Cherry came out first before grunting as Lionel came after her and they landed on top of each other.
"I swear I did not intend for that to happen." Lionel told Cherry as he helped her up and dusted her off.
"Meh, it's fine, I'm used to it," Cherry shrugged as she looked around. "Looks like we're in a... treehouse." she then noted before sounding mysterious as she said "treehouse".
"Pretty solid set-up for a treehouse," Lionel observed. "Whoever their contractor is, it definitely wasn't Frank Lloyd Wright."
"Or Frank Gehry." Cherry added.
Numbuh 0 soon stepped off on his own and took out what looked like some kind of communicator. "They bought it." he then told the other person on the line.
"Excellent work," A mysterious voice replied. "Did you have to use any of your special abilities?"
"Only a little bit, but you know, can't make it too easy," Numbuh 0 smirked. "As far as they know though, I'm the leader of this Sector and not Nigel Uno since zero comes before one."
"Numbuh 0?" Cherry scoffed to herself. "Kid, I know a real number zero and you are definitely not it."
"Aye," Lionel nodded. "After all, the genuine article is closer to them than they know. But how can we convince them something is up? They might not trust us since we're not exactly kids."
"That's a good question," Cherry said before she suddenly took out a random book from out of nowhere. "Maybe a magic spell to age ourselves down or something."
"Perhaps I could use my powers," suggested Lionel. "I mean, if that's alright. I don't wanna seem like I'm pulling an Atticus."
"Well, I think it's okay for this kind of situation." Cherry suggested.
Numbuh 0 glared and growled as he was about to head over to where they were.
"But first..." Cherry warned Lionel before she used her own magic.
Numbuh 0 snarled at first before he jumped into the corner they hid in, then looked confused. "I swear I whiffed intruders." he then growled to himself a bit before stepping away and left the treehouse.
Cherry and Lionel had become invisible together and once they had the treehouse to themselves again, they turned visible.
"Okay, Lionel, go ahead," Cherry told Lionel with a nod. "We need to figure out what's going on here with the Kids Next Door."
Lionel gave a salute and clapped his hands, changing them both into 10-year-olds.
"Great work." Cherry told Lionel.
"Thanks!" Lionel beamed at her approval.
"Now, let's see what this so-called Numbuh 0 is up to?" Cherry suggested as she and Lionel crept around the treehouse.
Numbuh 0's eyes darted around before the Teen Ninja grunted and seemed to slowly wake up. "Good, you're awake," he then told her. "We wouldn't want you to miss anything important."
"Yeah, yeah, you know I'm only here for what I want and so are you," The Teen Ninja scoffed and retorted. "Just like everyone else in those other stupid cartoon universes."
"So they're in cahoots." Lionel whispered.
"But with who and why?" Cherry added quietly.
"Anyway, the bald kid has something to show everyone after a while and that's when the alien robots from that one world should bust in, so you better get out of here." Numbuh 0 suggested.
"Yeah, yeah, sure, but first, we need to talk..." The Teen Ninja smirked before she held the wall and slowly stood up to support herself.
"What is it?" Numbuh 0 asked, rolling his eyes slightly.
"Did you take my diary and told everyone I was in love with Beavis who I decided to call Shawn since Beavis is a stupid name before we started dating?" The Teen Ninja suddenly asked.
"Beavis?" Cherry asked herself. "As in Beavis and Butt-Head?"
"Pfft. Nope." Numbuh 0 scoffed with a smirk.
The Teen Ninja glared and took out a golden lasso that looked a lot like a certain someone else's.
"Is that Wonder Woman's Golden Lasso of Truth?" Lionel wondered.
"And now... Wonder Girl's Golden Lasso of Truth." A random male voice announced as the Teen Ninja twirled the golden rope and then threw it onto Numbuh 0.
"I'll ask you again, kid..." The Teen Ninja demanded.
"Ugh! Yes!" Numbuh 0 grunted and groaned. "But I did you a favor! That was the only way to get him to agree with the deal so we could alter him like the others!"
"Deal?" muttered Lionel. "And who's getting altered?"
"I don't like the looks of this at all." Cherry remarked.
"Just remember, the five volcano keys have been received and after our mission here, it's now or never for what they have planned." The Teen Ninja reminded Numbuh 0.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know," Numbuh 0 rolled his eyes. "So our inclusions can be the dominate one in this universe unlike the one that everyone knows and loves in the other world."
"Whatever these guys are doing, we clearly gotta stop 'em," Lionel responded. "They put some kinda crazy spell on Sector V, and we gotta break 'em free."
"Right, we'll help out," Cherry nodded. "As fellow Kids Next Door operatives."
"As far as they know." Lionel added.
"Yes, as far as they know," Cherry replied and agreed. "If this so-called Numbuh 0 can weasel himself into the KND without them questioning it, then we can too as Numbuhs 1994 and 2001." she then added.
"Why those numbers?" Lionel wondered.
"I dunno, they were the first ones that popped into my head." Cherry shrugged.
"Works for me!" Lionel gave a shrug. "Let's go for it."
"Let's go see what we can do then." Cherry nodded.
LATER ON...
"Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Captains Kirk and Picard!" Numbuh 1 listed brilliant minds as he held a stalk of a certain vegetable as he was in a greenhouse next to his team's treehouse. "Not one of them can hold a candle to my genius! Numbuh 0 will be so pleased with me."
NOW LOADING, KIDS NEXT DOOR MISSION: OPERATION: R.O.B.O.T.S
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Soon, the other operatives without Numbuh 0, came over to see their bald comrade.
"Hey, Numbuh 1, didya know that they sent over a couple of new recruits to try out a new mission with us?" Numbuh 3 asked as she and the others came into the greenhouse. "Hey... whatcha doin'?" she then asked.
"What's it look like?" Numbuh 1 replied. "I'm changing the world. Forever."
