Finding himself with little motivation to do anything today after dealing Dr. Bloom and Anatomy Park all morning, Rick found himself mindlessly watching the news. Though with how tired he was, he was only half paying attention. "In other news, an area downtown has mysteriously disappeared, leaving what appears to be literally nothing behind." The news reporter said.
"You sure this is what you think it is?" Lucy asked Lincoln as the two walked into the living room.
"I'm fairly positive." Lincoln assured her.
"Not that I particularly care but what are you two babbling about?" Rick decided to ask.
"Me and Lucy got these invites recently." Lincoln explained as he handed Rick his invite.
Rick read the invite out loud. "Lincoln Loud, you are hereby invited to the All Star Brawl. An interdimensional fighting tournament that..." Rick trailed off, already losing interest. He scowled at Lincoln. "And this doesn't seem suspiscious to you in the slightest? An invite out of nowhere to a fighting tournament?"
Lincoln smirked. "Let's just say I have a feeling I know who sent it." For some reason, Rick suddenly felt deja vu.
"If this is what Lincoln says it is, I might actually be...excited." Lucy said as a small smile appeared on her face."
"By the way, do you mind if we borrow a couple things for the tournament." Lincoln asked.
Rick noticed that Lincoln and Lucy had already helped themselves as while Lucy wasn't wearing her costume, she did have her shovel. Rick sighed. "Sure, I don't really care. Go nuts."
Lincoln smiled. "Thanks, Grandpa Rick!" Coincidentally, a strangely familiar, green portal then appeared in the room. "I think that's for us." Lincoln told Lucy before turning to Rick. "See you later, Rick."
"Whatever." Rick replied. Lincoln and Lucy then walked into the portal before it disappeared. Rick wasn't sure why they would be invited to something like this over himself but he honestly didn't care to get involved. For once, all Rick felt like doing today was nothing.
At least, that's how he felt until he was suddenly teleported away without warning.
...
Lincoln and Lucy found themselves in a large, orange area that somewhat resembled a locker room. Stood or sat around was a bunch of rather strange looking characters though some were familiar to Lincoln. "Is this it?" Lucy asked.
"It's probably just a resting area." Lincoln replied.
"Lincoln! You made it buddy!" A familiar, high pitched voice shouted.
Lincoln smiled as he had a feeling these guys would be here. He waved at Spongebob and Danny Phantom as the two approached him. "It's great to see you guys again."
"Same here." Danny said before turning his attention to Lucy, who appeared to be gawking at him. "So, who's this?"
"Oh, this is my sister, Lucy. She got invited too."
Lucy stepped forward, staring at Danny in amazement. "Is it true? Are you actually a superhero with ghost powers?"
"Yep. Check this out." Danny rose up into the air and turned invisible for a moment before turning back.
"That is so cool!" Lucy gushed.
Danny sighed. "It's nice to be appreciated for once."
"I can't believe we're meeting up like this again." Lincoln exclaimed.
Danny scratched the back of his head. "Well, technically, this is the fifth time something like this happened."
Lincoln's smile slowly turned into a frown. "Wait, what?"
Spongebob counted off what happened with his fingers. "Yeah, there was the time we went to that volcano islsnd, then there was that toybot factory and then all that glob stuff..."
Lincoln slumped in disappointment. "I seriously missed all that?"
"If it makes you feel any better, Timmy missed the last one too." Danny added.
Lincoln started looking around. "Where is Timmy, anyway?"
...
Meanwhile, in Dimmsdale, Timmy was at home, playing a videogame with a bored expression on his face when Cosmo appeared beside him. "Hey, Timmy. Do you ever feel like you're missing something really big and important?"
"Who cares?" Timmy replied, not taking his eyes off of the game.
"Good point!" Cosmo grinned before poofing away.
...
"Looks like he's missing out on this one too." Danny surmised.
Lincoln couldn't help but feel disappointed. He and Timmy bonded quite a bit over there shared love of comics and videogames last time they met so it was a shame to not see him here. He would've been sure Timmy was going to show up to something like this so it was strange to not see him here. He looked around again. "Wait, is Jimmy not here either?"
"Doesn't seem like it." Danny guessed. "Which is kinda weird considering his Dad's here."
Lincoln blinked in confusion. "Wait, what?"
"Deurgh, hey kids!" As if on cue, Jimmy's dad, Hugh, then approached the group. He was a tall man with brown hair that has long bangs swept to the left side and wore oval-shaped glasses and a blue sweater vest with a red tie over a white shirt. He was also carrying some pies with him. "So, you must be Jimbo's friends from that alternate dimensional doohicky stuff. It is so nice to see our little Jimmy make so many connections. Can I interest any of you in some pie?" There was a moment of silence. "Anyone?"
Spongebob raised his hand. "I'll have a pie!"
Hugh handed Spongebob one of his pies. "Guh, here you go little...kid...teen...adult...thing...enjoy your pie."
"Thanks, Jimmy's dad!" Spongebob waved as Hugh went to talk to the other contestants. He then turned to Lincoln. "Say, wasn't your grandpa invited either?"
Lincoln shook his head. "No, though I doubt he would've come anyway."
"Thank goodness for that." Danny muttered to himself before he put on a look of concern. "Speaking of your grandpa, does he still have Walker or..."
Danny was unable to finish that thought as everyone then heard an automated announcement. "The next match is about to begin. Lincoln Loud vs Helga Pataki."
"Looks like I'm up." Lincoln remarked.
"You sure you're gonna be okay out there?" Danny asked. "You didn't exactly seem like much of a fighter last time I saw you."
"Don't worry, I've come prepared." Along with a couple little gadgets he borrowed from Rick, he had also brought the elemental rings. Along with his yo-yo if all else failed.
...
"Argh, fuck!" Rick landed ass first onto cold, hard metal. "What the hell?" He looked around in confusion as he found himself in some kind of dark cave.
That is until he realised a familar, bat themed superhero was stood in front of him. "Rick Sanchez." Batman stated.
Rick narrowed his eyes. "Oh Christ, what is this?"
"We need your help." Batman explained. "Our worlds are under attack by an entity known as The Nothing."
Rick raised an eyebrow. "The what now? Also, what do you mean our worlds?"
Rick then heard a voice behind him. "Ehh, what's up doc?"
Rick turned to see a grey, anthropomorphic rabbit that was wearing nothing but white gloves. He was eating a carrot while giving him a look of amusement. Rick turned back to Batman. "Oh hell no, tell me this isn't what I think it is?"
"This all started when Bugs Bunny was teleported to this universe. For reasons I have yet to be able to discern, The Nothing is teleporting people to different universes and wants us to fight for its amusement under the threat of our worlds being consumed by it. I and a few of us from the Justice League intend to counter them by bringing those that The Nothing is targeting together here." Batman gestured towards a couple other superheroes that were also in the batcave. This included a man in a blue superhero outfit, Superman, and a woman wielding a lasso and a sword, Wonder Woman, along with a couple others Rick couldn't be bothered remembering.
Wonder Woman was giving Rick a critical look. "This is the infamous Rick Sanchez? Thought he'd be taller."
Batman continued, gesturing to a couple other people that were in the batcave. "As you can see, we've already made progress."
