Gameverse: Legend of the Eight Firstborn

by Gamewizard2008

Second saga of the Gameverse crossover series. The Dark Master has returned, and his armies are ready. The Kids Next Door and all their allies must work together and find the Eight Firstborn Spirits before they do. The journey begins...

69. City of Wars

O-kay, everybody! If you thought Star Station was intense… just wait until you see this one.

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Chapter 52: City of Wars

Boogey Bay

"Nnngh… huh?" Mandy finally regained consciousness, finding Creeper and the Boogey Pirates looking over her.

"You okay, Captain?" Creeper asked, helping her up. "What happened?"

"Nnn… I remember… sneaking onto Rachel's ship and flying off with them… then falling into this weird hyperspace. Where are we?"

"You're back on the Boogey Bay. We found that Katie girl, too." She looked and saw two other pirates holding Katie by the arms.

"Hm. Just let her go. Find us the nearest port."

"As you say, Captain." The pirates released Katie and went to their stations. Afterwards, the two fearbenders went to stand by the railing, looking over the ocean.

"Katie…"

"Hm?"

"How are you a fearbender, anyway? The side-effect of being Nightmare-created?"

"Not really. Since I've been created… I've always had nightmares. Nightmares of being trapped inside the Happy Headband again. It's made me afraid… but I've been able to get past those fears, because I know Nigel would never abandon me."

"So… you trust him."

"Yeah." Katie replied simply.

"…I wonder if I should do the same… with Rachel."

"Oh, no. Don't put such ideas like that in your head." a strange voice said. (Cue Ghirahim's Theme!)

The pirates all jumped back in shock when the white Demon Lord zapped himself onto the deck. "Who are you?" Mandy asked.

"I am Lord Ghirahim. Servant to Lehcar EiznekCm, daughter of Ganondorf. Your cousin's opposite to be precise. I have come bearing exquisite news! Ganondorf is close to reviving the ancient Triforce. But to do so, he needs your power."

"My power? Oh yeah. The Triforce of Wisdom." Mandy remembered, looking at the mark on her hand.

"Quite so, my dear. But there is no denying that fear possesses your mind. We both know that. However, you don't need Rachel's 'love and care' to make it go away. No, what you need is absolute power. And Ganondorf is just the man to grant it."

"Intriguing. But why would I want to join him?"

"Hm hm hm. You'd have it all, Child. Siding with the most powerful demon in the Underworld. You'd get to leave your cousin Rachel forever, and instead befriend her despicable opposite, as both of you bear that same everlasting hatred. If Ganondorf rules all, you can have anything you want. Take revenge on all those who oppose you. Lord Mandy, Mighty Ruler."

"Hmm…" Mandy tapped a finger to her chin in thought. "You intrigue me, Ghirahim. I may take you up on that offer."

"Eh heh…" Ghirahim gave a wicked smile. "If that's so… then take my hand. I'll bring you to where Ganondorf currently waits."

Mandy exchanged one last glance with Katie and replied, "Alright then: I'll go."

"So will I." Katie said, both of them taking his hand.

"Hnn, along for the ride, eh? We can always use some spare parts, I guess. Very well: let's go." With that, the demon snapped his fingers and made them all vanish in an instant. The pirates searched for where they went.

"'ello? Captain?" Creeper called. "Aww. Not again." (End song.)

Sector R Treehouse

After a while, the GUN troops and Moogers cleared out from Sector R, leaving it in total ruin. As Yin and Yang paced around the living room floor, Bruce just sat on the edge of the room, where one of the walls used to be. "Aw, don't worry, Bruce, they aren't gonna hurt Violet." Yin assured him. "They're probably just gonna run a few tests and try to get rid of those cat parts."

"Sounds pretty painful to me." Yang commented.

"Well, at least she isn't DEAD!"

"That's why I'm worried, you guys!" Bruce yelled. "Violet's dream was to make a more peaceful world for metahumans, and now they're probably doing experiments that might KILL her! All because she was fighting for what she believed in. I wanna save her, but Luna's in trouble, too. What if we try to save one, but the other ends up getting killed? Siiigh… 'cause that's what always happened when we worked in the Kids Next Door. And my team ended up… getting Delightfulized because of it."

"We could always split up." Yin noted.

"But going in short numbers would lead to destruction." Yang followed. "We need to find the others."

"Yeah, but just how long will THAT take?" Bruce asked.

Yang then looked to the sky and said, "I dunno. But it looks like we have more company." He pointed at an incoming Bowser airship.

When the ship lowered at the floor's level, they were relieved to see it was only Matthew Dimalanta, who grabbed a plank and used it as a bridge to walk over with a hamster cage. "Matthew!" Yin yelled.

"Hm. I was afraid you guys didn't survive that space battle." Matt smiled. "Look what I got." The boy held the hamster cage to their faces, giving them a view of the shrunken Sector R.

"Luna!" Bruce smiled.

"We were all at Bowser's Castle when Mr. L brought them all of a sudden. Bowser was going to take them someplace else, but once I figured out who they were, I had to help them. Especially since they missed me a lot more than I thought. I threw all the Koopa troops overboard and stole the airship to get us back over here."

"Well, just because you pass a lot of gas, doesn't mean we don't want you- Ow!" Flynn said in his little voice, before Jacquiline punched his arm. "What? I was just joking."

"Either way, please tell us you have a way to get us back to normal." Sam said.

"Though I have to admit, it's fun being a hamster!" Ria said cheerily, running on the hamster wheel.

"Uh… not that I know of. Sorry." Matt replied.

"AWW."

"Wait: I remember Celebi using her magic to unshrink some of our other friends." Bruce said.

"That reminds me, Eggman called Bowser before we left." Matt replied. "He said they were going to capture Celebi and bring her to Neo Bowser City. That's where he wanted to take these guys."

"Where's Neo Bowser City?" Yin asked.

"The middle of the ocean. I bet if we go there, we can find Celebi and she can help these guys."

"Okay, there's our plan." Bruce decided, walking aboard the airship. "We'll probably even run into a few of our other friends. Let's go."

Langley Falls

"Arck. Noah, where are we going?" Buddy asked her as Noah kept her hands over his eyes. The sun had set over Langley Falls, and the stars were now hanging over the blue night sky as they walked through a forest.

"Just wait, Ruburd! You'll love it!"

After they finally stopped and Noah uncovered his eyes, Buddy's mouth dropped. She had led them to a wide waterfall pouring into a lake, reflecting the moonlight. "Whoa…"

"Heehee! These are the Langley Falls. Er, the actual Langley Falls, anyway. I heard that if you swim to the other side with someone, you're friends forever."

"Aren't we already?"

"I know! Let's see what happens then." With that, Buddy watched as the blonde dove beneath the water. He took a breath and dove under as well, watching his friend swim under the waterfall and following her. The two resurfaced and found their selves in a stalactite cave, water dripping and reflecting off the ceiling as they climbed onto a platform in the center.

Buddy spotted a glowing dark-blue gem in the center of the platform, and crawled over to pick it up. "Check it out. It's a Chaos Emerald."

"Hm. We'll need to give that to Sonic and those guys later." Noah said as they sat on the edge of the platform, dipping their feet in the water.

"Yeah. But boy, just look at this place. You don't find places like this in Chicago."

"Yeah, especially with no GUN troops." Noah said, scooting closer to Buddy. "It's nice to finally be alone together once in a while, don't you think?"

"Uh… yeah, sure, hehe." Buddy blushed.

"Heehee!" Noah noticed his blush and giggled.

"…Hey, Noah… you think we'll ever be able to change this world for the better? And psychicbenders won't have to worry about hiding?"

"Hm hm! Duh, of course we will! It's like I told you before, Buddy: your powers make you special. Heck, I almost wish I had them. If GUN just knew the benefit of people like you, they wouldn't do this."

"…You know, maybe that's it, really."

"What is?"

"Maybe GUN is doing this because they feel inferior. They're jealous of our power and that's why they want to put us down."

"Well, I wouldn't be surprised. That is the reason the bully bullies the… bullyee, doesn't it? But listen, Buddy, despite what everyone else says, I know you aren't someone that would use your powers for evil. Sure you get in fights with Morgan a lot, but I know you're better than any Sith Lord. You're a really special guy with your powers, and anyone would be lucky to be like you."

"Hehehe." Buddy smiled. "Too much flattery, Noah. If anything, people would be lucky to be like you. You're really nice to everyone. That's why you're our best friend. And my…"

"'My…'?" she smirked and giggled.

"Oh, hehe. You know…" The two touched their pinkies together and stared in each other's eyes. The two loomed forward and were about to…

"Well, ain't that the purdiest thing Ah've seen in ages?" Their moment was over when Rattlesnake Jake suddenly shot out of the water.

"AAHHH!" Noah screamed at the snake.

"Too bad fer you where you're goin', love 'n' friendship don't count for squat. Now hands in the air, Psycho, and I won't dine on too much of your flesssh."

Buddy switched on his lightsaber and said, "Come and get it."

Jake stuck his tail end out of the water, aiming his attached machinegun and getting ready to blast them, but was unable to shoot. "Hm? Damn it! Wet powder. Don't matter. This is somethin' Ah can really sink mah teeth into!" With that, the demon snake rapidly began gnashing his fangs at the two, the kids quickly rolling and dodging. He slithered onto the platform and went around Noah, attempting to snap her again, but she dodged. When she backed up and tripped over his tail, he was about to gnash her again, but Buddy ran and swung his sword at the snake's cheek. "OOOWW!"

"Come on!" Buddy grabbed Noah and dove beneath the water, swimming out of the cave and running back onto land. The snake shot above the surface and lunged at them again, nearly biting Noah's legs until Buddy struck him again. "Let's find the others." He told her as they hurried out of the woods.

Downtown Langley

The rest of The Quads ended up in a fight downtown as GUN agents piled in. The siblings lashed their lightsabers and swat away incoming GUN Beetles and Laser Hunters. "We've found The Quads!" a GUN shouted, turning to a male and female agent beside him. "Quick, call for backup-" The agents suddenly switched off their holographic disguises, revealing their selves as Cad Bane and Aurra Sing before Bane punched him unconscious.

"Not today, Soldier Boy. I'm the star of this show." Bane said, taking out his Darkness Cannon and getting ready to shoot Morgan. However, he was hit by a Psycho Sphere from Sophie, making the weapon slide away. Aurra drew out her light-nun-chucks, trying to whip Sophie. The psychic flipped over the weapon, then blew her away with a psychic pulse.

"Hey guys, it's time to go!" Buddy yelled, running into the area with Noah, with Jake slithering after them. Sophie grabbed a few trashcans with her psychic and tried to hit Jake, but Wolf dropped in and dealt a few mini punches on her, blocking her chi so she couldn't bend.

Bane was able to recover and run over to grab the Darkness Cannon, taking aim at Morgan once more. "Say cheese." With that, the laser shot from the cannon, and Morgan was too late to dodge as it struck her directly.

The Demon Princess was surrounded in darkness, looking out in the fog as the baldheaded figure emerged. "We meet again, Morgan."

"You again? What do you want this time?"

"My awakening draws near. The darkness will rise before long. And it is time for you to realize your true powers, on the Dark Side."

"We already promised Mewtwo we wouldn't let the darkness get to us, so don't even try."

