Okay, everybody… it's time… to TAKE Brain down! Once again, it is divided into two parts. The first part is just the action stage, THEN it's the boss fight!
Chapter 70: Remaining Hope
"Patiently… we watched you all… waiting for our moment to strike." Darth Genious's voice echoed as clips played on the arena's monitor, showing images of all the heroes who were bested by the Brotherhood of Evil. "You've forged your allies. You trusted without pause. And the moment you thought your worlds were safe…" The Battle Droids conquered the world without mercy, turning people into zombie slaves, as they chanted 'All hail The Brain', "it fell apart before your very eyes. You were merely pawns in a game. And you played your part perfectly. There is nowhere you can hide. And there is nothing you can do to stop us. Each little victory, has led to an even greater prize: the elimination of all heroes… and the conquering of the world."
"And look… here you all are. Prizes to my collection." The heroes glared spitefully at the Sith Lord, trapped in their glass tubes, the treadmill moving them along as each of them took turns, stopping under the Freezer 5000. "Your friends have no way to save you… or even stand a chance. Together, you may be formidable. But apart… you are lost… powerless… mine."
Tucker, Jazz, and Sam looked with horror when Danny was placed under the Freezer. Skulker did the honors and pressed the button at the controls. The Ghost Zone villains erupted with cheers when their archenemy was frozen into an ice sculpture with liquid nitrogen. His three friends slumped down in sadness, most notably Sam.
"You will fall… one… by… one… Who among you can possibly stop me this time?"
Quahog Graveyard
As the night drew on, things had finally begun to calm down as far as the invasion. But by this time, almost the entire world had been conquered. Statues of Brain and Palpatine stood high everywhere as people slaved away to the Siths' rule. Now that Madame Rouge was gone, it was just Nolan York by himself in the graveyard. And he knew, very well, that this was all his fault. He depressedly approached the grave of his deceased friend, feeling shameful by showing his face around it. He promised Dillon and Corey that he would make things right and make the world a better place for everyone. And now… the Brotherhood rules everything. He sniffled as tears dripped from his eyes, slumping against the gravestone of the fallen operative.
"What have I… done? What have I… done? How could I… be so blind? All is lost… where was I? Spoiled all… SPOILED all… Everything's… gone all wrong. What have I… done? What have I… done? Find a deep cave to hide in, in a million YEARS, they'll find me only DUST… And the plaque will read… 'Here Lies Poor Old NUMBUH… TWENTY…THIRTYYY.'
"…Well, that accomplished nothing." Nolan said to himself. He sighed and leaned his hand against the grave. "Oh, Dillon. I ruined everything. I promised you, Corey, and everyone I would make things right… and I completely broke it. Sigh, I don't know how I could ever show my face around the KND again."
However, Nolan looked back up when he suddenly heard some faint music playing. He looked and noticed some kind of glowing figure nodding his head behind a lone tree beside the graveyard's fence. With a look of curiosity, he turned and slowly rolled his chair toward the tree. He went around and got a good look at the glowing figure with the headphones in his ears. "…Dillon?"
Dillon opened his eyes and noticed his friend, taking off the headphones. "Hey, Nolan, what's up! Long time, no see, Man!" Dillon smiled, holding his hand out. Nolan looked confusedly, but raised his hand to give him a high-five anyway. However, when they swung their hands, Dillon's hand went right through Nolan's. "Haha, psyche! Ghost hand. Intangible."
"Hehe… right." Nolan smiled and chuckled.
"Anyway, glad you're here. Corey's here, too. Come on out, Core." Nolan looked to his side as the spirit of the paranoid boy walked out of the mist.
"H-H-Hey, Nolan… n-nice of you, to v-visit, us…"
"Corey!" Nolan gasped. The boy sighed and looked down in shame. "Guys… I'm sorry. I promised you all I would make things right. I promised I would find you a place in the world. And look what I did. Served away to the guy who was responsible for your deaths… and helped him take over the world. The KND, and all of the world's heroes are gone now… it's all my fault. I've ruined everything. I have to be the worst operative that ever existed…"
"Nolan…" Dillon knelt down beside his friend and wrapped his ghostly arm around him. "You're not the worst operative, nowhere near. You did all of this in the first place just for us, and you tried to redeem yourself. And, when you found out it was Madame Rouge that killed me, despite how that made you feel, you didn't even kill her when you had the chance. That's more than Revan Sidious could ever do…"
"You think so?…" Nolan looked at his friend's eyes.
"He's right, you know." Nolan looked behind him as another glowing figure emerged from the mist. "And besides… just look at me."
"You…" Nolan raised his arm to point at the being, already recognizing. "You're Anakin Skywalker! Palpatine's apprentice…"
"Yes… I was. The worst Jedi in the galaxy."
"What are you talking about? You're a legend!"
"I am now… but before, I was different. Palpatine's influence, my anger and rage… got the best of me. I only wanted to do what was best for the galaxy. What was best for my wife. And what did I do? I ended up killing her… and turning the galaxy into a realm of darkness. I served by Palpatine's side… and destroyed everything."
"But, you redeemed yourself… didn't you?"
"Yes… if it weren't for my son… I never would've seen the light. But that didn't change what happened before. Nolan…" The Jedi Spirit knelt down and placed a hand on Nolan's shoulder. "Unlike me, you've fallen to the Dark Side, but have returned. You saw the light, and the evil Revan was doing to the world, before it was too late. We believe it is your destiny… to stop the Sith Lord once and for all."
