The fight isn't quite over yet!
Chapter 2: Lost Pride
Lehcar and Scarlet kept running as Rachel and Violet pursued. Scarlet threw a shuriken, but Violet jumped and Wall Kicked off several buildings before tackling Scar. Lehcar stopped and turned to Rachel, throwing several fireballs, which Rachel spun her staff and shielded from. Rachel dashed in front of a building as Lehcar charged a lightning bolt and fired. Rachel bounced off her staff, going several feet in the air, and Lehcar fired upwards. The Negative missed and blew a hole in a high story of the building.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Cleveland Brown screamed as he started sliding down the tilting floor in his bathtub again. "No no no no NO—AAHHH!" Cleveland screamed when he started falling the long way. Lehcar saw him, charged, and jump-kicked his bathtub over to Rachel, who jumped and dodged. "It's one thing to destroy my apartment, but using me as a projectile just plain ain't fair!"
Lehcar and Rachel clashed with their once again as Violet and Scarlet clashed their claws. Lehcar knocked the weapon out of her hands and kicked her to the ground, and Rachel looked terrified as Lehcar stood over her, about to stab down. She stopped when they heard sirens in the distance. "Looks like my work is done! Seeing as you're responsible and I'm not, you wouldn't mind taking the blame, would you? Thanks!" With that, she ran over, grabbed Scarlet, and used Rocket Boost to escape.
Violet ran over to help Rachel up just in time for the cops to appear and surround them. The chief stepped forward and said, "Alright, you two are coming with us."
"We didn't DO anything!" Rachel shouted.
"We saw the whole thing. A blonde girl wearing a sweater and helmet, and a girl with cat ears and a tail."
"It wasn't us!" Violet argued. "They were two girls who look like us! Didn't you notice the different color schemes?!"
"Give up, Violet." Rachel sighed. "It didn't work in Sonic Adventure 2, it's not gonna work here."
The chief then approached them with two handcuffs. "You girls are coming with us." But before he could reach them, they had to duck from laser fire from the sky.
Chad Dickson came down in his Battle Ready Armor and grabbed onto them. "I'll get you out of here!" With that, they held on tight as the teenage spy flew them away, the cops watching them vanish into the night.
Brotherhood H.Q.
Lehcar and Scarlet returned to Brotherhood Base, dashing up to Mallah and The Brain (who were still playing chess), then giving each other a high-five. "HI, SCARLET!"
"REOW!" Scarlet yelped, turning to see the Toxic Four and Yllaw.
"Hey, Lehcar!" Yllaw greeted, holding his hands behind his back. He and Leo grinned widely as they approached them.
The two rose their brows. "What's up, you two?" Lehcar asked, suspicious.
"About the whole deal with Giratina before, Ah'm really sorry about getting you arrested." Yllaw said.
"Aw, how adorable that you're begging my forgiveness."
"Anyway," Leo spoke up, "Yllaw and me decided to pitch in and give you two a little present!"
"Yes…?" Scarlet was curious.
"We know how much you two like torture, so we got you your very own…" With that, Yllaw pulled Kweeb out from behind his back and held him up for Lehcar and Scar.
"ALIEN PET!" he and Leo chorused.
The two girls smiled and gasped joyfully. "Aw, it's adorable!" Lehcar beamed, taking the tiny alien as he tried to squirm away.
"Awww! He's so tiny and helpless!" Scarlet cooed, playfully poking Kweeb.
"Ergh! Let me go!"
"Awe! The way you so helplessly squirm between my fingertips, blind to the fact that you're helpless, is just SOO adorable!" Lehcar squealed.
"I'm not helpless! Put me down and I'll kick your butt easy!"
"Uh… no. If I do, you'll just cower to the nearest mouse hole you see. Pests like you always do that."
"I will not! I CAN kick your butt!"
Lehcar just chuckled. "Pitiful. You know, when I was little – not as little as you, of course – my father would always entertain me with stories of the Minish, a race of the teeniest little vermin you'd ever see, how they struggle to survive in the world around them, yet they would always be brave and stand strong, no matter how tiny they were… and then we would both LAUGH, ha ha ha ha! And your pathetic little species, whatever it is, is no different! Because I'm sure your planet is home to worthless bugs, too blind to realize their size amounts to nothing! I could reduce your whole planet to a barren wasteland in a matter of seconds!"
