake to celebrate." She walks off with Max as he laughs.

As Maxwell looks at his new nanobot friend on his finger, Jimmy kneels down to him and states, "Maxwell, this may be my sleep deprivation talking, but I think you did a really great job today, stopping Morph and turning a single nanobot into your friend." Maxwell smiled as Jimmy concludes, "I hope that one day, my Max can make friends with a robot just like yours."

Maxwell froze for a bit, but answered, "Uh, sure. Thanks."

Jimmy left and Maxwell looked at his beeping nanobot. "You know, he is pretty cute." Tammy said, looking over Maxwell's shoulder to see the nanobot.

"I wonder how Dad is gonna feel about a new pet in the house." Tommy mentioned with a smile.

"So what are you gonna call him?" Darry asked.

Maxwell replied, "Are you kidding? I've been calling him 'Nanobot' all day, so I'm gonna call him 'Nano'." The little bot known as Nano jumped for joy in agreement.

"Say, can your new Nano friend use his robot powers to take over my hoverboard and make it go at hyper speed?" an excited Crash asked Maxwell.

Yuki glared at the sponge, "Crash, are you serious?" Crash shrunk nervously until Yuki eagerly added, "Cuz that would be AWESOME!"

Hearing Yuki gush over him, Crash's face grins widely and turns red as his visor fogs up and he falls to the floor. "I can't see anything anymore!"

Though this made everyone laugh, including Nano, who was perched on Maxwell's shoulder.

Meanwhile at Strych Enterprises, Eustace was at his computer, looking for news regarding Neutron. "Well, I'm not finding any news reports about Neutron being annihilated or anything about the Nicktoons." Eustace said boredly. "So that tells me your plan failed."

The mysterious hologram he was talking to responded, "I am not surprised. I calculated that even after sending the virus into my captured nanobots, the Nicktoons would find a way to defeat it so long as they have the boy with the neural device."

Eustace glared at the figure. "You mean you knew your plan would fail? Why should I trust you now?"

"If you want your future to be successful, you have no choice. But I can make your mission easier." Another glow appeared from the hologram and this time, a small communication device appeared on Eustace's desk.

Eustace's eyes widen in surprise upon seeing the familiar device. "Is this...A Recaller? But...Only Neutron knows how to program one of these. How did you make this?"

The shadowy hologram narrows his eyes as he answers, "Let's just say: I know Neutron better than he knows himself."

The End

Progress has been made, but for what purpose. Please review what you think so far, and stick around for the next story, "World of Weirdos".