Okay, NOW let's do Kami, Ava, and Kweeb's level.
The Venture Through Oceanic Base! The Mermaid Who Shot Poisons!
Oceanic Base
King K. Rool had fallen asleep in his control room, and the chubby croc was snoring loudly. His terminal started to beep, and K. Rool wake up with a light start. "Hnn? What is it?" He pushed the button, and Vector's face appeared onscreen.
"King K. Rool. We just got attacked by two girls in one of the ships. An alien with white skin and some blonde girl."
"There was also a third one." Charmy said, getting in Vector's way. "A yellow boy alien. Only he was really, really small." Vector shoved him away.
"They stole one of the submarines and they're probably headed your way."
"Grrr." Kroctus grumbled. "We'll send someone after them. You three get down here just in case." Vector saluted as the screen switched off.
"RAH!" The Kremling King looked down into a small, toxic pool, where a large, fat mermaid with a green upper half and purple lower half emerged. She was also wearing a belt with an Evil Crystal. "Ah, hello, K. Rool. I trust that my instructions are proving helpful?"
"You've helped us greatly, Ineptune." Kroctus said. "We'll find the Ocean Kingdom before long. But we have an assignment for you: we suspect three operatives are arriving at the base. We want you to stop them, before they discover anything."
"OH, with pleasure, my dear. As long as I can have my revenge on the People of the Water, it'll ALL be worthwhile, mwah ha ha hah!" The evil mermaid laughed maniacally as she dove back in.
Outside the base
Outside, a small submarine was approaching, and Kami, Ava, and Kweeb looked out at the large, round underwater base. "You think this is the Oceanic Base?" Ava asked.
"Maybe. Unless somebody built some OTHER gigantic fortress under the sea." Kami remarked.
"Come on, you two, we have to see what these Kremling guys are up to." Kweeb demanded.
Kami opened the floor hatch as Ava studied the radar. "There's a secret passage just down that cliffside." She pointed out. "We'll dive and sneak in through there. Let's go!" (Play the Aquatic Base 1 Theme from Sonic 2006!)
Stage 18: Oceanic Base
Mission: Find out what the Kremlings are up to!
Act 1
Kami and Ava dove into the water, Kweeb holding onto Ava's hair as she swam, going into the dark chasm in a trench below the base. They found a small tunnel that led inside, then resurfaced inside and climbed out. They were immediately ambushed by three Bazukas, firing their large guns. Kami and Ava dodged the TNT barrels they fired, sliding over to knock the first two Kremlings out. Kweeb ran over to the third one, biting his toe, making it scream and drop his gun. Kami picked it up and shot him, then used it to blow down the door to the next room.
The next room held floating platforms going over a pool of Snapjaws. The gang hopped across them, while also jumping lasers between the platforms. Kami tripped and fell over at the last one, but Ava caught and helped her up before a Snapjaw jumped and bit her. When they got to an area where the path continued up a metal wall, Ava threw and stuck her swords in the wall, using them to hop up, followed by Kami. Once they were on top, Ava reached her arms out to call her swords back.
"Hey, I thought you said you didn't have any powers." Kami said.
"You mean your people can't call swords back to themselves?" Ava asked.
"Apparently not…"
They came to a long hallway of several treadmills going over a dark pit. They had to run along the treadmills as it moved opposite of where they were going, while lasers moved across them as well. When the treadmills ended, a couple Kopter Kremlings hovered over the pit, the operatives carefully jumping across them, landing on another series of treadmills on the other side.
On that side, some Koindozer Kremlings started trying to shove them off, but they jumped, causing the Kremlings to fall over instead. Some Koindozers stood on small platforms that the gang had to cross, holding their shields directly upward so they couldn't jump them. However, the kids simply used the shields as platforms and leapt off before they could throw them off. When at the last treadmill, two Koindozers from both ends tried to squash them, but the kids jumped, making them ram each other. When they reached the other side, two Krumples guarded the door and attacked them.
Ava tried to slice one with her swords, but his hard abs appeared too strong, so he laughed. The other one tried to punch Kami, but she grabbed its fist and hurled him over the edge as he screamed. Kweeb hopped off Ava's shoulder onto the other's nose, biting it before jumping down. The buff Kremling tried to stomp on him, but the little alien bit its toe, making it hop around in pain before Ava kicked him over the edge. The door opened and the three continued down a hallway of many steel crates.
