Chapter 4-The New Guys
So the following morning wasn't exactly the best.
The young Pines boy woke up early, eyes red and drool on his face. He slowly got out of bed only to notice that his sister wasn't in her bed. Curious, he began to get changed up and walk outside of his room, trying to find Mabel. After walking around the empty hallway, he decided to enter the elevator, the steel doors closing behind him. He stood there quietly until he noticed the soldiers standing behind him, adorned in black uniforms.
"HOLY-!...Gah", Dipper yelped when he noticed them. He laughed nervously, "Heh heh, lovely morning, eh?" When the guards didn't respond, the boy awkwardly turned around, nervous. He noticed that they pressed the button going to the 4th floor and waited awkwardly as the elevator went down.
A "ding" sound was heard as the elevator doors open and they entered a hallway, the guards marching past the teenager. Dipper shrugged and began to follow them.
After a few tedious minutes of walking, he began to hear something coming from up ahead.
He began to walk faster as he eventually came across where the sound was coming from: the cafeteria.
The boy walked into a large room, lines of rectangular tables stretching across the place. All of the tables were devoid of people...all except for the one all the way in the back.
He walked over to see his sister laughing with the two new recruits, Finn and Jake, as he saw them chugging down bags of candy like their lives depended on it.
"CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!", Jake chanted as Finn and Mabel began dumping giant, purple bags of sweets and candies into their mouths. Drool and mints dripped from their mouths as they gargled it down, Dipper realizing that it's a contest to see who can eat the most candy.
Mabel eventually began to choke a little and feel to the ground, forfeiting from the fight as Finn cheered in victory, waving around the plastic bag in his hand in victory.
"WOOO! CANDY CHAMPION!", the two boys cheered as they high-fived. Mabel slowly got back up, laughing as icing covered her face.
"If I only I had a bigger mouth! I hate this tiny, lil' mouth!", Mabel complained humorously.
"Your mouth is only as limited as your mind, my friend", Jake said in faux wisdom.
The boy quickly ran over to the the table, wondering what was going. Mabel turned around and smiled, "Hey, Dipper! What's up!"
"Uhh...Did I miss something?", Dipper asked, taking a seat next to his sister.
"We were just strolling around the hallways when we ran into each other", Mabel explained.
"Agent Possible showed us the way here and we decided to grab a bite", Jake grumbled as he snarfed down a sandwich, Finn deciding to do the same with his breakfast.
Dipper chuckled as Mabel passed him a bowl of cereal. "So, guessing you're getting along with these guys", he whispered to his sister.
"Dipper, these guys are awesome!", Mabel whispered, "It's like being around my own kind! Did you know there's talking candy people back on their world!"
Dipper looked up to see the two boys from Ooo in the middle of a slap-fight contest, playfully hitting on another with candy frosting covering their mouths, "God, there's more of you."
"Morning, everyone." They looked behind them to see Agent Possible walking towards them, wearing her typical black clothing with a few weapons hanging from her belt. In her hand was a tablet, the screen glowing white. "Everyone doing well so far?"
"Good so far", Finn responded, "A bit bored, to be honest."
"Trust me, that won't be for long", Possible replied, "It's time for your first assignment."
Dipper quickly spat out his cereal in surprise, "WHAT?! ALREADY?!"
"YES! FINALLY, IT'S TIME TO TAKE DOWN THE BAD GUYS!", Mabel cheered.
Finn jumped onto the table, raising his fists into the air, "IT'S ADVENTURE TI-
!"
"Actually, this is not an attack on our enemy", Possible interrupted, causing Finn to give her a look of surprise and disappointment. "This is a recruitment mission."
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The group was taken into a room full of tech, large computers and glowing tablets displayed around the area. Dozens, probably hundreds of workers were busy typing at their desks, data flowing everywhere. The desks were all surrounding a giant screen in the middle of the room. The group walked up to the screen, where Dexter was standing, a tablet in hand.
"About time you all got here", the scientist groaned, "I've brought you all here to assign you your first mission."
"Isn't it a bit too soon for this? I mean, we just got here!", Dipper asked.
"Oh, come now, it is not as if we are sending you to fight", the redhead explained, "The plan is to send you and your group on a mission with the goal of recruiting more heroes to your team."
"More friends?!", Finn exclaimed, "Sweet!"
"Wait, wha-?", Dipper mumbled. He wasn't ready for this yet. He wanted to go on adventures and such but he expected at least some training! At least some time before being launched into something like this!
