Hello, everyone, and welcome to another bruce chapter of Randy Cunningham: Secrets behind the Nomicon. I know you've all been waiting for this chapter, so I'll just cut this short. When I wrote this chapter, it was meant to be one but due to my imagination and addition of some special scenes I wrote it to the extent that it reached 12,000 words. So I decided to cut it into part 1 and two. The part two is up after this chapter.
Enjoy.
Now to the chapter.
Chapter 22: Countdown to chaos Part 1
Norrisville High stood just a few miles as it was morning time and the day for school. But just away from it, the Ninja screamed as he was sent flying through the air before hitting the ground with his butt up in the air.
"Ow." The Ninja groaned, "Well that could have gone better." But before he considered getting, he heard a bull's roar from behind and a rush of footsteps. His eyes flew wide, "Oh no."
Just behind him, a robo-bull rushes at him and hit him right at the butt, sending him flying through the air. The streets were deserted so no one was around to watch the fight. The Ninja considered it a good thing because no life will be endangered and also because no one would see him crash into a trash can.
The Ninja shot out of the can and stood on the ground, in a battle stance. He looked forward and found the robo-bull getting ready to attack as it huffed and scratch its front right leg.
"Alright, senior bull, let's do this." The Ninja said before gesturing the robo-bull to come at him.
As expected, the mechanical bull let out a huff before charging at the Ninja. But as it did, the Ninja drew out a blue ball, "Watch where you're going, bull, because you're about to taste some…Ninja Cold ball!"
The Ninja threw the ball at the bull and it hit the ground before it, as intended. The ground became icy frozen but the robo-bull still ran on it. But it didn't take long for it lose its balance and slide all the way to the Ninja. However, he jumped over it and landed on the ground safely just in time to see the robot come to a stop. The robo-bull got back to its feet and let out a loud roar as it turned to the Ninja.
The Ninja noticed the robot's intension and dug into his suit, "Yeah, I don't think so. Ninja sais shots!" He shouted at the last part and threw two of his sais at the robo-bull. They shot to its eyes which caused electricity to spark and blinded it. The Ninja rushed at it and jumped into the air. He did a front flip and drew out his sword as he came down on the robo-bull, "Ninja down chop!"
With the Ninja's attack said, he came down and chops the robo-bull's head off. So without a head, the body collapses on the ground and the Ninja stood proudly. He took out his Sais from the robot's eyes and put them in his suit along with his sword.
The Ninja then looked to the sky and took in some air as he smirked underneath his mask, "Oh men that was too easy. I think Viceroy is losing his game. After all I am becoming too bruce to be beaten."
However, he spoke too soon as a fire ball was sent flying at him. Luckily, the Ninja was able to see it and jumped back to avoid it. When it hit the ground, he darted his eyes to the sky, "What the juice?"
Flying in the sky, the Ninja saw a robotic Griffin. He quickly understood it was the reason for the fireball and got ready for it. The robo-Griffin let out an eagle cry before flying straight at him. The Ninja noticed and quickly jumped to his side, but was hit the second time as the robot had turned around very fast and hit him.
The Ninja tried to get back on his feet but the robo-Griffin caught him by his scarf and flew up, with the Ninja following by force. The Ninja screamed and held on to his scarf.
"Put me down! Put me down!" The Ninja kept saying the same sentence over and over until he shouted it louder. The robo-Griffin heard him, and with a sinister programming, let go of him. The Ninja was sent falling over fifty feet, "AAAHHH! I DIDN'T MEAN IT LITERALLY!"
The Ninja continued to scream, but then shot his scarf at the robot, "Ninja scarf!"
The scarf caught the leg of the robo-Griffin and stopped him from falling. The robot noticed and dashed off to another direction. The Ninja screamed as he hanged on to his scarf. He at first closed his eyes as he screamed but then opened them as he saw a familiar house and smiled, "Hey, I can see my house from here."
The robo-Griffin let out another eagle scream and dashed off to another direction. The Ninja didn't scream as he felt his breakfast about to come in, "Oh…men. I don't feel so good." He gulped down the breakfast before it could spill out and drew out a Ninja ring, "Alright, birdie, this little fly just came to a stop." He angled it well and shot it at the robot's neck.
The Ninja ring hit the robot neck correctly and not long the robot was deactivated. But that also stopped it from flying and sending it crashing to the ground with the Ninja. However, the Ninja let go of the robot and was sent crashing to the ground. But he then took out a red handkerchief which then expanded into something similar to a parachute; safely bring him to the ground.
The Ninja sighed in relief, "Men that was close. And just in good time cause I'm even heading straight for school."
True to his words, the Ninja was gliding towards the school. Then a chorus of women sang from nowhere, "Norris-ville Niiiiinnnnja." (1)
"Um…what was that?" The Ninja looked around for the source of the voices.
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Few hours later, the Norrisville High bell rang and students walked through the halls, heading for their next class. Among them were Randy and Howard, who were talking to each other.
