When everyone was taken back to the jungle area, it wasn't how it used to be before. The darkness had been getting closer from the direction where the mountain was. They stood right in between Chopper's house and the mountain.
"Whoa… Things are pretty hectic around here." Blade gaped. "…But, unfortunately, I think this is where we gotta cheese it. It was fun while it lasted!"
"Wait? What do you-" Chopper had turned around, only to see Blade, Bang, and Night bolt out of here. He frowned, but then he turned his attention to Parakarry. "I suppose you should get going."
"Hmmmmmm… Well, I do have some letters to deliver..." Parakarry trailed. "I hope you guys come out of here safely."
He turned away and started to fly off to the teleporter. Since they didn't get a chance to wave goodbye to the other three, everyone got their chance to wave goodbye to him.
"Well, now that they left… I guess it's time to figure out what we have to do." Flyer looked around by the mountain, but he noticed a Black Chest sitting on the ground next to a panel. "Wait... That chest looks awfully familiar."
"Yeah… It does! I suppose we should have a look at it." Chopper suggest, he and his friends walking over to the black chest. When they did approach it, however...
"Huh? Is someone here?" the Black Chest asked, now beginning to wiggle around. "Oh… So there ARE people here! Man, I didn't believe anyone would ever show up! …And then you guys arrive. You CAN hear me, right?"
"Yeah," Chopper nodded.
"Really? Oh, that's GREAT! If you can hear me, you're probably that legendary hero guy! ...And for some reason, you remind me of myself."
"Me?"
"Duh! Who do you think I was talking to?!" the Black Chest exclaimed.
"He reminds Chopper of himself?" Vivian thought. "Is he the same one I encountered a thousand years ago? ...No, it couldn't be."
"Anyway, you remind me of myself, except you're not trapped in a box like me. Maybe you can do me a little favor? If you find a Black Key, then could you use it to get me out of this box? I've been trapped in here for nearly a millennium!"
"Well, we know you're probably going to curse us..." Chopper trailed.
"It's happened before," Vivian added, though she looked more uncertain than the rest.
"Wait... You guys seriously think I'm going to 'curse' you? Pbbbbbbbbth! That's preposterous! I would NEVER do that! I'd rather give you a blessing for freeing me from this doom!"
"That's what they all say…" Scrub groaned, rolling his eyes.
"No! I'm being serious!" the Black Chest cried. "I really WANT to be free from this chest so I can finally rest in peace! Don't you know how it feels to stay in here for so many years without seeing those you care about?!"
"Well, we kind of have no other choice…" Shadower trailed.
"…OK, if you guys change your mind or anything, just find that Black Key. It's not hard to miss! ...But seriously, I'd LOVE to get out of this chest."
"Well, we have the key right here," Chopper said, holding the key up. "I think this should take care of that chest."
"You… You have it?! Oh, sweet freedom!" the chest cheered as Chopper inserted the key into the lock, unlocking the chest. However, that's when things started going downhill. "WHEE HEE HEE HEE HEE! FOOOOOOOOOOLS!"
The chest opened up, and Chopper was in another cursed background. He saw two yellow eyes and that jack-o-lantern mouth staring down at him in the background again.
"Well... Here we go..." Chopper trailed.
"Oh, man did I get you! Did you really think I was going to help you?! Not a chance! Whee hee hee hee! ...Wait a moment, I AM going to help you! Just a little curse will be put on you for all your troubles! How does that make you feel?"
"Beats me... I've gone through this five times. It'll probably help me anyway."
"When this curse is struck upon you, you will be begging for mercy! You will be weaker than ever!" the curse explained, ignoring Chopper's words. "And no worries. You don't need to pay for this curse! YOU. ARE. CURSED!"
A couple of bright flashes later, Chopper felt a new power within him.
"Whee hee hee hee hee hee hee! There you go, sucker! I just threw in my extra-horrible-curse! Enjoy while it lasts, 'cause it'll stay with you FOREVER! So, you wanna hear about this awful curse?"
"OK," Chopper shrugged.