Dexter began to pass around notes to each of the teammates, including Agent Possible. He kept one for himself, "Each of you are going to be sent to an alternate universe and meet up with each of your assigned heroes with the goal of recruiting them. Each of you will be accompanied by a squadron of soldiers and a vehicle. Now, if you read on the-"
"Hang on, what makes you think that we're ready for this?", Dipper exclaimed, "I mean, we barely know anything about going to other worlds yet!"
"You're already on another world, Mr. Pines", Possible pointed out.
"Come on, Dipper! This is the whole reason why we signed up for this!", Mabel persuaded her brother, "Don't you want to see other worlds? There could be a world with talking flowers or talking animals or talking insert-object-name-here-s!"
"Dude, trust me, heading to other worlds is the most mathematical thing ever!", Finn told the boy, "You're gonna want to try this!"
Dipper whimpered, wondering if he should take this nut job's advice. How would he know if he would survive this? But, he knew his sister would want to go and he couldn't let her go alone.
He sighed, "Okay then, how is this going to go?"
"You will be split up and sent to the worlds assigned to you. Group One is Agent Possible and Ms. Pines. Group Two is Mr. The Human Boy and Mr. Pines. Finally, Group Three is Mr. The Dog and I."
"Oh, Dipper and I aren't together on this one?", Mabel worriedly asked.
"Sorry, Ms. Pines, but you and the others need to learn how to work together and the best way to do that is to be paired up with your new teammates", Dexter explained in a frustrated tone.
"That really the reason why, eraser-head?", Agent Possible glared. The two agents glared at one another, a look of familiar anger being shared between them.
The scientist sighed, "Let us go."
The scientist walked ahead as the group followed right behind. As they walked towards the elevator, the talking dog quickly ran up to his friend.
"Dude, this is gonna suck", Jake whispered.
"I know, right?", his friend replied, "I wanted it to be the two of us! The dynamic duo! Kicking names and taking butts!"
"Other way around, dude."
"Whatever. Maybe it won't be so bad, dude. I mean, that Dopper guy seems cool and maybe that Dexter guy isn't so bad!"
"Finn, his ninja girlfriend tried to kill us yesterday", Jake pointed out.
"Well, my ex tried to kill you multiple times and everything went fine there", Finn chuckled.
"Point taken", Jake laughed.
The two caught up with the others in the elevator as they went down a few levels to board their vehicles.
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Soldiers quickly sat down in the chopper as it was being prepared for take off. Before it could begin to take off, the twins were discussing their current situation.
"Trust me, you'll do fine. I mean, it's only for a few minutes or so. No big deal", Mabel comforted her brother.
"Still, I don't know if I can accomplish this! I don't know if I can talk to someone from another world. I can't even talk to someone in my OWN world!"
"Just say the first thing that comes to your mind and all will be fine!", Mabel chuckled.
"Why do I think that you follow that advice 24/7?", Dipper muttered worriedly.
A car honk signaled the boy to run over to a black jeep waiting behind him. Mabel quickly hopped onto the chopper with Agent Possible as it began to take off, the ceiling above them opening up.
From below, Dipper hopped into the jeep, which was larger than normal and had a large portal-gun popping out of the hood. He sat next to Finn in the backseat as a few other soldiers were up front. The warrior sat next to the window, looking outside with anticipation.
"So, first time traveling to another world?", Finn asked.
"Yeah, well, not really. I've been to another world", Dipper replied, "I've just never been to an alternate Earth."
Finn nodded "Oh….What's an Earth?"
Dipper's eyes widened as the engine started up.
As the front gate opened up, the jeep drove forward. Less than a mile in, the gun fired a portal a few feet in front of them, which quickly activated the portal. The jeep drove in and disappeared into the purple vortex.
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*Danville, Tri-State Area. 2008.*
Another summer has finally come to Danville and in the backyard of their own house, two boys were chilling under a large green tree. They gazed up at the perfectly blue sky, thoughts rushing through their minds as they tried to come up with ideas for what to do for the day.
The slightly-younger child had red, pointy hair and freckles, a joyful look on his face. He wore an orange and white-striped t-shirt and blue shorts while his green-haired brother quietly wore purple overalls and a cream-colored shirt.
"Y'know, Ferb, it's the beginning of summer and so far, we haven't really done much", the red-head known as Phineas spoke up, "Do you have any ideas of what we're gonna do?"