"With asparagus?" asked Numbuh 5.
"Couldn't we change the world with ice cream?" Numbuh 2 asked. "And what about Project C.A.R.R.O.T?"
Numbuh 1 looked like he'd seen a ghost. "...we don't talk about Project C.A.R.R.O.T." he responded. "Look, you know how when your parents force you to eat asparagus, and your-"
"Pee kinda stinks?" asked Numbuh 4.
"Precisely," Numbuh 1 replied. "Well, no more!"
"How is making asparagus pee not stink gonna help?" Numbuh 5 asked.
"I'm not making it so it doesn't stink anymore. I'm making the smell 10 times worse!" Numbuh 1 explained, sounding dedicated and diabolical for a moment. "One whiff of the bathroom and no parent will ever fully inflict this vile weed upon any child again! Behold, OPERATION: A.S.P.A.R.A.G.U.S (A Stinky Plan And Radical Assault Gastronomical Unto Senses). Numbuh 0 will be so pleased that he'll let ME take over whenever he goes out for the day like that time my mother took me to Hap-Happy Land!"
"You said that was a solo mission." Numbuh 4 reminded him.
"BESIDES THE POINT!" Numbuh 1 retorted.
"Cool story, brah, but what's that?" Numbuh 5 wondered as she saw something appear out the window.
As Sector V exited the greenhouse, they saw one of Aku's robots outside.
"That would appear to be a giant evil robot of some sort," stated Numbuh 1.
"Why evil?" asked Numbuh 3.
"I dunno," shrugged Numbuh 5. "Doesn't it look evil?"
"It's probably from the Delightful Children from Down the Lane." stated Numbuh 2.
Numbuh 3 shrugged. "Seems like stereotyping," she replied. "For all you know, it's from the Kids Next Door organization."
"There's no way that's from the KND organization." said Numbuh 5.
"How do you know?" Numbuh 1 asked Numbuh 5.
"One way to find out," Numbuh 4 said before he sprung into action against the robot before them. "Hey! You come in peace or for a little rock 'em, sock 'em?" he then asked the robot.
"Objective is to find worthy opponents," The robot responded while scanning the shortest member of Sector V. "If such a challenger is located, then this unit will pick a fight to determine opponents' worthlessness for translocation. Subject does not appear to meet criteria."
"Well, that's hurtful... and they say I make snap judgements," Numbuh 4 remarked softly. "I mean, how do you know I'm not a lot tougher than I look? I'm totally worthy of... whatchacallit trans-"
"Challenger makes a valid point or at least attempts to," The robot admitted before he started blasting at Numbuh 4 with an arm blast. "Begin challenge."
Numbuh 0 soon came over to the window and smirked, seeing the robot. "Looks like it's time for me to show what I can do and become the true leader of this team and not pathetic little Nigel Uno who is a mere mortal compared to what I CAN DO." he then grinned briefly, showing blood red eyes and sharp teeth, looking like a dog for a moment.
"WALLY!" Numbuh 1 cried out as Numbuh 4 was shot through the glass of the greenhouse while shooting back at the robot who challenged him. "NOT THE GREENHOUSE!"
"Okay, that's definitely not from the KND org." responded Numbuh 4 as he got to safety.
"Ya think?" Numbuh 5 asked.
"Right," said Numbuh 1. "Spare the asparagus, if you please."
"Should we jump in to lend a hand now?" Lionel asked.
"Yeah, let's go," Cherry told him. "Remember, 1994 and 2001."
Lionel nodded and they soon came to help out with Sector V's newest mission.
"Who are you guys?" Numbuh 1 asked Cherry and Lionel once he saw them.
"Uh..." Cherry and Lionel paused for a moment.
"The new recruits, Numbuh 1!" Numbuh 3 reminded the bald boy. "We're gonna show them around and then we're gonna let them become official Kids Next Door operatives after this mission!"
"Oh, right, I see." Numbuh 1 nodded.
Numbuh 0 soon came by with the sunglasses on his face. "Operatives, in case you haven't noticed, there's a giant robot loose on our property and I suggest we take care of it." he then suddenly said in an authoritative voice.
"Right, we must show this arrogant aluminum assassin how we do things down here on Earth," Numbuh 1 agreed. "Along with the help with our new recruits."
"New recruits? I didn't authorize any..." Numbuh 0 mumbled as he saw Cherry and Lionel who smirked at him until he cleared his throat. "Ahem, I mean... KIDS NEXT DOOR, BATTLE STATIONS!" he then commanded.
Everyone readied their weapons... and Numbuh 2 had a big plastic wand. "What? It was all that was left." he said.
"I'll trade with you if you want." offered Numbuh 3.
"Nah, I like it," said Numbuh 2. "It sparkles!"
"Focus, people!" Numbuh 0 suddenly snapped as he took charge. "Okay, we're going to hit this thing with all we've got. We'll throw so much visual and auditory stimulation at it, it won't be able to focus on us."
"Didn't I see that in a movie?" Numbuh 3 wondered to herself. "The Term-"
"It doesn't matter where it's from, the point is, it's a good idea, because he doesn't know what we can do." Numbuh 0 replied.
Cherry rolled her eyes at that last part.
"I agree with Numbuh 0, LET'S DO IT!" Numbuh 1 soon said before facing Cherry and Lionel. "Try to keep up, rookies."
And so, the KND sprang into action and attacked the robot.
"Threat reassessment in progress," said the robot. "Surprisingly, subjects appear worthy of transclonation. Offworld teleportation and subsequent cloning of subjects immediate upon their projected victory."
"Did he just say we're all going to be teleported and cloned if we win?" asked Numbuh 1.
"Is that what it said?" asked Numbuh 3.
"To put it simply... if we win, we lose!" Lionel/Numbuh 2001 explained.
"Lose what?" Numbuh 3 wondered.
"Everything, my dear child." Cherry/Numbuh 1994 told her.
