Hey there, here's an update. Hope you enjoy. These aren't really shorts but episodes I had planned but shortened and to also set up future stories.


N-Men Shorts

The Calm Before the Storm

Jimmy had just transformed into a black humanoid slime monster.

"Guess who's back." he said, letting out a psychotic laugh.

Just as quick as he arrived the new creature changed back into Jimmy.

"Wait no! Not now!" he screamed.


Jimmy's Mindscape

The slim creature was thrown to the ground by Hulk.

The monster got up, screeched at Hulk and made his hands form into blades.

"Long time no see Tangerine head." the creature snarled.

"It has been a while. Missed the way your head felt while I gave it a good beating."

"Nova, you're looking as delectable as always." the monster smiled as he licked his lips.

"And you're as disgusting as you've always been." Nova sneered at him.

"And the poet himself." he said as Etrigan growled at him. "Looks like almost everyone is here. Well everyone except the primary and…"

"You dare finish that sentence and I'll crush you where you stand." Hulk threatened him.

"Promises, promises." the creature smiled.

"How are you even here?" Nova asked.

"If you must know, the barriers that kept us down are so much weaker than they were when they were put up. I just forced my way out." Venom explained. "Won't much longer until he shows up."

At that moment Jimmy appeared before his alters.

"The guest of honor has appeared." the creature smiled.

"What just happened!? Who are you?" he asked the creature.

"I'm Venom." Venom smiled.

"Venom, well I guess you're the new guy. Pleasure to meet you." Jimmy greeted him.

"Jimmy Neutron." Venom smiled, "It's been so long since we last saw each other."

"We've met before?" Jimmy asked.

"You don't remember, well you see 10 years ago…"

Venom was immediately stopped by Nova blasting his head, left arm and right leg off.

"Nova! Why'd you do that!?" Jimmy asked.

"Relax Jimmy, we're just mental constructs. Nothing here is actually real." Nova explained.

Venom instantly regenerated his body parts. "Even if it were It wouldn't have worked anyway."

"Don't you dare tell him about that!" Hulk threatened.

"Fine." Venom agreed.

"Tell me about what?" Jimmy asked.

Everyone remained silent.

"I thought we were in this together. You guys can't keep secrets from me."

"Come on guys. It's his head on the line as well. He has a right to know." Venom said.

Jimmy's alters looked at each other and agreed.

"Fine. But I'll tell him." Hulk stepped forward. "As you know back when you were little you experienced something traumatic and that caused us to pop up."

"Yeah but you still haven't told me what happened." Jimmy said.

"You're better off not knowing that, at least for now. Each of us represents an emotion you felt during that day. I represent your anger…" Hulk continued.

"I your fear." Etrigan said.

"I'm your pain." Nova said.

"And I'm your desire for justice or should I rather say your desire for revenge." Venom explained while getting in Jimmy's face.

"The last of us is arguably the most dangerous. He's the embodiment of all your hatred. He wanted to take control of your body and convinced all of them to help him."

Jimmy looked at his other alters and they responded. "It wasn't my proudest moment." Nova said.

"Indeed. It was a massive trick. From that gigantic dick." Etrigan said with a look of annoyance on his face.

"Yeah it was pretty dumb of us to fall for his ruse." Venom agreed.

"I had to fight them. Truth be told I was incredibly lucky. By the end all of them were vying for control so sealing them away was a simple task."

"But don't worry we don't want control of your body anymore." Nova said.

Etrigan nodded his head. "To avoid another disaster we've agreed to only serve you master."

Jimmy then looked at Hulk, "Is that why you were so controlling before?"

"Yeah, maybe I took it a tad too far but I honestly had your best interests at heart." Hulk explained.

Jimmy then looked at Venom. "So what are you going to do?"

"You don't have to worry about me. As long as I'm well fed I'll behave." Venom replied.

"What do you like to eat?" Jimmy asked.

"Chocolate."

"Chocolate!?" Jimmy replied.

"Yes, chocolate. Can't get enough of the stuff. Give me chocolate and I'll be at your service."

"I think I can arrange that." Jimmy replied.

"Good." Venom smiled.

"So if everything is all good here I'll be heading back to reality." Jimmy said before he disappeared.

"That was a nice story Hulk but I think you left out some important pieces of information." Venom commented.

"I told Jimmy what he needed to know." Hulk replied.

"Very well. I hope you know what you're doing, because if Neutron goes down we're all going down with him." Venom said.

"Just trust me for now, okay." Hulk replied.

Deep in the room of the last unopened door a figure who looked like Jimmy was chained up suspended in the air.

He had heard everything that Jimmy and the other alters had spoken about and let out a little smirk.


Run Sheen Run

Sheen was hanging out with one of his friends Carlos.

"Good game." Sheen said while he wiped some sweat off of himself.

"Yeah for you. You kicked my ass." Carlos replied as he tried to catch his breath.

"You wanna go another round?" Sheen asked.

"Naw, I'm going home. I've got to study. Finals are coming up soon." Carlos explained.

"I got you. See ya later." Sheen replied.

Sheen and Carlos gave each other the bros handshake and left each other.

While Carlos was walking home a group and men jumped out from the shadows and grabbed him throwing him into a van.


Sheen's House

Sheen was enjoying breakfast with his family.

"Nate called this morning." Roberto said.

"Really what did he say?" Sheen asked.

"He said he's been working hard with his new friends and he's made sure to keep up with his studies." Roberto explained.

"Well at least he's happy." Sheen said.

At that moment Roberto got a call.

"Hello… Hey Leon… Yeah Sheen's here."

"What does Mr Gonzalez want with me?" Sheen asked.

"He wants to know if Carlos is here." Roberto explained.

"No, I haven't seen him." Sheen replied.

"I'm sorry Leon, Sheen hasn't seen him… Okay, I'll call you if I hear something." Roberto said before ending the call.

"Is everything okay?" Sheen asked.

"Carlos didn't come home last night." Roberto replied.

"Maybe he's at Shelley's house. I'll talk to her after training." Sheen said.


Retroville High

Sheen was with his other friends Tim and Markus and Carlos's girlfriend Shelley.

"So neither of you have seen Carlos." Sheen said.

"No, I tried texting him last night and he didn't reply." Tim replied.

"Not even you Shell?" Sheen asked.

"We were supposed to meet at the library to study last night." Shelley answered.

"Maybe he's just messing around somewhere. Remember last summer when he went to Acapulco and didn't tell any of us." Mark said.

"He told me. I was just too busy to stop him. As reckless as Carlos is, he's not dumb enough to go somewhere and not tell anyone where he's going." Sheen said.

Everyone looked at Sheen with worried faces.

"I'll check something out after school, and call you guys once I've found something."

"Okay, but we'll be looking too." Mark agreed.

"Okay, if anyone finds anything make sure to call and don't go anywhere dangerous." Sheen said.

Everyone agreed and split off.


The Compound

Later that day Sheen met with AJ.

"So can you use grid to find Carlos?" Sheen asked.

"Sure, just give me a minute." AJ replied.

AJ used grid and searched through the entire city to see what happened in the last 24 hours.

"I found something."

AJ pulled out a hologram and showed Sheen the video of Carlos being thrown into a van.

"Who are those guys!?" Sheen asked.

"No license plates but I think I can tell you where it was last." AJ said.

After a few seconds AJ got the location. "The van was abandoned by the harbor, Carlos was taken onto some boat but the guys who took him are at the Four Seasons Hotel, 8th floor room 7."

"Thanks, I'll be right back." Sheen said.

"Need any help?" AJ asked.

"No, but I'll be sure to call if something comes up." Sheen replied.

Sheen turned the dial on his watch and changed into the Flash.

"Be back in a you know what." Sheen said as he raced off.

Sheen raced through the city looking for the hotel. "Where is it, where is it? Dammit, I really need to install a map into this thing." Sheen groaned.

After running around in circles for a few seconds Sheen finally found the hotel.

"Why was this place so hard to find? It's not like I haven't been here before." he said to himself.

Sheen then looked at the building.

"Alright Estevez, time to get serious."

Sheen raced into the building and entered the kidnappers room.

The four men who kidnapped Carlos were passed out drunk with several prostitutes lying around. In a second Sheen raced in, tyed everyone and placed them against the wall.

Sheen splashed a bucket of water on them. "Wake up!"

"WHAT… What the hell!" one of them shouted.

The other looked up and saw Sheen.

"Oh shit! It's the Flash!"

"Look man we didn't do nothin…"

"Shut up!" Sheen shouted. "Last night you kidnapped a boy. Where did you take him!?"

"Look, we don't know what you're…"

The kidnapper was suddenly silenced by Sheen striking the wall so hard it cracked.

"I'm not fucking around. Where did you take that kid!"

"Okay, okay, I'll talk. We were hired by some group calling themselves Prometheus. They pay us to grab people and take them to the docks. That's it, that's all I know."

"When are you expecting to deliver again?" Sheen asked.

"It's completely random. It could be tomorrow or a month from now. That's all we know, I swear."

"How do you contact them?" Sheen asked.

"We don't. They contact… Ahhh! AHHHH!"

At that moment all three men began to scream in pain, their hands began to expand and in seconds their heads exploded splattering their brains all over the room.

The girls began to scream in terror while Sheen with a look of discomfort and frustration on his face wiped the blood off his face.

"Call the police." Sheen said to the prostitutes as he raced out of the room.


The Compound

Sheen made it back to the base and was watching AJ work on locating Carlos.

"Did you find anything?" Sheen asked.

"Sorry I didn't find anything." AJ replied disappointed in himself.

Sheen rubbed his temples in frustration. "So we currently have no leads."

"Sorry I wasn't a bigger help."

"No, you did great. Whoever this Prometheus group is, they're incredibly careful. We may be dealing with something really big."

"They'll slip up eventually. Don't worry I'll find them. I am the third smartest person on the planet." AJ said, trying to reassure Sheen.

"Thanks. What am I going to tell everyone?"

"Nothing. At least nothing for now. Telling them he was kidnapped would only worry them more." AJ explained.

"Fine, I'll hold off for now." Sheen agreed. "But if we don't find anything they have to know."

"Agreed." AJ replied.


Unknown Location

Carlos was dragged into the room along with a few teenagers and some adults.

"Help! HELP!" Carlos screamed.

A doctor walked in with a syringe with a green liquid inside.

"What is that!? What are you going to do to me."

Without a word he injected Carlos. Carlos screamed in pain as his body began to mutate. His head turned into that of a lion, his torso became more like a gorilla, he gained polar bear arms, goat legs, he gained a snake tail and a pair of giant bat wings.

Carlos began to roar and screech like a feral animal. He almost tore through his restraints, the doctor pulled out a collar and put it around Carlos's neck instantly calming him down.

Everywhere else in the room the other kidnapped victims lay dead on the ground.

"Only one successful one." the doctor told one of his colleagues.

"We better tell the boss."

The doctor made it to a room where he met with Shawn Collins AKA Inferno and Ian Wong AKA Hypno.

"Sir only one of the last batch mutated."

"Did the collar work?" Shawn asked.

"Yes."

"Good work. You can go." Shawn replied.

The doctor nodded and left the room.

"We're doing great work here." Shawn commented.

"Yeah, my mutant making formula may not be as good as Neutron's but it gets the job done."

"When we're done making our army not even the likes of Brick and Savage could stop us." Shawn smiled.


Alone Together

The Compound

Jimmy and Cindy were having a ridiculously stupid argument that was getting on everyone's nerves.

"North Pole!" Jimmy shouted.

"South Pole!" Cindy shouted.

"What the heck are they arguing about this time?" Libby frustratedly asked.

