Here is the next chapter of Nicktoons: World of the Crazies. Last time, Timmy and Danny made it back to their universe, but now they have to stop Alt. Jimmy and Alt. Tak from destroying it.

Enjoy…

Chapter 16: Real or Fake

Outside in Retroville, a small airship was flying over the town as all the residents on the streets stared at ran away. From inside, Alternate Jimmy was sitting in the pilot's chair while Alternate Tak stared out the window.

"Well, Neutron, I must admit," Alternate Tak said as he smirked at the genius. "You've outdone yourself."

"I know." Alternate Jimmy simply answered.

"So what does this thing have?" Alternate Tak asked.

"Just watch." He answered as he pushed a small green button on the controls and from the bottom of the ship, a red beam fired out of a ray blaster. It hit a building and blew apart into pieces.

"Nice one!" Alternate Tak shouted in amazement. "Keep going! With them outta the way, this universe will be history."

While Alternate Jimmy kept knocking them out, down below, there was a poof in the middle of the street and Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, SpongeBob, Tak, Alternate SpongeBob, Alternate Danny, Alternate Jimmy, and the fairies appeared to see Alternate Jimmy's airship blasting beams everywhere that destroyed anything it hit.

"Leaping leptons!" Jimmy shouted in shock. "It's worse than I feared."

"That maniac has gone too far this time." Alternate SpongeBob said in anger.

"Neutron!" a female voice called and Jimmy cringed knowing who it was.

Cindy approached them and placed her hands on her hips as she angrily asked Jimmy, "Do you have anything to do with this thing that's completely annihilating the town?"

"Uh, actually…" Jimmy stammered until Timmy spoke up.

"Actually, yes, he does technically." He said, pointing at Jimmy. "Him and shaman boy over here." He added, pointing at Tak. The latter just rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Then Cindy averted somewhere else and caught sight of something interesting. "Wow, SpongeBob!" she said in amazement as she strolled over to the Alternate SpongeBob and stared at his long red hair. "When did you get such amazing hair?" she asked, running two of her fingers through it.

"Well, little miss," Alternate SpongeBob spoke in a refined tone as he smiled. "That is the cause of nature…"

"Uh, guys?" Danny quickly interrupted. "Maybe we should focus on the two evil alternates up there who are trying to destroy our universe instead of…the Alternate SpongeBob's hair."

"Well, it is pretty sweet." SpongeBob pointed to his alternate self.

"You said it." Wanda said, smiling at the red head sponge.

But back on Alternate Neutron's airship, Alternate Tak's eyes suddenly widen and he grabs Alternate Jimmy's shoulder.

"Hold your fire, Neutron." Alternate Tak informed. "We got company."

"From where exactly?" Alternate Jimmy asked with a skeptical look.

"From behind." Alternate Tak said, darting his eyes. "Anyway to see what's in back of this tin can?"

Alternate Jimmy answered by pushing another small button on the controls and one of the screens near the controls turned on to show the Nicktoons standing below the ship conversing about something, but he couldn't hear what.

"Well, you're right, Tak." Alternate Jimmy said with a smirk. "Looks like our little friends couldn't stay away."

"Finish them off this time." Alternate Tak suggested.

"Okay, we should launch a surprise attack from behind, and then…" Jimmy was explaining while he and the others failed to notice the back of the airship, a small blaster came out and a bright light charged at the tip.

Tak, however, is the only one to notice this, and his eyes widen as he quickly shouts, "Look out!"

The others see a ray coming towards them and they all scream and jump in different directions to avoid the shot; Jimmy and Timmy both crash into Cindy in an attempt to save her from it. A large hole was left from where the ray would've hit them.

Alternate Danny sat on the ground with a dull frown. "'We should launch a surprise attack from behind.'" He sarcastically mocked.

Then more rays fired at them which Alternate Danny phased underground to avoid while Alternate SpongeBob back-flipped away from it.

Danny quickly put up a ghost shield to protect him, SpongeBob, and Tak rays which simply bounced off his shield.

Cindy flinched as the ray headed toward her, but Jimmy and Timmy ran in front of her and started to try and shove each other aside as the ray got closer.

But when it was about to hit them, the Alternate Timmy suddenly stood in front of them, much to their surprise, and he raised his right arm up and the beam hit it. But it suddenly deflected off his arm and flew into a nearby mailbox.

The other Nicktoons stare in surprise as Alternate Timmy put his arm down and noticed his right sleeve scorched and torn from the fire and he quickly covered the part of his exposed arm with his left hand. Alternate Jimmy watched this from his ship and narrowed his eyes at it.

"Wow," Cindy said as she ran over to Alternate Timmy. "That was amazing. You saved us."

"He is me after all." Timmy proudly pointed out.

"But how were you able to do something like that?" Jimmy asked Alternate Timmy. But when he attempted to look at his arm, Alternate Timmy stayed silent and turned away.

"Nobody likes a snoop, Neutron." Cindy retorted.

"Yeah!" Timmy added with a nod.

But then, Alternate SpongeBob ran over and shouted, "Another one coming in!"

