Chapter 15
Locked Up Abroad
At a huge iron door in a wide trench.
"Hm, the trail leads us to a dead end..." a blonde-haired bartender wearing pilot glasses stated: Shizuo.
"Yeah, I don't see any way in." a boy wearing all blue, including a blue coat, with brown hair that went a little past his neck with long bangs said: Ahjeen.
"We must find a way to gain entry." a small being with short limbs, a round body, which also was his face under a silver mask, who wore a dark-purple cape and wielded a small golden sword told him: Meta Knight.
"And how are we gonna do that?" a Mexican kid with brown curly hair wearing a belt with a buckle that had a 'T' on it asked: Manny.
"I could break it, but I think I'd rather save my energy for whatevers inside." an anthropomorphic cheetah said: Hunter.
"I could break it too, ya know, but I just don't feel like it." a blue neckless pirate with wooden limbs, red clothes, and an orange nose added: K'nuckles.
"Same here." an obese stout man with a huge nose and teeth, a zig-zag mustache, and who wore purple overalls, a yellow shirt, and a yellow cap with a 'W' on it murmured: Wario.
"I'm pretty shocked there isn't even a control panel or something." a yellow anthropomorphic fox with two tails observed: Tails.
"Come on, you guys need to get motivated here!" a small, blue, dinosaur-like critter with a white belly and a yellow 'V' on his forehead told them: Veemon.
"I agree with him. Our awareness must stay at a high level due to the dangers this world presents." a tall, blonde-haired princess in a light-blue dress with bangs hanging over one of her eyes added: Rosalina.
"I'm ALWAYS ready for any danger!" a noseless kid with a long grass blade wrapped around his right arm and wearing all blue with a white hat that resembled the head of a bear boasted: Finn.
"You got any ideas how to get in, Rick?" a brunette scrawny kid wearing a yellow shirt with blue jeans asked: Morty.
"Of course I do, MORTY! I just wanna hear these guys bitch a little more." an old man scientist with turquoise hair and a dribble of drool on his chin told him: Rick.
"Hey, you're the only one whose bitching around here, bub." a grey alien with lanky arms, stubby legs, a slight beer gut, and big feet said: Roger.
"I'm sure you can think of an invention to get us in, right, Robot?" a tall, purple, friendly-looking monster with no neck and large horns wearing blue shorts and a tiny black hat asked: Monster.
"I wish I could, Monster, but there really isn't anything to work with around here." a short orange robot with small pincher arms, 4 wheels for feet, and a chest cavity with a large 'R' on it replied: Robot.
"Yeah, that door looks too strong to break through, even for ME." what looked like a blue-skinned cross between a sauropod, a kangaroo, and a camel with a magenta hair-like mane said: Sylvia.
"I'm sure if we put our heads together, we'll think of something!" an orange furry critter with a southern accent and a large green cowboy hat said encouragingly: Wander.
"I guess I could draw something, but...I don't know what." a boy with brown hair that was spiked in the middle wearing a red shirt and blue jeans wielding a blue, paintbrush-like wand said to himself: Pixel.
"Well one way or another, we're breaking through!" a boy with dark-brown hair wearing a tan assault vest under a white shirt with white pants and long black boots, and two squareish tubes with grapples and sheathed blades in them were at his sides connected to a harness he wore, said with determination: Eren.
"We COULD just turn back." an anthropomorphic small ground sloth with buck teeth and a lisp suggested: Sid.
"I know about closed doors, so for whatever reason, they want to isolate themselves from others." a blonde-haired girl in a flowing icy-blue dress said quietly: Elsa.
"Well thats too damn bad for them!" Shizuo exclaimed and began punching the door repeatedly, creating large dents, "Damn this thing is tough!"
"Well then why don't you take it down a notch and just and leave this one up to science." Rick said sarcastically, stepping forward and taking out a ray gun. He fired it at the door, creating a swirling green portal. "There, its a p-OOR-tal to the other side of the doorway..."
One by one, the group stepped through and found themselves in a huge iron room. On the walls were a total of 7 huge cells with blue forcefields up instead of bars and nothing in them except for the prisoners, who were categorized into groups.
"Thats it? All this fuss over a crappy prison?" Roger scoffed.
"Please, help us! Free us!" a voice begged. The group decided to take a closer look at the cells.
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Pixel, Elsa, and Hunter went over to a cell containing scrawny humans in vaguely Native American-looking attire, only in shades of green.
"Whats going on with you guys? Why are you all locked up?" Hunter asked.
"We are Amaretians and come from a nation called Amaret. We are a peaceful nation who live as one with nature. I am their leader, call me the Amaretian Master." a chubby, brunette, shirtless Amaretian wearing a kind of grass skirt with grass bands near his shoulders and wielding a white-tipped wooden staff told them.
"So what do you do if some other nation tries to attack you or something?" Pixel asked.
"Despite our peaceful nature, we have a secret weapon: An Antimatter missile. And call me the Amaretian Witchdoctor." a shirtless Amaretian in a long grass skirt with spiked purple hair and wearing pink bands on his wrists and upper arms said.
"Luckily, we never had to use it because nobody attacked us...until now. I'm an Amaretian Fighter." a shirtless Amaretian with brown spiky hair with green pants and coat holding a large spear said.
"What happened to you all?" Elsa asked.
"The three of us and our leader suddenly vanished from Amaret without a trace. We were in a dark world and then this man approached us with an army of female clones in colored armor and captured us. I am an Amaraetian Ninja." an Amaretian in a short grass skirt with green leaves wrapped around her chest, arms, and the upper and lower part of her head said.
"The life of our land begun to die out soon before we vanished, and I fear my people will perish if we can not return to Amaret and protect them." Amaretian Master explained.
"Hey, we're trying to get home too. Don't worry, we'll break out out somehow." Hunter told them.
"How do you plan on accomplishing that? We have tried many methods of escape and they have all failed." said Amaretian Witchdoctor.
"Well...we haven't gotten that far yet, but since you guys are some kind of hippies, I ain't surprised you haven't freed yourselves." Pixel said bluntly.
"Come again?! Just because we are not war-happy like the Raykuusans, that doesn't mean we are weak!" Amaretian Fighter told the Graffitician, offended.
"We'll do all the fighting for you, now lets get you outta there!" Pixel said. He then drew 3 sledgehammers with his Graffiti Wand and slid 2 of them over to Elsa and Hunter.
"...Umm, I do not think these hammers are going to break through." Elsa told him.
"Huh? Whattya mean?" he said, a bit oblivious.
"Brute force wont be enough is what she means. Otherwise, I could bust them out." Hunter explained.
