Viridi's Last Stand, Part 6

Chapter 6: The Floran War

Unknown planet

Angie McKenzie's ship soon took land on the flora-filled planet, and the woman was led away with the others. As she walked off, the tiny Onion ship flew out of the thick forest that was her hair, and took land on the ground beneath the gigantic shrubs as Sector W and the Minish children stepped out. "Why can't we go help my mom??" Anthony questioned angrily. "There was no point in coming here if we weren't gonna FIGHT them! OR are these Pikmin pests as useless as they look?"

"Even if they could help, these guards are way too strong." Sappo replied. "We're too outnumbered and outmatched for our miniscule sizes."

"NnnNOT what I was taught!" Anthony yelled frustrated.

"Calm down, Anthony." Sally told him. "We'll figure a way out of this. Ohhh, I wish the other Kids Next Door were here."

"If this was Viridi's homeworld, we could call the others for an invasion right now." Harvey figured, still flicking his yo-yo. "I mean, if we weren't so tiny."

"Where ARE we, anyway?" Anthony asked.

"Beats me." Sappo said. "But let's look around and see if we find any residents."

The tiny-sized team ventured beneath several more shrubs, the sky blocked from their view. "Huh?" Anthony perked with curiosity when they found a crash-landed white ship that was equal to their height. They approached, and Anthony recognized it. "Hey, this looks like Vweeb's ship!"

"I wonder what it could be-" Sally looked up, then burst in a loud scream. "AAAAHH!"

Everybody looked up and gasped. A gigantic, chubby creature with a brown-furred back and yellow-furred belly, with a mouth that looked like a hummingbird's, towered over them. "Kyuki?" It gave a quizzical look. "KYUUUU! M-M-M-MORE children!" It shivered in fright.

Sector W and the Minish exchanged baffled glances.

"WHOA, steady there, big fella!" Tronta Dunfree said, using the creature's reins to make it kneel down. He, Vweeb, and Makava were shown to be riding the creature's back. "What's goin' on?"

Sector W looked surprised. "VWEEB??" Anthony yelled.

"Anthony?" Curious, Vweeb and his friends hopped off the animal's back. When they landed, Vweeb saw he was a good several feet taller than Anthony, along with his friends. Needless to say, Vweeb was happy with the size-change. "Well, I see you wanted to be like your hero!"

"I can still kick YOUR butt, DWEEB!"

"Shrink!" Aranea joked.

"Huhu ha! Minish are a few centimeters shorter than Kateenians!" Gibli smiled.

"You guys are Minish-size while THEY'RE Kateenian-size!" Sappo pointed out.

"Ya, we GET that." Anthony eye-rolled. "But how'd YOU guys end up here, anyway? Your mommy get kidnapped, TOO?"

"Kidnapped?" Vweeb questioned.

"Viridi invaded our world, and several kids' parents were kidnapped." Sally explained. "We were already tiny, so we stowed away with them."

"Why were you guys tiny?" Vweeb asked.

"Why were YOU??" Anthony shot back.

"Uuuu." Vweeb sighed. "Never mind. Anyway, we found out this is Viridi's homeworld."

"So did we, get in line." Anthony remarked.

"Do you know the NAME of this planet??" Vweeb asked, raising a brow.

"Uuuuhh... Viridia?"

"Nooo, silly!"

"It's Planet Flora!" Tronta exclaimed.

"Flora?" Sally asked, as the Earth kids looked surprised.

"Of course!" Vweeb exclaimed. "I mean, why didn't we know it before?? What other planet has so many plants?"

"'Course, Tronta recognizes it more than anyone." Makava smirked.

"Heh heh... my mom always insists we come here for natural, organic carrots." Tronta blushed. "Anyway, climb on board. We wanna show you some stuff." The alien kids climbed onto the back of their tamed creature. Sector W exchanged shrugs and climbed on with them.

They held tight to the animal's fur as it carried them through several more shrubs. They agreed it was a lot easier getting around in a jungle so thick, they couldn't see. The animal brought them to a small garden (miles at their sizes) of carrots, cabbages, and other veggies, where others of these creatures were digging holes, bringing water, and other garden work. "These things are Kikwi." Tronta explained. "It's hard to explain... but they're sort of half-meat, half-plant animals. We come here and see them all the time, but they rarely ever talk. Not until now."

"We guessed they only talk to smaller animals." Vweeb figured.

"And they've been telling us a lot." Tron spoke more as they climbed off the creature. "They're supposed to have more gardens that're a lot bigger. But they've been dealing with some 'marketing problems'. Machi?" He looked up at their Kikwi stead.

The animal stood up, quivering with fright. "Kyuuuuuu! Viridi's been taking all our veggies! She takes all our food to create soldiers in her factory! She's been taking them for 5 years! This tiny garden is one of our only free gardens. We used to grow stuff all over the place and sell them to visitors. Then Viridi came, and she forbid us from talking to other creatures, kyuuuuu! We're only allowed to talk to tiny things because she TRUSTS bugs! I thought these tiny children were people who found her secret factory!"

"Unfortunately, NONE of us know where the secret factory is." Tronta said. "We've figured that Viridi's lair is close to this region. But these Kikwi are too afraid to go look for it."

"It's true. Kyuuuuu!"

"Well, what about all these soldiers?" Sally asked. "They have to be coming from somewhere, right?"

"Kyuu, kyu. Her monsters just spawn from the ground. They're made of natural stuff, so they have the power to do that, KYUUUuuuuu!"

"But we DO know the factory's on THIS planet." Harvey mentioned. "We can fly up to GKND H.Q. and tell them. Right?"

"Yeah, but if we don't know where the actual base is, the invasion's a bust." Tron said.

"Speakin' of which, Vweeb, where's your girlfriend? Aren't you two usually kissing face on missions?" Anthony asked snarkily.

"I see you're still doing so with yours." Vweeb remarked.

Anthony spared a quick glance at Fybi, and blushed.

"Arianna went missing when we crashed." Tron explained. "The Kikwi are helping us look for her, too. So far, no luck."

"Though if we went back to base, we could track down her communicator." Vweeb figured. "How did you guys end up here again?"

"We came on our Onion!" Sappo answered.

"It's small, but it's big!" Gibli jumped.

"Is it space-worthy?" Vweeb asked.

"Hmmm... well, we think so." Sappo said.

"It's not too late to find out!" Gibli cheered.

