HELLO, everybody. Prepare for the LONGEST chapter so far in this story. HUHU 'CEPT FOR THAT UNHOLY THING COMIN' AT THE END OF THIS STORY! !
Chapter 44: Siege of Star Station
Outer space; Galaxia
The Halberd and Blue Typhoon had left Secco with Rainier in company. "Whoa! Now this is pretty neat." Rainier said, his hands and face pressed to the Halberd's cockpit window as he admired the view of Planet Secco.
"Yup. Not everyday you fly a spaceship into… space, huh?" Mika asked.
"It was generous of him to fix our ships." Meta Knight said. "Now let us get back to searching for-" All of a sudden, both ships were hit by laser fire.
"Oh, great. Who's beefing now?" Sonic asked.
"Guess who's back from the dead, assholes!"
"I… have a pretty good idea." Morgan replied, never one to forget that voice. (Play Star Wolf's Theme from Smash Bros. Brawl!)
"It's Star Wolf!" Nigel exclaimed, recognizing the five incoming Wolfens.
"Long time, no see, kiddies. Hope ya didn't miss us too much, Baldy." Wolf O'Donnell said from his Wolfen.
"Wolf!" Nigel shouted.
"Nyeh. Is the little angel girl in there? I'm a little hungry for flies. Heh." Leon Powalski continued.
"Leon." Luvbi sighed.
"In case you don't remember, I am Panther. I can see little Ava isn't with you at the moment, so I'll snack on you first. Growl." Panther Caroso growled.
"Ah hain't forgotten you, Baldy. It's time fer y'all ta visit the darkest pit o' Hell! HISSS!" Rattlesnake Jake hissed.
"A-heh-h-and guess who ELSE is joinin' this party!" Boba Fett exclaimed.
"Boba Fett!" Morgan shouted.
"You rang?"
"Grrr. Let's GET 'EM, team!" Nigel exclaimed.
"YEAH!"
In a minute, Sector V got into their C.O.O.L.-B.U.S., Luvbi in her Angel Wing, Rachel and Fanny in the R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R., and Cosmo & Nova in the Nova Cruiser.
"Starting without us?" Ava's voice came from her ship, as she and the others flew into the area.
"Guys!" Nigel smiled.
"Ahh. My dear, sweet Ava. How sad you must've been without your Panther. Growl." Panther said smoothly.
"Um… Ava, was that guy your boyfriend or something?" Kami asked.
"What? ! No! !"
"Oi, now the gang's all 'ere!" Marine cheered.
"They aren't the only ones." At this, they looked to see two more Wolfen ships approaching.
"Cad Bane?" Cosmo asked.
"Aurra?" Ava noticed.
"Wa ha hey! Now OUR gang's all here, too!" Boba cheered.
"Don't push your luck, Boba." Bane replied. "You're on the raw end of this bounty, too."
"But first, let's bake some brat." Aurra finished.
"Kids Next Door: BATTLE STATIONS!" Nigel cried, and the space fight began.
Boss fight: Star Wolf
The operatives began their assault on the Star Wolf Team right away. Team Alien chased Panther and shot at his ship, but Aurra was chasing right behind them, firing exploding shurikens. When Kami dropped a TNT barrel towards Aurra's ship, the adult Glomourian extended an energy rope, similar to her nun-chucks, grabbed the barrel, and hurled it back at them. This allowed Panther to somersault behind them and start firing his slow, but powerful laser.
As Luvbi chased and fired at Leon once again, the chameleon smirked as he activated the invisibility function on his ship. The angel looked around for him as Leon simply hit the brake, letting her pass so that he could begin firing from behind. "Annoying angel. Who do you think I am?"
Rachel and Fanny hurriedly tried to get away as Rattlesnake Jake chased them in his armor, the girls flying in all directions to keep the demon snake from getting in front, remembering Nigel's story. "Get away!" Rachel yelled.
"Nah-ah! When Death starves, Death comes-a eatin'! HEY!" He was then rammed from the side by the Nova Cruiser.
"Death won't be eating today." Nova replied.
"Plah! Even better." With that, Jake wrapped himself around their ship, trapping them them.
"Er! Let us out!" Cosmo shouted.
Rachel and Fanny stopped, turned, and shot at Jake to try and free them. Jake did let go, however, so he could easily wrap around the R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R. and begin squeezing it. "Hey, no fair!" Rachel yelled.
"No one said life was fair, ssss!"
Afterwards, Cad Bane proceeded to fire missiles at Cosmo and Nova. "Here's from Castle Irk, fools!"
"Dude, you really need to let stuff go." Cosmo told him.
"See that, Baldy? Your team's gettin' their butts kicked just like last time." Wolf said as Sector V chased him.
"Don't forget what happened after that, Wolf. Take him down, Numbuh 2!" Nigel declared.
"Aye-aye, Captain!" With that, the chubby pilot fired his own bullets that Wolf barrel-rolled and somersaulted behind them. Hoagie then switched on his ship's barrier to absorb Wolf's shots to gain power. However, Wolf launched a bomb at them, which erupted a spherical explosion, blowing the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. back several feet.
As Jake continued squeezing the R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R., Marine flew by and punched energy balls at the snake, making him release. However, Marine was suddenly shot by Boba Fett. "Wah ha hey! Sounds like I'm cookin' raccoon tonight!"
"Not if we have something to say about!" Mika exclaimed, flying out of the Halberd with Rainier on the W.I.N.G.M.A.N., wearing air helmets.
"Good thing I made this thing to fly in space, too." Rainier said.
"Ah-halright, time to roast a psychic!" Boba exclaimed, proceeding to shoot missiles. Mika stood on the W.I.N.G.M.A.N.'s wing while Rainier drove, using psychic to grab the missiles and toss them back, but Boba dodged.
Team Alien somersault away from Panther and were now flying straight upwards. However, they were suddenly captured by the energy rope from Aurra's ship. "Let's see how you like crashing into an asteroid- HEY!" That's when Panther's ship came back and fired at her, allowing the Heart Star to keep flying.
"Whose side are you on? !" Bane yelled to Panther.
"What's wrong? Having team problems?" Cosmo smirked.
"You'll be the only ones having problems!" With that, Bane fired mini flying spherical pods that came for the Nova Cruiser, shooting lasers that they barrel-rolled, deflecting the shots.
"Sorry, Sweetie, but no one shoots down my girl but me." Panther growled to Aurra.
"Oh, God…" Ava sighed.
"Oh yeah? Well, no one roasts my rod but me!" Aurra countered, firing shurikens at Panther's ship.
"Hey-hey, this ain't no friendly reunion!" Boba shouted. "We supposed to be roastin' these fools like the old days, not roastin' each other- WAH! !" Boba was then hit by Bane.
"I didn't much like your father, and I don't like you."
"Hey, you mess with Boba, you mess with me!" Wolf shouted, completely forgetting Sector V and going for Bane.
"Hm hm hm." Meta Knight chuckled. "I knew we had them outnumbered, but I did not know they would outnumber each other."
"Come on, guys!" Leon shouted, turning visible. "Focus so we can send these guys to Davy Jarg's-" However, he was immediately shot from behind by Luvbi.
"I foundeth thee." She smirked.
"Ugh. I am SO demanding a raise in my bounty-" was all Leon could say before his ship crashed.
"Hey, hey, come on, team, Boba we knows we had our problems in the past, but don't ya think we-"
"Quit yappin' and help me take this ** down! !" Wolf interrupted, continuing to attack Bane.
"This is just sad…" Amy looked disbelieved, watching as the members of Star Wolf started ramming each other.
"Yeah. At least when Sonic and Knuckles fight, they're still able to concentrate on their enemy." Tails replied.
"Or at least, I am." Sonic remarked.
"Wanna go a few rounds right now, spike boy?!" Knuckles yelled.
"Is this really the time, you guys?" Tails asked.
"Some things never change." Amy shook her head.
"Um, excuse me?" Nova spoke to Star Wolf. "I know you are trying to destroy us, but you are on the same team, correct?"
Bane flew to her and yelled, "Piss off, Pink Girl! I never liked these guys, OR their pathetic excuses for hunters as fathers- Ah!" Bane was immediately rammed by Wolf.
"Say that again, Bug Eyes! !" Wolf yelled.
"Hey, hey, le's keep it cool, Wolf- Hey!" Boba flew in between them, but Wolf and Bane rammed him out of the way.
At this time, the R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R. and Yin, Yang, and Katie's S.C.A.M.P.E.R. were pushing against Rattlesnake Jake on opposite ends, holding him still as he tried to escape. "Man, this is dumb!" Fanny shouted.
"I know." Yang replied. "They're totally killing each other."
"At least the first two times we did this, they actually put up more of a fight." Kweeb noted, sitting in Kami's lap.
"Even I don't fight with my friends this much." Kami replied.
"Guh! Forget thiss!" Jake yelled, turning and aiming his tail at the R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R., firing a bomb that blew it off, allowing him to escape. "I'll deal with them myself!" The snake quickly flew over and wrapped around Marine's ship, attempting to crush her.
