The Brave 12 in the Dome of Doom"


It begins in the forest, where the Brave 12 were resting for the day.

"I'm going to look for some food," Jack explained.

"All right, Jack," J.D. said. "Be careful."

When Jack left, they heard fighting and went to investigate. They saw Jack had been captured by some thugs, who had him shackled by the neck and surrounded by a number of strong creatures. They're hiding in the forest.

"This is bad guys," J.D. warned. "We must follow them. Come on."

"Right," replied Vince.

They follow the caravan to a massive dome.

"What is this place?" Varie wondered.

"Looks like some kind of Colosseum," J.D. noticed.

They enter and sit with the spectators.

They sit in the front row and out came a fight.

"Here we go, guys," J.D. muttered.

"And now, without further ado, the first challenger of the day, Pogal the Pitiful, weighing in at a mere 180 septals!" announced the Announcer.

Everyone booed.

"Facing the 12 time champion of the ring, the administrator of agony, the baron of brutality, the coroner of Carnage, the dealer of destruction, Gordo the Gruesome!" announced the announcer.

They saw the fight, and it was brutal.

The following bout didn't last long, and out came Jack.

"That's what this is," J.D. realized. "It's a fight to the death!"

"We have to help Jack," Varie declared.

"We will," J.D. promised. "If things start to go wrong, we will step in. Let's just wait and see what happens."

"Welcome to the Dome of Doom!" announced the announcer. "Our talent search has spread throughout the Universe to bring you only the finest challengers to battle the greatest champions! No injury is too small, no wound is too great, no weapon is illegal."

The arena wall was decked with an interesting assortment of weapons, including Jack's sword.

"This is going to be intense," J.D. predicted.

"And now the Dome of Doom presents for your pleasure Two-Sandals the Treacherous," announced the announcer.

Except for the Brave 12, everyone else booed.

"Two-Sandals?" J.D. questioned. "That is stupid."

"Agreed," Lisa replied.

"This isn't a fight to the death, this is a slaughterhouse," Laney noted.

"No kidding," Lincoln muttered.

"We call on you, Gordo, to destroy this vile villain," the announcer went on.

"The only villain is you, and we will destroy you," J.D. thought to himself.

Jack was facing an Ape creature named Gordo the Gruesome.

"Prepare to suffer Two-Sandals the Treacherous!" Gordo growled. "I'll beat you like a drum and hang you like laundry!"

"And now, without any..." began the announcer.

Gordo seizes the microphone. "I am the master mechanic, the Alpha and Omega! I will put a hurting on you, slave! I'm going to tear you up into little shreds, and then tear those little shreds up into little shreds! I'll make your mother cry! I'll make your Aunt Edna from Withershoot proper, south of Barnaby, cry! ARE YOU READY FOR PAIN TWO-SANDALS!?"

Everyone cheered.

"Boy, this guy can talk his mouth off all day and never miss it," J.D. commented.

"No kidding," Lily replied.

"This guy makes Sasuke's mouth look like a joke," Naruto added.

"You're right, Naruto," Sakura responded.

"I agree," Fu added.

"I am not intimidated by your shouting," Jack declared. "A true warrior fights not with words, but with..."

Gordo hits Jack in the face, and Jack moves out of the path of his hold, and Jack jumps behind him, and Gordo punches the wall, injuring his hand.

"Ow!" cried Gordo.

Jack grabs a bo staff and repeatedly strikes Gordo with it. Gordo takes a hook sword and slashes the staff in half, which Jack then uses to pound Gordo.

"Very clever," J.D. observed.

"This... This is unprecedented!" gasped the announcer. "But wait!"

Gordo's eyes went red, his hands grew claws, he became more ape-like, and his teeth grew razor sharp fangs.

"Oh yes," said the announcer. "It looks like he's gone primal on us, folks! This is it!"

Gordo screamed, hooted, and roared in rage.

"This is going to get rough, guys," J.D. warned.

"No kidding," Jessie remarked.

Jack snatched a trident from the wall and twisted Gordo's fingers, and Gordo slashed Jack in the face with a claw swipe, and Jack smacked Gordo in the face numerous times with it.

Gordo had collapsed.