"But… how? Everyone's been captured… and he's got all those villains."
"Oh, come on, now." Nolan looked with surprise when another being walked out of the blackness. But rather than a spirit, it was simply Wesley Dodds. "I never gave up when a gang of villains had me cornered… so why should you?"
"Mr. Dodds!" Nolan rolled toward the old hero and bowed his head as tears appeared in his eyes. "Mr. Dodds… I'm so sorry! After everything I did… how could I-"
"Don't worry about it, Nolan." Mr. Dodds stopped him, kneeling down to place a hand on his shoulder. "All I care about is that you've found your way again."
"Ever since my father died… you've always felt like one to me. I…I'd probably be lost without you."
"Ahh." Wesley patted his shoulder and stood up. "You don't need me, Kid. Not when you have the lot of friends you have now. Heck, that Danika chick is the only real one you need. Girl that pretty don't come around very often."
"Hehe…" Nolan looked up and blushed.
"Ah, speak of the devil." Wesley stated, noting outside the yard's gate as Dani and April were already running over.
"Guys?" Nolan questioned. "How did you find me?"
"We had a feeling." Danika replied.
"Listen, there are still a few heroes left." April explained, pulling out her Brotherhood communicator. "They're hiding in a secret cave in the Virginian Forest."
"Only 8?" Nolan asked, noticing the eight dots on her communicator. "Errr! That's nowhere near enough to go against a whole army of villains!"
"Well, there's us, too, right?" April asked.
"Don't worry." Wesley assured. "Larry's already gone off to find any more survivors. I'll go help him and meet back with you at the base. Meanwhile, you go get the other heroes and get there, first."
"My Jedi friends have led them here, to help you in the upcoming battle." Anakin mentioned.
"Nolan…" Dillon spoke again, "you have to go. Only you have the power to stop Darth Genious. If you don't, the Kids Next Door will be gone forever, and the Brotherhood will rule everything."
"It's your destiny, Nolan." Anakin said once more. "Are you ready?"
Nolan gave a serious look and nodded. "Yeah. I'm ready."
"Alright, then let's do it!" Dillon clapped. "I'll lead you guys to the other heroes."
"Then let's get going!" Nolan exclaimed, and Dillon flew off in the form of a glowing blue ball as the three heroes followed him.
"Nolan, wait!" The three stopped and turned back at Anakin. "Do not underestimate the powers of Darth Genious."
The three nodded and continued after Dillon.
"Nolan, wait!" They stopped and annoyedly turned back again. "When gone, am I… the last of the Jedi will you be."
"Umm… I'm not a Jedi."
"Plus, you're already 'gone'." Danika reminded.
"Oh, right. Well, carry on, then."
The three continued after Dillon when-
"Nolan, wait!" They skidded to a stop and angrily looked back again. "Never give in to the powers of the Dark Side."
They nodded and kept going.
"Nolan, wait!" They stopped and ANGRILY turned AGAIN. "Forces work stronger together… than apart."
They gave him a nod and kept moving.
"Nolan, wait!"
They skidded to a stop and yelled, "WHAAT?!"
Anakin bowed and said, "May The Force be with you."
"Great… can I GO now?"
"Hehe… yes. You may…"
With that done, Danika grabbed the two of them and used Shadow Glide, flying after the spirit of Dillon who led their way. After Wesley Dodds left, too, and they were all out of eyesight, Obi-wan's spirit appeared beside Anakin. "That boy is our last hope."
"No… there are many more." Anakin replied.
"I know. I have The Force, too, you know."
Sector W's Neighborhood
The Sector W team hurriedly ran down the street as the Hispanic maid was still chasing them in her giant robot. Angie stomped the ground and kicked rocks up to her, but the robot held a small broom in her right hand and defended. The robot held a vacuum in her left hand and switched it on, and the kids were immediately being sucked in. Lee tossed his yo-yo to wrap around a 'Stop' sign, holding onto it as the kids held onto each other. But just when Lee's grip released, a teenage boy with messy brown hair, a wheat in his mouth, and two hook swords leapt up and sliced the vacuum's pipe with his swords.
The Sector W kids fell to the ground as the rest of the Freedom Fighters showed up, getting between them and the robot. Longshot shot fire arrows up to the small broom and set it on fire, and The Duke scampered up the arm with the vacuum and made it to Consuela's cockpit, kicking through the glass and kicking the maid in the face before jumping back down. Afterwards, Pipsqueak grabbed the right leg and used his incredible strength to successfully yank it off. "Nnoooooo." Consuela lowly screamed as the robot toppled over.
"Ah-hal-RIGHT! Way to go, guys!" Harvey cheered, doing a victory dance.
"Gee, thanks for the help!" Sonya smiled. "Who are you guys?"
"We're the Freedom Fighters." Jet answered. "I'm Jet, the leader. This is Smellerbee, Longshot, Pipsqueak, and The Duke." All the members smiled and waved.
"Wow, cool!" Harvey beamed. "But where'd you guys come from?"
"The Avatar Realms. We were led to a ship by some glowing blue ball. It belonged to this old man who gathered up this other bunch of people."
"He sent us out here to rescue you guys." Smellerbee followed. "He says they're working on a plan to save everyone. Come on. Let's not keep him waiting." With that, the operatives followed the Freedom Fighters, leaving the fallen robot lying there.
Consuela climbed out of the wreckage and said, "I need more lemon pledge," before fainting.