Unbeknownst to them, a Krosshair was locking onto them, nearly shooting Kami before she jumped back. "What was that? !" she shouted. The Krosshair locked onto Ava next, who jumped before it shot her.
"Something's locking onto us." She figured, the three hiding behind some crates before the Krosshair shot again. They kept running and crouching behind more crates as the Krosshair kept aiming for them. After reaching the end of the hallway, they were out of the marksman's range. A series of strange silver balls were floating over another bottomless pit, and the gang saw a lever on the other side.
"Leave this to me." Kweeb smiled proudly, the tiny alien proceeding to hop across the balls himself, due to being small enough. As he leapt across, a couple Kremlings working giant magnets, both on opposite sides of the walls, started pulling the silver balls in, with Kweeb hanging on as they switched back and forth. He spotted the Kremlings and shot them in the eyes, making them fall over, releasing the balls for him to get across.
Once on the other side, Kweeb was at the lever (huge to his height), and the end of it was another steel ball. Next to it was some kind of magnet reactor. Just then, a squad of Robo-Kritters and Zingers charged out of a door up the stairs, running to grab the alien. Kweeb shot at the reactor, causing it to light up. Since it was on the opposite side where the lever was facing, the metal lever was attracted and activated, making a bridge extend for the girls to cross. They watched as the robots short-circuited from the reactor, exploding. Ava picked Kweeb up and said, "Those robots sure didn't seem to like that."
"That could be helpful later." Kweeb agreed.
They headed up the stairs to another room with a pit, and the only way to get across was with a giant silver ball. The operatives hopped on the ball and used the motion of their feet to make it hover across. Some Karbines tried to shoot the ball on their way through, but they were able to avoid their attacks. They reached a pillar that led up to another ball, Ava sticking her swords in the pillar to use to jump up. She called her swords back when they reached the next ball, and hopped up to it, gliding across and passing by huge windows. They moved slowly to admire the sights beyond the huge windows, seeing many large turtles and dolphins. If this wasn't an evil base made by a criminal mastermind, this would make a great aquarium, they thought.
As the three progressed, some Kopters tried to slice their ball, and they barely avoided. In the last bit of the room, some Bazukas tried to blast them from both parallel walls, but Kami tossed Orange Grenades at them, so they were able to get across. They passed through a door to another hall with a pit, the kids having to hang onto horizontal ropes this time to get across. As they did so, they had to keep dropping onto floating platforms as Klasp Kremlings went across them. They let the exploding Kremlings pass them before they climbed across the ropes their selves.
When they reached the end, they were at a dead end, except for the small tunnel of water. The operatives had no choice but to hold their breaths and swim through the underwater passage. It started to become too dark, but thankfully, the anglerfish, Glimmer, swam over and lit their way. With his help, the operatives narrowly swam through the dark passage, dodging Lurchins and Flotsams. When at the end of the path, the current was pulling them to an air vent. Ava pulled the vent open as the current washed them down. (Play the "Aquatic Base Level 2" Theme!)
Act 2
The operatives ended up going down some waterslides, landing on another path below. "Intruder passing Area 2. Preparing to drown."
"Yuh-oh! Let's bolt!" Kami yelled as water started to pour into the hallway, the operatives hurrying to the other end. When they reached a set of stairs, the gang hurried up as the room flooded. When at the top of the stairs, the gang was forced to hop across some Knik-Knaks to get the rest of the way over a flooding chasm. They made it to a door to another hallway.
"Intruder passing Area 3. Intruder passing Area 3." The area flashed red as glass doors closed throughout the halls, but Ava used her swords to cut the weak doors, getting through. Once through, the team was at another hall of tiny walkways with chainsaws on them. They three hurried across the bridges as the chainsaws cut them up, while also avoiding Knockas.
In the next room, the three found another giant silver ball, going across a room of giant windows, showing the outside oceanic life. "Was this underwater?" Kweeb asked randomly, the girls shooting angry glares. "What? Just trying to add a little humor." At that moment, the room started to fill with toxic waste, so the three hurried across on the giant ball, dodging more fireballs shot at by Karbines.
The three reached a platform with a barrel with an "!" on it. They broke it and released a light that absorbed into them, making them blink rapidly. "WHOA, what's this?" Kami asked. But when the toxic waste reached them, they were unaffected.
