Family
Chapter 499 Z End 2
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Zim in his Megadoomer marched down the halls of his base with Schmoz behind him, still completely unaware that the genie was free and no longer under his control. The green alien was determined to destroy or capture the people running around his base, when he got a alert on his dashboard computer alerting him about the League of Super Evil breaking into his lab and stealing Tashy 497. Zim went incredible pale at this news. A deadly planet destroying bomb was now in the hands of a team of losers lead by a complete idiot! He knew that the Earth's atmosphere did not mix well with Tashy 497's biology and would kill setting off his deadly explosive nature in about 12 hours, but there was more of a chance the League doing something stupid that would set the explosive off. Tashy 497 needed to be recaptured and either put in a new pod that would restore him to health or taken off the planet a good distance, so when he exploded it wouldn't cause serious harm to anyone. Zim quickly set out a alert to his robots.
"Attention Tashy 497 has been taken from his tank by some thieves. Find the thieves at once and take Tashy 497 away from them at once!" Said Zim.
"You want me to go get him?" Asked Schmoz with a hint of concern.
"No. The robots should be more then able to handle the idiots that took Tashy 497. Let's go deal with our other guests." Said Zim as they continued on.
Elsewhere Malruant, June Way, Citrus Twisty, Walter, Messy, a handful of Carton Cartel members, Bubblegum, Chicle, Mara, O, Serenity, Neddy, Peridot, and Lapis where running down another hall with Red Knight, Green Knight, and the hunters chasing after them firing bullets and lasers after them. Neddy decided that he and his allies needed some space, so he turned to face their pursuers. He focused his psychic powers on the ceiling above and brought it down pinning Green Knight to the ground and stopping the rest of the pursuers from chasing them.
"That should keep them off our backs a little bit." Said Neddy as he and the others took off running.
The group entered a large chamber and found themselves confronted by Zim and Schmoz.
"Zim." Said Malruant.
"Malruant." Said Zim.
"You know what I'm after. Step aside and surrender and I'll let you live." Said Malruant.
"Oh mercy. How very generous of you, but it's a hard pass! You're not the master or in control of this situation. I am! And I will wipe out of existence!" Said Zim as he pointed The Maid in their direction and began to say the command to fire it.
"I wish Zim was unable to hit me or my allies with The Maid!" Said Malruant to Citrus Twisty.
"Wish granted." Said Citrus Twisty.
The arm with The Maid suddenly jerked to the side as The Maid fired. The blast missed Malruant and the others and ripped a huge hole through the wall and traveled all the way out of the base destroying several robot guard, killing a few escaped prisoners, and destroying a Safety Bot outside. Scarab saw this display of destructive power and immediately knew what was responsible and took off running towards the base as he changed out of his disguised form and into his normal form.
Inside the base Zim's eyes twitched as he looked at the destruction he had caused to his own base. Zim gritted his teeth in anger and then he calmed down.
"Not bad, you may have taken my most dangerous weapon out of play, but I still have other weapons on my Megadoomer, plus I still have my genie bodyguard! I can still win this! Plus I can summon my robots to aid me! Victory will still be mine!" Said Zim.
"Yeah, I no longer work for you." Said Schmoz.
"Wait what?!" Said Zim looking at the genie in confusion and finally noticed he wasn't wearing his armbands.
"I don't have to work for anyone ever again! I'm my own master now and I'll be calling the shots! And I'm going to be taking that Maid from you now." Said Schmoz before snapping his fingers and making The Maid appear in his hands.
Zim just looked at Schmoz with both shock and horror not sure what to do. Schmoz turned his attention to Malruant and his group and then he focused on Citrus Twisty.
"You're a fellow genie. How about you give me your bottle and I'll wish you free and we can really have some fun." Said Schmoz.
"I..." Said Citrus Twisty looking unsure of herself.
"Wait...we are not your enemy here. Keep The Maid, just let us be on our way. I'll even wish for Citrus Twisty to be free as a good show of faith." Said Malruant trying to reason with the genie.
"Tempting, but hard pass. I've been doing what people asked for millions of years, now that I'm free, I'm going to do whatever the heck I want and that includes destroying whoever I please and freeing my fellow genies!" Said Schmoz as he pointed The Maid at Malruant and the others.