"Oh, Katie, we forgot to mention!" Mika called, flying by their S.C.A.M.P.E.R.. "We got your ship back from that Kateenian gang back on Secco!"
"Well, why didn't you say so?!" Katie yelled back. "I got something that'll take care of Jake. Let's go!" With that, the three headed back for the Halberd.
Team Alien watched with disbelief as Aurra and Panther continued to shoot each other. "You brainless sack of hairballs!" Aurra yelled.
"You cruel, conniving chica." Panther shot back, smoothly.
"You big bunch of idiots." Ava remarked.
Right away, Katie flew out of the Halberd in her Bat Wing to Rattlesnake Jake. "Hey, Jakey!"
Jake stopped crushing Marine for a moment to look at her.
"Got somethin' for ya!" With that, she produced a hologram of the same giant hawk she did last time.
"B-B-B-BIIIIRRRRDS!" With that, the cowardly snake shot out of the area.
"Snakes. Gets 'em every time." Katie smirked.
"Gah. Forget this." Wolf said, leaving Bane and going over to pick Leon up. "Panther. Boba. Let's go. We'll wipe the floor with them all next time." With that, the four bounty hunters took off after Jake.
"Come on, Aurra. Let's get back to Star Station." With that, the bounty hunting duo left the operatives and took off.
"WAAIT! We're not done beatin' you yet! !" Marine shouted.
"Don't worry, Marine." Nova assured. "We aren't letting THEM escape."
"Precisely." Meta Knight agreed. "We must follow them to their base. Let us move out."
"FINALLY!" Penelope shouted. "The moment to finally meet sweet AMANDA, please!"
"Yeah. So, let's go before this chick loses it." Eva replied, earning another crazy glare from Penelope. The ships returned to the Battleship Halberd as both flagships followed the two hunters. (End song.)
Star Station
From one of many windows of Star Station, Danika, Nolan, and Midna watched as a Bowser airship landed in the hangar, dropping off the defeated villains from the Secco podrace. "Ah ha ha ha!" the shadow imp laughed. "It's so amusing how epically villains fail."
"Yeah. Sure it is." Nolan replied, sarcastically.
"On to a different subject…" Danika started, "exactly what kind of creature are you, Midna?"
The impish figure faced her with a quizzical look. "Why, just a fellow shadow like Cheshire here. Why do you ask?"
"Well, you seem a bit… different than other shadows."
"Hmmm…" Midna squinted her eye and gave a mischievous smile, similar to that of Rumpel Stiltskin's. "Well, I assume I may as well be honest. I'm a loyal servant to the spirits."
"Like that Fi girl?" Nolan asked.
"Exactly! I sense a great power emitting from the young goth here. She seems to possess the powers of White Shadows."
"White Shadows?" Danika asked.
"White Shadow is a very special power that only a select few shadowbenders have within them. It's when shadowbenders have very special feelings for other beings, not just for shadows. Shadowbenders can produce a bright light that penetrates darkness."
"But I thought shadows were darkness." Nolan said.
"Mm hm hm hm." Midna smirked at him. "There is a very big difference. Darkness comes from evil, and is blighted by the light. True, Shadow is weakened by too much Light as well, but too much Darkness can drown a shadow. During times of day like noon, when the sun shines high, the shadow gets smaller. But when a particular light is shone, known as twilight, the shadow extends. Grows bigger and more powerful. That's because, during twilight, the light and darkness in the world is at a balance. Shadow is the Element of Balance. It is peaceful."
"So, what you're saying is… I can produce a Light version of shadowbending?" Danika asked.
Midna nodded. "But it's not a spirit's place to simply point it out. You'll have to find your light on your own. Eee hee hee hee!" With that, she disappeared into Danika's shadow.
She and Nolan looked at each other curiously before looking back out the window.
Halberd and Blue Typhoon
Brighten the skies of night
Shatter these walls of blight
Guide me on this radiant path
Show me… to the light
To the... light…
Numbuh Infinity and Peach walked in to hear Dimentia finish singing. "Well, that's an interesting change on that song." Jeremy said.
"What kind of song was it?" Peach asked.
"Well, when we were back in GKND, we always used to sing to Jirachi for him to give us more life force." Dimentia answered. "But what I just sang was supposedly the original version of that song. I've never been entirely sure of its meaning…"
"Maybe it's meant for people who wish to seek a second chance." Peach figured. "People who want to find a path to good, and even meet with someone special. I can think of a few people like that. Maybe even Luigi. He always felt second rate to Mario, now he's on the opposing side."
"Well, I'm sure he'll find his way." Infinity reassured. "Just like Dimentia will."
Meanwhile, Mika was outside a bathroom, tapping her foot impatiently as she waited for Rainier. "How long are you going to be in there?"
"Relax, I'm just finishing up." He said, just coming out. "So, how do I look?"
Mika studied his new wardrobe with interest: he now wore a dark-blue jacket with a hoodie, a black T-shirt underneath, and a pair of black pants and black rubber shoes. He also looked freshly clean from the bath he had just taken. "Wow… you look a lot better than that other outfit."
"Heh heh, thanks. Those old clothes made me itch like crazy. 'Course, in a desert world, you can't expect bathing to be a common thing."
"Heh heh, bet you're glad to be off that planet!"
"Everyone, report to the bridge. We are arriving at our destination." Meta Knight called.
"Aww. I was hoping I could learn about psychicbending." Rainier said in disappointment.
"Ah, relax. We'll have plenty of time once this is done." Mika winked as they walked to the cockpit.
Halberd Cockpit
Dimentia and the other group members arrived to see what was up. "Ah, great timing." Meta Knight said. "We are getting closer." The screen showed an image of Brain's massive space station up ahead, patrolled by several enemy ships.
Dimentia gasped when she spotted the station, a vision of Jirachi trapped in his capsule flashing in her mind. "THERE!" the Zathurian yelled and pointed.
"What?" Gabe asked.
"It's Jirachi. I…I can sense him. They must be holding him in that station!"
"That's where they have Amanda, too, please!" Penelope yelled.
"Some Bang Gas, too, I bet." Chad said quietly.
"WHOA!" a bunch of enemy ships started attacking them.
"He must be." Tails replied through the screen. "And it looks like they don't want us to get him."
"We must rescue the Star God." Meta Knight declared. "Everyone, to your ships!"
"Kids Next Door, BATTLE STATIONS!" Numbuh 1 announced.
"Amy, can I trust you to pilot the ship?" Tails asked the pink hedgehog. "We'll take it from here!"
"Okay!" she cheered.
The members of Team Sonic & Mario, as well as the KND, immediately dashed for their ships. Eva & Kade took their KNN C.O.O.L.-B.U.S., Sector V took their C.O.O.L.-B.U.S., Team Alien and the others took their respective ships (Luvbi allowed Shaunie to ride in her Angel Wing), while every other operative took S.C.A.M.P.E.R.s. Tails took his X-Tornado, with Sonic and Knuckles riding its wings, and Rouge drove a pink ship (similar to Ava's), with Shadow riding it. (Play the "Halberd Deck" Theme from Kirby Superstar Ultra!)
Stage 38: Star Station
Mission: Rescue Jirachi from the space station!
Act 1
The ships launched out of the Halberd and Typhoon and started into the enemy fleet. Sector V in their C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. were already attacked by some of the Common Cold's snot ships. The ships fired snot lasers, but Hoagie switched on their shield and absorbed the lasers while shooting the ships down. By the time swarms of ships were surrounding them, the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. absorbed enough lasers to unleash the Chicken Souplosion shockwave, taking them all out.
They were then attacked by Stickybeard's Candy Pirates in their flying crow's nests, firing huge pieces of gum and jawbreaker cannonballs. Marine just flew by in her ship and started shooting down the pirates, sticking out of her cockpit and punching them with Light Spheres. She wrapped around of the crow's nests with an energy chain and hurled it into a bigger ship. "Hey, there's a T.A.R.P.O.O.N. part!" Hoagie yelled, noticing the box dropped from the ship.
The X-Tornado barrel-rolled as it dodged lasers from Eggman ships with Sonic and Knuckles gripping tight to the wings. "Ah! Easy!" Knuckles yelled.
"Sorry." Tails apologized. "Ready, Sonic?"
"You bet!" Tails dropped a Ring from the ship for Sonic to grab. The blue hedgehog proceeded to zoom around and Home Attack any Eggman ship he could. When some of the ships tried crashing at the Tornado, Knuckles was easily able to kick them away. Blaze used her Axel Tornado ability to pierce through incoming TIE Fighters. When two TIE Fighters launched energy ropes and grabbed Sonic's legs, the Blue Typhoon shot them away.
"I expect a date after this." Amy told him from the Typhoon's cockpit.
"Don't count on it." Sonic retorted, proceeding to Home Attack other ships.
Hoagie took out another Candy Pirate ship and retrieved a T.A.R.P.O.O.N. part. "Hey, Hoagie, what's this button do again?" Wally asked, about to push the T.A.R.P.O.O.N. button.