"I think it's making us immune to this stuff." Kweeb replied. "Let's move quick!" With that, the three dove and swam into a tunnel through the toxic waste, the invincible power-up helping them through. They swam quick as doors started to close on that area as well. Just before the power could wear off, the three reached the other end, resurfacing and getting back on land. (Stop the music.)
The three walked down a short hall to another door, which was locked. Ava noticed a small slot beside it and said, "Looks like we need a card or something to get through."
"But where can we find one?" Kami asked.
"Look!" Kweeb pointed down another hall, at a strange chest with one eye. (Play the "Tricky Treasure" Theme from Rayman Origins!) The weird chest gasped, sensing horrible beatings from the operatives. Right away, he turned tail and ran.
"Come back!" Ava shouted, running after him. The strange chest dashed over some giant water gears, Ava jumping after him, trying not to slip off. The chest shot across some water geysers, then went across a rope of more Klasps, but Ava still kept up with him, jumping the Klasps, then following as it slid down a downward rope.
The chest dove into some water, so Ava swam after it, hurrying away from some pursuing Lockjaws. The chest went down a dark tunnel, but its eye lit the way, so Ava was able to chase it, but had to narrowly swim past spiky Lurchins. The chest then swam upwards in the tunnel, with more doors trying to keep Ava out, but she was the faster swimmer.
Once out of the water, the chest ran and started sliding down a waterslide, Ava sliding after it, jumping from slide to slide as they each cut off, then swinging onto small silver balls after the chest. Once at the other side, the chest slid down an air duct, Ava immediately hurrying after it.
Meanwhile, Kami and Kweeb heard bumping sounds coming from a duct beside them. They watched as the chest shot out of it, screaming as it flew toward the Drilovsky girl. Kami smirked as she spun her arm and punched the chest, knocking it into a wall, forcing it open, the Card Key flying out. Ava grabbed the card and high-fived Kami as they scanned it and proceeded through the door. (End song.)
They soon arrived at a large room with a huge, circular pool of waste, walking across a bridge to a platform in the center of it. "How would a bunch of crocs get a bunch of waste at the bottom of the sea?" Kami asked.
"AH HA HA HAH! That would be MY doing, of course!" A voice cackled.
The three reading their guard, Kweeb jumping off Ava's shoulder and drawing his gun. "Who's there? !" he shouted.
"WAAAH!" the giant mermaid, Ineptune, gasped, resurfacing for them to see her. The evil mermaid looked to them and smiled evilly. "AH, the infamous Kids Next Door. The ones who so generously help pint-sized pests throughout the world. I expected you to be… smaller."
"Really?" Kweeb spoke. "Usually, bad guys expect me to be taller."
"I guess that's because I only ASSUMED kids were as tiny as you. No matter. My name is Ineptune. Long ago, I was a citizen of the glorious kingdom of Oceana. But, I was the only one of the realm born a poisonbender, rather than water, and decided to spread a little of my element across the land, er, sea. The locals got angry and Kyogre had me BANISHED. SO, as revenge, I decided to help these crocodiles in the HEINOUS plan they're hatching! They want to kidnap the Sea Prince, but the Sea Temple has been sealed away with the Seven Talisman found. However, I told them of a DIFFERENT way."
"Wait, I thought the undersea kingdom was Atlantis." Kami said.
"No, no, no, you fools! It's Oceana! I don't know WHERE people get that crazy Atlantis theory. But not that you fools will live to find out anyway. King K. Rool has ordered your IMMEDIATE defeat. Prepare to DIE at the hands of my BEAUTY." (Play Ineptune's Theme from Spyro: A Hero's Tail!)
Boss fight: Ineptune
The chubby mermaid moved side-to-side in the poison water, splashing waves at the operatives which they dodged. She stopped in place and used both arms to send waves, but they still avoided. Ineptune paused to catch a breath, allowing Kweeb to aim and shoot her left eye, making her grip it. She then dove underwater, the operatives wobbling when she hit their foothold from the bottom. When it started tilting, Kweeb ran up the side tilting upwards while Ava stuck her sword in it, holding Kami so they didn't fall. When Kweeb reached the end, he saw Ineptune on the other side, trying to push it, so he aimed and shot her right eye. She screamed as she let go, the platform falling back horizontally again as the girls were able to stand back up.
