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Chapter 10 – The Rejects, The Eds and The Master of the Seas Part 5
Nexus Lupin: Previously, the Eds and Rejects were separated into two teams and were hiding in two separate decks of the Black Skull Pirates' ship the Oceans Rift. The first team was hiding in the weapons and armory while the second team was hiding in the cargo deck. Two groups of pirates led by three of Captain Roark's inner circle managed to find them and the two groups retaliated. After managing to obtain unique weapons and powers, the two groups were able to defeat the pirates and regrouped with one another at the top deck, but now they face up against Captain Roark and the remainder of his inner circle. We now enter the final face-off of this scenario! Will they be able to defeat the pirates and return home? Let's find out…
(Insert Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack – Skull and Crossbones – Extended Loop)
In the middle of an ice chunk filled ocean, there sailed a futuristic steampunk styled galleon ship known as the Oceans Rift, the ship of the infamous dimension travelling band of pirates the Black Skull Pirates.
Currently, we see Captain Roark Lucius AKA Kamen Rider Yuuki, the chimpanzee pirate captain of the pirates along with the remainder of his inner circle fighting against the Rejects and the Eds on the top deck with the android pirate scout Axel Les Cinq AKA Onycho Magia and the pirate spy/assassin Walsh Norton AKA Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto in Masked Form fighting against Tucker Jensen AKA Kamen Rider Leangle, Eddy Skipper McGee AKA Kamen Rider TheBee in Masked Form, Daniel "Dan" Richards and Gage Samson AKA Kamen Rider Kikai. Fighting against the pirate captain and his jackal beastkin first mate Amunet Nader the Fighting Jackal Raider and fishman pirate navigator Gale Tidus the Splashing Whale Raider were Leonard "Lenny" McMillan the Scouting Panda Raider, David McMillan, Vernon "Vern" Joannes, Michael "Mickey" Avery Lockheart AKA Caboose, Clay "Gunny" Samson, Eddward "Edd, Double D" Marion Johnson AKA Kamen Rider Garren, Edwin "Ed" Horace Willis AKA Magna Defender, Clifford "Cliff" Sullivan and Nathan "Nate" Grayson, although the quartermaster/helmsman Merbius the Jiralhanae Brute was at the helm guarding it to prevent the Eds and Rejects from reaching it.
Now some would say that this would be an unfair advantage considering that the Eds and Rejects have the advantage in numbers but Captain Roark and his inner circle have the advantage in battle experience despite recently obtaining their new powers and equipment.
With Leangle's group, he and Kikai were exchanging strikes with Dark Kabuto while TheBee and Dan were up against Onycho Magia.
Dark Kabuto seems to be handling well against Kikai and Leangle as he kept parrying their attacks with his Kunaigun in axe mode with each swing from their Ravening Silver Energy Sword and Attache Calibur respectively.
"Ugh...! ¡Este tipo está empezando a ponerse molesto!" exclaimed Kikai in annoyance as Dark Kabuto parried another of his strikes.
"Whatever that means, you can say that again!" said Leangle as Dark Kabuto parried another strike from him as well "How is he even able to counter my sword when it's made of plasma and his axe is made of metal?!" he questioned out loud.
Dark Kabuto parried another strike from the blue and silver rider "That… would be telling" he said cryptically.
"Aw, screw you!" yelled Leangle as he threw a left hook at him this time in which he blocked with his heavily armored forearm.
Dark Kabuto pushed Leangle away before tossing his Kunaigun into the air briefly before catching it with his other hand in gun mode as he fired a few laser blasts at Leangle.
"Whoa!" exclaimed the dark green and gold armored spider rider blocking the lasers with his energy sword as it made crackling sounds upon getting hit by lasers.
"Ha!" exclaimed Kiakai with a swing of his Attache Calibur which was blocked by the axe head part of Dark Kabuto's Kunaigun.
"You're wide open!" exclaimed Leangle as he swung his energy sword at the dark rider and shockingly, Dark Kabuto blocked it with his armored forearm and it didn't even cut through said arm as the energy sword made crackling sounds and plasma sparks upon touching the bulky armor.
"¡¿QUÉ?!" exclaimed Kikai in shock.
"HOW'S YOUR ARMOR EVEN ABLE TO DO THAT!?" exclaimed Leangle in disbelief.
"Heh…" Dark Kabuto just smirked behind his helmet as he pushed the both of them away before opening fire again making them dodge or block.
With TheBee and Dan, they dodged a few claw swipes from Onycho Magia's Zytalons as Dan fired a few plasma shots at the magia with his Type-25 Brute Plasma Rifles only for the bat magia use his wings to block the attacks.
"Okay… I did not expect him to use his wings as a shield" commented Dan "I never even knew that the Onycho Magia could do that unlike the one from the Zero-One show" he added.
"Ho-ho-ho~! Zat's because I am not like zos mind controlled mindless androids, thus allowing me to use zis powers to their full potential!" gloated Onycho Magia as he fired a number of needles from his wings causing Dan and Kikai to dodge.
TheBee didn't like the sound of that "Hey! Don't think I'd let you insult the Humagears and get away with it Bat Face!" he shouted.
"I also take offense at that! The Humagear are as human as they can be!" agreed Dan also taking Onycho Magia's comment as a great offense as he open-fired with his rifles.
Onycho Magia used his wings to block the plasma rounds and he opened up his wings just in time for TheBee to charge at him with a shout and send a number of hard punches as him before throwing a huge uppercut to the chin sending up upwards.
"Ha! How d'ya like that Bat Face!?" taunted TheBee.
Onycho Magia just chuckled as he used the momentum to fly up high before slamming his clawed hand on the button of his Zetsumeriser.
ZETSUMETSU NOVA!
Purple energy gathered on his Zytalons and he swung both of them and sent a barrage of purple crescent shaped energy claw slashes towards the two riders.
"AH!" screamed TheBee in surprise before he and Dan rolled out of the way and the latter proceeded to open fire at the flying Magia.
With the other group, Gunny, Garren and Caboose were fighting against Fighting Jackal Raider, Magna Defender, Cliff and Nate were up against Splashing Whale Raider and Scouting Panda Raider, David and Vern were up against Yuuki.
With Gunny's group, they were dodging and blocking scythe strikes from Fighting Jackal Raider as said raider was rapidly twirling her scythe with expert flourish and grace.
"Dagnabit! Why'd ah had ta end up fightin her of all people!?" Gunny exclaimed in annoyance and frustration as he was just blocking and dodging Fighting Jackal Raider's attacks instead of attacking her.
"Then why don't you switch opponents then!" taunted Fighting Jackal Raider.
"No can do! Ah won't let one of mah comrades and new comrade fight against someone like you without me around!" retorted Gunny.
"Oh really? Then why don't you fight me!?" taunted Fighting Jackal Raider as she continued to throw scythe swings at the trio.
"Tha's thuh problem! I can't hit a girl!" replied Gunny, much to Fighting Jackal Raider's amusement.
"Aw~, well that's just too bad~" cooed Fighting Jackal Raider mockingly as she sent purple spinning energy crescent blades at the trio.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Garren as he along with Gunny and Caboose dodged with the blue lovable dimwit simply ducking "I don't like Jackal lady, she's being mean" said Caboose.
"Oh~ I'm being mean?" cooed Fighting Jackal Raider with a tilt of her helmeted head mockingly "Then how about I give something nice to you for a change…" she said in feint kindness making Caboose gasp in excitement.
"Caboose no! Don't fall for it!" exclaimed Garren in alarm but fell on deaf ears.
"Really?!" asked Caboose "Is it ice cream?" he asked innocently.
"Nope! But how about a little of this!" exclaimed Fighting Jackal Raider as she slammed her palm on her Raidriser.
FIGHTING~! BOLIDE!
Fighting Jackal Raider ran in incredible speeds leaving purple afterimages of herself and got her Territory Scythe at the ready as she prepared to slice Caboose in half.
Just when she swung her weapon… "CABOOSE!" exclaimed Gunny and Garren as the latter tackled Caboose to the ground just when Fighting Jackal Raider's scythe was inches from the blue dimwitted Reject's neck, avoiding it just in time.
"Hey~! She tried to hurt me!" said Caboose.
"Hmhmhm… that's the point" chuckled Fighting Jackal Raider deviously.
"Meanie!" said Caboose as he took out his Nova Machine Gun and open fired.
Fighting Jackal Raider twirled her scythe rapidly to parry the machine gun fire "Ooh~! Feisty!" she said with a grin behind her mask.
"He's not the only one feisty!" said the voice of Gunny as Fighting Jackal Raider turned to see the red Reject pointing his Mossberg Maverick 88 shotgun at her.
The Black Skull Pirates' first mate just chuckled in amusement "What are you gonna do? Shoot me?" she taunted "Didn't you just say that you can't hit girls?" she said.
"Yeah, ah did" said Gunny "Ah can't hit girls… buh he can!" said Gunny.
"Huh?" said Fighting Jackal Raider in confusion.
*Rousing sound* BULLET!
Fighting Jackal Raider heard the sound and she turned to her right just in time to see Garren fire a couple of enhanced bullet shots at her causing her to stagger and hit the floor "OOF!" exclaimed Fighting Jackal Raider.
"Haha~! How d'ya like that?!" taunted Gunny as he, Garren and Caboose grouped up and raised their weapons at her.
Fighting Jackal Raider only chuckled in amusement as she slowly stood up and dusted herself "Interesting…" she said as she got into a ready stance "Let's see what else you got…" she said.
With Magna Defender's group, he and Cliff were exchanging strikes with Splashing Whale Raider with their Magna Sword and Cliff Shot Blade respectively against Splashing Whale Raider's Ougigant polearm while Nate gave them support fire with his MP7A1 Machine Pistol.
"You will taste the power of Magna Defender and his comrades! And butter toast!" exclaimed Magna Defender swinging his Magna Sword at Splashing Whale Raider.
"Yeah! What he said!" said Cliff swing his Cliff Shot's blade at his opponent "Although, I think I'll have the butter toast" he added nonchalantly with a funny face and a bit of drool on his mouth.
"Hmph… you two are quite amusing…" said Splashing Whale Raider parrying his two melee opponents' attacks. The Raider then swung his Ougigant sending a powerful gust of wind sending them flying.
"WHOOOA!" exclaimed the both of them as they flew past Nate and hit the floor.
"Guys!" exclaimed Nate in alarm turning to them.
"I'd pay attention if I were you…" said the voice of Splashing Whale Raider.
"Huh?!" said Nate turning back to his front only to see Splashing Whale Raider swing his weapon at him.
"Yipe!" yelped Nate as he managed dodge the swing and open fired with his Machine Pistol but it was barely even making a scratch on Splashing Whale Raider's armor as the pirate navigator slowly walked towards Nate as the… Ahem! Lightish red Reject slowly took a few steps back.
He continued firing until…
*Clink!*
He ran out of ammo "Uh-oh…" he said nervously as he had no time to reload.
Splashing Whale Raider chuckled as he raised up his weapon ready to chop Nate in half "Aw… crap!" exclaimed Nate in fear as all he could do now was cross his arms in front of his face to shield himself from the incoming blow.
The raider swung down his weapon when…
*CLANG!*
"WHAT?!" exclaimed Splashing Whale Raider.
"Huh?!" said Nate who heard the sound and slowly lowered his arms and saw to his surprise, Magna Defender who got up in time and ran to the lightish red Reject's rescue by blocking Splashing Whale Raider's weapon with his sword.
"You shall not harm my friend!" declared Magna Defender defiantly as he pushed him back.
"Yeah! What he said!" said Cliff as he stood by Nate's side while switching his Cliff Shot for his MP5K-PDW SMG "Nate may be a bit of a gullible and weird idiot but he's still our friend and there's no way we'll let you kill him!" said Cliff.
"And we shall defeat you in the name of justice!" declared Magna Defender getting into a stance with his sword.
"Cliff… Ed…" said Nate touched by the both of them despite knowing the latter for a short time.
"How touching…" said Splashing Whale Raider as he twirled his Ougigant and got ready into a stance "Come at me then…" he said while giving a 'Come on' gesture at the trio as Magna Defender got ready and the same went for Cliff and Nate ready to give him cover fire with the latter reloading his weapon as the bull horn helmeted warrior charged at the pirate and continued their melee fight.
With Scouting Panda Raider's group, he along with David and Vern were fighting against Yuuki as the pirate captain swung his SavageGasher with expert flourish at the three with them dodging, blocking or parrying his blade with their Dead Monochrome, BR85 Battle Rifle and F88 Austeyr Rifle respectively.
FULL CHARGE!
Yuuki swiped the rider pass to his belt and swung his blade horizontally, creating a gust of wind sending David and Scouting Panda Raider flying back.
"AAHHH!" screamed the brothers.
"Guys!" exclaimed Vern in alarm upon seeing his friends get sent flying. He turned back to see Yuuki swing his sword down at him and he raised up his rifle in defense and all of a sudden…
*SLASH!*
Vern's rifle was cut in half from the strike. "Uh oh…" said Vern looking at the two halves on his hands. He then heard chuckling and looked up to see Kamen Rider Yuuki in front of him.
"Aw~, did you lose your weapon…?" asked Yuuki mockingly while tapping the flat of his blade on his hand "Well that's too BAD!" he said as he raised up his weapon and swung it down on Vern.
"Yipe!" exclaimed Vern in fright as he discarded his now useless weapon and quickly unholstered his Type-25 Spiker Rifle and raised it up and blocked Yuuki's blade with the blades of his weapon just in time as it made a resounding *CLANG!*, although he wasn't prepared for the recoiling impact of the blow as it caused him to fall to the floor on his butt.
"Oof!" exclaimed Vern as he rubbed his butt in pain "Oho~! It seems you still had a little fight left in you huh young lad?" commented Yuuki tapping his SavageGasher on his shoulder "Too bad it just ran out!" said Yuuki as he swung his weapon at him, luckily he rolled out of the way just in time causing the SavageGasher to hit the floor instead.
Vern quickly got to his feet and with a yell, he open fired at the pirate captain with his spiker and although the spikes didn't penetrate much his armor, it did make him stagger back a bit.
"Oho~! Feisty lad now, are ya?" commented Yuuki as Vern proceeded to reload his weapon "But it's still not enough to defeat me since you're all alone!" said the pirate captain as he raised up his weapon at Vern again with the clumsy reject prepared to retaliate even if he's not strong enough.
"But he's not alone…" said a voice behind Yuuki "Huh?" said the pirate captain.
Suddenly, Yuuki was hit in the back by a laser shot and three-shot burst causing him to stagger forward. He turned behind him to see Scouting Panda Raider and David pointing their smoking weapons at him.
"Don't forget that we're your opponents too asshole!" said Scouting Panda Raider "Mess with our friend… and you mess with all of us…" said David with narrowed eyes.
Yuuki chuckled as he twirled his weapon "My… my…" he said in amusement "Things have gotten even more interesting…" he said with a grin behind his mask as he fought against the three once again.
(End Soundtrack)
The fight between both sides continued on as neither side didn't let up and it felt like it went on for hours putting them on a stalemate.
It ended up with both sides back to square one with the Eds and Rejects on one side with their weapons raised up and the inner circle of the Black Skull Pirates on the other side with Merbius still safeguarding the helm.
"Dagnabit!" exclaimed Gunny in annoyance "Seriously?! Don't these guys ever catch a break?!" said Cliff in frustration.
