I had a lot of fun with this chapter.
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Chapter Thirteen: The Battle
Danny stepped onto the road, fists clenched. His parents, Spongebob, Sandy, Sam and Tucker backed him up, while the rest of the students held back.
"I know how to beat you," said Danny, "I know about the Well of Souls."
The Warlord raised an eyebrow.
"I presume Romulus told you about this?"
"Romulus?" quizzed Maddie, "Who's Romulus?"
"Well, he was one of the founders of Rome," shrugged Sam, "According to legend, he killed his brother Remus for control over..."
She trailed off as realisation dawned over her.
"...you're kidding," she blurted.
"He's the Man in the White Suit," nodded Danny, "Well, there's a bit of trivia for us."
He shrugged, and turned back to the Warlord.
"I'm gonna offer you a chance, Warlord," he said, "This has gone on long enough. Go back to the Well and take your army with you."
"You dare to make demands of me?" snarled the Warlord.
"I'm giving you a chance, Alexander," replied Danny.
The Warlord glared. Danny didn't flinch.
"We will meet at the Well of Souls," he snapped, "If you can get past my army."
He jumped into the air and soared into the sky, heading for his portal.
"Now, mon ami," sneered Napoleon, stepping forward, "Where were we?"
The soldiers behind him raised their weapons.
"Ah yes," nodded Napoleon," Of course. Fi-"
Quite suddenly, the road in front of Napoleon exploded, sending himself, the Syndicate and the soldiers flying backwards.
Jenny touched down on the tarmac, a rocket extended from each shoulder. Behind her, Dani, Valerie, AJ and Jimmy also landed, the latter on his jetpack. With a poof of smoke, Timmy, Patrick, Chester and Jazz materialised behind them.
Above them, a duo of fighter jets thundered towards them, firing ectoplasmic rockets at the formations of ghost soldiers, who were only just beginning to react to the sudden attack. The soldiers scattered, losing cohesion as the rockets exploded around them.
A ghost tank rumbled around the corner, it's turret aiming at the assembled ghost fighters. It ground to a halt, preparing to fire. Then there was a sonic boom as a red-and-gold armoured suit slammed fist-first into the turret, crushing it and disabling the tank.
Tony raised a fist, which was glowing green.
"Ectoranium fists," he mused, "Not a bad idea, fudgehead."
Jimmy rolled his eyes as the last ghost soldiers made a run for it.
"Jimmy?" exclaimed Danny, "Timmy, Dani, you're okay!"
"Course we are," shrugged Jimmy, "We wouldn't leave a friend behind, would we?"
"That, and you owe me five bucks," grinned Timmy.
Behind them, a Quinjet and a helicopter landed in the street, dropping off Steve, Atkinson, Carl, Sheen and a platoon of RERE soldiers.
"Alright, everyone," boomed Jimmy, "This is it. We're gonna kick this Warlord back into whatever part of the Ghost Zone he came from."
He raised a fist.
"Nicktoons, Unite!" he cried.
"Nicktoons Unite?" muttered Tony, leaning next to Steve and crossing his arms, "Ain't that a bit corny?"
"Avengers assemble," said Steve, bluntly.
"Good point."
All across the city of Amity Park, Quinjets and helicopters were touching down, dropping off reinforcements to fight the Warlord. Above them, SHIELD and UNIT aircraft were trying to wrestle control of the skies from the shadows in a massive dogfight. On the streets, tanks rolled through the narrow gaps between buildings, slowly pushing the Warlord's soldiers back towards the ruins of Fenton Works.
Jazz was leading some of the Casper High students down an alleyway. They rounded a bend and found their path blocked by Spectra.
"Jazz Fenton," she sneered, "It's been a while, hasn't it?"
"Ms. Spectra?" exclaimed Star.
"Guess that explains why she left the school," shrugged Kwan.
"Oh, I can just feel your emotions right now," chuckled Spectra, "You don't really think you can win! You're just fighting back to stop yourselves from falling to despair! Don't do that – embrace the misery! Besides, you're too worthless to really threaten the Warlord. You're just a bunch of..."
"Enough mind games, Spectra, I'm a psychotherapist," said Jazz, raising the Fenton Bazooka and firing.
The blast hit Spectra square in the face, sending her flying backwards through a wall. She landed inside a warehouse, smashing into a pile of empty crates.