Ineptune emerged beside the platform, still rubbing her eyes. Ava spotted her Evil Crystal belt and ran to slash it with her swords. After taking several hits, Ineptune was pushed back into a wall. "OOHHH. I will not be defeated… by someone so small."
She then pounded against the wall, making a bunch of Tiki Drums drop down. "What're these?" Ava asked.
"K. Rool has awakened these lovely creatures for a personal project." Ineptune responded. "You needn't know what they're used for."
"Do you know?" Kweeb asked.
"Er, I… SHUT UP!"
The three attacked the drums as Ineptune splashed more water towards them. When all the Tikis were down, Ineptune barfed some waste at them, but they either ducked or jumped to avoid it. When she stopped to catch her breath, Kweeb shot her in the left eye again.
Ineptune then charged and started ramming the platform, attempting to knock the operatives over again. Kweeb recovered from the shaking just in time to shoot her right eye, making her pull back and hit the wall again, several barrels dropping down now. She rubbed her eyes as two barrels made a path to her, allowing Ava to hop across and strike her dark gem once again. After dealing several blows, Ava leapt back. "OOHHH! I can't believe I was outsmarted AGAIN… by someone so small."
The gang watched as she dove back under. "What's she doing now?" Kami asked. A massive whirlpool then began to surround the platform, which immediately dropped to the bottom, the team now caught inside a cyclone of poison waste.
"RAHH!" Ineptune exclaimed, starting to drop poisonous waterfalls on them. More Tikis dropped down as well, but Kami and Ava grabbed and threw them into the cyclone. The three then had to float on small barrels as the cyclone started flooding, however, the way up seemed to be blocked by poison, too. Just then, Ineptune started jumping out from the sides of the cyclone, throwing slime balls at them. Finally, she appeared at the top, spewing out more waste that the kids avoided. The three of them kept dodging as the rising waste lifted them higher. Once they were high enough, Kweeb proceeded to shoot her eyes, making her fall down to them. While Ineptune was rubbing them, Ava proceeded to slice the Evil Crystal, successfully destroying it.
The platform immediately came back above the surface, the kids safely landing back on. "AAHHH!" They watched as Ineptune shot back above the surface, waving her arms frantically. "NOO! ! How could a puny pipsqueak, SO insignificant and tiny, I need a MICROSCOPE to see him, POSSIBLY defeat ME? ?"
"And I thought Kami was over-reactive." Kweeb joked. This once again earned him a kick from the Drilovsky girl.
"NOOO! !" The monstrous mermaid sank below the waste. The two girls shook their heads in disbelief before exchanging smirks and continuing on. (Stop the music.)
Countryside area
The sun was now rising over the countryside as Team Forest was still sleeping under the tree, Emily and Chad's arms wrapped around each other unknowingly. Nova had also returned Celebi to her Spirit Ball. The Harnitan girl was the first to awaken, spotting a strange, green lump in the grass ahead. "Hm?" she crawled closer, curiously. The lump seemed to have orange stripes.
"Ribbit." The lump stuck its head up, revealing to be a yellow-eyed frog.
"Oh? Well, hello, little one!" Nova smiled and waved happily.
The rest of the gang awakened as well, Emily and Chad realizing they were hugging each other. "AHH!" they yelled, letting go and blushing.
"Look, everyone! It's a frog!" Nova called, pointing at the crouching amphibian.
"Ribbit!"
"Hehe! Cool!" Cosmo smiled.
"What are you doing out here, little guy?" Nova said warmingly as she cautiously approached the animal.
"…" The frog's expression remained unchanging.
"WAAAH!"
"RIBBIIIIT!"
The team gasped when Nova and the frog were suddenly trapped inside a net.
"Haha! We GOT 'em!" They looked up as Bowser Jr. hovered in his Koopa Clown Car, pulling the captured victims up. "I'll see you later, suckers!"
"HEY! COME BAACK! !" Cosmo yelled in anger, the team running after the Koopa Prince.
"He's headed for that train!" Annie yelled, pointing to the Koopa Train ahead. They watched as Bowser Jr. flew to the front of the train, getting in with the driver.
"Speed it up!" he ordered as the Koopa driver blew the whistle.
"Novaaaa!" Cosmo called for his friend as they chased the Koopa Train desperately.
Arrrrgh. Next time, there will be a couple boss fights. Plus, we'll see where this train is headed… well, not really. Later.