Nicktoons Unite!
Chapter 9: Magical Duel
In a sudden poof of pink, fluffy clouds, four boys collapsed on the soft ground. Shaking his head, Timmy looked up and smiled. "We're here, guys!" he pronounce, the squeakiness in his voice gone.
Danny, Spongebob and Jimmy gasped in amazement. They were sitting on a soft cloud connected to a long rainbow. At the other side of it was a odd-looking city with strange houses and buildings.
A big, flashy sign was blinking on the cloud the heroes were on. Spongebob read, 'Fairy World,' then he exclaimed in excitement, "This is Fairy World?!"
"Yep," replied Timmy marching over to the rainbow bridge, "I often come here to fix stuff. Now let's get goin'-"
KABOOM! A loud explosion startled the heroes. When the smoke cleared, an imposing figure dressed in a military outfit and carrying a gigantic wand stepped up to them.
"At last, some help!" he said in a commanding voice, but, looking at the kids, he scowled, "But why did you bring me small children instead of superheroes?"
Cosmo spoke up, "Don't be silly! Big things like to come in small packages; ask Wanda!"
"He right, Jorgen...sorta," Wanda added, "These kids may not look like it but we've seen them do incredible things. Please let them help."
Jorgen von Strangle considered for a bit. "Well, alright, but you must get the human Crocker away from the Big Wand."
Danny pointed at the fairy's wand. "Uh, aren't you already carryin' it?" he asked confused.
"No, this is not the Big Wand," Jorgen said and pointed to a cloudy hilltop. At the very top stood a star tipped radio tower. "THAT is the Big Wand. It's what gives magic to all the fairies. Without it, we are powerless."
Jorgen continued, "Not only that, he has already captured three fairies to power a strange suit he's wearing. They are located not far from here. Once you free them, defeat that crazy cracker."
"Don't you mean, 'crazy Crocker'?" Spongebob joked, then laughed out loud at his terrible jest.
Timmy slapped his forehead. "Please don't start, dude. Let's just go find those fairies." With that said, the bucktooth began crossing the bridge, followed by a giggling Spongebob, an irritated Danny and an annoyed Jimmy.
"Good luck, tiny ones!" called Jorgen as they disappeared into the heart of Fairy World.
The town was deserted of fairies, with a few wisps of wind every now and pink tumbleweeds. The four boys cautiously made their way down a paved road to the mountains where the Big Wand was located. Timmy took the lead, looking ahead for anything suspicious. "Stay on your toes, guys; who knows where Crocker's goons might be hiding."
Suddenly, from behind several buildings, a horde of robots, looking just like the ones the boys fought back in Bikini Bottom, were racing toward them.
Danny's fists began to glow again in anticipation. "Here they come, guys! Get ready!"
The three others grabbed their weapons just as the robots reached their position. The horde lashed out with their metal staffs, almost striking a dodging Timmy and just missing Jimmy's face by inches. The bucktooth kid lept at the machine with his fairy taser sword, slashing it in half.
Jimmy recovered quickly enough to zap an incoming robot, slicing off its head and arms, while Danny, behind him, blasted another away with his ghost ray. Spongebob immediately pounded the last one to the ground with a karate chop to the chest.
The boys closed ranks and were just about to stride ahead when one of the robots began to come to. It shot out an electric-tipped staff at the heroes, knocking them down. Timmy rolled onto his back to see the machine reach for him. Without knowing, he began to scream in absolute fear.
"Oh no, you don't!" cried Wanda as she and Cosmo transformed into a cannon and cannonball, respectively. The pink fairy shot her husband out and struck the robot, smashing it to pieces.
After transforming back into fairies, they rushed to the four. "Is everyone okay?" asked Wanda, concerned.
Danny, Spongebob and Jimmy stood up quickly. "Yeah, we're fine." said the former. Timmy had stood up as well, looking a little shaken.
"Did you guys hear a scream or somethin'?" asked the bucktooth boy.
Jimmy stared at him. "Yeah, that was you."
"What?!"
Spongebob nodded. "It kinda startled me a bit. You must have strong lungs for an air breather."
Timmy looked away, angry that his fear almost got his friends hurt. Danny noticed this and knelt down to the kid's height, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"It's alright, dude. We all panic a little sometimes." he said but Timmy shook the gesture off.
"No, it's not. As the leader I'm not supposed to be crying like a baby."
"Tell me about it."
The four boys spun around and saw a fairy inside some kind of bubble. Timmy right away rushed to it and noticed two other bubbles with fairies in them in close proximity.
"You must be the fairies that Crocker captured." he said.
"No," replied another, "we're just practicing our dance routine in the safety of our private bubbles."
Spongebob sighed with relief. "Oh good, I though you were trapped."
The third roared, "WE ARE TRAPPED, YOU IDIOT! NOW GET US OUTTA HERE!"