"Kwan, keep going," snapped Jazz, "I'll deal with her."
"Awesome, I'm in charge of something!" cheered Kwan.
Jazz blinked.
"Actually, no," she decided, "Star, you take charge."
Kwan groaned. Star nodded, and led the students onward down the alley.
Jazz smirked and stepped through the hole.
"Now, where were we?"
Star led the group out onto an open street, skidding to a halt on the curb as a line of tanks rolled by. Steve stood on the turret of the lead tank, giving instructions to the tank commander.
Suddenly, a ghost tank lumbered around the corner at the end of the street, aiming its cannon at the lead tank. With a thunderous roar, it fired – Steve raised his shield and deflected the shot into the air.
Up in the air, Tony dodged the shot, muttering something about friendly fire under his breath. He twisted in the air, turning around to fire small rockets on a pack of following shadows. The rockets met their marks, and the shadows were splattered into black goop.
Valerie roared past him on her sled, followed by a rotting, ghostly fighter plane. She jumped from her sled and back-flipped, firing her ectorays at the engine. It erupted into green flame and the plane nosedived to earth.
It slammed into the ground in the park, right behind Dash (who almost jumped out of his skin.) He, Paulina, Mikey and Nathan Lester were being led through the park by Damon.
Ducking through a hedge, they found themselves face to face with several ghost soldiers. They made to raise their weapons but were immediately sprayed by a barrage of Mikey's 'Ectotubes.'
One of the soldiers' helmets was knocked off and rolled down the road. It rolled past Atkinson and a small squad of RERE troops, who were advancing slowly down the road, and eventually was stopped by AJ's leg.
AJ leapt into the air with the help of his cloak, hurling his trident at Elizabeth Bathory. The trident tripped her off her feet before returning to AJ, leaving Chester open to charge in, sword raised. He swung the sword – Elizabeth grabbed the blade, but Chester lifted it up again and hurled it over his shoulder, sending her flying into a wall.
She landed, unconscious, behind Fury, Coulson and Hill, who were back to back and firing their weapons at Warlord soldiers in all directions. Not far away from them, Frederick the Great had been backed into a wall by Carl and Sheen, carrying a can of Purple Flurp and a Cheese Ray respectively.
Frederick raised his arm as if to dramatically declare something when the wall crumbled and he was knocked to the ground. A Sherman tank rolled out onto the street – Gunnery Sergeant Hoffman hung out the hatch, waving a sword.
The tank rolled down the road, passing a small alleyway in which Patrick and Sandy were advancing on the Box Ghost. The ghost raised his arms and a flurry of cardboard boxes rained on the duo, bouncing harmlessly off their heads. Sandy rolled her eyes as Patrick pulled a Fenton Thermos out of his pants.
On the other side of the alley, Dani had picked up a ghost soldier by the collar. She punted him through the air towards Ember, who batted him into the sky with her guitar. To the side, Skulker and Technus watched him fly away – Technus whistled and handed Skulker a twenty.
The ghost soldier landed in a crater outside the Foley residence, where Tucker and Mr. Lancer were fighting off a swarm of shadows with the Creep Stick and Jack O'Nine Tails respectively. A soldier ran towards them, lunging at Mr. Lancer – the English teacher caught in a headlock and flipped him to the ground. Tucker's jaw dropped.
A few dozen metres away, Danny, Timmy, Jimmy, Spongebob and Jenny advanced on the Syndicate.
"The Warlord cannot be defeated, Neutron!" spat Calamitous, "You cannot win!"
"Oh really?" demanded Jimmy, "Well, in that case..."
Dani, Jazz, Valerie, Patrick, Sandy, Carl, Sheen, Chester and AJ emerged from the fog behind them. They were quickly followed by the Fentons, the kids of Casper High, Tony and Steve, SHIELD, RERE, UNIT and even the floating form of Vlad Plasmius. All were ready to attack.
"...tell him we're coming."
The Syndicate turned and fled.
AN: Totally cribbed the idea of a single connected battle scene from Avengers. And yes, I know I missed Vlad. Don't worry, he'll get his fair share...
'Twas listening to this while writing this, incidentally - I think it fits: www . youtube . com (slash) watch?v=MbiVn7vhov8