"Don't underestimate us, you pyro maniac!"
"Come on, Lehcar, let's just eat him." Scarlet said.
"Hang on, Scar. I wanna have a little fun first."
"What do you mean?" Kweeb asked.
"Listen, you. Normally, I would crush all those that oppose me. But since you're so small, I'll give you a choice: if you surrender now, I'll let you spend the rest of your life as my pet."
"No way! Why would I sell away my life just to be your plaything?"
"You should be honored." Scarlet smirked. "In case you don't know, Lehcar is the daughter of Ganondorf, the King of Evil. That would make her a princess."
"I don't care if she's a princess. I'm never obeying her!"
"We'll see about that when you see your friend." Scarlet said as Danika dragged in Ava, who was tied up, followed by Nolan.
"Ava?"
"Nnn… Kweeb…" Ava grunted.
"Agree to be my pet, and you won't have to see your friend die." Lehcar said as Danika held a dagger to Ava's neck.
"No! Leave her alone!"
"But I wonder who would miss who more." Scarlet said, pointing a claw at Kweeb. "You missing her, or vice versa."
"Take your stinking claws off him, you darn dirty cat!" Ava hissed.
"So, what's it gonna be, Kweeby?" Lehcar asked, holding him to her big, dark-yellow eyes. "Living a caged life, or seeing a waterfall of blood spew from your girlfriend's neck?"
"I'd rather die than see Kweeb be your slave!" Ava shouted.
"'Guess that's it then." Dani said. "Have a nice afterlife." And she was about to slice her throat when-
"WAIT!" At this, she stopped to look at Kweeb, who looked at Lehcar. "Okay."
Ava's mouth dropped.
"Aw, good boy!" Lehcar smiled, opening her hand for Kweeb to stand in her palm. She patted the little alien on the head. "No wonder the GKND chose you: you were one of the few to admit you're weak. Isn't that right?"
"Y-Yes. That's right. I…I am weak…"
Ava's mouth hung open, at a complete loss for words. Nothing could describe the shame she was feeling for Kweeb right now.
"I know I'm right. Now… let's go show you your-"
"Lehcar." The girls were about to walk away, but stopped and turned to Ganon.
"Oh! Hello, Father!"
"You failed to complete your mission. It seems you still need more training."
"But Father! I wanna play with my new pet first!"
"Are you defying me?" Ganon asked, drawing his sword.
"N-No… Father. I'll go practice!" She handed Kweeb to Scarlet and said, "Here, Scar. You can go play with him first." With that, the werecat smirked to the terrified alien as she carried him off. The Toxic Four, Danika, and Nolan took Ava away.
"Koume! Kotake! Get in here!" Ganondorf ordered. Just then, a fire and an ice ball flew into the room and became two witches with black and white robes and dark-yellow skin. (Play Koume and Kotake's Theme from Ocarina of Time.)
"Ah, the great Ganondorf's daughter has returned, oh ho ho!" Koume said.
"It would appear that way, Koume, eee hee hee!"
"It seems she needs a little more training." Ganondorf said. "See to that."
"As you command, My Lord, oh ho ho." Koume replied.
"Let's go, my dear, wee hee hee." With that, the two witches flew out on their brooms as Lehcar followed them.
"VAATI! ZANT! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Ganondorf shouted.
"NYAAAAHHHH!" Just then, a chubby man with fancy clothing and a metal mask came screaming and spinning in the room, posing as he came to a stop. A huge wind gust then blew in and spiraled into a small whirlwind, becoming a teenage boy with pale skin, silver hair, and dark clothing with a pointy hat.
"Deliver the message to Harvey McKenzie." Ganondorf ordered, tossing them Darkness Cannons. "And don't fail me." The two henchmen nodded and sped out rapidly.
"Come, you two." Brain said to Mallah and Ganon. "It is time for recruitment. Eggman should be finished by now." With that, the three villains headed out. (End song.)
Matthews Household
It was a peaceful night at Emily Matthews' house. Cosmo and Nova were sitting on the floor, playing a videogame, while Emily was laying on the couch, reading a book, her new Zuri pet curled up on her back. She heard the doorbell and got up to answer to find a girl with brown hair, a green T-shirt with a white sweatshirt underneath, blue jeans, green eyes, and white shoes. "Hey, Annie!" Emily greeted.