"Which is colder, the North or the South pole?" Betty answered while rubbing her temples.

"Why would they argue about something as dumb as that?" AJ asked.

"Isn't it obvious." Libby commented.

"For someone who claims to be the 5th smartest person on the planet, how could you possibly be this dimwitted?" Cindy shouted.

"I guess that blonde hair isn't just for show." Jimmy retorted.

"Should we do something?" AJ asked.

"No, they'll tire themselves out eventually." Betty replied.

Inside Jimmy's mindspace the altars were also very annoyed by the argument.

Nova: Seriously why don't they just get a room.

Hulk: I've never felt the urge to smash something as much as I do now.

Venom:(roaring) ! When will this fucking end!

Etrigan: I must agree. They're arguing is quite annoying.

Nova: That didn't rhyme.

Etrigan: Excuse me for staggering because of all their instant naggering.

Nova: Naggering isn't a word.

Etrigan roared, threw his arms up in defeat and went straight into his room.

Nova: Wow, he was testy.

Hulk: He's got the right idea, let's head into our rooms until this is all over.

Venom and Nova agreed and all the altars retreated into their rooms.

Back in the real world Timmy was training Jasmine with Carl and Sheen present.

"God, they're loud. Carl, can you do something about that?" Timmy asked.

Carl created a sound bubble that blocked all external sound from getting in.

"Okay apprentice now that you're not grounded anymore let's get to work. I'm going to teach you how to talk to plants."

"What, that's so lame. Can't I learn a more exciting spell?" Jasmine asked.

"No. This is important. You'll see…"

At that moment Timmy got a call.

"Hello… Susan what do you mean she's destroying the blender… Okay, okay, I'll be right there."

Timmy hung up.

"What's wrong?" Carl asked.

"Trixie got scared by the blender, she's kinda destroying the house." Timmy handed Jasmine his spell book. "Review the plantus comucatus spell. I'll be right back. Greater Teleportation."

Timmy disappeared in a flash of light.

"See that's the kind of spell I wanna learn not talking to flowers." Jasmine complained.

Jasmine began to turn the pages of the spell book.

"Huh Jasmine what are you doing?" Carl asked.

"Looking for the teleportation spell."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Carl asked.

"Don't be such a drag, Carl. I know what I'm doing… There it is!" she said excitedly as she found the spell. "Okay, here I go. Greater teleportation!"

An energy beam shot out from the book.

"Look out!" Sheen shouted but no one could hear him because of Carl's sound proof bubble.

The beam hit Jimmy and Cindy who were still consumed by their argument. They disappeared in a flash of light.

Everyone had shocked expressions on their faces and Jasmine collapsed from exhaustion.

A little while later Timmy had returned and was incredibly pissed off.

"So let me get this straight, you ignored my warnings and used a spell you clearly weren't ready for and sent our friends off to who knows where. Did I get that all right?"

"Yes." Jasmine groaned.

"Will she be okay?" Carl asked.

"Yes, she's just exhausted. She'll be fine in a few hours."

"Where are Jimmy and Cindy?" Libby asked.

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know!?" Betty asked.

"They could literally be anywhere. That's why you don't cast a teleportation spell without an intended target. Did you even read the warnings" Timmy explained.

"What warnings?" Jasmine replied.

"The ones on the next page." Timmy explained as he turned the page of the spell book and showed her the numerous warnings about how to properly use the spell.

"They should really put those at the beginning of the spells." Jasmine commented.

"Is there anything we can do?" Sheen asked.

"Look for them and hope my stupid apprentice didn't teleport them into the center of the earth."


Unknown Island

Jimmy and Cindy appeared on a beach.

"Where are we?" Cindy asked.

"No idea." Jimmy replied.

Jimmy pulled out his phone and discovered he had no service.

"Wherever we are. We have no service."

"I'll check the com's." Cindy said.

She tried to call everyone but nothing went through.

"I get a signal through."

"That's weird. This island must have some weird electro magnetic frequency." Jimmy theorized. "Anyway, let's get out of here."

"Right." Cindy agreed.

"Alright Nova let's go. Hello Nova. Nova!" Jimmy called for Nova but no one answered. "That's weird."

"What's wrong?" Cindy asked.

"Nova's not answering. I can't even feel her presence." Jimmy said, feeling perplexed.

"I guess I could give you a ride." Cindy suggested.

"I guess there's nothing we can do if no one's answering." Jimmy begrudgingly agreed.

Cindy picked Jimmy up bridal style and began to struggle to hold him up.

"Is something wrong?" Jimmy asked, noticing the strained look on Cindy's face.

"No it's nothing." Cindy replied.

Cindy leaped into the ground but the duo crashed into the sandy beach.

"What the hell Vortex!" Jimmy shouted as he lifted his head out of the sand.

"Sorry, I'm just feeling a little off." Cindy replied.

She then jumped into the air but came back down.

"Something's wrong, I can't fly." Cindy said.

"Let me check something." Jimmy said as he walked up to Cindy and pinched her.

"Ow, what the hell!" Cindy yelled before punching Jimmy's arm.

"Just like I thought. Something on this island is blocking our powers. And Ow by the way." Jimmy groaned while rubbing his arm.

"You deserved it." Cindy replied.

"Anyway, we really need to figure out our situation. We need to find a source of water." Jimmy suggested.

"No, it would be better for us to find some shelter." Cindy replied.

"We don't know how long we're going to be here, finding water is the most important thing."

"No, we need to find shelter because we don't know how long we're going to be here and I don't know about you but freezing to death isn't on my itinerary!"

"Well dying of dehydration wasn't mine!"

"You're so annoying, you think you're right about everything!"

"Well I am one of the smartest people on earth. I think I know what I'm talking about!"

"You know what fine! You go find water, I'll go find shelter." Cindy yelled as she walked away from Jimmy.

"Wait, splitting up is a bad idea."

"Don't care you do your thing, I'll do mine."

"Agh, you're so annoying. Let's at least settle with a little competition."

Cindy stopped herself, "I'm listening."

"Arm wrestling."

"What?"

"If you win we do what you want to do. If I win we do what I want to do. Deal."

"Okay Neutron, I'll play."

"There's a rock over there we'll use that as a stand."

Jimmy and Cindy went to the rock and got into possession.

"Are you sure about this Neutron, you're not really the competing type." Cindy said.

"Anything to make you see reason." Jimmy replied. "Alright, we'll go on three. One, two, three."

Just as the competition started Cindy blew a raspberry at Jimmy's face distracting him long enough to take the win.

"I win." Cindy said with much glee in her face.

"You cheated." Jimmy complained as he wiped the spit off his face with his shirt.

"No such thing as cheating in a game of survival, Neutron."

"Fine a deal's a deal, but I'm still not sure about going into the jungle. We'd be helpless if we ran into any predators."

"Yeah but staying here wouldn't do us any better." Cindy pointed out.

"Fine, but let's still try to be extra careful."

Cindy nodded her head and the duo went into the jungle.

Jimmy and Cindy spent ours walking through the jungle.

"Are we ever going to find shelter?" Jimmy groaned.

"We need to keep moving." Cindy said as she grabbed Jimmy's hand to keep them moving.

"Sorry but some of us don't work out four hours a day." Jimmy panted.

"Fine I guess we could rest but keep an eye out for anything bad."

Jimmy and Cindy found a tree they could lay on and began to rest. Time passed and neither one said anything to each other. Their thoughts were all muddled up and they just didn't know what to say to each other but after about 20 minutes of pure silence Jimmy let out a little chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Cindy asked.

"No it's nothing just thinking about stuff." Jimmy replied.

"Like what?" Cindy asked.

"I think this is the first time we've been alone together in a while. Like remember back in Kindergarten

"Well, you're the one who's always busy."

"It's not like that."

"Isn't it. You don't need to work nearly as hard as you do. AJ and Betty are more than capable of handling things once in a while."

"Maybe you're right. It's just that I've been under a lot of stress. I don't know when Savage will make his next move, and then the rise in mutant attacks and the army's been all over my ass with Chester's development and then there's my alters…"

"I think I get the picture you're a busy guy."

"Yeah. How have you been doing?"

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't really gotten the chance to talk to you about it but how have you been handling everything? The last two years haven't been exactly easy for you. You became a mutant, found out your Dad was an immortal psychopath, found out you had who knows how many brothers and sisters and had still had to deal with school. How did you do it."

Cindy smiled. "Well it's not exactly like things have been easy for you either Neutron. Your career collapsed and all this superhero stuff has been put on your shoulders not to mention you have DID. Sometimes I wonder why you haven't just given up."

"Well it's silly but when I was a kid my Uncle James…"

"I didn't know you had an uncle."

"Not by blood. But when my parents were out he would take care of me. When I was younger I used to get so frustrated when one of my inventions or experiments failed but he was always there to keep my head up. He used to say Jimmy it doesn't matter how smart you are if you give up when things don't go your way. So I learned to not let things get to me. At least not everything."

"Wow I didn't know that about you."

"Well you never asked."

"Well we're stuck here for who knows how long. Let's take the time to get to know you a little better." Cindy suggested.

"Why not. You first." Jimmy smiled.

Six Weeks Later

Weeks passed and Jimmy and Cindy had made a life on the island. They were living on fruit and the occasional wild boar that would make its way towards the pair. Thanks to Jimmy's scientific expertise he managed to concoct a medicine from various herbs to create a powerful odor that kept the predators away from their camp.

Jimmy and Cindy had managed to build their camp next to a freshwater pond.

Jimmy, having lost his shirt and shoes and gained a much more muscular build from all the manual labor he was doing, was building a fire.

Cindy, now wearing a now more torn up version of her clothes stepped into the camp with several fish.

"Hope you like fish." Cindy said.

"Not really but I don't really have a choice." Jimmy said with a smile.

Jimmy and Cindy were talking and laughing with each other while eating their dinner.

"I swear that monkey wanted me to be his girlfriend." Cindy groaned as she bit her fish.

"Well you can't say it doesn't have good taste." Jimmy laughed.

The laughter died down as Jimmy and Cindy began to reflect about everything.

"Do you think we'll ever get off this island?" Cindy asked.

"Who knows, but if I had to spend the rest of my life on a deserted island, there is no one else I'd rather be doing it with."

"Really." Cindy said in disbelief.

"Yeah. Despite being way out of my comfort zone, spending all this time with you has been unbelievably fun."

"I agree. Without all the work, you're a pretty great guy."

Jimmy and Cindy began to blush and silence befall between them.

"Nice night isn't it." Jimmy smiled while looking up at the stars.

"Yeah, you don't normally see them in Retroville." Cindy agreed.

Without knowing Cindy and Jimmy's hands touched, they both flinched and quickly moved away from each other. They then locked eyes. Both their hearts began beating faster and faster, Jimmy was the first to lean in, Cindy soon followed and in that moment Jimmy and Cindy began to share a very passionate kiss.


Retroville

The Compound

AJ and Timmy were working hard on something.

AJ was connected to a box in a trance like state while Timmy was pouring magic into the same box.

"Cyborg disengaged, you're overheating!" Betty shouted.

Cyborg didn't listen and the white armor on his body began to turn red and Timmy's body began to wither.

"Timmy stop! You're using too much mana!" Trixie shouted.

Neither were stopping so the two females took matters into their own hands.

Trixie rushed at Timmy and karate chopped the back of his head knocking him out and Betty aborted the sequence AJ was processing which caused him to collapse.

"Water!" Betty yelled.

Sheen raced in and doused AJ in water to cool his body down.

"You two need to stop pushing yourselves so hard." Betty yelled.

"Timmy, you could've died." Trixie agreed.

"We need to keep going." Timmy groaned as he struggled to get up.

