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Muscleman: Aw sick, no way bro!
Me: It's true, they had to perform extensive surgery.
Grimlock: Me Grimlock tummy hurt.
Me: Anyway, lets' get started shall we?
Ch. 17 Into the Eye of the Storm
The Mutradi fleet had all but exited the Rift Gate portal and had continued to bombard the grid shield that was currently surrounding the earth. Multiple explosions can be seen on the shield, as more and more lasers and bombs we're dropped on it. It may appear that the shield is holding, but it is slowly loosing power.
G3 fortress, main control room
"Sir." One of the G3 soldiers at the control console began "We're almost out of time. The Mutradi armada continues to pound away at the grid, we have approximately 6 hours and 27 minutes until the shield fails."
"The situation isn't looking good." Solomon surmised. He then accessed the comn in his wrist-device. "The generator locations are all secure by G3 forces, it's up to you now."
Down below at the hanger bay, several G3 soldiers lined up military style on each side. The door to the hanger bay slowly opened, revealing the team that would storm Mutrad and end the invasion.
The first who would walk out was Danny Fenton, wearing a red G3 suit, suitable for space travel. Following close behind Danny we're Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable who wearing the same suits as well. Next up we're Illana, Octus, and Lance; Illana and Lance wore the same suits, while Octus was still in his robot form. Last up we're Ben Tennyson, Rex Salazar, Zak Saturday, and Jake Long; wearing the G3 space suits as well. Each young hero a serious and determined look on his or her face.
They all slowly walked through the hanger, with the lined up G3 soldiers standing firm as the heroes all walked by. They then came to a large, black G3 dropship that would serve as their transportation to Mutrad. The drop pad opened up to the ship and the heroes slowly entered.
Once inside the ship, they each took a seat, with Lance in the pilot's seat. They each put a space helmet on.
"You doing okay Rufus?" Ron asked once his helmet was on.
Rufus then appeared inside the helmet and nudged Ron's face and gave a thumbs up, indicating he was ready.
"We're ready Solomon." Lance said.
As soon as he said that, a screen opened up on the ship's windshield, displaying Solomon's face "Alright, listen up people, I am transmitting a synced timer into Octus' mainframe, the timer shows how long the Grid will be able to hold up until it drops."
The download finished and Octus spoke "6 hours, 20 minutes, 54 seconds"
"Six Hours!?" Rex exclaimed "What the hell happened to 24?!"
"In addition to securing all the portal generators, the armada's firepower has intensified. The Grid is holding, but if this keeps up it will eventually fall." Solomon answered
"Great, no pressure or anything." Ben said sarcastically.
"This ship is among the fastest and armed in our arsenal." Solomon began "You should be able to out-maneuver any Mutradi star fighter and fly past the star ships, but it's not indestructible. This ship is meant only to get you to the rift gate."
"Once we get passed the fleet, we'll enter the Rift Gate portal." Danny said
"And use that to get to Mutrad." Zak added
"Let me get this straight." Kim began "We're supposed to use this small ship to fly past a massive alien fleet, then travel through a portal that will take us to the other side of the galaxy, where we'll go to an alien planet to fight an army of monsters led by deranged psychopath."
"Essentially yes." Solomon replied.
"Okay, just wanted to be sure." Kim stated
"Don't worry, we got this, those losers won't know what hit em." Jake assured
Illana took this moment to express her gratitude. "Everyone listen. I just… wanted to say… thank you. Thank you so much for helping us, it… it really means a lot."
"No prob." Ben said "It's what we do."
"This may not be our Earth, but it's still Earth, and we will fight for it." Kim said.
"Got that right." Rex added
"Booyah!" Ron exclaimed
"We'll stop Modula." Danny said firmly "One way or another, we'll stop him."
"Maybe we should save the thanks until after we take these guys down." Zak stated
"Alright. Everyone strap in." Lance said as he started up the ship. The Dropship hovered off the ground and slowly turned 180 degrees, facing a large tube leading outside.
"Remember, once you past through the Rift Gate, you'll be unable to contact us, and we will be unable to detect any further signals; you'll be on your own from there." Solomon reminded
"We understand." Danny said.
"Alright let's go." Lance said as he fired up the ship's engines. "Three, two, one… Launch!"
The ship zoomed at incredible speed down the tunnel, and within two minutes had left the G3 flying fortress. The dropship then turned and flew straight up.