"Apparently not…" said David while glaring at Yuuki who casually stood with his comrades while shouldering his SavageGasher and despite wearing a helmet, David could tell that he had an amused smirk on his face.
"Guess we're back to where we started eh lads?" said Yuuki in amusement "I wonder how long will this fight last?" he said making the Eds and some of the Rejects scowl at that "I'll give you two options…" he offered "One…" he said holding up one finger "You can put down your weapons and surrender…" he then lifted up another finger "Or two… we can continue this fight until you lot are exhausted and we kill you…" he said "Either way, me and my crew still wins…" said Yuuki as some of his inner circle chuckled at that.
"*Gulp!* That's not good at all…" muttered out Dan nervously.
"Well, no kidding genius!" said Cliff in exasperation.
"Uh… can you give us a couple of minutes to talk about this please?" asked Scouting Panda Raider dumbly.
Magna Defender, Kamen Rider Garren and Kamen Rider TheBee turned to him with the former of the three confused while the latter two looked at him as if he grew another head.
"Are you crazy?!" exclaimed TheBee "There's no way that a pirate like him will let us-!"
But before he could finish talking, the pirate captain spoke up "Oh~, by all means, please do…" he said.
"HUH?!" exclaimed TheBee and Garren turning to Yuuki in disbelief "Really?" they said dumbly.
"Yes~" said Yuuki "I can be a fair ape… so I'm willing to be reasonable with you realmlubbers, so go ahead~" he goaded, deciding to let them humor him and his crew while his inner circle chuckled, knowing that their captain's toying with them.
"Gee, thanks…" said Scouting Panda Raider sarcastically while annoyed before he and the Rejects huddled and pulled the Eds into their huddle as well much to Garren and TheBee's disbelief and Magna Defender's confusion.
(Insert Superior Defender Gundam Force OST – Undercover Zako)
"Okay, we gotta find a way to get passed these guys and get to the console, so does anyone got any bright ideas guys?" asked Scouting Panda Raider.
"Ah say we charge in nd wreck 'em till they say uncle!" suggested Gunny.
"No way, man! That's just heading straight to our doom!" said TheBee "Yeah, those guys are just way too tough considering their battle prowess" reasoned Leangle.
"Any other bright ideas?" deadpanned Scouting Panda Raider turning to everyone else.
"Ooh! I know! We challenge the ape captain to a one-on-one duel and if we win, he'll let us go free!" suggested Leangle.
"And what makes you think that a pirate like "him" will keep his word or even that he'll play fair?" questioned Cliff matter-a-factly with a frown.
"…" Leangle raised up a finger to respond but paused for a moment before lowering it and his head with a slump "Yeah… you're probably right…" he said glumly.
"Any… "other" bright ideas?" questioned Scouting Panda Raider.
"Well, I think we got no chance against these guys! I say we give up!" declared Cliff.
"No way in hell!" almost everyone said at the same time towards Cliff as the slacker Reject slumped glumly.
"Any other ideas besides Cliff?" asked Scouting Panda Raider irrately.
"Buttertoast?" said Magna Defender.
"Huh?" said the Rejects turning to the lovable dimwit of the Eds with raised eyebrows confused.
"Just ignore him" said Garren and TheBee in unison.
The group continued to discuss on a plan to defeat the pirates and head back home but unfortunately, none of the ideas they came up with weren't very good.
Scouting Panda Raider drooped his head down while letting out a loud exasperated sigh "Guess we're all out of options then…" he said before turning to a certain dimwit "Caboose… you're up!" he said.
"Huh?" said the blue respirator wearing Reject while tilting his head.
(End Soundtrack)
Over by the pirates' side, they watched the Eds and Rejects' discussion while they just lazed about in wait.
"Hmm… they seem to be taking their time…" said Dark Kabuto.
"Zey probably have run out of ideas and zey'll just surrender…" assumed Onycho Magia.
"I'm not sure about that… they could be up to something" said Splashing Whale Raider.
Yuuki hummed in thought while holding the chin of his helmet intrigued on what the Eds and Rejects were up to.
Suddenly, they heard some kind of roar from someone in the group, followed by some kind of purple flash of light and some of the Rejects yelling out incoherently in shock, confusing the pirates.
"Hmm?" hummed Merbius with a raised eyebrow confused with what's going on.
Suddenly, the bright purple light moved up high from the Eds and Rejects startling both parties and when the light cleared, something came coming down and headed straight for the pirates.
"Hit the deck!" exclaimed Yuuki as he, Splashing Whale Raider, Dark Kabuto, Fighting Jackal Raider and Onycho Magia dove and rolled out of the way while Merbius ducked down preparing himself for the incoming impact as whatever came coming down crashed in the middle of the part where the former five were just standing on creating a dust cloud.
When the dust cloud settled, they saw what looked like some figure in a crouching position with one knee. When the figure slowly stood up, the inner circle of the Black Skull pirates were shocked upon seeing the figure.
The figure in question was clad in a gray body suit under white thigh armor, greaves and boots, white lower body armor, silver bulky chestplate with magenta parts on the abdomen areas, magenta pipes framing the sides of the pectorals, silver shoulder armor with magenta pipes, white upper arm armor, a white bracer and a white glove on the right forearm and the left forearm taking the form of a big silver gatling gun with a mounted three-bladed claw with a magenta pipe on it and a silver helmet that takes on the form of a lion with a cyan visor, cyan fangs and a long magenta mane like locks and framing the locks like a lion mane around his head are some dynamite sticks, a silver and magenta striped cloth wrapped around the back of it's waist, but what was noticeable about the figure was that wrapped around its' waist just above the cloth is a Raidriser and inserted into it was the Dynamiting Lion Progrise Key. This figure was none other than the Dynamiting Lion Raider.
"WHAT?!" exclaimed Splashing Whale Raider in shock.
Dynamiting Lion Raider turned to him and with a roar, he swung his gatling gun claw arm weapon AKA the Shooting Starmight at the pirate navigator striking him with the claw part taking him by surprise as he staggered back before he was smacked by a backhanded strike sending him flying.
The inner circle of the Black Skull Pirates was left stunned, upon seeing one of their powerful comrades get smacked away like it was nothing by this individual while Yuuki on the other hand was intrigued and at the same time impressed.
Over by the Eds and Rejects side, they looked on with wide eyes in disbelief.
"Man… who knew that Caboose was this strong when angry" commented TheBee revealing the Dynamiting Lion Raider to be none other than the blue lovable dimwit Caboose.
"Well, you can thank that extra boost from the Raidriser and progrise key he must've snagged while in the armory" said Dan as he and the others watched Dynamiting Lion Raider swing his gatling gun arm at Onycho Magia and Dark Kabuto after attempting to charge and attack him and it wasn't a joke that he was strong as the force of the blow sent the two pirates staggering back.
How did it turn up like this?
Well…
~Flashback~
"Caboose… you're up!" said Scouting Panda Raider turning to Caboose.
"Huh?" said Caboose tilting his head to the side.
"Huh? You're sending in Caboose?" asked Garren.
"Yeah, Caboose here is our secret weapon and right now our only hope in getting all of us home" said Dan.
"What's Caboose gonna do?" frowned TheBee behind his helmet having doubts about this.
Even Garren was a bit skeptical "Forgive my bluntness but… I'm not so confident that Caboose can handle them alone even though he can handle himself in a fight" he said.
"Oh, that's alright, all we have to do is get him angry" said Nate.
"Get him angry?" questioned the Eds with question marks on their heads.
"Yeah, Caboose is stronger than you think" said Lenny "Yeah, it all happened one time when he saw a couple of kids that he was close friends with, being bullied by some teenagers and a bunch of delinquents no less, he went all "Hulk" and pounded them all good" said Cliff.
Magna Defender gasped "Really?" asked the lovable dimwit of the Eds.
"Yeah, really" said Dan "He even said something about "pulling out their wickedness" from their brains" he said which confused and unsettled the Eds for some reason as they turned to Caboose who was looking slightly sidewards as if staring off somewhere but couldn't tell.
"So… all we have to do is get him angry and he'll give us an opening?" asked TheBee.
"Yep!" said the Rejects minus Caboose.
"Caboose, we need you to give us an opening so we can get to the ship's helm on the steering wheel and activate the device that'll take us home" explained Scouting Panda Raider "But in order for that to work, we need you to get real~ angry" he explained.
"Okay!" nodded Caboose before looking upwards for a moment and then looked back to Scouting Panda Raider "Yeah, I can't think of anything that makes me angry" he said.
This made the Eds sweatdrop while the rest of the Rejects were left unfazed.
"Okay… what do you enjoy most Caboose?" asked Scouting Panda Raider "What makes you happy?" added David making things simple for Caboose to understand.
"Hmm… let's see…" hummed Caboose in thought as he looked upwards "I like playing videogames… watching TV… reading comic books…" he listed off before gasping as he thought of something "Oh! What I enjoy doing most is making friends! And I also enjoy hanging out with all of my friends! Including my best friend!" said Caboose while gesturing to Scouting Panda Raider who sweat dropped a bit.
"Okay" nodded David with a nod "And what do you not like most?" he asked "What makes you sad and upset?" he added.
Caboose hummed again while looking up "Well… what makes me sad is losing all of my friends… and even my new friends and best friend…" he said "What makes me upset is being bullied by meanies… and seeing my friends get bullied by meanies…" he said.
"Okay!" said Scouting Panda Raider as he nodded to everyone else.
"Caboose" said Dan as Caboose turned to him "See those pirates over there?" he asked gesturing to the Black Skull Pirates who were standing around waiting for them as Caboose looked towards their direction "If you remember, they're a bunch of "meanies"." he said, making Caboose frown.
"Yeah… they are…" he said "And d'ya know wha happens if we don't get home?" asked Gunny "The pirates will bully us and even kill us" said Vern.
"What?" said Caboose sounding slightly shocked and upset.
The Eds understood where this was going and decided to join in.
"Yeah! They'll beat us to a pulp and feed us to the Sharpedo!" said TheBee.
"And then they will pull out our brains and put them onto robot bodies, making us their devoted robot servants! Rendering us being unable to eat our favorite food!" said Magna Defender dramatically.
"And the worst part is…" trailed off Garren "You won't be able to do anything to stop them!" he said.
"Yeah, 'cause they're gonna make you watch helplessly while they do all of the things that we told you just now!" said Cliff.
"How does that make you feel Caboose?" asked Scouting Panda Raider as he and the rest of the Rejects and Eds watched as Caboose lowered his head while clenching his fists and started trembling slightly while breathing heavily.
"That… makes… me… angry!" exclaimed the blue Reject as he lifted up his head and pulled out much to everyone's shock a Raidriser as he strapped it on.
RAIDRISER!
"Son of a- where'd you get that Caboose?!" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider in shock while everyone was stunned.
Unfortunately, Scouting Panda Raider's outburst fell on deaf ears as Caboose let out a low-pitched roar as he raised up his right hand upwards which held the Dynamiting Lion Progrise Key that he took from the armory earlier and activated it.
BURST!
Caboose inserted the key into the raidriser as it played the standby techo tune.
"I think we should stand back!" said Garren as everyone did so before Caboose slammed his left palm onto the button activating the belt as magenta pipes surrounded him.
RAIRDISE! DY-NA-MI-TING LI-ON~! *Siren wailing sound* A beautiful explosive force like fireworks.
Before his transformation finished, Caboose was engulfed in light as he jumped up high, surprising everyone including the pirates and once he became Dynamiting Lion Raider, he landed in the middle of the spot the pirates were standing in, creating a dust cloud.
~End Flashback~
"I gotta give it to Caboose though, he sure knows how to make an entrance like that" commented TheBee as he and the others continued to watch Dynamiting Lion Raider fight.
"Meh… he has his moments…" said Leangle with a shrug.
"Cool~!" exclaimed Magna Defender excitedly.
Onycho Magia and Dark Kabuto hit the floor with a groan as they slowly stood up and stared at Dynamiting Lion Raider with his right fist outstretched after punching them.
"My name is Michael Avery Lockheart…" said the Raider in a low intimidating-like voice as he lowered his fist "And I…!" he turned to his right to see Fighting Jackal Raider charging at him as she swung her Territory Scythe at him only for him to parry it with his Shooting Starmight and retaliate with an upwards swing of his gatling gun claw arm sending her flying "Hate…!" he then sent an uppercut with his Shooting Starmight claw at Dark Kabuto sending him flying upwards, next he did a double front kick at Onycho Magia sending him to the floor before he was grabbed by the legs and Dynamiting Lion Raider spun him around gathering momentum and threw him at Splashing Whale Raider who was slowly recovering before he was hit by the flying Onycho Magia knocking the both of them down "PINE NU~TS!" exclaimed Dynamiting Lion Raider.
"It's PIRATES you idiot!" called out Cliff "That too!" called back Dynamiting Lion Raider before he open fired with his gatling gun arm at Dark Kabuto who attempted to charge at him as the bulky armored dark rider was getting pummeled by the magenta lion's rate of fire.
"Hoho~! Now this has gotten INTERESTING!" exclaimed Yuuki in excitement while sliding the flat of his SavageGasher's blade with his hand before he charged at Dynamiting Lion Raider and swung his blade at him while his back was turned.
*CLANG!*
Only for Kamen Riders Kikai and Leangle to get in the way and block his sword with their Attache Calibur and Ravening Silver Energy Sword respectively.
"No tan rápido!" said Kikai "Yeah! Not so fast!" said Leangle despite not understanding what Kikai said, he got an idea of what he said "You'll be dealing with us!" he declared pointing his energy sword at him.
"Heh…" smirked Yuuki the three got out of their weapon lock before the former swung his sword at them "Interesting!" he said as he clashed blades with the two. Yuuki then turned just in time to block a laser shot from none other than Scouting Panda Raider "Don't forget about me monkey boy!" he said.
"Monkey?" said Yuuki tilting his head, he then let out a laugh as he ran towards Scouting Panda Raider and swung his weapon at him only for the latter to dodge, he then dodged a couple more swings from Yuuki before blocking his next attack with his Dead Monochrome. He then pushed him back as Yuuki stumbled back a bit but maintained his balance "I'm an ape!" corrected Yuuki pointing his SavageGasher forward at the Panda Raider "And don't you forget that…" he said with a grin behind his mask while glancing slightly to his right to see Kikai and Leangle behind him with their weapons at the ready, the latter switching for his Leangle Rouzer as the three rejects surrounded the Black Skull Pirate captain in a triangle formation.
"Duly noted…" said Scouting Panda Raider wielding his weapon at the ready as he along with Kikai and Leangle prepared to fight against the Black Skull Pirate captain.
Meanwhile with Dynamiting Lion Raider, he continued to pummel Dark Kabuto but this time using his Shooting Starmight's claw part as he was joined in by TheBee and Vern with the former joining in on striking Dark Kabuto with a left hook to his face while the latter used his Type-25 Spiker Rifle to provide cover fire.
And with the others, Garren and Magna Defender were fighting against Splashing Whale Raider and Cliff and Nate were up against Onycho Magia and the latter two were dodging the Magia's fire balls in which he launched from his clawed hands.
"C'mon, let's go!" exclaimed Gunny brandishing his Attache Chainsword "We've got an opening! Let's git ta thuh helm!" he said as he along with David and Dan ran towards the helm.
But just when they reached the stairs, Fighting Jackal Raider appeared out of nowhere and swung her scythe at them, only to be blocked by David's battle rifle.