"Then what do YOU think we should do?"
"I believe I have the answer." Elsa said. She waved her arms and a layer of ice begin to spread around the outside wall of the cell and eventually onto the laser grid.
"I see where you're going with this!" Hunter said, getting the picture. He shoulder-charged into the frozen forcefield and shattered it. The Amaretians quickly rushed out and joined them.
"Thank you for rescuing us." Amaretian Master said.
"Uhh, yeah sure..." Pixel mumbled, having not really done anything.
"Now I think it would be best for us to escape." Amaretian Ninja suggested.
"You gotta be kidding, right?"
"No, he is correct. The power of the people who locked us up here is incredibly high." Amaretian Master said.
"Again, that doesn't say much coming from a bunch of pacifists..." Pixel groaned.
"Thats not the reason we shouldn't run." Elsa began, "You can't run away and try to isolate yourself from your problems, it will only makes things worse. Trust me, I've tried that."
"Yeah, you just charge into your problems headfirst!" Pixel added.
"You're right. We will do what we can." Amaretian Witchdoctor said.
"I hope you're not talking about Pixel when you said that..." Hunter murmured.
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Meanwhile, Ahjeen, Roger, and Rick went over to a cell containing warriors in black or grey attire and most of them wielding weapons.
"So, what are you guys in for?" Roger asked, curious.
"And who are you?" Ahjeen added.
"We are the Tetsuyans, a proud warrior race from the land of Tetsuya with a strict code of honor. I am their leader, the Tetsuyan Master." a Tetsuyan in all black with brown hair that went to the bottom of his neck at 2 split angles and wore 2 golden bands on his wrists and had 2 swords hanging from his waist.
"If we catch any invading forces in Tetsuya, there will be no mercy! I am a Tetsuyan Swordsman." a brunette Tetsuyan wearing grey sweatpants and a grey hoodie wielding 2 thin, curved swords.
"That one is kinda cute." Roger whispered to Ahjeen.
"However, we were no match for what happened now...I am a Tetsuyan Chainwielder." a blonde Tetsuyan in black holding a long chain lamented.
"Yeah, thats kind of wh-UHH-t we came here to find out." Rick sneered.
"The four of us vanished from Tetsuya, leaving the others behind as we watched our nation fall. We were brought to a world of darkness, confronted by a man with an army of females in armor, only they were mechanical. We fought our hardest, but they gained the upper-hand and put us in here. I am a Tetsuyan Ninja." a female Tetsuyan with long brown hair wearing all black with a large white scarf wrapped around her lower face explained.
"Not much of a w-ARR-ior race if you were kidnapped by some FEMALE robots."
"Don't you patronize us!" Tetsuyan Ninja shouted at him.
"Relax, we'll get you out of there." Ahjeen said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, says WHO?" Roger asked.
"What do you mean?"
"He's saying theres no point in rescuing these inferior warriors." elaborated Rick.
"Actually, I was mainly referring to the fact that they are prisoners and have swords. Ya know, I'm not looking forward to getting shanked, no matter how cute they are. Although that one with the chains could make things pretty fun." rambled Roger.
"How can you guys say that? These are innocent people! We are all in this together and we should help them!" Ahjeen told them.
"Well there ain't much I can do about it anyway, even if I WANTED them out."
"What about your gun?" Ahjeen asked Rick.
"Oh, so now I'm supposed to be the answer to everything in the gr-OUU-p?! Why don't you guys freaking help yourselves for once?!" Rick said irritably.
"FINE! I will!" Ahjeen whined with a popped vein. He held his arms up high and a huge, thick icicle slowly built up above him, the point facing the cell. "Stand back, Tetsuyans!" Ahjeen then grabbed the icicle and threw it, but all it did was cause the barrier to fizzle a little, shattering up against it and scattering ice chunks. Ahjeen quickly held his hands in front of him in a blocking position and he, Roger, and Rick were encased in a thick sphere of ice that protected them from the shrapnel.
"Great plan, buddy." Rick said sarcastically, putting a hand on Ahjeen's shoulder.
"Maybe if I had some help..." he said through gritted teeth with a popped vein as his ice sphere melted. Ahjeen then created an ice wall near the cell with ice spikes facing it.
"Oh THIS should be good. Hey, got any meth on you?" Roger asked Rick.
"What? No. Why the hell would you think that?" Rick asked incredulously.
"Oh I get it, we'll talk later!" Roger whispered with a wink.
"I don't deal meth, you little dumbass."
"Oh I get it, we'll talk later!"
"Come on, you guys!" Ahjeen said, getting frustrated about their lack of help. He threw his hands forward and the wall slammed into the cell, but it had the same result, scattering ice shrapnel that punctured him in the arms and body.
"HAAAAA!" Roger pointed at the boy in amusement.
"Alright, you c-OON-vinced me with that pathetic p-URR-formance, I'll help you all...AGAIN..." Rick pulled out his ray gun fired it at the cell, creating a swirling green portal that the Tetsuyans escaped through.
"You're WELCOME..." Rick said sarcastically.
"Thank you." Tetsuyan Master said, bowing to Ahjeen.
"I think your giving pleasantries to the wrong fella, there." Roger pointed out.
Tetsuyan Chainweilder glared at the alien and swung his chain tightly around his neck. "Do NOT question our Master! He is offering his respects to that boy because he was the only one who was willing to help!" he then started tugging the tightened chain.
"Yeah, harder! HARDER! This isn't my first time!" Roger strained gleefully, resisting the pull.
"Boy, you are one f-UUCK-ed up individual..." Rick told him.
"As are YOU!" Tetsuyan Swordsman said, pointing his swords at the scientist.
"Oh yeah, drawing your piddly swords against a man with the ray gun, r-EEA-l smart..."
"Come on, you guys! They are all free, so lets at least TRY to get along!" Ahjeen said through gritted teeth; he wasn't much of a fan of Rick and Roger either.
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Meanwhile, Rosalina, Manny, and Veemon approached a cell filled with levitating people with pupiless eyes.
"Whoa, these guys look like magicians or something!" Manny said.
"Not too far from it. We are the Cirneans. Our nation, Cirnea, is a monarchy filled with those of psychic abilities WITHOUT vision and those without WITH vision. Even though we are blind, we see with our minds eye. I am their leader, the Cirnean Ruler." a Cirnean wearing all yellow with a red cape and brown spiky hair, red eyes, and an amethyst on his forehead said.
"I am one of his protectors, the Cirnean Royal Guard. Our nation is a monarchy where those without sight rank above those who possess it." a blonde Cirnean in a thick red trenchcoat with white eyes and white pants explained.