Final Brain
The villains had just finished freezing Numbuh 5, and opened the glass tube to carry her frozen form up onto one of the shelves, setting her between Kuki and Hoagie. "Next up: Numbuh 362." Darth Genious announced, and the treadmill moved along until the Supreme Leader's tube was under the freezer. The KND villains erupted into cheers. "Any last words?"
Numbuh 362 searched around the base and noticed something. "Say, Brain: where's your apprentice?"
"It seems poor Nolan has gone and… lost his way. Pity he couldn't be here to see this. It was thanks to your leadership that Nolan found his way back to me. I could not thank you more." He turned to his villain army and yelled, "Everyone: it was thanks to Numbuh 362 that Nolan was able to lead us to victory. Please, praise her with some of the credit."
"YAAAAH!"
"Enjoy your cheers while it lasts!" Rachel yelled. "'Cause before ya know it, Nolan's gonna come back here and ruin everything!"
"I beg to differ. Even if Nolan does manage to make his way here with what little help he may find, he will never overcome the darkness inside him. He will become the perfect Sith Lord before you know. Unfortunately, you will not be there to see it happen. Good-bye, Rachel." Once Brain finished, Professor Chang pressed the button, and froze the blonde leader solid.
Virginian Forest
The spirit of Dillon had finally led Team Brotherhood to a rocky wall in the middle of the forest, covered in shrubs, and afterwards vanished into thin air. "Pfft. Well, that helped. Led us to a total dead end." April scoffed.
"Wait… I recognize this place." Nolan said, approaching the shrub-covered wall. He moved the shrubs out of the way and exposed a circular metal door with a "KND" logo. "I knew it!" Nolan beamed. "This is a secret hideaway the Prospectors and I built sometime after forming our team! We use it in case of major emergencies like this. It's programmed to detect if someone is friend or foe, and keeps bad guys out. It should have everything we need!"
The inside of the hideaway was decorated with a couch and a table, facing a flat-screen TV, a red carpet in the middle, a small exercise area with weights and a treadmill, and a refrigerator on the right side of the room. The remaining heroes appeared to have already arrived. Carl Wheezer and Beast Boy were having a look around, Mike and Raimundo were digging around in the fridge, and Toph and Numbuh 4 were sitting on the couch, drinking soda. Toph was also picking her nose and had her feet relaxed on the table, and Kweeb was lying back on her right foot.
"Are there any more sodas in this place?" Mike asked.
"Ah, here it is!" Raimundo perked, pulling out two cans of soda and handing one to Mike.
Danielle Phantom was floating and observing the place from the ceiling, and smiled when she noticed the Team Brotherhood group at the entrance. "Oh, look! There's three more!"
"Hey, guys, welcome to the party!" Mike greeted.
"So… is this it? You're the only ones left?" Nolan asked.
"I guess so." Danielle shrugged.
"Okay, now let me see if I got this figured out." Raimundo began. "So, all of our villains have teamed up, and planned an all-out invasion against us and all of our friends, and we're the only ones left who haven't been captured."
"Probably because The Brain thought we weren't strong enough to handle such lame villains." Wally smirked cockily, cracking open another soda.
"It's always the little guys you gotta watch out for." Kweeb noted.
"You said it, Short Man." Toph replied.
Carl only whimpered in fear. "All of our friends… GOOONE!" He then burst into tears.
"Hey, hey, calm down. They're probably still fine." Raimundo assured. "We just gotta find a way to rescue them."
"Um, I don't really know." Danielle frowned. "I mean, we may have gotten out okay… but that's no promise we can handle every other villain out there. I say we just lay low for a while."
"What are you talking about? You sound like you've already given up!" Nolan shouted.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Beast Boy asked.
"He's the one that got us in this cruddy mess in the first place!" Wally shouted.
"Is that true?"
Nolan sighed. "Yes… I was The Brain's apprentice. And… it's my fault that they were able to get to your towns and capture everyone. But, I've put all that behind me, and now I want to save everyone!"
"I hear where you're coming from." Raimundo said, patting Nolan's shoulder. "I been on the Dark Side a couple times myself. And now, here I am, Shoku Warrior." The Brazilian then sighed. "A totally lousy Shoku Warrior. I couldn't even be there for my team when they were attacked."
"You're telling me." Mike replied, depressedly. "If only I didn't decide to go on one of my walks. I probably coulda helped them. Especially Emily…"
"But, on the bright side, we got this nice comfy place." Kweeb said, patting Toph's toe.
"You two already seem close." Danika commented.
"He helps clean the dirt out." Toph said.
"Hey, hold on, guys! We can't beat ourselves up!" Nolan spoke again. "Look, we'll just have to accept the fact that Brain plotted out every move and was able to get us. But, we shouldn't despair. If we're still out here, then that means there's hope for our friends. The Brain was able to defeat everyone else because we were all separated. But if we all band together, the 11 remaining heroes, we can take the fight to Brain and stop the Brotherhood once and for all!"
"And how do we do THAT, Captain Determination?" Toph shouted. "It's the eight of us lucky ones versus a whole army of super freaks."
"Well, I'm with the wheelchair dude." Beast Boy smiled, walking beside Nolan and patting his shoulder. "I don't know what it is, but I feel like he's a guy we can trust."
"Hehe…" Nolan grinned and blushed. Coming from one of his favorite Titans, that meant a lot.
"I'm with him, too." Danielle smiled. ("I just realized, there are TWO Dani's!" April commented.)