"I won't even have to. The power already resides greatly inside of you. Your anger waits impatiently to be unleashed. You have it for many people. Like Wendy Chang."

"Oh, please don't bring her into this."

"Yeees… How she always spited you for your power. It's time you make her see the error of her ways, and BRING the justice she rightfully… DESERVES!" Before she could react, the Negatar unleashed a dark ray from his hand, swallowing her in darkness.

"Morgan!" Buddy shouted, trying to wake his sister up. "Morgan, this isn't really the best time for sleeping." Before he knew it, her eyes shot awake, glowing dark purple as she used her power to fling him high in the sky.

"Morgan? Is something wrong?" Sophie asked as Morgan helped herself up. She said nothing however as she took off for the sky at high speeds.

"Where is she going?" Athena asked.

"I dunno, but it doesn't look good. We have to follow her." Noah said, taking out her remote and summoning her car. They each piled into the Camaro and quickly drove off, chasing after Morgan while Star Wolf just watched her leave.

"Heh. She's going somewhere in a hurry." Leon observed. "How do you propose we catch them?"

"I think it's time to show 'em our new weapon." Wolf decided. "Let's head back to Boba and see if he's ready."

The Tree of Beginning

Rachel's team made their way down the Tree of Beginning after the ambush, currently heading out of the great tree as Mika's head was still down in depression. "It's okay, Mika." Sonya smiled. "I'm sure you'll find somebody else."

"He…" she sniffled, "He said he was interested in me. He wanted to get to know me…"

"But all he cared about was using us." Sonya said. "What's important is that you don't lose your-"

"I will poooound him when I see him again…" Mika's visage showed only anger, tilting her head back up as dark auras appeared around her. "I will DECIMATE hiiiiiim! I'll use my powers to make him as small as those Minish and twist and grind my foot all over him until he absolutely rues the day he double-crossed meeee!"

"No, Mika!" Lucario spoke up. "You mustn't let your anger get the best of you. I, on the other hand, will gladly punch the crap out of him."

"Your friend sure is a lot scarier when she gets… upset." Chiri said, standing on Angie's shoulder.

"Eh, Fanny has a bigger temper than that." Angie remarked.

"Sigh…" Mika's dark aura died down. "Sorry, guys. I won't let it get to me. Right now, we have to go after them."

"We have to save Celebi from Bowser, too, remember?" Patton asked.

"Good point…" Rachel replied.

They all looked up when a C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. was coming down, landing beside them as Sector V, Facilier, the timebenders, and the Ice Climbers stepped out. "Rachel!" Nigel greeted, running out.

"Nigel!" Rachel ran over to her boyfriend. "How'd you find us?"

"Long story, but we have trouble. Rumpel Stiltskin found Gnaa a new henchman. She's an evil witch called Lucinda, and she granted these ice powers to some boy named Yuki."

"Yuki? Where've I heard that name before…"

"Wasn't he that one operative that got the ice powers and froze Harvey?" Sonya asked.

"The one you had banished?" Lee followed.

"Oh yeah… I remember now."

"Yeah. Thanks to you, Yuki's working for the craziest fairy on Avalar." Jagar said angrily.

"Okay, okay, we'll place blames later. We have our own problems, too. Apparently, Rainier was working for GUN. We found the Firstborn Mew and he stole him right from under us and gave him to the Commander. And what's more, Bowser and Eggman kidnapped Celebi and we have no idea where they've taken her."

"I can answer that." At this, they all turned their attention to a familiar airbender standing beside Annie.

"You!" Nigel glared, his friends recognizing the boy and aiming their weapons.

"Hey, hold on!" Annie yelled, getting in their way. "He's on our side… at the moment."

"Anyway, I know where they've taken Celebi." Vaati said. "There's a city in the middle of the ocean Bowser owns. In fact, a couple of your other friends are there as well. I could take you there."

"And why should we trust you?" Nigel asked.

"Alright then." Vaati replied, folding his arms and sitting on a rock on the ground. "Have fun flying their on your own. Um, which way is it again?"

Once again, the kids knew they were beat. "Ugh. Fine. Alright, everyone in the ship and let's go. We'll explain more on the way." Nigel ordered as everyone gathered on the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S..

"You guys go ahead." Mika told them. "Lucario and I need to go after Rainier."

"I can track him using my Aura Sense." Lucario said. "He won't outrun me for long."

Before boarding the ship, Angie gently set Chiri on the ground. "You should probably stay here, Chiri. It might be too dangerous where we're going."

"Okay." She nodded. "Be back soon." The C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. started to lift off as Mika wrapped her arms around Lucario, the fox using Aura Sense to see the way before dashing off at high speeds. Chiri waved good-bye as the aircraft zoomed the opposite way.

Neo Bowser City

Gray clouds covered the sky as rain poured onto the massive city below. The futuristic metropolis was decorated with endless mechanical buildings, several highways passing between them, and many statues with television pictures of the Koopa King. Big the Cat was currently wandering this city, looking for his friend. "Froooggyyy? Come out, come out, wherever you are."

Standing high atop one of the many skyscrapers was Darth Genious, looking over the city with Danika, Nolan, and April behind him. "Ahhh… the Neo Bowser City. Cold. Gloomy. Infested with crime and villainy. The perfect kind of city. Don't you agree, Nolan?"

"Yes, it's… real nice." the apprentice replied, unsure.

"You may be interested in hearing the history of this island. It was once the island base of Jonah Icarus, a late villain whom Sector Q once faced. The base was destroyed, but I was able to salvage the wreckage and build this city. The rights I decided to give to Bowser, but it is a marvelous metropolis all the same."

"Hmm…"

A dark portal opened a few feet away as Mother Talzin stepped out, followed by Yuki. "Ah, Darth Genious. The infamous Sith Lord I heard so much about."

"A pleasure to make your acquaintance, Mother Talzin," Brain greeted, "despite your past complications with other Sith Lords. I've heard much of your incredible powers."

"As I of yours. A brain to survive the absolute destruction of a space station is something of wonder." The witch spoke smoothly, rubbing her fingers against his dome. "Oh, if only I knew what you really looked like with the skin and bone that used to be your body… it'd be a fine specimen of a man."

"I am deeply flattered. But I also wonder… what beauty you possessed in your previous form?"

"More than you can throw a Psycho Sphere."

"E-yuck. Are they… flirting?" Nolan asked.

"I don't wanna know…" Danika replied.

"Hang on… aren't you Numbuh 2030?" Yuki asked Nolan.

"Huh? Oh, yeah… I was. …And you were Numbuh 1-Ice, weren't you? The boy who got the ice powers."

"He most certainly is." Talzin interrupted. "The two of you have so much in common. Both exiles from the KND, powered by an everlasting lust for revenge."

"The two of you would make an excellent team." Brain said. "Us two masters and you two apprentices. It's an interesting turn of events that we met like this."

"Yeah, yeah, who cares." Yuki replied snarkily. "All I wanna know is when Jagar's gonna show up. You said he's coming, didn't you?"

"Impatient, he is, I see." Brain said.

"Calm down, Boy. I can feel their presence near." Talzin said. "They will be here before long…"

That's when Mallah came out of a door on their right and approached his leader. "Master, Eggman and Bowser have arrived with Celebi. Ze children seem to have followed zem here as well."

"So, the Kids Next Door have found their way to this place. We will see if they can make it out of here."

Just miles away from the island, Mario was dashing high speeds along the water, using F.L.U.D.D.'s Turbo Nozzle, with Shaunie keeping his arms wrapped around him as he hung on, coming closer toward the city.

At the same time, Team Alien, Jeremiah, Team Chaotix, and the Kongs were flying toward the island, with the Kongs riding in Funky's Gyrocopter, and the others in the Flying Krock. "HEY DUDES, BE CAREFUL, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE THE SAME COLOR AS THE SKY." Funky yelled to the crew in the Krock.

"WHAT?" Ava shouted.

"I SAID BE CAREFUL, 'CAUSE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE THE SAME COLOR AS THE- WHOOOAAA!"

"…What was that?" Ava yelled back.

"I'm practicing my comedy crash!"

"Well, keep it down, I'm trying to- WHOA!" They were suddenly shot by a C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. flying behind them.

"What's their problem? ?" Kweeb yelled.

"They probably think we're Kremlings." Kami guessed. "Kinda thought that might happen."

"Better give them a call." Ava said, switching on the monitor.

The screen came on in Sector V's C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. as Ava's face appeared. "Cool it, you guys, it's just us."

"Geez, Nigel, raise your weapons at random adults, not us." Kweeb told him.

"Hey! It's Ava and Kweeb." Nigel noticed.

"Sorry about that, guys." Rachel said. "We'll meet back down at the shore."

They soon reached the island and landed their ships beside each other, encountering Mario's group as well. "Shaunie!" Fanny cried happily, running over to embrace her brother in a hug.

"So, what's everyone doing here?" Rachel asked.

"Well, we're here looking for the last Kong Family member." Kami answered. "Jeremiah said they might be holding him here."

"We're here because the Koopas kidnapped my friends." Shaunie told them.

"Hm. Talk about an awful coincidence." Rachel said. "Only problem is where to start looking."

"Can't you look at that map of yours?" Nigel asked.

"Oh yeah. Keep forgetting I have this thing." Rachel pulled out her Marauder's Map and got an overhead view of the city. One part of the map had a bunch of names bundled together, which were all the names of the Junior Prospectors. "I think I found your friends, Shaunie. They're in that building over there." She pointed to a colossal building designed like Bowser.

"That's-a not obvious." Mario remarked sarcastically.

Rachel looked to a lower floor of the map and found Lanky Kong's name. "And there's the Kong. It looks like he's in the sewer. And…" She gasped when she spotted Mandy and Katie's names next to Ganondorf's. "Oh no! Ganon's here! And he's got Mandy and Katie! Over there!" She pointed to a massive skyscraper miles away. "…What the-" She suddenly spotted Vaati's name bouncing over to Ganon's, like a frog across lilipads.

The kids looked around and realized Vaati was no longer with them. "Well-p, he betrayed us." Patton stated.

"Again." Annie sighed.

"And it looks like they're keeping Celebi in that same Bowser building."

"Okay, team: we have our assignments." Nigel began. "Rachel, Sector W, and I will go see what Ganon's up to. Everyone else head to that Bowser statue. Let's rescue our friends and get off this rock as soon as possible, got it?"

"Ooh-OOOH-ooh!" Donkey Kong cheered, pounding his chest as he ripped the nearest sewer lid open and jumped down, followed by the rest of the Kongs.

"I actually need to go." Jeremiah told them. "I need to see if the rest of my friends made it back here, too." With that, he ran off, leaving the rest of Team Alien to follow the Kongs in the sewers.

"You can just look on the…" Rachel tried to tell him, but he was already gone. "Or not."

"Just forget him." Nigel said. "Let's just go."

"Oh, Mandy… I sure hope you're okay up there." Rachel spoke worriedly. (Play "Skyscraper City" from Ape Escape 2.)

Stage 47: Neo Bowser City

Mission: Rescue your friends from the villain-infested city.