Before Schmoz could say the firing command, Scarab came racing in on the scene and decked Schmoz in the face! Schmoz crashed to the ground dropping The Maid in the process.
"Looks like I arrived just in time." Said Scarab.
"Who the heck are you supposed to be?" Sneered Schmoz as he got up.
"The names Scarab. I'm a cosmic auditor and peacekeeper. You're a genie that recently got freed and you just tried to eliminate people with a high powered comic weapon. You just violated multiple laws, so I'm taking you in." Said Scarab.
"As if I would let you! I'm not going to be locked up again after being freed!" Yelled Schmoz as he unleashed a blast of mystical lightning that Scarab dodged out of the way of.
Scarab tried to pull out the capture function of his crystal, but Schmoz rushed forward and slammed into him and the two of them began to grapple with one another as sparks flew. Schmoz used his wings to fly upwards with Scarab and the two of them smashed through the ceiling together.
Everyone stared up at the hole in the ceiling in shock for a few seconds and then they all turned their attention to The Maid laying on the ground. June Way pointed her hand at the weapon and began to lift it off the ground with her powers, but a tentacle from the Megadoomer shot out and slammed the fix lady into a wall. Another tentacle shot out and grabbed The Maid. Zim grinned as he pointed The Maid at Malruant and said the magic words to fire it, but unfortunately Malruant's wish was still in affect and like before the limb holding The Maid jerked at the last second and the blast missed the target completely blowing another hole through Zim's base.
"Curses!" Yelled Zim.
"You won't be able to hit any of us with that weapon, so you might as well surrender." Said Malruant.
"That may be true, but I can still hit the area around you affecting the battlefield, plus I still have plenty of more weapons on my Megadoomer." Said Zim before firing The Maid at the ground near Malruant and the others.
A hole burned through the floor and the nearby ground gave way causing Malruant and the others to fall to the floor below. Zim laughed as he jumped down after them.
Elsewhere X in his dragon form was fighting with Bandit Queen in her dragon, while Django followed them. The two dragon roared as they bit and clawed at one another smashing through walls and crushing anything that got into their way. The two seemed evenly matched in terms of raw strength. Django watched the fight go on and took notice of the amulet around Bandit Queen's neck. He knew right away that the amulet was a magical item and most likely the power source of Bandit Queen's dragon transformation. Django raced forward, leaped, and sliced the amulet right off of Bandit Queen. Bandit Queen screamed as she shrank down and changed back into her normal form. X glared down at Bandit Queen who smiled at X nervously. The dragon reached down and flicked Bandit Queen with his claws sending her flying and crashing into a wall knocking her out. X changed back into his normal form.
"Come on let's go find the others and blow this place." Said X.
"Fine by me." Said Django as they left the scene.
Sir Slicer found himself growing more angry and desperate in his fight with Simon. He had tried to smash the wizard with his giant sword and blast him with flames, but Simon, just kept either dodging, blocking, or deflecting his attacks with ease, which just enraged Sir Slicer. Simon would then attack Sir Slicer with ice magic and a few other types of magic as well. The wizard would fire icicles, summon thorny vines to sprout up, throw a few fire balls, fire burst of lightning, and summon a few shadow creatures to throw themselves at Sir Slicer. The varieties of attacks took Sir Slicer by surprise and kept him on his toes. Simon was a dangerous opponent and Sir Slicer had a sinking feeling that the wizard was still holding back using his real power. As the fight raged on Sir Slicer suddenly began to feel dizzy and started to become unsteady on his feet.
"Good. It's finally kicking in." Said Simon.
"What...did you do?" Demanded Sir Slicer as he swung at Simon and missed.
"Oh I simply drugged you using those thorny vines I attacked you with. Took a while for it to kick in due to your size, but now it's in affect." Said Simon.
"You...coward!" Yelled Sir Slicer in rage.
"I simply have higher priorities and bigger things to deal with then an angry knight. Don't worry I'm not going to kill you or anything like that. That's not how I do things. Lucky for you." Said Simon.
Sir Slicer tried to attack again, but his eyes rolled to the back of his head before he collapsed to the ground on his face and he changed back into his normal form. Simon looked down at the defeated knight and left the scene to go find the others. He was only a few yards away, when he sensed a dark presence from behind him and quickly turned around raising a ice wall shield in front of himself to block a magical lightning blast. A few yards away from Simon was Thromnambular.