"David!" exclaimed Gunny and Dan.
"Go!" exclaimed David towards them "I got this!" he said while glaring at Fighting Jackal Raider with narrowed eyes before pushing her slightly away from their weapon lock and proceeded to engage her.
"Y-You got it!" said Dan as he and Gunny ran up to the helm where Merbius waited.
"So… I'll be dealing with you then…" said the Jiralhanae quartermaster while unstrapping his Type-2 Gravity Hammer and held it with both of his hands.
"Yeah… tha's right ya overgrown simian" said Gunny holstering his shotgun and switched it out for his Attache Chainsword as he unfolded it and held it up against Merbius.
CHAINSWORD RISE!
"Nd yer gonna let us through so we can get home!" he declared.
Merbius scoffed at that "We'll see about that…!" he said as he and Gunny charged at each other with a yell and clashed their weapons.
With Dynamiting Lion Raider, TheBee and Vern, they continued to throw it down with Dark Kabuto as the two Rejects pummeled him with bullets and spikes from their Shooting Starmight and Type-25 Spiker Rifle respectively while the dark rider kept staggering back.
Dynamiting Lion Raider and Vern ceased fire leaving the dark rider's armor smoking, allowing TheBee to charge at Dark Kabuto and throw a few punches at him before finishing with an uppercut knocking him down to the floor.
"Ha! How do you like that punk!?" taunted TheBee.
"Hmph…" scoffed the dark rider as he slowly stood up and surprisingly despite his armor getting pummeled with bullets and spikes, it was still intact "Impressive…" he said turning to the three "I have to say, that you know how to handle yourselves, even with those equipment of yours…" he commented "I guess that means I'll have to get serious then…" he said.
"Huh?" said his three opponents in confusion.
Dark Kabuto smirked behind his mask as he flicked the horn of his Dark Kabuto Zecter. This caused a humming sound which turned into beeping while blue electricity travelled through his bulky armor as the armor on his arms, shoulders, chest and helmet loosened while releasing a *HISS!* sound.
"Oh no!" Exclaimed Stinger.
"Huh? What's wrong Stinger?" asked TheBee.
"He's about to cast off!" warned the waso zecter.
"He's gonna WHAT?!" exclaimed TheBee in shock
"Aw… bloody hell…" said Vern in dismay.
"Aw… crap… I totally forgot about that…" uttered out Leangle who heard Stinger while blocking an attack from Yuuki.
"Uh, oh…" said Dynamiting Lion Raider in alarm also getting the situation as he, TheBee and Vern took a couple of steps back.
"Cast off…" said Dark Kabuto as he reached for the horn and pulled it like a lever as the Zecter opened revealing a blinking red light as the Zecter emitted blue electricity travelling through the bulky armor again.
CAST OFF!
"Everybody duck!" exclaimed TheBee as he grabbed Dynamiting Lion Raider and dove to the floor as the armor on Dark Kabuto dispersed and flew everywhere.
"What in Sam Hill!?" exclaimed Gunny as he and Merbius stopped their duel and took cover or dodged the flying armor pieces headed for their direction.
"Yipes!" exclaimed Dan (who was just standing on the sidelines while Gunny was fighting Merbius) as he ducked to the floor covering his head while avoiding the flying armor.
"WHOA! SON OF A NUT!" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider as he, Kikai and Leangle ducked avoiding the flying armor pieces while Yuuki on the other hand just casually swatted them away with his SavageGasher.
"Oh my!" exclaimed Garren as he and Magna Defender got down in order to avoid the flying armor while Splashing Whale Raider spun his Ougigant polearm to deflect the armor.
David and Fighting Jackal Raider stopped their fight in order to avoid the flying armor with the former simply ducking and the latter using her enhanced speed to dodge the armor pieces in front of her.
Nate yelped while managing to avoid the flying armor while Onycho Magia and Cliff on the other hand were unfortunately unprepared and ended up getting hit by a couple of stray armor parts with the former on the face and the latter on the gut.
"Sacrebleu!" exclaimed Onycho Magia in surprise as he was knocked down to the floor.
"DOOF! Why…?" groaned Cliff as he dropped his SMG and held his gut in pain and hit the floor in pain.
Everyone who managed to avoid the flying armor parts turned to the source which was Dark Kabuto.
CHANGE BEETLE!
Now relieved of his bulky upper armor, he now had a black and silver torso armor with reddish brown circuit patterns on the black armor composed of light torso armor with a silver part on the middle of his back, black and silver light armored shoulder pauldrons, silver upper arm armor, elbow armor and gauntlets over some bracers, silver wrist cuffs, black gloves with silver and black armor on top of his palms and his helmet was black with a silver mouthguard and attached to the chin of the mouthguard is what looks like a black armor piece as it folded upwards and attached itself into his helmet revealing to be a horn resembling that of a Kabuto Beetle and upon attaching itself, his yellow visor now resembles that of eyes. This was Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto's true form: his Rider Form.
"Uh oh… it's Dark Kabuto's rider form!" said Dan in alarm as he started to sweat like bullets.
"Not good…" said Scouting Panda Raider while Yuuki grinned behind his mask.
"Clock up…" said Dark Kabuto as he slammed his hand on the side of his belt which had a button on it.
CLOCK UP!
Dark Kabuto then disappeared, shocking the Eds and Rejects.
"Bloody hell! He disappeared!" exclaimed Vern when suddenly, he felt something strike him from behind, knocking down to the floor "What the hell-?!" he exclaimed in surprise as he proceeded to get up only for the same unknown force to strike him again on his front knocking him down on his back.
"Vern!" exclaimed TheBee and Dynamiting Lion Raider.
"Crap! Dark Kabuto's entered the Clock Up Dimension, making him move faster than the eye can see! In other words, he's now moving very, very fast! So fast we can't see him!" explained the nerd of the Rejects.
In the said Clock Up Dimension, Dark Kabuto was indeed moving fast as in his point of view, everyone around him was either moving in slow-motion or standing frozen in place. He ran towards Nate and gave him a hard kick to the gut, sending him flying, he then went past Splashing Whale Raider as he took out his ZECT Kunaigun and held it in reverse grip, he pulled off the axehead/gun handle part revealing an orange edged blade with a black inner outline and orange center filler with three ZECT sigils on it, turning his weapon to kunai mode.
Dark Kabuto ran towards Garren and Magna Defender as he struck them both with his weapon sending them flying and then ran towards David and karate chopped him on the side and then towards Kikai, Scouting Panda Raider and Leangle slashing the three of them and then ran towards TheBee and Dynamiting Lion Raider and struck them as well.
Outside the Clock Up Dimension, Dan watched as he saw his friends get knocked down to the floor by an unseen force and the same went with TheBee and Dynamiting Lion Raider, only the unseen force just made them stagger back.
"Guys!" exclaimed Dan in alarm.
"Dang it! This guy's gonna be tough to take down!" said TheBee.
"Guess this means that the tables have turned to our favor, hasn't it realmlubbers?" taunted Yuuki.
"Hah! We'll see about that punk!" said TheBee defiantly.
"Oh really?" said Yuuki tilting his head in amusement "What are you gonna do about it?" he questioned mockingly.
TheBee smirked behind his helmet "Dark Kabuto's not the only one who can move fast!" he declared.
"That's right Eddy! It's our turn now!" said Stinger.
"Huh?" said Kamen Rider Yuuki in confusion.
TheBee flipped over his Zecter partner's wings revealing the silver ring to be attached in between the wings as a humming sound was heard while green electricity emitted from his rider brace travelling from his arm to the rest of his armor as said armor on his arms, shoulders, chest and helmet loosened while releasing a *HISS!* sound.
"Uh oh! Everybody duck!" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider knowing what comes next.
"Cast off!" said TheBee before turning his Zecter partner around causing its' abdomen to extend revealing gold areas in between thus switching it to Stinger Mode.
CAST OFF!
And just like Dark Kabuto, TheBee's outer armor dispersed sending armor flying everywhere. Fortunately everyone managed to avoid the second wave of flying armor but unfortunately for Cliff due to still being in pain from the last hit, he was unable to dodge in time and ended up getting hit in the face knocking him down.
"OOF! WHYYYY!" Cliff groaned in pain.
In the clock up dimension, Dark Kabuto casually swiped away some armor that was merely floating in his way.
After avoiding the armor, everyone turned their sights on the former scam artist's new form.
CHANGE WASP!
Now relieved of the bulky upper armor, TheBee now had silver, gold and black torso armor with the back armor being silver with gold at the center with four cylindrical hexagons on it, the front armor being gold with black stripes with a silver upside down triangle leather area bellow it resembling a wasp's abdomen and stinger, two pairs of shoulder armor composed of gold and black shoulder pauldrons under silver pointed shoulder pauldrons resembling insect wings, gold upper arm armor, elbow armor and gauntlets over some bracers, gold wrsit cuffs with the rider brace and TheBee zecter attached to the left cuff, black gloves with black and gold armor on top of the palms and a black and gold helmet resembling that of a wasp's head with three red dots in an upside down tri-formation at the forehead area, two fin-linke antennas in the top and black eye visors rembling wasp's eyes. This was Kamen Rider TheBee's true form: his Rider Form.
"Here I come black beetle boy!" declared TheBee before saying "Clock Up!" and tapped the button on the right side of his buckle.
CLOCK UP!
TheBee then suddenly disappeared.
"Where'd Eddy go?!" exclaimed Vern in surprise.
"He's in the clock up dimension now!" said Dan "He's now fighting against Dark Kabuto!" he said.
In the clock up dimension as what the nerd reject said, TheBee was now fighting against Dark Kabuto as the two were exchanging blows with one another.
TheBee threw a right hook followed by the left but Dark Kabuto countered it by blocking it with his arms before retaliating with a few punches of his own. TheBee dodged and blocked a few in return before running towards another part of the ship with Dark Kabuto following before going into another fist fight.
"Hmph... your attacks are quite sloppy don't you think?" questioned Dark Kabuto mockingly.
"What d'ya expect? I just got these powers y'know" retorted TheBee throwing another punch.
"Hmph... all the more reason..." said Dark Kabuto casually dodging the punch.
The two Clock Up riders continued to exchange blows before moving to adifferent part of the ship before repeating the process of fighting for a short amount of time before moving to another area.
Back in normal time, the Rejects, remaining Eds and Pirates could nearly see two blurs duking out with each other while moving everywhere.
"Whoa! Look at that! Eddy's going all out against Dark Kabuto!" said Leangle.
"Amazing! Despite this being Eddy's first time using his newly found power, he's able to hold his own against Dark Kabuto!" commented Garren.
"Go Eddy! Go!" cheered Magna Defender.
"Heh... your friend won't last long against Walsh!" declared Yuuki as he swung his SavageGasher at Leangle who blocked it with his Leangle Rouzer.
"We'll see about that!" said Leangle before turning to Dynamiting Lion Raider "Hey Caboose!" he called out
"Hello!" said Dynamiting Lion Raider "Eddy's having a hard time stopping Dark Kabuto from his uncontrollable moving, so I want you to "help" Dark Kabuto!" he said.
"Huh?!" exclaimed everyone minus the rest of the Rejects.
"Did… Tucker just tell Caboose to help the enemy?" asked Garren glancing slowly towards Scouting Panda Raider in confusion.
"Yep… he did…" said Scouting Panda Raider casually.
(Insert Red vs Blue – Warthog Music)
"Okay!" said Dynamiting Lion Raider cheerfully as he pointed his Shooting Starmight forward and just like that, he open fired everywhere, taking everyone (minus the Rejects) by surprise.
"Get down!" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider in warning as he and those who were still on the floor kept their heads down while the pirates who were still standing were taken by surprise as some of them proceeded to deflect or dodge the bullets. Up on the quarterdeck, Gunny, Dan and Mebius got down, even though they were at a higher position, there was still a chance that the bullets could hit them.
In the clock up dimension, Dark Kabuto and TheBee stopped their fighting after noticing Dynamiting Lion Raider started shooting an endless barrage of bullets everywhere taking them by surprise before they separated and they were now doing their best to dodge the incoming bullets and so far, they were doing alright, although TheBee was struggling to keep up.
"AH! WHAT THE HECK?! WHY'S CABOOSE FIRING SO MANY BULLETS ALL OF A SUDDEN?! HAS HE GONE NUTS?!" shouted TheBee.
"I don't know Eddy but it seems whatever Caboose is doing, I think he's trying to help" said Stinger.
"Help with what? Trying to kill us after our time in clock up runs out?!" replied TheBee sarcastcally.
Back in normal speed, Leangle was getting frustrated "Dang it! When will this guy ever give up?!" he said while Dynamiting Lion Raider continued to open fire with a loud yell.
"WHY IS CABOOSE SHOOTING LIKE CRAZY AFTER TUCKER TOLD HIM TO "HELP"?!" exclaimed Garren in shock and disbelief with his hands on his helmeted head.
"Because whenever someone asks him to "help", he does just about the exact opposite of what he's asked to do!" said Scouting Panda Raider doing the same as what Garren's doing "Last time, when Caboose was told to help me, he almost killed me! And he almost did that to everyone else including Jo-an-ness!" he explained.
"It's pronounced "Jones!"." Shouted Vern who heard him.
"Shut up!" shouted back Scouting Panda Raider.
"*Gulp!*… duly noted…" said Garren with a nervous expression behind his mask.
With Kikai, he was thinking up of something before an idea hit him. He quickly crawled real fast until he was next to Dynamiting Lion Raider as he stood up and reached for the GX-05 Kerberos Vulcan cannon on the back of his waist.
"¡Yo también ayudaré a Caboose!" he said before pressing the number code "1-3-2" on the weapon before pressing the activation button.
RELEASING SAFETY! *Phone ringing sound*
Kikai then unfolded his weapon and pointed it forward.
"¡Saluda a mi pequeño amigo escarabajo!" he exclaimed before opening fire as he and Dynamiting Lion Raider unleashed a mighty barrage of bullets from their respective weapons.
"JEEZES! WHAT THE FUDGE!?" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider in disbelief as bullets were flying everywhere and the pirates were doing their best to deflect them but they were slowly getting overwhelmed.
"HAHA~! Nice going Gage!" praised Gunny.
In the clock up dimension, Dark Kabuto and TheBee continued to do whatever they could to deflect and dodge the seemingly endless barrage of bullets that Kikai and Dynamiting Lion Raider were dishing out.
"Eddy! We're almost out of time!" warned Stinger of the end of their time in Clock Up nearing.
"Oh no! What do I do?!" exclaimed TheBee in panic.
"Drop flat!" instructed Stinger.
"Huh?!" said TheBee in confusion.
"ON YOUR BELLY NOW!" shouted Stinger.
"I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN?!" said TheBee in panic.
"BELLY FLOP!" shouted Stinger even louder and the former scam artist immediately understood as he belly flopped onto the floor and just in time because...
CLOCK OVER!
Both TheBee and Dark Kabuto's time in the clock up dimension ran out and while the former managed to avoid the barrage in time, the latter didn't have time to switch back to masked form as he was peppered with a huge barrage of bullets "GAAAH!" screamed Dark Kabuto as he was sent flying and landed on the floor.
(End Soundtrack)
"Oh yeah~!" exclaimed Leangle triumphantly as Kikai and Dynamiting Lion Raider ceased fire.
"Ugh..." groaned TheBee before glancing at the two rejects responsible for the barrage "Don't ever do something like that again!" he chastised recieving an "Ok" hand sign from Kikai.