The green-haired mute named Ferb passed a sheet of paper to his brother. The boy looked it over to see that all it had was a beautifully-drawn painting of his brother shrugging.
Phineas sighed, "There's just gotta be something. Something new that we could do. Something that we haven't done!"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a bright vortex appeared right behind them, wind blowing everywhere. The boys quickly got up to see what was happening with a look of interest rather than surprise or confusion. This wasn't the first time that a portal opened up in their backyard.
"Hmm, don't these usually show up around twelve or something?", Phineas asked.
From the portal, a troop of soldiers popped out, weapons ready, as they ran around the backyard and circled the duo. Confused as to what was happening, they stood still has all of the soldiers finally exited the portal. From the portal, the orange dog and the red-headed scientist exited last. The portal closed as the two walked up to the boys.
"Mr. Phineas Flynn-Fletcher and Mr Ferb Flynn-Fletcher?", Dexter asked the boys.
"Umm, yeah, that's us!", the red-haired boy said.
The scientist was about to speak when the dog suddenly pushed him out of the way, "Hey, dudes! I'm Jake the dog and we need your help with-!"
"HEY HEY HEY!", Dexter growled, "That is not how this works!"
"Dude, if this whole thing is that important, don't you think we should just get to the point?"
Dexter was about to respond but Jake interrupted him, "Or are we just gonna knock them out like you did to us?"
Dexter glared but decided to let him do the talking. He might as well see how he was going to do this.
Jake cleared his throat and began to speak, "So, according to these papers, you bros are inventor-guys?"
Phineas and Ferb looked at one another with some surprise. Keyword being some. Apparently, they weren't that scared or surprised by the talking dog. "Oh, yeah, that's our thing! You need help building something?"
Dexter looked up with surprise. Usually, these things were never that direct and the recruits never quickly picked up on what was going on. He read the files and was aware that this wasn't the first time that they were recruited to fight for a cause.
"Basically, yeah", Jake nodded, "We need you to help our team stop a guy who's going to destroy the multi-worlds! Can you guys help us?"
The two brothers looked at one another and Ferb shrugged. Phineas smiled, "Ferb, I think I know what we're gonna do today." He looked over at the dog, "Sure! We'll join!"
"Alright, sweet!", Jake smiled. Dexter's jaw dropped, so incredibly confused. First the men of Ooo easily signed up! Now this?! Why are so many of these guys so easy to recruit?!
"Whu-That's it?", he muttered, "That's all? That's….That's all we had to say? Are you..?"
"Hey, Ferb, did you leave some food for Perry?", Phineas asked as they began to walk back to their house to get some stuff.
The soldiers opened up the portal back to base as Jake smiled with confidence, "Hm, these guys seem cool!"
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!", Dexter screamed in anger.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, how did you do get them to do that so quickly?!", Dexter shouted.
Jake shrugged, "Dude, I didn't do anything. Some guys just want to help out when they can!"
"That was too easy!", Dexter shouted before whispering to himself, "That...that was too easy."
The scientist walked over to the soldiers as Jake just watched in fear and confusion.
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*Beach City, Delamarva. 2017.*
The helicopter landed at the beach, saltwater splashing at it. The sun slowly set over the tall tropical mountains as a small town could be seen a mile ahead. Mabel got out of the chopper and gasped at what she saw.
A large statue of a mysterious woman stood in front of her, carved into the side of a cliff. Vines and flowers were wrapped around it, showing its age, as gulls cried over it. The statue was massive, towering over everyone. In front of it was a small beach house, the wooden home laying in the middle of the statue's lap. Clothing lines hung over the roof as a long staircase dug into the sand. The house seemed both simple and immense, both small and massive.
"WHOOA!", Mabel gasped, "What is that?"
"This, ma'am is the home of the most powerful species of this universe", Agent Possible spoke up, "We're here to recruit them for the team." She passed Mabel her grappling hook, "In case things get rough. These guys are bit...reclusive."
Mabel nodded as they began to walk up to the beach house. As the crossed the sandy dunes, Mabel decided to strike up a conversation.
"Soo...You and that Dexter guy?", Mabel began.
"What about him?", the agent asked.
"You and him...are you...you know, riding the goat?", Mabel asked, earning her a look from the agent.
"Excuse me?"
"Y'know, putting the golf ball down the track?"
"I don't.."