"Hey, Emily. You said you wanted me to come over?"
"Yeah! Come here and check it out!" she said, leading her over to the aliens. "Cosmo, Nova, Zuri, this is my friend, Annie. Annie, these are Cosmo, Nova, and my pet, Zuri!"
"Hey!" they all greeted.
Annie couldn't help but gape. "A-Are those… aliens?"
"I KNOW, RIGHT? Ever since that invasion happened, I just KNEW they were real!"
"When…When did you meet them?"
"It's a long story, really!" Nova said. "You see, several nights ago, we were-" She stopped when they heard a knock at the door. Emily went to answer it, a confused look on her face. She was met with a red-haired man, accompanied by many others.
"'Ello, fair maiden!" Mad Mod greeted. "Sorry if we're interrupting one of your li'l teenage partie,… but we're afraid your little party with these aliens is OVER!"
"Eat lasers!" Gizmo exclaimed, firing lasers straight at the teenager, but Emily dodged just in time.
Mumbo Jumbo charged in and ran over to the aliens. "Mumbo Vanish-o!" He waved his wand and Disapparated himself and the aliens.
"OH NO!" the girls cried.
Mumbo, Cosmo, and Nova reappeared outside, where Mammoth ran and grabbed the aliens in his huge arms. "Let's go!" he yelled as they retreated. The girls immediately ran after them, dodging bullets from a squadron of Stormtroopers.
"ZURIII!" Zuri cried, running and tackling the Stormtroopers.
"Oh, God!" Gary said frightfully, shooting one more blast and running with Dan.
As they chased the villains into the forest, Gizmo shot a net at them and trapped the girls. "HA! You girls ain't no crud-munchin' Titans!" Zuri simply used his Iron Tail and broke them free. "WAH!" Gizmo screamed when Zuri whacked and knocked him several feet away.
Emily was suddenly pulled into the shadows by Kyd Wykkyd. Annie gasped and ran to grab Gary's gun, knocking him in the head with it and taking it, shooting at the shadow and forcing Kyd out with Emily. He became a shadow once more and slid after the other villains while Gary took his gun back.
"ZURI!" Zuri screamed when Atlas landed out of nowhere and grabbed him.
"Zuri!" Emily screamed as they chased. They watched as the villains were boarding some sort of spaceship, trying their best to fight through the Stormtroopers and chase them.
Villains' Convention Center
The legions of KND villains were gathering into the Villains' Convention Center, engaging each other in conversations. "Why do you think Father wanted us here?" Mr. Boss asked Crazy Old Cat Lady.
"OOH! I hope he's announcing the new dental care treatment!" Knightbrace said hopefully.
"All I can say is it better be important." Prom Queen said.
"But must we really be so bunched up like this?" Ms. Chow asked.
In an instant, the lights went out and the villains turned their attention to the podium. They watched with surprised expressions as Immortus, Madame Rouge, Mallah, and The Brain stepped on stage.
"WAIT! We're here!" Eggman shouted, running into the chamber with his henchmen and several other villains.
"Ingenious plan, Doctor!" Decoe said.
"Letting the Kids Next Door capture us just to break out the other villains from the inside was spectacular!" Bocoe followed.
"Hey, you're not Father!" Mr. Boss exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger.
"Please, excuse the misinformation and allow me to introduce myself. I am Darth Genious. Better known as The Brain. Supreme Leader of the Brotherhood of Evil."
"What are you doing here, Genious?" Mr. Boss asked.
"I am here to bring you to my ranks. Tell me: do you seek revenge on the Kids Next Door?"
"Yeah, but we already have a leader: Father." Cree said.
"Indeed. And where has Father led you up to this point?"
"Y'know, he has a point, y'know?" The Steve said. "Father, like, hasn't gotten us ANYWHERE! He couldn't even figure out those spies!"
"You couldn't detect them either, you know." Numbuh 12/Molly Abrams said.
"Correct. That is why I am here to lead you on a path of victory." Brain said. "Joining the ranks of other powerful villains, led by the most powerful Sith Lord alive, will guarantee success against them."