Danny cleared his throat. One of the fairies rolled his eyes, and after muttering, "Please," the ghost boy made the bubbles intangible, freeing the fairies who floated away without so much as a 'thank you'.
Spongebob shook his square head. "My, those fairies sure are grumpy."
"I would be too if someone captured and drained me of my energy." grumbled Timmy as he walked down the street towards what appeared to be a cliff.
Jimmy craned his neck and saw another island on the other side. The Big Wand stood proudly on one of the hills. He then looked down the cliff, seeing only a few clouds and blue sky below a long ways down.
"How are we gonna get to the other side?" he asked.
Danny was about to grab him, Timmy and Spongebob so he could fly them over until the bucktooth kid exclaimed, "Hey! We could use those clouds to reach the island."
Spongebob looked over at the closest cloud. "Ooh, this is gonna be fun." he gleamed as he jumped onto the magical, fluffy water vapor. The sponge was happily surprised to discover he could bounce on these clouds. With a strong jump, Spongebob sailed up to the next one.
"That actually looks kinda fun," awed Danny as he jumped onto the cloud. Timmy and Jimmy followed him.
The four boys were now bouncing from one cloud to the next and it wasn't long before they made a competition out of it.
"Race ya to the other side, Neutron!" called Timmy.
Jimmy smiled at the challenge. "You're on, Turner!"
The two of them began hopping and jumping faster, eventually passing Danny, who muttered, "Amateurs," and joined them. Spongebob noticed the race and happily exclaimed, "Yay! A race!" before following the three boys.
Soon, the entire team was bouncing among the clouds and for the first time, they were having fun; Danny chuckled as he jumped and lept between that magic clouds, Jimmy and Timmy were crying out in glee as they raced and Spongebob twirled and spun every time he rose into the air.
Finally, the four boys landed on solid ground, having reached the other side. They panted and puffed, but still had smiles on their faces.
Timmy stood tall and declared, "I'm the winner!"
"In your dreams, Tim," replied Jimmy, catching his breath, "I touched the ground first."
Danny piped up, "Oh, contrere, it was I who got here first."
"Aw, it doesn't matter who won," said Spongebob, "we had lots of fun, didn't we?
The three smiled and nodded. The sponge was right; it was a lot of fun. More fun than they had ever had in what seemed like a long time. Besides defeating bad guys and barely escaping with their lives, the team began to enjoy one another's company.
Danny then noticed the Big Wand was much closer; there was still trouble brewing. "Timmy, do you know how to get to the Big Wand from here?"
Timmy followed a swirling path to the top. "Of course, this way." The guys made their way to their destination. The path itself had a few flowers growing on it edges. Spongebob couldn't help but pick a rainbow bloom and smell it. "Ooh, this smells so nice." he beamed as he put the flower in his pocket. "This flower will be a good present for Sandy."
Timmy smirked. "You like Sandy?"
The sponge shrugged. "Of course I do, I'm her best friend after all."
"No, that's not what meant; do you like-like Sandy?"
Spongebob hesitated. "What?! I...uh..."
Timmy let out a 'HAH!' as he turned around to face the sponge, walking backwards. "I knew it! You're just like Danny!"
The teen furrowed his eyebrows. "Just what like me?"
"C'mon, dude, we all know you really like that goth girl. We saw how you reacted when she hugged you."
Danny turned his head away. "That doesn't mean anything." he grumbled.
"Oh, Danny, don't be silly. It's great that you've finally found your soul mate." Spongebob gleamed, his eyes sparkling.
"My what?!" exclaimed the ghost teen, his face burning in several shades of red.
"Guys! Look!"
The voice startled the three boys and Timmy bumped into Jimmy, knocking them forward. The genius glared at the clumsy kid and pointed up ahead. Standing between them and the Big Wand was an enormous glass gate that stretched around the island.
Spongebob tapped the glass and smiled. "I've got this," he muttered and let out a powerful karate chop. But the gate held its ground, leaving the sponge shaking like a leaf. He recovered and rubbed his bruised hand. "Okay, I don't got this." he said sheepishly.
Timmy flung a few stars at the gate and Jimmy used his laser to try and cut the glass, but nothing worked.
"So now what, boss?" asked Cosmo, looking at Timmy.
Timmy pondered, rubbing his chin. "If only there was something to shatter this glass."
"Like an opera singer?" suggested Spongebob. The others turned to him in confusion. "Ya know, an opera singer can shatter glass with their voice."
Jimmy shook his head. "I don't think none of us can really sing loud enough or strong enough to break this gate."
Danny smiled as an idea popped into his head. "I may not be a good singer, but I can do this." He motioned the others to stand behind. Facing the glass gate, the ghost boy took a deep breath and let out a bellowing yell. A powerful, green shockwave shook the glass like paper. At first it looked like the gate was going to hold, but then cracks began appearing.
CRASH! The glass wall shattered into millions of pieces and fell to the ground. Danny stopped his attack, leading forward and putting his hands on his knees. Spongebob, Timmy and Jimmy stood in shock at what happened, but quickly rushed to their exhausted friend.