"So, bro, are you ready for some Grave Punchers after school?" Howard asked with an excited grin.
Randy smirked, "You know it, bro. There's nothing that can keep me from playing it with you."
"Except being you-know-who." Howard added.
When Randy heard that, he frowned, "Look, Howard, I'm sorry about that but…"
Howard interrupted as he shoved his hand to Randy's mouth, "Don't go all mushy on me, Cunningham. I understand you have be the Ninja and I'm cool with it." After saying that, he removed his hand.
Randy first wiped his mouth and smiled at Howard, "Thanks, bro. I'm glad you're finally okay with it."
"Eh, what are bros for." Howard shrugged with a smile, "So have you heard about that new channel Mcfist will air."
"Yeah and I'm so ready for it."
"Me too. I heard it has all the best programs in one channel. But what did he call it?"
"I think he called it the Mcchannel."
"Huh, I didn't expect that."
"Okay, so what did you…" Randy would have continued but his eyes darted forward to a certain girl.
Just a few meters away, Theresa Flower and Kim were talking to each other. Usually, he wouldn't be like this but seeing his teacher talking to his crush was something he was now curious of.
"Hello…Cunningham. Cunningham!" Howard yelled at him.
Randy shook his head rapidly as he came back to his best friend, "Wow, what is it, Howard?"
"You were staring at them." Howard shot a small glare and pointed at the girls, "Look if you like her so much why don't you just go talk to her?"
"Howard, I can't do that." Randy said, "I have to be smooth, cool and…"
"Hey, Randy." Theresa interjected with a smile on her face.
"Hey, Theresa, what's up?" Randy smiled sheepishly at her.
"Nothing much." Theresa giggled, "But the girls and I are going to rehearse for a baton twirling competition coming soon."
"Sweet, maybe I can…" Randy would have continued but he heard a fake cough from Howard. When he looked back at him he saw Howard looking at him with an angry look. Knowing why, Randy sighed but still kept his smile, "That's great, Theresa. I hope you win."
"Yeah, me too." Theresa said but she sounded disappointed.
Howard decided then to interject, "So, Flower, you've heard of the Mcchannel? Cunningham and I are going to check it out when it broadcast."
"Really?" Theresa glance at Randy and raised an eyebrow. She then put it down and sighed, "Well I've heard about it but I'll be rehearsing with the girls, so I won't be able to see it."
"Are you sure, Flower, I heard everyone will watch it." Howard gave her a sly smile.
Theresa shot him a small glare, "Yes, I'm sure."
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"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!"
Theresa stood in the gym with her batons in her hand. But what made her angry was the empty gym. She expected her team to be there as according to the time they were suppose to meet, but they weren't. For a second she considered cursing Howard but decided against it.
She then noticed a paper on the belchers and picked it up. On the note was written.
'Sorry that we have to ditch practice, captain. We had to check out the Mcchannel coming on air, hope you're not mad.
Signed the twirling squad.
Theresa let out a breath as she clutched the paper to a ball and threw it away. She didn't feel angry as she let out another breathe, "Well I better get to practice, even if I'm alone."
With that said, she began to practice.
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Randy and Howard ran straight for Randy's house, since it was the closest. School had closed sometime ago and every student rushed to their houses to get on time to watch the opening of the new channel. So because of this, Randy and Howard barged through Randy's living room and sat down on the couch. They let out a sigh of relief but realized something was missing.
"The remote!" Both shouted and sprinted to the remote on the coffee table. They caught it at the same time but also caused it to slip out of their hands and sent flying up to the air. Randy made a jump for it and caught it before letting a victory cry.
Now that they had the device, both of them sat down on the couch and Randy turned the TV on.
"Wait, which channel is it on?" Randy asked.
Howard put up a thinking face before jerking his head up, "I remember. It's channel 308."
Randy nodded and changed the channel to the number indicated by Howard. Not long they were at the channel which had the number 7 on it and was counting down.
While the timer was going, Howard turned to Randy with an excited smile, "I can't believe we made it, Cunningham. So what show do you think will be on? Um, Cunningham?" Howard noticed Randy was in deep thought and shouted his name, "Cunningham!"
Randy got back to reality and turned to his friend, "Wow, what is it, Howard?"
"You spaced out. What can you be thinking about before the grand opening of the Mcchannel?"
Randy didn't seem like he wanted to tell, but seeing the curious look on his best friend's face made him to, "Before we left school Kim said something about how the most entertainment of life can be dangerous. I don't know what it means and I have a feeling something bad is going to happen."
"Cunningham…" Howard let out a soft sigh and was about to continue, but Randy cut him off.
"Not now, Howard. Look!" Randy pointed directly to the TV.
The countdown on it was three seconds but both Randy and Howard said the numbers on the screen. It wasn't only them but numerous Norrisville citizen who had their eyes directly at the TV.
Three.
Two.
One.