"Yeah, me too." Raimundo smiled.
"Eh, I am, too." Toph shrugged.
"And me!" Kweeb fist-pumped.
"I am, too. But I won't loike it." Wally said.
"Perfect! I hereby dub ourselves the Prospectors of Good!" Nolan declared. "Together, nothing can stop us! Now… why don't we all introduce ourselves, and we can get on with the plan?"
"Moi name's Numbuh 4!" Wallabee exclaimed, jumping on the couch. "I can beat people up real hard and give them purple nurples!"
"My name's Toph and I'm an earthbender. I'm blind, but I can feel vibrations in the ground with my feet, and see where everything is. Including the little guy on my toe."
"I'm Kweeb!" the little alien cheered. "As you can see, I'm really tiny. I have a ray gun that can shoot, stun, and shrink things, I'm hard to hit, and I'm pretty stealthy."
"Hi, Kweeb!" Danielle smiled and waved.
"Hehe." Carl smiled and blushed sheepishly. "My name's Carl Wheezer. I like llamas, I have terrible eyesight, and many medical problems!"
"Hi, I'm Danielle." The Halfa smiled. "I'm a half-ghost, half-human. I can turn invisible, walk through walls, and overshadow people!"
"Hey, I'm Mike." Mike introduced. "I'm the Green Forest Samurai Ranger. I'm not that good with a sword, but I've been told I'm pretty creative."
"The name's Raimundo Pedrosa." The Brazilian introduced himself coolly. "I'm Dragon of the Wind, and leader of the Xiaolin Warriors. We have these mystical objects called Shen Gong Wu. Let's see, I brought…" he dug around in his pocket, "the Sword of the Storms, which can control wind, the Shroud of Shadows, which can turn me invisible, and the Manchurian Musca, which can turn me into a fly."
"And I'm Beast Boy." The green-skinned introduced himself last. "A cool dude that loves videogames, pizza, and can turn into any animal I want! Say, I might give you a try, sometime!" he said to Kweeb.
"And lastly, I'm Nolan York. Numbuh 2030 of the Kids Next Door. And these are my friends, Danika and April." The two grinned and waved. "Okay, I know where the Brotherhood's base is; it's in Africa, in the middle of a savannah. Now we just have to figure out a way to sneak in there."
"I know!" Danielle beamed. "I can possess one of the villains or something and sneak you in as prisoners."
"Then we just have to find someone to possess." Mike replied.
Cleveland, Virginia
The team was quietly approaching the city, overrun by zombie citizens chanting 'All hail The Brain', when Toph suddenly stopped them. "Guys, wait! I'm sensing something HUGE up ahead. It's quaking the earth hard."
"Nice feet!" Kweeb beamed, sitting on her shoulder.
"Thanks!"
The crew began to feel these tremors and got a little closer toward the city, sneaking behind an alleyway and watching as a huge, red Cyclops searched the town. "It's the Cyclops." Raimundo whispered. "Hey, mono boy!"
"DAH?" Cyclops dumbly turned his head at the sound of this taunt.
"Ever think about layin' off the Nachos and sugar cakes?"
"DAH HAH HAH HAH!" The Cyclops stomped toward the Shoku Warrior, furrowing his brow. Raimundo dashed down the alleyway as Cyclops chased him, but Rai used his airbending to blow Carl up, allowing the nearsighted child to spray his inhaler in Cyclops's eye. "DAH AH AHH!"
"Forest Spear!" Mike exclaimed, leaping up from behind and bashing the monster's head with his spear, toppling him over. Cyclops weakly opened his burned eye to see Danielle standing over him, the ghost Halfa turning intangible and phasing into his brain, taking control as the Cyclops stood and shook in pain. When she was finished, the Cyclops's eye had turned glowing-green.
"…Euh… talk about a major weight issue." Danielle said, observing her body. "Okay, we should be able to get into Brain's base like this."
"Then let's go." Nolan said with a determined look. The possessed giant grabbed them all in its arms as Danielle turned invisible and began to fly them off to Africa.
Final Brain
Sokka held a look of absolute shock on his face and a goofy pose as he stood frozen solid into an ice sculpture, Chang's minions proceeding to carry and lift him to a higher shelf beside Zuko and Katara. "Next up: Avatar Aang." The villains of the Avatar Realms cheered, seeing the Avatar himself inside a glass tube as the treadmill moved. "Any last words?"
"Wouldn't freezing me affect the Negatar in some way?" Aang asked.
"Why, yes, it would, actually. It would allow Gnaa to live longer. Not that we care much for him, anymore. He is old news. Just as you are." With that, Chang pressed the button, freezing the Avatar solid.
Outside the Final Brain
Danielle remained in Cyclops's body as the Halfa held a seemingly unconscious Mike, Toph, and Carl in her arms. Team Brotherhood was hiding in her shadow using Danika's powers, Raimundo was invisible with the Shroud of Shadows, Kweeb waited in Toph's sleeve, and Beast Boy and Wally were in the form of flies on her head, with Wally using the Manchurian Musca.
The Brotherhood base was a city-wide fortress, decorated with large red curtains along the walls with Brotherhood logos, reading 'The Brain is the King'. As they passed through the first hallway, a group of villains suddenly ran down, consisting of Jack Spicer, Private HIVE, Dreadhead, and Mr. Fizz. "Cyclops, there you are!" Jack exclaimed. "Come on, they're already going on without us! They might freeze Jayden or Robin soon!" With that, the possessed Cyclops hurried after as the villains led them ahead.