"Oh yeah?" Mr. Boss replied. "And just how do YOU plan to destroy 'em? How do we know you're any different?"
"I bet you couldn't even beat that Wally squirt!" Ernest shouted.
"YOU weren't so tough against him either, Ernie." Jerry Rassic retorted.
"IT'S ERNEST!"
Just then, Ganondorf stepped out on stage. "Ahem."
They turned to face him, confusedly.
"You will be serving under a power higher than you think." Ganondorf said. "You see, you will be serving under, not only The Brain, but the command of Negatar Gnaa, the Dark Master of the Negaverse. And if you side with him, you will be unstoppable, and finally have revenge on the Kids Next Door once and for all."
"Once our victory is assured, this universe will be ours. You shall have everything your hearts desire." Darth Genious said.
The villains thought for a moment. "Um… will we have fully functioning toilets?" Toiletnator asked.
"You shall."
"O-kay! We'll do it!" Mr. Boss declared.
"YEAH!" the villains cheered.
"Then I welcome all of you to the Brotherhood of Evil. Your duties will begin… once you have signed in on the desk to the left of you. Now then… Dr. Eggman, have you brought her?"
Eggman's henchmen dragged in a teenage girl with long blonde hair, a red sweater, black skirt, and lace-up red boots. The Brain used his psychic and lifted her by the shirt collar. "Ahh! Let me go!" April squirmed as she was levitated over to Brain, who dropped her on stage.
"In here." April followed Brain behind the curtains, to a room with two Stormtroopers. They stopped and turned to each other. "Now… you have powers, April, do you not?"
"What's it to you? Who are you, anyway?"
"Do not fear. Your powers are just the thing we need. But first… let us make sure." He used psychic to lift a Stormtrooper and drop him in front of April.
April closed her eyes and focused energy onto the soldier. "Hey, everybody! Wonderful day today, huh?" the Trooper asked, happily. April waved her arms a little. "GAH! I HATE this armor!" the soldier yelled, angrily. "Why can't we ever win?!" he cried, sadly. "I-I-I'm s-s-scared."
"Intriguing." The Brain said. "So, this is emotionbending. A very rare power indeed. But let me see your… full potential."
April shut her eyes and closed her hands tight. "AHH! AAHHH!" the Stormtrooper screamed, rolling around on the floor and gripping his head. "I-I… c-can't… AAAHHHHHH!" And soon, the Stormtrooper passed out and died.
April gasped, falling to the ground on her knees and panting heavily.
The Brain rolled over to her as she looked up. "Good work, my dear. Your powers over the mind prove useful. And if you do, I can give you what you most desire."
"And what would that be?"
"I can read it in your mind. You wish for revenge on your brother. Revenge on those who have mistreated you. Just like we do."
"…Well, when you put it that way, who am I to say 'no'?"
Outside Emily's House
"YAH! That's the last of 'em." Emily said, knocking out the last Stormtrooper.
"LOOK!" Annie screamed, pointing to the spaceship, which was about to take off.
The girls ran to it quickly. "Jump!" Emily yelled as they jumped and grabbed hold of the edge of the hatchway. They held on tight as they were high in the sky, unnoticed by the passengers.
"Hoo! That was close." Dan sighed with relief.
"Yeah. I'm gonna shut this-" Gary began, about to walk over and shut the door when-
"YAH!" The girls climbed in and kicked him to the ground.
"Hey!" Dan yelled, running to attack them, but Annie kicked him in the crotch and pushed him away.
Gary recovered and was about to shoot them when Emily grabbed his gun and tried to pull away. "H-Hey! Let go!"
Annie wrapped around him from behind, trying to pull him back, when suddenly, they backed over to the open doorway and fell out. "AAHHH!"
"GARY!" Dan cried, running to look over the edge. He saw nothing but the ground thousands of feet below them. He suspected the worst. "Well… it was nice knowing you." With that, he shut the door and went down the hall.
"AAHHH!" the three kept screaming, falling to the forest below. After falling through a few tree branches, they landed softly on the ground.
"Ohhh…" Gary groaned, holding his head as he tried to stand up.
"AHA!" Annie exclaimed, holding the gun to his head.