A young man in a baggy, green shirt was currently talking to shorter woman wearing glasses and a thick turtlenecked orange sweater. "Like, what a week, huh Velma?" The man said. "First I eat a mysterious crystal that gives me powers and now all this is happening."
Velma sighed. "I know what you mean, Shaggy. Though I am surprised Scooby didn't come with us."
A strange looking, yellow-orange bulldog that was stood up was the first to actually notice Rick. "Oh hey, looks like we got like a mad scientist guy to help us now!"
Next to the dog was a teenage boy that wore a blue T-shirt and a hat with two nubs at the top that covered all of his head apart from his face. "Oh snap. Maybe he can find a way to science us out of this mess."
There also appeared to be a grey cat chasing a brown mouse in the background though Rick didn't take much notice of them.
Another somewhat chubby young boy that wore a red shirt with a star on it was staring at Rick in awe. "Wow, an actual super genius! I bet he'll be tons of help!"
"I wouldn't get your hopes up, Steven." The gem next to Steven said as she gave Rick an odd look. She had acube-shaped afro and a magenta skin tone and was wearing a pair of shades. She also had a ruby gem and a sapphire gem embedded in her hands. Wait, a gem...?
Before Rick could question this, Batman continued. "We were lucky to get to you before The Nothing did. Some of us weren't so lucky." He gestured towards what looked like a mix between a dog and a reindeer with green fur who whimpered at The Nothing being mentioned. The implications were clear.
Rick raised an eyebrow. "Uh huh. So is Harley Quinn a member of the Justice League in this universe or...?" He gestured towards Harley, who was currently trying to pet Reindog.
Harley glared at Rick in return. "Hey, I just don't want this universe to turn into nothing either, you old nerd!"
"We need all the help we can get. This foe is like nothing any of us have faced before." Batman explained.
"Yeah, I was gonna comment on why you brought children into this war of yours but then I realised that checks out for you." Rick snarked. "You know, considering you're Mr. Contingency plans, you do know who I am, right?"
"Of course." Rick replied. "You're Rick Sanchez. Designated L-137. Smartest man in his universe along with all others within your central finite curve."
Rick stared at Batman disbelief. "Seriously?" Why was this the second time something like this has happened?
Batman continued. "I know you're not exactly a hero but I know you wouldn't want your universe to be wiped out. If any one of us has a chance of actually defeating The Nothing-"
At this point, Rick had started to tune Batman out, having completely lost interest. He thought about how he was currently in the actual DC universe and if he could do anything interesting here. Maybe he could go find that Braniac guy and...on second thought, nah. That'd be way too much work. Maybe he'll go see whatever Lincoln's doing at that tournament instead. Couldn't be much worse than this.
After Batman finished talking, the bulldog from earlier whistled. "Man, all these people from different multiverses fighting each other. It's like a...multiversus or something."
Rick gave the dog a deadpan look. "Yeah, no, fuck this." He turned back to Batman. "You probably should've read up the part about me that said I'm not interested in this crossover shit." He got out his portal gun and fired a portal. "So go bother some other Rick with your nothing or whatever."
"Wait!" Batman reached out to stop Rick but was too late as he walked through the portal. "Damn it."
"Well, that was weird." Steven remarked.
"I'd prepare yourself, Steven." The gem remarked.
"How come, Garnet?"
Garnet adjusted her shades. "Things are only gonna get weirder."
...
Lincoln found himself teleported on top of a moving bus driving through the suburbs. Not exactly the ideal place for a fight but who was he to question it. His opponent, Helga, appeared to be somewhat distracted. She was a girl around Lincoln's age that had blonde hair tied into long pigtails and a thick, black unibrow. She wore a large, pink bow tied into her hair along with a pink dress over a white shirt. She was currently staring longingly into a golden, heart shaped locket. "Oh, Arnold! Even if we are universes apart, know that you will always have a place in my heart." Her eyes then widened as she suddenly noticed Lincoln. "Gah!" After scrambling to hide the locket, her demeanor completely changed as she gave Lincoln a harsh look. "What are you staring at?!"
Lincoln raised an eyebrow. "Uh, are you my opponent?"
Helga rolled her eyes. "Uh, doi! Of course I am! What, do you think I'm standing on this moving bus for the fun of it?! Criminy!" Lincoln wasn't sure why but something about this girl reminded him of Ronnie Anne. Helga punched her palm. "So are you ready to get acquainted with Ol' Betsy or what?"
"Ready as I'll ever be I guess." Lincoln said as he got into a fighting position.
However, before the fight could start, a portal appeared as Rick stepped out of it, almost tripping over. "Whoa, ok, we're on a moving bus."
Helga stared at Rick in complete bafflement. "Wha?! Who are you?! Where did you come from?!"
Rick ignored Helga as he stared around at his surroundings. "Huh. You know, I can't tell if this universe is in the nineties or the twenty tens."
"Rick, what are you doing here?" An annoyed Lincoln asked.
"Alright, I can't talk to you while we're on here." Rick then shouted out. "Hey, can whoever's in charge of this match cancel it? I need to talk to my grandson." As if to signify that the match had been cancelled, a portal appeared. "Great, thanks."
...
Helga threw her hands up upon returning to the locker room with Rick and Lincoln. "Well that was a giant waste of time." She spat before storming off.
"So, why are you here again?" Lincoln asked again.
Rick rolled his eyes. "Man, you wouldn't believe what happened after you and Lucy left. I got teleported to the DC universe by Batman of all people."
Lincoln's eyes widened in shock. "Wait, Batman? As in THE Batman?"
Rick shrugged. "Are there any other Batmen I should know about?"
"But how is that possible? He's just a fictional character."
Rick rolled his eyes again. "You forget, Lincoln. Infinite universes. When there's infinite universes, there's gonna be a chance that a piece of fiction in one universe is gonna be completely real in another."
Nearby, a green, mutated tyrannosaurus let out a roar. "RRREPTAR!"
Rick pointed a thumb towards Reptar. "See, this guy gets it. So yeah, he was trying to get me to join his weird crossover team to fight some...thing, I don't really care to remember it."
Lincoln found himself lost in thought. He was never as big a fan of DC as he was Ace Savvy. But still, the chance to meet the real life versions of those heroes...
"Kinda looks like this you're dealing with some cheap, crossover shit too." Rick remarked after looking around. "Still, it's probably better than that other thing. Least it's not trying to be bigger than it actually is. Not gonna lie though, both of these things feel like Nintendo lawsuits waiting to happen."
"If you think this place is better then why don't you stay here and I'll go help Batman?" Lincoln suggested.
Rick gave Lincoln a pointed look. "You're seriously suggesting we swap? I mean, you can go see Batman if you want but what incentive do I have to stay here?"
Lincoln had to think about that. He didn't want to just leave this place without leaving something behind. "How about a deal? If I have more fun at your thing than you at mine, then I win. And if I win then I get to call where we go for the next adventure."
"Ok. Then if I win, you and your sisters have to cut it out with your blackmail bullshit."
Lincoln hesitated for a moment before nodding. "Ok, deal. Just remember, this isn't a deathmatch so please go easy on them."
"Sure, whatever." Rick said as he fired a portal for Lincoln. "Go nuts."