"Are you dating the guy?"
"WHAT?! NO!", Agent Possible suddenly shouted, "NO! NO! No no! NO! We're not riding goats or putting golf-WE'RE NOT DATING!"
Mabel jumped back in fear, "Okay! Okay!" A second of silence passed. "But do you like him, though?"
"I don't even like the guy!", Possible argued, "He's so...infuriating! It's like he always wants to show you how better he is than everyone! It's just...ARRGH!"
"Yeah, he does seem like a jerkface", the girl agreed.
The troop finally reached the top of the stairs and knocked at the door. After a minute of knocking, they decided to open the door themselves.
The inside of the house looked simple but there was something in the details that made it seem ancient. They entered the living room, which seemed like a basic room but there was a..shine to it. It look both brand new and old with couches made of furs and pottery with very detailed designs. There was a kitchen and a small bedroom to the side of them but that wasn't what got their attention.
A few feet in front of them was another room made of crystals and diamonds. A bluish-white glow emitted from it as jewels of all types reflected everywhere, like a giant, broken mirror. In the middle of that room was a small pad a few inches above the ground, blue light emitting from it.
The entire house seemed empty so Agent Possible ordered the soldiers to search the house. They ran around and looked everywhere to see if the residents where there.
"I don't think anyone's here, dude", Mabel pointed out.
"We could wait until they return" the agent suggested.
The two stood side by side before Mabel broke the silence, "...Is Possible your real name or..?"
"Yes, I know, I know. It sounds stupid, but yeah. It's Possible."
"Well, I know it's possible but it's just a rare name", Mabel absent-mindedly replied.
"No, I mean it's Possible."
"I know, I've just never heard of that name."
"No, I mean-", the agent stopped when she realized what was going on, "Oh, you're joking."
Mabel began to laugh, the agent beginning to smile a little when suddenly...
*CRASH!*
"AAAAAAAAAHHH!"
The two looked up to see one of the soldiers crash straight through the roof of the house and land on the ground. Mabel and Possible quickly ran over to the hole in the roof. Where the hole in the roof was, there was something pink bulging through it.
The agent tilted her head, "What in the-?"
As quickly as it appeared, the pink object suddenly disappeared. They heard what sounded like someone tumbling down the roof when something fell through the hole and fell on the ground. Several soldiers ran over and pointed their weapons at the guy as Possible signalled them to hold their fire.
It was a small boy.
He was short and looked to be around eleven or twelve years, wearing a pinkish-red t-shirt, blue shorts, and sandals. He was slightly chubby with black, curly hair and thick eyebrows. The thing that fascinated Mabel about him was his eyes.
He had wide eyes as he looked around with fear and confusion. His irises were black or a dark brown with what looked like purple or indigo streaks on the rims. On the top corner of the irises was an odd twinkle, almost star-like. Almost...alien.
"Wha-Wha-WHO ARE YOU?! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!", the boy yelled, scared.
"Calm down, calm down", Agent Possible urged, "We're not here to hurt you. We're not here for trouble, we just want to talk."
"WHY ARE YOU IN HERE?!", he shouted.
"Calm down , we just want to talk", she assured. As the boy calmed down, she began to kneel down slowly and crouched next to him, putting her gun away, "Hi, there. Are you okay?"
"Umm, I'm fine. Freaking out but fine", he responded cautiously.
The agent looked behind and signalled for the soldiers to put all of their weapons away, to which they nervously obliged. Possible held out a hand to the boy.
"Hi, I'm Kim", she said, "What's your name?"
The boy looked down at her hand and shook it slowly. He lost the fear on his face and smiled.
"Hi, Kim. I'm Steven. Steven Universe."
She helped the boy up as he began to be more comfortable.
"So, Steven", Kim started, "I'm looking for this group of people." She passed him a sheet of paper, "They're known as the Crystal Gems. Have you seen them?"
"The gems? What about them?", he asked, confused.
"We need their help. Do you know where they are", she asked.
"Um...they're not...here, right now", Steven answered.
Kim's eyes widened, "What do you mean?"
"They're busy with something else. I don't know where but they said it may take awhile."
"Oh! I see!", Kim said, smiling a very fake and creepy smile before turning around, covering her mouth to hide all the curses she was spewing. She turned around, "Well, my superiors mentioned that they're usually away somewhere. Luckily, there's a plan B."
"Plan B? Plan B for what? What's plan B?", Steven asked, slightly worried by this.