G3 control room
Solomon and many other G3 soldiers watched as they saw the team fly up to the sky and towards the Mutradi fleet.
"We're counting on all of you. Good luck." Solomon said.
The ship continued to fly through the clouds and soon it came to the green shield that is the grid and was about to pass through.
"Alright, everyone ready?" Danny asked.
Kim immediately took Ron's hand as the two sat next to each other. "I'm ready." Kim said
"Same here." Ron added
"Bring it on." Rex said enthusiastically
"Let's do this." Ben stated
"The Am Drag is getting fired up!" Jake exclaimed
"I'm ready." Zak said
"I'm all set as well." Octus replied
"Okay." Lance began "We'll be exiting Earth's atmosphere and the Grid in 3, 2, 1." The ship passed through the shield, and everyone could only look wide-eyed at the massive Mutradi fleet that expanded the distance in front of them all.
"Whoa!" Rex, Jake, and Zak said at the same time.
"That's a lot of ships." Ron said somewhat frightened, with the shaking Rufus holding onto his Ron's face.
"Eh, you seen one alien invasion fleet, you've seen them all." Ben said nonchalantly, quite used to this sort of thing.
"Um… how many ships… you think are there?" Kim asked nervously
"Scans indicate at least 37 battle ships, 86 cruisers, over 2,000 fighters…." Octus began
"It was a rhetorical question." Kim interrupted
The ship flied closer and closer to the Mutradi fleet, so far so good, no one opened fire yet. "Well this is a pretty small ship, and with so many of their ships, maybe no one will notice us." Ben said hopefully. Once that was said multiple explosions we're heard and the ship was rocked hard; knocking the teenage heroes on their seats "Or, maybe they'll notice us right away." Ben corrected himself.
Dozens of Mutradi fighters had begun to open fire on the dropship. Lance steered the ship as best as he could to avoid all the laser fire from the enemy ship as he flew into the enemy fleet. Lance attempted to fly under a few cruisers in an attempt to shake them off, but had no such luck.
"We're sitting ducks out here!" Illana yelled.
"I need someone at the console!" Lance exclaimed, needing someone to keep an eye on systems.
Zak was able to get out of his chair and buckle himself next to Lance at the console. "Shields are holding, but there down to 75% capacity."
"Please tell me this thing has guns." Rex hopped. As soon as Rex said that, Lance pressed many buttons at the controls and Ron and Jake's seats all lifted a bit, much to their surprise and shifted towards the opposite walls; Jake at the left, Ron on the right. Control panels opened up at each of their places, each had control triggers and a targeting screen where they could each see the many Mutradi star fighters. From outside the ship, small turrets opened on each wing.
"Finally. Time for some target practice." Jake said with an eager grin as he and Ron each took the turret controls and opened fire. Green laser beams shot out of the turrets rapidly and each blasted away an enemy star fighter. "Aw yeah! You suckers are getting owned!" Jake yelled
"Don't get cocky kid." Ron said as he continued to open fire, with Rufus inside Ron's helmet motioning punches and kicks and chirping Ron on.
Outside the ship, one of the Mutradi fighters launched a missile, which impacted the rear end of the ship, causing one of the engines to start smoking. The heroes we're all rocked out of their seats.
"What was that?!" Illana yelled
Zak went to the systems to check for damage "Our left engine has been hit, our speed is done by almost 30%, and shields are continuing to drop."
"Be nice if we had a handy man on board." Kim said
"I'm on it." Rex said as he got out of his seat and crouched down on the floor. He placed his hands on the floor and blue grid-like lights spread from his hands to the ship and outside to the engines. The left engine that was smoking and sparking seemed to slowly fix itself.
Zak observed the systems "Left engine is back online, and shields are back up to full capacity."
"Rex?" Kim asked as everyone looked at him
"Smashing stuff isn't my only talent." Rex said with a cocky smile on his face. The ship was once again rocked by another explosion
"Keep up the repairs, we're gonna need them." Lance commanded
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking." Rex said as he kept using his technopathic powers to keep up the ship's systems and hold it together.
Ron and Jake kept shooting from the turrets and blasted all the fighters that came their way as Lance maneuvered their ship above, below, and around the Mutradi cruisers and battleships; all while navigating through the fleet and closer to the active rift gate. When the ship came to a clearing between two Mutradi cruisers, the heroes saw something threw the windshield that made their eyes go circular.
From the two ships; dozens, if not hundreds, more star fighters poured out of the ships and we're about to swarm the dropship.