"I mean, if YOU guys can fly through space..."

"Well, we need to get to headquarters somehow." Makava said. "We'll have more info than we did before; and we need to locate Arianna."

"'kay, then let's get to the Onion." Anthony decided. "We'll pack Dweeb's ship, too."

"It's Vweeb." Vweeb said, glaring.

"Your point? Now, let's go, guys! We gotta save my mom and Michelle!"

"Kyu-kyuuu? You kids aren't gonna FIGHT Viridi... are you?" Machi asked.

"Well, not US... but Cheren might!" Anthony smiled.

"Cheren? KYUUuuuuu! No one can beat Viridi!" Machi quivered.

"I dunno. Cheren has that... special aura about him." Sally smiled admiringly.

"You shoulda heard what he did before all this." Harvey mentioned, flicking his yo-yo.

"If anyone can beat Viridi, it's him!" Sally said positively.

"Kyuuuuu?" Machi still looked baffled.

"Aaah, you'll see." Anthony assured.

"Now let's hurry back to base!" Vweeb exclaimed before they climbed to Machi's back again. "Giddyup, Machi!"

"Kyuuuu! No one signed me up for this..." With that, the Kikwi animal scampered quickly toward their Onion.

GKND H.Q.

It was a narrow escape, but Cheren and his friends managed to escape from Planet Earth in time. They grabbed Panini, Francis, Zach, Maddy, and anyone they could from Moonbase before taking land in the base's hangar. A lineup of Wisps was there to salute them as Cheren walked up to Nebula. "Good to see you made it, Soldier." Nebula greeted. "Sorry most of your troops couldn't make it."

"Don't worry. I sent the message to all Kids Next Door sectors just before we left. Hopefully, most of them managed to escape in time."

And as he spoke, other KND sectors were arriving to land inside the hangar. The R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N. that belonged to Sector W7 came to a screeching stop, and the team's leader, Chimney, came wobbling out, dizzy and covered in soot as she fell over. "Gyaaaah... I thought they were like big fireworks..."

"Gyoooom..." Gonbe was also dark with soot.

"Chimneeeey!" Aisa, the team's barefoot Nimbi member, yelled as she shook her fist, also covered with soot. "Why did you fly at the giant bomb thingies!"

"Awww, I thought they were giant fireworks! They looked so pretty!"

"Gyom, gyooom!"

Apis, the team's Arceist member, carefully stepped off the train. From under her hat, their tiny, 3-inch-tall member, Aeincha, peeked her head out. "Is it safe to come out now?"

"Of course it is, Aeincha!" Apis assured with a wide smile.

George King and Sector IC stepped off their ship, in which Terry Stork took MaKayla's hand to help her off. Sarah Jane and Sector N stepped off from their ship, Mike Strongarm and his Biking Crew got off their ship; bringing Emily along, Melody and Sector L got off their News Copter, and Sector DR; led by Don Doflamingo Jr., came off from their fancily-designed ship.

Soon, all available operatives stood before Nebula, who stood upon the foyer's stairway. "Thank you all for coming." She spoke. "It seems Viridi has struck earlier than was expected. We will head up to the upper levels so you can unwind. Hopefully, our base can remain unattacked until we think up a plan." The group began to enter the elevators to the upper levels of the treehouse.

Just before they entered, Aisa; of Sector W7, stopped when the image of a tiny flower pod flashed in her mind. "W-Waaait!" she yelled, stopping everyone. "There's still a few more! They're coming on a ship."

"How do you know?" Nebula asked.

"She has MANTRA!" Chimney shouted. ("Gyoooom!" Gonbe confirmed.)

"Open the hangar again." Nebula ordered some Wisps as she flew down.

Cheren and some other operatives followed as the hangar doors slid open once again. They saw no ships coming. But when they squinted, they could make out a very tiny, plant-like object floating into the hangar's narrow open gap. Nebula held a hand open as the ship took land in her palm. In seconds, Vweeb, Makava, and Tronta came sliding out, along with Sector W and Sappo and Gibli. "Heeeey!" they yelled in tiny voices.

Cheren stood beside Nebula and stared closely. "Anthony?"

His ant-sized cousin waved.

"Boy, do we got a LOT to tell you!" Tron said.

"Let's get upstairs." Nebula decided, cupping her other hand over the group as she lightly carried them upstairs.

Cafeteria

"So Viridi's home planet is Flora?" Cheren asked as he, Nebula, and some others sat at a table, in which the tiny operatives were set.

"That's right!" Tron squeaked. "She's been using the veggies there to make her monsters!"

"I THOUGHT it was Flora." Nebula deduced. "What better world for plant creatures than a plant planet? But I had to be sure. Just in case."

"We still don't know where her base is." Tron spoke.

"We'll work from it. But there is one other thing: where's Arianna?"

"She went missing when we crashed." Vweeb said. "She might've gotten captured."

"There's only one way to confirm that." Jerome spoke. "We can simply track her com. link to when she last held it."

They entered a computer room and entered Arianna's name in the database. The monitor showed Arianna's movements on a map, from when they were at Secco, to Nightmare Land. "Awww, I forgot!" Vweeb exclaimed, frustrated. "Our coms can't be tracked when we're tiny! We're never gonna find-"

Suddenly, the computer showed Planet Flora's image, zooming down on the top of the planet as Arianna's face was shown. "Hey, she WAS somewhere else." Nebula observed. Shortly after, the image went away. "But that was it."

"Bring her location up again." Jerome ordered. The Wisps working the computer marked Arianna's last location again, on the top of the planet, and zoomed in further.

"So apparently, Arianna crash-landed around the top of the planet, where she winded up underground." Cheren observed. "This could be our chance to try Sector L's Juicy-Gossip-"

"Trademarked!" Melody called.

"-Satellite. We can have it scan around the area she went missing and hopefully find something."

"Then get her on it!" Nebula ordered. "We have to get this invasion underway before the leaders get impatient!"

"In case anyone forgot, we're still tiny." Tronta pointed out.

"I'm okay with that!" Vweeb perked.

"Sigh, we don't have time for that, just get Melody on the case." Nebula demanded as she walked off.

Above Flora's atmosphere

A 4x4 satellite, marked with the KNN logo, hovered above the northern pole of the planet. As it zoomed in and scanned the surface of the planet, a group of four, tiny pods ejected and flew down toward the surface, and began to fly around and study the area. The cameras flew around a vast ditch in the ground, which had a gigantic tree growing from the middle. From the GKND H.Q., they had a view of each of the cameras.