"Hello wizard, it's been a long time since we last met and you undid my work and banished me, but now I'm back for revenge." Said Thromnambular.
"I remember you. You were that wishing skull, Thromnambular. Ron James told me about you. I take it since you have a body now, you're free from granting wishes." Said Simon.
"Correct. I'm free now. So you can't wish me away like last time. Now it's time I grant a wish for myself and my wish is for your destruction!" Said Thromnambular.
"I'm afraid that's a wish that can't be granted." Said Simon.
"Oh it will be granted!" Declared Thromnambular.
The two magic users began to fire lightning at each other.
Marceline, Lucinda, Henry, and Lance faced off against Giganto-Baby. The monstrous alien stomped around and tried to smash the heroes with his big limbs, but they were too fast for him as they flew around him and struck him with their fists, kicks, weapons, and long ranged attacks. The attacks bombarded Giganto-Baby, but only damaged and slowed him down a little bit. Gigantic-Baby roared in anger as he bag to spit giant globs of acid at the heroes forcing them to dodge about to avoid getting hit. The spit meltdown through the floor, ceiling, and nearby walls. One wall melted away to reveal Gir and Minimoose hanging out watching tv. The two minions looked at the melted wall and the fight going on between Giganto-Baby and the heroes.
"Big baby throwing a tantrum and needs help! Don't worry baby will help!" Said Gir as he opened his head up and pulled out a Sphere of Stupidity.
Gir flipped a switch on the device and hurled it in the direction of the fight. Unfortunately the device landed near Giganto-Baby and began to quickly affect him. Gigs to-Baby giggled and stared stupidly ahead as his body swayed back and forth. Lance and Henry to strike the big alien with a massive combo attack of lightning and water that greatly damaged Giganto-Baby and destroyed the Sphere of Stupidity. Before Giganto-Baby could recover Marceline and Lucinda flew into the air and then they both dropped down on the alien and delivered a combined kick to Giganto-Baby's main body and slammed him into the ground with a mighty crash. Giganto-Baby laid on the ground and then his body began to fall apart back into the Nhar-Gh'oks that made up it's body. The aliens laid on the ground unconscious.
"That's one way to take care of a big ass baby." Said Lance.
"Yeah." Agreed Marceline.
The four heroes left the scene, while Gir and Minimoose looked at the unconscious Nhar-Gh'oks and decided to go find a new hiding space.
In another part of the lair, a troop of robot guards were chasing after the League Of Super Evil intending to capture them and put Tashy 497 back in a tank to restore his health so he wouldn't die and blow the planet up. Voltar and his gang still completely unaware of how dangerous Tashy 497 were tossing the little creature to one another to avoid getting it taken away by the robots. Thankfully they weren't throwing Tashy 497 too hard or far and they always managed to catch the little creature, but it made the robots nervous as they tried doubling their efforts to get Tashy 497 back.
Elsewhere Malruant and Bubblegum's group had gotten back up to their feet to fight Zim and his Megadoomer. Zim laughed as he pressed a button on his controls and began to fire missiles at the group forcing them to dodge around to avoid getting hit. Some Carton Cartel goons were hit and killed by missiles as the surviving ones began to shoot at Zim, but a force field on the cockpit blocked the bullets. The eggs were fixing to try pulling out some grenades, when there was some gunshots and they toppled over dead as the Eggspendibles, the hunters, Red Knight, Mochio, and Green Knight arrived on the scene to join the battle.
"This place is getting too crowded for my liking." Said Malruant as he blasted some missiles to bits with lasers.
"Perhaps it's time we ditch all this riffraff and go for our prize." Said June Way.
"Yes that does sound good." Said Malruant.
Before they could do that Zim unleashed a energy wave from his mech that knocked everyone to the ground. The Megadoomer then charged forward and put a foot down on Malruant's chest pinning him to the ground.
"I rather die and see my empire destroyed then see you get back the Time Beast and other treasures back! I'm fully aware what you intend to use those items for and I won't let you use them! I'll end you here and now!" Declared Zim.
"Ah Zim, always so brash. It is my destiny to have my own universe. If I have to end one to have it I will gladly do so and no one will stop me!" Said Malruant as he fired a laser from his hand into the joint of the leg that had him pinned to the ground.