"By the way, great catch, Sir." Private HIVE complimented.
"Thanks!" Danielle smiled perkily. The villains' eyes widened in shock as they skidded to a stop, facing up at the Cyclops.
"…Since when do you talk like a girl? Or even talk at all? Sir." Private HIVE asked.
"…Um…"
Toph tilted her head up and dropped to the floor, stomping the ground and sending HIVE flying with a boulder. "Villains, ATTACK!" Jack Spicer ordered. Dreadhead drew out his laser machinegun and started blasting, but Raimundo reappeared and kicked him from behind, pushing him at Jack. Jack pushed the Nighlok off and stood up, but Beast Boy and Wally reverted to normal above him and came down, bashing his head. Private HIVE hurried back to throw punches at Toph, the blind girl holding his fists back as Kweeb crawled up her arm, crossed over to his, and zapped his eyes with his ray gun. The little alien then dropped to the ground and set his gun to 'Shrink', zapping the HIVE student to a smaller height, allowing Toph to kick him against the wall.
Mr. Fizz cowardly tried to back away from the heroes, but stopped when he felt a presence behind him, turning to see Danika's large shadowy form emerge from the floor. "EEEEK!" The soda villain screamed and shook in fear before fainting.
Afterwards, Danielle came out of Cyclops's body and let the giant drop unconscious, brushing her hands off. "Well, that was easy."
"Yeah, but this should've alerted the rest of the base by now." Nolan figured. "Thankfully, all the villains are probably at the arena, watching the heroes get frozen, so they'll probably just send the henchmen out. We'll just have to fight our way through the base and make it to Darth Genious. Prospectors: MOVE OUT." (Play "Final Egg 1" from Sonic Adventure 1!)
Stage 58: Final Brain
Mission: Rescue all of the heroes and stop the Brotherhood once and for all! !
Act 1: Entryway
The heroes continued into the base as a squad of Stormtroopers was headed their way, the team taking cover behind cans as they blasted lasers. Beast Boy became a T-rex and spun and whacked them away with his tail while Raimundo caught them sucked into a whirlwind. Danika used Shadow Veil and slithered over, pulling two of them into her shadow and starting to beat them before tossing them out. A group of Yokian soldiers were then floating over, wielding electric spears, and Mike engaged one in combat with his Forest Spear, eventually bating the egg alien away and smashing him against the wall. Carl pulled out his inhaler and shook it before spraying at another one's dome, getting it smeary. The Yokian flew about frantically, not being able to see, and ended up crashing against a wall.
Toph just kicked a rock from the floor and shattered the last one before they all hurried down, turning a corner in the hall, and Nolan immediately dodged before some Girl Troops zapped him with Girlifyers. Danielle flew around above the girls as they tried to zap her, allowing Kweeb to dash up to them and fire his Tri-gun, zapping their hands and knocking the weapons away as they shook their hands from the pain. One of the girls tried to shoot Kweeb, but the little alien kept bouncing around and dodging, and the Girl Troop eventually shot Toph's feet and turned her nails pink. "Oh, that's it!" the blind tomboy yelled in anger, kicking a rock at the girl's face and knocking her out.
April used her powers to simply give the rest of them headaches before they continued on. They kicked open a door at the end of the hall and found their selves in the base cafeteria, where some of Gramma Stuffum's Lunch Ladies were dipping ladles in pots and throwing the gunk out, letting it become Spinach Soldiers and other Food Patrol monsters. The food monsters jumped at Nolan and Wally, but Nolan shot and splattered them with missiles while Wally just used his S.L.U.G.G.U.H.. The Lunch Ladies started sending meat blobs out, which belonged to the Lunch Ghost, but Wally and Toph rolled over and proceeded to gobble up the blobs of meat, since they weren't really Stuffum's hideous creations. Other food monsters were trying to attack Carl, but the chubby boy was happily grabbing and eating them. "Mmmm! This stuff tastes pretty good!"
Mike went over to knock the Lunch Ladies out before using his sword to slice the pots where the monsters spawned from. They continued to the next room, which appeared to be a dental lab, in which Mumbo Jumbo's bunny ninjas were fixing braces onto Denta Drones while they lied back in the chairs. The bunnies took notice of them and started spinning their carrot nun-chucks as they approached. "Um, guys? I'm allergic to…to…AACHOO!" Carl started sneezing aimlessly, forcing the bunnies to back up and run away. The Denta Drones then awakened and started to zap electrical spheres at the heroes. Danika tried to attack them, but the zombified children gave their brightening grins and blinded the shadowbender. Mike raised his sword to slice the braces off, freeing the kids, but that's when a group of the Common Cold's Flu Bugs crawled in from the next room, detecting Carl's sneezes.
The snot-filled robots shot snotballs at the heroes, getting Danielle covered in the substance, but she simply turned intangible and let the snot pass through. Numbuh 4 and Raimundo then jumped to aerial-kick the weak robots, easily taking them out in one blow. They then entered the next room, which appeared to be a worn-down bathroom with all the stalls closed. Raimundo swung his wind sword and blew all of the stalls open at once. As a result, a squad of the Toiletnator's Scummy Mummies climbed out and limped over, but Wally took each one of them out in one hit with his S.L.U.G.G.U.H.. Danielle then decided to shoot Ecto Rays at the toilets and destroy them so anymore monsters couldn't come out.