"Having a satellite that spies from the atmosphere is one thing," Melody spoke, "but putting nanocams in it to FURTHER the invasion of privacy… that just takes the cake!" she smiled brightly.

"Hehehe!" Emily Garley blushed. "I've just been so fascinated with nano-technology."

"Well, consider looking for a job in my sector." Melody winked.

"So THAT'S where Viridi's hiding?" Cheren asked.

"A giant tree looks too easy to breach." Aurora spoke.

"It's not what she has on the outside," Artie spoke, "but what's inside. You guys said that Arianna was underground, right?"

The nanocams continued to scan the area, until all four gathered in one spot, facing a cliffside that was designed differently than the others. They all targeted and highlighted the massive cliff. "Hey, check it out! It's a door!" Cheren beamed.

"That must be the entrance!" Aurora beamed.

"So I guess the strategy is on?" George King asked.

"Yes it is." Cheren nodded with a confident smile. "George, you and your guys whip up a schedule."

"'kay. But HOW exactly can we do that when we aren't familiar with alien times? ?"

"Just use Earth times, who cares!" Nebula yelled.

"Everyone else, get some last-minute fine-tuning on your ships and weapons. Soon as we launch out, there's no turning back! Kids Next Door… PREPARE!"

"YEEEAAAH!"

"Gyooooom!"

Moments later

The technology officers and scientists were given the jobs of fixing their team's weapons and aircraft. During which, the different cultures exchanged a variety of ideas and got to know each others' technologies. Meanwhile, the rest of the team members were in the cafeteria, talking about their abilities. "I was born with really sensitive Mantra," Aisa began brightly, "so I can sense people really well!"

"I guess that's how you found Vweeb and his group!" Melody realized.

"Good thing you did! Otherwise you wouldn't get ANYwhere!" Vweeb joked, he and his shrunken group standing on the table.

"That IS pretty impressive." Don Doflamingo Jr. grinned and smirked, his eyes hidden behind blue sunglasses. The boy looked like a beach-surfer-dude, wearing an open yellow summer-shirt, swim shorts, sunny-blond hair, tan skin, and wore flamingo flippers and a fluffy pink coat made of flamingo feathers.

"So what can YOU do? Waterbending?" Melody asked.

"Naaah. I'm a puppet master metahuman." Don said coolly, showing his fingers which had tiny strings attached. "I can take control of anything my strings attach to. It's pretty stylish, yo."

"Uuugh. All these metahuman weirdoes are gonna drive me crazy, I know it." Maddy said hatefully.

"'eeeyy, relax dolly girl." Doflamingo grinned. "If only you were still toy-sized, you'd be a bit more fun."

"Hm. DON'T remind me."

Apis sat at one table, reading a passage from the Holy Book of Arceus. "So, you're a church girl, eh?" Vweeb asked.

"Yep! Born and raised!" Apis smiled. "I'm reading a passage about Viridi herself. She used to be much sweeter… about five million years ago."

"What's your power?"

"I'm an animal telepath. Like Arianna."

"Well, at least we aren't at a TOTAL loss." Tron exasperated.

The oldest member of Sector W7, April Goldenweek, stood a few feet away, using paint to make something on a canvas. "Oi, April-chaaaan! What can YOU do, HUUUH?" Chimney shouted.

April looked at them, her doll-like face making a frown as always. "Oh. I can use my paint to hypnotize people." With that, she went back to painting.

"HYPNOTIZE PEOPLE?!" Chimney screamed. "THAT IS SO COOOL!"

"Gyom-gyooom!" Gonbe agreed.

"Chimneyyy. You already knew that." Aisa said disbelieved.

As they talked, Cheren and Nebula stood before the balcony window, overlooking the endless stars. "Well, I guess it's finally it…" Nebula spoke quietly.

"E-yep. It's best to let everyone relax while we can."

"Hm hm hm hm. No rest for us leaders, though."

"Heheheh. You're luckier than I am." Cheren laughed. "I just got back from destroying a demon."

"Hm hm hm." Nebula smiled. "So you think. I'm stuck inside a cramped throne room doing paperwork. At least YOUR life is exciting."

"Ha ha ha, yeah! I'd still like to relax for a few seconds though. It's all I want outta this."

"If we win this war, we're throwing a huge party."

"Yeah. Inviting all the Kids Next Door around."

"Cakes and treats from all across the cosmos."

"Multi-culture games and space-combat-wars."

"Siiiigh… yeah…" Nebula released a dreamy sigh. "Maybe THEN all these people can cooperate. That's the one thing I'm mostly worried about."

"Ehh, they'll be fine. The only thing that makes war fun is doing it with friends. Er, allies."

"Hm hm hm! You humans better not screw us up, though."

"Oh, shut uuup." Cheren eye-rolled playfully.

Soon, George King hurried up to them, and they turned as he held up a piece of paper. "Guys, we got the schedule ready! I've marked our takeoff time at 5:00 p.m.."

"Nice going, George. Hang on to that and keep track of our time." Cheren said.

"Got it!" With that, he ran off.

Cheren and Nebula turned around to stare at the stars again. Cheren checked his watch, seeing it read 4:50. "Well, it's almost time." He said.

"Better get everybody ready."

Cheren turned around and yelled to the crowds, "EVERYBODY listen up! We're setting off in 10 minutes, so make any last bathroom breaks, soda stock-ups, or weapon tunings you need and be ready to ship off!"

"YEEAAH!" The operatives excitedly hurried off to do so.

Cheren and Nebula turned to look at the stars one last time. "…Sooo… you ready?" he asked.

"As I'll ever be."

"Good. Then let's go." With that, they hurried off.

Outside GKND H.Q.

Minutes later, the armada of ships took off from the midspace treehouse and were on their way to Flora's atmosphere. "Melody's scan shows there're over 5,000 outside troops lying in waiting." Cheren spoke. "Just stay focused and wipe out all the bugs you can. If you have an important role in this plan, stay in waiting until you're called to come. We've uploaded Sector IC's schedule in everyone's monitors, but they'll be keeping track."

"Right." George responded with a serious look. "What's our time, Miyuki?"

"The time is 4:58 p.m.." The pale timebender replied.