"She's right," Numbuh 1 agreed. "If the robot defeats us, we're unworthy! But if we defeat it, we'll be sent forthwith to another planet and duplicated and infinitum!"
"So are we worthy or unworthy? I'm so confused!" Numbuh 2 complained.
"If we don't fight-" Numbuh 4 began to explain.
"Oh, you'll fight, you naughty, naughty kids!" A hauntingly familiar voice interrupted snidely. "Did I mention how NAUGHTY, you are?"
"You tell them, Father!" Six other children who were the counterparts of the Kids Next Door known as The Delightful Children from Down the Lane added in emotional support in unison.
"I think I see another intruder in this world." Cherry whispered to Lionel as she noticed that to match the number of the Kids Next Door operatives that the Delightful Children had another new ally by their side who was shown to be a boy with short brown hair and bright icy blue eyes and wore a dark blue school uniform like the boys David, Lenny, and Bruce, but he had a cap on his head as well as black dress shoes.
"Aye," nodded Lionel. "There are only supposed to be five Delightful Children, according to the readings."
"What is going on around here?" Cherry wondered to herself.
"I could smell your stinky plot all the way next door, Kids Next Door!" Father taunted the six children.
"So you came from for the asparagus, did you?" Numbuh 1 challenged. "Well, I won't give it up without a fight!"
"That's it, Nigel! But we won't have to do the fighting." Numbuh 5 smirked.
"What are you up to, Abigail Lincoln?" Numbuh 0 demanded.
"Relax, Ricky, I got this," Numbuh 5 reassured him before facing the alien robot. "Hey, robot buddy! Is there any limit to the number of challenges?" she then asked.
"Robot Q-36's objective is to find worthy opponents for transclonation." The robot stated.
"Well, these new guys are totally worthy!" Numbuh 5 then told him since she had an idea.
"Continue challenge," said Robot Q-36 as it charged at Father and the Delightful Children.
"Well... that's that." shrugged Numbuh 5.
"Easiest victory ever, I must say." commented Numbuh 1.
"So, can we have a snack?" asked Numbuh 4.
"How about ice cream?" asked Numbuh 2001.
Nearly everyone agreed to the ice cream offer until Numbuh 1994 saw the discarded navy blue hat from one of the Delightful Children and she decided to collect it for now for later.
LATER...
Everyone had some ice cream after agreeing to it.
"Naughty! Naughty!" Father cried out as Robot Q-36 attacked him and his Delightful Children.
"So how do you think this will end?" Numbuh 1 asked Numbuh 4.
"Who cares? More ice cream!" Numbuh 4 retorted as he stuffed his face.
"AIEEEE!" Lenny screamed as he was sent flying.
SPLAT!
"Do watch where you're scooping, Numbuh 3." Numbuh 0 warned the girl as she accidentally dropped some ice cream on the bald boy's head who seethed at it.
"Sorry!" Numbuh 3 replied bashfully.
"Hey, Cherry, what's with the hat?" Lionel whispered as he and Cherry had a moment alone with their own ice cream.
"It was left behind by one of the Delightful Children who doesn't belong in this universe," Cherry explained as she showed it to him. "I figured we could take it with us and see if it gives us a lead to what's going on around here."
"There's using your noodle." said Lionel, as Father collapsed nearby.
"I'm... not... worthy..." groaned Father as he was thrown into the lawn chairs.
"Scatter, team!" Lionel called as the kids scurried about.
Cherry pocketed the hat for now as she got ready to go.
"Hey! I'm the one who's in charge here!" Numbuh 0 glared firmly. "I'm NUMBUH ZERO!"
"Yeah, yeah, we heard you the first time!" Cherry scoffed and rolled her eyes at that.
"Huh, I really thought they'd last longer," Numbuh 1 said to himself about Father and the Delightful Children before seeing Numbuh 3 skipping along. "There goes Numbuh 3."
"I'll handle her," Numbuh 0 smirked before he commanded the happy and carefree girl. "Kooky-"
"Kuki." The others corrected.
"Whatever," Numbuh 0 said before he continued to command the girl. "We'll cool him off a bit with Numbuhs 1994 and 2001 as distractions for us while you get ready to fight robot with robot!"
"Be back in a jump, skip, and hop!" Numbuh 3 replied as she skipped away from the battleground.
"Whatever she's got, I hope it's enough." commented Lionel.
"Challengers diminishing, worthless in question." Robot Q-36 reported.
Everyone did what they could to distract the invading robot until Numbuh 3 would come back.
"Also, what's with us being bait?" Cherry rolled her eyes slightly. "I wasn't aware I was the Ron Stoppable in my adventures unless it's Atticus orientated involving god-like strength or matching Superman in abilities."
"I get the feeling Numbuh Phony wants to get rid of us," Lionel whispered. "I reckon he's starting to get suspicious."
"Well, we'll just have to show him what we're made of since he doesn't know what we can do," Cherry smirked until she scoffed. "Ugh, I don't know why, but that line sounds too overconfident and smug, does that sound weird to you?" she then added and wondered.
"Yeah, it does." said Lionel.
"Good, I thought that was just me." Cherry replied.
The alien robot soon tried to shoot at them and they luckily got away in time before finding a couple of weapons.
"Hey, check this out." Cherry grinned once she found a S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R.
"Keen Gear!" remarked Lionel as he picked up a Gumgunner. "So I say we make like X, and give it to 'im!"
"Let's go then!" Cherry proclaimed.
The two then went after the alien robot and attacked as distractions as Numbuh 0 seemed to sneak away as gumballs went flying as well as wooden planks getting smacked against the alien robot.
"EAT GUMBALLS, YA JOIK!" Lionel yelled out as he launched more and more colorful gumballs.
Robot Q-36 soon tried to go after them, but got stuck from the sticky and gooey gum, grunting and struggling and even trying to use lasers to break free.