"Oh, you're going to hate it… Trust me! But… Ahem! To activate your curse, you'll need to find a panel with a piece of paper ripped in half. If you press the Y button on the panel, you will tear off anything that's in your way! Even giant mountains! Whee hee hee! Oh, I know how you feel… It must be hard for you to destroy something! Especially for a wuss like you!"
"Hey... I think this just solves a big issue we were having!"
"Wait… What?! No! This… Oh, forget it. I was hoping, as the last curse, to make you suffer the worst. But, I guess not... Well, it's good to be free… Anyway… Farewell, you foolish mortal! Whee hee hee hee hee!"
The background changed back to normal and the curse crumpled up and disappeared into nothingness.
"So what was that all about?" Tamber asked.
"I was cursed," Chopper answered. "Well, I don't know if 'cursed' is the right word, but I did get something!"
"Show it to us, then!" demanded Bombette.
"All right, I'll give it a try," Chopper stood on the panel and tested out his new move. He had his hands facing the mountain in their way. When he squeezed his hands, it felt like he was grabbing a hold of the mountain. "What the..."
He pulled his arms back, and the mountain suddenly ripped off, surprising many of them. Behind the mountain was a trail.
"Did I seriously...?" Chopper gawked.
"You just tore off a mountain..." Flyer gaped. "I don't understand how such a scenario could be done."
"Who cares? That means the Crystal Star is ours!" Tamber grinned, approaching the trail. He suddenly felt much hotter than before. "Hey... Why does it suddenly feel hot?"
"I think I know why..." Chopper trailed, running on ahead in the direction of the darkness. Many were uncertain, but they decided to follow him.
Three minutes later-
As they walked through the trail, the group noticed that the grass was starting to change to black rock. The sky was also changing from blue to red as well. With the darkness near, they know it was not safe to be here. Even with Chopper's 180 HP, 180 FP, and 108 BP, it would not be enough to save him.
"This place is starting to give me the creeps…" Berry gulped.
"Yeah… This must lead to the lava area..." Chopper trailed, finding a bridge up ahead. Below that bridge was lava. At the other side, there appeared to be a platform with what appeared to be the X-Naut emblem plastered on it. Well, that's what they found when they had gotten on the platform.
"What's with the X-Naut thingy on the floor?" Tamber asked.
"That would be me," Grodus answered, standing in the opposite side. Everyone took notice of him and got in their fighting stances.
"Grodus!" Chopper exclaimed, giving the X-Naut leader a glare. "Where's the Crystal Star?"
"You mean this?" Grodus asked, holding a pale green Crystal Star above him. "Yes... I just so happened to find this, and I have finally acquired what I was looking for. It appears your travel around the planet did not help you get here first..."
"It wasn't all for nothing..."
"He's right," Flyer agreed. "We did get something out of that travel..."
"So you did..." Grodus trailed. "Thanks to you fools, I've lost my X-Naut army, and I cannot get into contact with Lord Crump. But no worries... My hunt for the Crystal Stars is not finished. Of course, I require the stars that you meddlesome fools hold."
"We're not giving you the Crystal Stars," Chopper declared.
"Hmmmm... We shall see about that." Using his scepter, Grodus summoned a large bomb with a timer on it. There was also a keypad as well. "You see this? This is what I like to call a Nuclear Fusion Core. It's a special weapon designed by my minions that can create a devastating explosion, which is powerful enough to even obliterate planets! And I was thinking... Why not detonate this planet?"
"You wouldn't DARE!" Chopper cried.
"Oh, trust me... I have no problem detonating a planet, especially the one where my enemy lives. ...Unless..."
"Unless what?" Sonic asked.
"Unless... If you give me what I want: all of your Crystal Stars and the Magical Map!"
"Wait, what?" Chopper gasped.
"Yes! You will hand me what I require, or else your precious planet is history!" Grodus declared.
"Don't listen to him, Gumball!" Tamber shouted. "This planet's doomed anyway! That darkness is practically coming this way!"
"You stay out of this, furball. This deal is between Chopper and I!"