"Closing in on Flora's atmosphere." Cheren spoke with a similar serious look. "Get ready to strike."

The vast, green planet of forests was closing in, and the fleet of ships entered the atmosphere near the north pole. Despite being a north pole, it wasn't really cold or snowy at all. "One minute 'til arrival." Cheren spoke. "Is everyone ready?"

"You bet! Only one thing to do!" Kaima spoke confidently, raising a finger high. "Everyone: play the Oceana national anthem!" One of her operatives saluted, switching on some stereos that played "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid. The Merpeople happily danced to the song, and the music was transmitted to all the ships. For the Merpeople, this whole invasion just got a lot more energetic, and all their worries were put behind.

The seaweed is always greener!

In somebody else's lake.

You dream about going up dere

But dat is a big mistake.

Jus' look at da world around you

Right here on de ocean floor!

Such WONDERFUL ding-

The song immediately stopped when the Nimbi flagship rammed the Mermans'. "Prithee, STOPPETH those bubble-wrap pops at ONCE!" Jesbi yelled. "'TIS what a REAL theme should be! Play yon anthem of fair Skypia!"

The Nimbi ships began to play the theme song to Kid Icarus. The song was a lot more exciting, granted, and the Nimbis felt very pumped. Sadly, it didn't last long when the Avalarans' flag-gargoyle rammed the Nimbis' cloud. "Please. You call THAT an anthem?" Griffin Firecrystal asked. "HERE'S what we should be listening to." He pulled out a boombox and began to play the "Castle Siege" song from Smash Bros. Brawl. They were opera-like vocals of a foreign language, and seemed rather fitting for the fairytale creatures' tastes. Sadly, their gargoyle was rammed by the Irkens' flagship.

"FOOLISH children's creatures! Imperator GIZ will not listen to a song from somebody who stole his last name from Warriors!"

"I did not STEAL my name from Warriors! It's a natural Gargoylan thing!"

"Shyah right." Lia exclaimed. "Then how come no one ELSE here uses compound names like those?"

"How come no one else has big ZELDA ears??"

"GUYS, will you SHUT UP??" Aurora screamed from Sector V's C.O.O.L.-B.U.S.. "Otherwise we'll kill each other before Viridi's forces have a CHANCE! Let's just keep focus on the objective and-" Suddenly, Vanellope Schweetz grabbed her microphone and yelled into it-

"EVERYONE! QUICK! PLAY THE THEME SONG TO SUGAR RUSH NOW!"

Immediately, their ship played the candy-kooky theme song to Vanellope's game. The candy-loving girl happily danced to the cutesy theme that echoed across the fleet. Her team stared disbelieved at her as she kept her doll-like face. Eventually, the Vaporian, Glomourian, Kateenian, and Irken ships rammed them from all four sides.

"AAHH!!" Aurora yelled. She snatched the microphone from Vanellope and yelled, "Will everyone PLEASE stay under control so my brother's plan can-"

"QUICKLEH, everybody!" Numbuh 2=1, Leader of Sector KB of the Okama Kids Next Door, exclaimed. "Play the national anthem to MIIIAMI!" Immediately, a disco light came down, playing "Every Time You Leave" by Karma, and the homosexual operatives danced like crazy. Their song was the most ecstatic, booming loudly across the skies. Their ship became a disco club, and no other operatives danced so crazily. Without hesitating, Sector V's ship rammed theirs and stopped them.

"ALL RIGHT!!" Aurora screamed, burning with rage. "IF ANYONE PLAYS ONE MORE SONG, THAT PERSON'S GONNA BE TAKEN TO THE NEAREST CLOSET AND-"

"HERE THEY COME!" Melody screamed.

Final stage: Floran Summit

Mission: Destroy Viridi and end the war!

Act 1: The Forest War

Immediately, green turrets emerged from the forests below and began blasting at the fleet of operatives. In the distance, swarms of what looked like bugs suddenly came flying from the trees. The bugs turned out to be Nutskis, forming a cloud of their swarm as they flapped forward and launched acorn bombs. As always, the acorns were as lethal as real bombs, exploding upon impact. "Return fire, troops!" Cheren yelled. A swarm of Nutskis surrounded Sector V's C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. like bees as the ship raised its shield and absorbed their attacks. They absorbed a fair amount, and the modified school bus unleashed a shockwave that blasted them away.

"All right!" Cheren exclaimed. "Looks like the M.I.L.K.C.A.N.N.O.N. works like a charm!"

"I know how to whip 'em up." Artie said proudly. "And I fixed milk bombs in everyone's ships, too!"

"Hey! They're using milk!" one of the Nutskis yelled in a nasally, old voice.

"Mother Nature's unholy cow violation!" another yelled. "Keep away!"

Just as well, the fleet of ships launched bombs that exploded into milk, and the Forces of Nature began to scatter. "Unfortunately, we could only pack so much." Artie said. "Use your bombs wisely, guys!"

"Can it, Peppy." Lia said as she stood atop the roof of her ship. "We barely need it." Some cannons launched a Trynamite from down below, and the bomb was closing in on the Glomourian leader. Lia reached behind and yanked her long, steel sword from its sheathe. She held steady, and as the bomb came, Lia lashed her blade and sliced it in a perfect half with an air-slice, and both halves just slipped by her ship before exploding behind. Three more Trynamites came her way, but with a single slice, all three were chopped in half before exploding.

A group of four Dibble Dops came at Melody's ship and blasted water bombs. Melody stood on the roof of her craft and grabbed the bombs with her waterbending, sending them flying back. Just as well, Kaima grabbed hold of the side of her conch-ship as Dibble Dops were aimed at her. They launched water bombs, but Kaima's ship countered with their own, and as they exploded into rising spouts, Kaima jumped and spun through the spouts. "MERMAID TAIJUTSU!" she exclaimed, spinning at rapid speeds as the water spiraled alongside her, zooming through all the Dibble Dops like a torpedo and destroying them all. Kaima ended up falling and grabbing a leg of Melody's C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. as the news anchor looked down. "Heeey! Why don'tchu lend ME a few drops!"