"However, what we DIDN'T see coming was the mysterious assault that got us here. I am a Cirnean Planner." a Cirnean with thick brown hair and grey shoulder pads on his green outfit said.
"What happened?" Veemon asked.
"We vanished into a world like if those of us were born without psychic abilities. A man and his army of machines were waiting and disposed of us there, and then disposed of us HERE. I am a Cirnean Investigator." a blonde female Cirnean in a magenta outfit said.
"Do not worry, we shall free you." Rosalina told them.
"Yeah, V-Headbutt!" Veemon charged forward and rammed his tucked head into the barrier, but it had no effect.
"We're gonna need something stronger than a headbutt to get through that, man." Manny spun the 'T' buckle on his belt and was suddenly in a kind of black tiger outfit with huge metal claws, "EL TIGRE!" he shouted.
"...'The tiger'?" Veemon asked, confused.
"Its my superhero identity, now watch how its done!" Manny held his clawed hands out and they shot out like grappling hooks connected by chains, but they were ineffective as well. "Dang it!" he said as he retracted them.
"Uhh, your arms shot out of the rest of your body, shouldn't that hurt?"
"No, why?"
"It seems like this will take a larger scale approach." Rosalina said, stepping forward and encasing Veemon, Manny, and herself in white bubble shields. The princess then waved her hand and a large red star with black dots for eyeballs appeared in front of the cell.
"What are you gonna do with that?" Veemon asked, curious.
After a moment she clapped her hands loudly and the star exploded in a miniature supernova that destroyed the barrier and scattered stardust around them.
"Thank you for releasing us." Cirnean Planner said to them.
"No problem, its just what we do!" Manny said.
"So can you guys see the future? Are we all going to get back to our worlds in one piece?" Veemon asked.
"We can not see the future, but we all will return to our worlds. A good nation knows there is strength in numbers, and the lot of you have plenty of them." Cirnean Royal Guard said.
"Yeah, I guess you got a point there."
"Yes, with our wide array of abilities, there is not an obstacle that we can't overcome." Rosalina said encouragingly.
"Except for the obstacle of corny lines, apparently." Manny said to himself.
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Meanwhile, Tails, Meta Knight, Wario, and Robot approached a cell filled with zombie-like creatures.
"Uh-oh, I think we ran into the prisoners who DO belong here!" Tails said, a bit fearful.
"We do NOT!" one of the said, slamming his huge black battleaxe against the laser barrier with a loud smash, making Robot and Tails jump back and Wario to just turn his head to the side.
"Who are you?" Meta Knight asked.
"We are the NECRO, a race from a nation called NECROBERLIN! We are conquerors who invade other nations and turn every lifeform in them into zombies, expanding Necroberlin and increasing our ARMADA! I am the ruler of it all, the Necro Ruler!" the creature from before boomed, who looked like an orange ogre in silver armor with a light-blue chestplate.
"You grow bigger and stronger? And richer, right?" Wario asked.
"What purpose would CURRENCY serve to us?! We focus on creating the ultimate ARMADA! We take HUMANS and turn them into Necro SOLDERS!" Necro Ruler began, pointing to a flesh-colored decaying solider with white hands, black slits for eyes, a blue military helmet, and wielding a large shotgun.
"We take CREATURES and turn them into Necro BEASTS!" Necro Ruler pointed to a tan quadroped monster with red pupiless eyes, a long horn-like protrusion on the the back of its head, a tail like a lizard, and long claws.
"We even CREATE our own kind in a facility called the UMBRELLA CORPORATION, our strongest creation is the Necro MENACE!" Necro Ruler pointed to a large, serpentine, bipedal, reptilian creature with red eyes, a metal plating on the top of its head, and huge, metal, clawed arms.
"You aren't presenting much of a convincing argument..." Tails sneered.
The Necro Solider then spoke up, "Necroberlin is naturally a dark and haunting nation, but we ended up in another dark and dreary world. Our armada will thrive, but zombies require order, and we can not give them order. My faded memories as a living person remind me of the importance of order. And we faced another man of order, and it looked like we have another powerful addition, but HIS armada was the worst kind: Mechanicals. We are powerless against Mechanicals, unless we can destroy them, but there were far too many and even the Necro Menace was captured and put in here."
"And how can we trust you won't attempt to perform the same act on US?" Meta Knight asked incredulously.
"...If you LIVING BEINGS are strong enough to break us free, you are strong enough to work WITH us and not UNDER us, and you will fight alongside us until we can RETURN to NECROBERLIN!" Necro Ruler said begrudgingly.
"I dunno, I don't think we can trust them." Robot said uneasily.
"...Neither do I, but I think we should free them anyway." Tails replied.
"WHAT?! That makes ZERO sense!"
"It does, somewhat." Meta Knight began, "If they attempt to turn on us, remember we far outnumber them."
"I still don't think its a good idea, but you make a good point."
"Then Wario will break them out and beat them up if they try and do something sneaky like my partner Waluigi!" Wario charged forward and shoulder-tackled the barrier, but nothing happened. "Huh?! Wario will try something else!"
Wario backed up, took out an orange motorcycle, and hopped on it.
"Did you just pull a motorcycle out of nowhere?!" Robot exclaimed. Wario drove at high speed and crashed into the cell, shattering not the barrier, but the bike!
"I don't think your brute force is brute enough to break through." Robot told him.
"What?! Of course it is! Wario is just having an off day!"
"Well if you're done charging into things without thinking like my best buddy Sonic tends to do, I can disarm this easily." Tails said, walking up to the barrier. He studied it for a moment, took out a screwdriver, and jammed it between the metal rim surrounding the barrier and the barrier itself, indeed disarming it.
"Where are you people getting this stuff from?!" Robot exclaimed. In an instant, Necro Beast growled and charged at Tails, but Necro Ruler slammed his battleaxe hard on the ground, causing the monster to heel.
"It appears they will stay true to their word." Meta Knight stated.
"Of course we do. We may be mindless zombies, but Necros ALWAYS stay true to their word...Of course, we speak little with outsiders since we usually zombify them, but do not let that dissuade you from the point." Necro Solider said.
"Ope, this is definitely a baaaaad idea." Wario said.
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Meanwhile, Morty, Sylvia, and Monster approached a cell filled with angelic beings in golden attire.
"Oh geez, did you guys DIE in here?!" Morty asked, a little panicked.
"Do not worry, child, we are very much alive. We are the Antapithians who hail from a nation by the name of Antapithia. We are a peaceful nation, much like the Amaretians, but we are also guardians. I am the Antapithian Guardian." a female Antapithian with huge orange angel wings, long blonde hair, and a long light-orange robe said.