"This is unwitnessable!" shouted the announcer. "Nobody has ever knocked Gordo down!"

When the counter reached zero, the referee robot came and began to count down before giving the thumbs down.

"He's Out!" announced the announcer.

"What a knockout!" exclaimed Varie.

"Way to go, Jack," Naruto yelled.

Everyone booed.

The announcer gasped. "I... I have nothing to say... Except BRING OUT THE NEXT CHAMPION!"

Everyone cheered.

A tank appeared, with a man wearing a helmet and strange equipment.

"Deep from the deepest abyss of Amalgomous' seventh ocean arose a champion of unimaginable proportions," announced the announcer. "Half machine, half flesh, all terror, The AQUALIZER!"

"This is about to become interesting," J.D. predicted.

The Aqualizer exited his tank. "Dome of Doom, you have summoned me once more to heed your call," Aqualizer declared in Cybernetic voice. "I have risen from the depths of the abyss to conquer the ring and put an end to this lowly amateur."

The Aqualizer swung his staff at Jack, but he deflected all of his blows. Jack removed two shields from the wall and blocked some of his strikes. He attempted to punch the Aqualizer in the face with his bare fist, but his helmet was too powerful. Jack flung a shield, which sliced off the blade of his staff.

Everyone booed.

"Do not fear," Aqualizer commanded. "I have traveled the seven seas and conquered far greater foes than this mere contender."

He fired a hook harpoon, which cut Jack's robe and chest, and Jack ripped it off. Aqualizer then launched a plasma ray towards Jack, who kicked him down, and the beam blasted off the Aqualizer's right arm.

"That's got to hurt," J.D. commented.

Jack used nun chucks to knock him around, and the Aqualizer used a saw blade to shred his robe apart. Jack then used the saw to sever the Aqualizer's other arm. He then sliced open the Aqualizer's helmet, revealing a slug creature inside.

"Help me!" screamed the Slug. "Heeeeelllllppp!"

Doom was chanted by all.

"The Crowd calls on you Two-Sandals to put the Doom on the Aqualizer," shouted the announcer.

The Slug was coughing and gagging.

"I've got this," Varie assured.

She then used Water Intangibility to phase the Slug to them in a ball of water.

"Thank you," the slug responded.

"You're welcome," Varie replied.

Jack knew what he was about to do was wrong. "No! I will no longer partake in this senseless violence! You'll have to look elsewhere for entertainment."

Everyone was appalled.

"Well said, Jack," J.D. said.

"I agree," Fu responded. "This whole thing is nothing but a total bloodbath."

"This is a dark moment indeed," the announcer concluded. "Not only has he insulted the ring, he has insulted us! We will show no more mercy to this two sandaled heathen!"

Thunderous footsteps could be heard.

"Introducing the Champion to End All Champions," the announcer continued. "Weighing in at a mere 700 tons, I give you..."

Jack was standing in front of a MASSIVE SUMO WRESTLER!

"SUMOTO!" announced the announcer.

"That is one massive Sumo Wrestler!" exclaimed J.D.

"How can a man like that be so fat and huge!?" Varie wondered.

"He makes Andre the Giant look like a shrimp in comparison to him," Lincoln added.

"And he weighs 700 tons!?" exclaimed Lily. "That's insane!"

"That's exactly 1.4 million pounds of huge fat," Lisa explained.

"It's like picking a fight with a mountain!" Jessie cried.

"No kidding!" responded Laney.

"This is going to get really rough!" Vince predicted.

"I will not fight," Jack declared.

"Then you will be destroyed," the announcer warned.

Sumoto assumed a sumo wrestler stance, and thundering foot slams reverberated around the ring.

"I will not fight you, Sumoto," Jack declared.

Sumoto growled and leaped into the air.

"It's the Sumoto Swan Dive!" announced the announcer. "No challenger has ever survived!"

Sumoto crashed on Jack with a massive belly flop that was loud and violent.

Vince cried, "OOOOHHH! That's got to hurt!"

"No kidding," J.D. agreed. "Ouch!"

"Thank you, Sumoto, for putting the Doom back in the Dome of Doom!" shouted the announcer.

"Hai!" cried Sumoto.

But Jack was moving beneath him.

