It's been a week since the Royal Woods Earthquake. The citizens are recovering from the disaster. But other at Tetherby industries, Tetherby is looking outside of his office window while drinking a glass of Scotch.
"Any sign of him?" Tetherby asked.
"Nothing yet sir." A scientist responded. "The hunter and his niece are still tracking him."
"Damn it." Tetherby growled. "I want it found before the public finds out. If they find what we've been doing, I'll be ruined."
In the sewers, two workers were walking around making sure none of the pipes were damaged from the earthquake.
"Hmm. These look good." One worker said as he examined some pipes.
"Same with these pipes." The second worker said as he inspected a second pair of pipes. "It's like the earthquake never happened."
"Let's head further down before we radio in with the boss." The first worker says. They head further into the sewers where they come across a large hole in the wall. "What the hell?" He runs his hand across the damaged wall.
"You think it was damaged in the earthquake?" The second worker asked as he flashed his flashlight at the wall.
"No chance." The first worker answered. "This is recent." They then hear a growl. "You hear that?"
"Yeah I heard it too." The second worker replied. "You think it's Wildgirl?"
"What would Wildgirl being doing in the sewers?" The first worker asked.
"Maybe looking for crooks down here?" The Second worker shrugged.
They hear another growl followed by a thump sound. They look into the hole in the wall and see a large bulky silhouette approaching them. When the thing get close they see two eyes staring at them. The creature let out a roar causing the two workers to scream before running away.
At the L-Crew base, Luna, Lucy, Lana, Bobby and Ronnie Anne were in the middle of a training session with Petty as Soothsayer watched on. Petty threw a punch at Luna who jumped out of the way. Petty would repeat the process several times with Luna constantly backing away.
"Remember Luna, when fighting a physically stronger opponent you must look for an opening and then strike." Soothsayer told her.
"I know that Soothsayer!" Luna replied.
"You don't seem to be on top of that." Soothsayer pointed out.
Luna let out a grumble before dodging another punch from Petty. "You'd have a hard time to if you're opponent was completely made of rubber." She grumbled.
"Petty you're swinging too wildly." Soothsayer told him. "You must be more controlled in your swings."
"Petty trying!" Petty replied as he gives a right hook but Luna shoots an electric blast at Petty's right side.
"Good one Luna." Soothsayer said.
"Heh thanks." Luna says. Ronnie Anne then comes running in shooting energy blasts at Petty with one slight problem.
"Ronnie Anne your aim is off." Soothsayer told her. "Have you been keeping up with your target practice?"
"Yes I have." Ronnie Anne stated.
Soothsayer looks at the target and sees that not one of Ronnie Anne's stars has hit the target. "It doesn't appear that way." Soothsayer said.
"Well I may have slacked a little bit." Ronnie Anne muttered. "Just a few days." Soothsayer sighs and shakes his head before turning back to the training where he sees Bobby coated in rock charging at Petty only to get immediately stopped in his tracks by Petty. Lana who was a grizzly let's out a roar and slashed at Petty which Soothsayer noticed were a lot more wild and undisciplined. Lucy went to strike Petty from behind but seemed to hesitate which cost her as Petty caught her staff and threw her a Lana.
"That's enough." Soothsayer called stopping the action. "Everyone in front." Everyone does as they're asked and stand in front of Soothsayer. "So, how do you all think that training session went?"
"Probably not great." Ronnie Anne shrugged nervously.
"Exactly!" Soothsayer shouted. "You all lack focus and discipline!"
"We're trying our best dude," Luna said.
"That isn't enough!" Soothsayer scolded. "You've all been slacking lately and it's been showing!" He turns to Luna. "You fail to capitalize on opponents' openings." He turns to Ronnie Anne. "You've failed to keep up with target practice." He turns to Bobby. "You keep running headfirst into danger without thinking." He turns to Lana. "You let the animal instincts have to much say causing you to not plan out your attacks." He turns to Lucy. "And you hesitate before you attack." He let's out a sigh. "The only way you'll ever get better is to keep striving to improve. But lately that seems to be the last thing on your mind. The Multiverse threat is finished. The city has recovered from the earthquake. Now you all must focus on improving yourselves because I can assure you that your enemies are doing that right now as we speak. Learn from this session and improve."