Kim looked down and said, in a serious tone, "You, Steven."
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*Echo Creek, California. 2017.*
She kept walking back and forth in her room, thinking about what to do. She was scared, afraid of what was going on right now. She still couldn't get over it. How could she get over it she let? Because of her, her best friend was kidnapped!
She had long, light-blonde hair and a devil-horned hair band wrapped around her head. Her light blue shirt and skirt was slightly torn up from her latest adventures as sweat beaded down her head.
Her friend walked into the room, a concerned look on his face as he walked towards his roommate. He was a young latino boy, wearing a red sweatshirt and jeans.
"Dude, you've been doing this for ,like, days now!", the boy said, "You need to slow down and relax!"
"Marco, how CAN I relax at a time like this?!", the girl yelled out, "Glossaryck is gone, I don't have my instruction book, and Ludo now has the upperhand!"
"Geez, and everyone says I'm always panicking", the boy named Marco said to himself, "Look, I know you're scared for him, I'm scared too! This whole thing sucks!"
"THIS SUPER SUCKS, MARCO!", the girl screamed.
"I know, but you have to stay calm!", Marco said. He placed a hand on the girl's shoulder to comfort her, "Star, you can't help Glossaryck like this! We're gonna get him back but we need to calm down and concentrate!"
The girl, named Star Butterfly, sighed, "Okay, calm! I'm calm! I can stay calm! TOOOO-TALLY CALM! Right now!"
The boy looked at her with a concerned smile and hugged, "That's more like it." The hug broke off when a ring was heard. Marco pulled out a phone from his pocket and looked at it. "Sorry, it's Jackie. I gotta go right now."
Star frowned, remembering how it was Jackie that in a way, led to her losing her friend, but quickly smiled, "Okay, I'll just be here!"
The boy quickly ran out of the room as the girl sat down on her bed, confused as to what she should do now.
"Okay, okay, just stay calm! Stay calm! Relax!", she said to herself, "Calm." She smiled in silence, a feeling of peace spreading around the room.
A few seconds later, "...GLOSSARYCK! AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!" She began to scream, jumping on her bed as she pulled at her blonde hair. After a minute of insanity, she stopped and sat down with a sullen look.
She sighed, "...What now?"
Suddenly, out of nowhere , a purple vortex ripped through reality, appearing from the ceiling of the room. The girl quickly looked up with fear, afraid that one of her enemies found her again. She leaped off of her bed and brandished her weapon, prepared for whatever was going to pop out of the vortex.
"AAAAAAAAHHH!", she heard from the portal. Suddenly, two boys fell from the portal and crashed to the ground, one wearing a blue cap and another wearing a white, bear-skin hat.
"Ow", Dipper groaned beginning to get up, "Ow..that wasn't a good i-No NO WAIT!"
Suddenly, an entire troop of black-suited soldiers crashed to the ground, landing on the boys, who screamed as they were crushed. Star watched in silence for a minute until Finn quickly jumped to his feet, pushing off all of the soldiers on top of them with one single jump.
Dipper looked up at the warrior with surprise, not expecting him to be that strong, "Whoa."
Finn looked around and saw Star looking at him with confusion and surprise, "Hey, what's up?"
The girl looked a little younger than him, wearing a blue and white dress and a red hairband with horns on it. She had long blonde hair flowing down her back and wide eyes. The weird thing about her were her cheeks. On her cheeks were glittery symbols, almost reminiscent of hearts. It looked like she bedazzled her face or something. In her right hand was a purple..wand, he guessed.
It was purple with long wing-like structures on the sides, a crown on the end of the wand, and a glowing star on the face of the wand. The star was split into two halves, one glowing gold and one black and murky.
When the wand started to glow violently, the boys backed up.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!", Dipper shouted, "Not like this! Not going out like this!" The soldiers slowly got up, not even bothering to pick up their guns.
"Who are you?!", she shouted, "Where did you come from?! Why is there a bear on your head?!"
Finn took a second to look up at his hat and continued to talk, "Look, I'm Finn and this is Dipper. Are you Princess Star Butterfly?"
"Umm...yes? OR NO, if you're a bad guy!", she quickly shouted.
"Dude, calm down", Dipper assured the girl, "We just want to talk to you about something."
"This better not be some messed up trick or something or I will open up a portal to the Underworld!", she defensively threatened.