"Great job guys!" Leangle said smiling behind his mask, when suddenly he heard someone yell, he glanced back, only to let out a "Whoa!" in shock and rolled out of the way just in time to avoid a stab from Kamen Rider Yuuki's SavageGasher.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" said the pirate captain with a grin behind his mask before catching something with his free hand, he turned to the culprit revealed to be Kamen Rider Kikai who attempted to wack him with the gun barrel of his vulcan cannon as the ape pirate captain casually pushed him away and slashed him making the android Reject Stagger back.
Scouting Panda Raider let out a yell as he swung his Dead Monochrome like a baseball bat at Yuuki only for the pirate captain to block it with his sword "I don't think so~" he said playfully as he pushed him back and soon after, Kikai and Leangle joined in resuming their fight and soon after, everyone else returned to their fights with the exception of TheBee, Dynamiting Lion Raider and Dark Kabuto with the latter third lying injured on the floor. Even Onycho Magia and Cliff managed to recover and returned to their fight with Nate joining in.
Back at the quarterdeck at the helm, Gunny took notice that Merbius was distracted, he took this as an opportunity as he got up and charged at the Jiralhanae Brute while his back was turned as he let out a yell and jumped behind him and restrained his neck with his shotgun, taking the quartermaster by surprise.
"What the?!" exclaimed Merbius as he stood up and held the shotgun that was apparently choking him "Get off me!" he exclaimed as he attempted to shake off the red Reject but Gunny had a strong grip on him.
"No way in hell dirtbag!" said Gunny doing his best to hold on "Richards!" he called out to the nerd Reject who was still lying on his spot "Now's yer chance! Get ta thuh helm! Pronto!" he said.
"Y-Yes sir!" said Dan as he stood up and managed to run past Merbius and Gunny and made it to the helm.
The helm only had the ship's steering wheel which perplexed Dan "What the- there's no console in here?" said the nerdy Reject.
He looked around for any hints of a hidden switch or button of some sorts, he then felt the handles of the ship's wheel until he felt something on top of the handle on the upper right corner.
"Huh?" he said as he pressed a hidden button on the handle and just like that, a console rose from the floor to his right and it revealed about three monitors and a wide keyboard panel.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Dan upon seeing the console "I found the console guys!" he called out.
"Great! Use that to activate that gate thingy and take us home!" called out Cliff who dodged a swipe from Onycho Magia only to end up getting his SMG shredded to pieces "AW, C'MON!" he exclaimed in frustration.
"I'm on it!" said Dan as he proceeded with typing away in the console in search of a way to access the Oceans Rift's gate engine.
"Let's see… nope, not it…" muttered Dan "Nope, this isn't it either…" he muttered "Whoa! The monitors are touchscreens?!" he said in surprise after rearranging one of the monitors a bit and touched the screen by mistake activating a menu of sorts "Guess this makes things a bit easier" he muttered before working on the console again.
"Any time now Dan!" called out David dodging another scythe swing from Fighting Jackal Raider.
"Just give me a sec!" he called out when he found the dimension map which showed an index of coordinates for different dimensions the Oceans Rift have access to "I found the dimension map!" he called out excitedly.
"Then what are you waiting for?! Find the coordinates for Eartheon and get us out of here!" called out Scouting Panda Raider who dodged a swing from Yuuki.
"Right!" said Dan.
Yuuki growled "Somebody stop him!" he ordered his crew while dodging a laser shot from Scouting Panda Raider.
"We're kinda occupied here captain!" said Splashing Whale Raider who slammed his palm on his Raidriser.
SPLASHING BOLIDE!
Splashing Whale Raider held his Ougigant at the ready as water gathered around its' tail shaped blade, creating a giant construct of the blade and swung it down on Garren and Magna Defender. Luckily, they managed to roll out of the way just in time when the water construct slammed the floor deck avoiding getting flattened like a pancake. They retaliated by firing energy bullets and lasers from their Garren Rouzer and Magna Blaster respectively and Splashing Whale Raider managed to block them in time.
"I'm occupied as well captain!" said Fighting Jackal Raider who was still engaged in combat against David and TheBee who joined in on the fight.
The remainder of the inner circle of the Black Skull Pirates were still occupied as well with their opponents with Onycho Magia still fighting Nate and Cliff who was using his Cliff Shot's blade while Dark Kabuto was still on the ground seemingly incapacitated, Merbius was still trying to shake off Gunny who was still suffocating him with his shotgun but to no avail and Dynamiting Lion Raider… he was just standing casually on the sidelines.
Back at the helm, Dan was working on the computer console, searching for the coordinates to Eartheon when all of a sudden…
"Not so fast nerd boy!" said a voice behind him.
"Huh?" said Dan when something jumped on his back surprising him. That something was none other than Beastly the Gazimon who managed to recover and jumped on Dan from behind and restrained him on a choke hold.
"AAH! GET OFF ME!" exclaimed Dan as he attempted to shake off Beastly.
"NEVER~! HAHAHAHAAAA!" laughed Beastly as Dan was shaking and swinging like crazy in an attempt to get the the rabbit eared dog Digimon off of him but to no avail.
During his attempt, he accidentally hit a button on the console and that caused a loud humming sound that was heard all around the ship and the ship itself even started to shake a little, causing everyone who was battling to stop for a moment.
"Whoa! What's going on?!" questioned Cliff.
"Looks like the Ship's flight mode has been activated" said Fighting Jackal Raider.
"FLIGHT MODE?!" exclaimed the Eds and Rejects as the Oceans Rift's rocket boosters located on the bottom activated as it slowly began to rise up into the air.
"Hey! Where are all of you going?!" shouted the Sharpedo that were in the water as they watched the Oceans Rift rise up higher.
Back at the ship, everyone despite the ship rising to the sky, once again returned to fighting as if nothing happened.
At the quarterdeck, after what felt like a long struggle, Merbius managed to shake off Gunny with the red Reject hitting the floor with a *THUD!* while ending up seemingly unconscious. Merbius snorted, glad to be rid of the nuisance before turning to the helm and saw Dan who managed to shake off Beastly and threw him towards the wall as the Gazimon hit the wooden surface face first with a *SPLAT!* "Yeah~! Suck it mutt!" said Dan triumphantly.
His moment of victory was short lived when something grabbed him by the collar of his lab coat and he was met with the angry face of Merbius "And what do you think you're doing?!" he growled.
"Meep!" squeaked Dan in fright.
Back at the main deck, while he and Kikai were dueling Yuuki Raider, Leangle took notice of Dan's predicament and turned to the only one who wasn't doing anything.
"Caboose!" he called out getting Dynamiting Lion Raider's attention "Look up there! Dan's being bullied by that big Brute!" he pointed out.
Dynamiting Lion Raider looked towards the direction Leangle pointed out and frowned upon seeing Dan's predicament. He jumped up high towards the quarterdeck with a roar getting Merbius and Dan's attention.
"Huh?" said the two, turning towards the source of the sound only to see an airborne Dynamiting Lion Raider with his Shooting Starmight claw raised up ready to strike.
"WHAT THE-?!" exclaimed the both of them before Dynamiting Lion Raider swung his claw at Merbius, unfortunately for the blue Reject, the Jiralhanae managed to block it using the blades of his spiker rifle before pushing him away.
Dynamiting Lion Raider landed on the quarterdeck floor on his feet as he glared at Merbius.
"Take another step… and I'll slit your friend's throat here" threatened the Jiralhanae putting one of the blades of his spiker rifle near Dan's neck, making the nerdy Reject *Gulp!* in nervousness.
Dynamiting Lion Raider glared even further behind his mask but before he could do anything…
"Get yer hands off ah one uh mah soldiers dirtbag!" shouted a familiar voice as Gunny came out of nowhere and jumped from behind Merbius and held him in a choke hold, causing him to drop both Dan and his spiker rifle.
"HEY! GET OFF ME YOU PEST!" shouted Merbius trying to shake off the red military obsessed Reject.
"Make me dirtbag!" mocked Gunny keeping a tight grip on the pirate quartermaster.
Dynamiting Lion Raider raised up his Shooting Starmight at Merbius but unfortunately, he couldn't get a clear shot due to the Jiralhanae's constant thrashing in an attempt to shake off Gunny once again.
Dynamiting Lion Raider then heard a yelp and he turned to see Dan on the floor and a recovered Beastly who was on him as he was once again strangling him.
"AAAHHHH! GET OFF!" exclaimed Dan as he was rolling around in the floor trying to get the Gazimon pirate off of him but to no avail.
"HAHAHAHAAA! It'll take more than that to get rid of me boyo!" said the Digimon cockily.
"Hey! Let my friend go!" shouted Dynamiting Lion Raider pointing his weapon at Beastly but couldn't take a clear shot.
"Never mind me Caboose!" exclaimed Dan as he wrestled with Beastly "Get to the console!" he told him.
"Okay!" nodded Dynamiting Lion Raider as he went to the console "Uh… what do I do now?" he asked innocently.
"Touch the- AAHHH!" said Dan, only to get tackled to the floor by Beastly and he started to struggle in an attempt to prevent the Gazimon from choking him.
Dynamiting Lion Raider looked around the console and lifted his right hand and then reached for a random button on the keyboard panel.
"Touch…" he said pressing the button.
An alarm sound was heard followed by a female automated voice.
"Opening launch deck hanger doors" announced the voice as hatches located on the sides of the Oceans Rift's lower decks opened revealing launch decks.
"No! Not that Caboose! Touch the- ACK!" exclaimed Dan who was lying on his stomach with Beastly sitting on him and the latter stuck his two fingers on the poor nerdy Reject's nostrils before pulling up his head up in an awkward and hilarious position.
Dynamiting Lion Raider looked around the console with a hum before pressing another button.
"Touch…" he said.
"Warning! Opening cargo doors" announced the automated voice as large doors located on either side in the lower middle part of the ship opened, revealing the cargo hold.
"NOT THAT ONE CABOOSE!" shouted Dan while he and Beastly had their hands on each other's faces "Touch the screen in the middle!" he called out "There's a list of places the ship can go to! Find the one with the name Eartheon on it!" he said before he and Beastly started fighting in a dust cloud where only their arms and legs would only be seen popping out every second.
"Okay!" called out Dynamiting Lion Raider turning to the middle screen. He looked at the list and was confused. He then took notice of a search box and touched it, he then saw the words "Please type in your designated coordinates" on it, he then looked on the keyboard and stared at it for a what felt like forever when it was actually just seconds "Uh… How do I spell Eartheon again!" he called out to just about everyone.
"WHAT!?" exclaimed almost everyone "Are you freaking kidding me?!" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider in exasperation while dodging a sword swing from Yuuki.
"Why aren't you the one at the helm Dan!" called out Cliff dodging a claw swipe from Onycho Magia.
"I'm- OW! Kinda- OW! Busy at the- OW! At the moment- OW!" said Dan upon getting punched at every word.
"Caboose! Spell the word "Earth" and add the letters "E-O-N" to it!" called out Leangle clashing his Leangle Rouzer with Yuuki's SavageGasher.
"Okay!" said Dynamiting Raider as he lifted up a finger and slowly reached for one of the buttons on the keyboard, only to stop.
"Uh… how do you spell Earth again!?" he called out, causing just about most of everyone to face fault or do awkward and embarrassing poses in the midst of their respective fights.
"AW, C'MON!" exclaimed Cliff and Leangle.
"SERIOUSLY!?" exclaimed TheBee in exasperation.
"Tienes que estar bromeando!" exclaimed Kikai in exasperation.
Deciding to make things faster, Garren called out to Dynamiting Lion Raider "Caboose! The spelling is E-A-R-T-H!" he called out "And after that, add E-O-N!" he finished.
Dynamiting Lion Raider nodded and typed in the letters and then pressed the search button. After a couple of moments, the picture of planet Eartheon popped up.
"I found it!" called out Dynamiting Lion Raider.
"AGH! Touch the picture! And after that, press the enter button!" called out Dan while his hair was being pulled by Beastly.
Dynamiting Lion did so, he touched the picture of Eartheon and pressed the "Enter" button.
"Coordinates set! Activating Gate Engine" announced the automated voice as a hatch on the front bow of the ship opened, allowing a beam weapon to pop out, it then fired an electric blue beam which created an electric blue portal in front of the ship.
Upon seeing it, the Eds and Rejects got excited while the Black Skull Pirates were shocked.
"ALRIGHT! We can get out of here!" cheered TheBee.
"It's about freaking time!" said Scouting Panda Raider.
"In that case…" said Dan who managed to get the upper hand on Beastly and threw him towards the main deck where he hit Onycho Magia knocking the both of them down to the floor.
"Ha ha~! You just got owned bat boy!" laughed Cliff pointing a finger at Onycho Magia and Beastly who were in a heap with a groan.
Back at the helm, Dan ran over to the steering wheel and after searching a bit, found the accelerator and activated it "Full speed ahead!" exclaimed the nerd Reject as the ship began to accelerate towards the portal.
"RAAAH!" roared Merbius as he managed to shake off Gunny and ran towards Dan "I think not!" he said in defiance as he grabbed Dan by the collar of his lab coat.
"Uh oh!" said Dan as the Jiralhanae Brute threw him to the main deck.
"AAHHHHH!" screamed Dan before hitting the floor just right next to Cliff and Nate.
"Karma hit you bad?" joked Cliff "Sut up…" uttered Dan.
"Hey!" shouted Dynamiting Lion Raider not liking how Merbius did that as he jumped at him with his Shooting Starmight claw pulled back, only for Merbius to swing his Gravity Hammer at him and send him flying towards the main deck as he crash landed near Garren and Magna Defender.
"CABOOSE!" exclaimed the Eds and Rejects.
"Get over here dirtbag!" shouted Gunny as he jumped at Merbius, only for the brute to grab him by the neck without even looking "Not this time…" said the quartermaster before throwing the red Reject towards the main deck, this time hitting Cliff.
"OOF! Why…?" said the slacker Reject as Gunny was sitting on his back.
"Thanks, fer thuh save Cliff!" said Gunny standing up while Cliff just groaned in response.
Merbius spun the steering wheel as the Oceans Rift turned to the left just when it was inches away from the portal as the ship proceeded to fly away from the portal.
"NOOOOHOHOHOHOOOO!" exclaimed Cliff in dismay and frustration upon seeing that the turned away from the portal as it slowly distanced away.
"We were so close!" said TheBee in dismay.
"If only we could just find a way to get over there…" said Garren at the portal that was getting farther.
"Too bad for you realmlubbers…" said Yuuki tapping the flat of his sword on his hand "The portal will only last a couple of minutes if nothing goes through and it'll close as a result. Putting you back to where you started" he taunted with a chuckle.
Leangle scowled behind his mask "Screw you!" he said.
"Warning! Abnormal surge of dimensional warp energy detected!" warned the ship's automated voice.
(Insert Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Soundtrack – The Black Pearl)
"What?!" exclaimed Yuuki and Merbius.
Everyone stopped their fighting when they all heard a loud *CRACK!* and they looked up ahead and saw a large purple crack ahead of the ship.
"Uh oh…" said the Eds and Rejects knowing full well what that is as the crack opened and formed into a dimension vacuum about similar size as the portal as it started to suck in anything close to its' vicinity.
"Quartermaster! Turn the ship about!" ordered Yuuki.
"Aye, aye!" said Merbius as he spun the steering wheel and the Oceans Rift made a hard turn around while everyone in the ship on all floors held on for dear life.