Lincoln grinned as he ran through the portal. Rick wasn't too excited about this but if all he was doing was fighting people then maybe he could take out his frustration on these freaks.
"Hey, it's that guy that kinda looks like Squidward!" Patrick suddenly shouted as he pointed at Rick.
"Ugh." Rick groaned. He was going to regret this, wasn't he?
...
"Can someone put that thing on a leash?!" Batman shouted as he currently had a tasmanian devil rampaging around the batcave.
"Like, I'm trying man!" Shaggy shouted as he chased after Taz. He leaped towards him to grab him. "Gotcha! Ahh!" Only for Taz to spin him off of him.
Taz began to utter some gibberish, finishing off with a raspberry before a mallet suddenly smashed down on his head, knocking him unconscious. "That'll calm him down for a bit." Bugs Bunny quipped.
It was then that a portal appeared as Lincoln stepped out of it. His eyes were immediately glued to the Justice League members. "Whoa! You guys really are real!"
Batman turned his attention to Lincoln. "You're Rick Sanchez's grandson."
"Y-Yeah." Lincoln couldn't help but get a bit flustered from getting to talk with the real Batman. "Rick sent me here so I could take his place."
Batman narrowed his eyes. "This is part of an elaborate prank from Rick, isn't it?"
This caused Lincoln to deflate a bit. "What? No! I'm here to help! Really!"
"Hmm."
"Trust me! I can handle myself in a fight."
Superman floated over to Batman and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I say we give the kid a chance. I don't know why but I got a good feeling about him. Plus, you did say we need all the help we can get."
Batman sighed. "Fine then. You're in."
Lincoln grinned. "I won't let you down, Batman!"
"Hey, congrats on making it in!" Lincoln was approached by Steven who offered his hand to shake. "My name's Steven! What's yours?"
Lincoln shook his hand. "I'm Lincoln."
"So you're that scientist guy's grandson, right?" Steven asked.
"Yep. Guessing he didn't make the best first impression, did he?"
Steven glanced away. "Well..."
"He was a pretty big jerk." Garnet suddenly interrupted.
"Garnet!" Steven whined, getting a chuckle out of Lincoln. Speaking of Rick, Lincoln how he was doing right now.
...
Rick once again found himself chewing some air gum as he was back at Jellyfish Fields. "This place again, huh?" Rick remarked as he looked around. "Alright, who's my opponent? Fair warning, you're probably not gonna win."
"YOU!"
Rick heard a familar southern accent before he was suddenly lasso'd. "Hey, what the hell?!" Though his arms were restrained, he turned to find himself face to face with Sandy Cheeks. She did not look happy to see him.
"Don't think I forgot the stuff you said last time you were here!" Sandy grinned sadistically. "I'm gonna enjoy this!"
"Ah shit."
...
It seemed like Batman was using his batcomputer to track down what universes The Nothing was targeting and when it takes someone to another. After discovering another anomaly, Lincoln was sent on his first mission along with the boy wearing the strange hat, Finn. They had been sent to Finn's world, the Land of Ooo, where they were currently outside a place called the Candy Kingdom in the middle of the night. The two could hear some kind of commotion inside the kingdom. "Alright, uh, Lincoln was it?" Finn asked. Lincoln nodded. "Cool. You ready for this? I don't know what kinda crazy business is going down in there. Best to be prepared for anything."
Lincoln shrugged. "I'm pretty used to preparing for anything." Whether it was due to his sisters or Rick.
Finn chuckled at that. "I hear that. Looks like it's you and me against whatever's in there."
"Don't forget me!" A muffled voice came from Finn's backpack.
Finn took out what looked like a teal coloured, portable game console with arms and legs. "Oh yeah. Can't forget about BMO."
"I am ready to save the multiverse!" BMO exclaimed. "Single handedly if I must!"
...
"HRAAARGH!" Finn let out a war cry as he charged into the Candy Kingdom with Lincoln following behind. The kingdom looked exactly as Lincoln expected with all of it's citizens being made of candy. Finn paused once he saw who was fighting. "Who's this doofus?"
"Finn!" Finn and looked over to where a princess made of bubblegum was stood, surrounded by guards that resembled bananas with chocolate poured on top.
"Princess Bubblegum!" Finn exclaimed before running over to her. "What's going on?"
"I don't know!" Princess Bubblegum explained. "This jerk just came out of nowhere and started harrasing people. Luckily, Marceline just happened to be here when it happened."
Marceline, a young woman with long, black hair and grey skin, was holding an axe that also resembled a guitar as she fought back against the threat. "What is your problem you creep?!" She spat.
The person almost looked like some kind of demonic ghost, albeit a sleazy looking one. He had pale, white skin, scruffy, green hair and wore a dirty suit with black and white stripes. "Hey, come on babe, all I did was ask for a date. Come on! You saying a vampire/demon girl like you doesn't want a piece of me?"
"UGH!" Marceline swung her axe at Betelgeuse, only for him to dodge it.
"Whoa! Ha ha!" Betelgeuse struck back at her by morphing his hand into a large boxing glove.
"Gah!" The hit sent Marceline tumbling back.
"Marceline!" Finn cried out as he ran towards her.
Marceline shrugged off the hit as she turned to Finn. "Oh, hey Finn." She then noticed Lincoln. "Uh, is that another human?"
"It's a long story." Finn explained.
"Hey! Who invited the kiddies?" Betelgeuse asked mockingly. "Not sure this whole shebang's age appropriate for them."
"Rrgh!" Finn growled in anger before he charged towards Betelgeuse. "I WILL DESTROY YOU!"
Betelgeuse countered this by morphing his face into some kind of indescribable horror, causing Finn to freeze.
"Aaaaaaah." Finn let out a high pitched, yet quiet scream.
Looks like it was Lincoln's time to shine as he got out one of the gadgets he had borrowed from Rick. An EMP grenade. He tossed it over to Betelgeuse who managed to catch it. "Huh? What's this?" The grenade then detonated, causing Betelgeuse to get electrocuted. "G-g-g-g-g-guh!"
This gave enough time to recover as he ran over and gave Betelgeuse a hard punch to the face. "Hya!" This knocked him unconscious.
"BMO chop." BMO then followed this up by giving his leg a karate chop.
...
After tying up Betelgeuse and waiting for him to regain consciousness, Finn and Lincoln managed to explain the situation to everyone involved. Once they they were finished, Betelgeuse nodded his head. "Alright, alright, I see that maybe we got off on the wrong foot here. Now, I may be a ghost but that doesn't mean I want to see my whole universe destroyed either, you know? So if you let me free, I'll help you guys out. What'dya say?"
Finn gave him a stern look. "You promise we can trust you?"
Betelgeuse gave Finn a crooked grin. "You have my word."
"Hmm, alright. But if you start acting like a butt, we're gonna have to beat you up again."
As Finn went to untie Betelgeuse, Marceline let out a chuckle. "This sounds kinda fun! Mind if I join in?"
"Well, sure, we need all the help we can get." Finn replied.
Marceline then turned to Princess Bubblegum. "How about you, Peebs? You want in on this?"
Princess Bubblegum waved her hand dismissively. "Oh, no, I am far too busy to deal with that. You know, with ruling the Candy Kingdom. Uh..." She then pulled one of the banana guards over to the group. "Maybe this one can help you?"