"Yeah." AJ agreed as he struggled to get up. "It would be different if they'd told us they were okay, but Jimmy and Cindy haven't even made contact. Not to mention Cindy has super speed and can fly. If she were somewhere safe she would've been back by now."

"We need to at least know if they're dead or alive. Foreclosures sake we need to know."

Betty and Trixie gave the boys very worried looks but begrudgingly agreed to their demands.

"You two are really stubborn. Fine AJ you ease the tension on your circuits if you reroute through the supercomputer." Betty suggested.

"Timmy take life force from me. I'm an Amazon, we can basically live forever." Trixie suggested.

"Thanks you two." Timmy smiled.

"Yeah, where would we be without you." AJ agreed.

"Dead, but enough about that. Let's get to work."


Two Weeks Later

More time passed and Jimmy and Cindy had grown closer and closer. They bonded to the point that neither one of them were even thinking about leaving the island anymore.

Jimmy and Cindy were walking through the jungle carrying fruit they had gathered with baskets they had weaved together.

Cindy noticed Jimmy began to fall behind.

"You're falling behind." Cindy said.

"Just enjoying the view." Jimmy chuckled.

"Stop that." Cindy blushed.

"What, genius or not, I'm still a guy." Jimmy laughed.

Just then Cindy felt something in the air.

"Stop."

"Okay." Jimmy agreed jokingly.

"No seriously stop." Cindy said in a serious tone.

"What's wrong?" Jimmy asked.

"Something's watching us."

An ominous silence fell through the jungle, Cindy was looking around for what was watching the teens. Without warning a leopard leaped out of the shadows and narrowly missed the teens.

Jimmy quickly reacted and threw a pouch filled with a substance made from various herbs and flowers at the leopard's face and messed with the leopard's vision and smell.

"Run!" Jimmy shouted.

Cindy dropped the fruit she was carrying and the both of them ran away at top speed.

"We need to make it back to camp!' Jimmy yelled.

The leopard managed to wipe some of the substance off and began to chase them.

It didn't take any time for the beast to catch up to the teens.

Quickly noticing it Cindy picked up a block of wood and managed to get two good hits on the leopard's face, the leopard furiously smacked Cindy back with the back of it's paw.

It pounced at her but Jimmy tackled it before it could reach her.

The leopard turned its attention on Jimmy and began to claw up his face and bit into his shoulder.

"JIMMY!" Cindy shrieked.

Something came over Cindy. She felt a strange power come over her. Her body began to glow a goldish yellow color without even thinking about it Cindy charged at the Leopard, smacked it off of Jimmy and killed it in one blow.

Cindy then felt all the power drain from her body and she collapsed barely able to move.

"Jimmy." she just barely managed to say.

"I-I'm he-he-hear Cindy." Jimmy managed to answer as he was beginning to lose all sensation from his body.

"I'm sorry I couldn't do more." Cindy groaned desperately trying not to pass out.

"D-D-Don't say tha-tha-that. You did the best that you cou-could do. If thi-this is how I go out, I'm glad it was with the woman I love."

Cindy began to tear up desperately trying to keep consciousness but every second she could feel she was about to black out. As Cindy slipped into the darkness she heard a loud banging sound as if an explosion went off she then heard voices.

"Thank god we found them."

"Oh my god! Jimmy, Cindy!"

"Quick! Get them through the portal!"


The Next Day

Cindy woke up surrounded by her friends.

"Where am I?" Cindy groaned.

"Hey there sleepy head." Jimmy greeted her.

Cindy sprung up from her bed and hugged Jimmy. Jimmy smiled and hugged her back.

"What happened?" she asked.

"The team saved us. Timmy and AJ whipped a piece of tech they call a Mother Box. They saved us."

"But the leopard it…"

"That island messed with our powers. The second we came back here I healed up."

"Good. I'm glad you're okay."

"I'm glad you're okay too." Jimmy held Cindy's hand which surprised everyone in the room. "And by the way you were right the South Pole is colder than the North Pole."

Cindy smiled. "Told ya." she said as she fell asleep.

"Get some rest, we'll talk later." Jimmy replied as he kissed her cheek.

"WHAT!"

Almost everyone was shocked by what happened, everyone but Libby and Timmy.

"Pay up, all of you." Libby said triumphantly.

Everyone but Timmy and Trixie pulled out five dollars and gave it to Libby.

"You guys took bets on this." Jimmy commented.

"It was to ease the tension. Plus you two, stuck together, alone. One of you was bound to make a move."

Jimmy smiled and walked out of the med bay. Sheen and Carl soon caught up with him.

"Congratulations bro!" Sheen screamed while patting Jimmy on the back.

"Yeah, we need to celebrate at the Candy Bar. You must have missed big city food." Carl agreed.

"Sure thing. Start without me. But order everything on the menu. I am really hungry. I just need to talk about some stuff with AJ and Timmy."

"Great, we'll meet you there." Sheen agreed.

Jimmy walked towards AJ and Timmy. "So tell me a little more about this Mother Box."

"You see we reprogrammed Grid with magical algorithm to create a device powered by a substance Timmy calls zectoranium that's capable of tracking anybody anywhere. It's like Grid on steroids."

"And with added measure it creates portals, I like to call them Boom Tubes." Timmy added.

"Great, what else can it do?" Jimmy asked.

"Well anything Grid could do, plus life energy tracking and technology possession. "

"Wow, you guys must've worked crazy hard on this."

"We worked nonstop for two months straight." Timmy groaned.

"Yeah I blew through six processors." AJ added.

"Thanks a lot guys. I knew you two would be able to pull off techno-sorcery."

"Techno-sorcery?" AJ replied.

"Yeah, it's what we'll call this new tech." Jimmy suggested.

"It's as good a name as any." AJ replied.

"Yeah." Timmy agreed. "Well if that's all you wanted to know."

"Wait there was something else." Jimmy said.

"What?" Timmy asked.

"When Cindy and I were on the island, our powers were completely shut down but when that leopard was mauling me she killed it with one hit. Do you guys have any theories?"

"So I guess she awakened." Timmy commented.

"Awakened?" Jimmy replied.

"I don't know if I should be telling you this but there's something special about Cindy, something more special than her mutant powers, I learned about it when I shared memories with Susan, I don't think she knows but I saw something strange."

"What?"

"Susan isn't from here. When I looked through her memories I saw a land I didn't recognize, a civilization that's not from any history book I read in my past or your present. Susan is what you guys would call an alien."

"An alien!" AJ said shocked.

"You can't be serious." Jimmy said.

"Yeah, I am. Something else you should know is she's extremely hostile and dangerous. I've played it off, I didn't want her to know I knew what and who she was, but she has plans and trust me they aren't good for any of us."

"Why didn't you tell us this before?" Jimmy asked.

"I barely knew you. I was as they say playing my cards close to my chest. I didn't know if I could trust you."

"Okay, I understand. What does that mean for Cindy?" Jimmy asked.

"Honestly I don't know. But if she sides with Susan. We'll have to eliminate her."

Jimmy's eyes turned green for a second.

"Relax Neutron. No need to Hulk out on me. Remember she's my sister, I don't want to hurt her but we're dealing with a lot right now, Savage is still out there and now we have Susan to worry about in the back of our minds. We can't let emotions cloud your judgment. If she sides with Susan and betrays us, we'll have to act accordingly."

"She won't betray us."

"I hope you're right." Timmy replied before he walked away.

"I hope you'll keep this a secret?" Jimmy asked.

"Yeah I will." AJ agreed.

"Thanks. Wanna join us at the Candy Bar?"

"I'm good I need to recharge my armor anyway, but it would be cool if you brought me back a slice of carrot cake."

"You know I've been wondering if you don't have a stomach where do you even put it all?"

"You really don't want to know." AJ laughed.


Cindy's House

Susan was finishing a call from Libby. "Thanks for telling me Libby… No, I'll let Cindy rest for the night, I'll see her tomorrow… Okay goodbye."

"Is your daughter okay?" Brick asked.

"Yeah she's fine." Susan replied.

"Glad we can get your head back in the game."

"Yeah, how's Savage's progress going?"

"Since he allied himself with the witch girl he's been keeping secrets from me. I don't know what he's planning at the moment."

"Understood. You have to get him back under control. He's the biggest risk to our plan."

"I wouldn't have to get him back under control if you did a better job keeping an eye on him."

Susan scowled at him, "Don't get too familiar. Remember your place Brick."

"I remember mine. The question is do you remember yours, commander."

"This meeting is over, leave."

Without saying a word, Brick disappeared. Susan went and picked up a picture of a seven year old Cindy riding her bike.

"Soon Cindy, we'll crush this world together."


Make It or Break It

Retroville

Penthouse Suite

Jack McAlister, the organizer of a big event, was on the phone in an argument with the manager of a famous singer.

"What do you mean Michael Jefferson can't make it! He's the freaking opening act!"

"I'm sorry Jack, Michael wants to take a break from performing."

"You can't do this to me at the last minute, the concert is in three days, there's no way I could find another act in time. What about our contract!"

"I'm sorry Michael said he's willing to go to court, he's not coming."

"Thanks for nothing, you'll be hearing from my lawyers." Jack angrily hung up the call. "FUCK!" he swore throwing his phone into the ground. "What the hell am I going to do now, there's no way I can afford to pay any of the other bands overtime. What am I going to do?" he groaned as he collapsed onto his chair.

At that moment Jack's daughter entered his office playing a song on her phone.

"Hey Dad, have you seen Temptation anywhere? I wanted to ask her if she could wash my skirt. I wanted to wear it at the concert."

"Not now sweetie, Daddy's exhausted."

"Oh sorry for bothering you."

Jack then noticed the music his daughter was listening to and couldn't help but enjoy it. "That sounds pretty good, What's that you're listening to?" he asked.

"Just this new band. Sonic Boom." she answered.

"Sonic Boom, never heard of them."

"Their really new videos are blowing up all over MeTube; their last song Food Fight got over a million views."

"Really, I wish I could hire them for the event but it would take too long to contact them and get them ready in time."

"Not really."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you see they actually live right here in Retroville."

Jack's eyes sparked with hope. "Do you know where they live!"

"Not where they live exactly but I do know that they all go to school at Retroville High."

Jack hugged his daughter and handed her his credit card. "Thanks sweety, you might have just saved me, buy yourself something nice for the festival, on me."

"Really, thanks, Dad." she said excitedly.


Retroville High

Carl, Libby and Cindy were in history class. The teacher was out and the substitute allowed them to quietly read but the students were just doing their own thing.

"So how have you been handling everything?" Libby asked.

"While I'm all caught up with school."

"Not what I'm talking about. You and Jimmy are now a thing. What's it like? Is he a good kisser, have either of you done the nasty?"

"One question at a time. Weird but fun, yes he's a surprisingly good kisser don't tell anyone this but he's a way better kisser than Nick and Kinda."

"Kinda?" Libby asked.

"Well we haven't done the deed but we've done other stuff."

"What kind of other stuff?"

Cindy leaned in and whispered some very scandalous things to Libby.

Libby smiled from shock. "Girl you are nasty."

"Shut up." Cindy said while blushing.

At that moment the school's secretary made an announcement. "Carlton Wheezer, Liberty Folfax, Michelle Storm and George Philips please come to the principal's office."

"What did you do?" Cindy asked.

"Nothing." Libby replied.

Libby then turned from seat to look at Carl who shrugged his shoulders.

The bandmates made it to the principal's office where they were met by the school's principal Principal Willoughby and Jack McAlister.

"Thank you both for coming." the Principal said.

"Are we in trouble?" Carl asked.

"Nothing like that. We know this is unconventional but this is…"

"Jack McAllister, music performer, producer and event organizer!" Libby screeched like a schoolgirl.