The Oceans Rift was now sailing away from the vacuum but the ship was slowly getting sucked into the vacuum.
"Increase thruster speed!" commanded Yuuki.
"Aye sir!" said Merbius as the rocket thrusters on the back of the ship powered up as the ship began to push away from the force, although they can escape the vacuum, some things from the still open cargo hold were unfortunately sucked in.
Meanwhile, the Eds and Rejects were doing their best to hold on and avoid getting sucked into the vacuum.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Scouting Panda Raider as he fell on his butt, but something cushioned his fall "Huh?" he said while reaching for whatever softened his fall and took out what looked like rope, he looked down to see that he fell on a heap of rope.
"Rope?" he muttered, he then looked port side and saw that the portal that was opened was coming closer, he then got an idea.
"Hey guys!" he called out to the Eds and the rest of the Rejects who turned to him "I got an idea! But you're gonna have to trust me on this" he said.
The group gathered around and Scouting Panda Raider explained his plan and while the rest of the Rejects were in for it, Garren and Glaive were a bit skeptical about it.
"Are you sure that's gonna work? Looks kind of a longshot to me" said TheBee.
"Eddy's correct, we only have one shot at this, so there's no telling if it'll work" said Garren.
"Just trust me, okay guys? I know what I'm doing" said Scouting Panda Raider as Garren sighed and nodded.
"Okay then…" said TheBee hoping that it won't end too badly.
"Alright then" nodded Scouting Panda Raider before turning to TheBee "Eddy, I need to you to use your clock up for this" he said.
"Huh?" said TheBee in confusion.
With Kamen Rider Yuuki, he heard the sound of his communicator ringing as he answered it.
"Captain! This is the cargo deck! Some of our bounty flew off the open cargo door and getting sucked into the vacuum- AAAHHHH!" screamed a voice of one of the crew members as said unfortunate member flew out of the cargo deck and into the crack of the vacuum.
Yuuki growled "Increase thrusters! Full power!" commanded the ape captain.
"Aye!" said Merbius as he set the thruster power level to maximum charge and the Oceans Rift began to sail away from the dimension vacuum while unexpectedly passing the portal that was slowly getting into portside view.
"Good… we'll be out of that vacuum's range in no time…" said Yuuki as he watched the dimension vacuum distance from them.
CLOCK UP! CLOCK OVER!
"Hey monkey!" called out a familiar voice all of a sudden.
"Huh?" said Yuuki turning to the portside of the ship where the source of the voice was and it turned out to be Scouting Panda Raider and he had a very long strand of rope wrapped around his waist and holding onto either parts of the rope were the rest of the Rejects and Eds who also had part of the rope wrapped around their waists.
(Insert Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Soundtrack – Will and Elizabeth)
"What in the name of the sea of stars are you…?" he trailed off when he noticed that behind them just a few meters away was none other than the portal and it was on the verge of closing.
"What?!" he exclaimed in shock.
"Sayonara captain!" said Scouting Panda Raider with a two finger salute before slamming his palm on his Raidriser.
SCOU-TING~ BOLIDE!
He pointed his Dead Monochrome downwards as it made a humming sound and he fired a powerful beam. This resulted in not only putting a hole on the ship but also causing a huge recoil sending Scouting Panda Raider flying backwards, taking his companions with him towards the portal.
"WHOOOOOAAA!" screamed everyone as they flew towards the portal.
"NO!" exclaimed Yuuki upon seeing his prisoners escaping.
"Not so fast brats!" shouted Beastly as the Gazimon managed to recover and ran towards portside, he jumped up on the rails and jumped out of the ship in an attempt to reach them but missed as he started to fall towards the ocean a few feet above him.
"Ha! Tough luck for you mutt!" taunted Cliff.
(Switch to Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Soundtrack – Swords Crossed)
Suddenly, they all felt a glow bellow them.
"Huh?" they said before looking down to see Beastly engulfed in a bright white light as he began to grow bigger.
"Gazimon digivolve to…!" shouted Beastly's voice as he changed shape. When the light settled, the Eds and Rejects were shocked at what they saw.
Taking Beastly's place and flying towards them was a big black demonic-like bipedal dragon with a lean muscular build, dark gray tri-taloned feet, long arms with five red talon clawed hands, brown bandages on his right forearm and three black buckled belts on his left forearm, stitches around his right knee, an upside down cross with a red jewel on his left knee, three bolts on his right shoulder, a skull sigil on his left should and a red bat-like sigil on top of his left hand, two pairs of black bat wings with a bit of holes on them, a black tail with some stitches around it, some black buckled belts and at the tip is a black claw and finally a pale white head with a black mask with two pairs of bat wings on the back for ears covering the upper part of his head and four red eyes and sharp teeth.
"Devidramon!" exclaimed Beastly in a gruff and intimidating voice as his transformation ended.
"AAHHHH! IT'S DEVIDRAMON!" exclaimed Dan in shock and terror recognizing Beastly's new form.
"HOLY CRAP!" exclaimed almost every one of the Eds and Rejects upon seeing the familiar Champion Level devil dragon Digimon despite the addition of a gray tattered vest and dark green sash around the waist.
"You're not going anywhere you little brats!" said Beastly as he reached for the group with his clawed hands.
"I don't think so bucko!" said Nate with determined grin "I've saved somethin for ya!" he said using his free hand to reach for the M32 Grenade Launcher strapped to his back "And it's got your name on it!" he said while pointing the grenade launcher at Beastly and fired.
The grenade went zipping towards the Devidramon's open mouth where he accidentally swallowed it in surprise with wide eyes while making an audible *GULP!*, making him stop in his tracks.
"Hell yeah! Three points ya dirty mutt!" exclaimed Nate triumphantly.
And all of a sudden…
*BOOM!*
Beastly's mouth exploded creating an explosive cloud out of said mouth creating a shockwave sending both sides flying to different directions, while Beastly flew back towards the ship where he crashed into one of the hangers and changed back into his Rookie Form, the Eds and Rejects went further to the portal where they finally went through just in time before the portal closed.
"NO!" exclaimed Merbius seeing their prisoners managing to escape.
After what felt like forever, the dimension vacuum closed, allowing the Oceans Rift and her crew to avoid getting sucked into the large crack.
After a little while, the ship stopped in the air and the whole Black Skull Pirates crew regrouped at the main deck.
"Apologies captain, they got away…" said Merbius as he along with Amunet, Gale, Axel and a recovered Walsh who all changed back were standing in front of Captain Roark who was also out of his transformed state and is currently looking at the horizon with his back turned to his crew, even a battered Retha, Bork and Beastly stood with the rest of the inner circle as the rest of the crew (those who survived) hung their heads down.
"We underestimated them" said the jackal beastkin "Turns out, they were smarter than they looked" she said.
"Indeed, mon capitaine" nodded Axel in agreement "Those petits garçons have foiled us with zeyr whits and unorthodox combat routine and it vas somehow beyond our comprehension" he said.
The captain stayed silent for a few moments before he started to chuckle, which slowly turned into full blown laughter surprising his crew.
"It seems that we've got ourselves some new adversaries, mates…!" he said before turning to his crew with an excited grin "Yes, we did underestimate them… but in my opinion, they only managed to beat us with shear dumb luck!" he said "But that doesn't mean we should just take them lightly and due to the state we're in now, it only means that things have gotten even more exciting!" he said "There's a chance that we'll encounter those realmlubbers again in the near future and by then, they've already gotten themselves stronger but not only that… so will we!" he said giving inspiration to his crew.
"I swear, as your captain… we will get stronger and in time… we, the Black Skull Pirates shall rise up in the ranks of the Star Pirate Brotherhood and reign supreme on the great sea of the cosmos!" he declared raising his fist high up as the whole Black Skull crew cheered at their captain's speech determined to rise up and become stronger than ever.
"For now… let us all recuperate from this little ordeal and later rebuild our ranks" he said and everyone nodded as the Black Skull Pirates proceeded to clean up and recover.
Meanwhile in the portal tunnel that leads to Eartheon, we see the Eds and Rejects screaming their heads off while flying uncontrollably in a spiraling tunnel of blue and white light.
"HOLD ON EVERYONE!" exclaimed David as he and everyone were still holding onto the rope that was still tied to Scouting Panda Raider.
"I'M GETTING DIIIZZYYYYY!" exclaimed Dynamiting Lion Raider.
"I WANNA LIIIIVE!" screamed Cliff and TheBee.
"MOMMYYYY!" screamed Dan and Vern.
"DO NOT FALTER! WE SHALL OVERCOME THIS SPINNING SPIRAL OF TERROR!" exclaimed Magna Defender in declaration and determination.
"SHUT UP/CÁLLATE ED!" shouted everyone minus Dynamiting Lion Raider.
Suddenly, part of the rope snapped and it was the part that the Eds were holding onto.
"Uh oh…" said the Eds as they separated from the Rejects.
"Ed! Double D! Eddy!" exclaimed Dynamiting Lion Raider extending his free hand which is the Shooting Starmight arm, making it look like he's gonna shoot them but he wasn't, he was trying to reach out to them but to no avail.
The two groups screamed as they went farther and farther away from each other until they went to the light.
Somewhere on Eartheon, a strange surge of electricity started to emit from the sky. It then turned into a swirling vortex until it became a familiar portal.
And something came out of it, three things to be exact.
They were none other than the Eds AKA Magna Defender, Kamen Rider Garren and Kamen Rider TheBee.
The moment they came out of the portal, they went plummeting down to the ground where they all screamed in fright. until they crash landed with a loud resounding *BOOM!*, creating a big dust cloud and within that dust cloud, three flashes of light briefly appeared before disappearing.
When the dust cleared, it revealed Ed, Edd n Eddy knocked out of their transformations as they all groaned in pain.
"Man… that was some rough landing…" said Eddy groaning in pain.
"Ow…" said Ed also in pain.
"At least we didn't end up flat on the ground dead, thanks to our rider forms and Ed's Magna Defender form absorbing most of the impact" said Double D.
"Ditto…" said Eddy agreeing and Ed nodded also agreeing as well.
The Eds then got up and once they dusted themselves and gathered their bearings, they checked up where they currently were. To their surprise, they were at the construction site of the Cul-de-sac from where they last were when they were taken by the dimension vacuum.
"Whoa! We're back!" said Eddy.
"Indeed, we are!" said Double D in surprise.
"I'm in my happy place!" said Ed joyfully running around.
"How's it possible that we ended up at the last place we were at?" said Double D scratching the top of his head baffled.
"Who cares! All that matters is that WE'RE HOME BABY!" said Eddy just happy to be back home.
"*Sigh* I suppose you're right" said Double D deciding to shrug it off for now.
"Anyway… do we still have our…?" trailed off Eddy as he along with Double D and Ed (who stopped running) checked their person to see if they still had what they obtained from their little adventure and low and behold, Eddy and Double D still had their Rider Brace and Garren Buckle respectively; the former still strapped to his left wrist while the latter strapped to his waist and Ed still had his Magna Morpher which were strapped to his wrists.
"Sweet! We still got our transformation items!" said Eddy with a grin as he and Double unstrapped their buckles in which the belts retracted into them.
"I can see that Eddy" agreed Double D with a nod.
"Ed is still Magna Defender!" Ed exclaimed in excitement pumping his fist up in the air.
"Yeah, we get it Lumpy" said Eddy with an amused grin before it faded when he noticed something "Wait a minute?!" he exclaimed looking around "Where's Stinger?" he said looking around for the TheBee Zecter after realizing that he wasn't attached to his rider brace anymore.
"I'm right here!" called out a familiar voice as the Eds turned to see Stinger the sentient zecter fly towards them "Sorry about that Eddy but I wondered around a bit" he said "Glad I managed to switch you back to Masked Mode to cushion your landing right Eddy?" he said.
~Flashback~
While the Eds were screaming their heads off during their free falling, Stinger quickly turned himself around in the rider brace, retracting his abdomen and flipped back his wings.
PUT ON!
Announced the rider brace as TheBee's outer armor materialized out of nowhere and attached to TheBee changing him back to masked form just in time before TheBee crashed to the ground along with Garren and Magna Defender creating a dust cloud.
~End Flashback~
"Yeah, thanks for that partner!" said Eddy with a smile "Landing still hurt though..." he said.
"You're welcome Eddy!" said Stinger in return with a nod.
"We sure have been through a lot in that fiasco now, did we?" said Double D.
"Considering how crazy that was, I think one adventure to another dimension is enough for now" said Eddy with the rest of the Eds nodding in agreement.
Then a thought came to Ed "Do you think Caboose and everyone else made it back?" asked the lovable jolly dimwit of the Eds.
"I don't know…" said Eddy "But I hope they did make it back" he said looking up at the sky.
"Oh, I'm sure David, Lenny, Gunny and the others made it back to their home here on Eartheon" said Double D optimistically while he, Ed and Stinger followed Eddy's gaze up at the sky.
"Rest assured young ones, your friends have indeed made it back" said a sudden voice behind them.
This startled them as they turned around to see who it was and to their shock, it was the spirit of the original Magna Defender in his transparent spiritual form.
"What the heck?!" exclaimed Stinger in surprise.
"*Gasp!* Magna Defender!" exclaimed Ed in excitement.
"Impossible… y-y-you're… the original Magna Defender?!" said Double D in astonishment.
"Indeed, I am" nodded Magna Defender.
"He's also the one to give me his powers!" said Ed with a wide smile.
"Incredible…" said Double D in awe.
"I'm not seeing things, am I?" said Eddy rubbing his eyes to see if he wasn't hallucinating.
"I don't think so Eddy... I can see him just fine and I'm a talking mechanical wasp and yet I can see him" said Stinger.
"Fear not young Eddy, you are not hallucinating" said Magna Defender.
"Is it true that Caboose and the others are back home?" asked Ed.
Magna Defender nodded "Indeed, they have returned to their home located somewhere else in the UDA safe and sound" he confirmed which bought some relief to the Eds.
"It's quite an honor to meet you Magna Defender sir but… what brings you here?" asked Double D.
"I have appeared before you to inform the three of you about something of utmost importance" he said.
"What is it?" questioned Double D as he along with the rest of the Eds and Stinger listened.
"The three of you may have overcome your little ordeal… but that doesn't mean it'll be the end of it" said Magna Defender.
"Huh?!/Huh?" said Eddy and Stinger in shock and confusion, the latter mostly confused "What do you mean?" asked Double D.
"Your adventure… is only beginning…" said Magna Defender "In time, the three of you will become part of something bigger. And it'll decide the fate of not only this world… but others as well" he said and that left the Eds awestruck.
Ed then gasped "You mean, we will become part of some space superhero force that'll set off to save the multiverse from Evil Tim and his evil alliance?!" he guessed with Double D and Eddy looking at him with raised eyebrows while Stinger stared at Ed confused "Dude… I think that trip through the portal must've fried your brains Lumpy" said Eddy.
Magna Defender chuckled "Well, on the contrary, you could say that young Edwin is nearly close to the truth…" he said catching the Eds and Stinger's attention "What do you mean?" asked Double D.
"Let's just say… that you three will become part of a group that'll change your lives forever" replied Magna Defender "But you won't be the only ones" he said.
"And… what does that mean?" asked Eddy "Somehow… I have this… what you would call a "hunch", that your adventure will involve not only you… but all of your friends as well…" he said which surprised the Eds.