"We'll try harder." Bobby said.
"That's not good enough Robert." Soothsayer said. "What if you're not ready to take down the Terror Crew once Lori returns?"
"We will be!" Ronnie Anne tells him but Soothsayer stops her.
"How do you know?" Soothsayer asked. "Do you really think you stand a chance against Nuke if you fought him right now?" Ronnie Anne doesn't respond. "The Terror Crew are currently one of biggest threats Royal Woods has right now and they're only getting stronger. You must not slow down with your training."
"We'll do better in training. I promise." Luna said.
"Actions speak louder than words." Soothsayer said with a sigh. "Perhaps it's time we went back to basics and work on overall improvement." Everyone reluctantly nodded and started to separate to go practice their powers. However Soothsayer stops Lucy. "Lucy. A word." Lucy nods and the two walk off.
"What is it?" Lucy asked.
"I heard Jack Frost gave you an offer." Soothsayer replied. "Is that true?" Lucy sighs.
"Sigh. Yes. He offered to train me to improve my ice powers and take them to the next level." She answers.
"Have you decided yet?" Soothsayer asked. Lucy shakes her head.
"Not yet." She replies. "I told him I'd think about it. He said I don't have to stay in Australia and that I could just go for a few hours and then leave and then go back again when I'm ready. The offer is tempting but."
"You're concerned about Helios." Soothsayer finished.
"Yes, I want to stop and help her." Lucy said.
"Lucy, it's uncertain if you can help Helios." Soothsayer said.
"I have to try. If Carolborg can change, maybe Helios can too." Lucy replied.
"Perhaps for now focus on stopping her but if you are certain you can help her, here's a suggestion. Find a way to separate her from Xander. Without his influence you might be able to talk to her." Soothsayer suggested.
"Right." Lucy said.
Meanwhile Lana was sitting on a crate mulling over Soothsayer's words.
"Hmm. Master Komu said I should work with my animal instincts but Soothsayer says I'm allowing them to have to much control. Maybe I need to figure out how to balance them. But how?" Lana starting thinking of how to balance her human and animal sides. "What could it be? Do I need to live in the wild for a few days? No that wouldn't work." Lana said.
Her thoughts are interrupted by Luna. "Yo Lans! Come into the base! We got a situation."
Lana ran back inside right when the group was looking at the screen. "This is Katherine Muggen, with breaking news. A monster in the sewers? We have two witnesses to confirm this." Katherine said.
The screen cuts to the same two workers facing the camera who were standing in the streets. "It was big and it growled at us and we ran away!" One worker exclaimed.
"That thing was more scary than Squatch!" The second worker yelled.
"With a monster in the sewer citizens worry for their safety." Katherine continues. "We now go to local cowboy Ryker on his thoughts." The screen cuts a an awkward looking Ryker who looked rather uncomfortable being on camera.
"Well, er, if there is um a monster uh I can assure you that it um will be taken care of." Ryker said nervously. "Interview over." The screen cuts back to Katherine.
"Thank you cowboy. Now here's Patchy Drizzle with the weather." Katherine said.
"A monster in the sewer?" Ronnie Anne says in disbelief. "Like a sewer gator?" Lana forms a giant smile before Luna spoke up.
"Highly doubt that." Luna says causing Lana to frown. "But if there is something in the sewer, we should investigate. Plus if there is some creature down there, you know who'll be hunting it."
"Xander." Lana growled.
"We don't know if that monster could be friendly or foe." Soothsayer said.
"We can't let Xander catch and kill that thing." Lana said,
"Alright dudes. We're gonna have to go into the sewers and find that monster before Xander does." Luna said.
"And where Xander goes, we know who won't be far behind." Bobby says.
"Sigh. Helios." Lucy said. "She'd follow her uncle to the edge of the Earth to help him accomplish his goals."
"Then it's a race against time." Soothsayer declared. "Hurry now and meet up with Ryker to see if he's found anything yet. I suggest Petty remain here for now until we know what we're dealing with."
"Sounds good." Luna agreed before they all pressed their watches. "Let's rock dudes." She then flies out with Surge flying after her and Armor on his motorcycle. Wildgirl turns to Black Ice who was getting on her snowmobile.
