No one knew what actually happened. One minute, they were about to be eaten, and the next thing they knew, everyone was wide-eyed with confusion. Everyone was so shocked that the Sorcerer didn't know he dropped the box containing Flabby's mask even when it landed on the floor.
"What, did, you SAY?!" The Omni asked.
"I'm SORRY." McFist repeated, causing The Omni to twitch angrily, "I should've been the one stank'd, not you. Well... you know what I mean."
Suddenly, Randy began to shake, causing him to let go of his captives. He clutched his aching head as his weaponed tail began to disappear.
"No, no, NO!" The Omni cried in protest.
"He didn't even get to use the tail!" The Sorceress joined him.
The group took advantage of the situation to run and grab Otto, The NinjaNomicon, and The Ninja Mask. They even grabbed the box containing the other Ninja Mask. (Bash had to tackle the Robo Ape in order for Bucky to grab the mask)
"Cunningham! After them!" Upon hearing his Master's voice, Stank'd Randy snapped out of his confused state and took after the group.
As soon as the group heard the growl, they knew they had to pick up the pace. Unfortunately for them, Randy was faster... and bigger.
The grouped tried running to the nearest area where Stank'd Randy wouldn't be able to find them. Yet the black monster was always one step ahead of them. Eventually, the chase lead them to the roof of the school. The teens barricade the door with any heavy objects they could find in an attempt to block out the monster.
"What did you say to him?!" Howard demanded.
"All I did was say 'I'm Sorry'." McFist defended.
"And you said... 'it was your fault.'" Viceroy added, still surprised on the turn of events.
"Hey." McFist corrected, "I was the one who wanted the Ninja dead. You were only doing your shooby job; working for the biggest shoob in Norisville. I made a mistake working with those shoobs."
"Your mistake..." Howard recalled the last lesson from the Nomicon as Stank'd Randy barged through the door, cornering the group. The Omni and his cronies arrived just in time for Stank'd Randy to have his friends for dinner.
Howard reconsidered what McFist said; McFist apologized to Viceroy. He took blame for Viceroy's mistakes.
Everyone. Mistakes. Greatest mistake. Your mistakes.
It all clicked into place...
"Oh, My, Juice! This is all MY FAULT!" Howard exclaimed, "I turned my best friend into a monster!"
Stank'd Randy roared and caught everyone once again in his tentacles. He brought Howard closer to him, eyeing the fat boy with hate before opening his mouth wide.
"Cunningham I know you're too mad to turn me into Monster Food but I just wanted to say...I'M SORRY!" Howard closed his eyes as he braced himself for the worst. Instead, Stank'd Randy closed his mouth and looked at his friend with confused eyes, "You're The Ninja not me. One time I got to be the Ninja, I stunk."
"One time you got to be the Ninja?" Heidi's eyes widened in shock upon remembering a particular event, "Oh."
"Okay. I'm totally pissed off whenever you go Ninja-No-Show on me," Howard went on, "but also because I can't do all the bruce things you do. Even when you don't have the mask, you're still the brucest guy I know. I'm just the shooby sidekick who's always goofing around and messing everything up. I even got you to abuse your powers for selfish reasons. What do you need me as a friend for?"
To everyone's surprise, they were gently settled to the ground. Stank'd Randy nervously backed away as if he was afraid of them. He growled as a painful sensation surge inside him and his wings disappeared.
"Nin... Randy I've always like you." Viceroy quickly blurted out, "You were the brucest guy in town. Sometimes I'd imagine that I was your sidekick and we would beat McFist together..."
Annoyed grunts and glares from McFist and Howard made him stop, "But how could I when I keep wasting my technological abilities in destroying you? You're lucky to have friends and parents who love you for you. And not just because you're The Ninja."
Once he finished, Randy's bulging brain suddenly shrunk back to its original size, much to The Omni's frustration.
"Sweetheart?" Randy shifted his gaze upon hearing his mother's voice, "You know how protective parents can get when it comes to their child's safety?"
"Well..." Danny remembered the flashback of Hana's brothers preventing her from going outside for her own safety, "Sometimes, they have to understand their own kid's point of view, because sometimes... the very people they are trying to protect, are also the people they're hurting. And that's the last thing we wanted to do to our brucetastic son who was such even before he became the town's protector."