Chopper frozen, unable to make a decision over whether to listen to Grodus or not. His friends all stared at him, worried over his choice.
"…All right, Grodus," Chopper sighed, lowering his head and closing his eyes. "You… You win."
"Wait... What?!" Tamber gaped.
"This planet is one of the only few things left I have... And to see it get destroyed, I don't know if I could bear it."
"Are you sure?" Vivian asked.
"Yeah…" Chopper frowned. "I'm sorry if you're all so disappointed."
"Gaaack ack ack ack! You made a wise choice, Chopper!" Grodus grinned with approval, holding his hand out. "Now... Hand them over."
Chopper pulled the map out first and approached Grodus. Many were left both shocked and disgusted, seeing Grodus take the map from him and hold it up.
"Ahh... Finally... The Magical Map is mine!" Grodus cackled, lowering his arms and looking back at Chopper. "Now then... Your Crystal Stars."
Frowning, Chopper held his arms up, and all seventeen Crystal Stars had appeared over his head. He held them in front of Grodus, who was eager to get his hands on them. Grodus held out his own arms and took the Crystal Stars into his possession.
...Well, that would've happened if a missile didn't come flying in Grodus's direction.
"What the…!" Grodus was knocked back by the explosion, dropping both the Magical Map and the Crystal Stars. Surprised, Chopper ran over to reclaim what was rightfully his while the smoke covered the area. When the smoke did clear, however, Chopper was met with a familiar face.
"Silica?" Chopper gasped, seeing the white alien girl giving him a smirk. "What're you doing here?!"
"What do you think I'm doing? I'm saving your butts!" Silica assured. "After you guys helped me out back on Pop Star, I thought it'd be a good idea to return the favor. ...Well, I could've done that earlier, but I couldn't find you guys until I met an old mushroom guy at a strange town."
"Does she mean Rogueport?" Vivian wondered.
Unfortunately, Silica didn't notice Grodus approach behind her and smack her aside with his scepter.
"You stupid girl!" Grodus hissed, approaching the heroes. "You all have sealed this planet's fate! The deal is off!"
Grodus grabbed the Nuclear Fusion Core and set it for fifteen minutes. "I'm going to destroy this planet, but not before destroying you first! And that is something I can do in five minutes!"
"Oh, no... This isn't good." Chopper gulped.
"Maybe I can deactivate it," Flyer suggested, approaching the Nuclear Fusion Core. But Grodus took notice of this, and with his magic, created a barrier around the bomb. "Crud..."
"We won't be having any of that," Grodus stated. "And don't even try to break that shield. Your attacks won't work."
"Dang..." Chopper sighed, noticing Silica getting up. "Hey, Silica... Can you try to get rid of that barrier for us while we fight?"
"I'll give it a try," Silica nodded, running over to the barrier. Grodus, on the other hand, didn't seem to care.
"Yes, let her try to destroy that barrier..." Grodus trailed, turning his attention back to the heroes. "As for you all, you will know the true power of the X-Naut leader! This is where it ends for you!"
Four purple Grodus X3s appeared around Grodus, creating a circular, purple barrier. "Keep in mind... You've only got fifteen minutes to try to defeat me!"
Tattle: That's Grodus, the supreme leader of the X-Nauts. He's serious this time, especially since he's trying to blow up your planet! …And not to mention you only have fifteen minutes to stop him! This isn't fair! Max HP is 380, Attack is 18, and Defense is 3. He'll strike you with many of his magic spells, and even those Grodus X3s can strike you. The Grodus X3s have 8 HP, an Attack of 12, and a Defense of 3. They're pretty annoying, but I'm sure you can take them down if you use some powerful moves. Watch out when Grodus tries to freeze time or use his deadly arcane blast against you. …Oh, great… I forgot to tell you that he can recover 80 HP when he's low on HP. How annoying!
"We better get started immediately," Chopper declared, striking lightning down upon the Grodus X3s thanks to his Magic ability. They were destroyed, destroying Grodus's shield in the process. He was now open for an attack, which allowed Flyer to strike him with a Flying Attack, taking 10 out of him.