"The very same." Jack smiled.

"What do you need from us sir!?" George asked excitedly.

"Well, I know this is short notice but how would you four like to perform at the McAlister music festival this weekend."

"Are you serious!?" Carl was shocked by what he heard.

George couldn't even expel a word he just mumbled like a fool.

Michelle's eyes glowed with wonder as she let out a big smile.

Libby felt light headed and sat down on a chair.

"One of my performers cancelled last minute and I couldn't find a replacement in time and I heard your music online so I figured you guys could replace him."

The band couldn't even respond.

"I'm not too excited asking amateurs to perform at a big event like this but from what I've heard you guys might just cut it. I won't be paying you but the exposure you'll get will more than make up for it. So what do you say."

"Well guys." Carl said looking at his bandmates. "What do you say?"

"I'm in." Libby agreed.

"Definitely." Michelle agreed.

"Only an idiot would refuse." George agreed.

"We're in. Mr McAlister." Carl spoke for the band.

"Great, have your parents sign these forms and send them to me by tonight."

"Okay." the teens said in unison.


Libby's House

Later that evening Libby was trying to convince her parents to let her perform. "Mom, Dad please, you've got to let me perform. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity."

"I don't know Libby, this sounds way too good to be true." Victor commented.

"Yeah. I don't know if you can trust this Jack McAlister." Francine agreed.

"He's one of the top promoters and producers in the industry. He's handled all the big names Queen Bee, Sasha, Big Nok Kres, please you have to let me do this. This is my dream."

"We know Honey, but this is a big deal." Francine said.

"You have a lot on your plate with school and your other extra curricular activities. What if you have to give up something to make this happen?" Victor asked.

"It's just a concert. Maybe it will lead to something bigger and maybe I'll have to think about my future after but I can't just not do it. It might be my only chance, so please let me do this."

Francine and Victor looked at each other and smiled. "Fine, we'll sign."

Libby ran up to her parents and hugged them, "Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are the best parents ever!"

"We know." Francine replied.

Libby immediately texted her bandmates.

Libby: Did you guys get the OK

Carl: Yes!

George: Yup.

Michelle: Ya.

Libby: Great, I'll call McAllister and organize a meeting.


Jack McAlister's Office

Jack was working on his laptop when he got a call from his assistant.

Assistant: Mr McAllister, the kids from Sonic Boom are here to meet you.

"Thank you. Please let them in."

The band entered the office with their parents. After taking their forms and going through the legal stuff Jack began the meeting.

"Now that we've gone through all of that let's talk about what you kids will be doing. We have 10 bands and performers playing, each will get about 20 minute sets each. Sonic Boom is going to take Michael Jefferson's spot right after Royal Flush."

"We're really going to be playing with big names like them?" Carl said in disbelief.

"Yeah you will." Jack replied. "That being said as discussed before, you won't be being paid but we are willing to offer you kids new equipment, an expense account to buy new clothes and two backstage passes each not including your guardians of course. Not to mention you stand to gain a lot from the exposure, there'll be many big names there just oozing at the chance to sign new talent, heck if you impress me enough I might sign you."

The band's eyes lit up like Christmas trees.

"So guardians are we in agreement."

The band turned to their parents who looked at each other and nodded. Jack smiled. "Alright, be on the stage at eight for rehearsal, but other than that good luck kids."

Outside of Jack's office the group began to discuss their plans.

"So I guess we should get our new gear and clothes." Michelle suggested.

"I think we should talk about which songs we're going to do." George said.

"Yeah, it doesn't matter how good we look if we don't know what we're singing." Carl agreed.

"Don't worry kids, I'll handle that." Francine volunteered.

"Me Too." Maria said.

"And we'll get your equipment." George's Dad also volunteered with the other parents agreeing as well.

"You kids just focus on what you're going to do."

The band looked at each other and hesitantly agreed.

"Okay." Libby spoke for the group.

Jack had organized the band with a room to speak in.

"Okay guys I was thinking since we have twenty minutes why don't all of us perform." Carl suggested.

"I don't know man. This is the big time and you and Libby are way stronger singers than the both of us." George said with Michelle nodding in agreement.

"You guys can totally do it." Libby said.

"I agree." Carl said.

George and Michelle looked at each other and nodded.

"Okay." George said.

"We'll go first and finish with you two." Michelle added.

"Great, you can go last Carl." Libby said.

"What, why me you could…"

"We need to finish strong and you're a way better singer than me. You have like infinite range." Libby said.

Carl sighed, "Fine but we still haven't figured out how we're singing."

"I was thinking what if I sing 365. Start with something smooth." George suggested.

"You haven't practiced that one enough." Libby said.

"Yeah." Michelle agreed. "Why not I Found A Way." she suggested.

"Okay but if I'm doing I Found A Way you have to do Freak the Freak Out." George said to Michelle.

"Okay fine. What about you Libby? Are you going to sing Let it Shine?" Michelle asked.

"No, I was thinking You Don't Know Me."

"Ooo, That's a good one." Carl said.

"And what about you Carl?" George asked.

"I was thinking Shakespeare, what do you think?"

"Good choice." Libby said.

"And if we happen to have a little time, Libby, why don't me and you do that duet we've been working on." Carl suggested.

"Count on me, sure."

"Great now that that's all decided, how about we all go home and rest up before practice tonight." George suggested.

Everyone nodded in agreement.


The Compound

Libby and Carl met up with the rest of the team who were congratulating them for their accomplishment.

"You guys are amazing, you really deserve this." Sheen said to them.

"Yeah." Cindy agreed.

"Thanks guys. Carl and I just wanted to see you before tomorrow, we'll be rehearsing all day tomorrow and we won't have a chance to see you." Libby said.

"We just wanted to stop by to drop off some tickets and backstage passes." Carl said.

Everyone smiled with excitement.

"We just managed to get you all tickets…"

"Buuut, we only got four backstage passes." Libby continued.

"We thought long and hard about it." Carl said.

"And we came to the decision that we'll give them to Sheen, Cindy, Jasmine and Jimmy."

Jimmy, Cindy, Sheen and Jasmine happily got their backstage passes and gave the others smug grins.

"Of course." Timmy groaned.

"Yeah." AJ agreed.

"Well at least we still get to go." Chester said.

"Of course you say that." Betty groaned.

"Don't be like that guys." Sheen said. "We can't all be the boyfriend."

"Or girlfriend." Jasmine added.

"Or best friends." Cindy and Jimmy said together.

"If you guys gloat we'll take your passes away." Libby said.

"Sorry." the people who got backstage passes said to the ones who didn't.


Two Days Later

McAlister Music Festival

After buying new clothes and equipment, rehearsing all day and night the day finally came.

The Band was alone in a tent given to them while their friends and family were enjoying the festival.

There was a deep ominous silence that surrounded the room, if one listened close enough they could probably hear Carl shaking from the nerves.

No one said anything, they didn't even dare to look at each other, they were that nervous about their first big performance.

The silence was then cut short by the entrance of a famous singer Tori Vega.

"Knock, knock." she said as she entered the tent.

The band's once gloomy eyes lit up like stars.

"Oh my… You're Tori Vega! I love your music!" Libby exclaimed.

"Thank you. I heard you kids were performing today. Was wondering how you were doing."

The group's faces began to squirm as they looked away from the pop star.

"What's wrong?" Tori asked.

The band still didn't answer her but the looks in their faces told Tori everything she needed to know.

"Oh, I see. You're nervous about your first big performance."

"Yeah." Libby said as everyone else nodded. "It's not like this is our first time in front of a crowd but…"

"This is the first time there's ever been any stakes." Tori said.

Everyone nodded and Tori smiled. "Well kids, let me tell you a secret. We all feel like that."

The band looked at Tori confused by what she just said.

"Performing even for old pros like us is never easy, we're always worried that something might go wrong, what if people don't like the song, what if my mic stops working, what if I mess up the words in the song, what if I forget the choreography. Those things go through my mind all the time before I perform, do you want to know what I do to get through it."

"What?" Michelle asked.

"I remember why I got into music in the first place. To have fun. As long as you're having fun the crowd will have fun as well."

The band looked at each other again and smiled a little more reassured.

"Thanks Miss Vega. We needed to hear that." Carl said.

"Please, call me Tori." she winked at them as she walked away.

A little while later the band was getting ready to perform. Timmy, AJ, Betty, Trixie and Chester were sitting with the crowd while Jimmy, Cindy, Sheen, and Jasmine were waiting backstage with Michelle's brother Daniel and her sister Claire and George's girlfriend Blake and friend Tommy along with the band's parents.

"Do you think we should wish them luck?" Maria asked.

"I think the kids need to be left alone right now. The last thing they need is us breathing down their necks before they perform." George's Dad said.

"I agree." Michelle's Mom said.

"Okay." Maria agreed.

The last act just finished playing and the band was waiting their turn.

"If you loved that act you'll love this one. Introducing the new sensation taking the internet by storm. Sonic Boom!"

"Alright guys. Showtime." Libby said.

Everyone nodded and went on stage. As they walked onto the stage the world felt like it was moving in slow motion; they felt every beat their hearts were making, they could hear every beat in their ears.

They got into position, Carl took George's spot playing the drum, George took Carl's guitar, Michelle was on base and Libby was on her keyboard.

Seeing the massive crowd, George was panicking on the inside, he felt like he was about to collapse but after remembering Tori's advice he took a deep breath and calmed himself.

"Good Afternoon Retroville! We're Sonic Boom and we're happy to be here! But enough about my blabbering you came here for one thing and one thing only! Let's rock!"

The crowd began to cheer as George began to play.

(Song: I Found A Way. Series: Drake and Josh. Artist: Drake Bell)

George: Well, I never thought that it'd be so simple but

I found a way, I found a way

And I always thought that it'd be too crazy but

I found a way, I found a way

If you open up your mind

Carl, Libby and Michelle: See what's inside

George: It's gonna take some time to realign

But if you look inside, I'm sure you'll find

Over your shoulder you know that I told you

I'll always be pickin' you up when you're down

So just turn around

Now that I know that anything's possible

I found a way, I found a way

No one can break what's so unbreakable

I found a way, I found a way

If you open up your mind

Carl, Libby, Michelle: See what's inside

George: It's gonna take some time to realign

But if you look inside, I'm sure you'll find

Over your shoulder you know that I told you

I'll always be pickin' you up when you're down

So just turn around

No one cares what you give

You know you gotta live like you wanna live

When it's time to be free

You know you gotta be what you wanna be

If you open up your mind

Carl, Libby and Michelle: See what's inside

George: It's gonna take some time to realign

But if you look inside, I'm sure you'll find

Over your shoulder you know that I told you

I'll always be pickin' you up when you're down

So just turn around.

The crowd began to cheer like wild animals, George turned back at his band mates and smiled.

George quickly switched places with Michelle as the band prepared for their next song.

"If you guys loved that, you'll definitely love this!" she screamed. "Dedicate this to my favorite artist. Tori Vega!"

(Song: Freak The Freak Out. Series: Victorious. Artist: Victoria Justice)

Michelle: Are you listening?

Hear me talk, hear me sing

Open up the door

Is it less? Is it more?

When you tell me to beware

Are you here? Are you there?

Is it something I should know?

Easy come, easy go

Nodding your head, don't hear a word I said

I can't communicate

When you wait, don't relate

I try to talk to you, but you never even knew

So, what's it gonna be?

Tell me, can you hear me?

I'm so sick of it, your attention deficit

Never listen, you never listen

I'm so sick of it, so I'll throw another fit

Never listen, you never listen

I scream your name, it always stays the same

I scream and shout

So what I'm gonna do now is freak the freak out (Hey)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh

Patience running thin

Running thin, come again

Tell me what I get, opposite, opposite

Show me what is real

If it breaks, does it heal?