"How are you certain about this?" asked Double D a bit skeptical.
"Time will tell…" said Magna Defender "For now, I must take my leave…" he said as he began to slowly fade away.
"Wait! How will we know when that ever happens?!" said Double D wanting to know.
"You'll know when the time comes…" was Magna Defender's reply before fading away "I wish you the best of luck" echoed his voice "May the Celestial Powers guide you" he said before falling silent.
All was quiet for the Eds and Stinger, trying to process this new information.
It didn't stay quiet for that long when a voice called out "Hey! Ed! Double D! Eddy! There you guys are!" upon hearing that voice, the Eds turned to who was calling them while Stinger flew and hid inside Eddy's pocket.
It was a boy about 17 years old, the same age as Double D and Eddy. He was about Eddy's height with black hair styled in a buzzcut, brown skin and dark eyes. He wears a white t-shirt, dark blue jeans and black sandals. This is Johnathan "Jonny" 2x4 Jenkins, one of the residents of the Cul-de-sac and one of the Eds' friends.
He was also holding what looks like a piece of wood on his hand. Said piece of wood was a plank with two red circles and two blue dots for eyes and a blue curved smile for a mouth drawn into it. This is Jonny's "imaginary" best friend Plank and another of the Eds' "friends".
Six years ago, Jonny and Plank were one of the victims of Eddy's final scam which caused him and the other Cul-de-sac kids who also fell victim to go after the Eds' heads. Although, by the time Jonny and Plank caught up with the rest of the Cul-de-sac kids, Eddy already apologized and the Cul-de-sac already forgave him and before Eddy could explain, Jonny attacked the Eds, injuring them more than how they were then and as a result, instead of being congratulated like a hero, Jonny was beaten up by the rest of the Cul-de-sac kids, taking the Eds' place as the outcast. This caused Jonny and Plank to swear revenge on them but eventually, soon after explaining the whole thing and exchanging apologies with one another, Jonny and Plank forgave the Eds and in turn the rest of the Cul-de-sac kids including the Eds forgave Jonny for attacking the latter three and thus just like everyone else, Jonny and Plank are now friends with the Eds.
"Oh! Jonny, Plank hey!" greeted Eddy glad to see a familiar face while he and Double D hid their buckles in their pockets.
"Hi Jonny! Hi Plank!" greeted Ed with a wave and a smile as Jonny and Plank stopped in front of them.
"Where have you been? Everyone's been looking all over for ya guys!" said Jonny getting the Eds' attention.
"How long were we gone for?" asked Double D.
"You've been gone AWOL for just about the whole morning!" revealed Jonny.
"That long?!" exclaimed Eddy in shock.
"Yeah, last we heard from Sarah, you guys went out for a walk in the forest and when she went out to look for you Ed because one of your favorite Sci-Fi movies was about to start, she became worried after she couldn't find you, so she called just about everyone and we all searched for you guys just about everywhere, from the candy store to the junkyard to just about the whole Cul-de-sac… heck! We even went as far as taking the risk in checking out the Kankers to see if they kidnapped you, but strangely, they weren't home and then just about an hour ago, we saw that strange purple hole open up at the sky sucking just about everything that was close to it, we got scared and ran away from it" Jonny explained surprising the trio of another Dimension Vacuum appearing.
"Luckily, we weren't close to that giant hole before it closed and that made us more worried, so we doubled the search until Plank and I heard a strange sound and then we followed it over here and here you guys are!" said Jonny finishing his explanation.
The Eds looked at one another surprised, all of their friends were worried about them and they even went as far as search the whole Cul-de-sac for them, this somehow made them feel grateful for their friends' kindness since becoming accepted.
The Eds turned to Jonny and Plank and Double D said "Well… what happened to us is a very long story" he said.
"Really? What is it?" asked Jonny.
Before any word was spoken, the sound of grumbling was heard. Double D, Eddy and Jonny turned to Ed who was rubbing his stomach "I'm hungry…" he said.
"Hmm… perhaps we'll discuss this over something to eat" said Double D.
"Yeah, let's go find everyone else" said Eddy turning to Jonny "We'll gather up at my house and we'll explain everything there, I'll whip up some of my famous omelets for everyone to make up for worrying you guys" offered Eddy.
"Sure, thing Eddy, your omelets always taste great!" said Jonny "Right buddy?" he said turning to his best friend Plank.
"…" the piece of wood didn't say anything but Jonny nodded in response before turning to the Eds "Plank says that he's looking forward to having some of your omelets" he said.
"Sweet! Does Plank want it with extra cheese as usual?" asked Eddy.
Jonny turned to Plank again before nodding "Plank says sure!" he said.
After Jonny and Plank turned away for a bit, Stinger whispered out "Is that one of your friends?" he asked.
"Yep, that's Jonny and Plank" said Eddy "Just stay in there for a bit longer until we can explain to everyone of what happened to us. I'll even introduce you to them later" he told his zecter partner who hummed in approval.
And with that, the Eds went with Jonny and Plank to gather the others to Eddy's house, so that they could explain the crazy adventure they've been through.
Meanwhile, somewhere else on Eartheon, another similar portal opened and coming out of the portal were ten familiar people. The Rejects screamed as they started plummeting to the ground which was a few feet above them.
"AAHHHH! I DON'T WANNA DIE!" screamed Dan.
"MOMMYYYY!" screamed Cliff, Nate and Vern.
Lenny AKA Scouting Panda Raider thought fast as he turned to Caboose AKA Dynamiting Lion Raider "Caboose!" he called out getting his attention "On the count of three, I want you to hit your belt's button and open fire at the ground got it?!" he said.
Dynamiting Lion Raider nodded "Okay!" he said.
"One… two… THREE!" shouted Scouting Panda Raider as he and Dynamiting Lion Raider hit their Raidrisers.
DYNAMITING/SCOU-TING~ BOLIDE!
Scouting Panda Raider pointed his Dead Monochrome towards the ground as it hummed with red energy charging up at the barrel while Dynamiting Lion Raider pointed his Shooting Starmight towards the ground as a big magenta construct version of his gatling gun materialized in front of the barrels and both Raiders fired an enhanced red laser and a barrage bullets respectively as both slowed down the Rejects' fall as they slowly descended until they hit the ground.
The Rejects started panting in exhaustion as those who were transformed, powered down in order to get some proper breathing space as they all laid on the ground.
"Man… I'm beat!" said Cliff.
"You could say that again…" panted Tucker out of his Leangle form but still wearing the buckle.
The Rejects continued to lay on the ground catching their breath while they continued to look towards the clear blue sky, judging by the looks of things, it was around the afternoon.
They continued to stay silent for a few moments before Cliff said "Where are we?" he asked.
The Rejects sat up and they looked around and they were surprised to see that they ended up at their home in the secluded area of their town but the current state was a bit of a mess.
Both of the treehouses were all messed up with some house parts missing and it was as if a typhoon hit it and some of the Rejects' stuff were lying on the ground like a junkyard and even the TV set in the middle of the lot was all messed up.
"NOOOOOO! THE TV!" exclaimed Cliff towards the heavens in dramatic dismay while going on his knees and put his hands on top of his head.
"Seriously Sullivan?! Our houses er messed up nd all yeh get worried abou is thuh TV?!" shouted Gunny in disbelief.
"But we can't watch our favorite shows or play videogames in it anymore…" sulked Cliff slumping on his knees.
The rest of the Rejects minus Caboose sighed.
That was when Caboose looked around and noticed something wrong "Hey~, where's Ed, Double D and Eddy?" he asked.
The Rejects looked around and saw no sign of the Eds "Huh… now that you mention it Caboose… they did get separated from us during our trip through that portal" said Tucker.
"Do you think they managed to make it out?" asked Vern.
"I don't know about that Jo-an-ness" said Lenny causing Vern to groan and mutter out "It's pronounced "Jones".".
"I'm sure they made it out guys…" said David causing the rest of the Rejects turn to him "Ed, Eddward and Eddy know how to take care of themselves…" he said "Despite the short amount of time we've been with them, I have this feeling that they how to handle themselves in any situation" he said.
"Yeah, you're right" said Tucker "Those three are some tough SOBs and besides… they got powers of their own" he added.
"Ye got thah right" agreed Gunny "Those three sure can kick butt nd take names with tha new powers ah ther's!" he said.
The rest of the Rejects nodded in agreement before deciding to deal with their current problem…
"Let's get things cleaned up" said David turning towards their messy home.
"Yeah, this could be the chance to do some redecorating!" said Nate enthusiastically.
"Es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo" said Gage cracking his hands.
"Huh?" said the Rejects minus Caboose and Nate.
"He said "Easier said than done"." said Nate, earning an "Oh…" from most of the Rejects.
"Ugh… do I have to?" whined Cliff not wanting to work.
"Ya'll have ta private! Otherwise, I'll have ta use this on ya!" threatened Gunny with a savage grin pointing his shotgun at Cliff while pumping it making a resounding *CHNK-CHNK!*.
Cliff squeaked at that and said "Yes sir!" and went to work.
Gage groaned shaking his head "Cuanto más rápido hagamos esto, antes podré arreglar mi unidad de voz" he said hoping to get his voice unit fixed after they've finished cleaning things up and fixing their houses.
And with that, the Rejects proceeded to start cleaning up their home, hoping that the trouble they went through would be all but forgotten.
(Insert Superior Defender Gundam Force OST – Shute's Shed)
A couple of days later, the sound of hammering and power tools were heard as the Rejects were in the middle of reconstructing their treehouses.
In the middle of the lot, Lenny, David and Gunny were looking over blue prints while overseeing the reconstruction of their treehouses.
Over at the red treehouse, Gage was hammering a new wall for his group's house while Dan was using measuring tape on the treehouse's doorway in order to make a new door and while Nate was painting a new section of the treehouse red and Cliff was carrying a crate full of materials needed for the treehouse albeit with a bit of difficulty.
And over at the blue treehouse, Vern was using a power screwdriver to install a new window while Tucker was making a new door using a power saw while wearing a facemask and a pair of construction goggles to prevent sawdust from getting on his face and Caboose was carrying a big crate filled with materials needed for their house and surprisingly, he wasn't having any difficulty carrying it despite the crate being so heavy that you'll need at least two people to carry it.
"Hmm… looks like things er goin well" said Gunny.
"Looks like it" said David.
"Hey Mickey, mind handing me that box of screws over there will you?" said Vern pointing towards a box of screws sitting near Caboose while referring the blue lovable dimwit by his first nickname.
"Okay!" said Caboose as he took the box and gave it to Vern "Much appreciated" thanked the British Reject.
"You're welcome!" said Caboose with a smile behind his respirator. The blue Reject was about to go and continue doing his task when…
"OW!" exclaimed the voice of Nate.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to the "lightish-red" Reject who was holding the top of his head in pain.
"What's wrong Nate?" asked Dan.
"Did something hit you on the head?" asked Tucker removing his facemask and construction goggles.
"As a matter-a-fact, yeah something did hit me on the head" said Nate rubbing his head. He then took notice of something sitting on the floor as he bent over and picked it up.
It looked like a pink colored box containing cards with a small opening at the right side of the front that allows the user to slide out one card with ease. The front also had a gold emblem of a stingray at the center and eight silver wavy lines, two on each corner of the stingray.
"Hey, I think this was what fell on my head!" said Nate.
The Rejects walked over and took a look at what Nate picked up and Caboose gasped upon seeing it "OH. MY. GOD! IT'S THE RAIA ADVENT DECK!" he said which caught the rest of the Rejects' attention.
"Raia Advent Deck? As in… Kamen Rider Raia?" asked Cliff.
"Yeah! He's one of the riders from the third Heisei rider series Kamen Rider Ryuki!" said Caboose excitedly.
"Really?" said Nate intrigued looking at the deck and somehow, he felt like power was surging into him from the deck.
"How'd it even end up here is the real question" said Dan.
"Beats me…" said Cliff with a shrug.
Caboose hummed in thought and looked upwards. He then paused as he just stared up at the sky.
"Hey Caboose, what are you looking at?" asked Lenny taking notice causing the rest of the Rejects to turn to the blue Reject as well.
Caboose continued to look up at the sky until he looked to his friends "Something is falling right for us…" he said.
"What?!" exclaimed Tucker as he and the rest of the Rejects looked upwards to see something plummeting from the sky and upon closer look, it looked like some kind of huge rectangular crate and it was plummeting towards their spot.
"OH SHIT!/MIERDA!" exclaimed all of the Rejects as they all dove out of the way with Caboose merely taking a huge step back as the rectangular crate plummeted to the ground making a loud *THUD!* while creating a dust cloud that almost enveloped the whole area.
When the dust cleared, the Rejects began to approach the crate while some of them removed some of the dust on their clothes.
"*Cough!* *Cough!* Okay, who in their right minds would drop a crate out of the sky?!" said an irritated Lenny.
"I dunno?! You tell me McMillan!" said Gunny.
The Rejects then inspected the crate, Tucker took two crowbars and gave one to Gage and they proceeded to pry it open. With a bit of strength and effort, the two were able to pry the lid off the crate.
And surprisingly, it caused the other corners of the crate to fall off revealing what was inside the crate.
The Rejects looked on in shock and awe at what was inside. It was a Honda XR250 dirtbike but it was modified with parts that are dark green, gold and silver with the front of the bike having a purple transparent three leaf clover or club at the center, a silver metal patch with a purple club each at the side of the front below the handlebars and finally what looked like a slot where cards could be scanned located at the front of the seat behind the handlebars.
"Awesome! It's the Leangle's bike!" said Tucker excitedly looking at the bike known as the Green Clover.
"Whoa…" said Dan in awe and the other Rejects looked on surprised while Caboose got giddy upon seeing the bike.
"How'd this thing end up here?" questioned David.
"Who cares! All that matters is that this bike is all mine!" said Tucker.
"Aw, man… how come you get a bike?" complained Cliff when Gunny smacked him up the head.
"How abou ya shut up numb nuts!" said Gunny.
"Okay, I'm starting to get annoyed here!" said Lenny in frustration "First off, we get sucked into a giant crack that led us to a freezing ocean in another dimension, then we almost get our asses kicked by a group of pirates and now after just a couple of days, this happens?! Seriously, can't we all just catch a break?!" he said in exasperation "What could possibly happen next?!" he said sarcastically.
"Uh… Lenny… I think you should be careful with what you say, otherwise you'll end up…" trailed off Dan when all of a sudden, the Rejects felt something shining right behind them.
They turned towards the source and saw that it was a combination of a bright blue and bright orange light and they took the form of a combination of a bright blue and bright orange swirling portal.
"…Jinx it…" said Dan as what looked like two figures walked out of the portal, their appearances obscured due to the bright light.
"Greetings young ones…" said the two figures in unison and surprisingly, they sounded female.
The Rejects continued to stare at the figures in awe and shock. Nobody didn't say a word, that was until Lenny uttered out one thing that he could say right now.
"I hate my life…"
Meanwhile high up in the skies and above the clouds, we see a Dimension Vacuum and it was right above where the Rejects were before disappearing without a trace.
*Clap!* *Clap!* *Clap!* "I say now, that was quite the adventure the Ed boys and Rejects have been through" said the voice of Nexus Lupin.
"They got sucked up by a giant crack in the sky, they met and befriended each other, they got captured by dimension traveling pirates and had to fight them in order to return home… and not to mention, some of them gained powers and lastly… it seems that the Rejects have encountered two mysterious individuals" he said.