"Despite our peace, we ARE prepared for hostile nations, which is why we specialize in defensive tactics and healing abilities. I am the Antapithian Spellbreaker." a Hispanic Antapithian with long black hair with downward curved spikes on the back, and wearing a short golden shirt, short golden pants, a red scarf, and long pink bands on his wrists said.
"However, if push comes to shove, we WILL fight back, and our abilities of flight give us a surprising advantage. I am an Antapithian Recruiter." a cherub-like Antapithian with pointed wings and brown hair said.
"We were brought to a world of darkness and evil, and despite our defenses and preparation to strike back, we still aren't as strong as other nations like the Tetsuyans. We were wiped out by a man with an army of robots and brought here. I am an Antapithian Brawler." an Antapithian with spiky white hair, red boots, and spiked brass knuckles said.
"Thats terrible! Don't worry, we'll help you out of here!" Monster said encouragingly.
"Y-yeah, but-but how? I don't see any way for us to get through that thing!" Morty exclaimed.
"All it takes is a little elbow grease. Watch and learn!" Sylvia said confidently. She tucked her head and charged forward, but she wasn't strong enough.
"I think that was too much grease; not enough elbow." Monster said.
"Very funny..."
"Well I wasn't TRYING to be funny, but I'm glad it made you happy!" Monster said with a smile.
"...Yeah, sure." Sylvia said, deadpan.
"Anyway, I think I got an idea!" Monster walked over to the cell and stood there for a moment. He then jammed one of his horns in the spacing between the barrier and the barriers border and started pulling back like a living crowbar.
"Oh, I see where you're going with this." Sylvia grabbed of Monster's hands and started pulling, "Come on, kid, lend us a hand."
"I-I don't see how much I could help! I-I mean, I'm not all that stro-" Morty was cut off by Sylvia wrapping her tail around one of his arms. Morty sighed and started pulling, and the trio managed to make a large bend in the rim of the cell, disrupting the flow of the barrier and disarming it.
"Yay, teamwork!" Monster cheered.
"Indeed, there is strength in numbers." Antapithian Guardian said.
"You all are a bunch of softies..." Sylvia grumbled.
"Whats wrong with being soft? I'd rather have my fur be soft than be rough like sandpaper or something." Monster said.
"That isn't what she means by 'soft'." Antapithian Brawler said, "She means we are weak for being peaceful folk rather than violent. Not everyones a Necro."
"Hey, my buddys a pacifist and he's not weak. All I was saying is that you guys couldn't hold your own in a fight, which I wouldn't be surprised if we gotta whollop someone here pretty soon..."
"It is an inevitability, but do not take us Antapithians lightly. We just might surprise you." Antapithian Guardian said.
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Meanwhile, Finn, Eren, and Shizuo approached a cell with light-purple toeless humanoids with long floppy arms and purple ribbon-like bands hanging from their wrists.
"Whoa! You guys from Lumpy Space?" Finn asked, a little surprised at their odd appearance.
"No, we are from the nation Purpletopia. We are the Purpletopians, and I am the Purpletopian Shaman, the nations leader. We don't have the power like the Tetsuyans, we don't have the populace like the Necros, and we don't have the defenses like the Antapithians, but we DO have the resources." a Purpletopian with a dark-purple hue, a tail, and hair split into 4 ends slightly resembling a flat banana peel said.
"What do you mean by 'resources'?" Shizuo asked.
"Our specialty is trade. We import and export a wide variety of goods from other nations, and we learn a lot about them that way. I am a Purpletopian Scout." a female Purpletopian with two crossed diagonal stripes on her body, thin bat wings, and hair in 4 short bangs said.
"We are also very swift and stealthy, able to function as great spies and, when needed, great thieves. I am a Purpletopian Thief." a female Purpletopian with a diagonal purple stripe on her body, a purple sack-like back protrusion, and hair in 4 long bangs said.
"Of course, we are left wide open in a wide open area, which is where we somehow brought into as our nation became black and horrid. This solider had a robot army and made swift work of us...and now we're here. I am a Purpletopian Troop." a Purpletopian with longer and thicker bands and arms, a zig-zag diagonal stripe on his body, and hair in 4 spikes sticking straight up said.
"...I can respect a nation that survives by wit and intelegance alone in the face of stronger and more dangerous enemies." Eren stated.
"And I can break you out easy." Shizuo began punching the barrier, causing it to flicker but not breaking it. He sighed a little and began kicking hard at the side of the frame, bending it inward by a pretty wide margin and disarming the barrier.
"How in Glob's name did you get so strong?!" Finn exclaimed.
"It was something I just...built up from not caring about personal injury and a lot of people pissing me off, ONE in particular, but its not really something I actually pride myself in..." Shizuo explained, adjusting his shades.
"Excuse us, if the two of you wouldn't mind giving us intel on your gear?" Purpletopian Shaman asked, looking at Finn and Eren.
"Well I wouldn't really call this gear, but..." the grass blade around Finn's arm unraveled into a green sword, "This is my sword, the Grass Sword, which kinda has a mind of its own. Its also cursed so I can never never get rid of it, but thats okay because its RADICAL!"
"A cursed living sword? Quite interesting..." Purpletopian Troop said.
"This is the Three-Dimensional Maneuver Gear, everyone in the military where I come from has it. As implied by its name, it allows precise movement in nearly any direction during combat. It uses grappling hooks and gas chambers to give us a sort of limited form of flight. Lastly, it come equipped with two large machetes." Eren explained,
"A gadget like that would come in very handy for the non-Scouting Purpletopians!" Purpletopian Scout said with excitement.
"Once we escape from this world, we will find a way to contact your people so we may trade that gear with them." Purpletopian Thief said.
"Yeah, well lets not get our priorities out of order here." Shizuo stated.
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Wander, K'nuckles, and Sid approached a cell filled with alien creatures.
"Wow! What planet are YOU guys from?!" Wander asked anxiously.
"WE are the Raykuusans, inhabitants of the powerful nation Raykuusa! I am the Dictator and rule over the populace with mass mind control! If you dare to cross me, you will answer to my Bodyguards!" a short orange Raykuusan with a head shaped like an upside-down trapezoid, stubby limbs, black markings on his forehead, and dark-blue pupiless eyes said. He pointed to a large green monster with orange claws, pinchers, red eyes, and flat wings.
"I am a Raykuusan Governor, who rules over the citizens but still at the mercy of our Dictator. We are a war-happy nation who have never lost a battle due to our vast arsenal of powerful weaponry and technology!" a short teal Raykuusan with an egg-shaped head, stubby limbs, black markings on his forehead with a thick one down the middle of his face, and light-blue pupiless eye said.