"No, no! Don't shoot! I-It wasn't my idea, I was just following orders! I-I have a wife and daughter, a-and things aren't going well with us, so I'm trying my best to get this raise and get a promotion, I-I-"
"Put it down, Annie." Emily said in disbelief. Annie just huffed and lowered the gun.
"Phew. Thanks." Gary said, standing back up. Emily approached him and– "OH!" he yelped when she punched him in the gut.
"Now, START TALKING! Why does your boss want my aliens so bad?"
"I-I dunno! As far as I know, he's targeting any and every Kids Next Door operative he can find. He's freezing them into ice sculptures for his collection."
"He's making a collection of frozen operatives?" Annie asked. "Cool!"
"Where has he taken them?" Emily demanded.
"Their base down in Death Valley. Chances are you'll never see them again."
"Oh, we'll see them again. Because YOU'RE gonna take us there!"
"WHAT? I can't just bring a couple of teenagers to Brotherhood H.Q.! You know how much trouble I'd get in? And this was my last job away from that raise!"
Emily sighed. "Okay… here's the deal: you help us sneak into Brotherhood H.Q., we'll break out Cosmo, Nova, and Zuri before they're frozen, and we'll sneak out. When your boss finds out they're gone, he won't have any idea you played a part, and he might give you your raise anyway for capturing them in the first place."
Gary thought for a moment. "I… guess it could work. But sneaking in won't be easy."
"Don't worry! We're pretty sneaky!" Annie exclaimed. "Right, Em?"
"Uh, yeah… hehe. I guess we are!"
"Well, okay. Oh, uh, I'm Gary, by the way."
"Emily."
"Annie Wilconson!" Annie beamed.
"So, uh… who are we dealing with again?" Emily asked.
"He goes by 'The Brain', but his other name is Darth Genious."
"'Darth'? As in 'Sith Lord'? Like from Star Wars?"
"That's right."
"E-yep!" Emily exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air, both in exasperation and excitement. "This day gets BETTER AND BETTER!"
Cleveland Park
Nigel Uno was at the park with Eva the next day, doing research on a computer. "You think Rachel got out okay?" Eva asked.
"Sure she did. She's Rachel, isn't she?"
"Good point. I'm still thinking about that little Dream World we had the other day. You think that could've really been just a dream?"
"A dream we both had is definitely suspicious. I've been trying to look up this 'Chronicler', but nothing comes up. I wonder if-" He stopped when he noticed Muffy Jenkins walk by. "Oh, Muffy!" He ran over to her.
"Hm? Oh! Uh, hey Nigel."
"Muffy, this is my cousin, Eva. Eva, this is Muffy."
"Nice to meet you!" Eva said, getting up and shaking her hand.
"Vividly." 'Muffy' said through gritted teeth.
"Muffy was on vacation for a while, but when she came back, we became friends." Nigel said to Eva.
"Really? I'm surprised someone as pretty as her would wanna hang out with a baldy Rainbow Monkey Lover!"
"EVA!" Nigel yelled. 'Muffy' and Eva just giggled.
"Nigel." A Jamaican voice spoke. They all looked back to see Rachel, Violet, Grim, and Chad.
"Grim? Chad? Rachel and Violet, too?"
"We need to talk." Grim said in a serious tone. Nigel and Eva exchanged confused glances and walked over, with Muffy joining them.
"Nigel, you remember that Negaverse you told me about once?" Rachel asked.
"Yes?"
"Me and Violet were just attacked by Negative counterparts of ourselves!"
"You were?"
"Um, actually, that other girl wasn't a Negative." Violet spoke softly.
Rachel turned to her with a raised brow. "Then, who?"
Violet sighed and closed her eyes. "That was Scarlet. My cousin."
The team looked slightly surprised. "Your cousin?" Rachel asked.
She sighed again. "Yeah… it's a long story."
"We'll get to that later." Grim said. "There's something you should know: Ganondorf has returned."
"Ganondorf?" Eva asked. "Who's that?"
"Ganondorf is an Evil King who once tried taking over the Demon Realm by killing your family." Grim explained to Nigel. "After he killed your grandmother, he was banished to the Negaverse. But he's returned."
"A demon that tried overthrowing Malladus?" Nigel asked.