The Banana Guard gave a small wave. "Hello."
...
For Rick's next match, he'd found himself at a rather strange location. He appeared to be underneath the edge of a cliff on a temple that appeared to have been built upside down as it and a few other temples were hanging from the underside of the cliff. Rick had to admit, it was an impressive sight. He whistled. "Well someone was trying to show off here."
He then heard the voice of a young boy. "Are you my next opponent?"
Rick turned to see a bald kid wearing clothes that gave Rick the impression that he was some kind of monk. He also had arrow tattoos on his head and going down his arms and was holding some kind of staff. "And you are?" Rick asked.
The boy smiled. "I'm the Avatar. But you can call me Aang."
Rick raised an eyebrow. "Avatar of what exactly?"
Aang tilted his head in confusion. "You know? Master of all four elements? The link between the living and the spirit world." He held his chin in thought. "Though I guess since you're not from my world, this probably doesn't make any sense to you, does it?" Aang chuckled awkwardly at this.
Rick rolled his eyes. "Can't say I care for any of that chosen one bullshit. So are we fighting or what?"
"I should probablt warn you, I'm not your only opponent."
"Huh? Ow! What the fuck." Rick felt a stone get flicked into the back of his head. He turned around to see a young girl that looked the same age as Aang. She was wearing a green tunic and had her black hair in a bouffant hairstyle. She appeared to be staring at nothing in particular. After seeing her eyes, Rick quickly figured out that she was blind.
Without turning her head, she pointed towards him. "You better get ready, old man! Because you're facing Toph! The greatest earthbender in this world and any other! I don't care how much weird future stuff you've got, there's no way I'm letting you beat me!"
Rick was starting to get some Lynn related flashbacks. "So, have you got like a Daredevil thing going on or-" he was interupted by the ground beneath his feet suddenly rising up. "Whoa, shit!"
...
For the next mission, Lincoln got to team with Steven Universe as they were sent to what looked like a stereotypically haunted mansion. It was so stereotypical that it didn't even really bother them as the two decided to talk about themselves as they searched for whoever they were supposed to be searching for. "Man, I always wondered what it was like to have siblings. Things must get pretty crazy, huh?" Steven asked.
"Not as crazy as dealing with Rick." Lincoln explained. "So the crystal gems are like a team of superheroes?"
Steven chuckled. "Yeah, kinda. We've saved the world a few times. Though..." He trailed off. To Lincoln, it seemed like Steven was troubled by something. The conversation was cut short as the two heard maniacal laughter coming from another room.
The two rushed in to see a skinny girl wielding a sword getting knocked back. She had brown hair, grey eyes and a somewhat long face. She appeared to be wearing medieval clothes made of brown leather along with a cloak made with fur. "Where in the seven hells did you come from?!" She shouted at the creature she was fighting.
The creature itself appeared to be kind of horrible gremlin monster with long ear and green skin with yellow stripes. He let out a deranged laugh as it got a chainsaw out of nowhere. "Stripe gonna kill you!" It growled out before it lunged towards the girl.
The girl held up her sword in an attempt to block whatever this strange contraption was before Steven suddenly ran in front of her, creating a pink shield to block it. "Oh no you don't!"
Lincoln then followed up by using one of his elemental rings. "Earth!"
This caused a pillar to shoot up beneath Stripe, sending him flying. "AAAAHH!" The gremlin screamed before it landed. Seeing that it was outmatched, Stripe growled at the trio before scurrying away out of site.
Steven's shield disappeared. "Should we go after it?" He asked.
"I don't think we were ever gonna convince that thing to fight for us." Lincoln surmised.
Steven then turned back to the girl. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." The girl replied curtly, feeling somewhat embarrased by having too little boys help her though this was mitigated by the two somehow knowing magic. "Where am I? What is going on here?"
"It's kind of complicated. Lot of interdimensional stuff going on lately." Steven replied.
The girl looked utterly lost. "What?"
Steven shook his head. "Never mind. Hi! My name's Steven."
"Steven, hm?" The girl looked him over. "You didn't do bad for someone that looks so soft."
Steven chuckled at that. "Yeah. So, what's your name?"
"A girl has no name...but you can call me Arya Stark of Winterfell."
Steven tilted his head slightly. "Winter...what now?"
"I'm Lincoln. Uh, what is that?" Lincoln asked upon noticing a strange creature clinging to Arya's side. It almost looked like the gremlin from before, albeit smaller, cuter and covered in white and brown fur.
Arya looked down at the creature. "I'm not sure. I found this little one clinging to me before that monster attacked." The creature let out a purring sound in response. Arya then scowled. "That monster was lucky to have escaped with it's life."
...
After explaining the situation to Arya and the small creature, which was apparently named Gizmo, the four returned back to the batcave. Arya couldn't help but stare around the cave in wonder. "So this is what the future holds?"
Lincoln wasn't the only one gathering heroes as another superhero, a goth girl with grey skin, purple hair and wearing a navy blue leotard with a blue, hooded cloak, had also returned with three little girls. All of them appeared to be superheroes too. They all had extremely large eyes and appeared to lack any fingers. One was wearing pink and had long, red-orange hair with a red bow on top. One was wearing blue and had her blonde hair in pigtails. The last one was wearing green and had short, black hair. "Found these three hanging around Jump City." The gothic superhero explained to Batman.
Batman nodded. "Good work, Raven."
The three girls were looking around the batcave in awe. "So this is the real batcave?" The pink one asked.
"I can't believe we're working with Wonder Woman!" The blue one squealed.
"So where's that nothing?" The green one asked, itching for a fight. "I say we track it down and kick it's butt right now!"
Arya looked somewhat disturbed by their appearances. "What on Earth are they?"
Steven felt the opposite. "Oh my gosh! They're so cute!" He gushed before approaching the trio. "Who are you guys?"
"I'm Blossom." The pink one said.
"I'm Bubbles." The blue one said.
"I'm Buttercup." The green one said.
"We're the Powerpuff Girls!" All three of them announced in unison.
"Aw, you're the most adorablest superheroes I've ever seen!" Steven gushed. "My name's Steven!"
Buttercup huffed, not really taking it as a compliment while Bubbles giggled. "I think we will be good friends, Steven."
Meanwhile, Arya turned back to Lincoln. "I'm not the only one who finds all of this utterly bizarre, am I?"
Lincoln shrugged. "No, but I'm kinda used to this kind of stuff at this point."
...
For Rick's next match, he found himself in some kind of space station where he was set to fight Ren, a weird looking chihuahua, and Stimpy, a weird looking, red cat. They apparently counted as one unit, not that it really mattered to Rick since neither of them looked like much of a threat. Stimpy waved at him. "Hey there, friend. I hope you're ready for a good fight!"
"STIMPY NO!" Ren suddenly shouted, standing in front of Ren.
Stimpy blinked in confusion. "Duh, what's wrong, Ren?"
"Stimpy, YOU IDIOT!" Ren yelled. His whole body was shaking as if he was on the verge of a breakdown. "Do you not see who we're fighting?!"
Stimpy nodded. "Yeah. It's that funny scientist guy that says all those naughty words."