The leg sparked and jerked and the Megadoomer staggered back. Zim quickly pushed some buttons on his controls to have four spider-legs sprout from the Megadoomer's side to help steady the machine. As he did this June Way used her magic to yank The Maid away from the Megadoomer and give it to Malruant. Malruant laughed before he pointed The Maid at Zim, said the magic phrase and fired it! Zim screamed as he made the Megadoomer jump into the air to avoid the blast, but the machine still lost both it's normal legs from the blast. The blast tore another hole in the base. The Megadoomer minus it's normal legs landed on the ground and Zim began to frantically fire lasers and missiles at Malruant. June Way used her magic to raise a shield to protect herself and her master, but one missile did get pass the shield and knocked The Maid from Malruant's hands and sent it rolling to the far size of the room. Malruant considered going after it, but decided not to.
"Let us leave." Said Malruant to June Way.
June Way nodded as she used her magic to lift both herself and Malruant up into the air and fly them out through the hole they had fell through and began to blast their way through the other floors. Citrus Twisty flew after them.
"You won't escape me!" Yelled Zim as the Megadoomer jumped after them.
"We can't let Malruant get his hands on his objections." Said Bubblegum to Chicle and Neddy.
"Go. We can take care of these creeps." Said O as he fired a blast of slime at Chickenstein and pinned him to the ground.
"Thank you." Said Bubblegum before Neddy used his powers to pick himself up along with Bubblegum and Chicle and they flew after Zim and the others.
Green Knight tried to leap after them, but Peridot used her powers to stab him with a piece of jagged metal that stabbed him in the chest and knock him out of the air. Lapis then hit Green Knight with one of her giant water hands and smashed him into a wall. Before Green Knight could get up Serenity blast him with ice and froze him to the wall. But as they dealt with Green Knight, Red Knight activated some rockets on her boots and took off after Bubblegum and her family.
At that moment the timer for the El Mongo Stink Bomb reached zero and the stink bomb went off flooding a good portion of the base in stinky fumes. The stink hit the area where O, Serenity, Peridot, Lapis, Mara, Walter, Messy, were fighting the Eggspendibles, Arnold, Chickenstein who just freed himself, the lizards Kask, Khamai, and Sauro, Mochio, and the Green Knight who just freed himself as well.
The stench greatly affected Kask, Khamai, and Sauro, who all had incredibly sensitive noses. The lizards stumbled around clutching their noses in pain, before Mara charged in and punched Kask and Khamai in the faces knocking them out and delivered a few powerful kicks to Sauro knocking him out. Walter took notice that there was a rotten egg smell in the air from the gas and knew it was high flammable and this gave him an idea.
"Everyone we need to get to the floor above and make sure we leave these guys behind!" Said Walter.
The others didn't know what Walter was planning, but decided to go along with it. O kept the enemy at bay with his slime as Serenity used her powers to create a ice staircase to the floor above. They all began to race up the stairs and Mochio managed to flow them up. Mara kicked the chocolate man into a wall and he laid there stunned.
"Lapis use your wings to clear the air and send more of that foul air down the area we just came from." Ordered Walter.
Lapis did as she was told and flapped her wings clearing the air and sending the air with the smell down below. With that done Walter pulled out a lighter and hurled it down to the floor below. The flame came in contact with the flames down below and they ignited creating a huge explosion! The floor was completely the Eggspendibles were killed in the explosion along with Chickenstein, Kask, Khamai, and Sauro. Arnold laid on the ground, but he was no longer the same as before. All of Arnold's shell and clothes were gone revealing him to actually be a skeletal egg robot. Green Knight was burnt all over and missing his legs and left arm, but he was already in the process of go win new limbs and healing his body. The Maid also laid on the ground completely unscratched by the explosion.
"That was one heck of an explosion." Said Lapis.
"The Green Knight is still kicking along with that robot. We need to go down there and finish them both off." Said Mara.
"But how?" Asked O.
"We can use The Maid on them. That weapon as more then enough power to do it." Said Peridot.
"Sounds like a good enough plan to me." Said Serenity as she prepared to make new ice staircase going down.
Before anything could happen a large orange robotic hand reached through the hole in the base and grabbed The Maid and pulled it away. It was Skalgar who had become interested in the powerful device that had been ripping holes in the base. Skalgar lifted The Maid up and examined it, finding the instructions on the back. The criminal followed the instructions and pointed the device away from his mech and fired a few of destructive energy that destroyed several buildings in Zimtopia and a few Safety Bots he had been fighting.