"Who are these mysterious individuals you say? Sadly, that'll have to be a story for another time…" said Nexus.
He then took notice of the readers about to leave "Oh, no, no, no, no~! Don't leave just yet" he told the readers stopping them "There's still more coming up" he told them as the scene started to turn all white.
Set about a day after the Eds and Rejects returned home to Eartheon…
It was another fine day on Eartheon where we enter Peach Creek on the suburban area known as the Cul-de-sac. Everyone was going on about their usual routines but little did they know was that something strange was happening.
(Insert Superior Defender Gundam Force OST – Zakurello Gate)
High up on the skies where nobody noticed, a purple crack appeared and it opened up into a familiar crack that is the Dimension Vacuum. The strange anomaly that appears out of nowhere and takes anything it can reach with its' powerful vacuum, although right now it wasn't gonna take anything, it was dropping off something from the sky. In fact, it was dropping off several objects down to the ground before it closed up without a trace.
The objects started to fall towards the Cul-de-sac and nobody wasn't even aware of them plummeting to the ground.
We now go to one of the Cul-de-sac residences in what looks like a mini farm.
In that mini farm, we join a young man about 19 years old and just about taller than Ed. He has short messy dark blue hair, brown skin and black eyes. He wears a yellow shirt with a red stripe in the middle, blue acid washed jeans and red creamed shoes. This is Rolf Wittmer, the resident farm boy of the Cul-de-sac also known as "The Son of a Shepherd" and another of Ed, Edd and Eddy's friends. Rolf along with his family are immigrants from a place that's what's mostly referred to as "The Old Country".
Rolf is currently working at his family mini farm where he does the usual daily routine of tending to the farm and livestock.
"There you go Victor, all sharpened and ready" said Rolf as he finished sharpening the horns of one of his livestock Victor who was a white furred goat with gray ears, a gray goatee, yellow horns and a red collar with a bell around its neck.
He then sat up from the chair he was sitting on before proceeding to tend to the other livestock.
Rolf was humming a tune while feeding some of the chickens when all of a sudden, a loud *CRASH!* was heard startling him and spooking the animals.
"HUH?!" said Rolf turning towards the source of the crash which was revealed to be his tool shed which had a hole on the roof.
"WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE SHED OF ROLF!?" exclaimed Rolf in shock as he ran towards the shed and investigated.
Rolf approached the shed and slowly opened the door. Inside the shed, he saw the hole on the roof before looking down to see what caused the hole.
Stuck to the floor was what looked like a spear-like weapon. It had a big silver bladed spear-head resembling a curvy dorsal fin with a hole near the top part of the spearhead, a black staff with reddish brown wraps around the shaft area, a gray metal collar in between the spearhead and the shaft and at the bottom tip of the spear was a small silver spike. But if you looked closely, the spear looked more like a harpoon but what was intriguing about it are some strange runes engraved on the collar part of the harpoon plus a few more engraved at the edges of the spearhead.
"Hmm… what's this?" wondered Rolf as he slowly approached the harpoon "This looks like one of the tools that Rolf's old country uses to catch fish" he said examining the harpoon "But why does Rolf have this feeling like Rolf knows this from somewhere told by the son of a shepherd's old Nano's stories?" he wondered while scratching his chin.
Rolf slowly reached his finger for the harpoon and lightly tapped it, causing nothing to happen.
He shrugged and then without a second thought, reached out his hand and held the harpoon by the shaft, but before he had the chance to pull it out, sparks of blue lightning started to emit from the weapon.
"Huh?" said Rolf in confusion taking notice. All of a sudden, large amounts of electricity surged out of the harpoon and struck Rolf.
"AAAHHHHHH!" screamed Rolf in shock at the overflowing surge of lightning coursing through him but he still kept his grip on the harpoon.
"ROLF REMEMBERS!" he exclaimed in realization despite the pain "THIS IS ONE OF THE LEGENDARY ANCIENT WEAPONS FROM THE SON OF A SHEPHERD'S OLD COUNTRY THAT ROLF'S OLD NANO TOLD STORIES ABOUT!" he said "AND NOW THE LEGENDARY WEAPON IS TESTING ROLF OF THE SON OF A SHEPHERD'S WORTHINESS!" he told himself "ROLF WILL ENDURE UNTIL THE SON OF A SHEPHERD PROVES WORTHY! WORTHY IN THE NAME OF ROLF'S ANCESTORS!" he declared gritting his teeth and tightened the grip of the harpoon while his eyes started to go all swirly-like.
Meanwhile, outside the shed, Rolf's livestock were all frantic upon seeing continuous flashes of light coming from the shed that their caretaker entered and were also concerned and scared for whatever will happen to him. Suddenly, the flash of light grew brighter as a blinding light engulfed the whole area scaring all of the animals unknown of what'll befall Rolf's fate.
In another part of the Cul-de-sac, we go to another of the residences where we join a young man about 17 years old and about as tall as Double D. He has red hair underneath a red baseball cap with a black peak and worn backwards with three strands of his hair sticking out, fair skin and has dark eyes. He wears a long-sleeved lime green shirt, black shorts, white socks and black and white shoes. This is Kevin William Hanson, the resident jock of the Cul-de-sac and another of Ed, Edd n Eddy's friends.
Kevin was currently mowing the lawn on his front yard using a lawnmower. He was just minding his own business when all of a sudden, he heard a loud *CRASH!* followed by a crunching sound which not only startled him but for some reason made him cringe.
"What the-?!" said Kevin turning to the source of the crash which was revealed to come from just outside of his home's garage as he saw a dust cloud. From the dust cloud, what looked like a battered tire tumbled towards Kevin and stopped just right in front of his feet.
"Huh?" he said as he picked up the tire, after taking a closer look, his eyes widened in realization as the tire was revealed to be a bike tire "This is-!?" he said before turning to the now clearing dust cloud. Once it settled, Kevin was shocked to see that his bike (which for some reason sounded like a motorcycle) has been crushed by a big rectangular crate.
"AAHHH! MY BIKE!" exclaimed Kevin in shock before he ran towards his crushed bike which was under the crate.
With some effort, Kevin managed to pull out his bike from under the crate. He examined the state of his bike and let's just say that Kevin won't be able to fix it anytime like in forever.
He stayed silent for a few moments before standing up with an unreadable expression on his face. He then slowly turned to the crate which was the cause of the destruction of his bike before shouting out "HEY! WHO'S THE DORK THAT MESSED WITH MY BIKE?!" he yelled as it echoed everywhere.
Nobody answered as Kevin growled in frustration before kicking the crate which only resulted in hurting his foot as he hopped on one foot while holding said injured foot while cursing in pain.
Then all of a sudden, the crate started to creek as the parts of the crate unfolded open, the wooden parts hit the ground with a resounding *THUD!*, getting the resident jock's attention. His jaw dropped to the ground upon seeing what was inside the crate.
It was a motorbike with rectangular metal armor-like parts on either side of the front, unique looking handles with triggers on them and at the sides of the rear are what looked like a pair of nitro rocket boosters.
Kevin approached the bike and examined it "Whoa… talk about choice!" said the jock admiring the design of the bike. He then took notice of what looks like a pamphlet on the bike and took a look at it and read it.
"Air Skimmer Mk III, classic combustion powered cycle equipped with crystal energy triggered folding bi-wings and nitro boosters" he read "Comes with a flight mode, allowing the rider to fly high in the sky- What! Seriously dude?!" exclaimed Kevin in disbelief as he examined the bike again and took notice of the nitro boosters, he then skimmed through the pamphlet and saw what the Air Skimmer would look like in its flight mode "Whoa… choice…" said Kevin with a grin.
The jock then looked around and noticed that nobody seems to be around which was strange. He then turned back to the Air Skimmer and hummed in thought. He then shrugged and rubbed his hands together "Might as well start by putting this thing away and clean things up before finishing my chores" he said "I'll work on this thing after" he said as he proceeded to open his house's garage door and take the bike inside before cleaning up the mess the crate made.
In another part of the Cul-de-sac, we go to a park where we see Jonny and Plank sitting on a bench with the former sitting on one side while the latter on the other side.
Currently, Jonny and Plank were reading a book.
"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a-" read Jonny before turning to the next page and let out a gasp "Oh my!" he said upon seeing something disturbing on the book when he suddenly blinked a couple of times "Wait a minute… why do I have a sense of déjà vu all of a sudden?" he asked himself when he suddenly heard a clinking sound.
"Huh?" he said looking around for wherever that sound came from, he then heard the sound of a *THUD!*, which came from next to him "Plank, did you hear something?" he said turning to where Plank sat, only to see that he was gone "Plank?" he said looking around for Plank, he then looked down to see that his wooden friend fell on the concrete floor face first "Plank!" exclaimed Jonny closing the book he and his best friend were reading and proceeded to pick him up.
But just when he lifted him up a bit, he noticed that Plank's whole front side was covered in some kind of periwinkle colored liquid substance and he realized that Plank fell on a puddle filled with said substance.
"Ew! Gross!" exclaimed Jonny in surprise before he accidentally dropping Plank who was now lying on his back with the liquid now covering his back "What's that stuff all over you buddy?" he asked with a frown on his face.
"…" Plank appeared to not say anything but Jonny frowned even more "You were looking for wherever that sound came from when you fell on the stuff?" he said "And you don't even know what that stuff is?" said Jonny.
"…" Plank didn't respond but Jonny sighed as if exasperated from hearing him rant about not knowing what he was about fall on.
"Oh, nevermind…" said Jonny as he took out a pair of rubber gloves from his pocket and put them on "Let's just get you cleaned up buddy" he said as he slowly picked up Plank and proceeded to take him home while avoiding getting touched by the liquid substance.
Little did the two of them know, was that sitting on the floor right next to the bench that they sat on was a broken glass vile and it once contained the same substance that Plank was drenched in via a puddle and on the label of said vile, it read Mystery Potion.
Meanwhile in yet another residence of the Cul-de-sac, we go to a room where a young woman about 17 years old lives. She has short blonde hair styled in a bob cut, light red lips, fair skin and has teal eyes. She wears a black t-shirt under a white tank top, blue-purple jean pants and black shoes with white soles. This young woman is Nazz Van Bartonschmeer, the hip party girl of the Cul-de-sac and another friend of Ed, Edd and Eddy.
Nazz was currently sitting in her bed with her shoes off while reading a fashion magazine.
"Hmm… these look nice" said Nazz looking at a page that contained different kinds of shoes before turning to a page that contained different kinds of accessories.
Suddenly, Nazz took notice of a small glint coming from her window.
"Huh?" she said as she put down her magazine and put on a pair of slippers before approaching her window. She opened it to look around for the source of wherever the glint came from but strangely, she couldn't.
Nazz shrugged before proceeding to close the window, although before she had the chance to do so, she finally took notice of where the glint came from as it hit her eyes.
Much to her surprise, it was coming from the sky as she saw a small flash of light and it looked like it was headed straight for her window at a very fast pace.
"Uh oh!" said Nazz before quickly ducking just in time to avoid two objects fly into her room as they made a resounding *THUD!* upon impact.
"What was that?!" said Nazz in surprise as she turned to whatever ended up in her room and to her surprise, it looked like two different boxes: one of them looked like a black colored shoe box while the other one was small with a black color scheme.
"Whoa… what are these?" wondered Nazz as she slowly approached the two boxes.
She started off with the wooden shoe box as she slowly lifted open the lid and what she saw made her slightly gasp.
"Oh my~!" she said upon seeing what was inside. It was a pair of black studded leather strapped combat boots "This could go well with some of my outfits!" said Nazz lifting up the boots from the box and admiring the design.
She then checked out the small box and opened it and saw a pair of black bangle bracelets with diamond studs on them.
"Ooh~! Nice bling!" said Nazz with a smile as she tried them on with one bangle on each wrist. She smiled as she admired the bangles before looking towards the combat boots.
"Hmm… I wonder…" she said as she then tried on the boots. She then looked at the mirror to look at herself and surprisingly, the boots and bangles looked good with her current outfit.
"I thought so!" she said twirling around in approval of her outfit's matchup "I am so keeping these!" she said looking at her bangles.
Suddenly, her bangles started to glitter with what looked like visible sparkles and her shoes started to emit some kind of mystical aura that began to envelop her whole body.
Nazz blinked a few times in confusion before the sparkles and aura dissipated. She then just shrugged it off before deciding to go outside for a bit with her new shoes and accessories.
In yet another residence of the Cul-de-sac, we go to a backyard of a house where we join two young teens, a girl and a boy about 14 years old sitting on a table working on what looks like a school project.
The girl has shoulder length orange hair, fair skin, pinkish lips and pink eyes. She wears a pink tank top with her midriff exposed, blue jean pants, hot pink shoes and two white ringed earrings worn on her ears. This is Sarah Willis, Ed's younger sister who was once bratty and controlling towards her older brother and hostile towards the other Eds, particularly Eddy but after the incident six years ago, she is now kind and mature to her older brother but still has a bit of a temper when her buttons are pushed the wrong way.
And the boy currently with Sarah has short blonde hair styled in a curly quiff, fair skin and magenta eyes. He wears a cyan colored sweater tucked into a pair of white pants with a black belt, dark brown shoes with black soles and a brace ring retainer for his teeth. This is James "Jimmy" Lewis, Sarah's close friend and the Cul-de-sac's resident accident prone kid and also a friend of the Ed, Edd and Eddy with the former of the three being a somewhat big brother figure to Jimmy.
The both of them were currently at Sarah's house working on a school project which was making paper origami for decorating a house and they were making hanging paper cranes.
"Almost done and… tada~!" said Jimmy finished with making a paper crane and showing it to Sarah.
"Great job Jimmy!" said Sarah while she was working on attaching strings on some finished paper cranes which had different shades of colors.
"Ten down and ten more to go" said Jimmy putting the paper crane next to the other finished cranes before getting another colored paper and proceeded to fold it.
"Glad that we'll be able to finish this by Monday, I bet our project will look better than everyone else's" said Sarah attaching a string to another paper crane.
"Our hanging cranes will be the prettiest project of all…" said Jimmy finished with his next paper crane.
"Uh huh!" agreed Sarah with a smile.
The two friends continued to work on their project when all of a sudden… a loud *CRASH!* was heard near the two, startling them and as a result caused Jimmy to yelp in fright and fall backwards along with his chair making a loud *THUD!*.
"Whoa! Jimmy are you alright?!" asked Sarah who went over to Jimmy and helped him up.
"I'm alright" said Jimmy despite his minor injuries.
The two friends looked towards the source of the loud crash and saw that something crash landed on the Willis residence's backyard as a small dust cloud formed from the spot.
"Sarah! Is everything alright over there!?" called out the voice of Ed from inside the house in concern.
"Uh, it's alright Ed! Jimmy just accidentally fell over!" said Sarah.
"Do you need help?!" called out Ed.
"No, we're fine! I already helped Jimmy stand up!" replied Sarah.
"Are you sure?!" asked Ed.
"We're alright Ed! No need to worry!" called out Jimmy.
"Okay!" replied Ed as Sarah and Jimmy sighed in relief.
The two friends then approached the crash site and upon taking a closer look, they saw what looked like three objects on the ground.
Jimmy was the first to approach the three objects and proceeded to reach his hand towards one of them.
"Be careful Jimmy…!" warned Sarah.
"Don't worry Sarah, I know what I'm doing" said Jimmy as he picked up one of them.