Ren grabbed Stimpy's face and slowly shook his head, practically trembling with both anger and fear. "No, Stimpy. He is a killer! A cold blooded monster!" He then grabbed Stimpy's eyelids and forced them over to look at Rick. "Look into his eyes! There's NOTHING there!" He let go of Stimpy, causing him to fall back. "We don't stand a chance!" Ren then fell to his knees and bowed before Rick. "WE SURRENDER!"
As if to make it official, an automated voice made the announcement. "The winner is...Rick!"
Rick stared at Ren and Stimpy, utterly baffled. "What the fuck just happened?"
...
The next person Lincoln would team up was, funnily enough, Arya, as they went sent to Arya's own world. Arriving at her world was a strange experience for Lincoln. He remember when he first arrived at Jimmy Neutron's world and how bulgy everything femt. This world felt...bulgier? It was hard for Lincoln to describe but it was very weird nontheless.
They were currently inside a large, empty throne room (apart from the two other outworlders currently fighting). Lincoln spotted the throne which appeared to be made entirely from swords. Just staring at it made Lincoln uncomfortable. Though he wasn't sure it was because of how uncomfortable it looked to sit on or because or something else. "What is this place?" Lincoln asked.
"King's Landing." Arya sneered. "I was hoping I would never have to come back to this place."
Seeing as how Arya was as uncomfortable with this place as he was, the two turned their attention to the two other people fighting. One of them, to Lincoln, appeared to be some kind of alien. He had pure black skin with no visible facial features other than his eyes and wore a rather bizarre outfit than resembled a roman soldier's uniform with basketball shoes. He was aiming a ray gun at the other man. "Stand down, earthling. I have already claimed this planet in the name of Mars. Isn't that lovely?"
The other man appeared to be a samurai, wearing a simple, white gi and with his black hair tyed in a Japanese chonmage. "I may not know much about this world, but I will not allow it to fall into the hands of you, Marvin!" The samurai swung his sword towards Marvin, only for it to clash against Arya's sword. "What?"
Arya stood her ground. "Stand down! We do not wish to fight you."
"What is this?" Marvin asked before a yo-yo suddenly knocked his gun out of his hand. "Hey!"
"Earth!"
Lincoln used his elemental ring to shake the ground beneath Marvin, causing him to fall over. "Ah!"
Seeing this, the samurai stepped back and sheathed his sword. "Yours skills are impressive for someone at your age." Arya couldn't help but smirk at the compliment.
...
After Lincoln explained the situation to Marvin and the samurai, Marvin's eyes widened. "But if The Nothing seeks to destroy everything, then that includes Mars!" He sighed in resignation. "Very well. For now, you will have my assistance."
"Mine as well." The samurai added.
Lincoln smiled at the samurai. "Great! So what did your say your name was again?"
The samurai took a moment to answer. "Jack."
Arya was instantly able to tell that was a lie. "That's not your real name."
Jack chuckled. "No. But it will do for now."
...
After returning to the batcave, Lincoln would then take a break as he was currently hanging with Steven. "So, what's life like with the crystal gems?" Lincoln decided to ask.
Steven sighed. "Well, it was pretty fun at first but as things went on, it started to get kinda...complicated."
"You wanna talk about it?"
Steven thought about it for a moment. "So my mom was a gem and she had to give up her physical form to have me. But since my mom chose to protect the earth all those centuries ago, she ended up making a lot of enemies. And since I have her gem, the gems on her planet thought I was her and wanted to kill me."
Lincoln's eyes widened. "That...sounds pretty rough."
Steven nodded. "Yeah. It was so frustrating. It's like they couldn't even see me. They only saw my mom." He brightened. "But that's all in the past. I know who I am now...I think."
"So you're a child of the stars?"
The two turned around to see that Arya had been listening on their conversation. "Something like that." Steven replied. "So, how about you, Arya? How'd you end up getting so good with swords?"
Arya raised an eyebrow. "You want to hear my story? I'm not sure you'd like it."
"How bad could it be?" Lincoln asked. It couldn't be that much worse than what he and Steven had dealt with, could it?
Arya shrugged. "Very well. I suppose it all started when a horrible boy named Joffrey came to Winterfell along with the royal family. He had a man named The Hound kill my friend."
Steven's expression quickly twisted into a look of horror. "Wait, what?"
Arya continued. "After Joffrey became the king, he betrayed my father and had him executed. I ended up going on the run for a while after that, doing what I had to to survive while my sister, Sansa, was stuck with him. My oldest brother, Robb, went to war with House Lannister after that." Her expression darkened. "Eventually, I found out my brother was betrayed by one of his allies. A man named Walder Frey killed my brother at his own wedding. Along with my mother."
Steven looked like he was on the brink of tears. "That's horrible!"
Unexpectedly, a twisted, satisfied smirk appeared on Arya's face. "It's fine. Some time after that, I went to the free city of Braavos where I trained with the Faceless Men to be an assasin. When I returned to Westeros, I killed two of Walder Frey's sons, baked them into a pie and fed it to him. Before I slit his neck."
Both Lincoln and Steven had faraway looks in their eyes once Arya had finished. "Wow...that was...pretty dark." Steven remarked.
"No kidding..." Lincoln added. He supposed this was a reminder that the multiverse could be pretty horrifying sometimes. At least he could be thankful that things never get that bad with his own family. He wondered if Rick was currently dealing with anything as twisted as this.
...
"Mwahahahahaha!" A small, green alien with red eyes and an odd device on his back laughed. He and Rick were currently on strange, magenta, mechanical looking planet. It was hard to discern what kind of area they were in but there were some floating TV screens around broadcasting some kind of propaganda. "Cower you smelly Earth human! You will face your doom at the hands of Zim!"
Rick stared at the alien in bewilderment. "What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"There are no fucks wrong with me!" Zim declared confidently. "Once I'm done with you, it is you who will have all the fucks wrong with you!"
"Oh, I get it now. You're just fucking stupid." Rick deadpanned.
Zim sneered. "How dare you! Gir!"
A little robot with glowing, green eyes came up to Zim. His eyes then turned red as he saluted Zim. "Yes, master!"
Zim grabbed Gir and then threw him towards Rick. "Get him!"
"WEEEHEEHEE!" Gir squealed as he flew through the air, his eyes turned back green. He then latched onto Rick's face. "Hi mister crazy scientist person. I like you!"
Rick scrambled to get Gir off of him. "Argh! What the?! Get off me you little shit!" Eventually, Rick managed to pull the robot off of him before tossing him aside.
Zim laughed at Rick's misfortune. "How's that?! You disgusting, drooling, little Earth pig!" He folded his arms, looking rather high and mighty. "I wouldn't blame you if you surrendered now."
Rick growled in frustration. He was starting to get real sick of all this.
...
Lincoln couldn't help but be somewhat nervous about the next person he was partnered up with as they arrived at a town called Townsville. "Alright, who's skull we gotta bash this time?" Harley Quinn asked as she prepared her mallet.
Her question was quickly answered as they noticed a giant, iron robot rampaging through the city. It's eyes were glowing red. "Somebody help us!" A citizen screamed.
"Where are the Powerpuff Girls?!" Another citizen asked.
Harley blinked in surprise. "Ok, not exactly what I was expecting."