"Let's see how you handle against this," Grodus used the magic from his scepter to zap Chopper and all of his friends, taking 18 out of them. "Come back, my Grodus X3s!"
Two Grodus X3s appeared and surrounded him. However, Chopper simply zapped Grodus and his Grodus X3s with lightning, hitting him and also destroying his Grodus X3s. Mario tipped his hat as he walked over to Grodus and whacked him with his hammer afterward. Unfortunately, he got knocked back by his scepter upon being whacked by it.
"Despite your stronger power, it will not be enough to defeat me," Grodus declared while summoning two more Grodus X3s.
Chopper ignored him and summoned lightning down on Grodus and the Grodus X3s, destroying them.
"It's interesting how you're getting hit by an attack similar to yours," Chopper realized.
"I could say the same thing about you," Grodus retorted.
Tamber decided to cut the chit-chat and throw a punch at Grodus, but he stopped, feeling the intense temperature. "Ugh… I don't know what's worse… Being in the snow or being here."
"Yeah, it really does feel hot here," Scrub agreed, starting to sweat. This, however, did not stop Tamber, and he managed to throw his punch at Grodus. Unfortunately, they had noticed that fourteen
"Oh, man... Fourteen minutes left already..." Bombette gulped.
"Yes... Keep this up, and you're bound to fail!" Grodus grinned, sending a wave of fire at Chopper and his friends and taking 18 out of them all. "Luckily, I can use my teleportation spell to get out of here at the last minute!"
Chopper gave Grodus a frown as he struck him with more lightning, taking out his Grodus X3s again, while Sonic followed up with a Spin Dash, knocking Grodus near the edge of the platform. He used his scepter to keep himself from falling, and then he summoned a spell to stop time. The group guarded it, preventing them from becoming frozen.
When he summoned two more Grodus X3s, Vivian used her Fiery Jinx to destroy them and burn Grodus. Chopper wanted to test another magic power he had, so he opened the palm of his hand in Grodus's direction and fired an ice beam at him, leaving him with 286 HP.
"OK... He's down to 286 HP." Chopper noticed. "Not bad... Not bad at all..."
"So… You think you can push me this far…" Grodus trailed. "Very well, then!"
Aiming his scepter at Tamber, he fired an ice beam in his direction, leaving him frozen solid.
"Uh oh... Tamber's frozen." Berry gulped.
"Well, considering the temperature here, it may not be so bad to be frozen," Flyer remarked. "Even still, an attack like that is quite harmful..."
"Yeah, probably," Chopper said, striking the two Grodus X3s with a lightning spell, while Shadower hit Grodus with his Shadow Punch, lowering his defense to 0.
"Gah! My defense! No matter… My Grodus X3s can surely help me with that. But, for now…" Grodus struck everyone with an arcane pulse from his scepter, managing to deal 20 damage to everyone.
"Youch! Now THAT was painful!" Chopper wheezed as two Grodus X3s surrounded Grodus. He looked over at Bombette as he pondered. "Bombette, you think you can destroy those?"
"Of course!" Bombette walked over to Grodus and the two Grodus X3s and used her Explosion to take them out and deal some heavy damage on Grodus.
"Argh!" Grodus cringed, now being covered in soot. Chopper smirked and struck him with a Gravity Jump afterward, taking 30 out of him. Unfortunately, that didn't stop Grodus from summoning a lightning at Chopper and his friends.
"Ow!" Chopper winced, getting knocked back by his friends. Grodus had taken a look back at the Nuclear Fusion Core and grinned.
"Well well well! You're running out of time, Chopper!" Grodus warned. "Only eleven minutes remain so far! Gaaack ack ack ack!"
"Oh, man... This isn't good... Hurry up, Silica!"
"Settle down! I'm trying to work this thing!" Silica shouted back, feeling uncertain over the barrier. "Come on... Why won't this get destroyed?"
"You're better off not trying," Grodus noted. "That barrier specifically can't be broken compared to my usual shields. No Grodus Xs necessary! Pity that I can't use more than one at a time..."