"SHE CAN DO THAT?!", Finn screamed, "I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THAT AGAIN!"
"Look, we're from another universe and we need your help!", Dipper quickly yelled, REALLY not wanting to be sent to the Underworld...again, "We're from a group whose job is to protect the multiverse and we need youtojoinustostopaguyfromdestroyingeveryoneDON'TKILLUS!"
He quickly shouted that last part once the wand got closer to them. After hearing that last part, Star put down her wand, "Did you just say that someone was threatening the multiverse?"
The two boys quickly nodded in fear. She put her wand away and thought to herself, "Do...do you know who this guy is?"
"We don't know who or what this person is", Dipper said, "But we need your help to stop him. He or she has a powerful object that can teleport an army anywhere in the multiverse."
"Everyone else is telling us that you can teleport to other worlds", Finn added, "That you've defeated some horrible guys and some big threats! We need you right now!"
The girl stared at these strangers, confused as heck. Out of nowhere, these guys show up asking for help and wanting her to leave to go to another world right when she's in the middle of her own dilemma. She loved adventure and everything but was this the time for it. "Okay, so, you want me to just leave right now and help you out!"
"Basically", they said.
"Umm...I..I don't know if I can do that", she reluctantly said, "I...I'm busy with something else."
"I'm sorry, what?", Dipper asked, Finn frowning as well. "W-What could be more important than this, dude?!", Dipper asked.
She looked down, awkwardly trying to find a way to explain "I...my friend is in trouble right now and I can't just leave right now...I'm...I'm sorry, but I can't leave my friend."
Finn frowned, understanding what she was feeling. He's had to abandon missions to help those he loved and he knew what it was like to make decisions like this. Dipper felt the same way. He's had to make choices between going on adventures and protecting his family an friends and he knew the risks of either choice.
The princess sat on the bed, a sad look on her face as she felt the boys stare at her. The two boys looked at one another and a shared look of agreement passed between the two.
"This friend of yours...He's important to you?", Finn asked.
"He's my mentor… he's helped me through everything and I...I let him down. I'm sorry."
The two boys looked behind at the troops of soldiers.
"Guys, open a portal back to base. Let's head back", Finn ordered.
The soldiers opened a portal to base and proceeded to leave the room. Before they walked through the portal, they stopped and turned to Star.
Dipper sighed, understanding what he had to do, "Earth...Earth #2016."
Star looked up, "What?"
"That's where we're working, where we come from", Dipper answered, "You can come around if you change your mind."
"Oh...oh...thank you", Star said, surprised by this response.
Finn looked at Dipper and nodded in a sad manner, "And...if you ever need help...with your friend..you can call us if you want to."
Star looked up, surprised. She never expected such...random strangers to offer such kindness. She couldn't believe that someone would be so understanding about something like this. This made rejecting their offer feel worse.
"Thank you. Thank you so much", she said. The two boys nodded before jumping through the portal. When the portal closed, the princess was left in an empty room.
Just herself and the silence.
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"So, you want me to help you get back an important invention and save everyone?", Steven asked, sitting down on the couch as the others explained their dilemma.
"I always knew there were other planets but other Earths?", the boy asked.
"Yeah", Kim said, "It...It's something you get used to overtime."
"Well, what can I do to help?", he asked.
"My organization has been watching your reality", she explained, "We are aware of everything that your rebellion has accomplished and how you and your adoptive family have been at this whole hero business for awhile now. We know that you have been able to fight off the Diamond's empire and that your powers have greatly improved since you began. We need these abilities for our mission."
Steven thought to himself for a few seconds, "Weeeeell, Connie's out of town and the gems will probably be away for a while. OKAY!"
"Great! Okay, let's get going", Mabel cheered, smiling as she walked over to the soldiers to start up the portal. Kim looked down at Steven and gave him a slightly-sad look.
"Um, Steven, do you understand what we're asking of you?", she asked, "You realize that this is going to be dangerous?"
"I get it," he responded, "I just need to help. I can't let anyone get hurt by not helping. I need to do something."
"What about your family, the Gems?", she asked.
Steven looked down, "They...They'd understand...Well, Garnet would. Pearl would flip out and Amethyst would just high-five me."
"I just don't want you to make a mistake you'd regret", Kim responded.
"I hope I don't", Steven said.
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Marco entered the room, brushing off a kiss-mark on his cheek. He looked around and saw Star lying on her bed, nibbling on her wand in deep thought.