Lincoln shared her sentiment. How were they supposed to fight this thing? He then noticed someone else near the iron giant, trying to get its attention. She was an anthropomorphic rabbit like Bugs though she has brown fur along with a tuft of blonde hair on her hair. "Hello? Excuse me? I think we're supposed to be fighting or something?" She huffed. "So rude."
"Look out!" Lincoln tackled the rabbit out of the way before the iron giant stepped on her. "Are you okay?" He asked as they both got up.
"Aww, such a gentleman!" The rabbit gushed. "I'm okay but who are you again?"
"Uh, Lincoln."
"My name's Lola Bunny. Though my friends call me Lola. Well actually, everyone calls me Lola since that's my first name but you get the idea."
Lincoln blinked in confusion as Harley came over to the two. "You good, kid?"
"I'm fine but do either of you have any kind of skills that could help out here?" Lincoln asked. "Because I'm not sure what I could do about this."
"Ooh, I have tons of skills." Lola exclaimed before smirking. "You know, not many people know this about me but I'm actually really good at basketball. I know! Who would've guessed, right?"
Lincoln gave Lola a look of exasperation. "I meant to stop the giant robot."
Harley then pulled a bazooka out of nowhere. "I say we blow this tin can up already!"
"Wait!" Lincoln exclaimed. "I'm not sure why but something about this feels off."
"Huh. You know, that would explain what I saw earlier." Lola remarked. "There was this weird clown guy here earlier that attached some kind of weird device on the back of the giant robot's head. Wonder if that has anything with it rampaging. Maybe I'm just reaching."
Harley narrowed her eyes at Lola. "What kinda weird clown?"
Lola's brows furrowed in thought. "You know, that is a good question. What exactly would be considered weird for a clown?"
Harley groaned. "Ugh, forget it." She turned attention back to the giant robot.
Luckily, the Iron Giant's back was already turned to them as Lincoln and Harley began searching for the device on the back of his head. Eventually, they both noticed it. "I think I see it!" Lincoln said.
"I gotcha." Harley said as she pulled out a gun. With careful precision, she shot at the device, breaking it and causing it to fall off.
At once, the Iron Giant paused as his eyes turned white. He looked around at the damage he had caused as his expression saddened. "No..."
Lola gave him a sympathetic look. "Aw, poor guy."
The three then heard some sinister laughter coming from a nearby alleyway. From it emerged a clown wearing a purple suit. There was no mistaking it. This was THE Joker. "Oh, Harley. You always find a way to spoil my jokes."
Harley gave The Joker a hateful glare. "Oh bite it ya creep! See, this is why we broke up!"
The Joker laughed in response. "Maybe you'll get this joke. It's called 'what happens when Batman realises he sent a kid to die!'" He then pulled out a gun and aimed it at Lincoln. However, before he was able to fire, a giant, iron foot suddenly stood in his way as he looked up to see the Iron Giant glaring at him. He chuckled nervously before disappearing into some kind of portal.
Once The Joker was gone, Lola turned to Harley. "You know, I get the feeling you two would make a really great couple." This earned Lola a glare from Harley.
...
After what happened, Lincoln and Harley tried to explain the situation to Lola and the Iron Giant. Though it took a couple tries as Lola kept questioning how nothing could possibly hurt them. Bringing the Iron Giant back to the batcave posed a couple issues though Batman solved it by using some kind of technology to shrink the Iron Giant down. He still towered over everyone but he could at least fit in the batcave now.
"Bugs! I can't belive you're here too!" Lola exclaimed as she ran over to Bugs.
Bugs' confident aura seemed to dissipate slightly once he noticed Lola. "Lola? W-What are you doing here?"
As Lola chatted Bugs' ears off, Lincoln and Harley had just explained what had happened to Batman, whose expression darkened at the mention of The Joker. "I was hoping he wouldn't be involved in this. I wouldn't have thought that The Nothing would be able to get anyone to fight for it."
"What are we gonna do now?" Lincoln asked.
Batman sighed. "I'm not sure. We still know nothing about The Nothing. We need to figure out where it is and how to stop it. I was hoping your grandfather would help us figure it out but..."
"But he ran off." Lincoln finished. Maybe it was time to call Rick back over.
...
For once, Rick was now in a team match as he found himself teamed up with none other than Lucy herself. The two were teleported to an extremely familiar location as Rick looked around in surprise. "Hey, wait a minute, this is our house!" He exclaimed as indeed, the fight would take place just outside of the Loud House.
"Sigh. Why are you here, Rick?" Lucy asked.
Rick slumped. "Honestly, at this point, I'm questioning that myself. Alright, who are we fighting again?"
The two looked over to where they saw one of their opponent. He appeared to be a nervous looking wallaby wearing a blue hawaiian shirt. He gave the two a small wave. "O-Oh. Hello. I guess we'll be fighting, huh? My name's Rocko."
Rick and Lucy stared at Rocko for a moment before Rick shrugged. "Alright, well this looks like an easy win. Where's our other opponent?"
"Right here!" The two looked up to see what looked like a teenage robot guy floating above them before she landed next to Rocko. She had white skin, blue 'pigtails' bolted to her head and wore a turquoise crop top, miniskirt and boots. She arm morphed into some kind of canon. "The name's Jenny. I hope you two are ready!"
Rick blinked in surprise. "The hell kind of anime did you come from?!"
"Sigh." Was all Lucy said as she pressed a button on her shovel, causing her to glow red.
Rocko gulped. "The All Star Brawl is a very dangerous brawl."
...
"What is happening out there?" Lola asked herself as she heard a load of noise coming from outside. She looked out of the window and found herself staring in bewilderment as Rick and Lucy appeared to be fighting a robot girl and a wallaby. "What the?!"
...
By the time Rick returned to the locker room, he had finally reached the limit of his patience. "Alright, is this shitty tournament done already yet? How does this tournament even work? It doesn't even seem to matter if any of us win or lose. Is this all this? Just random fights with nothing else going on whatsover? Can whoever's in charge of this shit please tell me there's more to this than just that?"
It seemed like Rick's questions were about to be answered as a hole opened in the ceiling. A small platform lowered down from it, revealing none other than Jimmy Neutron. "You're in charge of this?" Rick asked.
Jimmy nodded. "Yep. And you're correct, Rick. I brought all of you here so I could test your combat capabilities."
"Even your dad?" Danny asked.
Jimmy frowned. "Uh, no. Actually, I'm not sure how my dad got down here to begin with."
Everyone stared at Hugh, who looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Well, I was just curious about what you were building down here, son."
"Anyway..." Jimmy continued. "I also brought you all here because your worlds are under a serious threat. There's an entity out there known as The Nothing that seeks to destroy our worlds! It seemed like battles between people from different worlds pacified it, which is why I organized this tournament so I could figure out a way to stop while keeping it a at bay...which I'm still working on."
Rick stared at Jimmy in disbelief. "You gotta be fucking shitting me."
"I'm serious." Jimmy assured him.
Rick pinched the bridge of his nose. "No, it's just...you're not the only one to come up with this kind of plan."
"What do you mean?"
Rick sighed as he got out his portal gun. "Alright, everyone, follow me."
...