"Actually, Ganondorf was born in the Gerudo Tribe of the desert. Ganondorf was a firebender, but he got hold of a sacred relic called the Triforce of Power, making him an all-powerful sorcerer. He wanted to obtain more power, which he sought to do by overthrowing the Uno Family and becoming Demon King, but he could never succeed. He's returned now, and that demonic girl that was Rachel's opposite was working for him. And while I may be King now, you're still royal blood, which means Ganon will be after you. So, be careful."
Nigel gulped. "Sounds like a real problem. But what's Chad doing here?"
"Ganon isn't the only problem. The Brotherhood of Evil's back, too." Chad said.
"The Brotherhood?" Rachel asked. "That villainous organization led by The Brain?"
"Yes. They just recruited all of the KND's enemies. And they kidnapped my sister."
"Your sister?" Nigel asked.
"Her name's April. She was born with these weird powers to control emotions. When she went to training, we didn't let her in because her powers were so dangerous."
"Well, at least they could've helped us!" Rachel yelled. "Now they're in the hands of some madman!"
"So, we basically have two different evil rulers to worry about." Nigel figured.
"Make that three, if they're working for Lord Gnaa." Rachel said.
"Lord… Gnaa?" Grim asked, curious.
"Yeah… do you know him?" Rachel asked.
"It can't be… I have to go." Grim said in a hurry. "I'll talk to you later. Be careful." With that, Grim opened a portal and went back to the Underworld.
"So… what now?" Violet asked.
"I say we sneak into Brotherhood Base and find out what they're up to." Rachel suggested.
"That's not gonna be very easy." Chad said. "As a Supreme Leader of all villains, and a Sith Lord, The Brain doesn't play around."
"Well, neither do we." Nigel said. "Let's give this Brainiac a little surprise! Wanna come, Muffy? You could try yourself as an operative, too."
"Oh! Uh, no thanks. I have… homework… to do. See ya." With that, she rushed off.
"Well, she's in a hurry." Violet observed. "So, we're going to Death Valley?"
"Yes. I'll go ahead and maybe draw attention away from the guards." Chad said. "Plus, I got a couple of people there I wanna see. The rest'll be up to you."
"And I have to see my cousin." Violet said.
"Alright, then let's go. While we're there, maybe we can learn about this Gnaa person." And at Rachel's command, they were all off.
Death Valley; outside Brotherhood H.Q.
The sky was dark and cloudy over the Death Valley Desert, even though it was really broad daylight. Emily, Annie, and Gary were hiding behind a rock, looking at the base from a distance, along with the many Sentinel Clones surrounding the area. Emily sighed. "Great. More giant robots."
"Told ya it wouldn't be easy sneaking in." Gary said.
"We'll never be able to get in there." Annie said negatively.
"How nice it'd be to be a fly or something right now." Emily said.
"Don't worry. We should be able to. Brain has a lot of air vents around the place. In fact, there's one over there." Gary pointed to an air vent sticking out of a sand dune.
"Geez, what's with these top secret bases and incredibly long air ducts?" Emily asked.
"What's with top secret bases never being so secret?" Annie replied.
"Well, it works to our advantage. Let's sneak in."
"I'll go in first to make sure it's safe." With that, Gary tore open the duct and started to crawl in.
Emily was about to follow when Annie asked, "Emily, are you sure you wanna do this? I mean, we're following a Stormtrooper into some maniacal supervillain's base!"
"I don't care. That guy has my friends in there. They'd do the same for me… and so would you." With that, she crawled in after Gary.
"…Well, you aren't my best friend for nothing. Let's go, girl!" With a more positive smile, Annie started to crawl after her.
Open area of Brotherhood H.Q.
In an open yard of the base, Koume and Kotake watched as Lehcar took several breaths, then began charging lightning in her fingers. After waving her arms around, she pointed upwards and fired a huge lightning bolt to the sky.
"Oh ho ho! Excellent work, eh Koume?"
"One hair out of place, Kotake."
Lehcar's expression became furious as she ripped a single hairpiece in front of her face off her head. "Er-RAAAHH!" She threw a lightning blast and struck Yllaw.
"PLEAH…" he coughed out a smoke cloud as he was covered in soot. "Eh… I'm gonna check on the poisonbenders." he said before walking off.