"Man, that's pretty solid gum, isn't it?" Cherry commented to Lionel.
"It certainly is," Lionel commented. "Lucky us!"
"I wonder how much longer we'll have to do this?" Cherry wondered as this seemed to go on for a while, until...
"Let's see who's worthy now!" A familiar girl's voice exclaimed from afar. "I brought my lucky rabbit's foot!"
The alien robot, Cherry, and Lionel turned around to see that Numbuh 3 had come back in a super robot mecha of some type.
"All four of them!" Numbuh 3 continued from inside her bunny rabbit robot. "Thump them, H.I.P.P.I.E.H.O.P!"
The rabbit robot snarled and soon hopped right out and charged right toward the alien robot as Cherry and Lionel quickly got out of the way and soon, Robot Q-36 was tackled and ambushed.
"A toast to the Kids Next Door!" Numbuh 1 declared as he and the others ate ice cream. "Victory is ours again!"
"Thanks to MY leadership," responded Numbuh 0. "We are totally and utterly wor-"
"Hey, Mr. Leader," commented Lionel. "The Rabbot is getting its rab-butt kicked."
"Wha...?" Numbuh 0 asked as he looked up, seeing H.I.P.P.I.E.H.O.P. getting shoved over onto the greenhouse.
"No... oh, NO!" exclaimed Numbuh 1.
"That smarts." Cherry remarked.
"Everybody down!" Numbuh 3 called out and pushed her ejection seat button to safely come out of her rabbot to avoid critical damage.
"Is anybody hit?" Cherry asked as she looked over the greenhouse and H.I.P.P.I.E.H.O.P's damage.
"So young... so full of horrific pee-stinking potential..." Numbuh 1 lamented as he saw the damage caused to the asparagus he "created" as Numbuh 3 parachuted out of H.I.P.P.I.E.H.O.P.
"Well, there's still some vegetables left behind, maybe you could experiment with it on someone," Cherry suggested before giving a stalk over to Numbuh 0. "Here, kid, you try it."
"Sorry, I can't eat that, I prefer steak." Numbuh 0 dismissed.
"Do you only eat steak?" Lionel asked, remembering something Cherry once told her.
"I'm a meatarian, I only eat meat." Numbuh 0 retorted matter-of-factly.
Lionel smirked and gave a nod to Cherry. Cherry smirked as well as she also nodded, though someone else actually WAS eating the vegetable.
"Oh, no!" Numbuh 5 pointed out.
"Hoagie! But you said you were allergic!" Numbuh 1 said to the operative who ate the vegetables.
"I... I lied..." Numbuh 2 admitted as he ate a forkful. "I just don't like it."
"Does anyone?" Numbuh 5 quipped.
"I'm allergic to vegetables, you guys know that I'm a meatarian and only eat meat." Numbuh 0 then said.
"Try telling that to my mom when she made me eat spinach and liver for dinner." Numbuh 4 scoffed.
"Secondary challengers flee in terror," noted Robot Q-36 as the Delightful Children and Father took off running. "Verdict: not suitable opponents," The robot turned back towards the Kids Next Door. "Primary challengers remain suitable opponents," it said. "Challenge continues."
Numbuh 2 panicked at that as he also took off running and hid behind his fellow operatives for better reassurance. and protection.
"Well, Mean Green Ugly Mother from Outer Space, would that work for us?" Numbuh 0 demanded.
"Seriously?" Meen Green Ugly Mother from Outer Space?" Cherry deadpanned. "Were you trying to be clever because that made about as much sense as Seth Green challenging Shaquille O'Neal by saying 'Make like a mongoose and not win'." she then added.
"SHHH!" The other KND shushed her rather harshly, much to her annoyance.
"No challenger refuses the challenge." Robot Q-36 retorted.
"Well then, how about a different kind of challenge like an eating contest?" Numbuh 0 suggested with a dark grin. "I could eat dead arms smothered in ketchup if I really wanted to."
"Eww! That sounds like a monster thing!" Numbuh 3 complained.
"Oh, what would you know?" Numbuh 0 snorted at her. "Or better yet, something else?"
"I would propose a non-lethal game like Tic-Tac-Toe." Numbuh 1 suggested.
"Request denied; we have seen that film, though Robot Q-36 will wait three minutes for challengers to digest their ice cream," Robot Q-36 told Numbuhs 0 and 1. "Immediately thereafter, worthiness will be ascertained."
"What about...?" asked Numbuh 4.
"No bathroom breaks." responded Robot Q-36.
"Well, that's not very nice!" Numbuh 3 remarked. "So what now?"
Numbuh 1 shrugged. "Stall him, I guess," he replied. "Until we can think up something worthy... or unworthy. I'm so confused by all this rubbish."
"Just wait until you realize you've been tricked." Cherry said to herself.
"Did you say something?" Numbuh 1 asked her.
"Oh, nothing~" Cherry replied and shrugged innocently.
"Anyone got a plan?" Numbuh 0 asked his team. "Keeping mind that, whatever we do, we cannot defeat him."
"But should try to stay alive." Numbuh 5 suggested.
"Right, that too," Numbuh 1 agreed. "Good tip."
"What if we lured it into a big hydraulic press?" Numbuh 2 suggested.
"Or maybe we could zap it with a freeze ray!" Numbuh 3 chirped.
"It'd be really cool if we took two big logs and sent them swinging at it from both sides!" Numbuh 4 offered.
"Nah, the way we should play it is usin' a big mech suit to fight that thang!" Numbuh 5 said.
The alien robot then jumped back into action and started to try to attack the KND operatives.
"Whoa!" Numbuh 4 yelped as that even startled him.
"Kinda forgot about the giant evil robot we're actually fighting!" Numbuh 2 added.
"I am not finding this very enjoyable!" Numbuh 3 complained.