"But that record was broken when we were brought to a world of black where a man with a large armada of technologically-advanced super soldiers seemed to be waiting for us. We were unarmed and our telekinetic abilities were not enough to come out victorious...I am a Raykuusan Solider." a tall grey Raykuusan with a black headband said.
"Uhh...Okaaay, welllll...nice meeting ya, I guess..." K'nuckles said uneasily, backing away slowly.
"Yeah...we'll see ya later." Sid said, also backing away.
"Where you guys goin'?" Wander asked.
"Far away from these psychos." Sid whispered.
"What?! But we gotta free 'em first!"
"You must have a screw loose or something, boy. Didn't you hear them say that they never lost a battle?!" K'nuckles said to him.
"Of course I did! Thats why we gotta free 'em!"
"Uhh, I ain't followin' ya, boy."
"Welllll, if they never lost, then think about how helpful they will be!"
"I think they would kill us before they would help us." Sid said.
"Yeah, why would a bunch of killer aliens want to help us?" K'nuckles added.
"Because they wanna get home as bad as WE do!" Wander happily exclaimed.
"Where they have all their killer weapons, right?" K'nuckles said sarcastically.
"Exactly!" Wander said, missing the point entirely.
"Look, boy, even if we WANTED to help ya, we can't. How are you guys supposed to break them out?"
"Pfft! Thats easy! You said you were really strong, so you should be able to break that barrier lickety-split!"
"Yeah, you're right, buuuuuut I still think its a crazy idea!"
"Crazy, impossible, and suicidal." Sid added, counting on his fingers.
"You guys are just bein' silly! I'LL free them, then!" Wander strolled up to the cell, lifted up his hat, and grabbed a banjo and a welding torch that he appeared to be hiding underneath.
"You just keep those things under your hat always?" Sid asked.
"Nope! The hat just gives me what I need!" Wander started strumming a tune on his banjo with one hand while using the welding torch on the cell border with the other. After a moment, a section of the border fell off and disabled the barrier.
"You're freeeeee!" Wander sang to the Raykuusans as they marched out.
"Thank you...you FOOLS!" Raykuusan Dictator narrowed his eyes and Sid, K'nuckles, and Wander stiffened up and entered a trance-like state. He then heard a loud clang behind him and turned around, seeing the Necro Ruler staring him down and huffing angrily. Raykuusan Dictator glanced at the Governor, who went under his mind control and took over taking over the minds of the trio who freed them.
"LET. THEM. GO." Necro Ruler ordered.
"I think you should watch who you threaten." Raykuusan Dictator narrowed his eyes at Necro Ruler, but nothing happened.
"Your mind manipulation does not work on my people! ZOMBIES LACK MIIIIINDS!" Full of rage, Necro Ruler swung his battleaxe down upon Raykuusan Dictator, but his Bodyguard grabbed the weapon with its pinchers.
"Why does your kind care for these beings more inferior than your kind already IS?"
"Because they helped us." Necro Solider spoke up, "The last thing Necros like is working with others, but all of us share a common goal: Escape from this world. It may be an alien concept to you aliens, but there is strength in numbers, no matter what their end result may be."
Just then, Necro Menace leapt up from behind the other undeads and smacked the Raykuusan Bodyguard with its large tail, knocking it into the Raykuusan Governor and freeing Wander, K'nuckles, and Sid from the races' mind control. Raykuusan Solider jumped at the reptilian monster, but Necro Menace roared so loudly that it knocked the alien to the floor.
"...I think I just made a mess of myself." a frightened Sid said to himself.
"This would be the perfect opportunity for us Necro's to CRUSH you Raykuusans into DUST because without all of your WEAPONRY, you are NOTHING! HOWEVER, we made a VERBAL treaty which we shall NOT break!...For as long as we REMAIN in this world! If you are NOT part of this treaty, then you are our ENEMY, and we WILL FINALLY destroy YOU!" Necro Ruler shouted.
"So, big guy, why do ya feel the need to emphasize random words when ya talk?" K'nuckles interjected, but quickly shut up when Necro Beast growled loudly at him.
After a long silence, Raykuusan Dictator nodded once. "Then we shall abide by this treaty for the time being..."
"Welllllll GREAT! Since we're all friends now, lets go round up with the others!" Wander said excitedly.
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The large group convened near the door of the chamber, ready to leave.
"So was that all that was? A prison?" Pixel asked.
"Not really much of a prison. No showers, no cavity searches, nothing to look forward to!" Roger complained.
"You are one weird alien..." Tetsuyan Ninja murmured.
"Just get us out of here!" Raykuusan Solider shouted.
"Yeah, and lemme guess, you n-EEE-d me to hold your guys' hand one more time?" Rick sneered. He didn't need to, because the door suddenly opened.
"Was that the magic word?" Monster asked.
"Who cares, lets hurry up and get out before it closes again!" K'nuckles said. The group quickly scrambled out the door and turned around to face the structure and the door closed immediately.
"So now what?" Sid asked.
"Thats a good question." Robot said.
"Yeah, I mean, where do we even start?" Antapithian Recruiter wondered.
"Don't worry, I have something to keep the lot of you entertained!" a menacing voice from within the chamber said. The door opened, revealing General Kane and an army of his female cyborgs.
"Thats the man from before!" Amaretian Witchdoctor exclaimed, pointing at General Kane.
"Eh, he don't look so tough." Hunter said.
"Looks can be deceiving." Antapithian Guardian told him.
"Yes, remember, he defeated all of us." Tetsuyan Master added.
"Yeah? Well lets see him defeat all of US!" Veemon boasted.
"You shouldn't take things that don't belong to you. I did not imprison the people of those pathetic nations just for them to walk away free." General Kane said demeaningly.
"You say that like these people belong to you!" Morty exclaimed.
"They do when their nations are conquered!"
"We'll we're gonna UNconquer them!" Pixel retorted.
"Hm hm hm, is that so...?" General Kane challenged, pulling out a pistol and aiming it in the Graffitician's direction.
"I really hope you don't think you can kill us with that thing..." Shizuo scoffed.
"No, because I'm going to kill you with THESE!" General Kane looked at 2 cyborgs on either side of him and, in unison, they touched the back of their hands that was accompanied by a beep.
Out of a dimensional portal, General Kane's flying base flew out and hovered above its maker before shooting down a beam of light that transported him within the base.
"Wow, that thing looks like something Dr. Eggman would create." Tails stated.
"So is he j-UUS-t gonna leave us with his army of Gazorpazorp sex drones to take down?" Rick wondered.