"Hey Lucy." Wildgirl said getting her older sister's attention. She holds out a fist. "Let's finish this once and for all." Black Ice nods and fist bumps her sister.
"Let's go." Black Ice says before driving out with Wildgirl going cheetah to follow.
Ryker is loading bullets into his revolver before climbing down into the sewers. But he looks up and sees the L-Crew arriving on the scene.
"About time you showed up." Ryker said.
"We came as soon we saw the news." Amplifier said.
"So what are we dealing with?" Bobby asked.
"Honestly, I got no idea." Ryker admitted. "I wasn't even sure if you kids had even heard about the monster in the sewer. All I know is that it's big."
"We faced pretty big monsters before." Surge said. "It can't be that hard."
"Don't be too certain. We don't know what this thing looks like." Armor stated.
"Only that it's scarier than Squatch apparently." Black Ice comments. "But that doesn't give us much to work with."
"Doesn't matter dudes." Amplifier said. "We still got a job to do." She picked up the sewer cover and dragged it off. "Let's roll dudes." She then jumped into the manhole with everyone following her. Nearby in the shadows, Xander stood watching the interaction.
"Looks like the hunt just got some competition." Xander says. "Alright Helios, let's go." However he was met with a groan.
"Do we have to in the sewer?" Helios whined. "It's gross and smelly and I heard that there are sewer gators down there." Xander let's out a sigh of amusement before crouching to her level.
"Still afraid of water luv?" Xander whispers.
"You know I am Uncle Xander." Helios replied.
"Don't worry luv this will be an in and out job." Xander said.
"You said that when you were trying to teach me how swim." Helios muttered. "I don't want to go down there with all the gross water and possible sewer gators and nothing you can do can convince me otherwise." She crosses her arms defiantly causing Xander to sigh.
"The downside of raising a child." He said. "Well I guess there's only one thing we can do." He grabs Helios by her costume much to her surprise and lifts her up where she places her on his shoulders. "There. Now you don't have to worry about the stuff in the sewer."
"Good thinking. Now my costume won't be ruined." Helios said.
"Just hold your breath from the smell luv." Xander said as he and Helios go down into the sewers.
The L-Crew and Ryker are walking around the sewers looking for the creature. "Let's be thankful Lola isn't with us. She would be complaining up a storm." Wildgirl said.
"Yeah but we're gonna have to shower at the base after this." Surge said.
"Heh. Says you." Wildgirl said with a big smile on her face. "I ain't showering at all." However she received glares from her two sisters.
"No dude. You're showering." Amplifier told her with finality.
"Even if it's by force." Black Ice said.
"No way Lori would want to come back to me smelling like a toilet." Armor said.
"Quiet." Ryker held up his hand stopping the L-Crew. "I hear something."
They hear growling and grunting in the distance.
"What is that?" Surge asked.
"Sounds like a critter." Ryker replied before turning to them. "Stay close and quiet."
The L-Crew nodded as Ryker drew his pistol. "Let's get 'em." Surge whispered.
They quietly sneak towards the sound and come across the hole in the wall.
"I'll say this, whoever or whatever did this has a lot of strength." Armor whispered. "So what's the plan?"
"Simple. You walk away." The L-Crew turn and see Xander with Helios still on his shoulders aiming his rifle at them. "That there is my hunt and suggest you leave while you can."
"Xander." Wildgirl growled. "Here to hunt down another innocent creature to add to your trophy case?" However Xander chuckles.
"This is slightly different luv." Xander tells her. "I'm afraid that what you're dealing with is a little out of your league."
"Why's that?" Amplifier asked. "What's in there that's so dangerous that you say we can't handle it?" They hear thumping as whatever is in the hole starts coming towards them. As it got closer they see that it was huge and bulky. Once it got to the entrance, everyone saw what they were dealing with: a large gorilla.
"Is that a gorilla?" Surge asked.
"If it is, that's one big monkey." Ryker comments. However to their surprise, the gorilla spoke.
"Monkey?" The gorilla growled. "NOT MONKEY!" He then hit Ryker with a large backhand sending the gunslinger flying across the sewer water.
"That hurt." Ryker groaned. The gorilla beat his chest and ran back into the hole where they hear a crashing sound.