"DON'T you DARE." Hoagie ordered. "If I can get enough parts to fire my T.A.R.P.O.O.N., I might be able to break us-" Their C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. shook when they took another hit.
"Going somewhere, children?" King Goobot called from his ship as tons of Yokian chicken ships were coming for them. "I do believe not."
"Oh yeah?" Hoagie smirked. "Normally chickens cross the road, but it looks like you guys will be crossing the range of my Chicken Souplosion!" The C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. absorbed the Yokians' shots and built up enough energy for Hoagie to unleash another shockwave, taking out some ships and retrieving another T.A.R.P.O.O.N. part.
Wearing a space helmet, Penelope was flying around in her glider, now equipped with rockets and missiles, shooting down TIE Fighters. "Freeze." Commanded a Stormtrooper in a TIE Fighter. "You are in a restricted, uh…space space. Turn back, or-"
"Not until I find Amanda, please!" With that, the desperate fangirl took out a spray paint can and sprayed all over the Fighter's windshield.
"Ahhh! I've gone blind! Waaah!" With that, he crashed into a snot ship.
The Candy Pirates continued to fire at the heroes and launch mini ships from their flagship, the Sweet Victory. "Keep firing, mateys!" Stickybeard commanded. "A thousand Jolly Rogers to whomever keeps 'em from entering the base, aye."
The Common Cold immediately zoomed by in his Snot Bomber. "No way they're getting past me this, ah…ah…AH-CHOO!" He sniffled and wiped his nose. "Past me this time!"
The Snot Bomber launched more of its mini ships as Sector V continued to shoot them. They absorbed more of their shots and unleashed another Chicken Souplosion. "Okay. Time to show ol' Snotty who's boss." Hoagie announced, going for the Snot Bomber and shooting its engines.
Team Forest took out some Koopa airships in the Nova Cruiser while Emily flew around outside in her ghost form, which allowed her to breathe in airless space. She fired ecto rays at incoming Banzai Bills and protected their ship. "Well, this is easy enough- WHOA!" They quickly dodged when they were shot at from above.
"Hey, hey, guess who's back to play?" Gary the Stormtrooper called, sitting beside Dan in their same ship from before.
"YOU!" Annie yelled.
"Say hello to the two longest lasting Stormtroopers in the whole armada!" Dan called, proceeding to fire at them.
Emily turned intangible and phased the attacks, throwing ecto rays which the Troopers were able to dodge. "Gah!" They were suddenly hit by a nearby S.C.A.M.P.E.R., which appeared a tad smaller than a regular one.
"You aren't getting away that easy!" Tommy yelled from that S.C.A.M.P.E.R., controlled by the Junior Prospectors.
"You kids won't be taking us down today!" Gary yelled.
"Daddy?" Jessica questioned from that S.C.A.M.P.E.R..
"Sweetie?" Gary replied.
"THAT'S YOUR DAD? ! ?" the Prospectors cried.
"SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER? !" Team Forest screamed.
Sector V just finished taking out the Snot Bomber's engines, so the Common Cold started firing large snot balls from his ship's big nose. Hoagie absorbed enough shots for a Chicken Souplosion, unleashing it and doing severe damage to the Common Cold's ship, making it drop a T.A.R.P.O.O.N. part. "Gah." The villain wiped his nose. "Forget this. I'm going t- Ay-he. Ay-he. AA-CHOO!" He sniffled again. "Ohhh…" The ill villain depressedly flew away.
Afterwards, the five operatives went to fire at the Sweet Victory. "Arrgh! Ye'll not be havin' me today, laddies! To the galactic depths with them, Dodgeball Wizard!"
The old man in purple immediately began unleashing swarms of dodgeballs at the kids, doing plenty of damage and direct hits against them. "Ugh! We can use some help here, Meta Knight!" Hoagie yelled.
"Kirby! To the Warp Star!" the Star Warrior ordered the pink puff.
"Pie!" Kirby dashed to the hangar and hopped on his Warp Star, shooting out of the battleship straight for the Candy Pirates. The Dodgeball Wizard fired the red rubber balls at Kirby, but he easily sucked them in. In a few seconds, Kirby morphed into Ball Kirby, dropping onto the Sweet Victory's deck and bouncing all about, knocking out Candy Pirates. The Dodgeball Wizard tried to grab him, but Kirby shook away and dealt several bounces against his nose like a dodgeball, the man grunting at each hit before fainting.
"Arrr. To the JAWSMASHERS, me candy-coated crew!" Stickybeard cried. "Don't let them pummel me with popcorn again!"
"Hate ta break it to ya, Stickybutt." Rachel called, zooming toward the Sweet Victory in her flying R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R.. "But you're going down!" she smirked.
"Not again! Take that brat out!" The R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R. swiftly dodged as the pirates fired giant jawbreakers. She appeared to be coming straight for Stickybeard, the pirate keeping his worried expression. "Oh no…" Stickybeard looked depressed as the leader was about to ram him, but Rachel quickly made a turn away from the ship. "Oh! We're SAVED again, laddies! Break out the gumballs!" Stickybeard cheered, embracing Chewy and Gooey in a hug.
"Piyah!" The pirates stopped celebrating and looked straight up to a twinkle in the sky. While they were distracted, Kirby had gotten back on his Warp Star and flew miles above them so he could fly back and gain enough momentum for a finishing blow.
The pirates gave a depressing sigh, awaiting the incoming impact. "I don't think Brain pays us enough gumdrops for this." was the last thing Stickybeard said before Kirby PIERCED the ship's main cannon, and the whole flagship exploded to pieces. Candy pieces, that is.
The explosion also caused several T.A.R.P.O.O.N. parts to release as well. "Alright! Now we have enough parts for a T.A.R.P.O.O.N.!" Hoagie exclaimed. "Now to break into that space station."
"Wait to go, Kirby!" Rachel congratulated.
"Poyo!"
"Admit it, Rachel, you learned that one trick from me." Nigel smirked at the blonde leader.
"It's easy to pick up a few traits from your boyfriend, Soldier." She smirked back. "Now let's get into that station."
"Crap!" Gary yelled from his ship. "Come on, Dan. Let's get back to base." With that, they headed back for Star Station. (Stop the music.)
Inside the station
From one of the windows of the base, Toiletnator watched as the teams of snot-nosed kids wiped out his fellow villains. "So, those Kids Next Door dare to follow us all the way into space, do they?"
His new friend, Dr. Light, walked beside him. "Don't worry, Lou. They'll rue the day they dared to come here."
"EXACTLY!" yelled a short, blue ghost, dressed in a mover's uniform. "For I, the BOX GHOST, will annihilate them with the fury of my cubical containers!"
"Come on, guys!" the Toiletnator cheered. "Let's FLUUUSH them!" With that, the three villains ran off.
Danika and Nolan watched the battle from their window when April ran in. "Guys! They're breaking in. We have to go stop them." The two nodded and followed her down the hall. (Play General Grievous's Theme from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith!)
Act 2
The C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. launched the T.A.R.P.O.O.N. into one of the walls of the base, blowing a hole open, causing several Koopas and Stormtroopers in the area to be sucked into space. The X-Tornado came by just then for Sonic to grind along the T.A.R.P.O.O.N.'s rope, running into the base and Boosting over more Troopers and robots before getting into the base's large hangar. He boosted through the legs of some Imperial Walkers before finding a barrier generator, pulling down the device's lever and switching off the barrier so that his friends' ships could crash-land inside.
"Kids Next Door, MOVE OUT." Nigel ordered to everyone as they all ran in separate directions.
The Heart Star crashed in just then, and the Kongs immediately leapt out of the barrel seats. "Oooh-OOOH!" Donkey Kong pounded his chest before the apes ran ahead, followed by Team Alien.
Rachel dashed down one of the halls, slicing all the Bokoblin and Stormtroopers in her way. More Stormtroopers ran in to shoot her, so she quickly defended with her sword as Sector V came down after her. "I'll handle these guys!" Numbuh 4 said, drawing out a G.U.M.Z.O.O.K.A. and aiming at a window.
"NOOO!" Abby tried to stop him, but the Aussie proceeded to shoot and shatter the window, the kids holding on as the Stormtroopers were sucked into space. A metal door thankfully locked the window tight, keeping anything else from sucking out.
"Okay, that actually works!" Rachel chuckled. A gang of Bokoblin were coming, but Nigel shot fire at another window, sucking the demons into space before a door sealed that window. They kept going toward a squad of Fatblin and Purge Troopers. Rachel ran and shattered another window with her sword, sucking the Fatblin in, the chubby monsters clogging up the window and preventing anything else from going out.
The heavy-armored Purge Troopers didn't get sucked out, so they were left to fight as Rachel tried striking them, one of the soldiers grabbing her as Wally ran to deal damage with a S.L.U.G.G.U.H. and Hoagie with a B.A.J.O.O.K.A..