"Yes! This is exactly what I need! With this weapon I will become the most feared criminal in the universe!" Declared Skalgar as he stomped off to cause more destruction.
"Dang!" Said Messy.
"We need to stop that guy before he destroys anything else or someone worse gets a hold of that weapon." Said Peridot..
"Guess we need to do fusion." Said Lapis.
The two gems did a dance and formed into Turquoise and she quickly used her powers to restrain Mochio, Arnold, and Green Knight in metal cocoons before flying off after Skalgar.
In another part of the base Scarab and Schmoz were locked in battle and it was getting crazy as they smashed through the base. Schmoz created a wrestling ring at one point along with a few clones of himself wearing various wrestling masks and outfits and they all pounded on Scarab, punching him, hitting him with chairs, and then dog piling onto him and seemly winning. Then the dog pile began to shake before Scarab threw all the genie clones off of himself and began to defeat the clones by performing dropkicks, clotheslines, and then a pildriver on the real Schmoz making the ring and clones disappear.
"Not...bad, but I'm not done yet!" Yelled Schmoz before he made himself a tank and fired at Scarab.
Scarab was hit by the projectile and it exploded knocking him through a few walls. He quickly recovered and got up to catch a shell with his hands and then hurled it down the barrel of the tank! The tank exploded leaving a blackened and angry Scarab glaring at Scarab. The genie transformed into a large dragon and fired a blast of fire at Scarab. Scarab grunge as he was bathed in the hot flames before he leaped through the flames and delivered some powerful punches to Schmoz's face knocking him to the ground and making him change back into his regular form. The auditor grabbed Schmoz by his tail and spun him around a few times before letting him go and the genie crashed through a few walls before stopping. Scarab walked after Schmoz who laid on the ground groaning.
"Time for you to be locked up." Said Scarab as he activated the prison capture feature on his crystal.
"No! I don't want to be locked up again!" Yelled Schmoz as he tried to fly away.
Scarab zapped Schmoz and the genie was digitized and trapped in a orb. He picked the orb up enlarged his crystal and placed the genie in a compartment along with some other prisoners.
"Now time to deal with Malruant." Said Scarab as he went off to find his next target.
June Way, Malruant, and Citrus Twisty, flew upwards with Zim firing lasers, missiles, and curses at the trio. Bubblegum, Neddy, and Chicle flew after Zim and Red Knight flew after them. Neddy used his psychic powers to grab a hold of the Megadoomer and sent it flying forward at a incredible speed crashing into Malruant, June Way, and Citrus Twisty knocking them all onto one floor together in a tangled mess. The heroes landed on the same floor and then Red Knight suddenly flew in and tackled Bubblegum to the ground. The two rolled a couple of times before coming to a stop with Red Knight on top of Bubblegum.
"We finally meet face-to-face." Said Red Knight.
"Who exactly are you?" Asked Bubblegum.
The Red Knight pushed a button on her wrist and her helmet retracted back to reveal a face that looked exactly like Bubblegum's face. It was Double Bubblegum.
"You!" Said Bubblegum in shock and anger.
"Yes. Me. Hello creator. I must say running into you here was a bit of a surprise. Now I get the honor of destroying you for Gumbald. Oh what a glorious day this has turned out to be!" Said Double Bubblegum.
"Not going to happen!" Yelled Bubblegum as she stuck her hand up and fired dozens of jawbreakers at Double Bubblegum knocking her off.
Double Bubblegum staggered to her feet, but before she could do anything Chicle shot her with a laser knocking her back. Malruant and June Way were in the process of ripping the spider legs of the Megadoomer, so Neddy took this opportunity to use his powers to grab Citrus Twisty's soda bottle lamp and give it to his mother.
"Quick make a wish!" Said Neddy.
"I wish I was in Zim's lab." Said Bubblegum.
"No!" Yelled both Zim and Malruant.
Bubblegum vanished and then she found herself in Zim's lab with Citrus Twisty. She looked around at the lab in amazement taking notice of the Time Beats and the vault that contained the Annihilarrgh.
"Wait why didn't Malruant wish to get to the lab?" Asked Bubblegum looking at Citrus Twisty.