With him distracted for the moment, Chopper struck him and his Grodus X3s with lightning. Berry then followed up by swinging her hammer on Grodus's glass cranium, leaving him slightly dazed. However, he still managed to take the hit.
"Perhaps it's time I demonstrated one of my newer spells," Grodus decided, raising his scepter and watching it glow blue. He swung it directly at them, and suddenly a tidal wave had engulfed the group of heroes. Thankfully, this had managed to thaw Tamber out.
"Hey! I'm free! Oh, yeah!" Tamber grinned, getting ready to attack. However, Kirby beat him to it by inhaling a Grodus X3 and spitting it at Grodus, dealing 10 to him and also destroying the Grodus X3. Chopper had summoned more lightning to hit him and the other Grodus X3.
"Enough!" Grodus yelled, summoning a large wave of fire at everyone. Unfortunately, for him, they Superguarded the attack. "Great... Just what I wanted..."
"Ha HA! Stinks for you, Grodus!" Scrub taunted, attacking him with his Gulp. Chopper pointed at him and destroyed his Grodus X3s, along with dealing 10 damage to him.
"Man, you're getting chipped down like never before!" Chopper scoffed. "This lightning attack is really doing its job!"
"True... But there's still the timer... You only have nine minutes left, Chopper…" Grodus grinned, summoning an earthquake that struck everyone, along with knocking away Chopper's Magic ability.
"Great… Just what I needed…" Chopper decided to eat a Star Treat (a combination of a Star Shroom and Star Juice), which helped him recover 150 HP and FP. "Ahhhhh! So much better!"
Flyer decided to use his Hurricane Fire ability, summoning his plane to join the battle. Chopper manned the turret and fired rapidly at Grodus and the Grodus X3s, dealing 12 damage to him. Grodus attempted to freeze everyone with his time spell, but it failed once again.
"Bah! Forget it!" Grodus was ready to take another hit from Chopper, but Vivian's Fiery Jinx is what did it for him. When Chopper brought his hammer down on him, he was left with 139 HP. Though he was starting to feel exhausted, an idea had popped in his mind. "Say, Chopper... I have a special treat for you! Let's see you handle this!"
Grodus pointed his scepter up, and it fired a red laser at Chopper, knocking him back and leaving a bruise on his arm.
"Ow… I didn't expect that..." Chopper groaned, looking at the Nuclear Fusion Core He certainly did not like the time limit remaining. "Oh, geez! This isn't good!"
"I don't know how to figure this out, Chopper," Silica panted, stepping away from the barrier. "I'm getting real tired too..."
"There's no way we're going to... Uhhh..." Chopper paused, unsure of what to say. However, one idea did pop into his mind. "Hey, Grodus! How about we show you the power of the Crystal Star we took from you?"
Chopper took out the Moon Star, and he jumped on it so it could grow to a much bigger star. It rapidly spun around and struck Grodus, dealing 24 damage and destroying his two Grodus X3s again. Grodus was left surprised, giving Flyer the chance to hit him with a Flying Attack while he was off guard.
"Fools… You realize that I'm just getting warmed up, don't you see?" Grodus asked while lava shot up from behind him.
"I don't," Tamber retorted, running up to him. Grodus simply fired a laser at him, sending him tumbling back to the others. "Argh! No fair!"
"I think I should put my Magic ability back on," Chopper decided, equipping his Magic ability and striking Grodus with more lightning. Flyer was able to hit him with another Flying Attack, bringing him down to 83. "You're almost finished, Grodus! Ready to give up?"
"Not a chance... Even if I lose, you may not escape this planet... So I win either way!" Grodus grinned, zapping Chopper and his friends with more lightning. Chopper fought back using the same spell, and then Shadower helped lower his defense with a Shadow Punch. He, along with the others, had gotten hurt by Grodus's Arcane Pulse afterward.
"You know, I think it's time I used my most powerful attack!" Tamber smirked, clenching his fists, which began to glow green. "Be prepared to feel the pain, X-Freak! The gumball saw this before, and now you're going to feel its pain!"