"Our shields will not be able to hold against that many fighters!" Octus relayed
"And I don't think we can shoot them all." Ron added
"Does this thing have any main weapons or anything?" Ben questioned
"Of course it does." Lance answered as he slammed a large red button on toe console. The large cannon on the bottom of the ship lit and blasted a large turquoise beam straight for the incoming horde of fighters. A large explosion was seen.
"Aw yeah!" Rex cheered.
"It's actually too early for celebrations." Octus said.
"Huh!?" Ron, Ben, Rex, Danny, and Kim all said
As soon as the dust cleared, more and more Mutradi fighters poured through and begun to open fire. "Oh!" They all said at the same time.
"Anybody got any more idea?" Illana hoped.
"I do." Danny said as he got up. "Going Ghost!" Danny transformed once again into Danny Phantom. He turned intangible and flew straight up outside the ship. As soon as he was outside, he stood on the top of the ship and looked at the situation. That blast took out at least one third of that massive squadron. Danny inhaled deeply and unleashed his Ghostly Wail.
Multiple large waves of ecto-energy encompassed the entire squadron. The force of the waves destroyed a large majority of the ships, while the others derailed and crashed into each other. Several small explosions we're seen before a massive one that destroyed the entire fighter squadron.
The group saw the whole thing from inside the ship, and we're surprised to say the least.
"I'm sure glad he's on our side." Kim said plainly with Ron, Rufus, and Zak nodding in agreement.
Next thing that happened, and even larger explosion rocked the ship far to the right. Danny was almost thrown off the roof, but managed to phase his left hand into the ship and keep his grip. Almost everyone was knocked off their seats.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Rex and Ben shouted at the same time.
"It would appear that the battleships have taken note of our presence and opened fire on us." Octus said.
The Mutradi battle ships blasted large lasers and the dropship could barley avoid all of them.
"Danny get back inside now!" Illana shouted through her comn.
Danny phased back inside the ship. "I'm guessing you guys noticed the bigger ships shooting at us." He said nonchalantly.
Lance tried his best to fly and outmaneuver all the attacks laid on by the Mutradi fleet. While he was able to avoid most of the ships and even have a few hit each other in the crossfire, a few stray shots almost impacted the ship and did quite a bit of damage.
"Shields are down to 10%!" Zak yelled "One more hit and we're done!"
"Anyone have any suggestions? Because now would be a good time!" Kim stated
"Maybe this ship needs an upgrade." Ben said as he got out of his seat, to everyone's confusion. He turned on the Omnitrix and turned the dial to his selected alien and slammed on the device. When the glow subsided, Ben had turned into Upgrade. Upgrade melted into the floor and a black and green grid-like pattern spread all over the ship, inside and out. Lance let go of the controls when they we're pulled back and a small green circle appeared on the console.
"What did you just do?" Lance questioned.
"Like I said, I gave this ship an upgrade. Let me drive this time." Ben's voice spoke. The ship blasted at an even faster speed as all the damage was instantly repaired. The ship was able to avoid all the attacks and blasts as it flew past all the battleships.
"Welcome to Earth! Jerks!" Ben said as the ship opened up and dozens of compartments opened, revealing lasers and missiles of all sizes and opened fire in every direction possible.
"I didn't know G3 had all these weapons." Octus said
"They didn't." Illana replied surprisingly.
"It's Ben." Rex answered "The alien he turned into can control all technology and upgrade it, making it almost 10X better!"
"All Technology?" Ron asked; Rex nodded. "KP! We gotta get him to do it to the battle suit!" He said with an enthusiastic smile.
"Booyah!" Rufus chirped in agreement.
"Uh, no. No way." Kim sated firmly, not happy with the idea of her essentially 'wearing' Ben.
The ship then came into view with what appeared to be the largest ship in the entire fleet. It was almost three times the size of all the other ships. "Wow, that's big!" Jake stated
"It's the Mutradi flag-ship." Illana responded
"The one in charge of the fleet?" Ben, still as Upgrade, asked
"That's essentially what 'flagship' means." Kim answered
"Heh, heh. Why don't we make things difficult for them." Ben suggested as he made a sharp turn and flew in front of the nose of the flagship.
"Uh Ben, what are you doing?" Danny asked
The upgraded ship then had a large drill, with a diameter equal to the size of the ship, form in the front of the ship. The Drill begun to spin rapidly as the ships engines reeved. "You guys might wanna hold onto something."
