Chapter 3: Journey to Ooo

I was packing the last of my bags into the Rainbow Cruiser, a ship that was made for traveling purposes. "That's everything," said Daisy, "Daisy is really excited for this trip." "We're waiting for one more person," I said. "Who's that?" asked Natalie. "His girlfriend," said Saria. I blushed and said, "Shut up." "There she is," said Saria. I saw Aariqua coming by in a white shirt and a blue tie. "Kawaii," I said to myself. She smiled as she saw me. "Sorry to keep you waiting," she said running her hand through her hair. I saw an elderly woman beside her. "Hello," I said. "So this is the man you told me about," she said as she smiled. "Ba-chan! (Grandma)," said Aariqua. She flicked her nose. "I'm Aariqua's grandmother," she said as she shook my hand, "She's told me so much about you." "Oh," I said, "That's nice."

She started to circle around me. "You have to promise to take care of my little Konswalah," she said, "She's a little special." "Ba-chan, don't tell him that," said Aariqua rubbing her nose. I noticed a blue star around her neck. "I like your necklace," I said. "This is the Aqua Star of Zenith," said Aariqua, "My grandmother gave it to me." "Its going to protect you and it has some perks too," said her grandmother. "Hey Nick, let's move," said Natalie, "Its vacation time." Aariqua hugged her grandmother. "Bye grandma," she said walking with me to the rainbow cruiser. Her grandmother gave me a hug. "Make sure she doesn't get hurt fireboy," she said. "No problem," I said. I walked with Aariqua.

Daisy grinned at me. "Who's your little friend?" asked Maddy. "Her name's Aariqua," I said, "She was in my jazz band class." "Hello," she said, "I guess I haven't introduced myself to your friends." "Kissy-kissy," said Daisy. Aariqua blushed. "My name is Aariqua Konswalah Middleton," she said, "You're Daisy right?" "Yep," said Daisy, "Daisy is really happy to meet Nick's girlfriend." I blushed a deep red. She giggled and shook her hand. "I think we'll be great friends," she said. "She refers to herself in 3rd person," I said. "I see," said Aariqua as she was holding my hand. The rainbow cruiser started and we were heading to the land of Ooo. "This is going to be really fun," she said. Saria was looking at the clouds. "It feels so good being in the sky," she said. "That's because you're a wind element," I said, "I'd take the ground any day." "You're a noob," said Saria. "Daisy thinks this is gonna be fun," said Daisy. "Why do you keep referring to yourself in 3rd person?" asked Natalie. "Daisy likes referring to herself in 3rd person," said Daisy.

Meanwhile

Finn and Jake were walking to Princess Bubblegum's castle. "And then she snuggled with me," said Finn. "Cool," said Jake, "You're sealing the deal." "Seal the deal," said Bmo. "Thanks guys," said Finn. Little did they know that someone was watching them. "There they are," said someone, "And there's the princess." A pirate ship went sailing closer to the Candy Kingdom. Princess Bubblegum went to greet them. "Hi Finn," she said. "Hi," said Finn, "I heard some people were taking a vacation here." "Yeah," said Princess Bubblegum, "After they get settled, we can get some time together." She smiled at him. "What?" asked Finn. "You're so cute Finn," said Princess Bubblegum. They heard a noise. "What was that?" asked Jake. "I'll check it out," said Finn. He went up to the roof. Someone knocked him out. "Get the princess!" said someone. Pirates came and attacked the castle. Princess Bubblegum made a run for it. Someone got in her way. It was the captain. "Oh no," he said, "You're staying with me princess."

We were heading into Candy Kingdom Territory. "Now we just check in with the princess and get our hotel," said Natalie. Daisy was looking down to the ground. "You might wanna see this," she said. She was looking at a pirate carrying the princess. "That's princess Bubblegum!" said Saria, "Somebody ought to do something." I went to the end of the Rainbow Cruiser. "What are you doing?" asked Maddy. "Taking care of business," I said. I jumped down and sky dove down to the ground and landed safely. "You belong to me princess," said the pirate, "Now I'm taking you to the boss." "Avast ye scurvy dog!" I said. He turned around to see me. "Drop the candy princess," I said. "Make me," he said, "You think you can take on Captain Grungebeard?" "What a weird name," I said. I got out my morpher. "Go, go Star Warrior!" I said. I morphed into Kasai. He dropped the princess and came at me. I dodged his attacks. "So you're a pirate," I said, "Aren't you supposed to be stealing treasure and not women?" "Shut it!" said Grungebeard. He landed a punch on me but I got right back up.