Open up your ear

Why you think that I'm here?

Keep me in the dark, are you even thinking of me?

Is someone else above me? Gotta know, gotta know

What am I gonna do? 'Cause I can't get through to you

So, what's it gonna be? Tell me, can you hear me?

Carl, Libby and George: Can you hear me?

Michelle: I'm so sick of it, your attention deficit

Never listen, never listen

I'm so sick of it, so I'll throw another fit

Never listen, never listen

I scream your name, it always stays the same

I scream and shout

So what I'm gonna do now is…

Crowd: Freak the freak out

Michelle: Hey!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh

Michelle began to smile harder after the crowd sang along with her.

Michelle: Easy come, easy go (Hey)

Easy come, easy go

(Can you hear me?)

I scream your name, it always stays the same

I scream and shout

So what I'm gonna do now is

Crowd: Freak the freak out

Michelle: Hey!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh

I scream your name

But you never listen

No, you never listen

But you never listen.

The crowd applauded even louder than they did for George. Michelle's eyes began to light up with joy. She then turned to Libby who smiled, Michelle handed her bass to George who gave the guitar to Libby while Michelle went to handle the keyboard.

Libby looked at the crowd and let out a confident smile.

"Let's get this started."

(Song: You Don't Know Me. Series Victorious. Artist Elizabeth Gillies.)

Libby: You think you know me

But you don't know me

You think you own me

But you can't control me

You look at me and there's just one thing that you see

So listen to me

Listen to me

You push me back

I'll push you back

Harder, harder

You scream at me

I'll scream at you

Louder, L-L-L-L-Louder

I'm dangerous, I'm warning you

But you're not afraid of me

And I can't convince you

You don't know me.

The audience was loving Libby's song, some of them were falling in love with her on the spot. Sheen was cheering for Libby like a man possessed, he was screaming so loud that Jimmy and Cindy had to move away from him, nothing could hold back his joy. The only person cheering louder than him were Libby's parents. Shawn who was watching the concert on his laptop smiled.

Libby: You think you got me

But you don't get me

You think you want me

But you don't know what you're getting into

There's so much more to me then what you think you see

So listen to me

Just listen to me

You push me back

I'll push you back

Harder, harder

You scream at me

I'll scream at you

Louder, L-L-L-L-Louder

I'm dangerous, I'm warning you

But you're not afraid of me

And I can't convince you

You don't know me

And the longer that you stay, the ice is melting

And the pain it feels okay, it feels okay (hey)

You push me back

I'll push you back

You scream at me

I'll scream at you

Louder, louder, louder, louder

Louder, louder, louder, louder

Louder

You push me back

I'll push you back

Harder, harder

You scream at me

I'll scream at you

Louder, L-L-L-L-Louder

I'm dangerous, I'm warning you

But you're not afraid of me

And I can't convince you

And I don't have to

I think you know me

The crowd cheered louder than before and Libby let out a smile, turned around and walked away from them nonchalantly which made the crowd love her even more.

Jack smiled at what he just watched. "Hmm, that girl is a born performer."

Libby walked to Carl. "You're turn Big Guy."

Carl smiled. "Hope I don't disappoint after a performance like that."

"Please, after you're done they'll forget all about me." Libby smiled back.

Libby handed Carl the guitar and made her way back to the keyboard, George showed up and took the drum sticks from Carl. "Knock 'em dead." George said.

"I'll try." Carl replied.

Carl looked on at the crowd but still felt a little nervous but turned to see his friends backstage cheering him on, he turned to the crowd and saw his other friends there and smiled.

(Song: Shakespeare. Series: ICarly. Artist: Miranda Cosgrove.)

Carl: I saw you there, so beautiful

You stopped and stared, so magical

Then you asked me for my name

And we took an uptown train

Before you leave, get up to go

I wanna know

Do you like Shakespeare? Jeff Buckley?

Watching movies on Sunday?

Do you like kissing when it's raining?

Making faces in the station?

Do you like? I need to know

Carl's singing was like nothing the crowd had ever heard before. No one could even give it a good enough description. All they knew was they loved what they were listening to and that they wanted more.

Carl: What do you like? Before you go

You walk me home, so wonderful

It starts to snow, it's incredible

Now we're walking up my street

And you slowly turn to me

You're three inches from my lips

But before we do this

Do you like Shakespeare? Jeff Buckley?

Watching movies on Sunday?

Do you like kissing when it's raining?

Making faces in the station?

Do you like? I need to know

What do you like? Before you go

Oh, oh

Show me the place where you come from

And the places you dream of

I wanna know everything you are

But before we get that far

What do you like?

I need to know

What do you like? Before you go

Do you like Shakespeare? Jeff Buckley?

(Watching movies on Sunday?) Just you and me on Sunday

Do you like kissing when it's raining?

Making faces in the station?

'Cause I like Shakespeare, Jeff Buckley

Watching movies on Sunday

Kissing when it's raining

Making faces in the station

Do you like?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The crowd went insane after Carl's performance, he didn't know how to handle this much love so he just smiled bashfully.

"Alright Carl, let's finish this up strong." Libby said. Carl smiled and nodded. Libby then began to play.

(Song: Count On Me Series: Big Time Rush Artist: Big Time Rush and Jordan Sparks)

Libby: Now I'm about to give him my heart,

But remember this one thing (Michelle: Yeah),

I've never been in love before,

So you gotta go easy on me.

Carl: I heard, love is dangerous (Michelle: Oh),

And once you fall you never get enough (Michelle: Oh),

But the thought of you leavin',

Ain't so easy for me (Michelle: No).

Whole Band: Don't hurt me (Carl: Yeah),

Desert me, don't give up on me.

Carl: What would I want to do that for

Whole Band: Don't hurt me, desert me

Libby: Make me sorry,

I ever counted on you.

Whole Band: 1, 2, 3, 4, to the 5.

Libby: Baby I'm countin' on you (4x).

Carl: Understand I've been here before,

Thought I found someone I finally could adore.

But you failed my test,

Gotta know her better,

(With Libby) So I wasn't the only one.

Carl and Libby: But I'm willin' to put my trust in you,

Baby you can put your trust in me.

Just at the count of three,

You can count on me,

And you're never gonna see.

Carl: No numbers in my pocket (Libby: No),

Anything I'm doin girl I'll drop it (Libby: Drop it),

You.

Carl and Libby: 'Coz you're the one I'm givin' my heart to,

But I gotta be the only one.

Whole Band: Don't hurt me, desert me.

Don't give up on me

Carl and Libby: What would I want to do that for.

Whole Band: Don't use me,

Take advantedge of me.

Libby: Make me sorry I ever counted on you

Whole Band: I really hope you understand that if you wanna take my hand,

That you should put yourself in my heart, I promise to be careful from the start

I trust in you with lovin' me very very carefully, never been so vulnerable.

Baby I'll make you comfortable

1, 2, 3, 4 to the 5 (Libby: Yeah, Yeah).

Carl: Baby I'm countin' on you.

Whole Band: 1, 2, 3, 4 to the 5.

Libby: Why would I wanna do that? Hey yeah. (Libby: Oh no).

Whole Band: 1, 2, 3, 4 to the 5.

Carl: Baby I'm countin on you.

Whole Band: 1, 2, 3, 4 to the 5.

Libby: You.

Now I'm about to give him my heart,

So remember this one thing,

I've never been in love before,

Yeah, you gotta go (Whole Band) easy on me (Libby: Yeah).

The crowd erupted into a frenzy. The band walked to the top of the stage and took a bow before they left.

As they left the stage the band was bombarded by their friends and family.

"You guys were amazing."

"Amazing, they were way better than that!"

"That was awesome. I still feel so juiced."

"Thanks." Carl said.

"We tried our best." George said.

"Yeah." Michelle.

"Yeah we are amazing!" Libby said.

Jack walked up to the kids and everyone went quiet.

"I have one word for you kids. A-Ma-Zing. You were simply amazing. Everyone here loved you. I haven't heard a crowd like that in years. I know it's a bit early to talk about but I want to sign you."

The band looked at Jack with excited faces.

"But we'll talk about all that later right now you kids go and enjoy yourselves."

Jack left and the band looked at each other with big smiles on their faces and squealed.

"We did it guys!" George yelled.

"YES!" Michelle screamed.

"This is incredible!" Libby agreed.

"Our hard work paid off!" Carl said.

At that moment Carl's phone began to ring.

Carl checked and didn't recognize the number, "Just one minute. Hello… Dad!" he said, shocked.


Reign of the Alters

The Compound

Late at night Jimmy was working by himself in his lab.

Hulk: It's late you better get to bed.

"Not yet I'm almost done."

Nova: What are you working on anyway?

"Can't say it's a surprise."

Just as he finished his sentence Jimmy finished his latest invention.

"It's done! It's done!"

Venom: Great, now you can go to sleep. We're exhausted.

Nova: Not yet. I want to know what Jimmy made.

"Don't worry Nova, tomorrow everything will be clear."

The Next Day

Jimmy gathered all his friends to watch his new experiment.

"So bro what did you need?" Sheen asked.

"Well the last couple of weeks I've been working on a new device." Jimmy explained as he pulled out a circular device.

Betty immediately recognized the device. "Isn't that…"

"It is. I remodified my fusion engine into a fission engine."

Cindy, AJ and Betty understood what Jimmy was aiming at whilst everyone else was confused.

"Uh, what does that mean?" Carl asked.

"It means I figured out how to separate from my alters Carl."

"Really." Carl said surprised.

"Yup." Jimmy replied.

"What brought this on?" AJ asked.

"Just figured we could use more reinforcements." Jimmy replied.

"Really." AJ did not believe a word that came out of Jimmy's mouth.

"Well let's try this out." Jimmy said as he put the device on his chest. The device attached itself onto his torso and began to glow.

In a flash of blinding light all four alters of Jimmy were standing before the team.

Everyone looked in disbelief at what they were looking at. The alters themselves couldn't believe it.

"This can't be." Nova looked at her hand and then back at Jimmy. "How is this possible?"

Etrigan was at a loss for words, he'd long since forgone control of his own body, but couldn't believe that it actually happened.

Venom was excited, more excited than he'd ever been since waking up.

Hulk was the most calm among his brethren, since he'd known freedom in the past this wasn't anything special to him but he did feel different from the last time it happened.

"So what are we free now?" Venom asked.

"Not exactly. The device I used separated all of us but there is a catch. According to the simulations I ran you guys can only separate from me for about 8 hours give or take, any longer and you'll die." Jimmy explained.

"It didn't work like that last time." Hulk said.

"Well this is different from then. In order to give you guys complete autonomy I severed my quantum link with you all so you guys are not connected to me in any way."

Hulk let out a devious smile. "So in other words it wouldn't hurt me if I did this."

Hulk flicked his massively big finger at Jimmy which sent the teen genius flying across the room.

"Ow." Jimmy groaned.

"You're right, didn't feel a thing." Hulk chuckled to himself.

"You've wanted to do that for ages, right Hulk." Nova commented.

Hulk didn't answer her but just let out a little smirk.

"But remember if I go you're all going to die." Jimmy said.

"If I may ask, what do we do now?" Venom asked.

"Oh, I have plans for you all."

The alters looked at Jimmy intrigued.

"For Hulk, there's this underground fighting club called Mutant Brawl, figured you would like it."

"Sounds interesting." Hulk said.

"I would like to go to that as well." Trixie said. "Sounds like they'll be lots of strong people to fight."

"Me too. Sounds fun." Timmy said.