Meanwhile, Stormtroopers in another hall were trying to shoot the graceful and flexible Mushi Sanban, who happily danced and avoided. Sam and Jessica jumped and caught one's head in a sack while Tommy kicked his shin, knocking him over. Joey twirled dodgeballs in his hands before stylishly flipping and tossing them back, bouncing the balls off several Stormtroopers. A bunch of Paratroopas tried to attack Luvbi, but she just spun a tornado and caught them all inside, spinning them around.
"Pray, a little help would doth wonders, Shaunie." The angel said to the 5-year-old as more Troopers ran in.
Shaunie was hiding behind a trashcan-shaped service droid, and was about to step out, but quickly jumped back behind as robots, curled into balls, rolled in, uncurling and producing barriers as they fired more lasers, the service droid screaming as well. He then watched as Emily flew by in her ghost form, shooting the robots with ecto blasts. "Uh… I-I think I'm good here, thank you…"
Meanwhile, Eva was busy beating up Stormtroopers with her Water Fists, breaking into various rooms in a hall and wiping out enemies. As she kept running through, she accidentally bumped into someone coming out of a door, and looked up to see- "Amanda Bynes? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, hey." Amanda greeted. "Well, the guys and I heard about this new hotel in space, and we figured, why not check it out?"
"O-kay… well, this place is likely gonna come down in a few moments, so you might wanna get out of here…"
"Oh… okay. Come on, guys!" With that, a bunch of Dancing Lobsters came out of the room and followed Amanda as she walked away.
Eva saw a bunch of Gramma Stuffum's Food Patrol running away from Kade, the anchorman jumping, grabbing, and gobbling the gross foods right down. "I'll never understand how you and Hoagie can handle that stuff." Eva commented.
"We're both more amazing than we seem." Kade smirked.
"Anyway, apparently this Brain set up a little hotel in this base. We need to get these people out of here."
"No problem. Let's go."
After Eva and Kade ran off to fight more enemies, Penelope ran in, stopped, and started sniffing around. "I smell Amanda! She must've just left. DARN IT, please!"
Professor Calamitous then approached the girl, holding some kind of ray gun with a small glass capsule. "Uh, excuse me? Have you seen Amanda anywhere? Earlier, I zapped her with an invention of mine that caused previous personas of hers to scatter, so I made this device for her to capture them and shoot them back in her body."
Penelope gave a wide gasp. "Amanda's lost her sweet personas! ! Give me, please!"
"Ow, hey!" the short man yelled when Penelope pushed him and took the device.
"Don't worry, Amanda! I'LL find and bring you your personas, then possibly have sweet enchiladas, please! And I already know where to start looking. FARE thee well!" With that, the psycho fangirl dashed away.
Eddy and Double D rode on Ed as he ran down the Prospectors' hall, using the dimmer Ed's mouth as a cannon to fire jawbreakers (which they found from the wreckage of Stickybeard's ship) and take out the shielded droids to keep going. They passed by Dani, Nolan, and April standing in another door, and the three villains headed the way they came, ambushing the Junior Prospectors before they could keep going.
"Kids like you oughta leave this line of stuff to the older ones." April said, unleashing a psionic blast at Mushi, only for Joey to jump in its way and be unaffected, the 1-year-old tossing a dodgeball at her. Danika tossed one of her daggers at Tommy, easily sticking him to the wall by his cape, then tried aiming the other one at Mushi, who gracefully began skipping and flipping around again. She danced her way to Tommy and ripped out the dagger binding him to the wall, then danced over to Danika, flipping overhead and aerial-kicking her face.
Mushi and Tommy smiled to each other and kept running, then were stopped when Cheshire appeared on the wall in front of them, the large shadow screeching and scaring the two. They quickly drew out flashlights and shone on her, making the shadow sizzle and retreat to its master.
Nolan took aim at the group of brats and attempted to fire missiles at them. Shaunie pounced from behind the trashcan droid onto Nolan's head, gripping his hands over Nolan's eyes and making the boy spin his chair uncontrollably and fire missiles in random directions, one of them wiping out the trash droid. "Er! Get off!"
April ran to try and grab Shaunie, but the Fulbright child leapt off, kicked off her head, and landed on the floor, making April trip on Nolan, knocking the wheelchair over on its back. "Yeah! You can't stop us!" Tommy exclaimed. "We're the Junior Prospectors, and we kick butt!"
Nolan immediately shot his eyes open in anger. "RrrrrAAAHHHH!" The boy shoved April off of him and pushed a button, making two mechanical tentacle-legs extend from his wheelchair and help himself up. Afterwards, he began rapidly shooting missiles and bullets at the group of young kids. "You don't deserve that name! !"
"But it's OUR naaame!" Tommy whined.
With Shadow
Shadow the Hedgehog, followed by Rouge the Bat, dashed down the roadway in a gargantuan hallway that appeared to be some sort of TIE Fighter factory, rows of huge metal claws carrying the fighter ships across the room. Squads of TIE Fighters flew across the chamber and fired lasers at the hedgehog, who easily dodged with Chaos Control and took out a bunch of Stormtroopers by appearing right above and kicking them, taking the men's guns and shooting at the Fighters.
On the opposite end of where Shadow entered the pathway, Rachel, Sector V, and Sector W were running in; on parallel sides, taking out more Troopers and Eggman robots. Lee saw a TIE Fighter coming and immediately swung and wrapped his yo-yo around one of its panels, the ship pulling the boy up, allowing him to get onto the windshield and break in, knocking out the Stormtroopers and jumping out before the ship crashed.
Eventually, the groups of operatives and Team Dark met up with each other on a center platform with an elevator tower, taking out a few Battle Droids. "Things okay on your end?" Rachel asked the black-and-red hedgehog.
"Yes. But no sign of-" Shadow was interrupted when a bolt of lightning shot down and struck the area below them, exploding it.
"Looking for this?" The gang looked up and saw Lehcar EiznekCm, smirking and standing on a TIE Fighter that was carried in a line with the others, holding the yellow Chaos Emerald in her right hand.
"YOU!" Shadow looked in anger, immediately jumping and hopping off some TIE Fighters that flew by, Lehcar using her rocket shoes to fly higher and get away from the hedgehog.
"Find Jirachi." Rachel ordered Sector V. "We'll go after her." The five nodded and ran off as she, Rouge, and Sector W got on an elevator and rode fast upwards, seeing the hedgehog chase Lehcar into a room, and stopped on that floor, hurriedly chasing after them.
With Violet
Violet was scampering down one of the other halls on a higher floor, avoiding energy balls from Denta Drones and tackling the possessed kids, ripping their braces off. "REOWWW!" She was immediately forced back by a powerful water jet.
"Awe, what's wrong? Kitty all wet?" Scarlet Vargas taunted, holding some kind of fire hose.
"Scarlet!" Violet gritted her teeth, dodge-rolling another water blast. She took out some kitty shurikens and tossed them at the water hose, but Scarlet drew out her bigger shurikens and used them to knock Violet's back, and the blonde-haired werecat was blown back from the explosions. As she tried to recover, Scarlet sprayed Violet with even more water.
Inside the room where the hose came from, the hose seemed to be sticking into a yellow device with a blue pump attached to a water container, which was halfway inside a bigger glass container of water.
Mario rode Yoshi through a hall of Koopa soldiers, the big-nosed dinosaur catching a green Koopa in his mouth and spitting his shell down the hall, tripping other Koopas. Some Koopa Strikers tried to kick soccer shells at them, but Peach came and bashed the shells away using Toad's mushroom head, hitting the turtles in the head and knocking them out.
They were blown back when Banzai Bills were fired through the walls from outside, the four looking to a fleet of Bowser airships firing cannons. On the flagship, two Koopalings with green spiked shells were crying the commands. "GO! GO! GO! GO! One two three four!"
Peach and Toad got on Yoshi with Mario as the green dino ran faster to escape the crumbling hall, due to the ships' cannons.
Scarlet smirked and continued to spray water into Violet's face, watching as her cousin choked. Scarlet turned her attention to the room with the water pump when she felt a rumbling coming from the wall behind the pump. "OOH-OOOH!" Donkey Kong cried, breaking down the wall and destroying the pump, running through with the other Kongs.
Kami, Ava, and Kweeb stuck their heads through the big hole, eyes widened at the muscular ape. "Wow. That ape alone might be strong enough to take out this whole base." Kami said, impressed.
"Grr!" Scarlet growled, throwing the broken hose to the ground and running off.
Violet then walked over with curiosity and picked up the device used to power the hose. The head of the strange robot turned and spoke. "Rescue… complete. Please… find my rightful owner."
"Rightful owner?" Violet asked.
The Mario gang was able to get away from the exploding hall and arrived where Violet was, the Italian plumber immediately noticing the device. "Oh!" Mario jumped off Yoshi and ran over to grab it.
The little robot turned at Mario's visage, examining the plumber. "Rightful owner detected. I am FLUDD. Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device. I am happy to be of assistance once again."
"Ah-hah." Mario smiled, wrapping the belt attached to FLUDD around his waist, wearing the water pump on his back.