Mario and Shaunie began their venture to the massive Bowser building, running down a street and already finding a squad of Imperial Walkers. Shaunie cowered and hid behind a trashcan while Mario ran forward, dodging a Walker's lasers before shooting FLUDD's water up at the windshield and piercing through, getting water everywhere inside and making the Walker topple over. Mario ran under another Walker and used FLUDD's Rocket Nozzle, shooting straight up and piercing the hatch before throwing fireballs at the Stormtroopers inside. Shaunie snuck up behind the last Walker and found a can of oil, pushing it over and spilling it, tripping the robot and making it plummet over a gap in the road nearby.

The two couldn't continue farther because of the gap, so they went over to a building and climbed a fire escape to reach the roof, then started hopping buildings. On one of them, a bunch of Boomerang Bros. popped out of barrels, throwing quick boomerangs that Mario ducked. Shaunie jumped on one of the boomerangs as it came back toward the Koopa, jumping and kicking him over the building's edge. Another one tried to jump on Shaunie, but Mario shot some water and pushed it over the edge. He dodged another boomerang and sprayed some water that knocked the Bro. on its back, then ran over and kicked him at the last one.

The two jumped down to a highway road that led closer to the Bowser statue, jumping several Koopa cars that tried to run them over. Further down the highway, squads of Koopa Strikers kicked soccer shells at them. Shaunie tried to kick them back, only to end up stubbing his toes, so Mario only kicked them in the windshields of incoming Koopa cars, making them swerve out of control before running over the Strikers.

They finally made it up to the statue, finding a series of platforms that led up to the entrance. Shaunie held onto Mario as he Wall Jumped two close walls, then grabbed onto a pole that was parallel to another, proceeding to climb it. Several electrical balls were sliding down the poles to shock them, but Mario avoided them by jumping between both poles, letting them pass by. They watched as a Banzai Bill was fired above them, slowly coming their way, but Mario just kept spraying water at its face and easily destroyed it, allowing the two to reach the entrance.

Meanwhile, Team Alien and the Kongs were venturing down the city's sewers. Several oil drums were coughing out Gnawtys and Klaptraps, but Vector blew fire around the drums and easily blew them up. They arrived above a waterfall over a bottomless chasm, with a fence on the other side that had a raised bridge. Kweeb and Tiny spotted a mouse hole in the wall beside them, so the two headed in and made their way from behind the walls. They slipped over a ledge and got caught in a giant spider web, but Kweeb grabbed his gun and shot the strands of the web, making them drop free, then shot the spider before it came.

The two made it to the hole on the other side and were able to unscrew the bolts that held the bridge up, causing it to fall and for the others to get across. As they were turning a corner, a squad of Kasplats came running down, slamming the ground and sending shockwaves that knocked them over. Diddy recovered and ran to whip two of the Kasplats with his tail while Ava ran and sliced one, knocking it out. Kami ran behind another one and grabbed its fist, making him punch himself before knocking him out, while Chunky just ran over and spun and knocked the last two out.

They continued and went down a small waterslide, landing in a barrel cannon and shooting to another one. That cannon aimed them at a waterfall of sludge, but when it died down, they could fire to the next cannon. The rest of the cannons fired them automatically the rest of the way before they came to a stop on a ledge in front of a big door. A giant oil drum on the ceiling, called Boss Dumb Drum, dumped out a squad of Gray Krushas. "Ah, screw this. Let's use Team Blast, guys." Vector told his team. Espio drew out his banjo, Charmy his drum, and Vector his microphone as the others quickly closed their ears, letting the former Kremlings erupt their loud music and completely destroy the Krushas, also causing the Dumb Drum to explode and burst open the door. The others uncovered their ears once the three were done, making a victory pose as Vector said, "And that's how it's done." (End song.)

Rachel, Nigel, and Sonya had made their way up the skyscraper, walking out onto a rooftop as Rachel checked her map again. "So, the operatives have found their way here after all. I am impressed at your skill in making it this far." The three faced ahead and stood before the Sith Lord, alongside the three members of his top team.

"Brain." Rachel glared, aiming her sword.

"You've met Nolan York, haven't you?" Brain asked. "My latest and greatest apprentice. He despised the laws you Kids Next Door have placed on 13-year-olds and metahumans and decided to join with me. Such is the reason for his betrayal."

"What are you talking about? We don't have anything against metahumans." Rachel refuted.

"As if." Nolan replied. "Not one of you gave a crap about the Prospectors, or even me because I was their leader."

"There must be a reason." Sonya replied. "Didn't I hear you almost got the Moonbase destroyed by aliens?"

"There was no reason." Brain said. "It was merely a false accusation. The only reason you pinned the blame entirely on Nolan was because of his ideals. For so long, you treated an operative legend as insignificant. Sending him and his friends on dangerous missions in the hopes they would not come back. Some were decommissioned before their time, and others- Well, I need not say. Am I not correct, Rachel?"

At this, Nigel spared a curious glance over to Rachel. "Is he not correct, Rachel?"

"Er… I… Okay! Sometime before you left for GKND, there was this dangerous killer. I wanted to send you and Sector V, but decided the job might've been more fitting for him."

"Precisely. You were worried for the life of your loved one and decided to send a team which you thought served as 'excess baggage.'" Brain said. "It was because of your leadership ways that a fellow operative was killed. And why Dear Nolan prefers it so much better with me. Your anti-metahuman ways will be the end of you. Do me a favor and get rid of them for me, Nolan." The Brain rolled away.

"Heh. Alright then." Nigel smirked. "We'll just see what this freak has to offer."

"If that's what you want." Nolan retorted. "Too bad you won't be around when the rest of your precious organization falls to my master." (Play "Out of Control" by Hoobastank.)

Boss fight: Team Brotherhood

Nigel punched fireballs at the cripple, but Nolan extracted a shield and defended while Danika used Shadow Veil and slithered over, popping up and punching the Brit. Rachel tried to slice the shadowbender, but Danika dodged and started clashing against her sword with her daggers. Sonya tried to shoot April with an ice cream cone gun, but April countered with a psionic ray, giving Sonya a headache and stunning her. Nigel grabbed Danika's arms from behind, but she was able to shake him off and throw him away. Nigel quickly dodged before Nolan charged over and pierced him with spikes on his wheelchair, countering with some flames that Nolan ducked before jumping behind, grabbing his chair's handles, and pushing him into April.

The two recovered as Nigel jumped to strike Nolan again, but a punching glove shot out of Nolan's chair and knocked him away. Danika quickly defended against another of Rachel's strikes before swinging at her feet, Rachel jumping and clashing with her daggers some more. April let out another ray at Sonya, but she countered with her own pink one, the two forces pushing the other before Nigel burned April's butt from behind. The Brit leapt around when Nolan started firing lasers, attempting to fire his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. at his limp legs. Nolan countered with his grappling hook, the bigger claw pushing past Nigel's and squeezing him around the chest, and an electric beam went along the wire to give Nigel a painful shock.

Sonya quickly fired a ray at Nolan and gave him a headache, making him release the boy, but Sonya was kicked away by April. After Nolan shook his head awake, he charged his rocket boost and charged at Nigel, but Nigel recovered in time to jump him, letting Nolan crash in a wall. As Rachel and Dani clashed, Rachel was finally able to knock her daggers away, but Danika used Shadow Veil and went below ground, slithering over to grab Rachel's legs. Nigel shot his fire to the shadow on the ground and was able to burn her, Danika coming above ground on fire. Rachel was about to slice her, but her sword was suddenly grabbed by a big orange hand, looking back and seeing Midna.

"Now, now. That's not fair now, is it? Eee hee hee." Midna smirked. However, Fi popped out of Rachel's sword and kicked the shadow imp away.

"Perhaps I should even those odds." Fi remarked as she started flying and kicking at Midna. The imp was about to counter with a Shadow Shockwave, but Fi unleashed a sonic wave from her lungs, hurting Midna's ears.

Sonya and April engaged in hand-to-hand combat as Sonya grabbed April's hands and kicked her legs, knocking her over. April spin-kicked as she recovered, but Sonya jumped over and landed on her head, grabbing her sister's hair and starting to pull it. April threw her off and unleashed another psionic ray that Sonya counterattacked. Cheshire grabbed Rachel by the legs and pulled her to Danika, who tried to slice her with the daggers as Rachel was still able to fight back. The blonde leader sliced the shadow and broke free, running as Danika used Shadow Glide to fly around. Rachel tossed her boomerang and bumped Dani's head, making her drop dizzily.

Nigel swiftly dodged Nolan's missiles as he made his way over, flipping behind the handicap and trying to grab his handles, but Nolan switched on the rocket boost and shot away, also burning Nigel, then stopping and turning back around. He fired a net over Nigel and electrocuted him again, but Rachel ran and sliced the net, setting Nigel free before going back to battle Danika. Nolan shot more missiles at Nigel, but the Brit continued to dodge and made it over once more, throwing punches at Nolan while he countered with his chair's punching gloves.

"You were one of our best operatives. Why did you betray us?" Nigel asked, barely dodging punches and missiles.

"You all betrayed me. Your job was to protect kids everywhere, but when it comes to 'freaks', you won't mind getting them killed. My place is with Brain now. He wants to help metahumans find their place in the world and I'm going to help him. Hu-" Nigel suddenly got behind Nolan and flung his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H., wrapping it around his neck.

"You know what happened to the last traitor I fought?" With that, he grabbed Nolan's chair, spun him around, and pushed him over the edge of the building, the boy holding onto his chair with one hand and hanging on with the other. He then looked up with fear as Nigel stood over him. "Farewell, Traitor." Nigel stomped and twisted his foot on his fingers.

"AHH! MASTER, HELP!" When Nolan lost his grip, he was immediately saved by Brain, who watched the battle from the roof of another building. He used his psychic to hold him up, putting him back in his chair as he was levitated to the middle of the field. Midna stopped fighting with Fi and spared a glance to the Sith Lord, retreating back into Danika's shadow as Fi went back in Rachel's sword. April and Danika went to stand beside Nolan. "Let's finish them off."

Two helmets attached to cords extracted from the wheelchair and were placed on April and Dani's heads. They channeled their energy through the cords into the chair as a shadow energy field expanded around the area, Nolan locking onto the three operatives as they were caught inside. Afterwards, he launched three electrical rays from his chair that greatly stunned and gave the trio headaches, similar to April's psionic blast. While they were stunned, they stopped their Team Blast, and April ran over to kick Sonya away, Danika flipped over, pulled Rachel inside her Shadow Veil and landed several punches before throwing her out, and Nolan caught Nigel inside another net, shocking and swinging him around before landing him on the ground with a thud. (End song.)

The operatives were battered and torn after the beating they just endured, the three villains approaching them victoriously. "Heh. Was that all you got?" Nolan asked cockily. "We're supposed to be worried about you guys stopping our plans?"

"The Kids Next Door is totally losing their edge." Danika said.

"Come on, guys. Let's finish them off." April smirked. However, the trio jumped back when an ice ball nearly hit them from above.

"Now that isn't very sportsmanlike, is it?" Wesley Dodds asked as he and Larry jumped down in their way.

Nolan instantly gasped. "Mr. Dodds…"

The two old men jumped back when Brain threw a psychic blast, coming down and standing beside Team Brotherhood. "I don't recall inviting you to this party."

"Mmm, I never get invited to parties." Oldman whined.

"You kids get going." Wesley told the three operatives, who nodded and continued through the door beside them. "And Brain: you stop putting lies into Nolan's head right now."

"What lies?" Nolan asked.