Finn saw an opportunity to get the princess to safety. Aariqua was watching me fight. "He's so cool," she said. Grungebeard knocked me to the cruiser and Aariqua was knocked down. He caught her. "Let her go!" I said. "Not a chance," he said. He got out a pistol and aimed it at my head. "Surrender now," he said. I put my arm up secretly holding the 8th Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" I said. I froze time and got Aariqua out of his hands. I then kicked Grungebeard behind the back. "You'll pay for that boy!" he said as he tried to attack me. Finn blocked him with his sword. "Beat it!" said Finn. Grungebeard realized he was outnumbered. "You win this time," he said. He ran off and disappeared. I powered down and helped Aariqua up. "Are you ok?" I asked. She gave me a hug. "I am now," she said. She kissed me on the cheek. "Thank you," she said. I saw Saria recording. "Shut up," I said, "Stop! We're not doing this again!" I chased her around. Princess Bubblegum got up. "Thank you for saving me Finn," she said. "No problem," said Finn. She hugged him. "That was pretty cool out there," I said. "Shmowzow!" said Finn, "Its you! The Kasai!" "That's right," I said as I shook Finn's hand. "Its an honor to finally meet you," he said.

Meanwhile…..

Shockwave, Warhog and the others snuck back into the GSI secret weapon lab. "This is where we will find all the gadgets we need to build this army," said Shockwave. Warhog found some machine guns and other things. Rocky Wrench found a suit of stronger armor. "Let's see the Star Kids handle this," he said. Shockwave was looking for something. "Its not here," he said. "What?" asked Rocky Wrench. Shockwave blew something up. "They hid that weapon!" said Shockwave. "What do you mean?" asked Warhog. "That thing will help me control my power," said Shockwave, "How am I gonna find it now?" "They must've known you would come here for it," said War-hog. "Its here somewhere and I will find out," said Shockwave. He pressed a button and 7 doors opened. "What's all this?" asked Shockwave.

"The future," said Zant, "I've been keeping this part of GSI a secret for a long time." Shockwave was looking at a suit. "This is it," said Shockwave, "Ultimate power." "Now who's this man you were talking about, Shockwave?" asked War-hog. "He's a co-CEO of GSI," said Shockwave. "How will we find him?" asked Zant. "Elvin," said Shockwave, "We'll make him tell us where he is." "Good," said Zant, "But how do we get in?" "Maybe I can help," said someone. It was Carl. "On one condition," he said.

We were at the hotel where we were staying for the month. "Its really generous of you to let us stay here," said Saria. "It's the least I could do," said Princess Bubblegum. I looked around the hotel. "This place is huge," I said. "I'll say," said Daisy. She and Izzy went around to play. "Do you wanna go outside for a little bit?" I asked Aariqua. "Yeah," she said. We were at a balcony at the hotel looking at the sunset. "Its such a beautiful day," said Aariqua. "Yeah," I said. "Yeah," said Aariqua, "I had no idea you were muscular and well tone." That made me blush. "Oh," I said. "I almost got a nose bleed when I saw you lifting weights in gym class shirtless," said Aariqua. "You did?" I asked. "Yeah," said Aariqua. I smiled. "What else do you like about me?" I asked. She blushed. "Lots of things," said Aariqua, "You're talented at music, a great athlete, nice, caring, sweet and well tone." "I didn't know," I said. "Yeah, I like you," said Aariqua. "You do?" I asked. "Why wouldn't I?" she asked. "Well, most girls like to mess with me," I said. "Oh," said Aariqua.

"Yeah," I said, "One time I was asked on a date and on the day of the date, I got stood up." "Aww," she said. "Yeah, and I get used and made fun of," I said, "And you know how girls say that they just like a guy as a friend? Well they don't even think of me that way." "Oh," said Aariqua. "Yeah," I said, "And you remember me talking about Toadstool. She dumped me for Carl." "That's just wrong," said Aariqua. "But I'm glad to know you like me," I said. "Yeah," said Aariqua, "You're just as interesting as me I guess." I smiled. "Remember that trip to Cedar Point we had?" I asked. "Yeah," said Aariqua, "You were really nice to me. I was really happy when you found me in the rain, and I wanted to be closer to you after that." "Really?" I asked. "Yeah," said Aariqua, "But you were with Toadstool." "She was kind of a jerk to you," I said, "I'll bet she was jealous of you." "Yeah," said Aariqua. "Then there's Chelsea swearing she'd one day make me hers," I said. "Well hey," said Aariqua as she moved closer to me, "Until that time, do you wanna go out with me?" she asked. I smiled.