"You okay, Danny?" asked a concerned Spongebob.
The ghost teen nodded, standing up straight. "Nothin' beats the Ghostly Wail."
"That was so cool," exclaimed Timmy, "and loud, like a rock concert."
Jimmy added, "Or a rocket taking off."
Picking their way through the glass littered field, they soon noticed a large scaffolding near the Big Wand.
Timmy's eyes narrowed. "That must be where Crocker is right now. We've got to stop him!"
"Well, let's go then!" said Danny, trotting towards the building.
After climbing to the top, the scaffolding ended at a large platform with four generators, buzzing with fairy magic. Suddenly, a man in a mechanical suit with wings, a helmet and full body armor, hovered through a square hole in the middle. He smirked at the intruders.
"Well, well, Timmy Turner," said Denzel Crocker, "it looks like you've made it past my gold fortress, no doubt with the help of your..." He then spazed out as he screamed, "FAIRY GODPARENTS!"
Timmy leered at his enemy. "You're goin' down, Crocker!"
"Fools! You can't defeat me; this suit gives me all the FAIRY magic I need! Nothing can stop me! EHAHEHEH!"
Wanda gave Timmy a worried look. "Oh, he's right, Timmy," she said, "as long as he has those generators powering him, there's nothing we can do!"
Cosmo smiled. "But, on the bright side, we can make fun of his outfit." He then turned to Crocker and taunted, "Nice pants!"
Timmy looked at his partners, his two fairies transforming into a star-flinger gun. "We've got to shut down those generators! It's the only way to beat him!"
"If we're quick enough," replied Jimmy, taking out another weaponized invention, "we can do it!"
Spongebob took out his karate gloves and bubble wand. "Of course we can do it; we're heroes after all!"
Danny's fists blazed with ghost fire. "Totally, let's do this!"
The four boys charged at Crocker, who's entire arm transformed into a blaster. The crazy teacher tried to fire at the intruders, but they dodged his every attack; Danny rolled out of the way, Jimmy lept to the side, Timmy ducked underneath the shot and Spongebob stretched his legs to step out of the beam's path.
Timmy noticed how powerful the beam was and a sly smile crossed his face. "Hey, Crocker!" he shouted, getting the villain's attention, "My grandma has better aim than you!"
Crocker scowled at the comment and his other arm became a blaster. Both were now firing at the bucktooth kid who lept to the side. The two beams of energy blasted the generator behind him apart, leaving a smoldering stump of metal.
"Curse you, Turner!" roared Crocker as he shot daggers at the boy.
The other three got the hint and began taunting the lunatic; Jimmy climbed on top of one of the generators and smirked, "Maybe you should take up a different hobby instead of capturing fairies; may I suggest ma-jong?" This was met with a beam of light racing toward the genius, who flew up into the air with the help of his jet pack. The blast destroyed the device in seconds.
Spongebob stood in front of another generator. "Hey, Crocker! YOO-WHO!" he yelled waving his arms and jumping up and down. When Crocker turned to see him, the sponge stuck his tongue out and blew a raspberry. The ticked teacher snarled and blasted him with his weapon, only to have it missed Spongebob and hit the generator instead, which was disintegrated.
Finally, it was Danny's turn; the ghost kid flew next to the last generator, looking relaxed and uncaring. He let out a pretend yawn and said, "You know, for a guy with unlimited fairy magic, you're not much of a challenge."
The furious fiend shrieked and attacked him with full power. The explosion destroyed the device and left a gaping hole where Danny and it were standing.
Timmy, Jimmy and Spongebob gasped in horror, fearing the worst, when the ghost hero appeared next to them. "I rest my case." he smirked. The three boys smiled and sighed, happy that their friend was okay.
"MY FAIRY MAGIC!" screeched Crocker in anger.
Timmy smiled at the others. "Now it's time to finish him off." The others let out an excited, "Yeah!" and attacked the weakened villain. Crocker was met with powerful punches, lightning lasers, stinging stars and bursting bubbles.
The mad teacher was still able to life off using his suit, but it was too damaged to do anything else. "No, NO! It can't be!"
Wanda waved her now shining wand. "The fairies have their magic back!" she exclaimed.
"Yay, magic!" cheered Cosmo.
Timmy stood heroically, puffing out his chest. "It's over, Crocker!"
The crazed man snarled, "You've may have destroyed my magic supply, but the Evil Syndicate now has enough energy to power the Doomsday Device. You'll all be sorry!"
With that said, Denzel Crocker fell away, albeit clumsily. Danny watched him disappear and wondered out loud, "Hm, you'd think we'd learn by now that they always run away after being defeated."
Spongebob replied, "I thought it was all part of the plan."
"We'd better get to Retroville, then," said Jimmy, opening the portal, "Calamitous must be stopped at all costs!"
The others nodded solemnly and disappeared, along with the genius, into the portal.