"I missed you, Mario."
Team Alien followed the Kongs down the hall as Donkey easily punched and KOed Stormtroopers. "What's got this guy so riled up?" Ava panted as she ran.
Donkey burst down another door, pounding his chests and giving his usual battle cry as the others looked in the room. There were a bunch of shelves with jars of Wisps, but the center one held a familiar face. "Guys! 'bout time you made it!" Tiny Kong exclaimed in a tiny voice. "A little help would be nice."
A bunch of Kremlings came down from the ceiling and tried to hold them back. From all the fighting, Kweeb was flung into the air, landing on Tiny Kong's shelf. The little alien pushed the equally-little monkey's jar to the floor and shattered it, the female Kong returning to normal size. "Whew! Thanks, Kweeb! Time to kick some reptile tail!" With that, the quick and nimble Kong member helped her friends battle the Kremlings.
The Mario group ran back to the crumbling hall where the airships were still firing. Mario gestured Yoshi to run off and hold back other Koopas coming their way while the plumber used FLUDD's hover nozzle to fly out one of the holes and jump off some Banzai Bills to reach the airships. Toad held onto Peach as the princess used her parasol to glide over after Mario.
With Team Forest
Team Forest ran down another hall as Cosmo beat Koopatrols with his staff and Annie with her slingshot. They were then ambushed by rows of Chargin' Chucks, with dodgeballs, baseballs, footballs, etc.. "Okay, you guys seriously need to pick a sport." Annie told them.
"I'll handle 'em." Chad said, grabbing any of the sports items they hurled and throwing them back. He started to get overpowered after a while, but Emily thankfully flew around in her ghost form and helped catch the balls, tossing them back and knocking the Chucks out with Chad. "Great work." Chad smiled to her.
"Thanks! Now let's look for that Bang Gas."
Annie suddenly noticed Gary shooting off some Waddle Dees a few feet away before running into an elevator. "Uh, you guys go ahead. I'll catch up." With that, she ran into the elevator beside it.
With Shadow
Shadow continued to chase Lehcar down a higher hall, the Negative smirking at the hedgehog as she skidded away. Rachel and Sector W followed closely behind, but stopped and gasped when Ghirahim appeared out of nowhere. The Demon Lord laughed and licked his lips before drawing out his sword. "You guys go. I'll handle this." Rachel told them. The six kids nodded and ran past Ghirahim after Lehcar, leaving Rachel to clash with Ghirahim once again.
With Mario
Mario, Peach, and Toad continued to make their way across the flying pirate ships, dodging Rocky Wrenches, flame cannons, and Missile Bills. They then jumped into a cannon and fired their selves to the flagship, flying over some Bullet Bills that fired from below them. Three Whomps tried to fall on them, but they dodged, got on their backs, and Ground Pounded. A pipe appeared on the ship's deck for them to jump down in the captain's cabin. (Stop the music.)
The three fell into a dark room on what appeared to be a dance floor. "So, you've finally made it." Some lights came on, revealing the stereos in the room, and two spotlights shining on the two Koopas from before, who turned around and made a pose.
"Huh? You two?" Peach questioned.
"I'm Lemmy." One of them introduced.
"I'm Larry!" the other one said.
"And I am…" A red-spike-shelled Koopa with a black afro rose from behind a DJ booth, turning and facing them with sunglasses. "NOT Roy!" Roy Koopa introduced, jumping between his two partners. "And we're…"
"THE SUPAH KOOPA DANCERS!"
"Supah Koopa… Dancers?" Peach questioned.
"And what is that 'Not Roy' thing supposed to mean?" Toad asked.
"Uh, don't ask." Roy said. "Anyway, we know you're attacking this base to steal Jirachi, but we're sorry to say he belongs to the Dark Master now, and we're here to stop you."
"Prepare to face the power of Supah Koopa Dancers!" they all exclaimed. "1. 2. 3. GO!" Music started to play from the stereos as they started dancing.
Boss fight: Supah Koopa Dancers
"Yeah! Ohn, that's right, shake yo' bootay!" Roy Koopa sang as he, Lemmy, and Larry shook their tails.
"What are they doing?" Princess Peach asked.
"A terrible dance routine." Toad replied.
"Yeah yeah, tha's right, don't fight it!" Larry sang. "Dancing's fun, don't bite it!"
"I thought they were going to be fighting us." Toad said, confused.
"Unless this so-called dancing is supposed to knock us out from how awful it is." Peach thought.
"Hmm…" Mario stood in thought.
The three Koopalings continued to clap and dance as Lemmy sang, "Ready? Okay!"
"Hi, hi, hi, HEY! One two three four!" they all cheered.
"Come on, then. Brush that hair! Wave your arms around like ya just don't care!" Roy sang, brushing his afro back before waving his arms around.
"Oh?" Mario suddenly felt himself mimicking Roy's movements, brushing his hair back and waving his arms.
"Mario?" Peach questioned.
"Yeah, that's right! Shake that tush!" Lemmy sang. "Yee-haw like a cowboy like old George Bush!"
"Huh?" Toad began shaking his butt against his will. "What on Earth? YEE-HAW!"
"What are you doing, you two?" Peach asked.
"Now, swing your feet up-and-down as well! Like some girl under a spell!" Larry sang.
"Oh no!" Peach gasped, forcibly kicking her feet in the air. "They're controlling us with their music."
"Now you get it, Princess?" Toad asked, still shaking his bottom.
"Mama Mia." Mario could only say.
"So, now ya finally get the beat? Jump around and feel the heat!" Roy commanded.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! !" Mario screamed, gripping his bottom and flinging around in the air, what he normally does when he falls in hot lava.
"C'mon, don't let him be alone! Bash your skull and break that bone!" Lemmy commanded.
"What the- Hey!" Toad yelled, suddenly flipping upside-down and banging his mushroom head against the floor.
"Come on, then. OH, who's next? Split and bend just like your flex." Larry ordered.
Peach immediately did the splits and bent back. "Ow!"
"Hey, hey, hey, HI! One two three four!"
"Another bash the floor!" Lemmy sang. Toad forcibly hit his skull against the floor again.
"Now jump around and 'round and 'round. Hit 'im with a good Ground Pound." Roy sang. Mario immediately flipped over Toad and bashed his head with a Ground Pound.
"Swing that golf club!" Larry sang. Peach took out a golf club and smacked it across Mario's head.
"Sorry, Mario."
"Do a head-butt!" Lemmy sang. Toad forcibly jumped up and head-butted Peach.
"Hey. Hey. Hey. YAY! One two three four!"
"Who's the coolest Koopa on this floor? I AM! I AM!" Roy sang.
"You go bash your head in a door!" Peach sang.
"Yeah!" Mario nodded.
Roy immediately slid over and opened the exit door, sticking his head in and slamming the door on himself. "Ow, eek, ow ow."
"Huh?" Peach rose a brow.
"Ehh. Whaddya doing there, Roy? Come and sing! Let's get Peach to hit that thing!" Larry commanded.
Peach took out all her blunt objects under her dress, from her golf club, her tennis racket, her frying pan and umbrella, and used them to bash Mario's crotch.
"Oh yeah? Not so fast! Get in the line of a Bullet Bill, you'll have a real blast!" Toad sang.
Lemmy ran onto the ship's deck and stuck his head in front of a Bill Blaster, allowing it to shoot and cover his head in soot.
"Punch-a in the face!" Mario sang.
"Huh- What the-?" Roy raised his right fist and punched himself.
"Come on, do the breakdance!" Peach happily sang, spinning along the ground, Larry forcibly spinning on his shell.
"Bash your skull like ants!" Toad ordered. Lemmy flipped upside-down and bashed his head against the floor.
"And one! Two! Three! Four! March right on right out the door!" Peach and Toad sang.
Lemmy and Larry stood straight up and saluted, proceeding to walk out the ship's door, stepping into only thin air… er, space. They looked to see no ground beneath their feet, their eyes widened. "Uh-oh. AHHHH!" The two Koopas fell to the depths.
"And now it's just-a you!" Mario sang to Roy.
"Ahh! Stop it! Stop it!" Roy shouted, immediately shutting off the stereos. "Huff, huff. Okay. That didn't go at all as planned. But you haven't won yet! You've actually walked right into our trap! Time to take the REAL prize! Get a load of my Chromedome Blindation!" The Koopaling threw off his wig, and in an instant, the three were blinded by the light from his shiny, hairless bald head.
"OHH!" Peach screamed.
"MAMA MIA!" Mario cried.
When the light vanished, Mario uncovered his eyes and saw that Toad, Peach, and Roy were gone, and it was just him and FLUDD. "Oh? Oh." He looked around confused.
"HELP MEE!"
"Ohh!" Mario immediately ran to the ship's deck, hearing Peach's cry.
"Help!" Mario looked up at Roy Koopa, holding onto Toad and riding on Kammy Koopa's broomstick, and Bowser Jr. in his mini airship, having Peach tied up.
"Mweh heh heh! You've played right into our game, Mario." Kammy laughed.