Melody looked as another group of Dibble Dops came her way. As they launched their bombs, Melody grabbed them all and smashed them together, and as the geyser came to be, Melody formed the water into a floating tunnel, which Kaima jumped into. Melody held the tunnel in place as the mermaid spiraled through, and the water spun like a cyclone. Kaima took control of the water herself, the cyclone flying around like an aerial worm as it pierced all the Dibble Dops in a perfect combo. Eventually, the monsters were defeated, and Kaima stopped spinning, causing her cyclone to disappear. Before she fell, she pulled a little string on her waist, making her bubble floatie puff up and keep her airborne. "Phew. 'kay, I'm good!"

The Zerts came and charged lightning above their heads, eyes focused on the tiny Kateenian ships. "Uh-oh! Heeere theeey COOOOME!" Minksmin screamed.

The Zerts unleashed their lightning, but rather than go straight at the Kateenians, the electric flew to the side, and was caught in Jesbi's lightning rod. The Nimbi Leader twirled her rod in the air before throwing her arm forward, creating a whirlwind of air. "Lightning-Transfer Tornadooo!" She kept twirling her arm to keep the whirlwind spinning, and the waves of lightning surfed across and struck a bunch of Pips.

The Skypian Leader looked seriously at a squad of Nimbi soldiers, who flew fast around the air, bringing clouds from all around. They mixed the clouds around and around before they formed into thin storm clouds. Jesbi held her rod upward as lightning struck down, and as her weapon absorbed, the angel spun around and sent mini whirlwinds from her arm, and the whirlwinds were electrified as they sucked in enemies and shocked them.

As Doflamingo Jr. sat on the captain's seat of his Pamper S.C.A.M.P.E.R., his cool grin remained fixed on his visage as he watched the gathering clouds. "Ahhh, well-p, guess it's my turn." He said, standing up.

"Good luck, Boss!" one of his toy-robots cheered.

The flamingo-themed kid got to the roof of his ship, standing straight as the wind brushed past his grinning face. He threw his hands up and jumped, and his flamingo-wing sleeves spread out as he soared across the air. "Hey, angel face, thanks for the hand!" he called to Jesbi, who merely looked in confusion at what he meant. Captain Flares were coming at him, shooting meteors from their capes, but Doflamingo swiftly dodged to the left and right. Doflamingo kicked his flippers off then kicked his foot forward, in the direction of a Flare. The fire-headed creature felt a strange feeling overcome him. Doflamingo turned his foot sideways, and the Flare turned to face his allies against his will. As Doflamingo wiggled his toes, the strings attached from them to the Flare's limbs forced the monster to shoot meteors at his own comrades.

"Hey, we've got a traitor, shoot him!" another Flare yelled.

"No, it's not me, that kid is-" Sadly, he was destroyed in seconds.

Don Doflamingo's strings came down as he said, "Ahhh, that's a shame.", but still keeping a cool smile. "Can't let these strings go to waste." With that, he swung his foot around, and the strings cut through the Flares as if his strings were swords, and the Flares were paper.

Secretly, two invisible Flages observed the operative closer, and saw his seemingly gliding arms were attached to strings, and those strings stretched up to the clouds. "He's using the clouds to carry him!" they observed. "Attack him!"

They poofed visible and swung their razor-hands at his strings, but Doflamingo managed to dodge and crossed his legs, aiming both feet at a Flage and latching strings to both of them. "Hey, that's not gonna be cool with me." With that, he swung his feet to their respective sides and bashed the Flages' heads into each other.

Inside the Vaporians' flagship, Numbuh 12-X-11 frantically panted as he watched Jesbi capture and direct the lightning. "Meep, meepmeepmeep, meeep, meepmeepmeep, meeeep. (Huff-huff, okay, guys, know we're busy here, but if SOMEBODY, would give me electricity, we can all be HUNKY, dory!)"

"Fizz, fizz fizz fizz, fizz, fizz fizz. (Boss, you know you can't control yourself when you're hyped on the stuff. Stand by and let us handle it.)"

A swarm of Bladers were flying at Lia now, using their sword-wings to attack, but the Glomourian Leader swiftly defended the oncoming strikes and launched an air-slice to wipe a few out. Meanwhile, Sector V kept flying through the swarms, taking as many out as they could while enduring a few hits themselves.

Cheren held onto the school bus's pole as the ship shook. "How long do we have to shoot these guys down?!" Mason yelled.

"Until we've made it safe enough for Sector W7 to get through!" Cheren yelled.

The tiny Tronta, Makava, and Vweeb were standing on Cheren's right shoulder at this time. "If they're riding a hyperfast train, shouldn't it be clear enough for them already??" Tronta yelled.

"I don't wanna risk it. We don't know what else Viridi might have planned."

"We've got a line of Pips comin' our way!" Harry yelled.

"Did we hook up the ship's turrets with the Internet terminals??" Aurora shouted.

"Yes! They're ready to go!" Artie responded.

"On you, Vanellope!" Aurora shouted.

Vanellope Schweetz sat by a terminal, wearing goggles that were connected with it. "Sooper Yummy Virtual Milk Cookies, FIRE AWAY!" With that, their cannons materialized milk-filled cookies from the terminal and launched at the Pips, destroying them in seconds.

Down below, Boom Stompers were loaded onto catapults, and the giant boulder-plants were flung high into the sky at the fleet. Drake Puncture stood on his ship as his robotic hand became a plasma cannon, firing a powerful blast that destroyed a Boom Stomper. Sector Q's ship flew down under more incoming Boom Stompers, and Doflamingo Jr. proceeded to swing his strings and slice them to pieces, grinning coolly at Sector Q as he kept flying.

There were cocoons hanging from the towering trees, and they hatched to become Hugflutters; who were previously Hugworms before turning into butterflies. The Hugflutters were beginning to latch onto the dragon operatives from Avalar, squeezing them tightly as they slowly sunk to the ground. Griffin Firecrystal threw flames around and burned the creatures' eyes, and the dragon operatives flew toward him as they blew fire blasts. Griffin caught the flames using his bending, mending them all together to shape a huge, fiery dragon. The dragon flapped its flaming wings as a huge wave of flames sprouted from its lungs, burning the Hugflutters to the ground.

Jesbi spun a whirlwind from her staff arm and sucked in a swarm of Zerts, creating a bright tornado of electricity. Kaima had gone to a river on the ground and spun around to send a cyclone upwards, so that Melody could bend the water and capture a group of Bladers and Parashooters. Jesbi twirled her electric tornado and sent it at Melody's water bubble, electrocuting all of the enemies and dissipating them.