"What lies, indeed." Brain said. "I'm afraid the only lies come from your mouth, Mr. Dodds. Nolan, the three of you get out of here. I will deal with him." With a hesitant expression, Nolan decided to turn and roll away, followed by his team.

"You must feel very proud of yourself, Genious. Toying with the mind of a troubled little boy like that. How can you be so despicable?"

"Do you know who I am, Wesley? I am Revan Bane Sidious. The last most powerful Sith Lord in the cosmos. I will go down in history as the one responsible for manipulating the greatest operative in the Kids Next Door."

"Ah, but what if Nolan finds his way? You'd no longer have any pride. You'd fail yourself and your father."

"What you superheroes fail to realize is evil always prevails in the end. I admit that my past mistakes caused me to fail before, but it will not happen again. Just when things are looking up, darkness will rain down and destroy all good. The Brotherhood of Evil will wipe the good from this universe, and I will be remembered as the greatest Sith Lord of them all. And when I am gone, Nolan will step up and take my place. Figuratively speaking, of course. Then again, we might actually develop the technology to give him artificial legs, so yes."

"Don't count yourself so sure. You use Nolan as a pawn now, but one day he'll get the strength to defeat you. Your reign will end."

"Of course he will gain the strength to defeat me. According to Darth Bane's Rule of Two, eventually one of the Siths has to kill the other. His strength and mind will grow, and he will finally destroy me and take my place. And rule all evil."

Sandman shot him a glare as he drew out his gas gun. "Not if I can help it."

"Enguarde, Mr. Dodds."

Mr. Oldman just stood there cowardly, looking for a way out. "Ohh. Nn, I HATE Mondays…"

With Team Alien

After fighting past the Boss Dumb Drum, the Team Alien crew continued their journey down the sewers. "Wow, that was awesome!" Kweeb exclaimed at Team Chaotix. "What kind of move was that, anyway?"

"It was called a Team Blast." Vector answered. "Don't you know what that is?"

"Uhhh, nope."

"Well, when you have a team of at least three people, if you combine your own skills, you're able to unleash a special move called a Team Blast." Espio explained.

"Every team's got their own Team Blast, and they're wicked cool and they wipe out all bad guys!" Charmy exclaimed.

They finally arrived at a large, circular, arena-like room in the center, seeing a cage hanging from the ceiling. "Look, there's Lanky!" Dixie pointed.

The orangutan gave a wide smile when he saw his friends. The room started shaking all of a sudden as everyone looked around, but Donkey made a shout as he pointed to a big door on the other side. (Play the "Army Dillo 2" Theme from Donkey Kong 64!)

The door slid open as a massive mechanical wheel rolled out, stopping and opening to reveal the Army Dillo's smirking face. "Ry hah hah hah!"

Donkey smiled and tapped Diddy's shoulder, jabbing his thumb toward the creature as they both burst into laughter. K. Rool's best plan was to send this guy again? They knew how easy he was before.

However, their cockiness ended when the armadillo grabbed a rope on his shell in his teeth, pulling it and causing tons of spikes to sprout all around his shell. The Kongs' mouths gaped when two machineguns sprouted from both sides of the shell, as well as two bazookas on the front of the shell. A claw placed two high-tech goggles over his eyes while another claw placed a cigar in his mouth, proceeding to smoke it and cackle maniacally.

The apes put on their battle-ready expressions as they all prepared to fight the sooped-up monster.

Boss fight: Crazy Dillo

The armadillo started off by curling in his shell, rapidly spinning as he shot over at the team, who quickly scattered and let it ram a wall. The beast recovered and curled in again, speeding around the room at high speeds before stopping in the center. Diddy jumped onto Donkey as the gorilla quickly rolled away to avoid the rapid-firing machinegun bullets. The beast then turned to face Ava and Kami, firing his bullets as Ava rapidly spun her swords and deflected the bullets away. The girls rolled to the side when Crazy Dillo spun and shot toward them again, still ramming the wall. When he turned to face Kami, Ava quickly threw her sword into the wall above her, allowing Kami to jump and grab it, letting the armadillo roll under her.

When Army Dillo stopped in the center again, Donkey rolled over, jumped, and slammed down on his head. The armadillo spun around to their side and started firing his bazooka at them. While his back was turned, Kami noticed his tail sticking out of the armor in the back. She pulled Ava's sword out of the wall and quickly ran over to lay several strikes upon the exposed flesh. The armadillo cried out in pain as he uncontrollably kicked behind him, running frantically around the room with tears in his eyes before colliding with the wall with great force. As his eyes spun in dizziness, his armor malfunctioned and started to electrify, giving the animal a shock so painful they could see his skeleton.

When the shock ended, Crazy Dillo retracted into his shell and zoomed around the room again, the team still avoiding before he stopped back in the center. The machineguns on the side of his armor retracted as missiles came out instead. The rockets faced and fired upward and locked on to Donkey, the gorilla rolling away and letting the missiles hit the ground. Team Chaotix got into fly formation as Charmy tossed his teammates at the missile launchers, damaging them enough before they retracted. The armadillo curled into his shell once more and shot toward the wall, going up and over the ceiling before dropping down to the center, creating a shockwave with the impact.

The team tripped because of the shockwave, allowing Army Dillo to take aim with his bazookas. He was about to shoot Dixie until his eye was shot at by an unseen blast. He zoomed the vision in his goggles closer to see Kweeb on the ground, the little alien jumping swiftly when Army tried shooting his bazookas, which made massive explosions at his height. The little alien made his way closer to the monster before Army shot a blast behind him, the explosion's force sending him flying through the air before he landed on Army's nose. Kweeb then took aim and shot the armadillo's eyes, making him cry out once again and shake Kweeb off. He ran crazily around the room before he rammed his head in the wall, resulting in another painful shock in which they could see his skeleton.

Crazy Dillo went back in his shell and started rolling around the room again. When he made it to the center, he started spinning around on his side as his machinegun fired bullets all over the place, the heroes crouching as low to the floor as they could. When Army stopped, he stood back up and extracted his missiles, locking on and firing at them once again. Ava swiftly back-flipped the missiles that came at her before tossing her sword at one of the missile turrets, slicing it from the armor. His machineguns came back out, so she quickly started spinning her sword again, deflecting the bullets and quickly rolling to the side when he spun at her again.

The Crazy Dillo started going over the walls and ceiling again, his shell electrified as he made several complete loops around the room, and leaving an electrical trail as a result. When he was finished, he sent an electric shockwave out that zapped everyone successfully. The armadillo burst into laughter at this, but his laughter was cut short when his cigar fell back into his throat, the animal choking on it as he fell to his side. Chunky quickly ran in and charged his Primate Punch, pounding him clear in the exposed stomach and forcing the cigar out. The item bounced around the room before it stuck right in his eye, burning and making him cry once again as he rammed his head in the wall. The room alit with another deadly shock that exposed the animal's skeleton, but this time it was enough damage to make the machineguns and bazookas pop off.

Army Dillo snorted at them before curling into his shell again, speeding around the room to try and smash them before coming to the center and falling on his side again. When the monster spun around this time, he started zooming around the room on his side, bouncing rapidly off the walls as the kids narrowly avoided him. His ricocheting off the walls caused so many quakes, the cage on the ceiling holding Lanky fell off and broke open as it collided on the ground. The monkey happily smiled and stretched his arms.

When the armadillo stopped to see what he did, his blood started to boil with anger. With one last shout, he stomped a button on the ground, causing the ceiling to open and expose them to the rainy weather as the floor rose like an elevator until it was level with the ground above. A compartment at the top of the armadillo's shell opened up as a huge lightning rod slowly rose up. Lightning struck the tip of the rod, filling the armored shell with energy. In place of the bazookas, two electrical rods appeared, the kids trying to run as he unleashed electric blasts, but ended up taking shocks.

The armadillo retracted the rod and was about to roll over Kami, but Ava recovered in time to grab her and twirl her sword fast enough to make them hover in the air. Army Dillo stopped and glared up at them, extracting the lightning rod out again so he could easily zap them, making them come back down while he laughed and went back to the center.

"Ugh. This guy's a lot more tough than he looked now." Ava said.

"Too bad we don't have any of those Team Blast deals." Kami replied.

A lightbulb appeared by Kweeb's head as he got an idea. "Yes we do! Quick, both of you cross your swords!"

"Um, okay." Ava replied, wondering what he was getting at. Both she and Kami held their swords up and crossed them while Kweeb set his Shrink setting to reverse and fired at the blades. The two smiled, and the armadillo gaped when the swords grew to the size of his rod. Both girls smirked as they held the swords away, and swung them straight at the armored monster, the force strong enough to send Crazy Dillo straight to the sky.

The animal stopped flying and looked down with fright when he saw how high he was above the water. The animal swung his feet around, trying to flutter over to land, but was unsuccessful when he fell straight into the ocean. That part of the sea erupted with light as the electrical armor mixed with the water gave him the deadliest shock of all, exposing his skeleton even brighter. When the lightning stopped, the armadillo was knocked unconscious as his body slowly sank beneath the sea.

With the beast defeated, Kweeb shrunk the two's swords back to normal as they stylishly twirled them in victory. "K. Rool don't have squat on us tonight." Kami remarked tauntingly. (End song.) "Nice work, team. Boy, if we just kept doing that from now on, we'd have these guys wiped out in no time."

"Eh, I wouldn't be so sure." Kweeb replied. "That actually used a lot of power from my Tri-gun."

"Team Blasts ordinarily take a lot of energy." Espio said.

"Then let's only use them when we really need to." Ava suggested. "Anyway, now that we rescued Lanky Kong, we should go back and show Cranky."

"Yeah!" Dixie smiled. "Afterwards, we kick K. Rool's butt and our island is saved! This story is wrapping up quite nicely."

"Don't celebrate just yet." a voice spoke.

"Jeremiah?" Kami cocked a brow as they turned and noticed the poisonbender, standing with a gang of Kremlings.

"Sorry about this, Kam." With that, the burn-covered child threw some Minish Dust over Team Alien.

"OOOH?" Donkey Kong gaped when the three shrunk to a much smaller height, including Kweeb.

"Cage 'em up." Jeremiah ordered, the Kremlings going over and grabbing the kids, dropping them in a hamster cage.

"Jeremiah! How could you!" Kami squeaked.

"Word of advice, Kam: never trust a bad guy who randomly comes and leads you to their secret hideout."

"OOH!" Donkey yelled, about to charge and attack the boy, but a squad of Kops came and zapped the gorilla with electric rods.

"Yeah, I wouldn't try that." Jeremiah told him simply as he carried the captured team away.

"UUGH! I swear, this is like the 3rd time I've been kidnapped today." Kami said angrily.

"At least you're still tall! I'm practically the size of a dust speck right now!" Kweeb squeaked.

With Rachel's team

After leaving the old men to deal with Darth Genious, Rachel, Nigel, and Sonya progressed higher up the skyscraper, entering a large circular room at the top of the tower and spotting a familiar white man in a red cape. "Mm hm heh ha. That was quite a performance down there." (Cue Ghirahim's Theme!)

The Demon Lord spun around and gave his usual smile. "Huh. Everybody's here." Rachel chuckled.

"Hm, everybody except Mandy. If you came here to save her, I'm afraid you're too late. Ganondorf is already long gone with her. She's accepted to be part of his plans and you won't be able to stop him. And to think you came all this way in the hopes of saving her from her own fear. Heh heh ha. And why would she listen to you to begin with, Rachel? She is and always has been a lying, deceiving brat. She has no love and care in the world, especially for fools like you."