"Sounds like it's crashing through more walls to go further into the sewer." Wildgirl tells them.
"Then we gotta go after him." Amplifier ordered. "Ryker, you stay put. We'll have Soothsayer come to you."
"No chance." Ryker growled. "That overgrown ape got a bullet with his name on it." He stands up and runs through the water and into the hole.
"You ain't going no where." Xander growls. Wildgirl narrows her eyes and goes mountain goat where she proceeded to headbutt Xander in the gut and into the water."
"C'mon. Let's go before he gets out of the water." Wildgirl said. Everyone nods and runs through the hole.
Xander gets back up and growls. "That was a mistake luv. Helios are you okay!?" Xander asked.
"I'm not okay. I think my mouth was open!" Helios exclaimed.
"We can't let them get to that beast before us." Xander growled.
"Then let's completely and utterly humiliate them." Helios said in a dark tone. The two then run into the hole.
Our heroes are following the Gorilla down the sewers. "Ok so now we're dealing with a talking gorilla now?" Black Ice asked.
"Looks like it." Amplifier said.
"You think he could be hiding in a barrel factory?" Surge asked.
"Not funny." Black Ice says. They head to a split path.
"Which way did he go?" Armor asked.
Wildgirl morphs in a bloodhound and sniffs the air and faces the right. "He went that way!" Wildgirl gouged and ran towards the same direction.
"How did she catch his scent in a sewer?" Armor asked.
"Don't ask." Surge responded. "It's Wildgirl." Armor shrugs and they chase after her.
"When I find that big monkey, I'm gonna shoot him in the knee and arm." Ryker said.
"Not until we get some answers first." Amplifier said.
Ryker scowled but relented. "Fine."
They round the corner but don't see the gorilla.
"Wildgirl I thought you said he came this way?" Armor asked.
"I was sure he did." Wildgirl says confused.
"Then where is he?" Armor asked. Before he can react he is suddenly grabbed from behind and lifted up. Armor looked down and sees the gorilla lifting him up. "Found him!"
"Put my brother down you damn dirty ape!" Surge shouted.
"Oh real original." The gorilla replied in sarcasm as he tossed Armor towards the wall.
"Ok Donkey Kong, who are you and why are you in the sewers?" Surge asked.
"I Kavu." Kavu growled. "I come here. I escape prison. I no go back. YOU NO TAKE ME BACK!" He beats his chest and let's out a roar. He rushes forward shoving Amplifier and Surge out of the way as he ran further into the sewer.
"Does he mean a zoo?" Black Ice asked,
"After him!" Amplifier shouted and flew towards Kavu.
They chase after him until Black Ice hears something closing in. "Black Ice? What's up?" Surge asked. Black Ice doesn't respond. Instead she forms two ice blades and swings them towards the shadows where they clash with sun blades from Helios.
"Shit. Helios." Amplifier growled.
"Go after the ape!" Black Ice shouts. "I'll handle Helios!"
The team all nodded and chased after Kavu. "Hello Black Ice." Helios said.
"Why are you after the gorilla?" Black Ice asked.
"None of your concern." Helios tells her. "Honestly, I don't care about the stupid monkey. All I care about is you."
"So it's a fight you want? I'll give you one." Black Ice growled and formed two ice swords.
"Was hoping you'd say that." Helios says. "This is where we finish it Black Ice. This is where it ends." She prepares her sun blades. "Be ready because I ain't gonna hold back no more!"
"Neither am I." Black Ice said as the two charged at each other and their weapons clashed and they continue their weapon attacks with Black Ice's ice swords melting a bit.
"You never learn Black Ice." Helios taunts. "Your ice doesn't stand a chance against my sun blades."
"True." Black Ice says. "But I always have extra tricks under my sleeve." Helios looks at her confused when she's suddenly blasted in the gut by an ice blast sending her flying back.
Helios hits a wall and groans. "Is that you got, Goth Elsa." Helios groaned.
"I think we both know the answer to that." Black Ice responds with a smirk. Her hands then get coated in ice. "Let's try a different style." She rushed forward and swings a right hand with Helios barely avoiding it.
"Wasn't expecting that." Helios says. She looks at her hair and sees some ice in her hair. "But I guess it's time to have some fun." Shs heats up her hand and melts the ice. Her hands then get engulfed in plasma and fire. "Here comes the sun Black Ice."