They look up at the ship to see it about to fire another ray at them. "We need to take that thing out!" Jimmy shouted as Danny stood in front of him with a ghost shield.

While the others ran around to dodge it, Alternate Timmy stood in front of Timmy and blocked the ray with his right hand, destroying his glove. He looked at his right hand which looked like metal instead of flesh.

"Poof!" Timmy shouted from on the ground. His godbrother quickly transformed into a purple ray gun that appeared in Timmy's hands, and he used it to fire a ray at the blaster that was firing at them, and the blaster suddenly turned into a harmless bouquet of flowers.

Timmy took a sigh of relief as Danny approached the group. "I'm going up there." He told them. "Someone has to stop them."

"You can't go in there alone." Jimmy said in concern. "Someone should go with you. How about your alternate self?"

"Think again, big head." Alternate Danny said, turning away. "That would just kill all the amusement."

Jimmy, Timmy, Cindy, and Tak seemed to stare oddly at this remark while Danny just assured, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. The rest of you just stay here and cover me."

"If you're sure." Jimmy said and then ran up to Danny and gave him something which looked like a recaller. "Take this with you. Once you activate near mine and Tak's alternate self, it'll set off a portal that'll pull them out of here."

"That's brilliant." Danny said with a smile.

"Be careful while you're up there, Danny." Alternate SpongeBob warned. "I'm sure you know by now that the genius is crafty and if you're not careful, he'll turn you around- if you know what I mean."

"…No." Danny answered with an odd look, but then added, "But I'll be careful. See you guys soon." Then he flew off toward the airship.

Danny phased up from below and was in the main cockpit area, he didn't see anyone around until he heard Alternate Jimmy's voice, "Come to try and stop me, Danny?" he asked from the pilot's chair without turning to face Danny.

"If you're really a genius you would know the answer." Danny answered with a glare. "And you can't just come into my friend's universe and start trashing the place."

"I believe I can." Alternate Jimmy answered. "After all, I'm here, am I not?"

"Well, you might as well go back because you don't belong here, you fake."

"Fake am I?" Alternate Jimmy asked as he finally turned his chair around to face Danny with a cunning smile. "Why don't we define the word 'fake'?"

He stood up from his chair and continued on, "Fake would be something nonexistent yet here I am. And from what I recall, you came into my universe which proves it is in fact real. Your whole time there, you continued to call it a fake version of your own universes. But to me and all the other residents you encountered, you were the fake one."

Danny's glare suddenly turned into a look of shock. But Jimmy just continued, "Sure, our universes are only infinite matters of space and dimensions apart, and only different in minor properties; but how can both of us be sure which universe is the real one and which is the fake?"

Danny shook off his expression and glared at the evil genius again. "How'd you come up with all that? He asked angrily. "I already know all that is a lie to mess with my head."

"You really think so, Danny?" Alternate Jimmy asked with a sly smile. "For all we know, my universe could be the one that actually exists and yours could be the alternate one among others."

"EVEN IF IT IS…would destroying it really matter?" Danny demanded to know.

"To you, maybe not. But to me, it's good measure. A universe made entirely out of completely different worlds; that's valuable to me. And if it were to fall into the hands of someone like me, I can certainly turn it all into something better. Destroying it is just the first step. With all the old stuff gone, I can start over from scratch, and in addition, show anyone who resists that I mean business."

"Okay, first of all: you're crazier than I thought you were." Danny pointed out. "And second: your plans will never work! The Nicktoons will stop you and send you back to where you belong!"

"Is that so?" Alternate Jimmy asked, not even remotely threatened. "Why don't you tell me where your cute little team is?"

"Like I would ever tell you."

"You don't have to."

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Alternate Tak grabbed Danny by his right wrist and threw him against the wall. Danny's eyes widen as he hit the hard wall while Alternate Tak just turned to Alternate Jimmy and said, "He's here by himself. His little group is out on the streets waiting for him."

Danny gasped at this, remembering Tak's mind reading power. "Excellent, Tak." Alternate Jimmy replied. "And just what are they planning to do to defeat us?"

Alternate Tak took out his staff and ran toward Danny. The ghost boy held up his hand for an attack, but he was too late to do anything after Alternate Tak grabbed his fist and used his staff to hold Danny back against the wall.

"Your other self gave him a communicator." Alternate Tak told Alternate Jimmy. "It's supposed to activate a portal that'll send us back to our universe." Then he reached into Danny's belt. "And it's right here." He took out the recaller and threw it across the floor.

"No, don't-" Danny tried to shout as the recaller slid across the floor and was halted by Alternate Jimmy's foot.

He tried to turn intangible and escape from Alternate Tak's grip, but all he did was glow green and do nothing.

"Trying to go intangible, huh?" Alternate Tak asked as he held him against the wall. "Don't even try it. My magic's powerful enough to stop your ghost powers."

"It's a shame, Danny." Alternate Jimmy said as his foot rested on the recaller. "But someone has to lose."

Then Danny's eyes widened in horror as Alternate Jimmy crushed the recaller into pieces with his foot.

"And as for your friends…" Alternate Jimmy took out a small remote. "I brought this with me just in case HE decided to tag along." Then he pushed a button on it without another explanation.