"That's not true. Mandy's just having trouble with… finding her place in the world. Lots of people are. But that doesn't mean I can't help her out."

"Hm hm heh ha. Poor Rachel, as delusional as ever. Ganondorf holds the upper hand around here. His control and manipulation over her and Lehcar are far too great for you. Soon, the power of the gods will be his once again. And once I deliver the Triforce of Courage to him, nothing will be able to stop us."

"Hah! I kicked your butt before, I can do it again!"

"Hmm. I see your skills as the Hero's descendant are improving. But I have gotten stronger, too. Allow me to show you…" The demon gently pulled off his cape and dropped it on the ground. Afterwards, he took out a drum of oil and began to pour it all around him, the three giving weirded looks as the demon laughed and rubbed the oil all over his skin. Once he was finished, he raised his arms in the air as his white skin broke off, exposing black, smoother skin underneath. "Voila! Take a look at this form! This beautiful skin!" He showed them the left side of his body, which was black as well, making muscle poses. "Such stunning features! A marvelous sight!"

"Gee, love yourself much?" Rachel asked.

"Heh. You'll find the supple skin of my body stronger than any armor. I've pretty much got it all! Though there is one teensy-tiny thing I lack." (End song.) "Namely mercy! Come, Rachel. We're bound by a thread of fate, destined to fight! Meet me in the field of battle, and the thread that binds us will be soaked crimson with your blood." (Cue Ghirahim Battle Theme!)

Boss fight: Lord Ghirahim

Rachel charged to strike at the new-skinned Demon Lord, but Ghirahim grabbed her sword and tried to pull it away, but Rachel pulled it back. Ghirahim held his hand up as Rachel was about to strike down, but instead tricked him and struck horizontally, damaging him. Ghirahim jumped to her side and threw a few punches that Rachel dodged, until Ghirahim kicked her in the shin and pushed her away. Rachel tried to shoot him with arrows, but Ghirahim easily smacked them away. She ran to strike him again, but he swiftly grabbed her arms, spun around her, and kicked her away.

Still on the ground, Rachel swung at Ghirahim's legs, but he jumped in front of her and rose his foot, attempting to kick down, but Rachel held her Hylian Shield above her and kept his foot back, then quickly swung at his other leg and made him trip. Rachel stood up and tried to stab him, but Ghirahim rolled away and got up, tossing darts that Rachel spun and dodged. Rachel rose her sword skyward and filled it with energy, swinging a horizontal Skyward Strike that Ghirahim was able to dodge. When he approached her, she moved her sword around in all directions to confuse him, but he was still able to grab her sword when she swung.

Ghirahim was able to take her sword, so Rachel ran for it. When he was about to toss it, Rachel quickly threw her Hylian Shield and hit his chin, smirking as she caught the shield when it came back. Ghirahim dropped the sword as a result, so she ran and grabbed it, striking his back before he could defend. Ghirahim jumped away and smirked at the leader, licking his lips as he snapped his fingers. Dual swords appeared in his hands.

Rachel ran and swung downward, but Ghirahim held her sword back with his left sword, striking her with his right. She tried to slice again, but Ghirahim warped behind and kicked her away, then tried to jump and strike her, but she rolled to the side and stood up. Ghirahim defended when she swung down, swung left, swung diagonal, but finally took a hit from a rightward slash. Ghirahim jumped back and spawned a horizontal row of darts, then made them diagonal before he shot them. Rachel barely dodged, but was surprised when Ghirahim ran and struck her.

"Rachel!" Nigel yelled as he and Sonya ran to help. Ghirahim cockily licked his blades before teleporting behind the two, slicing both of them horizontally. Rachel gritted her teeth in anger before standing up, running to swing faster strikes at Ghirahim, swinging at his legs which he jumped, was about to swing downward, but quickly noticed him dodge to her left, so she sliced at his back when he wasn't looking.

Ghirahim then teleported, but Rachel saw him appear above, rolling away before he pierced his swords in the ground, allowing Rachel to attack him while he was trying to pull them out. Ghirahim jumped back and made several darts appear around her vertically, but she just jumped and performed a vertical spin, taking out the darts and shooting at Ghirahim, dealing plenty of strikes upon him before he vanished.

"Nnn!" Ghirahim growled, appearing a few feet away. "Take this!" With that, he charged a Soul Surge and shot over, but Rachel countered and waited for him to strike so his guard was down. Ghirahim tried to strike at the leader, but she was quick to predict his movements and strike back, eventually knocking both swords out of his hands and performing a spin attack, knocking the Demon Lord to the ground. (End song.)

Ghirahim gripped the side of his aching hip, barely recovering and panting heavily as he limped. "So… you still have a little fight in you…" he panted. "But that still doesn't change a thing. You may still have the strength, but you fail as a leader."

"What are you talking about? Rachel's a great leader." Nigel told him.

"Hm hm hm. Aren't you one to take sides? Apparently you forget it was by her ways several of your former friends became traitors. Why so many operatives would rather follow the Side of Evil. She's a terrible leader. There's no denying it. Her heart is weaker than Link's was. That sword deserves better hands."

Rachel gritted her teeth at him, but couldn't find the words to argue back.

"Hm… well." Ghirahim smiled. "I believe I've wreaked enough havoc for one day. I must leave now and get my beauty sleep. Until we meet again, Kids Next Door. I look forward to crushing you all beneath my foot. Next time." The Demon Lord gave his usual maniacal laughter before teleporting.

Once he was gone, Nigel went over to place a hand on Rachel's shoulder in comfort. "Don't listen to what he says, Rachel. He's just trying to get to you."

"Yeah!" Sonya cheered. "You've always been a great leader! That's why the Master Sword chose you, wasn't it?"

Rachel looked up slightly. "Yeah… I guess."

"Let's get back down to the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S.." Nigel said. "Hopefully the others are finished by now…"

Inside the Bowser statue

Within the confines of the Bowser statue, the Junior Prospectors, along with Yoshi, sat back in their cell, still wondering what the villains planned to do with them. "Hey, what are you- AHH!" They suddenly heard the Stormtroopers scream outside.

Before they knew it, Gary the Stormtrooper opened their cell and came running in. "You kids okay?"

"Daddy!" Jessica cheered, running to embrace her father's legs in a hug.

"Come on, we need to get you kids outta here." He hurriedly told them, running out of the cell and down the hall as they followed.

As they entered a room that was within the mouth of the Bowser statue, they suddenly ran into Shaunie and Mario. "Hey! There's another one!" the boy yelled.

"W-Wait! I rescued them, see?" He directed their attention to Shaunie's team.

"Guys?"

"Shaunie!" Luvbi smiled, flying over to hug him. They let go after a while and blushed. "Thou, um… Thou cometh to rescue us?"

"Well, yeah! You are my friends."

"That was… very brave of thee."

"Yeah, yeah, but we have to go." Gary said. "Ugh, where's Mr. Boss…"

"Over here!" Mr. Boss yelled, flying toward the statue's mouth inside another Koopa airship.

"Daddy!" Shaunie yelled.

"Hey-hey, Shaunie." Jeffery smiled, walking off the ship as his son came over to hug him. "Good thing they didn't capture you, too. Now come on, we're getting out of this city."

"Ho ho ho. Looks-a like we have us a traitor." (Cue Mr. L's Theme!)

The green Italian villain dropped from the ceiling, standing beside a Koopaling with a green shell and blue hair. "My, isn't this an interesting sight? I'm sure The Brain would be delighted to hear two of his henchmen are treasonous scum." The Koopa said in a German accent.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Tommy asked.

"I am Ludwig von Koopa. The brains of the Seven Koopalings. And apparently the only Koopaling still standing. Ve expected the plumber to come and rescue ze bratty kids, but never did ve count on a couple of Brotherhood traitors. Een fact, ve did not expect ze cowardly little child to come here eizer. You vield more bravery than I imagined, it seems."

"You better believe it, Hair Boy!" Shaunie retorted.

"Enough wasting time with childish games." Mr. L said. "I expected you to be destroyed by now, Mario. It's amazing how a simple plumber can go on so long and still keep his fame and fortune. Not that that'll matter at all soon."

Mario stepped a bit closer and looked like he was saying something to Luigi, but he was only moving his mouth in the eyes of everyone else.

"Hohn? You imply that I'm jealous? That the fans rave and crave for me, yet you still get to be the star of every game? Foolish little plumber. I have no reason to feel I'm merely a shadow to you. I already know I'm great just the way I am and I'm gonna prove it. Soon, not only will everyone know the glory of Mr. L, but Lord Gnaa's name will shine in the spotlights, too. Well… scratch that, I suppose. Because when Gnaa rules, all there's gonna be around is glorious darkness! I'm planning to stick around for that, aren't you?"

Mario still said nothing, only shot him a glare.

"You disappoint me, Mario. You woulda been great on the Dark Side, too. Of course, you have enough people cheering your name already, why need more? All for the better, I suppose. Because now I will defeat you all within an inch of your life."

"Oh yeah? And just how do you plan to do that?" Tommy asked cockily.

"Thou shalt never prevail, thou greasy, greasy man." Luvbi told him. "Ni shalt thy Master of Darkness."

"My, you're a cocky little bunch, aren't you?" Ludwig asked. "But we'll see who gets the last laugh today, vonce you face ze true might of… L-POWER!" (End song.) The Koopaling pulled out a remote and pressed a button, several lasers appearing around the room afterwards and zapping Mr. L. (Play "Decisive Battle" from Final Fantasy 6!)

The floor of the entire room started to rise like an elevator, going up a very long shaft as Luigi started to grow nearly 5 times his height. His clothes were transformed back to his regular overalls, but the color of his clothes and skin became a bit more pale as his eyes gave a wide, creepy stare. "Weegee…"

"AH HA HA HAA! ! Behold, ze ultimate creation: le WEEGEE!" Ludwig exclaimed. "His frightening stare shall be ze doom of you ALL! Come, mein pet!"

"Weegee…"

Boss fight: Weegee

Ludwig flipped up onto the Weegee's head as the mutated plumber stomped forward and tried to crush Mario, who rolled and dodge. The giant plumber attempted to karate-chop him, afterwards spinning along the floor and swatting the Junior Prospectors away, nearly pushing them over the edge. When Tommy recovered, he looked up and screamed as the Weegee walked over and picked him up, studying him like a doll. "Weegee?"

Mushi gritted her teeth as she ran over and tossed her sharp crayons at his face, the Weegee blocking with his hand and stepping back as he dropped Tommy. She backed him up to the edge of the platform, and the monster nearly fell over, but wobbled and kept his balance as he ran back onto it and squished Mushi flat, but the 6-year-old was alright. Joey suddenly jumped to Weegee's face and forced two dodgeballs in his eyes, making him fall on his back. As a result, Ludwig was knocked off, but the Koopaling recovered and curled in his shell, starting to spin around the room.

He ran over Sammy and Jessica before stopping and conjuring strange red hearts, making them spiral around before they scattered, one of them hitting Mr. Boss. The Weegee's eyes became hearts themselves as he shot his gaze toward the businessman, standing and walking over to pick him up. "H-Hey! What do you think you're- DAH!" Weegee's creepy stare froze the man as he began to smooch him.