Just after Batman and Lincoln were discussing what to do about The Nothing, a portal appeared as Rick stepped out of it. "Hey Batman, turns out your idea wasn't as original as you thought it was." Rick was then followed by everyone involved in the all star brawl entering the batcave.
...
Rick and Lincoln stared at the chaotic scene before them as the people from both groups began to intermingle. "Well, here it is, Lincoln. A scene you'd only ever see in the wildest of fanfics."
"Spongebob, look, it's Mermaid Man!" Patrick exclaimed, pointing at someone.
Spongebob gasped. "He's here too!"
The two ran over to the man until they were close enough to get a good look at him. Patrick scowled. "Hey, wait a minute, you're not Mermaid Man!"
Spongebob glared at the man. "I can't believe someone would rip off Mermaid Man so shamefully!"
Aquaman gave the two a look of bewilderment. "Mermaid Man?"
Tom was still chasing after Jerry when Jerry accidentally bumped into Ren, who turned to give the two a look of fury. "Don't you DARE touch me! YOU LITTLE FREAKS!!"
Tom and Jerry shared a concerned glance as Ren breathed heavily before the two slowly backed away from him.
The Iron Giant slowly approached Jenny. "You're...like...me."
"Huh?" Jenny turned to the giant before smiling. "Oh! I guess you are like me!" Meanwhile, Blossom and Bubbles were staring at Jenny in awe.
Wonder Woman and Sandy were in the middle of an arm wrestling match, which appeared to be surprisingly even. They were being cheered on by Toph, Arya, Buttercup, Helga and another woman that appeared to have come from Aang and Toph's world. She was a muscular woman with dark skin and hair in a ponytail. She wore a light blue, sleeveless turtleneck top and a fleece skirt over some loose blue pants.
Taz and Reptar were sizing each other up, growling at each other.
Superman was currently speaking with another superhero. "To see so many different heroes across the multiverse in one place...what did you say your name was?"
"POWDERRRRED TOOOOAAAAAST MAAAAN." The superhero with a piece of toast for a head exclaimed.
Superman blinked in surprise. "Well, ok then."
A very irritated Batman approached Rick. "Is there a purpose behind this madness?"
Rick shot him a look back. "What do you think? Everyone here wants to take out The Nothing. I'll go track it down and we'll all go beat it or whatever so that this shit is finally done with."
"It's true." Jimmy added, joining the conversation. "The Nothing threatens our worlds too. If we all work together, we'll have a greater chance of victory."
Batman thought about this for a moment before turning to Rick. "I wish you had done that from the start. But I suppose with all of us here, we have a better shot a defeating The Nothing."
"Alright, then let's go already." Rick exclaimed
...
Rick tracked down what world The Nothing had come from. A very strange world known as Fantasia. Upon entering it, the group found themselves in the middle of a seemingly empty forest in the middle of the night. "So this is it?" Betelgeuse asked. "I know it was called The Nothing but..."
Garnet adjusted her shades. "It's nearby. All of us need to be ready for a fight."
Toph's eyes widened. "She's right."
"Hey, it's that gremlin thing from before." Steven exclaimed as he pointer towards a rock that Stripe was perched on.
Stripe let out a sinister chuckle. "Gonna get you." Ge growled as army of similar looking gremlin monsters emerged from the shadows, completely surrounding Rick and Lincoln's group.
"Looks like we're gonna have to fight our way outta this one!" Sandy exclaimed as she got into a fighting stance.
"Uhh..." The Banana Guard awkwardly prepared his spear.
"I did NOT sign up for this!" Helga exclaimed fearfully as she prepared her slingshot.
"Stay by me." Jack told the two. "I will not allow harm to come to any of us."
"Let's go!" Jenny exclaimed as everyone charged towards the army of gremlins.
...
As the battle waged on, everyone started to split into smaller groups as they took out as many gremlins as they good. Lincoln found himself teamed up with Steven, Arya and Hugh. As they walked through the forest, trying to find any remaning gremlins, Hugh tried to start a conversation with Arya. "Say, Arya, I heard that you know how to make a real mean pie! Is that true?" Arya gave Hugh a look of bewilderment before shaking her head and walking off. "Deugh, was it something I said?"
Lincoln then suddenly stopped as his eyes widened in horror. "What is THAT?!"
Lincoln had spotted a rather horrifying figure in the shadows. He was a hulking man wearing a tattered, brown jacket and a hockey mask over his face. Whatever skin was visible appeared to be rotting. He was also holding a machete with blood stains on it.
The sight of the man left Lincoln terrified. It was like something out of The Harvester. "Guys! I really think we should run!"
Jason began to slowly approach the group. Arya pointed her sword towards him. "Stop right there!" Jason continued moving forward. "I warned you!" Arya lunged forwards and stabbed Jason in the stomach. This didn't appear to affect Jason at all. Arya's eyes widened in fear as Jason raised his machete. "Seven hells!"
Arya pulled out her sword and fell back to the ground. Before Jason was able to slash her, Steven formed a bubble around their whole group to protect them as Jason's machete harmlessly bounced off of it. Steven gave Jason a nervous smile. "I-I don't suppose you wanna talk this out, huh?" Jason responded by trying to slash at the bubble again. "Guess not!"
"You know, I'm beginning to suspect this guy isn't a real professional hockey player." Hugh remarked.
Arya gave Hugh a look of fury. "Do you have anything to offer other than stupid comments?!"
Luckily, the four were saved as what look like a dash of green light crashed into Jason, sending him flying into a tree with enough force to send it toppling down. "Yeah! How'd you like that you creep!" Buttercup bragged. Though this did stun him, Jason began to slowly get back up, surprising Buttercup. "What the?"
"What's going on?" Blossom asked as she dashed up to Buttercup.
Bubbles dashed up to her sisters before giving Jason a look of disgust. "Ew, why's this man so icky?"
"Guys, be careful!" Lincoln shouted. "You're basically fighting a horror movie monster!"
Bubbles began trembling slightly. "H-H-Horror?"
"Looks like we'll have to go all out then." Blossom stated. Both Bubbles and Buttercup nodded in response.
Bubbles started by dashing towards Jason and without giving him time to react, she delivered an uppercut to him, sending him high in the sky. Her sisters then joined her and flew towards Jason where they each delivered a powerful kick all at the same time. This sent Jason even higher to the point where he could no longer be seen as he has likely left the planet's atmosphere. The three flew back down to the others.
"Is he gonna come back down." Steven asked.
Buttercup shrugged. "Probably not."
Steven let out a sigh of relief as he let his shields down. "Are you okay?" Lincoln asked him.
Steven took a couple deep breaths. "Yeah...it's just...man, sometimes I kinda miss when things felt normal."
Lincoln sighed. "I know how that feels. Sometimes it feels like my adventures with Rick just keep getting weirder and weirder."
Steven chuckled. "Yeah. This is even weirder than the time me and everyone else just fell asleep for a whole week."
Lincoln blinked in surprise. "Wait, what?"
...
Rick was currently alone when he encountered some pointy eared guy in a black superhero costume. "You face Black Adam!" The man declared. "King of Kahndaq! Now prepare as the hierarchy of power is about to-"
"Don't care." Rick said as he fired a portal near Black Adam.