"Well I'm cool with kicking some robot butt." Finn stated.
"So is Wario!" Wario said, flexing his muscles.
"I hope by 'robot butt', they don't mean ROBOT butt!" Monster whispered to Robot.
Then, two tubes dropped from General Kane's base and landed between his army and the army of heroes. These tubes opened up and the roboticied versions of Yubel and Devin stepped out. Yubel's wings were metalic and jet-like, her third eye was completely red, her claws and talons were larger and sharper, she had a metalic breastplate, and her hair was made of wires tied tightly together. Devin's hair was metalic silver, his sword was metal and electricity crackled around it, the orbs on his clothes were red pulsating lights, his eyes were replaced with a black visor, and his shirt and pants were light gray. (I reposted their descriptions for viewer convenience since it was so long ago.)
"Time to give my new additions a test run!" General Kane said over an intercom from his base.
"Did...did he turn those two into robots?!" Sid exclaimed.
"He did. These two are Yubel and Devin." one of the cyborgs explained.
"Do you think he was planning to do the same to all of us?" Cirnean Planner wondered.
"He was. The lot of you would have made excellent additions." another cyborg explained.
"THAT is NOT happening! The only ones who TRANSFORM our enemies are the NECROS!" Necro Ruler shouted, then decapitated that cyborg with a swing of his battleaxe.
"...Guess thats our cue to fight." Amaretian Ninja stated.
Purpletopian Troop jumped forward and began smacking Cyborgs to the ground with his huge whip-like arms, Amaretian Fighter then finished them off by stabbing them in the chest with his spear with his eyes shut tight.
Shizuo punched out cyborgs with a single swing of his fist to their faces, Wario grabbed cyborgs and crushed them by piledriving them into the ground, and Finn sliced them clean in half with his sword.
"These new forces are very powerful." one of the cyborgs stated.
"Don't you forget the rest of us!" Antapithian Brawler shouted, running up to her and piercing her through the chest with his spiked brass knuckles. However he was caught off guard by a swoop from Yubel, who slashed him across the middle with her talons.
"Don't you forget about the rest of us either." another cyborg told him.
Four cyborgs surrounded Wander and Sid, charging up energy blasts in their hands, but were swept off their feet by tail swipes from Sylvia, then crushed by tail slams from Necro Menace.
"I wish I had a tail like that." Sid said, looking at his small stub of a tail.
Three cyborgs charged forward at Veemon, Tails, and Robot, but Tails grabbed Robot and flew above them using his tails as propellors while Veemon slammed into the head of one cyborg with a headbutt. The other 2 cyborgs grabbed him, but were knocked down by Tails throwing Robot at one, and Purpletopian Scout kicking the other.
"Thanks for that." Veemon and Robot said in unison; the former sincerley and the latter sarcastically. The 3 downed cyborgs then had their necks snapped by Raykuusan Solider, Necro Solider, and Cirnean Royal Guard.
A cyborg fired blasts at Hunter, who was charging toward her, and he leapt over each one without losing momentum. He made one final jump at the cyborg's face, but went high into the air instead of lunging downward.
"What the heck?!" he looked up and noticed Yubel had him in her talons and was flying higher and higher. Hunter heard a low-pitched wooshing sound from below, and up came Meta Knight, spinning around horizontally with bat wings and his sword held out high and surrounded in a large light-orange twister. Yubel dashed out of the way, but as soon as Meta Knight reached her level, he stopped spinning and flew straight forward with his sword pointed straight forward. Yubel swung her claws and Meta Knight vanished in an instant, only to appear right behind her and slash her across the back. This caught Yubel off-guard and caused her grip on Hunter to loosen enough for the cheetah to get free.
"I don't think landing on my feet is going to save me from this fall!" he exclaimed. There was a golden flash of light and Antapithian Guardian appeared and wrapped Hunter in her wings as she gently floated down, meeting Meta Knight when she reached the ground.
"Those machines possess grand strength and reflexes." he explained.
"Yes." Antapithian Guardian said with a nod. Hunter tried speaking, but his speech was muffled. Her eyes widened and she unfolded he wings, releasing Hunter who coughed up a couple feathers.
"Thanks for the save." he said.
A group of 8 cyborgs fired a barrage of blasts at Ahjeen, Roger, Elsa, and Pixel while charging forward. The two ice users combined their power to create an ice barrier strong enough to tank the attacks.
"I didn't know ice was that strong." Pixel said to himself.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Roger screamed annoyingly.
"What?" Ahjeen asked, exasperated, having dealt with the aliens nonsense already. He gasped as he turned around and saw Devin charging toward them. "Elsa, QUICK!"
The duo put up another ice barrier, this one behind them. After a moment, the ice started to crack and Devin burst through the wall, having slashed right through it with his electric sword. At the same time, the 8 cyborgs had scaled the wall, jumped down to the other side, and had energy blasts charged in their hands.
"Ohhhhh geez!" Pixel said uneasily, then drew a dark-red octopus that immediately grew to an enormous size and slapped down each of its tentacles on the cyborgs.
Elsa threw her arm forward, shooting a projectile of ice magic at Devin, who deflected it right back at her with a swing of his sword, which Ahjeen blocked by causing a large crystal of ice to shoot up in front of Elsa. Devin slashed off the top of the crystal, jumped on it, and lunged at Elsa, but a grappling hook shot into his leg and pulled back, causing him to slam into crystal face-first.
"HA! Jump much?" Roger taunted. Another grappling hook shot into the crystal and Eren reeled in at high speed using the gas chambers from his 3D Maneuver Gear, then grabbed his swords and slashed Devin clear across the back as he retracted the grapples and landed behind Ahjeen and the others.
"That was super cool!" Pixel said.
"Whoa! How much didja work out to do that?" Roger asked.
"In my world, I went through military training, and we HAVE to be that swift and accurate if we want to massacre the Titans without suffering a lot of casualties."
"Heh, well I'VE got a titan you can massacre!" Roger said suggestively, then nudged Ahjeen. "No, no, I'm...I'm actually pretty small." he whispered to him. Ahjeen backed away a little after being told this.
Devin rushed up and nearly stabbed Ahjeen in the back, but Tetsuyan Chainweilder tripped him up by wrapping his chain around his foot.
"Never turn your back on your opponent." he told him.
"Uhh, yeah! Thanks for the save!" Ahjeen replied.
"Hey! Its the chain man! Mind doin' that thing ya did earlier?" Roger asked him.
"Cant you do anything, I dunno, USEFUL?" Pixel asked him with a sigh, but Roger ignored him.