Finally, the countdown was finished and a triumphant trumpet was heard from the TV. The screen then became blank but everyone was still looking at it hopefully. But then the most shocking thing happened. When something came on, it came in the form on a sleeping trance wave which in turn confused a lot of people.
Randy glances at Howard for a while before looking back at the TV with a confused look, "What the juice is this? I thought that…something…bruce…" But his words became slow as something came over him.
But at that instant, Randy knew something was wrong but he couldn't do anything. Like Howard and almost the entire populace of Norrisville, Randy was beginning to fall into the sleeping trance on the television. Soon enough, he slump to the ground and dazed off with Howard following.
It wasn't only Howard and Randy that went through it but also the populace of Norrisville itself. In each other, the household were on the couch and floors, all them asleep by the trance.
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Sensing something was wrong, Kim shut her eyes open from her meditation. When she thought more about it she knew it was exactly what she feared. She could sense numerous people facing various dreams that made them face nightmares of fear, loneliness, depression, jealous and many other negative emotions.
Kim knew it was the Sorcerer's doing and got up to her feet. The reason she hadn't been affected because she never watched TV. Even though she was human again, she never trusted the square mechanical box and always kept herself from it, believing it to be only a distraction.
But now wasn't the time for thinking to Kim but action. She quickly took her mask from a nearby table and sprinted to the door of the dojo, hoping Randy had kept to her warning and was still awake.
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Walking all the way home, Theresa mumbled all the way home. Even though she practiced she was still angry at her team for ditching her for the grand opening of the Mcchannel. Theresa didn't find it more entertaining, though she considered watching it after she was done. But by the looks of it now she was too angry to actually watch it.
But as she kept walking, Theresa noticed how deserted the street is. She was at first confused but then realized that everyone would be watching the Mcchannel. She glance at her wrist and realized it has been ten minutes since the time of its broadcast. The thought of how the channel could be took away the anger she felt earlier as she was curious about it.
Deciding she'll go and see it when she got home, Theresa walked faster to her house. She finally got there and went to her living room, but got the biggest surprise. Her entire family was slumping on the couch and ground already asleep. She thought it was just a normal sleep even though the time was still early in the evening, and went to off it.
But as Theresa did, she shrieked as she noticed her father's eyes glaring at the TV. His eyes were still looking at it but his face was sad and he was making whimpering noises. Theresa quickly froze from her action and quickly ran out of her house. After seeing such a creepy sight, she knew something was definitely wrong and decided that instant to head to someone she loved very well, to ensure he was okay.
Theresa made it to Randy's house and knocked first. But no matter how much she did no one answered. Her heart nearly skipped from the thought that Randy had suffered the same fate, but she kept her hopes up. Since no one answered, Theresa opened the door and walked into the house. She went to the living room and gasped at what she saw.
Randy was sleeping on the arm rest but his eyes were wide open. Next to him was Howard, but Theresa could care the less for him as she walked closer to Randy. She looked to his face and noticed that he was making frightened whimpering.
"Oh no…Randy." Theresa whispered with a sad tone.
She walked closer towards him and was about to shake him when a female teen voice interjected, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." said the voice.
Theresa shrieked and looked back, with her heart beating fast. She forgot she left the door open, but was now able to see who it was. Standing there was the Norrisville Kunoichi.
Theresa let out a sigh of relief when she saw the girl Ninja, "Kunoichi, men am I glad to see you. What the juice is going on?"
The Kunoichi walked into the house and stood before her, "A sleeping trance has gotten into the TV airways that it sends whoever that views it to go through a deep trance. Through this the victim is sent into some horrifying things that he or she has experience. The most of it is jealousy, depression and embarrassment."
"Okay but how do you know this?" Theresa asked with much curiosity.
The Kunoichi let out a huff as she turned her back at Theresa, "I've studied about the television industry once and I had a feeling something like this would happen, but I wasn't sure. I told the Ninja something to avoid it but he wouldn't listen. Now look who's with the others."
Theresa understood what the Kunoichi met and almost gasped. It didn't take a straight A+ to know that Ninja was affected as well. By the time Theresa got over it she noticed the Kunoichi walking out of the door.
Quickly, Theresa ran after her and stood before her, "Wait. Where are you going?"
The Kunoichi seem angry at the girl for stopping her, but got over it, "Isn't it obvious, I'm going to stop the man responsible."
"Okay, but let me come with you." Theresa suggested.
The Kunoichi paused for a second and examined the girl's face. Theresa looked like she actually wanted to follow her but at the same time was afraid. Kim knew Theresa shouldn't follow her, but she also knew she needed help. Also, she sensed something inside the girl that she has only noticed from Randy and Heidi. That feeling was a pure heart of a hero.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" The Kunoichi asked.
"Yes." Theresa answered.
But the Kunoichi still continued, "To face danger where it lives?"
"Yes."
"To know that as you're helping me you might die?"
"Ye –say what now?" Theresa became wide eyed.
The Kunoichi noticed Theresa's change but cut her off before she could reconsider, "Very well then. But just wait right here, I'll be right back."