"The lab was protected by Schmoz's magic, but it's gone now since Schmoz was free. Malruant only had one wish left, but he wanted to save it." Said Citrus Twisty.
"Guess that makes sense." Said Bubblegum as she examined the vault.
Bubblegum considered using her skills to crack the vault, but she heard some loud explosions and the sounds of metal being ripped and knew it was only a matter of time before either Malruant or Zim reached the lab.
"I wish the vault was open." Said Bubblegum to Citrus Twisty.
The vault opened and Bubblegum saw the Annihilarrgh. Bubblegum was very surprised at how small and unassuming the weapon was as she went in and picked it up. It was then a group of robot guards entered the lab carrying the beaten battered forms of the League Of Super Evil and Tashy 497. Bubblegum and Citrus Twisty looked at the guards in surprise and they looked back at the intruders. Before anything could be said or done one of the walls exploded and Malruant and June Way stormed into the lab.
"My Time Beasts and the Annihilarrgh! Finally you are mine!" Said Malruant as he walked towards Bubblegum with June Way by his side.
"I'm not letting you have this. I don't know what you're planning, but I won't let you do it." Said Bubblegum as she held the Annihilarrgh close to her chest.
"You little fool. I was going originally to allow you to return to your past and fix your mistake and go to another universe and use the Annihilarrgh to create a universe in my image, but since you betrayed me, I think I'll destroy your universe and create my own universe in it's place." Said Malruant.
"But...you can't get the Annihilarrgh to work." Said Bubblegum.
"Oh I can. I've been making the final plans to repair it in my head for the past hundred or so years and I finally figured it out." Said Malruant.
"Stay away or I'll use Citrus Twisty to destroy it!" Threatened Bubblegum.
June Way fire a green spell that resembled a piece of tape that covered Bubblegum's mouth.
"No you won't." Said Malruant with a chuckle.
Bubblegum fired candy and lasers at Malruant, but he turned the candy to dust with his aging beams and canceled the lasers with his own. Malruant was about to reach Bubblegum and grab the Annihilarrgh, when someone shouting got their attention.
"Nobody move or I will destroy us all!"
Everyone turned to see Zim minus his Megadoomer holding a laser to Tashy 497.
"What's that supposed to do?" Asked Malruant.
"This little guy has a unique biology, when he dies he unleashes a explosive blast capable of destroying a planet. I'm willing to kill all of us! I rather die then lose to any of you!" Declared Zim.
Everyone could see the craziness and determination in Zim's eyes. He wasn't bluffing.
"Come now Zim. Surly we can negotiate. There has to be something you want. I can give you a universe of your own." Said Malruant.
"You're not fooling me! I'm the one with the power here! You're all going to do as I say!" Declared Zim.
Before anything else could be said Scarab suddenly appeared behind Zim chopping him in the back of the neck. Zim's eyes went wide with shock as he dropped the laser and Tashy 497 and collapsed to the ground in a heap. Scarab then leaped forward with incredible speed and kicked both Malruant and June Way knocking them to the ground. The auditor then pointed his crystal at the two criminals and zapped them turning into digital beings trapped in orbs. The green spell over Bubblegum's mouth vanished.
"Now that's taken care. Anyone else wish to fight." Said Scarab looking at the robot guards.
The robot guards and the League Of Super Evil shook their heads no.
"Good." Said Scarab as he loaded the captured villains into his crystal.
One robot guard put Tashy 497 in a new tank to restore him to health and feed him marshmallows, while a couple of others tended to Zim. Neddy and Chicle soon arrived on the scene.
"You ok mom?" Asked Neddy.
"I'm fine." Said Bubblegum as she filled the two in on what happened.
Chicle then told Bubblegum that Double Bubblegum escaped from the fight with the aid of a strange cloaked skeletal figure. Bubblegum had no idea, who that was. Neddy studied some nearby controls and found a intercom system and called out to their allies that Zim was defeated and that they were all around the top floor in Zim's lab. Chicle located some controls for the robots and shut them all down except for the ones in the lab. Soon Simon, Marceline, Henry, Lance, X, Mara, Django, O, Serenity, Walter, Messy, and a few surviving Carton Cartel members were in the lab. Simon told everyone with his battle with Sir Slicer then with Thromnambular. He told them that the battle with Thromnambular was tough and they had been at a stalemate for a while, until Thromnambular decided to retreat taking Sir Slicer with him for some reason. O told the others about what had happened with the hunters and how a crazed criminal now had The Maid and how Lapis and Peridot had formed Turquoise to go after him. Chicle found some controls that allowed video images of Zimtopia to appear on half a dozen screens.