Down on the earth below, a group of Avalaran fauns were charging through with spears raised, clashing with the pointy noses of Meebas. Some kept the Meebas distracted while other fauns ran behind and pierced spears through their exposed rears, taking them out. Some Indian Nimbi children were also skiing across the ground using jetshoe Dials, wielding bows and arrows as they flew around and fired at a green Jitterthug. Since he was green, their arrows were ineffective, and he was able to launch energy balls and knock them out of the sky. With that, he turned red and furiously ran to attack them. The Native Nimbis were beaten brutally, unable to stand up, but because he was red, Imperator Giz was able to lock on and launch two missiles, destroying it in one hit. "YEEEES! How do you like GIIIIIZ?"

"You gloat too much!" Giz's top scientist, Graab yelled.

And so the fighting went on for several more minutes. The Nimbi all worked to form clouds and give Jesbi more lightning power. Inside their ships, the Mermen operatives jumped into aquariums, and the water was poured out of the ships as the Merpeople began to fly through the air, by surfing on the water. Some Merkids flew down and formed a water bubble path down to Kaima, who was in the river, and she shot her way up the bubbles like a rocket before sending all the bubbles at a group of Flares.

"Now get ready… for Level 2." A soldier's voice echoed in the distance. (Play "Battle on the Destroyer" from Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon.)

Huge groups of trees began to topple in the distance as hidden hatches opened on the ground, and gigantic, armored beings, resembling the Elite Guards, emerged from the ground. They were called Forest Kings. Rows of cannons opened on their armor, unleashing swarms of acorn missiles. The operatives swerved around quickly to avoid, but a good number of troops were already going down. At the same time, bands of Mudrones joined and merged together to grow into bigger, more terrifying entities, called Mudgiants.

Inside one of the the Forest Kings' control stations; inside their heads, a couple of Nutskis were fighting over a control panel. The Elite Guard walked over to bonk their heads, ordering them to knock it off. They went back to their stations and pressed some buttons. The Forest Giant's mouth opened wide, charging a surge of green energy. A powerful laser was launched forward, blowing through a whole squadron of Glomourian ships. Sector V narrowly avoided the blast as Cheren struggled to stand; same goes for the tiny group on his shoulder. "Okay… THIS is something I never anticipated."

"What's our plan, Captain?" Aurora asked.

"The time is 5:20 p.m.." George King's voice was heard. "We're scheduled to breach the doors in 10 minutes."

Cheren sighed. "Good thing we didn't send Sector W7 after all. Alright, everyone keep fighting! Blow down as MANY giants as you can so Chimney's team has a safe route! Also, send more operatives to the ground so we can make a path for Mike's group!"

DING, DING, DING, DING, DING. Ringing bells were heard across the forests as soldiers swung them around in the air. More Forces of Nature rose from the ground, flying to the skies to continue the fight. Liaziana had to swing her sword faster than ever to slice away the incoming Nutskis, but a Dibble Dop blasted a water bomb at her and blew the long sword from her arms. Lia fell to her knees as she watched the sword fall to the greens below. She spared a look at the Dibble Dop before jumping off her ship, kicking her way down a group of Nutskis before falling below the leaves.

The Earth Kids Next Door ships, along with the Irkens, were charging at the Mudgiants, but their attacks barely fazed the mud-made monsters as the giants stretched their arms and grabbed the small ships into their sticky bodies. The Irkens' half-human scientist, Inventor Graab, stood on the roof of his ship as they flew at a Mudgiant. Graab Membrane raised two, humongous, mechanical electrified arms that were latched to a high-tech backpack. Graab also wore high-tech goggles as he examined the Mudgiant for any weak spots.

The bigheaded scientist jumped high in the air and yelled, "Toast Kung-Fuuuuu!" Small slots appeared in the palms of his mech-hands, and a huge piece of toast emerged from the right one. Graab launched forward and smashed the bread against the Mudgiant's face, making it wobble back some. They flew behind the giant as Graab began to punch it rapidly and furiously, making drops of mud spew everywhere. The mud landed on the ground to become regular Mudrones. Some Kateenian ships flew down and started to blast the Mudrones as the mud monsters tried to stomp back to their giant source. To the little Kateenians, regular Mudrones were as big as the Mudgiants to the regular operatives.

Some Irken operatives got into Hunter Destroyers and dropped to the earth from their ships. Groups of Megontas; the giant tick monsters, rolled at the Irkens as the robots grabbed and held them in place. The Megontas eventually stopped trying and the Irkens flipped them to their backs, exposing the skinny, wiggly legs on their bellies. The Irken ships above dropped bombs down and blew the bugs up.

Doflamingo kept his cool grin as he glided toward the Forest Kings, lashing his strings at the titans and slicing their limbs to pieces. Swarms of Mahvas began to surround the Mudgiants and Forest Kings, creating spherical shields that protected the titans, while the giants were able to blast energy beams at the operatives like normal. "Whoa-ho! This calls for a little backup! Yo, guys, pick me up!"

"You got it, Boss!" Numbuh Sweetie-1, Doflamingo's second-in-command, responded as their ship came to grab their leader.

"Okay…" Doflamingo said as he stood on the roof of his ship, "time for a certain dolly to defend for her man." He raised his hands as his fingers were tied with a set of strings.

Zach and Maddy Murphy flew around in their S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P. as Maddy suddenly lost control of her arms and legs, driving the ship against her will. "Whoooaa-Heeeey!"

"Yo, Sis, what're you doing??" Zach questioned.

"I dunno! Something's controlling me! It's probably a—WHOOOAA!" She forcefully drove their ship in front of Doflamingo's.

"Heya, little lady!" the Sector DR Leader grinned, using his strings to control Maddy like a puppet. "Do me a favor and fly the front!"

"HEY!!" Maddy pushed Zach aside as Doflamingo tugged her strings rightward, forcing the girl to begin blasting the Mahvas' shields. The Forest Kings fired back, and Doflamingo forced the S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P. to take all the damage.

"Yo, puppet guy, get your own bodyguards!!" Zach shouted.

"Relax, monkey kid, I'll just be a few minutes."

"Who you calling a monkey??"

"Numbuh 340 Buhmillion, that's enough!" Cheren Uno yelled from the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S.. "No using fellow operatives as shields!"

"Awww, okay." Still keeping a grin, Don yanked his strings back and released them. Maddy and Zach flew away immediately.

"Sector KB, can you take out those shields?" Cheren asked.