Devin sliced through the chain, jumped up, and swung his sword in front of him, sending out an electric shockwave. Antapithian Spellbreaker ran to them quickly, threw his hand forward, and caused the shockwave to vanish in a flash of pink light.
"I guess its YOUR turn to be thankful." Roger told the Tetsuyan.
"Thank you, Antapithian." Tetsuyan Chainwielder said with a bow.
Rosalina, Rick, Morty, Monster, K'nuckles, and Manny were facing a small army of 15 cyborgs.
"Boy there sure are a lot of these things." Monster said worriedly as they marched toward them.
"Yeah, and we gotta beat them all!" Manny shot one of his grappling claws, which crushed the skull of one cyborg, but 3 others electrified their hands and grabbed his chain, sending an electric current down it and shocking Manny.
"Looks like you guys are gonna have to go long range on this one." K'nuckles said, pulling out a brown bottle and drinking it.
"You brought alcohol?" Rick asked him.
"Huh? What? No, this is maple syrup."
"You DRINK maple syrup?" Manny said disgustedly.
"I don't DRINK it, I'm ADDICTED to it, kid. Also, its the closest thing I got to candy."
"Its not THAT weird. My friend Robot and I drink bacon juice." Monster added, which made Manny gag.
"Uhhh, guys? I think this can wait! We kinda got an army of robots here!" Morty exclaimed, pointing at the cyborgs.
"Relax, M-OOR-ty, the way to stop an army is with another army." Rick pulled out a black cube with a glowing blue circle at the top and touched it, causing a blue humanoid with black dots for eyes to appear in a puff of smoke.
"I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!" it said.
"Meeseeks, go and kill one of those cyborgs."
"CAAAAAN DO!" Meeseeks charged at a cyborg, who tried blasting him, but the shots had no effect. He then quickly grabbed her by the head, snapped her neck, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"What was THAT?!" Manny asked.
"Thats a Meeseeks, a creature who can't die until it has performed the specific task it has been assigned, and there is nothing more a Meeseeks wants than to die." Rick explained.
The remaining 13 cyborgs had charged up energy blasts and fired them, so Rosalina quickly summoned a pink star-like creature with black dots for eyes that opened its mouth wide, swallowing each blast and growing bigger each time.
"TRANSFORM!" it said in a squeaky voice and, in a burst of smoke and light, turned into a small grassy planet with criss-crossing stone paths. Rosalina then waved her arms down, and the planet came crashing down on the cyborgs, incinerating them in a large red explosion.
"...Well, the good thing about Tooth Fairy here stealing my glory is we don't have to worry about the Meeseeks turning on us when we run out of cyborgs to kill." Rick stated.
Meta Knight, Hunter, and Antapithian Guardian were still dealing with the cybernetic Yubel.
"So how in the heck do we destroy this thing?" Hunter asked.
"With brute force." Shizuo said, approaching them alongside Finn and Wario.
"But she flies!"
"And so can Wario!" Wario boasted.
"You don't even look like you can jump, let alone fly, man." Finn told him.
"With THIS I can!" Wario then took out what looked like a rotten clove of garlic with angry face. "DA DUH DUH DAAAAA!" he sang a fanfare as he held it up high.
"DUDE! You're not gonna EAT that, are you?! Not even my bro JAKE would eat that!" Finn exclaimed, disgusted.
Wario looked at Finn for a moment and then swallowed the garlic whole. After a moment, Wario began glowing and spinning around rapidly, eventually stopping and in a new wardrobe. He now wore a purple outfit with a blue 'W' on it, a purple mask, a blue cape, and red gloves and boots.
"WHOA! What happened to YOU?!" Hunter asked.
"I'm WARIO MAN!" Wario boasted.
"Well, Wario Man, show us your flight." Shizuo challenged.
Wario Man nodded, jumped up, spread out his arms and legs, and began spinning horizontally in the air, which remarkably made him ascend.
"Remarkable." Antapithian Guardian said.
Yubel slashed at Wario Man with her talons, but he grabbed her by the legs and began spinning her around in mid-air.
"This guy just doesn't care about the laws of physics!" Hunter said to Finn, pointing at Wario Man.
Yubel tried slashing him with her claws, but the force of the spinning prevented her from moving. Wario Man then wrapped his legs around her waist, followed by his arms, then turned himself around and began spinning towards the ground, performing a rotating suplex.
"Now he's REALLY not caring!" Hunter continued.
"But he might win; that is all that matters." Meta Knight told him.
Wario Man slammed Yubel's head into the ground, crushing her head and sending out a small blue shockwave. While this didn't kill her, she was short-circuiting and could barely function.
"Shizuo, get ready for the Wario pitch!" Wario Man told the blonde bartender.
"Right." he said, winding up a punch.
Wario Man began the same spinning maneuver, this time on the ground, and let go; throwing Yubel. "Have a rotten day!" he taunted.
"HUAH!" With a small yell, Shizuo threw a punch right into Yubel's chest, his fist going right through her and making her explode. Antapithian Guardian wrapped her wings around Finn and Hunter, shielding them from the debris while Meta Knight deflected them with Mach Tornado.
"So what happens to her now?" Finn wondered after Antapithian Guardian let him and Hunter go. His question was answered when Yubel appeared in a golden pillar of light, having been revived by Lumiere.
"What in the-?! Where in the-?! Where is Devin?! He and I were just busting through some army sergeants ship! Who are YOU guys?" Yubel asked, looking around everywhere.
"You were cybernetically transformed by General Kane, who unleashed you and your friend to battle us. Wario Man and Shizuo destroyed you, which allowed you to be revived by Lumiere." Meta Knight explained.
"OH! Speaking of which, nice job, Wario Man! Sorry for doubting you and stuff." Finn said, but Wario Man didn't hear him as he was passed out and back to normal Wario.
"Heh, looks like that form tuckers him out." Hunter said.
"Yeaaaaaah, so is Devin still a robot?" Yubel said, not really caring about Wario.
"We believe, but I am sure the others will bring him back to our side." Antapithian Guardian told her.
Ahjeen, Elsa, Roger, Pixel, Eren, Tetsuyan Chainwielder, and Antapithian Spellbreaker were still facing cybernetic Devin.
"Come on, you guys, its 1 versus 7, how hard can it BE?!" Roger exclaimed.
"More like 1 vs 6..." Ahjeen said through gritted teeth, trying to hide his frustration.
Devin swung his sword downward, causing a bolt of lightning to come down upon Roger.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" he screamed, then fell face-first to the ground.
"Is he dead?" Pixel wondered.
"No." Ahjeen said in a low-pitched voice. While he thought Roger was annoying, he would never wish death on him.