Theresa raised a hand to stop, as she reconsidered her choice. But the Kunoichi ignored her with the display of obliviousness as she walked into Randy's house. Theresa had to wait for a while before she noticed the Kunoichi walking back to her with her arms behind her back.
Fortunately for the Kunoichi, Theresa wasn't good at face expression especially when someone was wearing a mask. The Kunoichi hoped that her choice won't end badly.
"Before I consider whether you should help or not, can you tell me why you're doing this?"
Theresa channeled all her fears to one breath and sighed. She looked straight at the Kunoichi and spoke with a determined voice, "When I got home my parents were in that strange trance and when I came here so was Randy. I don't know what else to do but stop whoever is responsible for this and get my family and Randy back."
The Kunoichi nodded with her choice already made. She loosened her grip on the item in her hand before displaying it to Theresa, "I trust you. But don't destroy my trust because I can assure you that you'll regret it."
"Okay. But what's that?" Theresa asked, pointing at the mask in Kim's hand.
"This is the Ninja's mask. Wear it." The Kunoichi said.
"But what will…"
"Just wear it!" The Kunoichi yelled, losing all amount of patience.
"Okay, I will." Theresa was a bit taken back but took the mask. She glances at it for a moment, wondering what the point of wearing only a mask was. But she decided to put it behind her and wore the mask. That instant she experienced the greatest thing to happen to her as her eyes became very wide.
Once Theresa put the mask on, she felt an immense amount of adrenaline rush into her body. At that instant, black and red stripes came from the mask and wraps all over her body, covering her whole body except her eyes. Along with the transformation, a flash of the Norisu Nine symbol appeared in the background.
Now standing in Theresa's place was the Ninja but with a different look. Since the suit was designed for a male Ninja it didn't add any female feature like a skirt. But since Theresa is a girl showed her feminine figure and the scarf was tied around her forehead, made into a bow.
"Oh. My. Ninja!" Theresa could only mutter those words with wide eyed. She got over it a little but still retained the surprised look as she glance at what she was wearing, "I'm the Ninja?" She blinked and smirked under her mask, "I'm the Ninja!"
"Temporary Ninja actually." The Kunoichi interjected her. She then got into a fighting stance and pulled out three Ninja rings, "Alright, time for a short training. Remember, let the energy run through you and don't be afraid to use it."
"What?" Theresa looked back at her. But by then the Kunoichi threw the rings at her. Theresa yelped and jumped back and then a backflip to avoid it. She took a stance and glance at herself, just noticing what she did, "Wow, did I just do that?!"
"Yes." The Kunoichi replied but then took a red hard ball, "Kunoichi hoarking ball!"
The Kunoichi threw the ball straight at Theresa. To others it was fast, but because of the suit the Kunoichi could easily see it coming in slow motion. The moment it was close to her she punched it away. But that wasn't enough as the Kunoichi kept throwing more of the same ball at her, even throwing three at the same time. Theresa at first found it easy but was now forced to move back every time she punched it away.
Through the short training, Theresa was getting tired and frustrated from it. She started to calculate ending it and found her opening. When another came she did a roundhouse kick at it and sent it flying back at the Kunoichi. But the returned ball was easily swatted away by the Kunoichi.
"Nice work, temporary Ninja." The Kunoichi said and walked to her, "You make a better replacement than the previous replacement(2)."
Theresa dropped her stance and asked, "Who was it?"
"I can't tell you that. But I'm sure you noticed that the Ninja once acted like a shoob."
Theresa put up a thinking face and tried to recall such a time. The Ninja had always been the cheese but then there was one time he acted like a jerk. Back then, he allowed the students to lift him up, cut through line in lunch and accidently threw a bee ball at the students. It then occurred to Theresa who the Kunoichi was referring too.
"Yeah, I remember a time the Ninja acted like that. But I can't believe I didn't notice he was fat." Theresa said before giggling at her own remark, "But still, being a temporary Ninja is the cheese. When all this is over I'm going to tell everyone."
"You can't tell anyone." The Kunoichi shook her head and walked to the girl.
"What?" Theresa sounded depressed, "Men that stinks."
The Kunoichi stood next to her and took a red ball from the Ninja suit, "Actually this stinks. Smoke bomb!" She shouted and dropped the ball.
But no sooner was it dropped a red cloud covered over them but their voices were still heard.
"EW! This really stinks!" Theresa coughed.
"I know. But don't be surprise you start liking it." Kim replied.
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After a while, the Kunoichi and Theresa ran from building to building, heading to a triangle shape building in the town. The run was breath taking for Theresa who was finding it hard to catch up with the Kunoichi. She may be wearing the Ninja suit and have the powers, but she certainly couldn't outmatch the Kunoichi's speed, talk less of catching up with her.
Finally, Kim came to a halt at the edge of a high building. She looked straight at the triangle building not too far and heard panting from behind.
"Took you long enough." Kim said without looking back.