Helios fired the plasma and fire beam at Black Ice, but she dodged the beam. Black Ice shot an ice beam at Helios but she dodged it. "Why are you after the Gorilla?!" Black Ice demanded.
"Simple." Helios said before firing a plasma blast. "That gorilla as you saw is special. Stronger. Faster. Smarter. Bigger. He's the ultimate specimen. Something my uncle love to hunt."
"So your uncle is after it." Black Ice determined. "Should've figured." She forms an ice spear and throws it at Helios to melts it with fire. "But that doesn't mean you're innocent." Helios just scoffs.
"Well duh. I'll help Uncle Xander till the end no matter what." Helios says.
"But you don't have too." Black Ice argues. "He's manipulating you! Using you to fulfill his own goals. You don't have to listen to him!" Helios looks at the ground, clenching her fist.
"Shut up." Helios growled. "Shut up!" Her head shoots up and Black Ice sees her face twisted in rage with tears going down her face. "You don't understand! You'll never understand! He's all I got! When my parents died, he canceled the rest of his trip in the Amazon to move to the U.S to take care of me! Sure it took a while because he needed to get a green card because they refused to let him take me without one but when he did finally get one he sacrificed everything to take care of me! He he canceled all his international hunting trips, he got a part time job, he enrolled me in school. He sacrificed his life just to make sure I had one!" Flames and plasma then erupt around her. "AND I WON'T LET YOU GET IN HIS WAY!"
Black Ice stepped away from Helios and covered her sight. "Damn it." She thought. "I can't take her down whirl she's at full power."
"Black Ice." Helios says. "As you would say, time to face oblivion!" She then rushes Black Ice.
"Get back here you dumb gorilla!" Surge shouted as the rest of the L-Crew chased after Kavu.
"I doubt he'll stop." Ryker said.
"We'll slow him down." Amplifier said as she prepared an electric blast.
She fires the electric blast hitting the ape in the back causing it to grunt in pain. Kavu stops in his tracks and turns to the L-Crew.
"You know stop Kavu!" Kavu roared. He beings his arms up and smashes the ground sending a shockwave that sends Armor and Ryker crashing into a wall and Wildgirl into the sewer water while Surge and Armor flew to avoid it.
"Well that sucked." Armor groaned.
"Speak for yourself." Ryker growled. Kavu roared and ran off. "I'm gonna put a bullet in that damn monkey's head." The two get up and give chase with Amplifier and Surge flying after them. Once they're gone Wildgirl surfaces from under the sewer water.
"Well this is the best day of my life." Wildgirl says. She then sees the others running off. "Better go after them." She's about to shift into a alligator until she sees someone watching her from another part of the sewer. "Who was that? Probably Xander." She sees the figure walk away. "No. You're not escaping me this time. I'm ending this today!" She turns into an alligator and swims after him.
The rest of the L-Crew chased after Kavu who was still smashing through walls.
"Hopefully Wildgirl's alright. Hated to leave her back there." Amplifier says.
"I'm sure she'll be fine." said Armor. "I mean she fought against Xander before. I'm sure she'll do fine."
"I guess you're right. But Black Ice is facing against someone who has the power of the sun." Amplifier said.
"Let's focus on the monkey and worry about your sisters later!" Ryker exclaimed.
They follow Kavu until they reach a dead end. Kavu is about to plow through it until Amplifier teleports in front of him.
"Not happening dude." Amplifier telle him. "This is as far you go."
"Leave me alone!" Kavu snarled.
"Not a chance Donkey Kong!" Amplifier said as she charged her fists with electricity.
Kavu let's out a growl. "Then so be it." He gets on his hind legs and beats his chest before letting out a roar. He then swings one of his fists at Amplifier who barely avoids it.
"I think you pissed him off." Armor says.
"You think?!" Amplifier shouted. "Just shut up and take that Gorilla down!"
"We're on it." Surge said as she shot a energy blast at Kavu but he dodged the blast.
"He's quicker than he looks." Armor says as he absorbs stone. He turns his hand into a hammer and charges at Kavu. He then swings his hammer at Kavu who catches it with his hand.