"Hulk and Wonder Woman busting heads in a fighting tournament. Sounds great." Sheen said.

"Etrigan, there's a poetry slam at a Coffee Hut serving mutants downtown. You can show off those rhyming skills of yours."

Etrigan smiled.

"Sounds like a fun time." Libby said. "I'll go with you."

"Nova, It's ladies night at Club Soda, drinks are free, have fun."

"You know I will." Nova smiled.

"That sounds like fun, Carl, we should definitely go." Jasmine suggested grabbing Carl's arm.

"I don't know I'm not much of a dancer." Carl replied.

"What are you talking about on our first date? You swept me off my feet." Jasmine smiled.

After thinking about it for a second Carl finally gave in. "Fine, I'll go."

"Yay." Jasmine exclaimed.

Nova ran up to Betty and hugged her, "Betty you've got to come too. I can't be a third wheel on my big night out."

"Why me?" Betty asked.

"Because you're the cutest one here other than myself of course."

Betty blushed.

"And I don't think the tin man over there would be too interested."

"You'd be right." AJ said.

"And Venom I found an underground trafficking ring. Here are the locations of all their strongholds. Have a good hunt but don't eat the victims okay."

Venom let out a Savage smile while licking his lips.

"Can I come?" Chester asked.

"Why?" Venom asked.

"I need more experience. This could be good for me."

"Fine but don't get in my way or you'll get eaten."

"Got it." Chester nervously replied.

"Well you kids better get going." Jimmy said as he began to rush everyone out of the lab. "You only have 7 hours 53 minutes left, times a wastin."

Jimmy basically pushed everyone except Cindy and AJ onto a teleporter to get rid of them.

"Jeez I thought I'd never get rid of them." Jimmy said while wiping his forehead."

He then turned to Cindy who was smiling. "Now my sweetie, are you prepared for a night of fine dining and pampering?" Jimmy said as he held Cindy close.

"Of course, we can finally go on a proper date." Cindy replied.

The two teens went in for a kiss but were stopped by their last remaining teammate.

"Ahem." AJ said with a deadpan look on his face.

"We can explain." Jimmy said.

"I'm listening." AJ replied.

"You see, ever since we got back from the island Jimmy and I haven't been able to get intimate."

"So you went through all of this just to get some alone time."

"Yes." they both answered.

"Whatever, if you need me I'll be in my workshop."


Hulk

Hulk, Sheen, Timmy and Trixie made it to the underground arena wearing their super suits. After signing Hulk and Trixie up they marveled at what they were looking at various mutants of different shapes and sizes.

"Can't believe a place like this exists." Sheen commented.

"I can." Hulk said.

Sheen looked at him wondering what he meant.

"Not every mutant gets the privilege of getting amazing powers and keeping their good looks Speedy. Fighting in a place like this is probably the only thing they can do to support themselves and their families." Hulk explained.

"Sad but true." Timmy nonchalantly agreed.

Sheen felt bad about the reality of these people's situation and he just wanted to see them fight.

"Don't feel bad about it Speedy, you feeling sorry for them won't change anything. Just support what they're doing so they can have an easier time and have fun. I'm going to." Hulk said, trying to reassure the young speedster.

"Me too, the very least we could give this establishment more notoriety, so we can bring in more money for them." Trixie agreed.

"Wow, didn't you know you guys were all so enlightened." Sheen said.

"Discrimination exists no matter what time period you live in. Don't feel bad for them, if you're not in a position to change the system, do something to make those affected by it's lives easier." Timmy explained.

"Yeah, in the old days us Amazon's used to buy slaves. Instead of looking down on the practice or attacking the slavers and freeing those poor souls by force. We simply bought their freedom because we understood in the long run we could free a lot more people that way." Trixie continued.

"Why do you think Jimmy let a place like this slide." Hulk added.

Timmy clapped. "But enough about this deep crap we came here to have fun."

At that moment a short chubby man walked nervously to the group. He was basically shaking from fear but he still stood tall when he made it to the heroes.

"If I may ask. Are you young people, the N-Men?"

"We are." Sheen answered.

Upon hearing Sheen's answer the man immediately got on his hands and knees and began to beg.

"Please don't shut us down! My wife mutated two years ago. We had to hide her and you must understand caring for her was very expensive, she had to eat four times as much as a regular person, not to mention finding doctors who will keep things confidential and…"

"Dude relax." Sheen said.

The man looked up at Sheen with snot dripping off his face.

"We didn't come here to shut you down." Sheen said.

"Yeah, we came to compete." Trixie added while punching her palm.

"Really." the man said in disbelief.

"Yeah, I can't have rumors about someone else being the strongest. That's just factually incorrect." Hulk smirked.

"We'll see." Trixie said, giving him a really confident look.

"Thank you! Thank you! Please come with me, you must meet my wife."

The group was taken to a booth where they were met with various men and women dressed in expensive clothing, probably people who wanted to help or just enjoyed watching mutants beat on each other; it wasn't something someone would be able to tell with just one glance. The group was eventually brought to a woman who towered over everyone else. She was about 8 feet tall, she had red skin, a fairly muscular build, yellow demonic eyes and a tail. To some people she would look like a devil.

"Honey, there's some people I wanted you to meet."

The woman looked up and was startled by the sight of the heroes.

"Lisa, don't worry they're not here to shut us down."

Lisa was shocked but quickly regained her composure. "Is that so? Nice to meet you."

"I heard you're the top competitor here. It would be my pleasure to take your title." Hulk greeted her.

"Well, you're free to try. Since we started our little fight club I've been undefeated in two years."

"Well you've never fought anyone like me."

"Don't leave me out you two. I'm Themyscira's strongest warrior, I will not be defeated." Trixie announced.

"I look forward to meeting you both in the ring." Lisa smiled.

The tournament was about to begin, Hulk was put in the left bracket whilst Lisa and Trixie were put in the right. It was the first match. It was Hulk vs a 13 foot tall behemoth of a man. The man had a smug confident look on his face.

MC Jacob got on the stage. "Good evening folks, do we have a treat for you today. Competing with us tonight are two members of the infamous N-Men!" he announced as the crowd cheered.

"Infamous." Sheen said.

"In this corner weighing 841 pounds the immovable object, Megaton!"

"Nothing can move me!" Megaton roared.

"And in this corner, you've seen him as both a hero and villain, the monster of Retroville, the incredible Hulk!"

The crowd cheered for him and Hulk reveled in it. "Hulk is the strongest one there is!" he roared.

"Remember the rules, you are not allowed to kill your fellow competitors, if you do you will not only be disqualified but banned from competing in future events, if you are sent out the ring or are knocked down for more than 10 seconds you lose. Are we clear."

Both Hulk and Megaton nodded.

"Then enough with the formalities gentlemen. Let's rumble!" Jacob announced as he left the ring.

Hulk walked up to Megaton and looked up at him.

"Since this is your first time tiny, I'll let you get the first hit." Megaton said with a patronizing tone.

Hulk smiled and before anyone knew it Megaton was sent flying out of the ring.

Everyone looked in astonishment at Hulk's victory. Both Lisa and Trixie looked on with excitement at the chance to possibly challenge Hulk.

Trixie's first match was against a mantis man, he tried to cut her with its pincers but she easily dodged him and knocked him out with a single punch.

Lisa's match was against a snake man named Slither, he tried to knock her out by constricting her with his body but she easily broke free and threw him out of the ring.

Hulk's second match was against a muscular man with a crab arm named Lobster Claw. Lobster Claw tried to strangle Hulk with his claw. Hulk was barely fazed by the mutant, Hulk sent him flying back with a back hand slap winning him the match.

Trixie's next match was against a grasshopper mutant named Cricket, it leaped up into the air, Trixie followed him jumping higher than Cricket, Trixie kicked her back to the ground knocking her out winning the match.

Lisa's next match was against a cyclops mutant named One Eyed Tim, she grabbed Tim's face and threw him out of the ring.

It came down to Hulk's semi final match. It was him versus a four armed blue gorilla man named Strongarm. The match began and Strongarm went in and punched Hulk's face. Hulk smiled. Finally someone could at least make him feel some form of pain.

Hulk and Strongarm clashed hands and began to push each other. Strongarm took advantage of his extra arms and began to attack Hulk's stomach which actually knocked some wind out of the beast, Hulk got angry which boosted his strength and lifted Strongarm up before smashing him into the ground, Strongarm swept his leg which caused Hulk to fall. Both beasts got up and roared, they both went in with a punch, their fists clashed which caused a massive shockwave.

The crowd were both astonished and afraid that the fight could potentially get out of control. Timmy noticed this and snapped his fingers a rainbow room formed around the beasts before disappearing. Jacob looked at Timmy and Timmy gave him a look saying 'You can thank me later.'

"There's nothing to fear folks. That was just the Masked Magician ensuring our competitors could fight as hard as they wanted without endangering our safety."

The fight continued, both beasts grabbed one another, Strongarm bit Hulk's shoulder, Hulk pushed Strongarm back before rushing at him and headbutting him to the ground Hulk then grabbed Strongarm's legs and smashed him him into the ground, Hulk then picked Strongarm up and punched him in the face sending him back to the ground, Hulk then lifted Strongarm over his head and smashed him into the ground. Jacob did the ten count and once he hit zero Hulk was declared the winner.

"There we have it folks, our winner Hulk."

Strongarm tried to get up, Hulk helped him up.

"You are strong. For real." Hulk said.

Strongarm smiled and the two monsters and gave each other a pound hug in respect.

"Isn't that beautiful." Jacob said. Both monsters glared at him which made him cower a bit.

It was time for the next semi final match Trixie vs Lisa. Both competitors were ready to fight. Jacob gave the word and the fight began. Trixie and Lisa clashed hands and tried to push each other back. Lisa began to push Trixie but Trixie smiled and began to hold Lisa in place before pushing her, Lisa tried a leg sweep, Trixie jumped to dodge it, she then kicked Lisa's in the face which sent the mutant to the ground.

Lisa quickly got back up and the two fighters threw punches at each other that created powerful shockwaves. Trixie launches a kick, Lisa catches it and throws Trixie into the air, Trixie regains her composure by revealing she could fly landing back into the ring.

"She can fly!?" Sheen exclaimed.

"Yup." Timmy replied.

The fight continued, Lisa threw a flurry of punches, Trixie blocked every punch Lisa threw, Trixie then gave Lisa a gut punch which made Lisa drop. Lisa got back up but Trixie punched her in the face again, she then unleashed an unstoppable barrage of punches and kicks at Lisa overwhelming the mutant with one final kick Lisa was sent flying out of the ring making Trixie the winner.

"And we have a winner!" Jacob announced. "I can't believe it, our 12 time champion Devil girl has been defeated. The winner is Wonder Woman." Jacob announced as the crowd cheered.

Trixie walked to Lisa and helped her up. "Can't say I'm not disappointed but you got me." Lisa said.

"Maybe next time." Trixie replied.

Trixie turned and looked at Hulk who was excited for their fight.

It was time for the finals Trixie and Hulk got into the ring.

"Alright Ladies and Gentleman we've had a very exciting evening. Now it's time for the final event. On the right we have the Maiden of Might, the Paragon of Female Empowerment! Wonder Woman!"

The crowd cheered loudly for the amazon warrior which Trixie reveled in.

"And on the left. The Unstoppable Monster of Mass Destruction, The Juggernaut of Chaos, The Incredible Hulk!"

Hulk roared as the crowd cheered his name.

"I don't need to explain the rules to you two so let me get out of your way. Begin!"

Hulk roared like a beast and charged at Trixie.

"Greater Teleportation!" Timmy yelled as he fired the spell and teleported both fighters away.