Devin swung his sword down again, but Elsa was prepared this time. As he went through the motion, she quickly created a wave-shaped barrier of ice that curved above her group, which was strong enough to withstand the strike.
"Guys! Look." Pixel said, holding up what resembled a pink toy robot with a huge antenna.
"What is it?" Eren asked.
"Its a rubber robot lightning rod!" the Graffitician said proudly.
"Pixel, I don't think that will effectively draw in his lightning bolts." Elsa told him.
"Pfft! Whatever." Pixel tossed the robot to the side, then stepped out of the ice barrier toward Devin.
"What are you doing?!" Antapithian Spellbreaker exclaimed, worried that he was just signing away his life. Devin swung his sword horizontally, but Antapithian Spellbreaker dispelled the attack again, so Devin swung his sword downward and, remarkably, Pixel's Graffiti Creature drew in the attack and suffered no damage.
"HA!" Pixel snapped his fingers, looking triumphant.
"How incredible, it worked." Tetsuyan Chainweilder said.
"Nows our chance!" Eren shouted.
Tetsuyan Chainwielder swung his chain at Devin, wrapping it tightly around his sword. Devin swung his sword back, effectively stealing Tetsuyan Chainwielder's chain, but a huge icicle created by Ahjeen formed above him and fell on top of him, pinning him to the ground. Devin tried lifting his sword, but icicles created by Elsa came up through the ground and pierced through his entire arm.
Tetsuyan Chainwielder briskly walked over and took his chain back, as well as Devin's sword. "I have too much honor to destroy a warrior with his own weapon, but I figure it would be a fitting end."
Suddenly, Roger stumbled over to him, grabbed the sword, and swiftly jabbed it through Devin's skull. "THERE! Was THAT so hard? I mean, how...how hard is it to kill a ROBOT?! Robots don't have souls! Your 'honor' is just a load of...a load of...crap!" he said, slurring his words as if he was drunk.
"Are you...intoxicated?" Ahjeen wondered.
"Are YOU intoxicated?"
"Huh? No!"
"Well you SHOULD be...you'd be a helluva lot more fun if you were hammered!"
"How did you even acquire an alcoholic substance?" Antapithian Spellbreaker wondered.
"I stole it from that meth dealer guy Ahjeen and I partnered up with when we released those prisoner warrior guys! I'm more of a wine guy, but out here in blacky wasteville here, ya cant be too picky! You act like this was the first time you've seen me drunk!"
"Because it IS!" Ahjeen exclaimed in frustration.
"No...no its not. Didn't you see me pass out before? Its weird, because I'm definitely not a lightweight!"
"Thats because you got struck by lighting!"
"I know! Thats what it felt like! One instant, I'm all well, but in a flash, I black ou- BLLLUUUUAAAAAHHHH!" Roger vomited before he could finish his sentence, then passed out face-first in it.
"That alien's weird." Pixel said to Eren, pointing at Roger.
Devin was revived by Lumiere in a golden pillar of light and looked at everyone, kind of confused. "What happened to me? Where am I?"
"General Kane turned you into an evil robot, but we killed you and you came back to life all normal." Pixel explained, being pretty blunt.
"Wow. The last I remember is breaking into his ship with Yubel."
"Is she that bat thing? Cuz she was turned into a robot too."
"Huh?!"
"I wouldn't worry about it, other people in our group are fighting and I'm sure they'll kill her."
"You...aren't the best with words, Pixel." Elsa said to him.
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General Kane watched from his base as the entire group converged together again.
"Hmm, just as I expected..." he said.
"What were your expectations, sir?" the cyborg next to him asked.
"Those nations we conquered, as one, they were able to exterminate the cyborg army they previously fell against. Those who freed them only added to it. United we stand; divided we fall, as they say. Although I did not expect those two that were roboticized to fall so easily."
"So do you mean you sent them into battle knowing none of them would survive?!"
"Remember your place, Number 2758!" General Kane shouted at her.
"...I apologize, sir, I was out of line. What is your next move?"
"Mechelle is not the only ultimate weapon I possess." General Kane said as he walked down a long hallway to a small safe built into the wall. He put his finger on a scanner, causing a display panel to appear. He inputted the passcode and the safe opened up, storing what resembled a blue marble with the number '627' written on it in a containment field. He took the marble and walked into a bare room with a large circular marking on the ground; Number 2758 followed him.
"Is that some sort of explosive?" she asked.
"No, it is a far more lethal weapon. Bring me a canteen of water, Number 2758."
"Yes sir." the cyborg left the room and, after a moment, came back with the item in question. General Kane poured the water on to the marble, which caused it to glow yellow and expand. Right when it did, he quickly punched a large red button on the wall and the object was beamed down from the ship to the ground in front of the group of heroes.
"It activates with water?"
"Yes, and it is vital that I transport it before its activation is complete, as it would deal massive damage to this base."
"So what IS it?"
"Its something that must be seen to be believed." General Kane said as he walked back over to the large window, narrowing his eyes and smugly smirking.
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In a dark realm.
"Hmhmhm, I'm impressed you were able to transport a new set of pieces, Lumiere." Tenebris said.
"Well, one of yours certainly aided in that process." Lumiere replied.
"Thats quite the smug attitude you have."
"And why shouldn't I? The heroes are doing better than you expected."
"That may be true, but I could not say the same for YOU."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you really think that damage to your seal was an accident? I could have simply hit you with that attack, and the impact wasn't even what caused the damage, it was a seprate action."
"Why...why would you do that?"
"To make things interesting and to give you a fighting chance."
"So you intentionally gave yourself a handicap?"
"HAHAHA! 'Handicap'?! Don't get too cocky and underestimate me, Lumiere! I am still far more powerful than YOU are!"
"True. But together, THEY are more powerful than you are!"
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Alright! Another update! And it didn't take over a year to happen this time!
So yeah, as if this story didn't have ENOUGH characters, here is another batch! And this one is quite diverse! (Ahjeen is a dream character, by the way.) I've also been meaning to add Tails, Pixel, and Finn for awhile, but I didn't really see them as good 'suddenly appear to assist a previous group' characters.
Those nations are actually nations my senior class created in government class. (The Raykuusans were mine.) Some of the things the inhabitants explain about their nation are true, while others are things I made up. This thing with the nations is actually an idea I had for this story almost since the beginning. I knew I wanted them all to be locked up and getting freed by a group, but I could never figure out how to implement that into the story. I eventually forgotten about it, but after looking at some cards I made of the nations, I remembered, and with a new group being introduced, it was the perfect opportunity!
(By the way, the groups who went over to assist the nations were picked via a randomizer.)