"Wait... Doesn't this attack need to be charged?" Flyer asked.
"I... Oh, dang it!"
Chopper shrugged and summoned more lightning to strike Grodus and bring him down to 55 HP.
"Cough… You will not stop me..." Grodus aimed a red laser at Chopper, taking 18 out of him. Despite that, Chopper managed to zap him with more lightning, and then Tamber thrust his arm forward, summoning a giant, green wave in the shape of a fist. This had left the glass orb on Grodus's scepter cracked.
"Ha ha ha! So, were you surprised?" Tamber grinned.
"Urgh… But… How?"
"Maybe because we're better than you?" Bombette scoffed.
In response, Grodus froze Bombette with an ice beam.
"This fight is nearly over. Look at yourself!" Chopper noted, taking note of the damage scepter. "You're finished!"
Chopper struck Grodus with another lightning attack, and when Mario used his hammer on him, the X-Naut leader was down to 4 HP. However, Grodus didn't appear worried.
"Hey... Shouldn't you be all worried or something?" Chopper asked.
"Why should I?" Grodus questioned as he held his scepter up. "Perhaps you've just forgotten my ability to recover HP..."
"Wait, what?"
His scepter began to glow greenish blue, and soon he managed to recover 80 HP.
"Gaaack ack ack! Much better!" Grodus cackled. "I can't say the same for you, though..."
"You gotta be kidding me!" Chopper gaped, giving Grodus a glare afterward. "All right, I'm not wasting any more time!"
He rushed toward Grodus and pointed at him, summoning lightning and destroying his Grodus X3s, along with hurting Grodus. Flyer had helped reduce Grodus to 64 HP using his Flying Attack.
"Perhaps I should hold nothing back at this point," Grodus declared, firing an Arcane Pulse at everyone, which had been guarded by them. That was when Chopper decided to fire an water spell that managed to cover Grodus in a tidal wave, destroying his Grodus X3s in the process and dealing 9 damage to him. Sonic got in a ball and hit him with a Spin Dash afterward.
"We're not going to let this freak win this fight!" Sonic exclaimed.
"I will make sure none of you are standing in the end," the X-Naut leader hissed, firing a lightning spell that struck everyone, knocking away Chopper's ability. He summoned two more Grodus X3s, but they were eventually destroyed by Vivian's Fiery Jinx, leaving him with another burn. Chopper proceeded to hit him with his hammer.
Once he hit the group with a wave of fire, he prepared to summon more Grodus X3s, but he noticed that none came out.
"What? I've run out of Grodus X3s? At a time like this?!"
"Well, then that means we get to have a fair fight!" Chopper stated.
"So be it..."
Chopper conjured up an electric ball and sent it hurling in Grodus's direction. Mario swung his hammer on Grodus's head, leaving him with 10 HP. This had managed to leave one of his goggles cracked as well. This did not stop him from firing an ice beam at Chopper, who proceeded to guard the attack. At this rate, both Grodus and the heroes were becoming exhausted.
"This… This isn't over yet." Grodus grunted, eyeing the Nuclear Fusion Core. "You only have two minutes left, you know…"
When everyone took a look at the bomb, their eyes widened in shock.
"That's...not good," Scrub gulped.
"We gotta finish him quickly!" Berry suggested.
Grodus slowly pointed his scepter up, which started to glow a lavender color. "This will surely finish you off for good... Then I can quickly make my escape with my possessions!"
"Chopper, I may have an idea," Flyer said, turning to him. "But it'll require the both of us."
"Really? What is it?" Chopper asked, turning to him. To make sure Grodus wouldn't listen in, the Wingel began to whisper his idea to Chopper. From the look on his face, he seemed to like it. "Hey! Maybe that might work!"
Flyer quickly drew his arm cannon, while Chopper began to conjure up an electric ball. Their friends watched in astonishment as they fired at each other, causing both projectiles to combine. It had grown much bigger and became a lighter green. With that, Chopper ran up to the projectile and kicked it, sending it flying in Grodus's direction.