Theresa walked to her, panting a bit, "Couldn't you…at least…slow down." She looked back at the Kunoichi, but she shook her head. Theresa let out another breathe before looking at Mcfist industries, "So is the man responsible in there?"
The Kunoichi only nodded as a response and Theresa took it. But to the Kunoichi she found a problem about it. Theresa didn't know Mcfist was actually the man responsible and the Kunoichi wasn't sure on telling her. She remembered the last time she told someone about Mcfist true nature was Heidi. The older girl had become depressed about it, though she later got over it. But it was also indirectly because of this that made Mcfist to control her to find the Ninja, which was Randy. If she didn't know Mcfist was evil then she would have told Randy about the offer he gave her and all that craziness few weeks ago would have never happened.
However, the Kunoichi was brought out of her thought when she heard Theresa gasped. Quickly, she looked back to the girl, "What is it? Is anything wrong?"
Theresa nodded, "Yeah, I just realized if the man responsible is in there then Mcfist is in trouble. We got to save him."
"Um…I wouldn't say we…" The Kunoichi tried to say but noticed Theresa already jumped down from the building and heading straight for the front door, "Theresa, get back here! You don't know Mcfist!" She called out to Theresa but the girl kept going. Seeing this, the Kunoichi face palmed herself, "Oh brother."
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Mcfist was spinning his chair around with a gleeful look. He kept shouting, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Finally, he came to a stop and put up a sinister grin, "This is my best plan yet! With that transmitter sending the sleeping trance to the satellite I sent to space, the satellite will force everyone to a trance that will give the Sorcerer the power to break free and I'll get my reward!"
Just then the door slide open and Viceroy walked in. He went straight to his boss and raised an eyebrow, "Hannibal, were you just talking to yourself, again? I'm the one that come up with the ideas and you don't see me talking to nobody."
"Um…whatever!" Mcfist yelled at the last part to avoid answering questions, "So what are you doing here instead of being with the transmitter."
Viceroy was about to say but first pressed a button on Mcfist's desk. A monitor came out and Viceroy stood next to Mcfist to see it, "Well…I find this weird and thought you see it."
The monitor came on and to their surprise showing the Ninja. But that wasn't the surprising part. The surprise was that the Ninja was rapidly knocking the front door, "Mcfist, you have to let me in your in trouble!"
Mcfist looked away from the screen and turned to Viceroy with a confused look, "Okay, that's really weird. What do you think he's trying to pull with that girly voice?"
"Beats me." Viceroy shrugged. He looked at his boss who gave him a stare look, "What? It's not like I'm a mind reader (3)."
"Don't go there again, Viceroy." Mcfist said sternly as a past memory of Viceroy's exact words came up. He turned back to the screen and smashing it with his mechanical fist, "Send out the Krackenstein!"
Viceroy shook his head disappointedly at his boss behavior. But still pressed a button on his wrist watch and a crash was heard from the distance.
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"C'mon, Mcfist let me in!" Theresa kept banging the metal door rapidly. By now she expected someone to open the door but it wasn't happening anytime soon. She decided to stop and take a breather.
But right when she stopped, the metal door slide open. Theresa was about to acknowledge who it might be but stops as she heard stomping sounds. Then, after a short minute, the source of the sound revealed to be the Krackenstein. Once revealed, the mechanical beast let out a huge roar.
"What the juice!" Theresa shouted in shock. She remembered the beast as the one that attacked Norrisville High at the first day of school. But luckily the Ninja defeated it.
However, it then occurred to Theresa that she looked like the Ninja, meaning it was going to attack her. But since she was in a shock state, the Krackenstein punched in the stomach, sending her flying a few meters away. She let out a groan and got up to her feet just in time to see the robot's next move. It took a deep breath before releasing a gush of fire at her.
Theresa ducked down to avoid it until the attack was over. She then stood up straight just in time to jumped back just in time to avoid a squid tentacle from hitting her. She also jumped left to right as instinct to avoid other hand attack.
The Krackenstein let out another roar but this time charged at her. Theresa stood her ground and waited for a chance to attack. Though she never had fighting skills, the suit had provided that and so has her training as a baton twirler. So with two on and within her respectively she knew what to do.
When the robot monster came closer, she jumped back with a flip, "Ninja backflip kick!" Like she said, she back flip and kicked the Krackenstein at the chin. She then stood on the ground and looked back at the robot, only to find it on the ground, "Wow, did I just do that?" She blinked again and smirked under her mask, "Yes, I did and it was bruce!" However, Theresa was disappointed when she saw the monster getting up, "Oh come on!"
The Krackenstein stood straight and placed a hand on its chin. It cracked its mechanical chin back in place and growled at Theresa. Suddenly, it sent all its monster hands except for its main one through the ground like drills. Theresa was confused at first but soon got her answer as they shot right below her and tangled around her arms and legs.