"Weegee!"

"DAH HA HA HA! Again!" Ludwig cheered, making more hearts spiral around him.

"Not-a so fast!" Mario cheered, jumping on Yoshi and making him catch one of the hearts in his tongue. The dinosaur fired it back and hit Ludwig, making Weegee's attention direct to him.

"Weegee?" The creature dropped Mr. Boss and walked over, picking the Koopaling up and giving him a couple smooches.

"Hey! Vhat are you- NEIN!" Ludwig screamed, whipping the creature's hands. Weegee made a whimper and immediately started stomping on the Koopa. "STOP IT, YOU STUPID BEAST!" Weegee jumped back at his shout and let Ludwig flip on top of him again. "Save your kissing for ze ingrates!"

Weegee charged a Super Jump and leapt toward the wall away from the platform, holding on as the platform was rising toward a series of spikes. The group of children (plus few adults) carefully squeezed between gaps in the spikes and let them go past. As Shaunie was avoiding them, he was about to slip over the edge accidentally, but Luvbi quickly pulled him back with some airbending, under a gap so that Shaunie could squeeze through once more.

When the spikes cleared out, Weegee jumped back onto the field and tried to karate-chop Mario again. The plumber dodged and shot water at his eyes, making him close them and step back. Joey leapt up to strike Weegee again, but the giant man quickly opened his eyes and shot him a stare, stunning the frightened Beatles child stiff. He then tried to stomp him, but Yoshi tossed some eggs at the side of his head. The Weegee tried to shoot him a glare, but Yoshi hit one last egg at his face and toppled him over.

Ludwig curled in his shell once again, this time flying around the air as he made swarms of fireballs fly up from below the shaft and come toward the Prospectors, the children running and barely avoiding them. Mario spin-jumped some of the fireballs, but was hit by one anyway as he fell on his behind. He got onto Yoshi as the dinosaur held his mouth wide-open and caught his own fireballs inside, spitting swarms of them after the Koopa before knocking him out of the air. Ludwig started to spiral more hearts around him and send them out, but Mushi was able to grab one of the hearts, spinning happily and sending it at Ludwig. The Weegee's eyes widened at the scientist once again as he walked over and began to smooch him. When Ludwig whipped the hands off, Weegee whimpered and stomped him once more.

His tantrum ceased and allowed Ludwig to flip back on top of him. At last, the elevator reached the end of the shaft and was now at the crown of the statue's head, the rain still pouring down hard as they overlooked a great view of the city. Weegee flipped above the many kids, who ran before he could slam his butt down to squish them. He attempted another Ground Pound over Mario, but the plumber belly-slid and slipped away. When he tried to smash down on Sammy and Jessica, Gary pulled out a bunch of mini beads from his pocket and rolled them along the floor where the Weegee would land. The beads connected electrical lines that zapped the Weegee when he crashed down, the monster gripping his bottom and running all around the field.

Luvbi flew around the Weegee's head as she tried to air blast him, but Weegee shot her a glare that stunned her in an instant, the angel falling to the ground. Shaunie whimpered in fright when the man turned his gaze toward him, shutting his eyes and running as he could hear the Weegee stomping after. While this happened, Mario switched FLUDD's nozzle to Turbo and sped toward the overgrown plumber, jumping and ramming the side of his knee to make him trip.

Ludwig fell off and took to the skies again, making the many hearts spiral around him. Shaunie saw that Luvbi was recovering and yelled, "Luvbi, give me a boost!" Luvbi took aim at the Koopa above them and used her airbending to blow Shaunie upward, successfully grabbing onto the Koopa's legs.

"Hey, vhat are you, D'OW!" The 5-year-old jabbed his fingers in his eyes, making them fall to the ground and drop his hearts. Shaunie grabbed one of the hearts and shoved it at Ludwig's face before he recovered, attracting Weegee's attention once again. "Grrr!" Ludwig growled when the creature started smooching him again. "WILL YOU STOP IT?! I should have programmed you with more BRAINS and less brawn." The hurt monster just dropped him to the ground and stomped on him for the last time. "AAAHHHH!" Ludwig screamed when the Weegee kicked and sent him flying over the edge, falling the hundreds of feet below the statue.

Weegee shot one last angry glare toward the children and performed another Super Jump, charging a Ground Pound and gaining more power as he fell faster and faster. But when his bottom collided with the ground, it was enough force to push the entire platform all the way back down the shaft, landing with a loud thud once they hit the bottom. The kids could barely stand from the impact, but Gary recovered in time and pulled a lever on the wall, activating the lasers and zapping Weegee once again. In seconds, the creature shrunk back to his normal height, and the real Luigi was restored. (End song.)

"Ohhh…" The green plumber groaned, holding his aching head after the experience. "Hey, Bro… what happened?"

Mario walked over and started to explain the whole thing to Luigi. To the eyes and ears of everyone else, it still looked like he was merely moving his mouth and making gestures. No wonder he was called the "Mute Hero."

"Huh? I turned into Mr. L again?" Mario nodded. "Geez, Bro. I didn't mean to cause that much harm. I'm sorry, Mario." Mario just shook his head 'no', saying that it was alright. "Really? Well, thanks, Bro. To tell the truth, I've always been a little jealous of you always being the star. But I've never really let it get to me. It's not so bad being the sidekick. Heck, that only means I don't have to fight my way past millions of fanboys. Hehe."

"Uh-huh." Mario nodded.

"And besides, I had my own little starring moments, anyway. Anyhow, now that the Darkness Cannon thingy wore off on me, I'm going to keep helping you fight the Koopas AND Lord Gnaa!"

"Oh!" Mario cheered.

"Great, now if we're all done playing charades, we need to get going." Mr. Boss told them.

"He's right, kids. Everyone aboard the airship." Gary ordered.

Everyone piled onto the stolen Koopa ship and started to sail away from the city as the Junior Prospectors gathered around to listen to their leader. "Pray, thanks to the works of Shaunie and Mario, along with yonder adults, us Junior Prospectors hath been saved from what may hath been a horrible fate. Let us mark this a momentous victory in rescuing a trapped man to reunite with his older brother. Shouldst we keep putting our skills together, the dreaded evil ones shalt meet their fall before thine eyes canst comprehend it."

"YAAAY!" the little kids cheered.

"If I may make a suggestion, we must plan an attack against monstrous Koopa King himself. Let us stop far away from here and get us some rest if we art to go thither and rescue all others whom hath fallen to his scaly hands. Such as the fair maiden this young gentleman doth pine over. Now getteth some rest."

"YES SIR!" the children saluted, going into separate rooms of the airship.

After they left, Shaunie stood up and walked over to Luvbi. "Wow, you're a really great leader." He smiled.

"Thanketh thee. I hath learned a lot since my first adventure with Nigel. Er, second, rather. I hath always acted so rudely to previous teams of mine, never hath I thought to earn the respect of these yonder children."

"Well, who wouldn't like you as a leader? You're strong and brave and tough… not like me. I've always been too scared to hurt a fly."

"Hm hm, nay. Pray, thou hast been much of a coward during our first moments. But it seems thou art past that. 'Tis just like Tommy said about being a Prospector, to channel thine weaknesses into being thy strengths. Methinks thou gains strength from thy friends. If they art in danger, thou wilt risk anything to save them."

"Hmm… maybe you're right."

"Prithee, am I not?" she smirked. "Now getteth thine rest. Thou wilt need all thy strength to defeat Bowser."

"O-kay!" Shaunie fist-pumped and ran off to his room on the airship.

Lower area of Bowser statue

Sonic, Blaze, and the rest of the operatives fought their way inside another part of the Bowser statue, busting through the doors of a room and finding a bunch of Eggman robots guarding the weakened Celebi in a cage. They easily took them out. "Sheesh, they're gonna need better security than that." Sonic said cockily.

"Come. We must-" Blaze tried to say.

"Reducto!" a voice suddenly called, making the ground explode and send them flying back outside, landing roughly on the concrete.

"Ow… what was that?" Misty asked, holding her back.

"Hn hn hn hn. You didn't think we'd leave an all-powerful Firstborn so easily-guarded, did you?" At the sound of this female voice, they turned their attention toward the wicked witch herself, with the icebender by her side.

"Yuki!" the Time Spirits gasped.

"We only placed the Firstborn here knowing you would come looking. Now you all can get a taste of Yuki's new power."

"Wait a second! So you're… Lucinda?" Jagar asked.

"Hm hm HA HA ha ha hah!" The witch only cackled as she became a shadow and flew away.

"Yuki… don't side with them." Jagar tried to tell him. "Witches like her and Rumpel only want to trick you. To use you in their own little game."

"So I'm guessing we're just referring to Rumpel as a witch from now on." Olive guessed.

"Don't try to trick me." Yuki snapped back. "Thanks to those hags, the power of ice is fully mine to command. With this power, I can turn all Kids Next Door into the ultimate collection of ice sculptures. Starting with the lot of you."

"Yuki, you're my best friend. I know you don't have the-"

"Don't give me that crap! Neither of you ever cared about me. I'm going to freeze you all into oblivion!"

"I don't think he's listening to reason, Jagar." Misty said.

"Fine. Then I guess we'll have to freeze him first. The rest of you stay back. Olive, Misty, let's take him down." (Play Crystal King's Battle Theme from Paper Mario!)

Boss fight: Yuki Crystal

"Come and get me!" Yuki taunted, throwing an ice ray directly at Jagar, the boy dodging as the ground was frozen in a straight line along the ray. The ray went around in a circle and froze an ice wall, keeping everyone else out of the field. Misty and Olive ran to punch him from both sides, but Yuki ducked and skied away from them, making the girls punch each other. Yuki sent two icicles at Jagar, sticking him to the wall by his shirt before Yuki ran and kicked him in the gut. He was about to stab the timebender with his ice sword, but Jagar broke free just in time and caused his sword to get stuck in the wall. Jagar punched him across the head before he could pull it out, and as he tried to recover, he kicked his nose and pushed him back.

The female timebenders then froze him in time, but Yuki was able to fight it, blowing Ice Breath and freezing the girls, freeing himself. Jagar ran to attack him, but Yuki froze the ground and made Jagar slip. Yuki made his sword into an ice hockey stick, bashing Jagar and making him slide around the field, doing the same and whacking the frozen girls. Jagar bumped his head on Misty's frozen form, but the frozen Olive came and pushed Yuki into the wall. He kicked Olive to the other side and caused the ice to break and free her. Yuki conjured his ice mace and swung it at Jagar, but missed and hit Misty, breaking her free of the ice.

Yuki sent his mace at Jagar again, but he quickly froze it in time before grabbing the chain and swinging Yuki in the ice wall. Afterwards, Misty Rewound Yuki so that he would perform the same attack, but Jagar slowed down his mace again, grabbed it, and swung him at the wall. Misty giggled and Rewound him again, but Yuki felt the sense of déjà vu, growling in anger before switching his mace to the form of a whip. He tossed and wrapped it around Misty's neck, swinging her at the wall. Olive and Jagar jumped and dodged his whips before Olive jumped and kicked him across the field, bumping him in the wall. When Jagar attempted an aerial attack, Yuki swung his whip and grabbed his legs, pulling him and rolling to the side as Jagar collided with the wall face-first.