"You got it, Cherry Pie!" Numbuh 2=1 yelled. The Okama Kids Next Door flew straight for the wall of shields as they got on the roof of their S.C.A.M.P.E.R., and began to dance. "Okay, everybody! Teach 'em Okama Kempo!"

"YEAH! Un! Deux! WAH!" They all threw kicks at the shields. "Un! Deux! WAH!" Another kick. "Un! Deux! WAH-HAH!" Another kick, and part of the shield broke.

Liaziana swiftly jumped her way down the towering trees before finally finding her sword stuck in the ground. She found a group of Pew-Pews and Lethiniums surrounding her, and began to dodge around as they unleashed lasers and bombs. She swung her blade and sliced the giant trees, causing them to topple and crush the monsters. She looked as a group of Bumpety Bombs were rolling her way. Knowing it would probably be dangerous to slice the bombs, she hightailed away. However, the bombs' paths were blocked when Griffin Firecrystal formed a giant snake out of fire, and the bombs couldn't retreat in time as the flaming snake slithered over and burned them, making them explode.

The Okama KND had blown away a good chunk of one of the shields as Kateenian troops flew up to blast away the Mahvas, preventing more shields from rising. "Well, we'll be able to take ONE of them down, at least." Aurora reported.

"Where did Sector W get off to, anyway?" Cheren asked.

Within the midst of all this fighting, the microscopic Onion ship flew about the skies, unseen by the rest of the children and Nature Forces at war. "Well, if those Pikmin are any good for somethin' besides takin' the fall for ants, NOW would be a good time to show it!" Anthony yelled.

"Don't worry!" Gibli jumped. "Pikmin are peaceful when gathering food… but in a BATTLE-"

"Pikmin Swarm: GOOO!"

And at Sappo's command, the fleet of 60 Pikmin sped out of the Onion on tiny ships, all wielding guns. The tiny soldiers sped into the interiors of the Forest Kings, unseen at their micro sizes as they began shooting wildly. The Pikmin kept flying until they arrived at a barrier of electricity, but the Yellow Pikmin flew in on their own, destroying the source of the electricity. In minutes, the Forest Kings began to topple down, and the Pikmin were safely out.

"Something's taking out the Kings!" one of the Guard Commanders announced.

"Find the disturbance and exterminate it."

Cheren watched as the next Forest King was becoming disabled, and sensed he knew the disturbance. "Keep those things busy, guys!"

The Nimbis kept up their routine of forming storm clouds, while also luring Zerts over to Jesbi for her to catch in her whirlwind. Lightning was blowing all around the place, being directed at any incoming Forces. However, swarms of the flying bonefish, Lurchthorn, began coming at the Nimbis, and the electricity had no effect on them as Jesbi was forced to dodge. The Mermen Kids Next Door used waterbending to guide a school of piranhas along a watery tunnel, sending them at the flying fish as they began gnawing at the bones.

As the Vaporians helped to take out any ground turrets or catapults, Numbuh 12-X-11 floated on the roof of his ship, shaking frantically as he looked at the storm clouds, and Jesbi blowing her lightning. "Meepmeepmeepmeepmeep. (Huhuhuhu. Will someone PLEASE find me some elect-TRICITY??)"

Swarms of Badoots; the creatures that connected via electrical chains, came flying at the fleet of kids in attempt to shock them. A duo of Badoots came flying at the Vaporian leader, their electric beams sparking as it passed through the electric-addict. Numbuh 12-X-11 sparked brighter than ever, the electricity flowing across his invisible form. His light grew brighter and brighter, and the electricity more frantic. "…..MEEEEEEEEEEEEP." (End song.)

Darkness overshadowed the area as the Supreme Leader flew into the heavens. Both armies looked to the sky as dark clouds surrounded a bright, white light. Lightning was attracted to the Vaporian leader, and his form grew brighter by the second. The skies began to erupt with lightning, the dark clouds flashing as thunder boomed loudly in everyone's ears. Even the Kids Next Door were terrified. They've never seen a storm so chaotic. They felt as though a terrible omen had befallen them.

"MEEEEEEEP." The powerful winds grew, and the lightning grew brighter and louder. Tremendous bolts of lightning came thundering down, blowing squads of Mudgiants to smithereens. The Nutskis and smaller monsters had no control as they were forcefully pulled into the source of the energy, enduring deadly shocks that turned them to ash. Lightning struck and scorched the ground, burning any creature that lay in its path. The Forest Kings turned and stomped quickly from the area, but there was no escape from Numbuh 12-X-11's wrath. Almost every Force of Nature was gone from the area, but the Vaporian's imposing form still loomed over the heavens. "I AM VOLCOR… VAPORIAN GOD OF THUNDER. THIS IS YOUR JUDGMENT. THINE PUNISHMENT IS OBLIVIOOON."

The forest trees blew and bent from the powerful wind. The KND ships struggled to stay in place. Jesbi and her Nimbi held tight to the blowing trees, and Mason held onto Sheila's wrist as his raccoon friend was nearly blowing out the window. A terrible darkness, more deadly than this war, had fallen over the land. Their ultimate destruction was nigh.

"Fizz, fizz fizz, fizz… fizz fizz. (And that's why our Supreme Leader… is the most powerful Vaporian in existence.)"

As Volcor's lightning grew stronger and stronger, one of his operatives' ships took aim at him. They launched a mechanical ball, holding some kind of energy, and once it made contact with the Thunder God's shield, its ever-expanding energy stopped. The bright lightning slowly died away, and the dark clouds dispersed. The trees stood up straight, and the operatives blowing from the wind had their hair disheveled, and some were slumped on the floor of their ships. The brief nightmare had ended.

"MEEE, meeee, meeee…." Volcor was feeling totally dizzy.

"Phew! THAT coulda ended bad!" Melody said, fixing her messy long hair.

"On the bright side, that little storm wiped out a HUGE chunk of Viridi's army!" Aurora exclaimed.

"We're scheduled to breach Viridi's lair in ONE minute." George King spoke.

"Sector W7, that's your cue!" Cheren exclaimed.

"Oi, you GOT it, Supreme Leader-chaaan!" Chimney exclaimed with an excited, determined expression. At high speeds, Sector W7 came flying in on their trusty-

Kids Next Door: R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N.

Rickety Ominous Carrier Krosses Every Trekkable Terrain Readily Applying Immediate Newfangleness

"WE GOT THE ACRONYYYM!" Chimney screamed.