"Yeah! My dad's gonna be REAL happy now that we've captured Princess Peach!" Junior exclaimed.
"We planned to have this done from the very beginning. But we got a little… tied up. Heh heh." Kammy followed.
"We're takin' Mama Peach with us back to the castle." Junior smirked. "See ya later, Loser! Ah ha ha ha!"
"Mariooo!" Peach gave one last cry before the Koopas took off.
"WHOA-OH!" Mario yelped when TIE Fighters and Yokian ships started attacking the ship Mario was on.
"It appears they have taken them to Koopa Kore." FLUDD said. "I suggest we evacuate now." Mario nodded to his companion before switching on the hover nozzle and flying off before the ship was destroyed.
Inside the station
Gary the Stormtrooper watched with grief as he watched the events unfurl from a high window above a hall. Shadow the Hedgehog and other operatives were slaying his fellow Stormtrooper comrades left and right. Memories flashed through his mind of similar brawls: his fellow Stormtroopers were shot, stabbed, blown up, beheaded, sliced in half, and even fell down pits of certain death. Day and day, he continued to watch his allies die before him. He knew this was for the purpose and good cause of war, but… something just didn't feel right about this. He sighed.
"I thought you'd be in here."
"Huh?" The soldier turned and spotted Annie in the doorway. "You?"
"It's sad, isn't it? Watching all your friends die before you."
Gary sighed and leaned against the wall. "You don't know the half of it."
"I kinda do." Annie said, walking closer. "Before Emily came back as a Halfa, I was certain she was dead. She's my best friend."
"Hmm…"
"Why do you serve him, anyway?"
"I…I don't know. The Siths said they wanted to change the universe for the better… but it feels like all we've been doing is killing people and establishing rules over planets. I remember back during the Clone Wars. We used to fight for peace and prosperity and gave our lives to spread freedom throughout Galaxia. But ever since these Siths came into the picture… sigh, it just hasn't been the same. You'd think being the only Stormtrooper that can shoot someone in the knee would have its benefits… but it isn't so great."
"If you don't like it, why don't you just quit? Even if you are clones… you don't have to serve him. You should leave and be the person you wanna be."
"Sigh, it's not so simple. The Brain won't stand for any desertion. He isn't any different than that whack job father of his. He'll grab us around the neck and kill us in a Psycho Choke before you know it."
"But you shouldn't have to do something you don't want to. All Brain does is throw you all out to get yourselves killed so he can get what he wants. Oh, and in case you didn't notice, your daughter's under attack." At this, Gary immediately looked at the hall below to see Danika chasing Jessica.
"Danika, wait!" Gary yelled, breaking through the window and landing in Danika's way. "Don't shoot!"
"Daddy?" Jessica turned in surprise.
Danika and Cheshire stopped and raised eyebrows as Midna came out. "Oh… a Stormtrooper with a daughter? Now, that's interesting."
Somewhere else
Team Alien had split up as Ava started slicing up Stormtroopers in another hall. But almost instantly, she was whipped by Aurra Sing's light-nun-chucks. "We never finished our brawl!" she yelled.
"Uh!" Ava twirled and readied her swords. "Isn't there anything I can do to make you let it go? ?"
"Except for seeing you rot in a prison, there's nothing that will-" she lashed her nun-chucks at Ava, but when the younger Glomourian flipped over Aurra's head, a small, glass bottle, with some blue liquid, fell out of Ava's dress, bouncing off Aurra's head and to the floor.
"MY SQUID JUICE! !" they both screamed. They looked at each other in surprise. "YOUR JUICE? ?"
Star Station Roof
Team Dark and Sector W had chased Lehcar all the way to the base's roof, the girl stopping by the balcony railing and turning to face them. "Stop right there." Shadow ordered. "We have you surrounded."
Lehcar gave her maniacal grin and closed her eyes, awaiting the response of a certain bucktoothed boy. "Heh. What a bunch of losers." They looked to their left at Harvey McKenzie, smirking and holding the large key in his hand.
"Harvey!" Sonya exclaimed. "What's that in your hand?"
"A Keyblade." Harvey stated simply. "A very special one, at that. It has the power to unlock peoples' hearts. Here, let me show you… with THIS!" The manipulated boy instantly dashed over and stabbed the weapon in Paddy's chest. The Fulbright's eyes and mouth widened, the kids frozen with horror as he gasped for breath. Harvey pulled the Keyblade out as a small light emerged from the chest and drifted to the Keyblade, absorbing inside the weapon.
Once the light was absorbed, Paddy fell to the ground unconscious. "PADDY! !" Sonya ran up and held the boy's head up as tears started to well in their eyes. "But… he doesn't even look wounded."
Lee walked over and pressed his fingers to Paddy's palm, feeling a heart beat. "He…He's still alive."
"I don't understand…" Angie said.
"Duh." Harvey explained, "I've stolen Paddy's heart and trapped it in this Keyblade. Um, his spiritual heart, I mean. His physical heart has the energy to breathe, but any light, darkness, or ANY feelings have been robbed from him. He's just an emotionless puppet now."
"Grrr!" Sonya became furious and glared at Harvey. "You monster! How could you do this? Paddy was your best friend!"
"I have no friends, Sonya. You would know that better than anyone, Stupid."
"Harvey! Stop being mean! Come back to us!" Angie yelled. "You really think that Dark Master's gonna do you any good?"
"The Dark Master's given me everything. Why would I need you wusses when I have Lord Gnaa?"
"ERRR!" Angie growled, about to attack him.
Lehcar immediately jumped in their way and aimed her sword. Harvey smirked and left her to deal with them as he opened a portal of darkness, stepping through and disappearing. Shadow dashed at Lehcar as the Negative jumped from the balcony to the wide-open roof below. (Play the "Shadow Boss" Theme from Sonic Generations!)
Boss fight: Lehcar EiznekCm
The black hedgehog started chasing the Evil Princess around the base's roof, both of them using their rocket skis to skid along as Shadow tossed Chaos Spears that Lehcar ducked, doing spin-kicks and launching purple flame waves that Shadow jumped. Lehcar slowed down and tried to kick Shadow as he came by, but Shadow dodged and the two started slide-kicking each other.
Shadow finally punched Lehcar back, but the girl quickly got back up and launched more fire from her feet, boosting past Shadow and flying above him. Lehcar stayed airborne as Shadow continued chasing, charging lightning in her fingertips and blasting the hedgehog, who jumped and dodged. "HAH!" Shadow emitted a red aura and flew faster after Lehcar. The hedgehog warped in front of her and erupted a Chaos Blast, blowing Lehcar back and dropping her sword.
Shadow grabbed the sword and yelled, "CHAOS PUNISHMENT!", warping beside Lehcar, freezing time, and striking her with her own weapon. His Chaos Power ran out, allowing Lehcar to burn him and take her weapon back, continuing to run ahead.
Shadow hurriedly chased the Negative, who started making bigger flames appear along the ground, Shadow having to sidestep. Shadow speedily warped behind the last, biggest one, but was ambushed by Lehcar doing a jump-kick to his face. Shadow was flipped back, but landed on his feet and kept Boosting after her. Shadow charged a Spin Dash and shot over faster, but Lehcar just jumped, so he could get in front. "TRIFORCE POWER!" Lehcar yelled, gaining power from her Triforce Piece and unleashing an even bigger ray of purple fire from her right hand.
When the flames cleared, Shadow revealed to be unharmed, for he became Dark Super Shadow again. He instantly warped beside Lehcar and unleashed another Chaos Blast, doing some heavy damage. Lehcar switched on her rockets and flew all around above the base's roof, Shadow using his own rockets to zoom after her. He got beside her in the air and the two started throwing more kicks at each other. Lehcar kicked him upside the nose, knocking him down, but Shadow curled into a pinball and Home Attacked after her. He shot above her and Home Attacked again, pushing Lehcar to the ground with great force.
Shadow flipped off of her as Lehcar stood up, anyway. She held up her sword in defense as Shadow charged and pushed against it. "You're not seeming to get who's really the enemy." Lehcar said, doing a horizontal slash that Shadow flipped.
"Anyone who stands in my way is my enemy. Especially those who use the Chaos Emeralds for their own selfish gain." Lehcar jumped away when Shadow tossed another Chaos Spear. She ran around and wrapped her arms around Shadow's from behind, flipping him overhead and bashing his skull on the floor. Shadow flipped back up and charged another Spin Dash, missing as she jumped him.
When Shadow uncurled, Lehcar quickly charged a lightning shot and fired, successfully shocking and stunning the hedgehog. Afterwards, she grabbed him, ran, and threw him right over the edge. "Chaos Control!" he called, immediately warping behind her. Lehcar ran and did a jumping slash, but Shadow warped again. He reappeared behind her, grabbed her, and spun into another pinball.
"Whooaa!" Lehcar screamed from the dizziness. The speedy black hedgehog flew high into the air and came down with a hard landing, jumping off the Negative as she lay in a crater in the roof. The yellow Emerald flew out of her pocket over to the hedgehog, who bent down and picked it up.