When Misty and Olive ran toward him, he spun and whipped around in a tornado, catching the girls inside and blowing them off. After he stopped, Jagar tried to attack from behind him, but the ice boy ducked his punch and kicked his crotch, then smacked him upside the head and slid him toward the wall. When Yuki noticed Olive leaping toward him, he made his whip into a scepter and started firing ice-lightning, but Olive gracefully flipped over the rays and kicked her foot down at Yuki's face. Yuki stood back up and fired the lightning directly upwards, zapping the clouds and freezing all the rain into snow, the white fluffs floating down onto the city.

The snow quickly made a blanket over their battlefield as Yuki spun and formed a snowman around him, giving him more weight as he charged and pushed the girls at the wall. When Jagar ran and punched him, his fist ended up stuck within the stomach, the snow slowly encasing his body before he froze into an ice cube. Yuki came out of his snow suit and smirked as he held his fingers by the frozen Jagar and flicked him, shattering the ice and sending Jagar flying toward the wall.

The two females grabbed his arms, but Yuki was able to shake them off and throw them towards Jagar. Afterwards, he curled and rolled into a snowball, running over the three before they could recover. The snowball exploded and Yuki jumped back, but Jagar stood up and yelled, "REWIND!" using his powers to make all the snow float back to the sky. Once it was cleared off from the battlefield, rain started to pour down again, and Yuki sent a series of icicles toward the spirit.

Jagar easily held his palm open and used Stop, freezing the pointed ice chunks perfectly in place before waving his arm, Rewinding the icicles at a fast speed and making them pelt Yuki. Before he could recover from the attacks, Jagar ran and kicked him into the wall, shattering the entire wall of ice as Yuki fell to the ground. As Yuki lied there and weakly looked up at Jagar, the timebender approached him and used Stop to freeze him in place as well. (End song.)

After the battle ended, the sound of slow-paced clapping was heard as Lucinda slowly emerged from the shadows. "Bravo, Jagar. That was quite a spectacular performance."

"Uh, we were here, too." Misty told her.

Lucinda approached the male timebender and bent down, placing a hand on his cheek. "It must be quite a gift… holding the power of Time in your hands. Why, with a power like that… you can change history to make it any way you wanted… You could even change time so that Yuki never meets his fate, or even that you or your spirit friends never die. That sounds like a marvelous deal, does it not?"

Jagar smacked the hand away. "Don't even try to tempt me. I already promised Clockwork and Mama Odie that I wouldn't use my powers for the wrong reasons. You should do the same."

"Mama Odie? You'd listen to that retired old swamp hag? What harm could changing Yuki's fate possibly do? He would not get involved with us and the two of you can still be friends. I am merely telling you to help you, Child. Such as the generous witch I am. Don't you understand?"

"Hey, the kid said no." Wally intervened, stepping up and aiming the S.L.U.G.G.U.H. at her face. "So why don't you get your wrinkly self outta here, ya dumb fairy!" The witch merely bent over and held her fingers to Wally's forehead, flicking him away like a pebble. "WAAAH!"

"Very well. I believe I've spent enough time in this dump." Lucinda said, snapping her fingers and making Yuki mobile again. "Come along, Yuki. Let's go and get you a warm cup of cocoa." The witch waved her wand and opened a portal to Dathomir, Yuki sparing one angry glance to Jagar before stepping in first. "By the way, you'll find that Celebi has been removed from her place moments after my Reducto Spell. Therefore, there is no reason for you to linger here. Until next time, kiddies." And with that, the ancient fairy turned away, stepped into the portal, and vanished.

"Well, that was a waste of time." Wally grumbled as Kuki helped him up.

"Oh, well." Sonic said. "Let's go see if the others are okay."

Meanwhile, Annie had snuck back into the Bowser statue, going back to the room where Celebi was held and smiling when she spotted Cosmo and Nova trapped in a cage. "Cosmo! Nova!"

"Annie!" Nova smiled.

"I thought you'd come."

"Huh?" Annie gasped when Vaati dropped down from the ceiling, the agile airbender throwing Minish Dust over the 14-year-old and shrinking her to the aliens' height, too.

"You'll make a nice souvenir for my troubles." Vaati smirked, picking her up and dropping her in the cage, proceeding to carry them out.

"Grrr! I'm not accepting anymore cake after this!" she squeaked.

Center of the city

The rest of the operatives arrived at the center of the city, and Sonic smiled when he spotted the rest of his crew. "Tails! Guys!" he greeted. "How did you all get here?"

"A man named Wesley Dodds found us and brought us." Tails answered. "He told us someone else was coming down with…" Right then, they spotted one of Eggman's ships landing near them. Elijah Frantic stepped out with Marine in his company. "Marine!" the fox exclaimed.

"What happened?" Sonic asked.

"Dr. Eggman tricked Knuckles again and we all ended up in a fight." Amy answered. "While we were distracted, Eggman came and kidnapped Marine."

"Yeh, but it was apples, eh?" Marine said. "But blimey, wait'll you hear what Eggman has up in 'is base!"

"Unfortunately, they won't get to." Elijah said.

"Whut?"

"Surprise!" Everyone gasped when Kammy and Bowser Jr. appeared behind them. Sonic, Blaze, and the other kids dodged when the Koopas tossed their own Minish Dust over the Sonic crew.

Elijah took the time to suck the shrunken Mobians into a vacuum, dumping them in another hamster cage. "'EY! You lousy traitor!" Marine shouted.

"It just goes to show, Marine, you can't trust anybody."

"STOP!" Sonic yelled, about to Spin Dash the poisonbender. Kammy Koopa pushed the hedgehog away with a blast of magic.

"See ya later, losers!" Junior yelled as they flew away with the captives.

Airship above the city

Yin, Yang, Bruce, and Matthew watched the scene from an airship above them. "Looks like we're a little too late." Matt said.

"What do we do?" Yin asked.

"Well… you know what they say:" Matthew began. "If you can't beat 'em," At that instant, a squad of Hammer Bros. popped out of the ship's crates and surrounded them, "join 'em." The Koopas threw Minish Dust over and shrunk Bruce, Yin, and Yang, allowing Matthew to grab them and throw them in the cage with Sector R. "Good work, boys. The rest of my team caught the others, so we're good to go. Let's get 'em all back to Bowser's place."

"Well, this was a wild goose chase." Yang said, folding his arms.

"I really begin to wonder about that kid…" Yin replied.

G.U.N. H.Q.

The scientists at GUN H.Q. were placing Mew into some kind of machine as Gunkan, Boba, and Rainier watched them. "Perfect. I hope this Firstborn was worth the trip." the Commander said.

"It has to be. He's one of the rarest and most powerful creatures on this planet." Rainier said. "But why did you want him to begin with?"

"That need not concern you now, Boy. Not until we see if this creature really pays off."

"Hmmm…"

"Sir!" a soldier exclaimed, running in. "Star Wolf has just reported seeing The Quads down in Langley Falls. They appear to be on their way back to Chicago."

"WHAT? What are they up to now?"

"I don't know. But that one girl is flying there like crazy. She must be on some sort of rampage."

"Aw, I knew it was only a matter of time!" Boba shouted. "That's it! Get me the mech suit, boys. Ol' Boba's goin' on a trip. And he's gonna finally show those Quads what for…"

Chicago Elementary

The school was currently clearing out at Chicago as the Glam Clan was walking out, smiling and listening to their leader talk about pranks they pulled on people in the past. "And after they went in the closet, we opened the door, and she was totally making out with a pig!" Wendy Chang exclaimed, earning laughs from the girls.

"So awesome." Aby replied.

"Yeah, but the really funny part was when-" They stopped when they noticed Morgan Catherine, looking at the girls with an evil glare. "Oh, look. It's Morgan Catherine. Where've you been lately, Morgie? Had to go to the school for the totally uncool?" she sneered, the girls giving their wicked laughters.

"Hey, Morgan, I was looking after your house while you were gone." Ariel Stomphim began. "You got a phone call from the doctor saying they're ready for your clown nose and butt transplant." The girls burst into laughter again.

"Hey, Morgan." Morgan's ex-boyfriend, Brian greeted, before punching the backside of her head. "Haha, if you're psychic, shoulda seen that coming." This earned more laughter from the vicious girls.

Morgan grabbed the boy by the neck and tossed him up onto the flagpole, his underwear getting stuck and hanging him by it. Afterwards, she unleashed powerful psychic blasts at Wendy's henchwomen on both sides before grabbing the Glam Clan leader by the neck with her psychic, levitating her as she started to choke.

Noah's Camaro quickly swerved toward the school grounds, making a loud screech along the ground as it came to a stop. The girls and Buddy ran over. "Morgan, stop!" her brother shouted.

"No." she snapped in a darker voice. "She thinks we are inferior. It's humans like her that don't belong with us."

"That's crazy, Morgan. You know who you are deep down. And you aren't like this!"

"NO! I just… want respect!"

"Everyone does, but not everyone will accept who you are. For now, just be happy with what you do have. You have people that already love you. Like us. Even if we fight a lot, you said that you'd love me no matter what. Because we're brother and sister."

Morgan's grip started to weaken on the bully as the darkness started to leave her eyes. "Oh…" Wendy dropped to the ground as Morgan fell back. Buddy ran over to hold her up as Morgan looked up into his eyes. "Thanks, Buddy."

"Hehe…" Ruburd smiled.

Wendy shot an angry glare at the siblings as she stood and panted heavily, holding her neck. "You are a monster!" she yelled weakly. "MONSTER!"

They started to hear sirens as a bunch of Cop Cars sped into the area and surrounded them. They looked up as the silver jet with a blue stripe came down for a landing. Rainier stepped off with Boba Fett. "Hey-hey, kids!"

"Rainier?" Morgan asked. "What are you doing with Boba?"

"Turns out, ol' Rainy here was an agent!" Boba answered. "But that don't got diddly squat with the trouble y'all are in. It's time ol' Boba cuffs you Quads once and for all."

"Haven't you learned by now, Boba?" Morgan smirked. "No matter how many times you chase us, we'll always best you in the end."

"Oh ho ho! But that was the past! This time, old Boba's got a little trick up his armor! Careful, ladies. Don't let y'all's eyes pop out at THIS baby!" The bounty hunter pressed a button on the armor on the side of his chest.

In mere moments, a brand new suit of black mechanical armor appeared over his old one, making his upper body look a lot buffer than it originally was. A laser turret appeared on his right shoulder while a missile cannon appeared on his left. A new black knight-like helmet wrapped itself around his head, having one of those round cutters at the top of it. Two electric turrets also appeared on both sides of his hip, and a jetpack with four engines formed on his back. "Haha! Impressive, ain't it? And the looks aren't even the real killer: this suit is packed with powers that are similar to y'all's psychic! E-yup. You won't have much luck today."

"Whoa. He actually does look kinda tough." Athena said.

"Tough AND ultra buff." Sophie replied.

"Pfft. That was so lame." Buddy said to her.

"Hehehe." Boba chuckled, holding his hip-side turrets ready. "Call me… Buffo Mech."

"…That's even lamer." Buddy commented.

"Ugh. Just start the boss music." (Play E101 mk II's Theme from Sonic Adventure!)