As Melly sobbed on Danny's shoulder, Randy could feel his heart shrink... as well as the rest of him.
"You know what?" Bash snapped, "You're lucky. You get to be The Ninja and got awesome friends and parents. All I got is this shoob."
"Oh great." McFist sighed sarcastically.
"I thought it was cool having McFist as a dad, until I realize what a total shoob he is." Bash added.
"You kept pushing me around!" McFist protested.
"Only because you were acting all high and mighty and all that junk." Bash corrected, "You act all nice just because you wanted the attention. Its because of that I pretend The Ninja's my Dad."
Everyone remained silent and shocked.
"I don't know what to say to that." McFist nervously rubbed the back of his head.
"You don't because you're too busy to hang out with me or even save my butt." Bash sighed, "He does. Even if I acted like a total shoob in front of him."
Stank'd Randy roared once again as his extra muscular arms disappeared.
Heidi stepped forward with a sorry expression on her face, "Remember those times I always get your name wrong? It's because... well you and Howard always hang together."
"Wait. What?" Howard interrupted in surprise.
"You guys are always having fun and well... I just felt, left out." Heidi sadly admitted.
"Left out?" Howard echoed, "You're like the most popular girl in school. And what makes you think me and Cunningham don't want you hanging around with us?"
Heidi gave her brother a small but touched smile. The moment was intercepted by another roar. Randy's sharp fangs retracted and disappeared.
"Randy?" Julien took off his hat as he approached the Stank'd teen, "Even when I threatened everyone you still went to great lengths to give me a helping hand. I wanted to thank you for that, as well as to apologize for my chaotic behaviour. You truly are one of my dearest friends. Even if you are a monster."
Stank'd Randy almost shed a tear as the horns on his head began to disappear. Of course, he wasn't the only one...
"Are you, crying?" Heidi asked Morgan.
"No." Morgan wiped a tear from her face, "Alright! I'm not that tough after all! How could I when I turned one of my friends into a monster?!"
As the others comforted Morgan, Randy's quills began to disappear.
"I always did have this huge crush on the Ninja." Theresa began to shed a tear, "But you're my real hero, Randy. The Ninja is brave, kind, considerate, and so much more. That's because he was you. And you are the real you."
Randy felt a warm sensation building inside of him as his tentacles began to disappear, much to The Omni's frustration.
"Randy I'm sorry!" Debbie cried, "You were right to erase my memories! I acted like a total shoob, finding The Ninja's identity, blabbing it to the whole world, threatening your very existence...! I might as well be a McFist!"
Randy's extra eyes disappeared, prompting The Omni to take his frustration on a Robo Ape by biting its arm.
The group began to cry tears of guilt. To everyone's surprise, Bucky brought out a guitar instead of the triangle he was always proud to play with.
"I... I never sang this in public because you'd think it was too cheesy." Bucky sniffed, "But since you're going to hate us forever..."
Before The Omni could attack, he clutched his (Hana's actually) ears in pain as Bucky began singing to the sad note he was strumming in his guitar.
Memories started flashing in Randy's head; his time as The Ninja, saving people, protecting the ones he loves, having fun with his friends, more importantly, Howard... It was all coming back to him, along with a feeling that overcame his hate and anger. Oh. And his sharp, pointy ears disappeared as well.
Once the song ended, the group cried non-stop. They braced themselves for the worst when Stank'd Randy began approaching Howard.
"Just get it over already." The Omni screamed like a little girl in his head, anticipating the chaos that was about to happen. (Or was that just Hana?)
"Howard... Randy... Friends?"
"Cunningham?" Howard looked up at his friend with surprise. Had he heard right?
Suddenly, Randy's eyes began regaining their dark blue color. He raised a fist at Howard. The teen was confused on what to do... until he bumped fist with Stank'd Randy. Their Bro Handshake.
"Randy, Howard, Best Friends!" Howard tearfully embraced his best friend. The moment was interrupted when Stank'd Randy pushed him away, screaming in agony, his eyes glowing red.
"Shoobs!" The Omni taunted as his eyes were glowing the same color, "As long as there is even a small sliver of darkness in his heart, he's still under my CONTROL!"