"Challengers challenge. You must destroy Robot Q-36 or it will destroy you," The alien robot threatened, sounding quite literally steamed and furious with them. "Resistance is encouraged."
"Well, Mr. KND Leader, what should our plan be now, or do you even have an idea on what to do?" Cherry asked Numbuh 0.
"I'm thinking! I'm thinking!" Numbuh 0 told her as he held his head. "Just got a headache is all."
"Seems a little excessive, doesn't it?" Numbuh 4 asked. "I mean, I enjoy a good scrap, but we're just kids!"
Suddenly, Numbuh 5's eyes lit up. "Hey, that's right! We are!" she beamed. "Numbuh 5's got an idea!"
"This should be good." Cherry smirked.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Numbuh 0 complained. "Abby, I'm the leader!"
"And Numbuh 5 is takin' charge right now!" Numbuh 5 retorted. "Listen to me, you might be cute, charming, handsome, and funny, but you're not the boss of me all the time!"
"Numbuh 5 likes Numbuh 0?" Numbuh 4 asked out of shock.
"Twisted." Numbuh 3 said before giggling.
"That was a random statement." Cherry commented about what Numbuh 5 said about Numbuh 0 as that seemed a little weird and random.
"Anyway, guys, I know what to do!" Numbuh 5 told her teammates eagerly.
"Thank goodness!" Numbuh 3 said in relief. "Someone finally has a plan!"
"Yeah, we just need to beat him." Numbuh 5 reassured her team with a nod.
"That... is Not. A plan," remarked Numbuh 1 dryly.
"Yeah, I could come up with a better one!" Numbuh 0 added.
"Then why don't you?" Lionel retorted.
"We've been over this before," said Numbuh 1. "If we beat him, we get teleported to some alien MMA competition, and we don't want that!"
"No, I'm pretty sure this is gonna work." Numbuh 5 replied.
"Oh, pretty sure? That's so reassuring!" Numbuh 0 ranted in the background.
"And how hard can beating him be?" Numbuh 5 then continued as she ignored him right now. "I mean, it's not like this robot's a rocket scientist, right?"
"Robot Q-36 learned everything you consider rocket science 17 seconds after becoming self-aware," The alien robot suddenly retorted to her. "And just before first oil change."
"Oh, really? Well..." Numbuh 5 replied before she tried to do some deep thinking. "Look, just trust me, 'kay? I'm sure this is going to work... pretty sure. I think." she then told the others which didn't sound too fully reassuring.
"Fine," said Numbuh 1. "Numbuh 5... I trust you."
All at once, Sector V opened fire on the robot using their weapons, blasting it to the ground.
Once it was defeated, the group was surrounded by a teleportation beam... which stopped seconds later!
"Well... that was interesting." commented Numbuh 2.
"Will somebody please tell me what the heck just happened?" asked Numbuh 4.
"I realized we're not even allowed to go on a school field trip to a museum without a permission slip, a doctor's note, our medications, there's no way we're gonna be allowed to just get zapped off-planet!" Numbuh 5 explained as she showed them stacks of several papers once it all came together for her. "Parental consent is air-tight."
Cherry and Lionel just glanced at each other and shrugged at that since the KND were only 10-years-old and they themselves were actually older than that.
"Well, Project: A.S.P.A.R.A.G.U.S is ruined," Numbuh 1 lamented with a sigh. "I suppose it's back to working on Project: C.A.R.R.O.T."
"Even what happened to Numbuh 619?" Numbuh 3 asked.
"Oh, poor 619," Numbuh 1 replied as a nearby rabbit was shown to be munching on a carrot. "I'm sure the Project: C.A.R.R.O.T effects are only temporary. They'll probably wear off any week now... probably. Hope Spring's eternal."
"Hey, where'd Numbuh 0 and those other guys go?" Numbuh 4 wondered.
"Well, Cherry, you think we should go back to the others in the main storyline?" Lionel suggested.
"Not just yet, I think I need some answers." Cherry replied as she found a certain golden rope that she somehow managed to snag.
"Where'd you get that from?" Lionel asked.
"Special author powers," Cherry smirked. "If Atticus can make a plot device be fixed in an instant and read ahead of the script to get the hard work out of the way he doesn't want to, why can't I do the same thing?" she then added.
"It's worth a shot," said Lionel. "Might as well put it to good use!"
Cherry nodded as she glanced around.
"Yes, I'll be back as soon as I find my rope," A familiar voice said. "You can count on it."
Cherry shushed Lionel for a moment before they both hid behind a tree and saw the Teen Ninja that Numbuh 0 had dealt with was talking into some sort of communicator.
"We luckily managed to fool everyone before those meddlers could interfere with anything," The Teen Ninja said with a sneaky smirk. "If anything, Numbuhs 1994 and 2001 will instantly be decommissioned and sent back to wherever they came from and then they will be among the Hall of Infamy of The Kids Next Door legacy like Numbuh 12, Numbuh 206, Numbuh 274, and even Numbuh 10-Speed who got busted during a random diet soda test during his next bike race."
"We'll see who busts who." Lionel muttered.
"I'll see you soon." The Teen Ninja said before she signed off and then sniffed the air and then growled like a wolf.
"I'm starting to sense a pattern here." Cherry said before grunting and crying out as she suddenly got tackled.
"You're gonna start seeing stars if you don't get out of my way." The Teen Ninja glowered down at Cherry.
"I got'cher stars, RIGHT HERE!" Lionel said as he knocked the Teen Ninja out of the way using a springloaded boxing glove. "See any stars now?"
"Ooof..." The Teen Ninja groaned and flopped downward.
"Great work." Cherry smirked at Lionel using his Toon Physics as she didn't mind it terribly this time.
"Thanks," smiled Lionel. "Always glad to lend a hand."