Lance's eyes went wide, he was the first to catch on "Ben, don't you even…"
Before Lance could finish the ship zoomed at super speeds with the spinning drill straight for the noose of the flagship, with everyone screaming as the ship soared.
Mutradi flagship control room
"What are they doing?" The Mutradi captain questioned in it's native tongue.
"I think they are going to ram us!" another Mutradi responded.
"Intensify fire power in the front, I don't want anything to get through!" the captain exclaimed as the flagship blasted every weapon it could; while Ben was able to maneuver the ship to avoid all the shots and blasts.
"Intensify forward fire power!" the captain yelled as the upgraded ship came closer and closer.
"TOO LATE!" Another Mutradi shouted as the Upgraded ship rammed into the noose of the Flagship.
The drill pierced through everything that came in its way as the ship blasted through the entire flagship. From outside, one could see multiple explosions coming from inside the ship, all of them moving toward the rear end, toward the massive engines. The ship broke out of the engines. From behind the ship, more explosions are seen from the flagship until the whole thing exploded.
"AW YEAH!" Ben, Rex, Ron, Rufus, Zak, Danny, and Jake all shouted.
Illana and Kim both had their hands pressed against their seats, all with panicked looks on their faces.
"Let's… please… never… do… that… again." Illana said
"Agreed." Kim added
"Are you INSANE!?" Lance shouted as Upgraded returned to his normal form "You could have killed us all!"
Upgrade transformed back into Ben "Aw, but I didn't." he said with a cocky smile
"Is this all a joke to you?!" Lance exclaimed
"Dude, we just took down their flagship, and we're in one piece; I'd call that a win." Ben stated
"Lance, while I agree that maneuver was rather… extreme, we did manage to reach our destination because of it." Octus said. All heads turned to the windshield, they had reached to the Rift Gate portal.
"We made it." Danny stated
"That wasn't so bad." Rex added.
They all smiled, minus Lance who merely sighed. "Okay, everyone strap in." Lance took the controls of the dropship as everyone took their seats. The ship then soared into the portal and disappeared.
G3 fortress, control room
"Sir, we lost contact with the ship." A soldier at the console stated
"They made it through the rift gate?" Solomon asked
"Yes sir."
Solomon sighed in relief.
"Sir, it would appear the Mutradi flagship has been destroyed, along with most of their fighters." Another G3 soldier at the console relayed.
Solomon gave an amused smile "That should slow them down, by us some more time. All we can do now is wait, and hope these kids can pull it off"
Rift Gate
The ship continued to fly through the Rift Gate portal; traveling at speeds that seemed impossible, soaring through the galaxy. Bright white light shined through the windshield as the ship continued to rock. All of the young heroes we're forced to the back of their seats by the centripetal force and we're covering their eyes.
"Are we dead yet?" Ron asked in a distorted voice
"If we die, I'll let you know." Jake responded in a distorted voice as well.
Kim took the moment to look at her hand as she slowly moved it. As she moved her hand, she could see some afterimages of where her hand was "That's actually pretty cool." She said in a distorted voice.
"We are approaching the exit." The distorted voice of Octus annpunced "Returning to normal space in 3… 2… 1…"
The ship passed through the portal and had entered into normal space. The young heroes we're shocked forward a bit by momentum.
"Is everyone alright?" Illana asked
The responses she got we're grunts form each of them as their minds (and stomachs) caught up.
Jake felt his helmet, trying to feel his head "Feels like my head was in a paint mixer."
"I don't feel so good." Rex said as he held his stomach.
Danny got out of his seat and dizzily walked to the front with Lance. "Looks like we made it."
"Looks like it." Lance agreed.
Danny looked out through the windshield. "Whoa." Everyone got up and looked at what was in front of them. A large planet with an asteroid belt, but what caught their attention was the massive hole in the planet that appeared to take out half of it. Like a half-bitten jawbreaker.
"Is that Mutrad?" Ben asked
"Yes, that's it." Illana answered.
"Well guys, this is it, get ready." Danny said, "It's time for some first contact."
The ship then began its flight toward the hostile planet.
Me: Done.
Mordecai: Dude, nice space battle
Rigby: The fun is just beginning
Me: Got that right.
Muscleman: This is gonna be awesome!
Me: I would like to take this moment to thank everyone for their support. Without you, this story wouldn't have made it this far. Thank you all for everything.
Grimlock: You all Grimlock's friends!