"AAAARRGGH!" The portal led directly into a Black hole which Black Adam was instantly sucked into before Rick closed the portal.
A moment later, the bulldog, which Rick had learned was called Jake, emerged into the area Rick was in. "Hey, what was that sound earlier?"
Rick shrugged. "Nothing important."
"Ok...say, are you good?"
Rick raised an eyebrow at Jake. "What?"
"It's just...I'd say I'm pretty good at reading people and something tells me you have a real chequered past. Not that I'm judging you or anything. I have a pretty chequered past myself. I was just wondering if you wanna talk about it?"
Rick blinked in confusion before shaking his head. "Yeah, no, I am not having a conversation like this, with you of all people, in a place like this."
As Rick walked away, Jake slowly shook his head. "Man, that guy's real messed up."
...
Marvin had just vaporised another gremlin with his ray gun. "Ha ha! Take that you...fiend!"
"Mwa ha ha! Excellent work, martian!" Zim complimented Marvin. "With our combined might, we shall rain doom upon our foes!"
Marvin clasped his hands. "Oh, how lovely. We shall indeed spread all the doom my irken friend!"
Zim raised his fists. "All of our lovely doom!"
Meanwhile, the two were currently being watched by Lucy, Raven and Marceline. "Is it weird that I kind of adore them?" Lucy asked.
Raven shrugged. "I kinda get it." Raven turned to Marceline. "So, you're dad's a demon too, huh?"
Marceline waved his hand dismissively. "Yeah, but he's kind of a butt."
Raven rolled her eyes. "Tell me about it."
"So, you're not a vampire?" Lucy asked Marceline.
"I'm a half demon vampire." Marceline explained.
"Oh." Lucy replied somewhat awkwardly.
Marceline raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? Bad experiences with vampires?"
"You can tell?"
"Same with me, actually." Marceline explained. "Besides, I don't even drink blood. I drink the colour red."
Raven raised an eyebrow. "How does that work?"
Before the conversation could continue, all five of them heard some sinister laughter. Zim stood his ground. "Who dares laugh at the powerful Zim and the mighty Marvin?!"
Raven's eyes widened. "Not him..."
The Joker emerged from behind the trees. "You two are hilarious! But I bet you'd be even funnier with some smiles on those faces!" He then kicked a cannister with some green gas leaking from it over to the two aliens.
Raven tried to reach out to the two. "NO!"
The Joker let out a maniacal laugh. At least until he realised the gas wasn't working at all. "What?!"
Zim blinked in confusion before he grinned. "HA! Foolish, ugly, Earth clown! Your gas is worthless against us."
Marvin shrugged. "I don't even have a mouth."
The Joker scowled. "Why you-"
"Azarath metrion zinthos!" Before The Joker could do anything else, he found himself enveloped in black magic as Raven pulled him over towards the trio of goths. Marceline then transformed into a huge bat monster before grabbing The Joker and slamming him into the ground. "GAH!"
As The Joker laid on the ground in pain, Lucy approached him with her shovel. "This is for threatening my brother." She then wacked his head with it, knocking him out.
...
As Aang used his airbending to fend off the gremlins, he sensed another one was about to attack him from behind. Luckily, he was saved by that other waterbender. He gave her a grateful smile. "Thanks for the save, Korra!"
Korra gave Aang a somewhat nervous smile. "Uh, no problem Aang."
"You're a pretty good waterbender. I'm surprised we never met when we were at the North Pole." Aang then held his chin in thought. "Though I thought women weren't allowed to be trained in waterbending there?"
Korra froze up. "Oh, that's because...I don't live in the North Pole and I was trained by...someone...else."
"Someone else?" Aang repeated. Korra stiffly nodded her head. Aang shrugged. "Ok then."
Korra let out a sigh of relief. She didn't know how she and the last avatar both got sucked into this mess but whatever the reason, she decided it was best to hide her true identity from him just in case it messed with the timeline.
The two were soon joined by Rick, who was also joined by Spongebob and Batman. Whether or not he wanted them with him. "There doesn't seem to be many gremlins remaining." Batman remarked.
"Then we just need to find The Nothing, right?" Aang asked.
"Rick...Sanchez." The five heard a voice and looked over to see a strange man in a black suit. Despite the fact that it was night time, he was wearing sunglasses.
Rick seemed to recognise the man. "What the hell? You're the guy from The Matrix? How are you even here?"
"The Nothing saw fit to free me from the system and bring me into the real world and so I now serve it's purpose in the destruction of all that is." Agent Smith coldly explained as he got out his gun.
Rick frowned. "I swear to God, if any of you do a slow motion sequence."
He fired a couple shots towards Spongebob. Luckily enough, all of them just went through his holes. "Huh?"
Agent Smith glared at Spongebob. "Spongebob...Squarepants, I presume."
Spongebob laughed. "Bahahaha. You talk funny."
Agent Smith sneered. However, before he could act, he let a glitched scream as he was suddenly vaporised.
"What did you do?" Batman asked Rick, who had been typing something on some kind of virtual screen.
"I deleted him. Dude was somehow still made of code. What, does this violate your no kill rule or something?" Rick asked.
Batman sighed, shaking his head. "Forget it. Let's keep moving forward."
Meanwhile, Aang and Korra had stared at what happened in complete confusion. "Uh...what just happened." Aang asked.
...
Eventually, everyone reconveined together at what looked like the edge of a cliff. They were all staring at what looked like a sea of dark green storm clouds. They had finally found The Nothing. "We made it!" Spongebob cheered. "Now what?"
Batman turned to Rick. "Well, Rick? This was your plan. What now?"
"Y-Yeah, I'm thinking of it." Rick said. Truthfully, he was still trying to figure out what it was he was actually looking at.
"You should probably figure it out soon, man." Finn suggested, looking somewhat on edge.
"Yeah, I'm getting a really bad feeling from this." Danny added.
Rick scowled. "I'm thinking. Just give me a-"
"Rick."
Rick's eyes widened. He heard the words yet he did not hear a voice. "W-What the?" Rick blinked and in an instant, he found himself floating in some kind of space-like void with stars and nebulae in the distance.
"We are the same."
"You have no dreams."
"You have no hopes."
"Nothing matters."
"So embrace the nothing."
Rick couldn't move. He couldn't even breathe. Was this it? Was this how it all ends? Consumed by nothing? In a way, he supposed this was almost fitting. And yet a part of him wondered if it what it said was really true. Not that it matters. There was nothing he could do. Everything began to go dark.
...
...
...
Rick blinked. Suddenly, he was back in reality with everyone. The Nothing was gone now as everything it had consumed from this world had been restored. "Huh? What?"
"I did it?" Lincoln asked himself.
Rick looked over at Lincoln. "D-Did what?"
"I don't know? I sorta just...wished The Nothing would go away and it just...did?"
Everyone stared blankly at Lincoln for a moment before Spongebob cheered. "Hooray for Lincoln!" Causing everyone else to start cheering for him.
Meanwhile, Rick found himself staring into space. "Man, fuck my life."
...
Unbeknownst to everyone there, the group were being watched by someone through a portal. Vlad Plasmius narrowed his eyes. "Soon." He said to himself. Once his machine was finished, both his and their universes would be his.