Boss fight: Buffo Mech

The jetpacks switched on as Boba started hovering around the area. Morgan threw a Psycho Sphere at him, but the hunter swiftly dodged to the left. He landed firmly on the ground as he drew out and twirled his sabers, facing them as his jetpacks charged, and zipped past them as fast as lightning. The siblings yelled when the sabers scratched them, and were also burned when he left a trail of fire. Noah ran to try and punch him, but Boba quickly jumped around and flew away, launching missiles at the girl before teleporting.

Buddy grabbed the missiles with psychic and tossed them at the bounty hunter when he appeared behind them, but Boba dodged again and fired more missiles. Sophie grabbed them this time and tossed them, but Boba still avoided and charged his jetpack and sabers again. The siblings warped a few feet away to avoid his slices when he zipped by, but Sophie saved one more missile, so while his back was turned, she tossed it straight at his jetpack and successfully damaged.

Boba turned and glared at them before warping behind and firing his shoulder laser, catching them all inside an anti-gravity shield, levitating them in a similar way a psychic grab would. His missile turret then fired and blew them away. The rest of the siblings recovered fine, but Sophie was knocked out. Athena grabbed some nearby trashcans and tossed them, but Boba easily sliced them in half with his sabers. He then teleported directly above them and shot down, his electric turrets on his hips shocking the ground and making a shockwave that made the three dizzy.

Noah quickly jumped and wrapped arms around Boba's neck, the hunter shaking around and trying to throw her off. "Hold 'im there, Noah." Athena said as she used Psycho Shrink to make herself smaller. She then warped herself onto Boba's jetpack and found an opening, dropping inside and finding tons of wires. She switched on her lightsaber and began to slice the wires to pieces, making the jetpack go out of control.

"Hey, wh-what the—AHH!" Boba screamed when he started zooming around the place.

"WHOOA!" Athena was bumped around inside the jetpack as a result before she came flying out, bouncing along the ground before she stopped beside Buddy. Her brother used his power to unshrink her as she was knocked unconscious from the bouncing. Boba teleported to the sky as four laser turrets appeared around both his hands. The lasers charged and conjured Psycho Spheres, Buddy and Morgan running as Boba launched them. They created massive expanding fireballs as they exploded upon impact, blowing up all the area around them until smoke blocked their vision.

The remaining two tried to blow the smoke away until Boba suddenly zoomed through and grabbed Buddy, carrying him up as he started to choke him. Morgan took her lightsaber and tossed it up spinning like a boomerang, slicing Boba's butt before it came back, making the hunter drop Buddy. The male Quad landed safely as Boba came back down, starting to clash against the two's sabers. Boba flipped over the two of them and kicked them back, about to run and strike, but Buddy quickly recovered and clashed against his sabers. Boba spun behind and struck his back, but Buddy turned and struck back, using all his strength to push against Boba's sabers when the swords came in contact. Boba then sliced at Buddy's legs, but he flipped over and dealt several blows against his jetpack.

Boba turned back and clashed with his saber a bit more before he was able to kick it away, afterwards spin-kicking across his face and knocking him out. Morgan then ran and tried to slice him, but Boba jumped back and swung his head around, launching the cutter on his knight helmet like a boomerang. Morgan easily ducked it as it went back, but quickly rolled to the side when Boba attempted a jumping-stab. His swords stuck in the ground, but were pulled out quick as he began to clash against Morgan's lightsaber. Boba flew around her and kicked her onto her brother, attempting to strike again, but Morgan held her sword up in defense, back-flipping overhead and swinging, but Boba still defended. He jumped back and shot her with the electric turrets, making her shiver from the shock as he warped away again.

Boba appeared back in the sky, and Morgan recovered just in time to start running and dodging his exploding Psycho Spheres. He charged the last one up more and aimed at the center of the field, releasing it and making an even bigger explosion that engulfed the whole place. When the smoke cleared, Morgan revealed to be safe inside a barrier, her siblings caught inside, too. Boba came back down and caught Morgan inside another anti-gravity shield. He fired more missiles, but she was able to grab them with psychic, aiming and launching them at the hunter, making him teleport and release the barrier. Boba appeared several feet away and launched more missiles, but Morgan only grabbed them and tossed them into a perfect row as the bounty hunter flew straight aside from them.

Boba landed and charged his jetpacks once more, about to zip past and perform rapid swings at her. Morgan focused intently and sensed his movements, so when he shot past, she performed her own rapid swings, coming out unscathed as Boba gripped his hip from the cuts. While his back was turned, Morgan conjured a Psycho Sphere in her hands and tossed it, coming in contact with the jetpack and forcing him into the school walls, making a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, Boba was seen panting, barely able to stand up as his armor gave out electrical shorts and soon came apart.

Morgan panted heavily after the explosion, covered in dirt as she switched off her saber and wiped the sweat off her forehead. (End song.) Her siblings finally stood up and ran over to her aid. "Wow, Morgan! That was great!" Buddy exclaimed.

"So much for the glorious Buffo Mech." Athena taunted.

"Still, the guy gets a serious 'A' for effort." Sophie replied.

"Sigh… thanks, guys…" Morgan panted. "Too tired to use the line, though."

Boba was able to stand further up a little, holding his aching left arm. "Boy… you kids sure are the real deal…"

"What can we say? We're a family of freaks." Buddy replied.

"Yah, no kiddin'. It only proves the danger you carry."

"Uh, beg your pardon, but we aren't the ones who blew this place to smithereens." Athena said.

"Yeah, yeah, no matter. Ah may be torn up from that battle, but so are you. Which makes this the perfect time to catch you."

At that instant, Rainier dashed over and landed several mini punches upon them, blocking their chi as Star Wolf arrived with a swarm of GUN troops. "GUYS!" Noah screamed, about to run and help them, but Rattlesnake Jake shot his face into hers, giving an evil hiss.

"YAHH!" All of a sudden, Lucario dashed over and kicked Rainier straight into a flagpole, making it shake and drop Brian.

"Ow! Did nobody seriously see me while I was up there during that fight?" the boy asked, all covered in soot.

Mika dashed in as well, having her lightsaber drawn as they faced the traitor. "Stop right there, Rainier! Where's Mew?"

"GUN H.Q.." Rainier answered. "Commander's performing some kind of tests on him. But you won't be going there."

"You won't be going back there very soon yourself." Lucario snapped back, gritting his teeth and preparing to punch him.

Boba Fett and Star Wolf immediately got in their way and protected the boy. "Laters, Miky. Let's get 'em outta here, boys." With that, Rainier boarded his jet as the troopers hauled The Quads and flew off.

"Boba! You can't let them get away with this!" Mika yelled.

"Sorry, Miky. But as long as them kids got the psycho, the psycho has got to go. That's the way it's always been for old Boba."

"Oh, is it?" a female British voice asked.

"What?" They all directed their attention toward the roof of the school, seeing the figure in black robes. "You?! I-It can't be!" Boba stuttered, seeming to recognize the thin agile woman as she leapt down to their level. The woman threw off her disguise, exposing her form as a fox with a white belly-button shirt, white shorts, black sandals, light-green skin, dark-green hair, and black eyes. "K…KHRYSSA!"

Once her guard was down, Boba ran over and grabbed her lightsaber. He finally had it and held it to her chest. "I have defeated you. And now, with Jango Fett's spirit as my witness, I hereby claim my prize!" He held the lightsaber up and prepared to strike.

"Go ahead! Strike me! But will it really be worth it?"

Boba quivered a little as he held the lightsaber above him, hesitant on what to do. As he looked into Khryssa's pleading eyes, his angry expression returned. Without anymore hesitation, he struck the sword down.

Khryssa slowly opened her eyes and glanced at the lightsaber in the ground beside her, looking up at the panting Boba. Khryssa fainted to sleep. His face red with madness as he put his saber away, Boba lifted the girl up and carried her to his Wolfen.

After making sure Wolf was safe and retrieving the red lightsaber out of nowhere, Boba flew them to a planet in a distant galaxy, parking their ship by a vast lake. He lifted Khryssa into a boat, rowing them over to an island, where they entered a cave. "This girl needs help! She's rapidly aging!" he pled.

A silver-bodied spirit, with two tails with red gems, a golden head with a red gem in her forehead, and closed eyes, drifted out and studied the child. "She has kept immortality with the power of the Dream Water, but it only lasts a short time. I can sense she is a good-natured spirit. I will use my powers to cease her aging and return to her the years she lost as a child."

"Thank you." Boba panted. "Watch over her. I need to go." The junior hunter dashed out of the cave.

The spirit touched the tips of her tails to Khryssa's forehead, her gems lighting as the fox was healed in moments. Khryssa awoke and studied her surroundings, looking in the direction where Boba had gone.

"You had your chance to kill me. But you didn't. You spared me, Boba."

The Star Wolf team looked at Boba with surprise. "You… spared a psychicbender?" Wolf asked.

Boba glanced at the girl, then looked away. "Ah felt like I really wanted to… but when the time came, Ah couldn't do it. She… just looked so innocent."

"Because deep down, you thought that maybe I wasn't a monster." Khryssa said. "But perhaps the same rules apply to other psychics."

"Hmm…"

"Boba… for 30 years, you've been living in fear. The helmet on your head is a symbol of that. But if you simply removed it, and explored the good that we psychics can bring… your fear would be long-forgotten. So, please… take it off."

Boba looked up and faced the woman. Through the hole in his helmet, he could see the care, trust, and concern in the Jedi's dark eyes. His teammates waited curiously for what he would do. With one last breath, Boba gripped the anti-psychic helmet, and pulled it off of his head. His black hair was completely messy for having worn it so long, a nine-o'clock shadow clearly visible on his face as he turned and faced Khryssa with choco-brown eyes.

"I've been hiding and hunting for so long." Boba spoke in a much deeper voice, different from the country accent the helmet gave. "I let fear get the best of me. …But boy, this is the first time I heard my own voice in a while without that disguiser."

"Boba… what Mace Windu did to your father, says nothing about the hundreds of other psychicbenders. But just because someone has unusual power… it doesn't make them any different than what you are. Besides, just look at Star Wolf. They're your friends… and they're all talking animals like me."

The hunter spared a glance to his fellow hunters before turning back at Khryssa. "Then that means… what Gunkan's doing is wrong."

"Exactly! We have to go save them!" Noah exclaimed.

"Now is your chance, Boba. Your moment to stop the oppression done by this misled military, and show them all the good us inhumans can bring. Will you?" Khryssa smiled, holding her hand out for him to take.

Boba turned back at Star Wolf, the hunters showing determination as they nodded. He looked down at Mika, Lucario, and Noah, giving nods as well. Boba smiled at the Jedi and shook her hand. "Ah'm in." He placed his helmet back on. They all boarded onto their Wolfens in minutes, with Noah riding on top of Jake, Mika and Lucario standing on Wolf's wings, while Khryssa took her place on Boba's ship's wings. "Okay, peoples! Let's show old Gunny who's boss! Next stop: G.U.N. H.Q.!"

"I already have another friend of mine over there." Khryssa told them. "He snuck in, and he should be able to stall the soldiers long enough until we get there."

"Okay, party peoples! Le's rock and roll!" With that, the five Wolfens took off for the sky, on their mission to save the metahumans.

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HOO! ! Longest chapter EVER! Second-longest. ;) I'm actually quite proud of this one. And y'all remember Khryssa, right, from MGD? Thank God I get to put her in a good story for once! Next time, we will go against General Gunkan! And also recover the 4th Firstborn! :D Later!