Soon, as everything wrapped up in the KND mini adventure, The Teen Ninja was fast asleep and appeared to be tied up in something and she was wearing her casual clothes which resembled Wonder Woman's outfit. "Ugh, where am I? What's going on?" she then asked before looking around, seeming to be placed in a dark room. "Brad? Shawn? Gwen? Are you there?" she then called out.
"There are no Brad, Shawn, and Gwen, only Cherry and Lionel." Cherry replied mysteriously.
"Was that supposed to be a reference or something?" The Teen Ninja asked in deadpan. "Because honestly it didn't make a lot of sense to me."
"I'm not surprised," Cherry said as she and Lionel came out of the darkness. "Anyway, we'd just like to have a few words with you."
"And here's hoping you'd be willing to play ball," Lionel added. "Otherwise you might just strike out."
"Oh, yeah?" The Teen Ninja snorted and scoffed. "What happens if I don't want to?"
"Oh, you'll want to, because you're not going anywhere and you're not getting out of this very easily," Cherry warned as she crossed her arms. "You can say we don't know what you can do all you want, but in most adventures, it's Cherry's way or the highway."
"And on this highway, you either drive with the others or you crash and burn!" Lionel added.
The Teen Ninja scoffed and glowered.
"Now tell us, what is your name?" Cherry demanded.
"My name is Kathryn Ross, but I recently found out my true last name is Prince because Wonder Woman is my biological mother," The Teen Ninja stated bluntly until her eyes widened and she gasped. "Ah! Why did I just tell you that?!" she then panicked.
"We found your special rope, Wonder Brat." Cherry stated with a smirk, showing what the other girl had been tied up in.
"Fancy little thingamajig, isn't it?" Lionel commented. "So now let's see what else we can glean!"
"I WON'T TELL YOU ANYTHING!" Kathryn yelled.
"What's going on around here?" Cherry demanded as she leaned in with a scowl, using Batman methods to appear more menacing since this was serious.
Kathryn grunted and struggled to fight the Golden Lasso, though she had a very hard time fighting it. "Strike promised us a very good fortune if we kept doing what he asked!" she then started to say. "Strike needs The Elemental Volcano Keys in order to get HIS end of the bargain and we'd get what we all rightfully deserved if we invaded the cartoon realms with different versions of the characters you all know!"
"Strike, eh?" Lionel asked. "So what is his end of the bargain?"
Kathryn grunted and muffled, trying to keep her mouth shut.
"Give into the power of The Golden Lasso of Truth," Cherry smirked. "If you ARE the supposed daughter of Wonder Woman and you never mentioned being immune to it, it must work on you."
Kathryn grunted and then let out a very big and loud yell, making Cherry and Lionel jolt briefly. "RAAAAAAAAWR!"
"Yow!" Cherry yelped as she wiggled her finger in her ear before glaring. "Tell us what's going on!" she then demanded.
"And with an acceptable indoor voice, please." Lionel added.
"He says the world would be better if we rounded together and help people forget the truth so this world will be more superior and we can all get what we finally deserve!" Kathryn continued to explain. "Attention! Recognition! A cute boyfriend no one could resist! Isn't that right, Shawn?" she then added with a grin.
Soon, a more handsome version of Beavis from the MTV cartoon series Beavis & Butt-Head came out. "You're right, my dear Kathryn," he then said as he had some sort of pocket machine that had a gas leak spraying out of it. "Cherry, don't I look like a very handsome and charming boy even though you already have a boyfriend?" he then asked with a suave grin and wink.
"I... I... I..." Cherry stammered as she seemed blinded at first. "Oh, Shawn, you look so cute, hunky, and like a knight in shining armor." she then said, having hearts in her eyes.
"WAK!" Lionel exclaimed. "This requires... EGGSTREME MEASURES!" And he pulled out a seltzer bottle and squirted Cherry in the face.
"Shawn is so cute, isn't he?" Cherry then asked Lionel, seeming immune to that.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?!" Lionel demanded from Kathryn.
"I don't know what you mean, I didn't do anything," Kathryn smirked. "Shawn, why don't you take Miss Cherry Butler into the backroom while I get to know her special boyfriend better?"
"Of course," Shawn nodded as he linked arms with Cherry. "Come with me while I 'erase' the tension for ya."
"Certainly, Shawn." Cherry replied before she seemed to wink at Lionel while walking away with "Shawn".
"This is a problem..." Lionel remarked, scratching his head. "Indeed, a perpetual predicament!"
Cherry and Shawn soon went away into a room and shut the door behind it. There appeared to be a skull on the door that said "CHECKERED PAST".
"Once Strike gets rid of you all, WE will be the dominant cartoon universe and not this one," Kathryn told Lionel with a smirk. "We add so much more and to what people really wanna love and see from classic cartoons from the like of Carly Shay and Sam Puckett on Nickelodeon, Mike Mazinsky on Cartoon Network, especially with the additions of the series Total Drama with the coolest and some not so cool teenagers, someone powerful and awesome like Jo Elliot and Duncan Nelson, and there's also Ashley Spinelli on Disney Channel, The P-Pals on PBS Kids!" she then listed before that last one sounded awkward. "Okay, maybe not those guys, but they're part of important Toon history and tomboys will be the dominant character type of the world with Strike's vision as well as kids with superhero powers that they use to solve all of their problems!"
"...you suuure do love hearin' yourself talk, don'cha?" Lionel asked, not really paying much attention. "Also, that sounds really annoying."
"Says you," Kathryn glared. "This cartoon universe is ruined forever."
"Oh, yeah? How so?" Lionel demanded as he put his hands on his hips.
"This cartoon universe used to be so cool until you all ruined it with your talk about ponies and friendship because we all know that's not really what's important in the world, it's about who has the most and best power and this Toonyverse shall reign superior," Kathryn retorted, sounding so smug and eager. "We're not gonna let you hog the spotlight, especially with that meddling Wiccan boy who thinks he's so smart and special because he's as strong as Hercules and always has to be the hero of the adventures. Besides, your friend Cherry would be a lot happier with the likes of us instead of the world you ruined her with by making her soft and treating her like a Care Bear or some Fairy Tale crap."