Lehcar gritted her teeth as she stood back up, holding up her sword and running over to strike him. "Chaos CONTROL!" He held the Emerald up and slowed Lehcar down in time. He then easily ran behind and kicked the back of her head. She was knocked to the ground once more, panting as she turned and looked up at him. "Don't bother. With a Chaos Emerald's power, I control Time & Space. You can't break free."
"Ha ha ha ha." Lehcar chuckled, standing and brushing herself off. "Quite an impressive power you have there."
"Impressive, indeed. Anyway, I'll never let your father have his hands on these gems, or the Triforce. I'll destroy both of you."
"You seem to be forgetting one crucial fact." Lehcar said, sheathing her weapon.
"What's that?"
The half-demon walked a bit closer and said, "Rachel is my opposite. Destroying me would destroy her. As long as both of us are around, the Triforce Pieces will ever remain within us. Shame we can't just kill her in that case, but even if we weren't connected, the Triforce of Courage would be lost, and all of Father's plans would be ruined."
"Hmm…" This intrigued Shadow.
"I'll be seeing you." With that, the devious girl cackled and activated her rocket shoes, flying off to a Koopa airship.
Shadow just watched her fly off as Rouge ran over to him. "Shadow. You okay?" the bat asked.
"I'm fine."
"Well, should we chase him?"
"Hmm… we have a new target, now. Let's go." Shadow ordered, walking back the way they came. Rouge only looked curious as she followed him. (Stop the music.)
With Ava and Aurra
All the tension and rage that dwelled within the two girls were gone. They had shared a glass of one of the most relaxing drinks known to Glomourian, and were now sat and leaned against the wall. "Ahhhh…" Ava sighed in relief. "Squished inners from the Great Glomourian Squid… a Glomourian's delicacy…"
"Yeah… I can't believe you kept it all this time." Aurra replied, feeling just as exhausted.
"According to tradition… one friend gives a cup of juice to the other… and that friend holds on to it… until they bring it back and exchange drinks in remembrance of their friendship. To be honest, I forgot where I got it from... but I had to hold on to it, because…"
Aurra rolled over slightly, "You could've at least sent me a private message when you left."
"I tried to… I'm sorry." They were silent for a few seconds. "…For someone 51 years old, your skin's pretty good."
"Hm. I could say the same about you." She smirked. More silence. "…I'm sorry about… this whole thing."
"No big deal…"
At that moment, the Star Station shook, and Ava looked around confused. "You should probably get out of here." Aurra suggested.
"Yeah…" Still feeling dizzy, Ava stood up and hurried down the hall, turning right.
As Aurra watched her, Cad Bane showed up. "What are you doing, Aurra? ? Come on, we have to go!"
"Sigh, okay…" Aurra dizzily got up and hurried after the Duro.
Ava met up with Kami and Kweeb, who rode Kami's shoulder. "There you are! Where ya been, Ave? ?" Kweeb asked.
"…Squid Juice makes ya real dizzy." Ava replied, still dizzy as she followed them.
Bang Gas chamber
Chad and Emily had finally made it to the Bang Gas chamber, finding shelves littered with cans of the substance. "There it is… Bang Gas." The blonde boy spoke, eyes fixed on a single can.
"Eh, gotta admit, it's pretty." Emily said, looking at a huge glass container of the purple gas. "Well, go on, Chad. Just one can, and you'll be meta in a minute."
Chad walked over and grabbed a can, and seemed to be ready to spray the stuff all over his body… but his arm shook with hesitation.
"Is… something wrong?"
"I… dunno. I've always wanted to have cool powers and impress Danika… but something about this just doesn't feel right."
"You think it's because there's really nothing wrong with being a regular human?"
"I dunno. But if I don't get powers… I might never know what's it like. I won't get to be like my sisters, I won't get to help people easier. I…"
They suddenly felt the whole base begin to shake. "Well, you better decide quick. Looks like Meta Knight's deciding to take this place down." (Replay Grievous's Theme!)
Chad looked back-and-forth between the gas and the exit, both teens shaking after another tremor. "Hurry up!"
Halberd Cockpit
Outside, the Halberd bombarded the Star Station with lasers in their attempt to destroy the place. Amy's face appeared on Meta Knight's screen as she spoke, "Meta Knight, why are we attacking while our friends are still in there?"
"We are running out of time. They have already called for reinforcements. I must begin bringing this base down now."
"It's no use, Meta Knight." Blade Knight reported. "That base has some strong defenses. It'll take a star storm to tear it down."
Meta Knight then noticed King Goobot's flagship entering the area. "Or… an equally powerful spaceship!" The knight's mind sparked with an idea. "Quick, get me in contact with the psychics!"
At this time, Morgan, Mika, and Rainier were busy taking down Nightmares and Denta Drones as Morgan's wristwatch started beeping, the girl looking as Meta Knight's face appeared. "Morgan, listen to me: do you see the flagship outside?"
The three looked out the window at the massive Yokian flagship miles away. "Uh, yeah?"
"You and Mika must use your powers and bring the ship on a collision course with the base, and quickly make your way out of there once you do."
"But that thing's ginormous!" Mika yelled. "We can't pull it!"
"Yes you can! Size matters not to Kweeb, and certainly matters nothing to psychicbenders! Focus your power and pull it in!"
"Okay. But you have some crazy mind, Meta Knight." Mika said as they readied and focused their powers. "But then again, who am I to talk." She looked more fierce. "Watch THIS, Rainier."
They two psychics were able to grab the spaceship with their psychic and began to slowly pull it toward the station. King Goobot and his Yokians felt this sudden movement right away. "Ooblar? What's that shaking?"
"Oh, it's not good, Sire!" the henchman panicked. "We seem to be in a Psychic Grab and it's pulling us toward the station."
"Bah. Send the mini ships!"
"…Uh-oh. Incoming!" Rainier yelled as a bunch of TIE Fighters and snot ships started coming and shooting at where they were. They were forced to release Goobot's ship so that they could charge and throw Psycho Spheres at the mini ships, and also grab and throw them at each other.
With Sector V
Sector V was currently dashing up the parallel escalators, pushing down all the enemies in their path before reaching the higher floor. "KIDS NEXT DOOR!" The kids stopped when three familiar lame villains got in their way. "Prepare to face the wrath of… THE TOILETNATOR-"
"Dr. Light-"
"-and… THE BOX GHOST! Who are now going to inflict great pain upon your physical forms."
"SCUMMY MUMMIES." Toiletnator called, summoning his toilet paper minions.
"Lightlings." Dr. Light called, summoning robots that brimmed with electricity, with armor identical to Light's.
"Boxes." Box Ghost just summoned a bunch of floating boxes.
"ATTACK!" The 'minions' charged to attack the ops as they easily fought back.
With Rachel
Back with Rachel's little battle with Ghirahim, the blonde leader knocked the sword out of his hand and smirked as she kicked him back. A purple flame blew in between them, and Rachel looked and gasped at a smirking Ganondorf. Ghirahim smiled and gave his evil laughter before teleporting away.
Rachel's expression furrowed as she ran in to swing at the Dark Lord, Ganondorf swiftly defending with his sword. At one point, when the swords came in contact and the two started pushing against the other, Mandy gave a battle cry and ran in, performing a jump attack and separating the two.
The two swerved back and held up their weapons, all three pointing at each other. The three's eyes widened when the Triforce marks on the backs of their hands started to glow. Ganondorf's smile widened as he laughed. "Heh heh HA HA heh! Well, well, well… the three Triforce parts, together at last. This is the moment I've been waiting for." He sheathed his sword. "At last, my powers return!"
Ganondorf held his right arm as all three waited for something to happen. Ganondorf's smile faded when nothing appeared to be happening. "Huh? What's wrong?" However, he gasped when he realized the problem. "Gah! Lehcar holds the other half of the Triforce of Power! Without both halves, I can't truly complete the Triforce. Ugh, where is that brat?... OOF!" When Ganon looked away, Rachel ran and struck him, and all three were in a battle once again.
With the psychics
Mika and Morgan just got done taking out the enemy ships as Mika spoke, "Finally. Now, let's finish this." The two of them gripped King Goobot's flagship and started pulling it toward them once again.
The alarms of the ship started blaring red as the Yokians panicked. "Gah! Get us out of here, Ooblar! Before we crash!"
"I'm trying, Sire!"
With Dimentia
At this time, Dimentia, Gabe, and Jeremy fought their way to a part of the station where Dimentia's sense grew stronger. "There! Jirachi's behind that door!" she yelled, pointing ahead of them.
"Stop them!" a Stormtrooper yelled as two of them ran in front, firing lasers. Dimentia simply warped between the two and gave them a powerful shock, knocking them out. Afterwards, she used her lightning to blow down the door, the three running in to find Jirachi inside the capsule.
"There he is!" Gabe yelled. Dimentia immediately snapped her fingers and exploded the glass, Jirachi falling to the floor as the boys went and bent over him.
