Shadow and Bella floated through subspace, searching for the magical bombs.
"Uggggh, this is taking forever! How are we supposed to find four little magic bombs in one giant multiverse?" Bella said, spinning in boredom.
"Hm...hold on, I got something for this." Shadow rooted around in his pocket, then pulled out his PKE meter.
"Uh Shadow...we're tracking magic, not ghosts."
"No, no, I modified it," Shadow explained. "Using some good old cartoon logic, this thing tracks whatever energy source you think of. It's pretty useful."
Shadow switched on the device, and immediately it started beeping. "Well, that was fast."
They followed the signal, teleporting into the nearest universe.
UNIVERSE ENTERED: American Mcgee's Alice in Wonderland
"Ooh, this looks pretty old-timey!" Bella said, as they arrived on a cobblestone street, between large buildings and foggy sky.
"Wait...I know where we are..." Shadow said, as he whipped out the PKE meter. "Weird, the signal seems to be coming from one specific location. But where - " Suddenly a realization hit him. "Alice!" Shadow immediately started running down the street.
"Hey, wait up!" Bella shouted, running after him.
Shadow finally came upon a small apartment building near the edge of town. He knocked at the door, and Alice answered.
"Oh, Shadow. What brings you here?"
"A magical bomb that will destroy the multiverse."
"What!?"
Bella suddenly ran up, out of breath. "Uhhh...I should really exercise more." She looked up, and saw Shadow with Alice.
"THAT'S why you ran off? Because of some girl?" Bella said, a little upset.
"Bella, this is Alice. Alice, Bella." Shadow said, making them shake hands.
"Is she a friend of yours?" Alice asked.
"She's helping me stop the bombs." Shadow explained. "One of which is in your head."
"Wait, what!?" Bella and Alice shouted.
"Bella this is THE Alice from Wonderland." Shadow said. "But in this universe, Wonderland is a pocket dimension in her head. Mafifas seems to have hid these things where he wouldn't expect us to look."
"Well, how are we supposed to get IN her head?" Bella asked.
Shadow pulled out a small device with three strings. "Aperture Mindmeld Device. Works every time."
He attached the strings to everyone's forehead, pushed a button, and everyone collapsed.
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The trio fell down through the rabbit hole Alice's mind, landing in the Queen's Domain.
"Wow, this place looks really creepy compared to the Hyna Dimension." Bella said, dusting herself off from the fall.
"The what Dimension?" Shadow asked.
"Oh yeah, I have a whole other dimension in my head."
"WHAT!?"
"It's where my Hyna Squad lives! You know, all the people I can transform into?"
"You two can discuss this buisness later," Alice said, whipping out her Vorpal Blade. "First, we need to find this bomb you were talkng about, and destroy it."
Shadow examined his surroundings of the rotting Queen's empire. "My guess would be that the Red Queen has it."
"Hm...she thinks she can use it to finally overthrow my mind." Alice stated. "Her ambition will be the death of us all. Let us hurry!"
The trio immediately rushed through the front gates, only to suddenly be wrapped in large red tentacles.
"Ewww! Slimytentaclesslimytentaclesbadtouchbadtouch!" Bella exclaimed, wriggling desperately.
The tentacles dragged them down, deep into the bowels of the Red Queen's domain, until they arrived in her main chamber. The heartless once-ruler of Wonderland sat in her fleshy throne, a look of disdain on her face.
"I should have known you would try to stop me from gaining control once again, Alice," the Red Queen said. "Oh wait, I did. That's why I brought you down here."
"Give us the bomb, Queen! There's no way you could use that thing, it'll kill us all!" Shadow said, struggling in his tentacle prison.
"No, it'll destroy Alice. And as such, I think I'll take my chances." The Queen then maneuvered her tentacles holding our heroes over a large pit.
"That's what you think, you old hag!" Bella shouted, slamming her hand down onto her Omnitrix, and instantly transforming into Four Arms. She ripped apart the tentacles holding her, then jumped over to Shadow's and Alice's tentacles and did the same.
"Hrrr...I will not be denied victory once again! Card Guards, take them!" the Queen schreeched, as zombie Card Guards swarmed the walls and began jumping down to the ground.
Shadow whipped out his Subsonic Rpeater, and proceeded to shred through all the Card Guards, bullet after bullet, until they were all lying dead on the ground.
"Nobody's taking anything today, Queen." Shadow remarked, as he blew the smoke from the barrel of his trusty weapon.
Suddenly, the undead soliders began to rise from the ground. Alice quickly whipped out her Hobby Horse and began smashing each one into pulp, one by one.
"Oh right, they're zombies. Thanks Alice." Shadow said, a bit embarrased.
Alice then jumped onto the Queen's throne, and quickly chopped off her main tentacles. "Quickly! We must get the bomb!"
Bella then popped up from behind the throne, the magical bomb floating in her hand. "Got it!"
"Good, let's go." Shadow pressed a button his communicator, and the three began to vanish.
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Shadow, Bella, and Alice all woke up back in Alice's home. They groggily got up from the floor.
"Oi, it's like I was at a college party...Bella, do you still have it?"
Bella gave a big grin, and held up the magical orb. "What do we do with it, though? If we destroy it, then it's bye-bye multiverse."
"I have an idea. We don't have to destroy it, we can just absorb it. After all, magic is just energy, right?"
"Good idea!" Bella said. "But what do we absorb it with?"
Shadow smiled, and pulled out a ghost trap. Everyone shielded their eyes as he opened it, and it sucked up the orb.
"Geez, what is it with you and Ghostbusters stuff?" Bella asked.
"Eh, I like to put a spin on things." Shadow said, tucking the device away. "Thanks for the help, Alice."
"My pleasure," Alice said, giving a small curtesy. "I hope the next time you visit, we can just have some tea, and not have to save all of reality."
"Sure thing, buddy." Shadow said, giving a her a hug. Shadow and Bella then teleported back to sub-space.
Once they were back in the vast expanse of the multiverse, Shadow whipped out his PKE meter again.
"Hey, I just remembered - how much time do we have left?"
TIME REMAINING: 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES
"Uhhh...thanks."
"Does stuff like this usually happen for you?" Bella said, scratching her head.
"I usually just roll with it," The PKE meter started beeping, having locked on to the signal of another bomb. "C'mon, we got work to do." The two flew off, following the trail of the signal.