"You know," I said, "I wanna see how this chapter ends. Let's go out then." "So is that a yes?" she asked. "Yeah," I said. She locked hands with mine. "You look really sexy….. I mean cute….. I mean nice," I said blushing. "Thank you," said Aariqua. "I really like your necklace," I said. I saw a sketch book. "You draw?" I asked. "Not much, but yeah," she said. "Can I see?" I asked. She nodded. I looked at her drawings. "These are great," I said. I noticed she hasn't drawn people. "You haven't drawn a person yet," I said. "I guess I haven't tried," she said. "Try drawing me," I said with a smile. She blushed. "Ok," she said. I went to an area and did a pose and she started to draw. After a few minutes she was finished. "It looks great," I said.

The next day Aariqua and I were sitting at a bench around the candy kingdom. Some candy girls were looking at us. "Who's the cute guy?" asked the lollipop girl. "I call dibs," said the gumdrop. "Sorry," said Saria, "But he's taken by that girl." "Aww," they all said. Saria was looking at the sky. "I love this place," said Saria. Suddenly there were clouds surrounding the kingdom. "Looks like its about to rain," I said. I got out my umbrella to keep Aariqua dry. It got darker and darker until we couldn't see a thing. Everyone was screaming. "Is anyone hurt?" I asked. "No," said Saria. The clouds went away and Aariqua was holding on to me. "Are you ok?" I asked. "Yes," she said. We heard screaming in the castle.

W e all went in and saw a stranger with blades. "Hey!" I said. I chased him and he disappeared. "He got away," I said. We all saw the castle was a mess. "Geez," I said, "People really let themselves go." Princess Bubblegum and Finn came out. "You guys alright?" asked Natalie. "We're fine," said Finn. "What the hell happened over here?" asked Saria. "I'm afraid something terrible has happened," said Peppermint Butler. After a talk we realized what was going on. "So you mean some mysterious guy is kidnapping princess all over Ooo?" asked Daisy. "It was a while before you guys came back," he said, "The clouds made everything dark then there was this guy with strange blades and a suit of armor. He tried to kidnap Princess Bubblegum, but she escaped. The other princesses were captured." "It can't be," said Daisy.

"That sure sounds like something an evil person would do," I said. "What a horrible thing to do," said Chelsea, "We gotta go find those princesses and fast." "Chelsea calm down," said Natalie. "If they got kidnapped that long ago, they gotta be really hungry by now, and if I was that hungry I don't know how long I would last!" said Chelsea, "I'd rather be dead!" "I'm sure whoever is behind all this is feeding them," said Natalie, "Nobody we've met is that cruel." "Do we have any leads?" I asked. "The only lead we have is this picture that Cinnamon Bun drew," said Finn. He gave it to us. "So looks like that one guy isn't the only guy we have to deal with," said Natalie. "Wait," said Daisy, "So that's why that pirate guy was trying to kidnap you." "It all makes sense," said Aariqua. "Looks like we've found some new enemies," said Saria.

Meanwhile…

Shockwave and the others were talking to Carl. "So you have something against the Star Kids?" asked War-Hog. "They ruined my father's chances of finding a cure," said Carl, "When he heard about Subspace, he figured he could use it as an antidote." "You mean to cure all diseases," said Shockwave. "Yes," said Carl, "But the Star Kids ruined everything. My father's research was destroyed permanently." "Wow," said Rocky Wrench. "The only thing left in the project was a battle suit that cures all battle scars and everything," said Carl, "And its locked in GSI deep in the building." "So what do you want?" asked Shockwave. "Looks like my family was kicked out of GSI," said Carl, "So I can't get in there without you, and you all can't find the Star Kids without me." "Looks like he has a point," said Shockwave. "So its settled," said Carl, "We'll find a way to get the Star Kids and I'll find what I'm looking for and everybody wins."

It looks like Nicholas was right about Carl after all. What does Carl want with the secret subspace weapon? Tune in and find out next time on The Spectacular Star Kids