"No need to worry folks but for the sake of our safety I teleported them away to an uninhabited island. The island will be their new ring and we'll watch the fight on these." Timmy said as he snapped his fingers making three massive TV's the crowd could watch the fight.

"You heard him, folks. Let's get back to the match!"

Everyone's attention switched to the TV's. Back at the fight neither Hulk nor Trixie noticed the change in location. Hulk tackled her through multiple trees before throwing her through a mountain.

Trixie was a bit taken back from the attack all she could hear were Hulk's footsteps coming towards her. Once Hulk got close enough he stopped.

"For a long long time, I've had a dream. To have the greatest fight of my life. To truly push myself to my limits to engage in the battle of a lifetime. I've come before you right here warrior of Themyscira. Are you worthy of giving me that challenge? Grant me that match!"

Hulk got in a fighting position. Trixie knew Hulk wasn't joking, he was truly looking for someone worthy of being called his rival and picked herself up and prepared for her fight.

Hulk roared with such fire and intensity it caused a shockwave that sent all the animals in the area running from the largest predators to the smallest insects. They knew not to interrupt this fight.

Both fighters charged at each other. Hulk threw a punch at Trixie, Trixie leaped over his head to dodge and launched a kick at Hulk's head, Hulk quickly reacted and caught her kick he then threw her back into the forest. When Trixie landed the impact created a big crater.

Hulk roared and followed her leaping into the air, Trixie wasted no time and leaped towards the beast, the two Juggernauts began fighting in the air, each punch they threw creating a powerful shockwave. They landed into the ground. Their fight continued when Trixie kneed Hulk in the jaw, Hulk grabbed her and threw her through a tree.

The crowd went quiet. Everyone's attention was glued to the screens, each voting for their favorite fighter, even Jacob was at a loss for words.

Back at the fight Trixie ripped a tree out of the ground and began beating Hulk back with it. Hulk grabbed the tree and began to push Trixie back through the jungle.

While watching, Sheen was glued to the fight like everyone else while Timmy was smiling, knowing his lover was having the time of her life with this fight.

Trixie broke the trunk and began to beat Hulk's head with the end she had, Hulk regained his composure and began blocking her attacks with his piece of the tree trunk until both shattered into nothingness.

Trixie punched Hulk in the throat before she kicked his head sending the beast into the ground, Hulk got up and gave Trixie two solid punches that sent her flying back.

Both paused for a moment and wiped the blood that was spilling from their mouths. Trixie knew that at the rate Hulk was going to defeat her and she couldn't stand that.

"Guess it's time to bring up my trump card." she said to herself.

Trixie's body began to glow, her eyes went red and her hair turned silver.

"What's going on!?" Jacob asked.

"That my uninformed friend." Timmy answered while he took Jacob's mic to explain to everyone. "Is Wonder Woman channeling her Warrior Spirit. When she enters this form her speed, strength, durability and even instincts are all heightened tenfold. The only drawbacks are that she can only use it for about three minutes."

"I'm not going to lose." Trixie said to herself.

Hulk knew something big was coming for him so he prepared to charge at the Amazon.

Both fighters charged at each other. Their fists clashed creating a powerful shockwave. Both heroes were desperately trying to push each other back. Unfortunately for Trixie Hulk won the exchange and his fist sent her flying into the air. Hulk roared and followed her, grabbing her leg before Trixie could regain her composure. Hulk spun incredibly fast and threw Trixie into the ground with enough force the impact nearly split the island in two.

Trixie tried desperately to get up but knew it was over. Hulk walked over to her and said. "I win this time but our next match will be even greater."

Jacob finished his ten count and Hulk was declared the winner.

When both fighters were teleported back to the ring the crowd cheered for the new Champion. Jacob walked to Hulk holding the champions belt and gave it to the mutant monster.

Hulk raised the belt over his head and roared. "HULK IS THE STRONGEST ONE THERE IS!"

The crowd cheered louder for him, Hulk loved the feeling he was having. He was being praised for just being himself.

Trixie with a somber look on her face clapped at Hulk's victory.

Back in the fighters changing rooms Trixie was alone, Timmy walked in and said. "Hey, we're getting ready to go. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Hulk's one hell of a fighter. Maybe I'll get him next time." Trixie said while trying to keep a fake smile on her face.

Timmy walked up to her and gave Trixie a hug.

"Hey what are you doing? Get off me." Trixie said while barely fighting Timmy off.

"It's okay Trixie. You did your best."

Trixie let her emotions overwhelm her and she began to cry.

"It's not fair! I wanted to win! I lost!"

Timmy tightened his hug and began to gently rub Trixie's back.

"You were awesome Trixie. You were amazing."

The two lovers continued to embrace each other as Trixie continued to let out all her emotions.


Etrigan

Miguel's Tea House

Etrigan and Libby as Invisible-girl walked into the building and were astonished by what they saw. There were dozens of mutants laughing, drinking coffee and tea, eating cakes and donuts and having a good time while hearing smooth jazz playing in the background.

"I didn't think a place like this could exist." Etrigan said with much wonder in his eyes.

"I know." Libby agreed.

The music stopped as everyone began looking at the duo.

The both of them walked in and were greeted by a short Hispanic man.

"Good evening. I'm Miguel, owner of this fine establishment." he greeted them with a worried look on his face.

"Nice to meet you." Libby said.

"I know what I'm doing might be illegal but…"

"Relax. We're just here to just have some fun." Libby said.

"Oh thank god." Miguel sighed with relief. "Let me get you two a table."

"So why did you start all this?" Libby asked.

"My little brother." Miguel answered. "My little brother's the drummer in the band."

Libby and Etrigan looked to see a four armed teen playing the drums.

"He always wanted to play music but since he mutated, people aren't really accepting so I formed this night. It's a day mutants can, you know, just feel normal even for a night."

"That's really sweet." Libby said.

Etrigan looked longingly at the stage.

"Do you want to perform?" Miguel asked Etrigan.

"No, no I was just…"

"It's okay Mr Etrigan. This is a safe space. No one will judge you."

"Okay, I'll do it." Etrigan said.

After the band stopped playing Miguel got on stage to announce Etrigan. "I have a special guest who wants to perform for us tonight everyone. You may have seen him on the news, the Demon Etrigan."

The crowd began snapping as Etrigan got on stage.

"This is a poem I've thought about for a long time."

(Poem: Bewildered Soul By Vaibhav Pandey)

"God, tell me, who am I

Am I your passionate child

or someone who is wicked and wild.

Am I the one with aim and mission

or someone with distorted vision.

Am I like a child who never cries

or like a man who never tries.

Am I the one with loads of ambition

or someone trapped, full of inhibition.

Am I the one with peaceful mind

or whose soul and peace is hard to find.

In all these years

Full of cheers and tears

A question that always appears

Who am I! Who am I!"

People were moved by Etrigan's poems and began snapping for him.

"Thank you Mr Etrigan. That was very moving."

Etrigan left the stage and sat back with Libby.

"Wow Etrigan that was deep." Libby commented.

"Thank you." Etrigan said with a smile on his face feeling as if a huge weight had left his shoulders. "So are you going on stage?"

"No, not me. I'm all set." Libby said. "But I will buy you your first drink. So what are you having?"

"I don't know. I've always wanted to try a cappuccino."

"You've never had a cappuccino!?" Libby said surprised.

"Yeah Jimmy tries to stay away from coffee."

"Then let's change that." Libby said before calling the waiter to their table. "We'll be having [insert coffee orders here]."

"Excellent order ma'am." the waiter replied.

After getting their orders Libby and Etrigan began talking.

"Say Etrigan."

"What?"

"Since we came here, you haven't rhymed even once. I thought that was your thing."

"Well if I'm being honest I only rhyme as a way to express my individuality."

"Really."

"Yeah, I only get to spend a couple of minutes to be in control of the body, so that's how I chose to express myself. And it's really fun." Etrigan laughed.

"Never knew how tough it was for you guys."

"Yeah, you never know how great free will is until you don't have it. That's why I like this place. It makes me feel like I can be free."

"We'll here's to the first of many trips here." Libby said as she raised her glass.

"I'll toast to that." Etrigan replied.


Nova

Club Soda

After getting changed Nova, Betty, Carl and Jasmine entered the club and instantly they could feel Nova's excitement.

"I can't believe I'm actually here. The fuddy duddy Jimmy wouldn't be caught dead in a place like this."

Betty said, "We'll since we're here…"

"Let's get some drinks." Nova excitedly declared.

"Oh I'll have a Chocolate Banana smoothie. Then the Passion Fruit Smoothie. Then the…"

"Why don't you pace yourself." Betty said.

"Yeah, drink too much and you won't be able to dance." Jasmine agreed.

"You're right. We'll dance first then get some drinks." Nova exclaimed before grabbing Jasmine and dragging her to the dance floor.

"Wanna join them?" Jasmine asked.

"Sure." Carl agreed.

Everyone began to dance and were having a fun time. When a popular song came up Nova smiled and grabbed Betty.

"I love this song. Betty, let's show them how it's done."

"Okay." Betty said hesitantly.

Nova and Betty got in the middle of the dance floor and everyone instantly split. They started dancing and everyone was enthralled by them as if they were hypnotized, they didn't even want to dance themselves they just wanted to watch Betty and Nova. Betty was having the time of her life she had never felt like this before, she had never felt this level of excitement; it was like she was walking on air as if she was the princess in her very own fairytale.

When the song ended and the girls stopped dancing everyone cheered and began to dance again.

"You guys were incredible!" Jasmine said.

"Yeah, the energy you guys were giving up was electric." Carl agreed.

"Thanks. Guess we just have amazing chemistry." Nova winked at Betty which made her blush a little.

At that moment Carl began to be bombarded by his fans.

"Are you Carl Wheezer!?"

"I love your Music!"

"Sonic Boom Rules!"

"Sign my stomach!"

"Who's that girl?"

"Is she your girlfriend?"

"She's so pretty!"

"Sorry guys, I gotta deal with this. I'll meet up with you later." Carl said.

"I'm not leaving you alone with these starving wolves. They'd eat you alive." Jasmine and Carl left with the group and fans and Betty and Nova got to talking.

"So are you having fun?" Nova asked curiously.

"Yeah, I didn't think I would like something like this but I did." Betty replied.

"It's because your wound up so tight. When was the last time you had any fun that didn't involve looking at biological organisms through a microscope." Nova said.

"I have fun."

"Really like what?"

"Well… I-huh."

"I thought so. You're young, beautiful and smart and you're wasting away." Nova said, getting a little somber. "I never get to make any of my own decisions after all I'm just an extension of Jimmy's shattered psyche."

"Wow, I didn't know you felt that way." Betty said feeling sorry for Nova.

"We all do on some level. But enough about that. I doubt Carl and Jasmine will be coming back anytime soon. Wanna do something fun." Nova said with a devious smile on her face.

"What kind of fun?" Betty was curious about what Nova meant.

Nova's smile widened as she looked at Betty more deviously.


The Compound

An hour later Betty was lying in her bed shocked at what she just did; her once tidy and organized room was a mess, her floor was covered with clothes, various items from her desk and more than one of her pillows.

She stared at the ceiling then turned to see Nova, completely naked in her bed right next to her.

"I can't believe we just did that." Betty said.

"I can't believe we did it so many times. You're quite the pent up perve." Nova said in a jovial tone.

"Stop joking around. What does this even mean!?"

"That you're secretly attracted to Jimmy and just couldn't resist his sexier counterpart." Nova continued to joke around.

"Nova!"

"Relax, it doesn't have to mean anything. We're just two super hot chicks having a little fun. No need to have an existential crisis."