Scarlet's room
Scarlet quietly sat in her room in the base, sitting on her bed while Kweeb was forced to smoothen her toenails. Scarlet's feet smelled awful at Kweeb's little height, but the Kateenian tried to put up with it. He was singing a song in a very down tone. "Don't mess with B-double-O-Z-E, 'cause that spells booze… Don't mess with Mr. Booze… Don't mess with Mr.-"
"Ugh! Can't you sing anything with a more upbeat tone?" Scarlet asked.
"Well, I told you I can't sing!" Kweeb yelled, taking a break. "What did you expect?! Sing your own song!"
"I already did, technically. But keep working, unless you wanna clean out the wax from my ears with your tongue. And not just the human ears…"
Kweeb's expression grew fearful, so he continued to work on her nails. "Good. And sing a song, too." Scarlet ordered.
"Ahem: when you stub your toe, and it hurts, you know-"
"NO! Not that. Ugh, sing this one!" Scarlet turned on her radio.
Kweeb sang along. "Ah-he-he-hem! I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation!" Scarlet nodded her head up and down, humming music. "You're livin' in the past, it's a new generation! A girl can do what she wants to do-"
"-and that's what I'm gonna do!" Scarlet sang.
"An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation!" they both sang. "Never said I wanted to improve my station!"
"You're livin' in the past-"
"Okay, that's enough!" Scarlet interrupted. "You actually are pretty good in a duet!"
"Thanks! I never really thought I had the voice."
"Well, you do… sorta. If I weren't evil, and you weren't a pet, I'd take you on the road."
"Why are you evil, anyway?" Kweeb asked, taking a break from his work again.
"Because I am, okay? It's how I'm meant to be. And it's the only way I can get revenge on Violet."
"But why would you want revenge on her?"
"I lived with her and her parents since I was little. My own parents died in a car crash. They took Violet away to be part of an experiment, but when she ran away, Aunt Victoria went missing. Violet never came back, and I had to live in an orphanage. Then when I hear from my cousin, she nearly sold away our world to demons, and the Kids Next Door STILL let her join! She's been living a carefree life while I was left to suffer. I need to make her understand the pain I've been feeling." She drew out her claws with a fierce look.
"Isn't that a little extreme? I mean, it was in the past. Even if she was responsible for this stuff, I'm sure she's sorry."
She sighed. "You just don't understand. Worthless pet."
"Scarlet, you're living in the past. It's a new generation. What do you think that means?"
"Just keep working. Here's some food to keep your mouth shut." She ordered, dropping some food pellets beside him.
"Thanks." Kweeb depressedly started eating.
The Brain's chamber
Ganon was watching Brain and Mallah play a quiet game of chess. The doors flew open, and Zant and Vaati entered, approaching and bowing to Ganon. "Ah… did you two deliver the message?" he asked.
"We… had a slight problem. Harvey… he was… gone." Vaati hesitated.
"WHAT?!"
"Th-The treehouse was empty! No one was there but his parents asleep on the floor!" Zant stuttered, full of fear at Ganon's shout.
"Eh… things can never go easy for us."
"Do not fear. We will find them eventually." Brain said. "Evil always finds a way."
General Immortus stepped in. "Sir: there are two girls outside being led by a Stormtrooper. They are crawling through the air ducts."
"Then it is time to lay our trap."
Unknown room of the base
Gary and the two girls made it to a safe, empty room, opening the air duct and falling out. "Hoo. Okay. The aliens should be just down that hall. Let's go before we're spotted." With that, the girls continued down said hall. Gary was about to follow when-
"Gary?"
"AH!" he jumped at the sound of Dan's voice. "Oh, uh, Dan! H-Hey, there!"
"Whoa, Gary, you're alive! For a second, I thought you were finally done!"
Gary chuckled. "Uh, hehe. Well, when you're desperate to protect your family, you just know how to survive…"
"Heh heh, Stormtrooper of the Year!" Dan chuckled. "Listen, I gotta file this report. Catch up with drinks later."
"Y-Yeah, sure." With that, Dan hurried off. Gary released a relieved sigh.
"You ready?" Emily whispered from the other room.
"Er, yeah. Coming."
Gary held his gun raised as he and the girls sidled along the walls of the base. Gary peeked into an open door and waved to the girls to follow him. Finally, they reached a large chamber where the aliens were trapped inside a spherical capsule.