"Gyom-gyoooom!"

"Could still use some work, though." Aisa suggested.

Aeincha stuck her head out of a small compartment, covered in soot. "Engine's pumped, all rockets at full capacity, we're ready to go!"

"Sector W-Seveeeen! Charge at full speeeeed!"

"Gyom-GYOOOOM!" Gonbe repeated.

The train soared across the sky with its rockets strapped to its sides, its wheels still spinning as if it was on a track. The Forces of Nature tried desperately to take them down, but were stopped by Lia's sword and Doflamingo's sharp strings.

"Viridi's factory walls 5 miles and closing!" Apis exclaimed.

"Put all power to the engines and aim directly at the doors!" Aisa ordered seriously.

"Let's fly a little higher, for more momentum." April suggested, keeping her usual frowny face.

They did so, and flew higher above the ground as they came over the enormous canyon with Viridi's supposed factory. The train turned, facing the canyon at a diagonal angle as they were targeted directly at the massive entrance. The train flew straight forward like a torpedo, getting faster and faster as they prepared to breach the wooden entryway. "YAAAAH! Show 'em how it's DONE, R.O.C.K.E.T.-saaan!"

"Gyom-GYOOOooom!"

The R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N. drew closer and closer to the factory's entrance. In only a matter of seconds, they would make impact. "30 seconds 'til impact." Aisa said. "We better get in the escape pods."

"Escape pods-san?" Chimney exchanged looks with her rabbit. She and Gonbe were confused, but kept their wide eyes and grins. They slowly faced forward at the windshield, their eyes and grin still wide. (Play "Escape" (the third part) from One Piece.)

"GYAAAAAHHH!!" Chimney and Gonbe's mouths fell open wide. "I FORGOT TO BRING ESCAPE POOODS!"

"GYOOOOOOM!!"

"WHAT?!" Aisa screamed as all the girls (except April) looked frantic.

"THERE'S NO ESCAPE! WE'RE GONNA CRASH-SAAAN!" Chimney screamed, clutching her steering wheel tight as she forcefully turned it clockwise. As a result, the train twirled and twirled, up, right, down, left, but stayed tight on its targeted path.

"CHIMNEEEEYY! Don't drive like thaaaaat!" Aisa screamed as the girls held tight to their seats.

"IT'S NO UUUSE!" Chimney screamed, refusing to listen. "EVERY ONNO NO KO FOR HERSEEEEELF!"

"GYOOOOOM!"

The R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N. gained faster and faster, and the impact was imminent. By this time, the girls were unable to stand their ground, forming a chain, in which Chimney sat in her seat, Gonbe held her leg, Apis held her shoulders, Aisa held Apis's dress, Aeincha held Aisa's right foot, and April clutched Aisa's left leg, the older girl keeping her frowny face, except her eyes were wider. "Impact… 3 seconds…" Aisa spoke, struggling to speak.

"Here we go-sa-a-a-a-an."

"Gyo-o-o-o-o-oom…"

There was nothing to stop them now. In 3… 2… 1…

The train penetrated the colossal doorway with incredible force, and a huge cloud of smoke was made as a result. The train was battered and wrecked, laying crashed within the factory's entrance floor. Sector W7 were knocked out of the train, laying disheveled on the floor. "Oi… that was close-chan…" Chimney said dizzily.

"Gyooooom…"

Aisa ended up stuck halfway in a pile of rubble, with only her lower half sticking up as she kicked her feet around. Aeincha pushed a small rock (as big as her) off of her and hurried to wrap both arms around one of Aisa's legs. She used all her strength to pull her friend free, though she was way too small to do so. Aisa pulled herself out, rolling down the pile before landing on her behind, shaking her head.

From the skies, Cheren looked as smoke rose out of the gaping hole. He said into his communicator, "Now's your chance, Mike! Get going!"

"Roger that!" Already, Mike Strongarm and his Bike Hub gang were on route to Viridi's factory, pedaling faster and faster through the forest and dodging all of the forest's hidden hazards. Skreetles ran about the forest and tried to block their paths, but Mike smirked as he sped up a fallen tree like a ramp and landed on one of the bugs, knocking it down, and the other bikers mimicked him. Toxiecaps, the poisonous mushrooms, appeared in their way, but the bikers were too fast to be poisoned in time.

"HYUUUHH!" Liaziana came just then to slice the poison shrooms with her sword, getting away quickly as they exploded with gas.

The Bike Hub gang made it to the canyon, spinning their pedals as fast as they could as they zoomed along the walls of the chasm. Pew-Pews emerged in their way, but the bikers pressed buttons on their handles, making small lasers blast the cannon enemies. "Thank Emily for those upgrades!" Mike smirked. It wasn't long before the bikers sped into the wide-open lair, and were already moving fast down the halls. Megontas were already rolling down to stop them, but the bikers tossed cartons of milk that exploded and caused the ticks to shrivel.

"They've already gotten in." Aurora reported. "Should we give 'em a few or just head in right now?"

"I wanna save Arianna now!" Tronta squeaked.

"Well, SOMEONE's impatient." Makava remarked.

Cheren sighed. "Okay. Everyone, we're moving into the factory. Anyone who'd like to come, feel free. But keep a reasonable number out here."

"This is Francis, we're going in after you." Numbuh 686 reported as he and Panini flew toward the canyon.

"Better than staying out here in THIS mess." Maddy figured. "Ready, Zach?"

"Um, I guess so."

"Okay. Hang on tight." With that, they were on their way as well.

Sector W and the Minish children watched as several ships flew for the factory's entrance, their Pikmin returning to the Onion. "What's our plan, Anthony?" Sally asked.

"Cheren can handle himself. We gotta find Mom." Anthony decided. "Let's head back to wherever those slave guys are and go save them!"

"Yooou got it!" Sappo exclaimed, and with that, they flew away from the action.

Sector V took land beside the dizzied Sector W7, jumping out and charging forward with excited battle cries. Cheren remained behind as he slapped the jewel of his Sacred Casket: the Master Sword appeared in his left hand, the Mirror Shield in his right, and the Hero's Bow strapped to his back as he looked with determination, with tiny Team Vweeb in his jacket's pocket. "Get ready, Viridi. Your reign ends now." And with that, he dashed with great speed, his sights locked on Viridi, wherever she may be.