Kavu lifts up Armor by his hammer hand and tosses him to a wall and then grabbed him by the legs and started smacking him around like a rag doll. Kavu glares and snarls at Armor right before slamming Armor to the ground. Armor groans in pain right when Kavu roars and pounds his chest.
"Stupid human." Kavu growled. He raises his arms to smash him again but Amplifier jumps on his back and shocks him.
Kavu grunts in pain as he glares at Amplifier and lunges at her, but Amplifier teleports out of the way. Kavu looks around for Amplifier but he gets hit by another electric blast. "Where!?" Kavu snarled.
"Up here dude." Kavu looks up and sees Amplifier flying above him where she blasts him with another electric blast.
Kavu grunts in pain right when Amplifier teleports again, but this time Kavu punched Amplifier right in the chest when she appears behind the gorilla.
"Damn it." Amplifier grunted. "Smarter than he looks."
"He sure does." Ryker said as he aimed his guns at Kavu,
"No hair relying on weapons." Kavu growled. "No hairs are cowards." He beats his chest.
Ryker shot two bullets into Kavu's arm and leg. "Who's the coward now!" Ryker shouted.
However Kavu was unaffected by the bullets and let out a growl. "Still you." He then punches Ryker so hard that he sent him through a wall.
"We're running out of ideas and teammates!" Surge stated.
"Time for some backup." Amplifier growled. She presses her watch. "Soothsayer. We need Petty."
"Sending him to your location." Soothsayer replied from the watch.
Petty and Tongri appeared in the middle of the street after being teleported to the L-Crew's location by Soothsayer.
"Um, where fight?" Petty asked as he looked around.
"Seems like Soothsayer couldn't teleport you directly underground." Mr. Cuddles tells him. "You're right above them so you'll have to make your own entrance."
"Petty on it!" Petty said with a thumbs up right before Soothsayer teleports him away.
"I just pray he gets there in time." Soothsayer said.
Petty looks down at the ground and raises his fists. "Petty smash!" He brings his fists down smashing the ground beneath him.
Amplifier is panting as she dodged some of Kuva's punches. "Can't keep this up forever." Amplifier thought.
She then hears cracking coming from above them and sees the ceiling of the sewer cracking as it is hit with a powerful force.
"Hey gorilla dude. Look up." Amplifier tells the large up. Kavu looks up confused and sees the ceiling starting to crumble.
The ceiling breaks down and lands on Kuva with Petty on top. "Petty here." Petty said.
"Nice entrance big guy." Surge says and Tongri jumped into the hole to join them. "I think you took down the big ape."
"Petty won?" Petty asked. But before he can get an answer, he was thrown off as Kuva gets back up and roars.
"Spoke too soon." Surge gulped.
"And they will be last words you speak." Kavu growled before beating his chest.
Meanwhile, Wildgirl still as an alligator was making her way through the sewer tracking the person she saw.
"I saw him go this way." Wildgirl says. "Gotta keep hunting him." She sees a large room in the distance and swims towards it. She walks through and sees that there's a large metal door mechanism. "Must be a button that closes it." She walks through and looks around to see a different part of the sewer. This area was bigger and the walls were made of grey brick. The ceiling she noticed was higher than normal. "Must of went into a lower level of the sewer without noticing." She then noticed that their wasn't another entrance or exit. "Looks like a one way in one way out type of deal." She then sees the pipes sticking out of the wall. "This place must be where they get rid of the extra sewer water when it overflows. This is most likely a restricted area."
"You ain't wrong luv." Wildgirl turns and sees Xander standing in the doorway. "Didn't your mother tell you not to go where you're not supposed to?" He hits a button next to the doorway and the large metal door closes behind him sealing both of them in. "And now you're not going anywhere."
"I'm not trapped in here with you Xander. You're trapped in here with me!" Wildgirl snarled.
"That's cute. You're trying to scare me." Xander chuckled,
"No Xander." Wildgirl growled. "This time I'm not scared. This time I'm not running. This time the hunter becomes the hunted!"
Smoke: hey y'all we're leaving it on a cliffhanger. We will continue our final battle for Wildgirl and Xander next time.
Zachlor16: that's right folks and if you don't like it, blame me because I decided to end it. See y'all next time.