"Ohhh… ohhh…." The star child groaned in pain.
"He's still alive." Gabe said, thankful.
"Let's go." Infinity ordered, and with that, they carried the Star God and quickly ran out.
With the psychics
The psychics continued to pull all their strength into pulling the flagship. The Yokians started to panic even more as the tip of their vessel was coming closer to the top of the station.
A couple of Stormtroopers, who were playing a game of cards in one of the tiny control towers, immediately looked up and noticed the tremendous ship flying straight toward them. "AAAHHHH! AAAHHHH! OHH GOOOD!" the Troopers shook frantically and aimlessly, unable to think straight.
The tip of the ship rammed and CRUSHED the tower, piercing through the center of the base. Ganondorf was about to strike Rachel once again, but looked up and gasped when the ship's tip pierced through and forced him down below. Rachel and Mandy exchanged a startled glance before dashing down the hall to avoid being crushed by the rest of the ship coming in.
"Warning. Warning." The place started to blink red. "Incredible damage dealt to the center. Evacuate all personnel. Warning, warning. Who's the *** that drove a ship into the station?"
"Come on, Jessica, we gotta go!" Gary hurriedly yelled to his daughter, grabbing her arm and running off.
"Wait, Daddy!" the girl yelled, pulling her arm back. "We gotta find my friends!"
"Ohhh, dammit." He felt the area shaking more and tried to think of an option. "Ugh, come on." He wrapped his arms around his daughter as Danika pulled them into a Shadow Veil and slid off.
Annie stood in place, feeling very nervous from all the shaking, unable to think straight. "W-What about me? ?" Danika came back and decided to grab Annie in her Shadow Veil.
"Let's GO!" Nigel yelled to Sector V, leaving the two defeated unconscious villains. The Box Ghost, who only floated there dizzily, recovered and quickly grabbed his friends, turning intangible and flying off.
The Junior Prospectors continued fighting against April and Nolan when the felt the area shake, causing Nolan to fall out of his wheelchair. The young kids ran off while Danika slid by and grabbed the two in her shadow as well.
Eva and Kade had just finished gathering the last of the hotel residents onto a Koopa airship, waving them good-bye as the ship flew off. Penelope showed up right when they left. "Oh, hey, Penelope. Sorry, you just missed Amanda." Eva told her.
"Never mind that." She replied, slipping on her glider and space helmet. "I must part ways with you people on my own quest to locate Amanda's lost personas. Good-bye, children. I will SEE you in Hell." With that, the insane fanatic stood with her back to the edge of the hangar, her expression insane, and saluting before falling back into the vastness of space. Penelope switched on her rocket glider and took off. As she flew further away from the crumbling station, she looked to the camera and said, "Please."
Side mission unlocked: Find all of Amanda's scattered personas throughout the world.
The rest of the main group was piling into the hangar just in time. "Guys! We've got Jirachi!" Infinity exclaimed.
"Wait! Where's Princess Peach?" Tails asked.
"Hmmm…" Mario held his head down, eyes closed.
"So, she's been kidnapped again." Sonic figured.
"Can't say I'm surprised." Knuckles remarked.
"Knuckles." Tails scolded.
"Doesn't matter, we'll rescue them later." Rachel said. "For now, let's just-" The blonde was suddenly knocked away by Shadow's Spin Dash, the black hedgehog uncurling and facing her with a glare.
"What are you doing, Shadow?" Sonic yelled at the antihero.
"As long as you continue to live…" Shadow spoke to Rachel, "the Triforce is in danger of falling in Ganon's grasps. If I destroy you… the Triforce will be lost forever, and so will your evil opposite. HNGH!" Shadow ran to punch the leader, but Sonic grabbed and pushed him back.
"Shadow, are you sure this is the right way?" Rouge asked.
"It's the only way. You're either with me or against me."
This made Rouge feel very hesitant.
They felt the whole base shake again as Tails yelled, "We can't stay here much longer, you guys! We have to get out of here now."
"I can't let you hurt anyone, Shadow." Sonic promised. "If you're going to be like this, then it's too dangerous to have you around." With that, Sonic and Shadow ended up in a speed brawl.
The blue hedgehog quickly knocked Shadow away before hopping onto the X-Tornado that was taking off, alongside the rest of the ships. "Let's go, Shadow." Rouge yelled to Rouge, getting in her ship, the black hedgehog jumping on as it took off.
Team Dark took off through hyperspace while the other ships boarded back on their flagships. Everyone watched as Goobot's ship pierced completely into the Star Station, the entire fortress erupting in a massive bright and fiery explosion. The rest of the Koopas and Troopers within the base's halls screamed in terror in their failed attempt to escape the burning flames that consumed them. The fallen forms of the minions, as well as the gooey forms of the Yokians whose containers were destroyed, drifted around the vacuum of space with rest of the debris.
"I'll get you next time, Kids Next DOOR!" King Goobot vowed, now a gooey mess just like his minions. The Battleship Halberd immediately flew by the king, its engines burning and making him a fried egg.
"You look EXQUISITE sunny-side up, Sire!" Ooblar complimented, floating by. (End song.)
Battleship Halberd
"YEEAAH!" the many operatives cheered, having returned to their flagship.
"Great job, everyone! That was fantastic!" Meta Knight congratulated.
Afterwards, everyone looked to the sleeping Star God in Infinity's arms. "They've been using him to power up some sort of machine. Poor Jirachi's been through so much. We better make sure he gets plenty of rest before he wakes up."
"Uwaah. I could sure use a nap, too." Hoagie yawned.
"Yes. Let us all get rest." Meta Knight suggested. "We've been through much today, considering this battle. By the way, has anyone seen Penelope?"
"She left on her own crazy mission." Eva replied. "Good riddance to her."
"Wait! Has anyone seen Jessica?" Sammy asked. Everyone looked around and noticed Jessica had gone missing.
"Hey, Annie's gone, too! !" Emily yelled. "Where did they go?"
"Forget about her. What's wrong with Paddy?" Fanny asked, noticing her unconscious younger brother with worry.
"It was Harvey. He…He used some kinda key thingy, and… took his soul, or something." Sonya answered, remorse on her face.
"He what?" Fanny replied, struck by the info.
Brain's Star Destroyer
Meanwhile, the Brotherhood villains had all gathered onto a Star Destroyer, meeting up with The Brain. "Hmm. Those fools had us quite outmatched, it seems. I should have anticipated their attack."
"It vas a great loss." Monsieur Mallah replied. "Those fools have stolen the Star God. And we have yet to absorb enough of his energy to power our Dimensional Traveler."
"On the bright side, take a look what Gary brought!" Aurra said, coming in with Bane. She Jessica by the arms while Bane had Annie handcuffed.
"Hey, wait, that's my daughter!" Gary yelled, running in.
"They were with those operatives!" Nolan pointed out.
"Uh! Let me go!" Jessica squirmed. Annie, however, stood in place patiently, not showing worry.
"Ah ha… how interesting. Seems our little failure wasn't all loss." Brain spoke. "Any ally of the Kids Next Door is an enemy to us. It's time we stored you in cold storage."
"Now, wait just a second!" Gary objected. "No daughter of mine is being thrown in cold storage."
"Indeed." Mallah said. "Not zis early. Perhaps we could use her for bait to trap ze rest of zere friends. Little children are so easy to fool."
"Indeed, Monsieur Mallah. Perhaps it is too early. We will have her locked away, for now. And Gary, many thanks for bringing this prisoner to us. We will use her to trap the other younglings. Then have them frozen."
"Daddy? You aren't going to let them freeze me, are you?" Jessica asked with upset eyes.
"Jessica, I-"
"Gary is a loyal worker." Genious replied. "He would not dare betray us for anything. Lock her in the brig. I will send you your paycheck momentarily, my loyal Stormtrooper." The Sith Lord rolled away as the bounty hunters led the children to the dungeon.
"DADDYYY!"
Mr. Boss merely stood behind a doorway, watching this unfold.
Battleship Halberd
Everyone was asleep aboard the Halberd now, and all the lights were off. The mysterious, ball-shaped figure with bright yellow eyes entered the Reactor chamber, the darkness hiding his form. "So, the young Star God himself has been rescued. These kids are proving to be a bigger help than I expected. But perhaps a tad too powerful…" He thought to himself for a moment, then shook his head. "No matter. Soon, the Jeweled Scepter, and its source of light will be in my grasp."
The figure stepped into a slight shade of light, and revealed himself as Magolor. "Soon, I will control the ultimate Power of the Stars, and the Nightmare King shall be free! Then… the New Nightmare Wars shall commence, and we shall finally have revenge on all! Especially that traitor, Meta Knight. Isn't that right… my brother?"
Marx happily bounced into the room on his ball, cheerful as ever. "Revenge is a dish best served with pudding! Yay, yay!"
"MUA HA HA HA HA! MWAH HA HA HA HA! AHH HA HA HA HA! AHHH HA HA!"
AAAUUUGH! This was so LONG! ! Ugh, my FINGERS are killing me!