Grodus cackled, now finished with his spell. He prepared to fire it, but he stopped when he saw the projectile coming his way. Unfortunately, there was not much time for him to react, and he ended up getting struck by the attack, leaving his cranium cracked and on his knees.
"Unh… You… You…" Grodus moaned, now defeated. With that, Chopper got to upgrade his HP to 185. Along with that, the Clara Star had dropped from his possession. "This… This isn't possible… Ungh… My army of X-Nauts… Gone. All because of you...and perhaps that idiot Lord Crump…"
"Not my fault that they got sucked into that darkness…" Chopper trailed.
Grodus noticed the time on the Nuclear Fusion Core and grinned. "Gaaack ack ack ack!" he cackled, slowly standing up. "You may have won this battle…but you are too late to save your own planet! So long for now, Chopper!"
Using his scepter, he managed to teleport and escape from the planet. At the same time, the barrier surrounding the Nuclear Fusion Core had shattered. Immediately everyone's attention was drawn to it when they saw thirty seconds remaining.
"Uh oh..." Bombette gulped.
"Let me get to work," Flyer flew over to the time bomb and went to the keypad. He studied it for a moment and looked at the screen. "Hmmmm... OK, I think I might know how to work this."
Pressing specific buttons, the timer on the bomb stopped at five seconds. The screen turned off as well, leaving everyone relieved.
"Whoa... Is the bomb really...?" Scrub gawked.
"It looks like it's shut down," Silica noticed, smiling. "Well, at least the planet's safe."
"You at least gave it a try, Silica," Flyer noted. "I will give you some credit. ...Though, what you did was pretty risky."
"She managed to save us from handing over those stars," Chopper smiled.
"Well... There's no way I wanted you to fail on your quest." Silica replied, looking down at the star. "Speaking of quest... I believe there's something you need right now."
"Yeah, you're right!" Chopper nodded, approaching the Clara Star. Once he grabbed it, the star circled around him until he held it up high.
You got a Crystal Star! Your Star Power is now 19! And Chopper learned the special move Planet Tide!
END OF CHAPTER
With the X-Nauts finally out of the way for good, Chopper was able to collect the eighteenth Crystal Star, the Clara Star, from his home planet. Not only that, but he and his friends managed to earn back the trust of his best friend, Flyer! Unfortunately, even with Grodus out of the way, the threat of the Shadow Sirens and Brothers still remained. That, and it felt like there was still someone out there that was still out to get him. But the most important question was… What about the darkness?
"Finally! We got the eighteenth Crystal Star!" Chopper cheered, putting away the star. "That means… There are only two more left. I can't believe we made it this far…"
"Yeah... It felt like our quest went on fast..." Vivian trailed.
Unfortunately, they were put to a halt by a violent tremor on the ground. People began to wonder what it was until the answer was right in front of them, getting closer by the second.
No, it wasn't that. It was…the darkness…which was already getting closer and closer.
"Aw, crud! We've wasted so much time fighting Grodus that we didn't pay attention to the darkness!" Tamber gaped, feeling the shaking get even more violent. "We gotta get outta here!"
"That's just what I was thinking!" Sonic agreed. "C'mon, Chop! Grab some of our friends and let's bolt!"
Nodding Chopper grabbed a few of his friends by their hands and began to make a run for it. Sonic did the same thing, easily catching up to him. They were relieved to have gotten across the bridge, because that was when it started to break off due to the darkness.
"At this rate, escaping might be very difficult!" Flyer cried.
"Then we gotta go faster!" Chopper declared, noticing the black rocks slowly change to green grass. Before they knew it, they were back in the jungle and running past Chopper's house. Looking back, he noticed the darkness reach his house. "No... My house..."
"Go faster, Gumball! It's gaining up on us!" Tamber shouted.
Thankfully, their distance from the teleporter was not too far. It hadn't taken them too long to finally reach it and punch in the coordinates.
The last thing they saw before escaping was Clara being engulfed in darkness.