The announcer gasped. "It... It can't be!"

Jack poked his head out.

"I've seen enough," J.D. declared. "Let's go!"

They ran into the arena, and J.D. lifted Sumoto with his super strength.

"Need some help, Jack?" J.D. offered.

"Thank you guys," Jack replied.

"No problem," J.D. responded.

"We have more challengers in the ring, folks!" shouted the announcer.

"And we're here to put a stop to this carnage!" Varie declared.

J.D. throws Sumoto out of the dome with amazing force.

"Who are you all?" asked the announcer.

"We are the Brave 12," J.D. announced.

"Ah yes," said the announcer. "We've all heard about you."

"We will stop all this madness, whether you like it or not," J.D. vowed.

"Very well, then," the announcer replied. "If no champion can bring you down, then bring out ALL THE CHAMPIONS!"

"We have three words for you," J.D. began.

"BRING. IT. ON!" everyone yelled.

"May I present TORTO!" announced the announcer.

Torto is a humanoid that looks like a turtle.

"MIOTIS!" announced the announcer.

Miotis is a bat-like humanoid with wings instead of arms.

"THE CLAW!" announced the announcer.

The Claw is a Yeti-like creature with razor-sharp mechanical claw gauntlets.

"RAPTOR!" announced the announcer.

Raptor is an amphibious frog-like humanoid with a long sticky tongue.

"MR. ROBOTO!" announced the announcer.

Mr. Roboto is a Tank robot with powerful ranged weapons.

"And finally, GANEESH!" shouted the announcer.

Ganeesh is a multi-armed sword master from India.

"This has to end once and for all," Jack declared.

"I agree," J.D. replied.

"Let's split 'em up two versus one," Vince suggested.

"Perfect," Jessie remarked.

"Let the carnage begin!" screamed the announcer.

Jack flipped back and grabbed his sword, and they charged their opponents.

J.D. and Varie faced Torto, picking him up and rolling him like a bowling ball until he crashed through the wall.

Laney and Lily confronted Miotis, and Laney entangled him with her plant powers, while Lily generated a ball of glowing water that splashed Miotis and disintegrated him.

"My water powers are like Holy Water, and that is like Kryptonite to him," Lily explained.

"Interesting," Laney commented.

Lincoln and Fu faced the Claw, and Lincoln fired a bolt of lightning at him, electrocuting him, while Fu slashed him apart with a wind blade.

Naruto and Sakura were fighting Raptor when they made a Rasengan and blasted him apart.

Vince and Jack faced Mr. Roboto, it fired stars and missiles at them and evaded them, while Vince sliced Mr. Roboto apart.

Jessie and Lisa were facing Ganeesh.

"Wiseman knows everything," Ganeesh said with an Indian accent. "A shrewd one, everybody."

Lisa was firing lasers while Jessie was in her Fire Angel form. They got into a sword and gun fight.

"A true coward runs not from his opponent, but from himself," Ganeesh added.

They regrouped and clashed with Ganeesh.

"Many people receive advice," Ganeesh said. "Only the wise profit from it."

They then slashed Ganeesh apart and won the fight.

Everyone cheered and Chanted Brave 12.

"That's enough!" yelled Jack. "Is this what you call entertainment? The senseless slaughter of innocents? No more!"

Jack turned to face the Announcer. "Set the slaves free!"

The announcer took a step back.

J.D. jumped up onto the stand and held a dagger to his throat. "Set them free, or your head comes off!"

The announcer did this.

"From now on, there will be no more fighting for your entertainment!" J.D. declared.

A robot goon with a whip released them.

"You heard him!" shouted the Goon. "You're free, go on, get out of here!"

Jack recognized him. "You!"

Jack slashed him to pieces.

The Brave 12 then exited the stadium. Everyone was touched by their fight for justice, and they had showed them the error of their ways.

"I am forever in your debt, J.D." Jack said. "All of you."

"No problem, Jack," J.D. replied. "We even earned this wonderful trophy for the fight."

J.D. was holding a gold trophy, which was a fantastic award.

"I can see that," Jack answered. "But no more."

"I know," said J.D.

They left the dome and continued their quest.

Continues in Part 12.