"Oh come on!" McFist cried, hugging his stuffed owl, "What else do you want?! WHAT?!"
"MR. COO-COO!"
Everyone including The Omni and his lackeys blinked their eyes in confusion. Stank'd Randy was excitedly eyeing McFist's toy like how a puppy was excited to play with its owner.
"Mr. Who-Who?" McFist asked.
"Mr. What-What?" Viceroy followed.
"Mr. What-The-Juice?" The Omni followed as well.
Howard looked at McFist's owl and his eyes widened in shock and disgust, "Awww... Come on! I thought I got rid of you."
"Mr. Coo-Coo? I thought you said Randy lost him." Danny said suspiciously.
"Well actually Heidi lost him." Howard corrected.
"Hey! You wanted that owl gone after Randy started to spend more time with him." Heidi protested, "I was only the innocent bystander. Where did you even find him?"
"My Hunter-Bot was actually...Ohhhh!" Viceroy's eyes widened in realization.
"Whoa, whoa! Hold on." McFist waved his hand in disbelief, "You got rid of your best friend's toy just because you were jealous that he was getting all the attention and not you. Come on. That's, just..."
McFist looked back at the times he tried to destroy the Ninja out of jealousy. And here he was criticizing a teenager on his childhood jealousy on a toy. He continued to look down at "Odd Ozzy" and gave out a small sigh, "I have to do the right thing, huh?"
McFist approached Randy while the others look on with confused looks. He held out the stuffed owl in front of Randy and the monster slowly reached out a large claw for the owl... until McFist pulled it away.
"You sure you don't want a replacement?" McFist asked, only to receive a protesting roar from the monster, "Oh. Alright."
He finally gave Mr. Coo-Coo to Randy who happily nuzzled his beloved childhood stuffed toy while the others awed at the sight before them. Frustrated on what was going to happen next, The Omni disappeared into the shadows, pulling his Mask over his head.
A flash of light surrounded Stank'd Randy. It eventually died down, revealing...
"RANDY!"
The teens excitedly approached their friend in order to embrace him, only to stop when they realized he had no clothes on.
"Guys. Wha...? Mr. Coo-Coo! " Randy suddenly screamed when he realized the state he was in. He stopped when his dad covered him with his jacket and he was embraced by his parents, his friends, his "enemies" and even Viceroy's pets.
"Welcome back, Ninja." Melly cried joyfully.
"Who-oa!" Randy pulled away from the hug, "The Ninja's here? Where...?"
"Randy, we know." Danny put a reassuring hand on his son's shoulder.
"And we've never been so much proud of you." Melly added.
Randy flashed a small smile at his parents before embracing them once more.
"Hey Cunningham," Howard interrupted before bringing out the Ninja Mask, "I think this belongs to you."
The two teens exchanged smiles before Randy took the Mask from Howard.
"Wait. Why is McFist here?" Randy raised a suspicious eyebrow at the gazillionaire.
"Randy!" The Omni appeared in a puff of black smoke and pulled Randy away from the group while brandishing a sword at them.
"Hana, wha...?" Randy asked in confusion.
"McFist has them under his control." 'Hana' said.
"What? No. You just... Aww! Stank-nesia!" Howard groaned.
"Give me the Mask." 'Hana' held out 'her' hand, "Its time I show you its full potential. Together we can finally rid Norisville of this shoob."
"Ninja I know you have Stank-nesia and hate me for everything, but I just want you to know that I'M SORRY!" McFist cried.
"Randy listen; Hana's The Omni." Heidi pointed to the monster. The others supported her claims they tried to convince their amnesiac friend.
"I don't really know what's going on," Randy held the Mask towards 'Hana'... before slipping it on. Once transformed, The Ninja of Norisville stomped on the roof, levitating a large slab of it before kicking the slab at 'Hana', slamming him to the wall,"but if McFist got the guts to apologize, then he's not a total shoob after all."
The group cheered for the return of their protector.
"CUNNINGHAM!" The Omni bellowed in anger, lifting the slab off him. His Mask was off and Hana's hair was an unraveled mess.
He threw the slab at the Ninja who sliced it with his sword. The two glared at each other, ready to face each other in the battle that will determine the fate of The World.
"A toy owl outreached my best friend than me?!" Howard complained.