Skalgar had really done a number on Zimtopia. A good portion of the city was destroyed along with a dozen or so Safety Bots. The Prize Ball Guardian was nowhere to be seen. Skalgar laughed as he fired a blast from The Maid and destroyed a section of buildings. It would only be a matter of time before Zimtopia was completely destroyed and Skalgar went to destroy some other kingdom or territory. He needed to be stopped. Turquoise flew after the mech throwing metal spears at him, but the mech continued on it's way.
"I'll handle this." Said Scarab as he located a door that lead outside.
Scarab pulled a giant energy ax from his crystal and leaped off the base jumping from building to building, until he caught up to the rampaging Skalgar. He swung his ax and sliced off the hand holding The Maid. Skalgar yelled in surprised and tried to pick The Maid up, but another slice from Scarab cut the mech's legs off and caused the machine to fall to the ground. Scarab put the ax away as he collected The Maid and then he went over to the mech and smashed through it's visor to pull Skalgar out.
How dare you ruin my rampage! I am Skalgar a ruthless deadly criminal!" Said Skalgar.
"Well I guess I'll just have to lock you up as well." Said Scarab before he zapped Skalgar turning him into a digital being trapped in a orb.
"Glad that guy is on our side." Said Lance as they watched the whole thing unfold on a screen.
Scarab returned to the base and quickly gathered up the Annihilarrgh and put the Time Beasts in some orbs as well, before turning his attention to Bubblegum and her group.
"I was asked by the Goddess of Candy through a friend to come aid you. I can't personally aid you more from here, but I can give you some assistance in another way. I recently beat some beings that worked with June Way and they agree to assist you in exchange for their freedom. Do you want them?" Said Scarab.
"Sure. I'll take any kind of help." Said Bubblegum.
Scarab took out the orbs that contained Earth, Wind, and Fire and released the trapped beings. The Elementals stood before Bubblegum and bowed before her.
"Cool." Said Neddy.
"You know you can help us with another little matter." Said Bubblegum.
"And what's that?" Asked Scarab.
"We just need you to help us convince Zim to join our cause. All you have to do is look intimidating and make a threat that you're going to lock Zim up." Said Bubblegum.
"Sounds simple enough." Said Scarab.
Zim began to come to and look around in confusion.
"What's...going on?" Asked Zim.
"Well to sum it up, Malruant and June Way have been defeated and locked up and you and your empire have basically been defeated. Now you have a choice to make." Said Bubblegum.
"What choice?" Asked Zim.
"You can either agree to join our cause or get locked up by Scarab over there." Said Bubblegum pointing at Scarab.
Scarab stood nearby holding his crystal displaying all the captured prisoners inside it. Zim went pale.
"You you agree to help us and we succeed in returning me to the past, this defeat will never happen." Said Bubblegum.
"Fine. I suppose helping you would be in my best interest. Suppose it beats prison." Grumbled Zim.
"Good boy. Now I'll be taking this little guy away so you don't get any bright ideas." Said Scarab as he put Tashy 497 in a larger orb that was made for comfy transport for non-criminals.
"Thank for the help." Said Bubblegum.
"No problem. I wish you the best of luck with your quest." Said Scarab before vanishing through a portal.
"So you have anymore wishes you care to make?" Citrus Twisty.
"As a matter of fact I do. I wish for your freedom." Said Bubblegum.
The stream of bubbles that connected Citrus Twisty to the soda bottle vanished.
"I'm...free!" Said Citrus Twisty in amazement.
"You are. Now if you feel like I would like your assistance in battling the forces of Gumbaldia." Said Bubblegum.
"Well I don't do wishes anymore, but since you helped me out I'm more then happy to help you out." Said Citrus Twisty.
"That's great." Said Bubblegum with a smile.
The detour through Zimtopia had been a unexpected and unplanned one, but in the end Bubblegum and her allies had recruited a great assortment of powerful help to aid them in their battle against Gumbaldia.
To be continued.
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