There seemed to be no other way to go except for an air vent. Raimundo ripped the vent open and proceeded to crawl in, followed by Wally, Beast Boy, Mike, Danielle, Toph, then Kweeb, who could easily walk in. Nolan couldn't get in because of his chair, but Danika simply pulled him into a Shadow Veil and slithered through, followed by April. Carl struggled to squeeze in the duct, but he was able to force his way through. They came out on the other side, landing on a small platform in a huge chamber of giant gears. The heroes carefully jumped their way across the gears so as not to get squashed, making their way to an area above.
When they stopped to rest on a safe platform, they looked up as some Dai Li Agents and chi-blockers were sliding down on ropes, taking land on the platform. The chi-blockers drew out electric rods and dodged over to Nolan as he shot missiles, zapping the boy. Beast Boy simply became a sky bison and flapped his huge, flat tail, blowing them over the edge. Some of the Dai Li tried to grab him, but the bison grabbed the agents in his mouth and sent them falling down below. One of the remaining chi-blockers punched Carl from behind, and he whined, "Oww, my scapula!" Afterwards, Beast Boy just whacked the soldier off the platform before reverting to normal.
"How did you know you can turn into that?" Toph asked.
"Lucky guess!" Beast Boy grinned.
They jumped their way up a few more gears before gathering onto a platform which raised them up to a higher area. The crew then had to swing their way across some of the red curtains with Brotherhood logos before taking land on a ledge at the top of the room, continuing to the next area. (Play "Final Egg 2"!)
Act 2: Brain Core
The heroes had arrived at what appeared to be the central core of the base, a colossal chamber with TIE Fighters flying in and out of holes, and a massive statue of Brain standing in the center with several walkways leading into it. The heroes hurried down some stairs and walked along a path that led to the outer area of the room, where some Battle Droids ambushed and started shooting at them while some Stormtroopers climbed into an Imperial Walker. Mike and Raimundo dashed over and sliced the droids in half with their swords. Beast Boy became a T-rex and easily chomped his huge teeth on the Walker's legs, throwing it into the chasm below. As a result of Beast Boy's heavy weight, however, the walkway collapsed and sent them falling down below.
Raimundo quickly spun his Sword of Storms downward to weaken their fall onto a lower walkway, but Team Brotherhood fell down past the walkway and into a huge vent below, sliding down to a cylindrical chamber where they stood atop a gate with a huge fan. A droid spotted them from a control area in a window and pressed a button. "Final Brain central ventilation shaft open." The fan switched on from below their feet and they were immediately blown upwards. The kids were able to dodge around spike balls that were floating in the windy chamber, but gasped when they noticed they were being blown to another giant fan up above.
"Crap! Anybody got any soda?" Nolan asked.
"I don't think burping's gonna work here." April figured.
Nolan then noticed the droid in the control room window below. "Then hold on." The girls grabbed onto him as he shot a grappling hook through the window, grabbing the droid by the neck and pulling him out, sending him flying to the fan above and letting him be chopped to pieces. Afterwards, Nolan shot the grappling hook to latch on the controls and was able to pull them into the chamber, allowing them to get back on their feet (and wheels). Another squad of droids came in from the door ahead and started shooting, but Danika used Shadow Veil to slither over, come out, and slice them in half with her daggers.
They went into where they came from and passed down a short hall, coming out on a ledge within the outer area of the core. They watched as a multi-directional elevator zoomed over and stopped by them, dropping off some droids, who started shooting. Nolan just shot missiles and blew the droids away as they boarded the multi-way elevator, zooming around the outer core at high speeds. They noticed the rest of the Prospectors waving at them from a distance and stopped the elevator beside them, allowing them to get on as they started zooming around some more.
"I gotta admit, this is a pretty nice base." Mike commented, loudly over the sounds of the whooshing elevator.
"YEAH, it is." Nolan yelled back. "Ignore all the villains and evil stuff about it, and this'd make a nice headquarters."
The elevator came to a stop along another walkway, where they stepped off and continued on. A squad of Shadow Troopers started shooting at them from behind barrels as TIE Fighters also flew by the area, shooting at the walkway. Toph easily sensed the invisible Troopers with her Seismic Sense and stomped the floor, yanking parts of the metal walkways off and flinging them over the edge. Some of the Shadow Troopers were flying around in jetpacks, shooting them from the air, but Carl sprayed around with his inhaler and caused the Shadow Troopers to become visible, allowing Danielle to zap them with Ecto Rays.
"Look out!" Nolan yelled, the crew jumping to the side when more TIE Fighters shot at the walkway.
Toph began kicking chunks of the metal walkway around aimlessly, but missed them by a longshot. "I can't tell where they are."
"Then let me." Nolan decided, simply taking aim at the ships and firing missiles. He took out the left shield of one of the Fighters, causing it to spiral out of control and crash. Danielle chased another one and zapped an Ecto Ray, destroying it in one hit. Another TIE Fighter was flying directly at them, but Kweeb took careful aim with his ray gun and fired, destroying one of the shields and making it spiral around and crash below. The little alien twirled his ray gun victoriously and blew the smoke from it.
The team had finally gotten back into the inner core and dashed down a walkway that led straight into The Brain's statue. Squads of Stormtroopers were still running out to stop them, but Numbuh 4 dodged and flipped around their shots as he made it over and punched the troops unconscious with his S.L.U.G.G.U.H.. The heroes made it into the massive statue and started making their way down a spiraling stairway. When they arrived at the bottom, more droids came out and started shooting, but April caused their memory chips to malfunction with her powers before Raimundo blew them over the edge. With them defeated, the team proceeded to enter an elevator in the center, letting it slowly carry them down. (Stop music.)