Theresa screamed as she tried to break free, but it was useless. She was then raised to the ground and high off the ground, which scared her. But then a familiar female voice intervened as a Ninja ring was sent flying at Theresa's way, "Kunoichi ring!"
The ring sliced through the hands holding, releasing Theresa to fall to the ground. Luckily, she knew enough to land on the ground safely and did so. She then looked back at her and found the Kunoichi rushing straight at the Krackenstein. But the machine easily noticed her and charged at her with a growl. Both opponents drew near but it was the Krackenstein that threw the first punch. Unfortunately, the Kunoichi got hit and sent to the ground. Before she could get up, the robot shot a hand from its chest at her, restraining her.
"Kunoichi!" Theresa cried out.
The Kunoichi looked at her while trying to break free, "Um, Theresa, I could really use some help. If you're to beat the monster you have to believe in the weapon that's in the suit(4). And just a short tip, I meant that literally and metaphorically."
Theresa became confused and was about to ask how she knew her name. But she stopped and began to think, 'Okay, so I'm in the suit so I have to believe in myself and if the Kunoichi's right then I should have something in here too' She thought and dug into her suit rapidly. It wasn't long until she came out with a weapon, "Yes!"
Theresa looked at the weapon in her hand and raised her eyebrow, "Wait, a baton? I've never seen the Ninja use this." She was about to think more about it but a scream from the Kunoichi brought her up. So she held the baton tightly and glances at the monster, "Hey, monster! Here I come!"
Theresa then let a battle cry as she ran straight at the Krackenstein. Of course this didn't go unnoticed by the Krackenstein as it darted its eyes straight at her and growled. It couldn't move because its center hand was holding the Kunoichi, so instead it stretched its other hands straight at Theresa. But when she came close to him and he sent his hands at her, she ran pass all of them while still shouting out.
The hands the Krackenstein shot at her failed and Theresa still kept coming. It couldn't withdraw the hands back so instead tried to punch her with its two main remaining hands. So when Theresa jumped towards it, the robot successfully punched her. Theresa was knocked to the ground but as she did she rolled to a crouch position and directs her baton at Krackenstein.
"Ninja baton sharp shot!" Theresa shouted and shot her baton directly at Krackenstein. The weapon went so fast that the robot wasn't able to react fast. The baton pierces into its head, taking it right off. Not long it began to spark electricity before collapsing into pieces.
Theresa sighed in relief and stood up straight. She walked to her weapon looking baton and put up a disgust face as she saw disgusting liquid coming out of the robot's head, "Men that's just shnasty." But despite that, she took the Ninja baton and turned around when she heard groaning. She saw the Kunoichi still stuck with a large piece of Krackenstein's hand holding her. Quickly, she ran to him, "Kunoichi, don't worry I'm here to help."
The Kunoichi stopped groaning and struggling and smiled under her mask, "Nah, no thanks. I can handle it." She closed her eyes for a moment and her body became engulfed in an orange aura. Then she shot her eyes opened, "Ninja power spark!" The aura around her body burst, destroying the large hand and freeing her. The Kunoichi got up her feet and dusted herself before facing Theresa with a wide eyed look, "What?"
Theresa shook her head rapidly before answering, "You could have done that all along? Why didn't you help?"
"I wanted to see if you could handle a solo fight and you did great. Besides…" The Kunoichi paused for a moment before looking back at the tall building of Mcfist industries, "We're going in."
With that said, the Kunoichi ran inside. Theresa on the other hand began to slowly walk away because of fear. But she didn't get much distance as the Kunoichi stood right before, despite she just went into the building. The Kunoichi shot a glare at her before grabbing her wrist and walking her in.
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Mcfist shouted loudly into the air. Viceroy stood next to him but only watched him before interjecting, "Hannibal, you need to stop doing that it isn't good for the vocal cavity."
Mcfist stopped and glared at Viceroy, "You're failing, Viceroy! The Ninja and the Kunoichi are now in this building, heading straight to the transmitter to destroy it!"
Viceroy didn't seem fazed by his action, "Relax, Hannibal. We can still stop them and free the Sorcerer."
"Very well." Mcfist said and pressed an intercom on his desk, "Attention all robots! Attention all robots! DESTROY THE NINJA AND HIS STUPID SIDEKICK!"
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"Sidekick?!" The Kunoichi glared at a speaker. She looked away from it and turned to Theresa who stood next to her, "Do I really act like that?"
Theresa only shrugged but only lack of attention. She kept looking at the speaker and muttered only a sentence, "Was that Mcfist?"
"Oh…um." The Kunoichi tried to say but couldn't. She thought about telling Theresa the truth but she didn't want to put her in further danger. However, she decided to say something and opened her mouth to say it. But she didn't get a chance as she screamed and held her head.
Theresa snapped out from thoughts and faced the Kunoichi, "What's the juice is wrong, Kunoichi? Are you hurt?"
The Kunoichi let out a sigh as she felt the pain go away. She could feel the source of the pain within her body but didn't think much about it as she stood up straight and faced Theresa, "Yeah, I'm fine. Let's just go."