"Okay, okay." Betty said while taking a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Do you know what I'm wondering?" Nova said.

"What?" Betty asked.

"Am I still a virgin?" Nova asked.

"What?" Betty exclaimed.

"No hear me out. I'm just an extension of Jimmy's psyche given a temporary physical form right, so if Jimmy's still a virgin does that mean I'm always technically going to be a virgin because I'm not technically real."

"Now which one of us is having an existential crisis." Betty laughed.

"You got me." Nova agreed. "You know this was a pretty good night."

"I agree." Betty agreed.

"Next time we're going to have to do something even more wild." Nova said.

"Next time." Betty said.

"Yeah, we're definitely doing this again. Unless you don't want to."

"No, no. It's just I didn't see my life going this way." Betty said.

"That's the thing about life. It never goes according to plan." Nova said.

"Well, the last year has made that more than clear to me." Betty agreed.

"So… Do you wanna go another round?" Nova enthusiastically asked.

Betty shrugged her shoulders, deciding to go with the flow. "Why not?"

Nova smiled, got on top of Betty and began to kiss her to start another round of passion with the former.


Venom

Venom and Chester were jumping off rooftop's heading in the direction of the auction house.

"You're pretty good on your feet." Venom commented.

"Used to run on my Dad's homemade obstacle course all the time." Chester replied.

"How much longer till we get there?" Venom asked.

"According to this thing Jimmy gave us, it's the next building to the right."

The duo finally made it to the auction house roof.

"So this is the place?" Venom asked.

"Yup." Chester answered.

"So let's break in and cause some chaos." Venom said, preparing to go into action.

"Hold up." Chester stopped Venom from moving.

"What!?" Venom snarled.

"First we need to secure the captives, then we can bust some skulls open." Chester pointed out.

"Fine, what do we need to do?" Venom asked.

"First we need to sneak inside. But I don't know how we're going to do that."

"I got this. Get in my body." Venom ordered.

"What?" Chester exclaimed.

"Just do it. I promise you'll be safe."

"Okay." Chester hesitantly agreed.

"Just put your hand on my chest."

Chester did what he was told and was quickly absorbed into Venom's body. Venom then changed his body's shape, going from a large hulking monster into a tall more human being.

Venom began crawling on the walls he looked for one of the guards as soon as he spotted one he attacked him and sliced him in two with his arm which he morphed into a blade.

Venom took no time and began to devour the guard entirely.

"I hope that didn't make you too uncomfortable." Venom snickered.

"Not at all." Chester replied.

Venom was a tad surprised by Chester's answer.

"So, now that you've killed this guy. What's the plan?" Chester asked.

"You see my powers are quite unique. When I devour someone's brain, I gain access to all their knowledge. And my other ability of shape shifting allows me to change my form."

"Okay, I see what you're getting at." Chester said.

Venom shape shifted making himself look exactly like the man he just killed.

Venom walked inside and began to mentally communicate with Chester.

"You're a strange one." Venom commented.

"Why do you say that?" Chester asked.

"I just ate a guy with you in my body and you're not even fazed even a little."

"When I was a kid, someone broke into my family's trailer he tied my Aunt and me up and was about to rape my Aunt in front of me. Thankfully my Dad showed up and put that bastard down before he could do anything. It rattled me to say the least, someone just died in front of me. My Dad talked to me and told me not to feel bad for the bastards like that. May not have been the best advice to give an eight year old but it stuck with me. Anyone who willingly contributes to the suffering of others is as good as dead from my point of view."

Venom smiled. "You have more than a little darkness in you Blondie."

"From you I'll take that as a compliment." Chester replied.

The duo made it inside and met one of the guards.

"Hey Glen." Venom said.

"Why aren't you at your station?" Glen asked.

"The boss told me to tell you to get the other guards to the auction. Something about not trusting the other auctioneers." Venom replied.

"What is wrong with him!?" Glen complained.

"I don't know, I just do what they tell me." Venom replied.

"This is such a pain. Well I'll meet you there."

"Right. Are we still on for drinks later?" Venom asked.

"Yeah, I'm gonna need one after dealing with that dip shit all day."

"I hear ya." Venom replied while walking away.

"Well you're quite the actor." Chester commented.

"Thanks, I try my best." Venom replied.

The duo made it to the auction house and it didn't even take them a minute to notice the many wealthy looking individuals.

"So this is the place." Venom said.

"Yup. A bunch of rich scumbags ruining peoples lives." Chester said.

"So when do we annihilate them?" Venom asked.

"First we wait for all the guards to get here, then you can have fun." Chester replied.

A short fat man wearing a blue suit came on stage and went to the podium.

"Okay our first lady for auction is this 26 year old Caucasian Blonde Woman, she has blue eyes, a perfect figure, D-Cup breasts, a firm butt, perfectly shaped white teeth with a height of five foot three."

A scared young girl wearing an elegant white dress walked onto the stage. The men and women in the crowd looked at her with hungry lustful eyes.

"The starting bid will be 8000 dollars. Do we have any takers?"

A man raised his paddle.

"8000 dollars going once going twice."

"12000 dollars."

"We have 12,000 dollars, do I hear 13."

"20,000 dollars."

"28,000 dollars."

"33,000 dollars."

Chester was completely disgusted by what he was hearing. A group of people degrading this poor woman's life as if she were just property. Chester was itching to beat these sons of bitches with his bat.

Just then at that moment the last guard according to Venom's stolen memories walked.

"It's time." Venom smiled.

"I'll go get the girls you rip these pieces of shit apart." Chester said.

"With pleasure." Venom roared.

Venom sent Chester out of his body who immediately ran to the stage. The guards pulled out their guns and attempted to shoot the young hero Venom quickly reacted and shot most of them down with quills he made from his gelatinous body. Chester jumped onto the stage and hit the auctioneer in the face with his bat, he picked the girl up and ran backstage with her.

The wealthy people tried to run for the door, Venom fired goop from his arms and sealed all the exits.

"You're not going anywhere!" he roared.

Venom morphed his hands into claws and went wild and began to tear apart everyone in the room to pieces. The guards lucky enough to get shots off looked in horror that their bullets barely even fazed Venom. Venom was relentless in his assault, he was like watching a lion tear apart the carcass of freshly caught prey. He slashed, stabbed, chewed and ate basically everyone in the room leaving no survivors.

Chester took the girl backstage, the second he dropped her she asked. "Who are you?"

"I'm a new hero. Call me Metal Bat. What's your name?"

"Jane." she answered.

"Hey Jane, I came to rescue you and your friends. You probably don't want to see what my associate is doing back there." Chester said as he heard the screams of Venom's victim's. "So it's best if you stay here. Where are the other girls?"

"They're being held in the room down the hall."

"Great, stay here. I promise we'll get you back home." Chester told the girl before leaving. "Remember do not go out there!" he shouted.

As he got to the hall Chester met up with some guards.

"Hey do you hear that?" one of them asked before noticing Chester.

Chester pulled out his bat and nailed both guards in the head, he kept moving forward and met four more guards, Chester increased his speed and threw his bat at one of the guards heads, he made it to them and punched another hard in his stomach, the last two guards got some space between themselves and Chester and pulled out their guns, Chester quickly picked his bat and used it to block the bullets being fired at him, Chester then rushed at him and knocked both men in the head with his his bat.

Chester then busted the door down and knocked out the final guards who were holding the girls hostage.

"Hey there. I'm Metal Bat and I'm here to rescue you all." Chester introduced himself.

Chester brought the girls back to Jane.

"You guys stay here while I check things out." he said which the girls agreed to.

Chester walked back on the stage and found the area completely clean. Aside from the smashed up walls and chairs. There was no trace that there were ever any people in the hall.

Venom stood in the middle of the room with a smile on his face. "What took you so long."

After the police arrived and arrested the remaining men who didn't die from fighting Chester. The girls were safely taken into police custody and Venom, using the knowledge he had gained, gave the police incredibly detailed information on how to find those involved, how they were doing it and the customers they had and exactly how to catch them.

"While I don't like how you vigilantes handle things, I can't argue with the results."

"Thank you sir. We do the best that we can." Chester said.

"And with the information you've given us… huh."

"Venom. My name's Venom." Venom replied.

"And how did you come by all this incriminating evidence?"

"It's best that you don't know." Venom replied. "But trust me. Follow even one of my leads and you'll find your golden goose."

"We'll see about that." the Officer said before walking away.

"Well if I do say so myself I think our first mission went well." Chester said.

"Our." Venom said with comical disbelief. "I think I did all the work."

"Well, I helped."

"Guess you did. Don't think those girls could've kept their shit together if they met my mug first." Venom said.

"Maybe. This town has been really weird the last few years. But for what it's worth. I'd work with you again in a heartbeat."

Venom let out a little smile. "Well I wouldn't hate the idea either."

"Believe it or not I'm hungry. Wanna come by my place and wolf down a cake my aunt made."

"What kind of cake?" Venom asked.

"Chocolate."

"I love chocolate!" Venom exclaimed.

"Then let's go." Chester said.


The Compound

The 8 hours we're almost up Jimmy's alters had returned to the lab. Jimmy came to them and Jimmy instantly noticed a change in their demeanor.

"I see you all had a great time." Jimmy commented.

"And we see you had a great time with Cindy." Nova replied.

Jimmy looked at them in disbelief, "How did you…"

"The only thing that could possibly motivate you to want us out of your head could only be a girl." Venom commented.

"True." Etrigan agreed with Hulk nodding.

"Even if my intentions were less than honorable I still hope you guys had fun."

All the alter's smiled. "It was the best night of our lives." Hulk said with the others agreeing with him.

"Even if it was only for a short time. The fun we had was nothing but sublime." Etrigan said.

"I experienced so many amazing things!" Nova exclaimed.

"That Chester kid is pretty cool." Venom said.

"Glad you had fun. And don't worry this won't be a one time thing but for now." Jimmy said, putting the device on his chest.

"Yeah we know." Hulk answered for the group. "Take care of my belt."

Jimmy activated the device. The alters turned into energy and reentered Jimmy.

"Everyone okay?" Jimmy asked.

Hulk: Here.

Nova: I'm good.

Etrigan: I'm fine.

Venom: Right here.

"Well we've all had an eventful night. I think it's time for bed.


Unknown Location

Professor Calamities, one of the greatest minds in the world, had finally finished his greatest project.

"I'm done. I'm finally finished. With my creation I will finally shift the balance of power in my favor."

"Why do all you bad guys always talk to yourselves? Do you just like the sound of your own voice or you know no one sane would bother to listen to you."

Calamities turned and looked at the middle aged man he had bound. This man was about 43 years old, he had a very handsome face with a strong jaw, dark hair, was quite tall and had a muscular build. Just looking at him one could only guess the experience behind him.

"You can make as many jokes as you want, it won't change the fact that I'll win. But what else would I expect from the world's greatest spy Jet Fusion."


Well that's it. Wow, I did not expect this chapter to be this long. Might be my longest chapter ever. Well until next time.

And if you haven't seen it yet please check out my latest fanfic Phineas and Ferb: Brothers of the Force. It's really fun so check it out, leave a review, maybe even like and favorite it.

And after thinking it over for a while I'll start writing for Hero League: Vilgax Wars but it will be some time to get a chapter out.


N-Force: Operation Jet Fusion pt 1 Promo

Jimmy was brought into a secret room.

"Hey Neutron, it's been a while." Nick said.


Nick, Megan, Brittany and Nate show off their new suits.

"You guys have changed." Jimmy said.

Commander Baker walked up to him. We need your help."


Jimmy strapped on a medical table. Calamities stepped out of the shadows.

"Jimmy Neutron, I've been meaning to meet you."