Arena chamber
The villains had just gotten finished freezing Jayden, the Red Ranger, and the Nighlok villains burst into cheers. By this time, the shelves were filled with frozen heroes of different origins, for they have nearly all of them. "My fellow villains… you have all done an extraordinary job." Darth Genious announced. "This victory has marked a turning point in the War of Good vs. Evil. With all of our enemies frozen, there is no-one to stand in our way. The Brotherhood of Evil will control the universe from all corners of the worlds. And with this world submitting to our rule… we shall BECOME… THE NEW EVIL EMPIRE!"
"YEEAAAAHH!"
"And to ultimately execute our victory, I give you the hero of heroes himself. The leader of the Teen Titans. I give you: Jason Todd. Aka, Robin." The treadmill moved along, revealing the Titans' leader trapped in a glass tube. The villains erupted into more cheers as the capsule stopped below the Freezer.
"Gah! This isn't over!" Robin yelled, banging on the glass.
"For you, Roby… it is." (Play "Final Egg 1" again!)
Act 3: Brain Quarters
"Emergency, emergency! Dispose of any intruder. Emergency, emergency! Dispose of any intruder."
The elevator finally came to a stop, and the heroes hurried off, dodging as more droids shot at them before Mike sliced them all in half. They kept going and jumped down a slide, landing on a platform over an electrical pit down below. They jumped up some floating platforms into a door, where they dropped onto a floor where some Plasmus blobs slithered up to them. The reddish-pink blobs latched onto Nolan as he tried to shake them off, zapping lasers to burn them while Kweeb shot and blew them up with his ray gun. The group then entered the next room, where puppets of Numbuhs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 86, and 362 popped out of the floor.
"This is the base shooting range." Nolan recognized. "We're getting close to Brain's chamber."
Some Ice Cream Men came out from behind boxes and began shooting at the dummies. Toph stomped a metal chunk from the floor and flung it over, taking some men out while Wally leapt on the crates and punched and knocked the Ice Cream Men out. Carl then proceeded to walk over and rip their guns open, happily licking the ice cream. "Mmm, strawberry."
"Come on, already!" Wally yelled, dragging Carl along, making him drop the ice cream. The heroes left the training wing and passed by another bathroom, seeing water flowing out from under the door. They went inside and found waste flowing out of the clogged toilets as Poohemoth monsters climbed out. Wally rapidly began punching the poo monsters with the S.L.U.G.G.U.H., but they kept coming out. Mike and Danielle just went ahead and destroyed the toilets to keep them from spawning, eventually taking the monsters out.
It wasn't long before the gang reached the room with The Brain's hologram projection of Earth. The table where Brain and Mallah drank their tea and played chess sat beside it. And judging by the chessboard still out, and the tea still sitting there, Nolan assumed they were just there recently, for the wall beside the table had monitors playing clips of the scenes where each of the fallen heroes were bested by their villains. On the opposite end from the monitors was a wall which displayed mini TV screens, each one showing the images of all the heroes, such as Nigel, Tucker, Sokka, Cindy, or Tramm.
Just then, a band of Purge Troopers and Imperial Guards ran out and started shooting at them. Raimundo leapt and tried to aerial-kick one from a distance, but the Purge Trooper grabbed his foot and threw him off. He was unprepared when Toph hurled a huge rock chunk his way and knocked him back, and Mike began striking at another one from behind. That soldier eventually grabbed the Green Ranger and lifted him overhead, bashing him against the floor. Carl leapt onto the Trooper from behind and put his hands over his eyes, making the soldier run around until Toph made a metal chunk stick up from below, making him trip.
Wally ran up to pound one of the red guards, but it easily defended with its laser spear before zapping the Aussie in the butt. However, the guard didn't notice Kweeb running under his cloak, and the alien started to shoot the guard from underneath, knocking him out. The other guard twirled his spear and aimed the laser side at Carl, but smelling the laser up close caused the boy to sneeze all over the troop's red cloak, making him jump back. Afterwards, Nolan gripped the guard in his grappling hook and knocked him out with a painful shock.
The heroes turned a corner left down a hall, finding some wooden double-doors at the end. Before they could get in, four more Imperial Guards stepped out, led by an Imperial Elite Guard, who angrily faced Nolan as he aimed his spear. "Um… I'm guessing you're the other guy's brother or something." The guard ran over and began rapidly swinging his spear at Nolan as he tried to back up.
One of the red guards swung his spear around in the air, trying to hit Danielle, but the ghost dodged around and kicked him in the face, knocking him on his stomach. The guard lifted his head up, seeing Wally smirking and standing over him, but was quickly met with the boy's S.L.U.G.G.U.H.. Raimundo spun a tunnel of air in his arms as Toph stomped small rocks from the ground and dropped them in. The rocks zipped over to a red guard at a fast pace as he tried to bat them away, but ended up getting pelted to the head and KO'd. Mike clashed his sword against another one's spear, and meanwhile, Carl snuck up from behind and lifted his cloak up. The guard snapped his cloak shut and angrily faced the Wheezer boy, but Mike knocked him out with the Forest Spear while he was distracted. The last red guard aimed its spear at Beast Boy, who turned into a rex and bit down on the spear, the two in a game of tug-o-war over it as Kweeb ran down BB's nose, slipping under the guard's sleeve and shooting his head under the guard's helmet.