Theresa nodded and both ran off. But while they did, the Kunoichi could sense great danger coming in the nearest future. It was something she feared will happen.
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The Sorcerer's laughter could be heard all over the school as green stank flew all over it. Within his prison, the Sorcerer's prison was filled with green stank and all his chaos pearls flew in the air, circulating around him.
"Yes! Yes!" The Sorcerer exclaimed in glee. He had an evil, sinister grin on his face as he rotated his hands above his head, controlling the stank, "I can feel the delicious misery of the people of Norrisville! It tastes so sweet and I can't wait to be…FREE!"
The Sorcerer then directed his stank directly to the seal above him. Immediately, the stank became hardened and was forcing itself against the seal. Soon enough huge cracks began to form from the damage it was receiving. The Sorcerer withdrew his attack and charged up his before shooting multi-colored lightening rays at it. The rays did more affect than the stank that larger cracks began to appear rapidly. The Sorcerer continued to laugh evilly as he was only an hour away from freedom.
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Heidi rushed through the halls of Norrisville, avoiding flying green stank. Before it happened, she was about ready to watch the Mcchannel come to air but forgot some things in school. But now that she got it and was now in this problem she wished she actually didn't come to get them.
"What the juice is going on here?" Heidi tried not to scream out her words. She was laying on a wall and looking over the corner of the corridor, "This has Mcfist and the Sorcerer written all over this. But what should I do?"
However, Heidi didn't get the chance to think as another burst of stank blew by her.
"That's it! I'm leaving!" She screamed with wide eyes and ran off. But right behind, a gush of stank was heading straight for her. She began to scream loudly and ran faster to the entrance. She could already hear the Sorcerer's laughter increase, but ran faster. When she got close, she burst through the door and jumped down the stairs. The stank following her burst through but dissipated into the air.
Heidi got up to her feet with a smirk and exclaimed, "Ha! You can't get me Sorcerer!"
"Wanna bet!" The Sorcerer's voice shouted.
Suddenly, the stank formed above the school and showed the face of the Sorcerer. Heidi became wide eyed as her pupils shrank back, "Me and my big mouth."
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"RUN!"
Kim and Theresa ran pass the halls as a large number of robots ranging from robo-apes to chainsaw werewolves chased them. The two girls had fought several robots but the numbers was getting too much. So the only choice Kim could suggest was to run.
The robots chased them down the corridor but in the end came to a halt. They didn't know how but they had lost the two Ninjas. So since they couldn't find them, they stopped.
"Where did they go?" A chainsaw werewolf asked.
A robo-ape answered and pointed another direction, "Maybe they went that way."
The other robots agreed and soon all of them ran off, unaware of a metal door completely closing. Inside the room, the Kunoichi let out a sigh of relief and walked away from the door. They were in a large empty metal room and Theresa stood in the middle. The Kunoichi guessed the room served no purpose of Mcfist so it was safe for them to hide.
"So what now?" Theresa asked.
The Kunoichi sighed again, "I'm not so sure. We can handle the robots but that will only get us exhausted and will waste more time."
Theresa nodded and fell silent. She had something on her mind that has been on her mind since she heard Mcfist's voice from the speakers. She looked away from the Kunoichi for a moment before looking back, "Kunoichi? There's been this thought going through my mind and I want to know. Is Mcfist the bad man?"
The Kunoichi wanted to answer but fell silent and nodded. Theresa quickly understood her and frowned in silence. The Kunoichi noticed easily and walked closer to her, "Look…Theresa. I…."
"No, don't say anything." Theresa cut her off, "I guess it was obvious he was evil considering he sent a robot to kill me when I knocked and I'm guess when the Ninja told everyone he was evil once he was actually evil, not because he got turned into a monster(5)." She then took a deep breath and smiled under her mask, "So when are we going to kick his butt?"
"Right now." Kim smiled. She took a small red ball, "Smoke bo-"
"No!" Theresa shouted, "I don't want to smell farts or rotten eggs again. Let's just walk out the door."
"Alright, but you ruined the fun." The Kunoichi said before putting the ball back in her suit.
"I'm happy I did."
With that said, they walked out the door since the hall was deserted.
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A lone robo-ape walked out a door and looked around. It didn't bother to say anything and walked away to a direction. The lone robot passed a few robo-apes and other robots that paid no attention to it before walking to a door.
"Hey, Larry!" A mechanical voice shouted.
The lone robo-ape stopped and turned back to the source of the voice. The source of the voice revealed to be another robo-ape with a smile.
"Hey, Larry, What are you doing here?" The robot asked.
"I…um." The lone robo-ape said in a female's voice but couldn't say anything.
The robo-ape became wide eyed, "Larry, what's wrong with you? You sound like a sissy girl."
"Who you calling a sissy?!"