The object he picked up was what looked like some kind of guitar case with a black color scheme.
"What's this? Some kind of guitar case?" questioned Jimmy as he put it on the ground as he and Sarah proceeded to open it.
"Huh? What's this? Some kind of Lute?" he said while picking up what looked like some kind of stringed instrument about the size of a Ukulele.
"I think that thing is called a Mandolin Jimmy" said Sarah.
"A mandolin?" asked Jimmy before taking a closer look "Oh yeah, it is a Mandolin!" said Jimmy in realization examining the stringed instrument which strangely had a blue color scheme.
"Do you know how to play a mandolin Jimmy?" asked Sarah.
"I learned a bit of how to play the Ukulele but hopefully this is kinda similar, the only difference is that I just need a plectrum in order to play this" he said referring to a guitar pick.
As if on cue, said tool suddnely materialized in front of Jimmy like magic, startling the both of them.
"Whoa!" exclaimed the two in surprise as Jimmy barely caught it with one hand.
The guitar pick was color blue with a white treble clef symbol on it.
Jimmy hummed in thought before strumming the Mandolin.
(Insert Monaghan Jig (Trandishional Irish Jig) – Mandolin Cover)
Jimmy played a very upbeat tune and to say the least, it was very mesmerizing.
Sarah watched in awe as Jimmy played as if he was already a pro at playing the instrument.
While he was playing, Jimmy and Sarah were unaware that the instrument started to emit sparkles as said sparkles danced around the backyard and touched any object it could find, particularly it found its' way towards the paper cranes and the moment it touched, the paper cranes were brought to life as they began to fly on their own and started fly around Jimmy and Sarah.
Jimmy was too focused on his playing and Sarah was too entranced by Jimmy's playing to notice the paper cranes as they danced around the two young teens.
And by the time Jimmy finished playing, the paper cranes returned to the table where they came from and returned to their lifeless state as if they never left their spot at all.
(End Soundtrack)
"Wow Jimmy! That was amazing!" said Sarah in awe clapping her hands.
"It was nothing…" said Jimmy bashfully scratching his head "It kinda felt like I already knew how to play despite playing this kind of instrument for the first time" he said.
"How's that possible?" asked Sarah.
"I don't know…" said Jimmy with a shrug "Although while I was playing, I kinda felt strange as if something magical was flowing into me" he said.
"Weird…" said Sarah scratching her chin in thought. She then turned to the remaining two objects and decided to check them out.
She approached the second object and took notice that it was some kind of weapon, a mace to be exact, only futuristic looking. It was a morning star mace with a silver ball with spikes attached to a silver metal shaft with a black handle and a small spike at the bottom tip of the handle.
Sarah raised an eyebrow upon seeing that "What's a mace doing here?" she wondered as she reached out for it.
"Sarah be careful…!" said Jimmy in worry.
"Not to worry Jimmy, I'm sure I can handle this…" said the younger Willis sibling as she held the mace by the handle and all of a sudden, she felt a surge of energy flow into her from the mace and just like that, she lifted up the seemingly heavy mace without a sweat "Whoa~!" she said in awe upon being able to lift it up with ease "Feels lighter than I thought" she said.
"How'd you do that Sarah?" asked Jimmy.
"I don't know" replied Sarah not sure herself. She then did a few practice swings with it and hummed in wonder. She then took notice of a couple of buttons on the side of the handle "I wonder…" she said as she pressed one of the buttons and much to the teens' surprise, the metal shaft retracted into the handle before the spiked ball pooped out while letting loose a chain, turning it into a flail.
"Whoa~!" said the both of them.
"It turned into a flail!" said Jimmy in surprise "I can see that" said Sarah with equal surprise as she did a couple of swings.
"Eek! Careful Sarah!" said Jimmy taking a few steps back while avoiding a couple of accidental swings from her.
"Whoops! Sorry Jimmy" said Sarah as she stopped her swinging to examine the weapon a bit more while Jimmy decided to check out the last object on the ground. He took notice that it was some kind of container that looked like it would keep something inside. He hummed in thought before deciding to check it out.
Meanwhile Sarah continued to examine the flail and decided to check out what the other button could do, so she pressed it and the ball and chain retracted into the handle and the spikes retracted into the ball putting the mace into a somewhat inactive state.
"Whoa…" she said.
"Hey Sarah look! An egg!" said Jimmy's voice getting her attention. Sarah looked towards Jimmy and saw that he opened the container and much to her surprise, there indeed was an egg and it was about the size of an ostrich egg only taking the same shape as a normal egg, plus it had a color scheme of different shades of brown.
"An egg?" said Sarah with a raised eyebrow as she put the inactive mace away inside her pocket before approaching the egg. She hummed in wonder as she carefully held the egg and slowly lifted it up "Why do I have this feeling that this egg looks familiar?" she asked out loud.
"Yeah... it really does look familiar…" said Jimmy also getting a feeling of familiarity towards the egg "I just can't put my finger into it…" he said trying hard to remember where he's seen that before.
Suddenly, the egg began to glow brightly "What the?!" exclaimed Sarah as the egg in her arms glowed a white light and Jimmy was surprised as well "What's happening?!" he said in slight panic.
When the light settled, Jimmy and Sarah were surprised at what has become of the egg.
Held in Sarah's arms was what looked like a little adorable brown furry fox. Sarah and Jimmy looked at the little fox in surprise.
The little fox slowly opened its' adorable eyes "Eh-vee?" it spoke as it looked around and as its' vision cleared, it laid its' eyes on the first thing it saw which was Sarah.
"Eh-vee!" it said as it happily nuzzled onto Sarah "*Giggle!* Hey~! Stop that! It tickles!" she said finding the little fox' fur a bit ticklish.
"Aw~, isn't it adorable!" said Jimmy gushing at the little fox, then his eyes widened in realization as he recognized the little creature "Wait a minute! I remember now! That's a Pokemon! It's an Eevee!" revealed Jimmy.
"An Eevee?" said Sarah looking at the little pokemon as it smiled at her. Sarah smiled back as she cuddled it "Guess this means I'm keeping you since you see me as your mommy!" she said "Eh-vee~!" cheered Eevee snuggling onto Sarah's embrace.
"Sarah! Jimmy!" called out the voice of Ed as the older Willis sibling came out of the back door "Mom says to take a break! It's time for lunch!" he said as he approached Sarah and Jimmy.
Sarah and Jimmy turned to Ed who stopped in his tracks, his eyes suddenly widened upon seeing Eevee.
"Hi Ed! Look what we found!" said Sarah showing Eevee.
"Eh-vee!" said Eevee greeting Ed.
Ed blinked a few times and even rubbed his eyes to see if they're deceiving him. When he realized they weren't, he immediately ran towards the house in slight panic "MOM! SARAH AND JIMMY FOUND A POKEMON!" he shouted, making Sarah and Jimmy sweat drop while Eevee tilted its' head to the side confused.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Concordia City, we go to a Japanese Bento restaurant where we join young SPD Corporal Officer Joel "Joey" Hollard AKA SPD A-Squad Blue Ranger sitting on one of the restaurant's outdoor tables waiting for his lunch.
"Here you are sir" said a waitress who brought in Joey's order "One chicken teriyaki bento and one regular sized red iced tea" she said putting said order on Joey's table.
"Thank you" said Joey with a nod "Enjoy your meal" said the waitress with a bow before leaving.
Joey rubbed his hands in anticipation before taking a pair of chopsticks and gave off an anticipated sigh "As what the Japanese would say… Itadakimasu!" he said before proceeding to dig in and grabbed a piece of cut teriyaki chicken.
But just when he was moments away from putting it into his mouth, he heard a loud scream coming from above him.
"Huh?" said Joey in confusion before looking up, but by the time he did, he was too late to react, because something crash landed on his table where his lunch sat, creating a small dust cloud, shocking nearby diners and passing by people.
When the dust cleared, it revealed Joey sitting on his chair unharmed, but unfortunately his lunch was trashed and the piece of teriyaki chicken he was about to eat was gone from his chopsticks which he was still holding and he had a blank expression on his face.
Joey heard a groan and he looked down towards the culprit who ruined his lunch.
It was none other than a member of the Black Skull Pirates and it was the same crew member who was unfortunate enough to get sucked in by the Dimension Vacuum. The pirate was a male human who had short black hair, tan skin, skinny build and black eyes. He was wearing typical pirate garb composed of a pirate blouse under a vest, a pair of pants, a sash around his waist, pirate boots, a bandana around his head, a flintlock blaster holstered on the left side of his belt and slung on his shoulder is a strap that's carrying a sword on his left side.
The pirate sat up with a groan rubbing his head in pain, not noticing Joey right next to him "Ugh… that hurt!" he said "Where in the sea of stars am I?" he said taking notice of his surroundings but he hadn't noticed the SPD officer next to him.
"Dang it! I'm in some kind of Planetlubbers' city!" he said "Curse those brats!" he said standing up "If I ever find those kids, I'll make sure to make them rue the day they messed with the Black Skull Pirates!" he declared while not noticing Joey slowly stand up behind him.
"I gotta find a way out of this planet and reunite with my crew!" he said.
Unfortunately, he didn't go too far as the next thing he knew, moments after saying that…
*CHCHINK!*
"Huh!" exclaimed the pirate in surprise, looking down to see that his wrists have been restrained by a pair of SPD Handcuffs "What the hell?!" he said lifting up his cuffed hands with wide eyes.
"Ahem!" said a voice right next to him.
The pirate slowly turned to his right, only to see Joey Hollard still wearing a blank expression while showing his SPD Alpha Morpher in badge/communicator mode revealing his ID.
"SPD… you are under arrest" said the SPD Ranger in a serious tone.
The pirate stayed silent with a clueless look on his face for what felt like forever, trying to process this new development. When it did, his eyes widened in shock and realization before shouting out "WHAAAAAAAAA!?".
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the multiverse, we join the Black Skull Pirates in their ship the Oceans Rift sailing somewhere in the skies of another dimension.
They were on their way to a special place where they can replenish and rebuild their ranks and supplies when all of a sudden…
"Warning! Abnormal surge of dimensional warp energy detected!" warned the Oceans Rift's automated voice.
"Huh?" said Merbius who was at the ship's wheel and took notice of the warning "Captain! We're detecting-!" he told Captain Roark who was next to him when the chimpanzee captain interrupted him.
"I heard loud and clear Quartermaster, I am not deaf" he told the Jiralhanae.
Suddenly, a crack appeared above the Oceans Rift, causing the pirates to take notice, it then opened into a familiar hole.
"Oh no! It's a Dimension Vacuum!" exclaimed Bork the ogre "Quickly! Turn the ship about before we all get sucked in!" he said in panic before Beastly the Gazimon who had a couple of bandages wrapped around himself jumped on Bork and slapped him like silly "Pull yourself together Bork! We're not getting sucked in! Can't you tell, that the hole doesn't have that vacuum sensation!" he told him.
Bork calmed down before taking notice that the Dimension Vacuum wasn't sucking the ship in "Oh, you're right…" said the dimwitted ogre.
"looks like it's gonna drop something off" concluded Gale Tidus looking at the open hole.
"What do you think it could be?" asked Amunet Nader.
Axel Les Cinq used a telescope to see if he could make out anything that might come out of the hole when he spotted something.
"Capitaine! Three objects are coming out of ze hole and zey are falling right on top of us!" he informed.
"Really?" said Roark while taking out a telescope of his own and took a look. He found three objects, or to be more precise… three people falling out of the hole screaming and surprisingly, they were falling towards their ship's deck.
"Axel, calculate their exact landing coordinates and tell the crew to put something soft for our new guests to cushion their landing" he instructed.
"Oui mon capitaine!" saluted Axel before calculating quickly and called the crew to get something soft and put them on the landing spot which was in the middle of the deck and the crew quickly gathered several bags of flour and piled them up in the middle of the deck.
By the time they finished, the screams were getting closer, revealing them to be female and the three people landed on the pile of flour bags creating a white cloud of flour. This caused some of the nearby pirates to cover their eyes or cough from the flower that got into them.
When it cleared, the pirates including Captain Roark approached their new guests as they all heard a few coughing fits.
When the cloud completely cleared, it revealed the pirates' new guests who were revealed to be none other than the Kanker sisters and they were all piled up in a heap while covered from head to toe in flour.
"Hey! Get your foot off of my face Marie!" said May Kanker.
"I will once you get your grubby hand off of my face!" said Marie Kanker.
"Both of you shut up! And I can't think straight with your armpit on my face Marie! Or even your foot on my arm!" said Lee Kanker.
"Oh, shut up Lee!" retorted Marie.
While the Kankers were arguing, the Black Skull Pirates looked on with mixed reactions on them. Some were amused, others were confused while some gave off annoyed looks or frowns.
"Yeesh… ugly, aren't they?" whispered Beastly towards his fellow Gazimon who nodded in response.
The Kankers later managed to get themselves untangled from their heap before looking at themselves.
"Aw, great! Now we're covered in flour!" complained Marie.
"My hair is messed up!" said May in dismay.
"Ugh! First, we end up getting sucked by a giant cracked hole in the sky while looking for our boyfriends, then we almost fall to our doom and now we're covered in flour!" complained Lee "Could things get any worse?" she said rhetorically.
"Hello there~!" greeted a voice, getting the Kankers' attention finally noticing the crowd around them and their attention was currently towards Captain Roark who had a grin on his face making them yelp surprise.
The captain of the Black Skull pirates chuckled "Welcome aboard… ladies~!" he said widening his grin as the rest of the Black Skull Pirates laughed in amusement before pointing their weapons at them.
And the only thing that the Kankers could do…
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" was scream while hugging each other in fright.
"Oh my! What an unexpected turn of events!" said the voice of Nexus Lupin "It seems that The rest of the Cul-de-sac kids got themselves something special and now we know what happened to the pirate who got sucked into the vacuum" he said.
"I know what you're gonna ask… what'll happen to the Kankers since they're now at the mercy of the Black Skull Pirates?" he said "Unfortunately, just like the Rejects… that is another story for another time… but not to worry, you'll get to see the Eds and Cul-de-sac again in the future but I'm not telling anything~!" said Nexus mischievously.
"This marks the end of the introduction of the Black Skull Pirates but stay tuned… we'll be seeing another group of villains who'll make their debut" said Nexus "Who are they you say? Well… that would be telling~" he said.
"Anyway… our time is up for now… stay tuned for the next chapter" said Nexus.
"Adieu~!"
Author's Notes:
Inspired by XP4 Universe and Fir100
Another chapter well done. The Eds and Rejects fought their way against the Black Skull Pirates and have finally found their way home but their story is only beginning. If you're wondering about Nate getting the Raia Advent Deck then you could already take a guess of what'll happen to him and if you're wondering who the two figures who appeared in front of the Rejects are at their last scene, well you'll have to find out next time but here's a hint… you'll be seeing them near the end of this story.
And I bet some of you are intrigued about the stuff some of the Cul-de-sac kids got including Plank and if you're wondering why Jonny didn't get anything, well you'll have to find out another time.
And I bet you were surprised at the last part of the chapter. The Kankers are now the Black Skull Pirates' prisoners and now you're wondering what'll happen to them.
Well, it's as what Nexus Lupin said, it's a story for another time.
The next chapter will be about another introduction of a group of villains and you'll be seeing the return of a few familiar characters plus an introduction of two certain characters.
So, stay tuned and look forward to what I'll whip up next.
This is XD Warden warping out.