Nolan desperately tried to shoot the Elite Guard with missiles, but he swiftly dodged around and kept swinging his spear at Nolan's wheels. He tried to strike him again, but April thankfully stunned the guard from behind, and Danika slithered over as a shadow and came up in front of the guard, striking an "X" in his chest. The guard gripped his chest in pain, but that's when Nolan shot his punching glove at his face and flung him against the wall. The black guard stood up again, but he suddenly heard the air vent above him shake. He looked up, and was too late to move as Penelope Taynt came down and crushed the Elite Guard, knocking him out.
Penelope then stood up and quickly observed her surroundings. "Where's Amanda?!" Team Brotherhood pointed down a hall behind them. "Thank you. Now enjoy being cancelled. Please." With that, the crazy fangirl dashed down that hall.
"Never mind her." Nolan said. "The Brain's up ahead. Let's get going." With that, he led the group of heroes into the door before them. (End song.)
Amanda's Room
Penelope cautiously looked both ways before entering the room of her favorite actress, proceeding to rummage around the room aimlessly. "There has to be something that could give me the whereabouts to Amanda's remaining persona, please." Her eyes widened, seeing a piece of paper on the computer desk. "Ah-ha!" She picked it up. "Amanda's very own list of personas, please! Let's see... Lulu Mae, Judge Trudy, Melody, Penelope Taynt-"
Penelope's eyes and mouth widened in absolute shock. She held up the DNA Revitalizer, realizing why the tracker was pointing at her beforehand. "I'm Amanda's missing persona… I'm a persona that's taken a life of its own!"
She then heard the door handle shaking. "Hello? Is anybody in there?"
Penelope clutched the ray gun tight. This was the ultimate decision… but she knew… what she had to do. "All my life… I wanted to be like Amanda. It was my dream… but look: I am Amanda. She needs me… as much as I need her." She closed her eyes, remembering all the faces she met. Deep down… she was going to miss them. "Trevor… Preston… Kids Next Door… Ghost Girl… they helped me… make it this far. I almost feel sad… not getting to see them again." She aimed the Revitalizer at her head. "But no… it must be done. I can only hope, that with me in her soul… Amanda can return again. …And may her show, and my website, live on forever. Www-dot…amandaplease-dot-com. Good-bye, everyone. Fare…thee well. …Please." And with that, she pulled the trigger, and sucked herself into the device.
"Hello?" Amanda called, walking in. The actress noticed the device on the floor and picked it up to study it. She pulled the trigger, and immediately shook about when the laser zapped her. She could feel all of her personas merging back within her body, and felt herself becoming completely whole again. Eventually, it stopped, and the small capsule was completely clear and empty as she studied it with wonder.
"Hmm… oh well! Time to go get drunk!" With that, she grabbed her car keys, and headed outside.
Amanda 'manda 'manda 'manda, Amanda 'manda 'manda 'manda shoooowww!
Secret underground tunnel, beneath the Final Brain
The teenage earthbender, Haru used his powers to clear a tunnel as the crippled boy, Teo held up a lantern of fireflies, using it to light the way as Wesley Dodds and Larry Oldman guided the other remaining heroes along the way under the base. "Man, how long does this thing go on?" Lizzie whined.
"We should be getting there, soon." Cyborg said.
"Well, then let's hurry. I wanna save Katara as soon as possible." Jet said.
"Awe, someone have a wittle crush?" Harvey cooed.
"He sort of had a thing with her." Smellerbee answered.
"I still can't believe we're working with a bunch of freaks just to save Nolan's butt." Gwen retorted.
"Hey, you watch that tongue of yours, Missy." Dodds told her. "Why, if it wasn't for people like you, Nolan wouldn't have gotten mixed in with the Brotherhood in the first place. If you'd've supported him from the start, Nolan would've never joined them. Think about that…"
At this, Gwen and Doug couldn't help but feel a little guilt. The old man did sort of have a point. Despite this, they kept moving with the heroes as they were getting close to Brain's base.
The Brain's Throne Room (Play "Final Egg 2"!)
The heroes blew down the door and dashed across the walkway with expressions of determination as they were coming to a throne atop some stairs. They stopped just below the stairs as the rotatable throne spun around, exposing them to Darth Genious himself. "Why, if it isn't my dear apprentice, Nolan York. I am impressed you managed to get all the way here. And with a curious band of misfits…"
Beast Boy transformed into a cheetah and scampered up the stairs, attempting to gnash at Brain, but the Sith Lord protected himself with a barrier and blew him back. As Beast Boy recovered, they watched as Monsieur Mallah came out from behind the throne. The gorilla picked his master up and switched on his helicopter pack, carrying Brain and flying away down the hall. "Hey, get back here!" Nolan yelled. The team of heroes dashed after as Mallah and Brain flew faster away from them. Mallah spared them a glance and smirked before flying to the area high above to the ceiling. Nolan and the heroes just kept down the path, seeing two larger double-doors up ahead, with the label 'Arena' above them.
Nolan fired a missile and blew the doors open. The heroes dashed through the smoke and entered the room ahead, getting into battle-ready poses as they prepared to challenge the Sith Lord. "Okay, Brain! You're going down!" Nolan exclaimed. "IT'S OOO…over?" (End song.)
"Umm…" Beast Boy and the other heroes faced ahead with looks of fear and shock.
"Oh, cruuud…" Numbuh 4 groaned.