Suddenly, the lone robo-ape removed its head revealing to be Heidi. The robo-ape still had the same face expression, though its eyes showed that it was confused, "Uh oh. Why are you wearing Larry?" (6)
"Because I wanted to sneak in and if I had done successfully that then you wouldn't have known it was me."
"Oh. Okay." The robot shrugged. It was just about to turn back but stop and glared at her, "Wait, if you're doing that then…"
Heidi cut him off as she threw a hard punch by the robo-ape body she was wearing. The robot was sent flying to a wall and said, "I did not see that coming." But then Heidi came in and crushed its head by the robo-ape's hands, destroying it.
Once she was done, Heidi removed the robo-ape body she wore and dusted her hands, "Huh, well that was easy."
"Hey, you hear something?" Another robo-ape voice came from a corridor.
Heidi took a step back with a frightful face, "And you'll think I'll learn not to jinx myself when I'm in an evil man's lair. I hate it when that happens." She said to herself and ran off.
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The Kunoichi and Theresa continuously ran, fighting off robo-apes and chainsaw werewolves. The Kunoichi could sense the transmitter but lately the same feeling within her intervened, disrupting her senses at times. But she didn't let it stop her.
Theresa stood in a battle stance, twirling her baton in her right hand. She watched as some robo-apes advanced at her before shouting, "Ninja baton attack!" She began to swing her batons at the robo-apes. Each one she hit was sent flying to a wall, damaged and destroyed. When one tried to grab her from behind she jumped over it and taps its shoulder. The robo-ape looked back, but only got a fist punch to its face, that sent it flying.
At the meantime, the Kuniochi jumped right to the left, backwards. She was avoiding a herd of chainsaw werewolves that surrounded her. When she got a good distance, she drew out her sword and swung it just in time to block a chainsaw.
"You'll have to wake up early to try a cheap attack like that." The Kunoichi remarked. She then kicked it at the chest, causing it to stumble back. Before it could fight back, the Kunoichi rushed at it and swung her sword through the stomach, cutting it in two.
However, the herd of chainsaw werewolves from earlier charged at her. The Kunoichi got into a fighting stance, "So they want me? Well here I am."
The herd of robots jumped at the Kunoichi, but she jumped back. The robots landed on each other on the ground she used to stand on. The Kunoichi easily shook her head before raising her foot upwards, "Kunoichi comet stomp!"
The Kunoichi stomps her foot down, sending a yellow shockwave at the robots. The robots and the ones coming were sent flying off their feet and crashing into the wall and through the windows. The Kunoichi was about to stand down but down just in time to avoid a robo-ape from grabbing her. She turned around to attack it but Theresa jumped towards it and kicked it in the air, sending it flying.
The Kunoichi formed a small smile under her mask and stood straight, "Nice work, Theresa. You're doing better than I thought."
"Thanks." Theresa smiled under the mask.
"You're welcome. Well if the Ninja wasn't always a boy you would have fit as a Ninja."
"Really? Thanks!" Theresa exclaimed and hugged the Kunoichi.
The Kunoichi accepted it before Theresa and her let go. The Kunoichi was just about to go but felt a sharp pain in her head. It was more painful than the others and lasting that she fell to the ground and screamed. Theresa quickly reacted and held her.
"Kunoichi, what's going on?" Theresa asked.
The Kunoichi kept screamed but held them back enough to say, "Leave…now. I'll be…okay."
"But?" Theresa hesitated.
"NOW!"
Theresa took a step back and still watched the Kunoichi as she screamed. To make things worse, a purple aura appeared on the Kunoichi. She wanted to help but decided to do what she said and left.
As Theresa left, the Kunoichi's screamed louder and the aura on her began to grow. A loud echoing laughter came from the aura before it flew off her and formed into a fourteen year old being. The Kunoichi's pain soon ceased and she got back up. She looked at the being before her and gasped.
"No…it can't be." She looked at the being in fear.
"Oh yes it is." The being spoke in a boston accent. The being was a fourteen year old Randy, but something was different about him. He wore his hood over his head. In his eyes was pure evil and no trace of moral that the original Randy.
The alternate Randy stood proudly with a grin, "Yo, Guess who's back."
"NomiRandy." The Kunoichi whispered.
The alternate Randy gave her a small confused face before smiling, "NomiRandy? Ha! That's a pathetic name that has gone extinct. Call me Jack…Jack Cunningham."
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Yeah another cliffhanger from me to you. Don't worry about the suspense because you can just check the next chapter right now. But before you do I want to mention the references in this chapter.
Reference:
A reference to Phineas and Ferb when Perry uses his parachute and the unseen girls sing his name.
Reference to the episode Ninja supremacy, when Howard became the Ninja.
Reference to the episode Gossip boy, when Viceroy mentions his not a mind reader.
Reference to the first episode, when the Nomicon gave Randy an advice.
Reference to when Mcfist secret got out.
Reference to the episode Bash pretended to be the Ninja, when a Randy infiltrated Mcfist industries as a robo-ape.
Well that's pretty much everything. Check out the next chapter and please to review.