Emily gasped with joy. "Cosmo! Nova! Zuri!"
They gasped and looked to them. "Emily, run, it's a trap!" Nova yelled through the glass. ("Zuri!")
The doors immediately shut as Monsieur Mallah ambushed them and took the girls in his muscular arms. The Brain slid out from the shadows to greet them. "Well, well, well. It seems two little mice have crept into my walls."
"YOU! You're the one that kidnapped my friends!" Emily shouted.
"And Gary…" Brain rolled up to Gary, "many thanks for luring them to my trap."
"Uh, hehe. All in a day's work, Boss."
"YOU TRAITOR!" Emily yelled, trying to shake away from the gorilla in anger.
"Such is life, my dear." Brain replied. "And as for you, Gary, your raise is granted."
"Really?! Great!"
"Now… let the test begin." At his command, the room lit up, revealing eight laser towers in a circle, pointing at a spiraling center.
Mallah took Emily and shoved her in the center. The Brain's eyes and dome glowed as he used his psychic to activate the machine. The whole circle was surrounded by a glowing green barrier. Emily ran to try and smash through, but was zapped and knocked back to the center.
"That won't do." Brain said. "When the test has begun, it must be complete. Prepare the Ghost Zone entry lasers." The laser towers activated and pointed straight at the center where Emily was. Emily tried to run, but Brain used his psychic to hold her in place. Soon, the lasers fired and Emily took the fatal blast.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Emily screamed in great pain as the eight green lasers fired upon her, her skeleton showing from the shock. Deep down inside, her DNA turned slimy green as monstrous faces with red eyes appeared upon it, screaming and waving around. To Annie and the aliens' extreme horror, Emily disintegrated into nothing as a large green portal opened on the floor.
"NOOOOOOOO!" Annie screamed, crying her eyes out.
"Marvelous. Ze Ghost Portal vorks like a charm." Mallah smirked.
"YOU MONSTER!" Annie screamed, trying even harder to shake away from Mallah. "YOU KILLED EMILY! YOU KILLED MY BEST FRIEND!"
Brain merely rolled up to her and said, "Your friend has taken the noble sacrifice of being part of my greatest project. Survived or not, my Ghost Portal is functioning properly. We will now be able to recruit even more villains to our ranks. As for you: Gary, Dan, take her to the holding cell. Then return for your pay."
"Uh… okay." With that, Gary and Dan grabbed the crying girl and dragged her away. Gary wanted to be excited, but could only feel guilty, being responsible for this girl's death. He didn't even know he was leading her to a trap, much less a fatal one…
Plank's Lair
"Brothers and sisters of Wooddom!" Plank exclaimed to his army of wood. "Now is when we march to the Brotherhood Base and take what is ours! With the 2x4 technology we've stolen from the treehouses, we should be an imposing force upon them. We will be even stronger than Animal Farm!"
"YEEEAAAHHH!"
Sector W and Angie sat tied up in a wooden wagon, tied to a wooden horse. "You freaks'll never take over the world!" Harvey exclaimed.
"Oh, we'll see who takes over whom." Plank said, bouncing over to Harvey.
"I'm never bowing down to some piece of cardboard! I'll pee on your face and melt it off!"
"Eww! Gross, much, Harvey?" Sonya asked.
"How sentimental." Plank replied. "Young children these days are so stubborn to see when they're beat... but soon, you'll learn you should've treated US better." With that, Plank bounced away.
"You know, if anyone should be punished, it's Harvey." Angie said. "He kills ants AND leaves his trash around the earth!"
"Like we need more pesky ants! And who gives a crud about cleaning up the earth?"
"The EARTH is our home, Harvey, it gives us food and shelter, and if you aren't grateful, you should just…. Oh…" Suddenly, she fainted.
"I should just what? Perfect time for a NAP, Angie!"
"I wonder what's wrong?" Sonya asked.
"Okay, comrades, time to shove off." And at Plank's command, the wooden army was off. As Sector W sat tied up in their carriage, Angie slept away.
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Next time, we'll see what's up with Angie, but you should be able to guess. Gary and Dan are from Robot Chicken by the way. Introducing April Dickson and Annie Wilconson to my series, the marvelous OCs of April and Fearofchicken13! Well, this has been a long night, so I'll see you later!