"Someone's been takin' their crazy pills," said Lionel as he took a defensive stance. "So lemme tell you how this is gonna go. I'm gonna save my girlfriend, kick Shawn's ass, and I'm gonna kick yours, only this time I'm gonna put my foot so far up it I'll be wearin' it like a rhinestone slipper. Also... 'Brad' and 'Shawn'? Puh-lease."
"What, like you could do any better?" asked Kathryn.
"Besides, everyone knows that Butt-Head is is his full name; at least he thinks so, anyway," explained Lionel. "And according to the new movie, Beavis is the blonde kid's last name."
"YOU'RE WRONG!" Kathryn snarled. "Your girlfriend is DOOMED!"
Soon, there was a dark and scary growl heard from behind the door that Cherry and Shawn were behind and there seemed to be punches and throws landing followed by what sounded like hellish and demonic sounds from the fiery underworld.
"See that?" Kathryn smirked. "Your girlfriend is doomed and you wanna know why?"
"Don't tell me." Lionel said in an Archie Bunker-like voice.
"Brad and Shawn are actually Hell Boys and they have female counterparts named Beverly and Bianca also from Hell and they were looked after by Hades until they were sent to Highdale to torture and mess with the innocent minds of mortals, especially that asshole Principal McVicker or Coach Buzzcut." Kathryn then explained.
"She tells me anyway." Lionel then continued in the same voice.
"Beverly and Bianca are just like the boys and Cindy Butler is their Stewart, that was MY idea," Kathryn smirked. "You better get out of here before my friend and Brad's girlfriend Gwen Fahlenbock comes out and copies your powers to use as her own like from The X-Men and found out about her powers after she found out that Richard De Longpre didn't pay her father Jacob to let him get so sick that he couldn't afford medicine and eventually die, leaving Gwen alone with her single mother and younger brother Jaden who has a crush on Violet Parr from The Incredibles and Dash is the pen pal of Lincoln Loud who is the cousin of Ed and Sarah from-"
There was then a blood curdling scream heard from behind the door that interrupted Kathryn's tangent.
"Ah, now if you'll open the door, you can see what damage was done from Shawn to your jerky goth lady friend." Kathryn then said with a satisfied smirk, looking so sure of herself.
Lionel walked over and opened the door. Shawn soon ran out of the door, screaming and crying like a little baby.
"What?!" Kathryn yelped.
"She's crazy, man," Shawn told Kathryn as he grabbed her shirt on his way out. "Screw this! This is way worse than the Corey Haynes case!"
"Corey Haynes?" Lionel asked.
"The Pizza Boy who got locked up in an asylum since he didn't get a tip and killed people," Kathryn explained casually. "He has a little sister named Elena with ADD, but don't you dare bully her and-"
"Sorry I asked..." Lionel rolled his eyes before seeing Cherry come out, completely unscathed. "Cherry! You didn't fall for his trick!" he then exclaimed.
"But how?" Kathryn glowered, almost wolfishly. "I saw Shawn use that gas on you!"
"Well, since you don't pay attention to my Equestrian adventures, you didn't think to take this off me," Cherry explained, showing her geodes along with her Equestrian medallion. "These geodes I got from my Camp Everfree adventure help keep me safe and secure from any foreign supernatural force like the time The Music Meister took over my high school as the new drama teacher when I was assistant director for the school play of Beauty and the Beast."
I think Ralph Kramden put it best," Lionel smirked as he gave her a hug. " 'Baby, you're the greatest!"
Cherry chuckled and smirked as she made her way over to Kathryn.
"So are we done here?" Kathryn asked. "I wanna be done here. It's like a flashback or fight scene whenever Cindy Butler's involved, I'm bored and wanna move on and you have to do what I wanna do." she then added in a nasty tone of voice.
"Not yet, we're not fully done here," Cherry demanded before she took out a navy blue cap. "Recognize this?" she then asked.
"How did you get Chase Dickson's hat?!" Kathryn asked with wide eyes until she tried to deny it, but was unable to due to the Golden Lasso preventing her from doing so. "...younger brother of Chad and grandson of Dr. Phillium Benedict?"
"Wait, who was Chase again?" Lionel asked, confused.
"The new Delightful Child you saw with the hat," Kathryn admitted and explained. "Numbuh 0 is also Ricky Thompson, the son of Mrs. Katherine Thompson from Gallagher Elementary School who is a weredog and he's one too, there was a big battle between weredogs and werewolves, especially with the likes of Mike Mazinsky and her cousin Sky Podemski and her friend Jo Elliot that she turned into a werewolf, but became a werewolf demon since Jo already had demon blood due to her mother Laurie Elliot being the sister of her mother, Angela Roth."
"Are you following any of this?" Lionel asked Cherry. "I think this world's giving me a headache."
"Believe me, it is to me too," Cherry replied. "She must be talking about people from her world where these additions came from."
"Yes, because Strike wanted our cartoon universe to get attention and promised us a great reward in the end," Kathryn replied and informed them more since he had no choice but to let them control her with the Golden Lasso. "Where we come from, everything we said was true, but Strike told us to manipulate this universe too and get your attention by taking over this cartoon universe while everyone else was busy with the meeting in The League of Extraordinary Villains, especially the Eds who are a ninja, an ice-bender, and a fire-bender descended from Prince Zuko of The Fire Nation in our world."
"That sounds stupid." replied Lionel.
"Really stupid!" Cherry nodded in agreement. "Also, did you mean Arella Roth?"
"Well, duh!" Kathryn replied. "That means Trigon is the uncle of Jo who lives inside her head and gets summoned in times of extreme emergency."
Cherry and Lionel both looked deadpan and unimpressed with that response.