"Star!", Marco yelped, "Dude, you still haven't left the room?! I know you're still sad but you have to get up!"
He ran to her side as she slowly got up, "Marco, something just happened." She began to explain her encounter with the strangers from an alternate universe.
"So, this is...this is big, dude", Marco nodded.
"SUUUUPER big! I don't know what to do! I mean, we need to find Glossaryck first!"
Marco thought to himself before revealing his thoughts, "Star, you're my friend and you know that I want what's best for you...But, I think we should help these guys."
"WHAT?!", she shouted, "But we can't just leave Glossaryck alone! He's our friend!"
"I know how important he is to you, but, Star, this is the fate of all of existence at stake! We need to do something! Plus, I know that you're just as powerful without that book!"
"I CAN'T DO THIS, MARCO!", she screamed.
"YES, YOU CAN!", he shouted, "I know that you blame yourself for what happened but it was not your fault! I know that you can do this and literally, everybody in existence needs your help!"
"I...I can't. I can't do this", she said.
"Yes, you can", the boy said, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "I know you can."
She looked at him, scared of what to do. What could she do without the book? But should she just abandon everyone? Should she just leave everyone defenseless?
"Plus, it would get you out of the house", the boy joked. The princess laughed as she slowly got up and began to look for something.
"What if something happens?", she asked.
"The world won't be completely defenseless", he assured her, "Jackie and Janna are decent at fighting, we have your family, even Tom."
"I just hope this is the right thing to do", she said, finally finding what she was looking for.
A pair of scissors.
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The chopper slowly landed into the base, Jake, Dexter, and the two new recruits slowly waiting for them to land.
Soldiers quickly exited it as Mabel, Kim, and Steven quickly jumped out.
"Whoa", Steven whispered, "This is bigger than the temple!"
"It is?", Mabel asked.
"No, I'm trying to be nice", the hybrid admitted, "But this is cool!"
Dexter quickly walked up to the agent, "You couldn't get the aliens?"
"Apparently, they're not in Beach City, we have no idea where they are currently or when they'll be back."
"Well, at least you were able to get the chubby boy", he sarcastically quipped.
"Shut up, shortstack", she replied.
The two brothers walked p to the new recruit. "Hi there! I'm Phineas and this s my brother, Ferb!", Phineas greeted the gem and the girl, shaking their hands.
"Hi, I'm Steven!"
"Mabel Pines the First Esquire, at your service!"
A portal suddenly opened behind them as Finn, Dipper, and their troop entered the base.
"Where is the girl?", the scientist asked the two.
"She...she couldn't make it", Finn responded, clearly not wanting to have this conversation.
"WHAT?! AND WHY IS THAT?!"
"She had more important things to deal with", Dipper answered, "We're just gonna need to find someone else."
"There is no one else like her!", he yelled, "Do you know how hard it is to find someone with her abilities?!"
"Look, we tried but she didn't want to", Finn snarled, "End of story. Let's just move on."
Dexter rolled his eyes, "I can't believe this."
Dipper and Finn glared at the guy. They couldn't believe how rude the guy
"Well, if she ever changes her mind, she knows what universe we're in. She can come anytime she wants."
Suddenly, they heard an odd noise from above them. It sounded as if the wind was flowing in circles above them as they looked up to see reality literally get shredded, as though the ceiling was paper.
Suddenly, screaming was heard as a blonde girl and a teenage boy crashed to the ground right in the middle of the floor.
The room was quiet as they looked over at the sudden appearance of these guys.
"Anytime except now", Dipper awkwardly muttered.
Yep, Steven Universe, Star, Marco, Phineas, and Ferb are now members of the team!
For this chapter, I wanted to get the characters right and tried to get their basic personalities and how they would react to a proposal like this.
Phineas and Ferb quickly go along with this, seeing as how they never pass up an opportunity for adventure and fun. They're going to be foils to Dexter in a way that you'll see later in the story.
Steven always wants to help out others despite the danger so I want him to be the most childlike of the group. He doesn't fully realize that there's going to be fighting involved and Kim, understanding how young he is, doesn't want him to get involved in this. I also wanted to add some details to his character to make him seem more alien-like by adding the constant sparkle in his eyes.
Star is still getting over losing Glossaryck to Ludo and is hesitant to leave her friend but she knows that she has to do the right thing. The others can relate to her easily.
I hope you liked this chapter and please review!