"And we're all in The Cartoon League to prevent threats and danger like Dr. X, Nemesis, and Queen Vexus!" Kathryn proclaimed. "Those guys are a lot tougher and scarier than that lame King Sombra you're afraid of." she then added to Cherry.
"Oh, please, Peter Pan is scarier than Sombra who wore out his welcome a long time ago." Cherry scoffed.
"Yeah, get with the times," nodded Lionel. "Someone hasn't updated their info!"
Kathryn scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Beavis, you stupid idiot," Butt-Head's voice said, but a charming and handsome boy was shown with his brunette hair, gray shirt, and red shorts. "You're never gonna score if you keep that up."
"His name is Shawn and your name is Brad, remember?" Kathryn glared at him. "Don't you wanna live up to your end of the deal with Strike?"
"Eh, I don't really care, I don't get anything important to do cuz this universe usually uses this dilhole make a 10-year-old version of a fanfiction author who dreamt of befriending cartoon characters instead of real people simper and sweat for him while I'm just there to be his sidekick," Butt-Head snorted in response. "I'm done with this whole Toonyverse bullcrap. I mean, really? Brad? And I'm actually a demon who was born and raised in Hell with Shawn as well as our old friend, Little Nicky, which is very average even for an Adam Sandler movie? Get real. I don't even wanna score with you and I literally have no standards."
Lionel slapped his knees and laughed his ass off. Cherry rolled her eyes slightly at what Butt-Head said before smirking.
"So, you're betraying the order of Strike?" Kathryn demanded. "You won't get what's coming for you in the end like he promised. You even had your own adventure based on your movie 'Do America' where you finally get girlfriends you desire who love you even through your eccentric behavior. When did you ever get that kind of attention back in the 90s?" she then added.
"Nah, I just think you two need to have a better dose of reality, even in a cartoon fan fiction sorta way," Butt-Head huffed as he grabbed Kathryn by the golden lasso tied around her and "Shawn" by his collar. "You too, Butt Munch." he then added to his "sidekick".
"What're you gonna do to them?" Lionel wondered.
"Use a special device in here which your girlfriend was almost surrendered to until she showed how smart she really is for teaming up with Batman and going on many other worldly adventures while people think she's just a spineless punching bag, or a defenseless coward." Butt-Head explained as he led the way to the strange door.
"Finally, someone gets it that my character might be wary and cautious, but she's not one to run away from danger just because she feels scared." Cherry scoffed to herself.
"It's about time." Lionel declared confidently.
"Hey! Butt-Head, cut it out! I was just kiddin' with this Shawn bullcrap! You gotta believe me!" Shawn cried out, sounding more like his old self as he spazzed out and freaked out like one would expect him to.
"Shut up, dillhole!" Butt-Head glared and scoffed. "It's time you finally got what was coming to you."
"Is this because I wasn't wearing my shirt after my work out that time Cindy came into The Supernatural Realm because PerkyGoth14 rediscovered the ABC Sabrina the Teenage Witch series?" Shawn continued to rant and ramble a bit. "Look, that wasn't me talking! I was being controlled against my will by someone who was trying to make me more interesting for her own ego of having a more inferior fanfiction adventure universe like the main series!"
"And as for you, tell this Gwen chick I said hi or whatever if she isn't busy cutting herself with her secret bunny loving boyfriend." Butt-Head then told Kathryn.
"That's Crimson who's Ennui's boyfriend, you idiot that PerkyGoth14 implied to be Scott Wallis's cousin." Kathryn corrected him.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever..." Butt-Head said before pushing them both down the end of the floor that led to some sort of machine that had erasers.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Kathryn yelled out as she seemed to be erased along with Shawn.
"You guys better get going before you fall into this thing that Mickey Mouse used on the original Drawn Together gang," Butt-Head told Cherry and Lionel as he pointed to the machine. "This being smarter and wiser shtick is really grossing me out because we all know I don't have a smart bone in my body no matter how some fans interpret me as."
"Don't hafta tell us twice!" Lionel said as he picked Cherry up and started to run.
"Good luck." Butt-Head told them as he waved them off.
"Thanks, Butt-Head, for everything," Cherry told him. "Never thought we'd have an adventure together."
"Me neither," Butt-Head agreed as Cherry and Lionel disappeared through another portal to put an end to this crossover crisis adventure once and for all before he sighed as the last of his adapted intelligence was almost all gone. "Farewell, Cherry and Lionel, it was a nice voyage that had to come to a close" he then added, waving as the portal opened and closed with Cherry and Lionel going through it.
"Hey, Butt-Head, we gonna help out in the rest of the adventure?" Beavis asked, sounding like his old self as he grinned at his best friend.
Butt-Head gave him a long look before he smirked a little. "...no, Beavis, we're going to do what we do best and do nothing to help." he then said before laughing oafishly once he was fully back to normal.
"Man! In-character fanfiction SUCKS!" Beavis complained before snickering like a hyena as he and Butt-Head went back to their old selves that everyone knew and most of what everyone loved, at least on MTV in the 90s and a new audience years later on an app called Paramount+.
So Cherry and Lionel managed to escape from that part of the plot, and out of the portal.
"Come on, Beavis, let's go try and fail to pick up girls who are way out of our league." Butt-Head told his friend.
"What'd ya say, Butt-Head?" Beavis asked.
"I said let's go score, ass munch." Butt-Head then said.
"Oh! Yeah... Heheheh... let's go!" Beavis chuckled as he walked off.
"Dumbass." Butt-Head mumbled and went after Beavis while Cherry and Lionel returned to the main story.
"Thank goodness we're outta there," said Lionel. "Now let's get back to our buddies and wrap this up!"
"Let's go!" Cherry agreed and nodded.
A portal opened up and soon Cherry and Lionel came back to where they came from and looked around, though saw a spread of panic among their Cartoon Network friends and adversaries.