Operation: NECSUS, Part 4: The New Chancellor

Chapter 4: The New Chancellor

King Family's spaceship; near the center of the universe

The four members of the King Family boarded the strange spaceship designed by their parents. George only sat boredly as he stared out the window to empty space, while MaKayla carefreely kicked her legs around in the air. "Siiigh, why are we flying to the deepest reaches of space again?" George asked.

"Come on, George, can't you at least pretend to be interested?" MaKayla asked, pinching his cheek. "I mean, we're in space! How many kids our age get to go to SPACE??"

"Gee, I dunno, maybe like EVERY BAZILLION KID who's ever been an OPERATIVE!"

"George, you should listen to your sister." Misty King scolded. "Where we're going, you need lots of positive energy. It's the center of our heritage!"

"Our heritage?"

"Our timebending heritage." Jagar told them from his pilot's seat. "It's where all of our power comes from."

"I thought Dialga was the source of all timebending?"

"Heh, you don't expect Dialga to handle all of this time himself? He needs someplace to keep it all in balance. And we're going to see it."

George and MaKayla walked to the windshield and pressed their hands and faces to the window. Their mouths dropped agape as they were arriving at their destination: an enormous space station made of gigantic gears with blue energy flowing through them. "Here it is, kids… the Great Clock."

The ship landed on a small platform on the station's outskirts, where the family stepped off and began a walk down the pathway to the entrance. The trip suddenly became a lot more interesting to George, as he and MaKayla were impressed at the station's colossal size. The family entered the door at the end of the path, finding a short, red, slightly-broken floating robot typing frantically on a computer.

"Oh-ho, Mr. King Sir!" he exclaimed quickly. "Sorry about the mess, Sir. The Teratropes went crazy again and I had to reconfigure all the monitors in Sector Two, and-"

"Hokay, 'nother time." Jagar chuckled. "Sig, these are my kids, George and MaKayla. Kids, this is Sigmund, Junior Caretaker of the Great Clock."

"Actually, it's Sigma 0426A, but everyone calls me Sigmund for short."

"Hi, Mr. Sigmund!" MaKayla waved brightly.

"Sigmund used to be a cleaner robot in Zordoom Prison a few 10,000 years ago, until Clockwork decided to make him a caretaker." Jagar explained.

"And thank goodness." Sigmund sighed. "You wouldn't believe the messes those prisoners make. So, what can I do you all for?"

"We're just here to give the kids a tour. 'Cause one day, they might be taking the family business."

"Well, you'll be happy to know, I cleaned out most of the Teratropes, so everything should be A-okay for your tour! Now I just need to reset the analog clocks, reinstall the Wi-Fi in the computers, check the-"

While he rambled, Jagar simply led his family along, crossing many outer walkways as they toured each of the gigantic rooms. "The Great Clock was constructed by Arceus and Dialga at the beginning of time itself. You see, before its creation, time was terribly unbalanced, and it was impossible for them to control it all by their selves. So they created this station to channel and balance all of the chronokinetic energy all throughout the cosmos. For that reason, it was constructed in the exact center of the universe! (Give or take fifty feet.) This is where Dialga harnessed the energy to create Clockwork, and entrusted him with the task of guarding this station and making sure time was balanced across the universe."

They entered an expansive, hollow room made up of many floating platforms, each with a holographic planet floating over it. "Time disruptions happen more than you might think. This is just one of many rooms where we have holographic links to all the planets in the universe. Clockwork would use his Chrono Staff and zap the locations of the planets that have disruptions, thereby fixing them. Most time disruptions occur from the use of time-travel. You don't know how often we've had to fix Secco."

Jagar eventually led them to the very center of the station. The door was sealed shut, until Jagar stabbed his Chrono Staff into a small hole, then fired a small, blue laser to form a glowing clock on the door. The clock's hands touched 12, and the door came open. The room was just a wide, circular platform surrounded by a glass dome. There were 13 tall chairs of different heights surrounding the platform, as well as 7 chairs closer to the center. And the very center was what appeared to be a small lever.

"And this is the Chrono Chamber, most important room in the station. The center where all the timebending is channeled. And that lever right there? Can turn time. But it's extremely dangerous. It's safe to go back 6 minutes, but any more than that, or going further…"

"Yah, we get it. But what's with all the chairs?" George asked.

"I'm not really sure of the whole story. But there's another legend surrounding this station: before the Great Clock's construction, or even the creation of the other gods, Arceus created another dimension. But that dimension was so out of balance, it was chaotic. So Arceus created the other gods, and they all created this dimension. But that first dimension was already so out of balance, and if it leaked into this one at all, the same chaos would've happened. So the Great Clock was constructed as a gigantic lock, ultimately sealing all access to that dimension. No one could enter it from here, or from any other of the dimensions that were created. But the legend says that, the lock could only be opened after finding 20 Keys."

"20 Keys, what're those?" George asked.

"I don't know. But if it's all true, then I'd advise not opening that lock. Anyway, we're currently researching a problem. As you know, Time is strongly tied together with Space. That's because both elements are essentially everywhere. And lately, there've been strange disruptions in Space that're making the Great Clock go all crazy. And because of that, time distortions are happening everywhere. So until we can resolve this problem, we're staying here."

"Aw, maaaaan. I don't have any friends in space." George moaned.

"This coming from the guy who wants our sector to be more positive?" MaKayla questioned.

"Relax, kids, it won't be so bad." Jagar smiled. "I mean, you might be able to pick up a few timebending moves."

"Can we at least fly down to GKND, hang out with them?" George asked.

"Um… there's gonna be a problem with that."

Coruscant; Galactic Council H.Q.

Soon after the invasion, the election for Chancellor continued, and the votes were tallied. Councilman Jeremy stepped up to the podium, and looked distinctly less than cheerful. "Well, people, in what seemed like a narrow landslide, the people of Coruscant have decided. Allow me to present Galaxia's newest Chancellor: Percival Tachyon." The room echoed with weak applause as the short, bug-like alien stepped up onto the center, smiling with pride and waving his arms as the weak applause sounded.

"Thank you, thank you. As your newly elected Chancellor, I will uphold my promises and have the Galactic Kids Next Door shut down, along with every other Kids Next Door across the universe, to ensure the safety of our future generation. In order to do so, we will need the help of other forces. An alliance is in order, ladies and germs, and I know just the army to call."

The doors at the bottom of the room flew open, and the world leaders gasped as a Drophyd soldier marched in, dressed in powerful armor. Tachyon lowered his platform down to him as he continued, "I have called the Drophyd Leader here to sign a treaty, officially combining our two armies and granting them pardons for all the harm done to our planet, in return for them assisting us with the shutdown of GKND."

"You can't do that!" Jeremy argued. "You have to put it to a vote first, too!"

"I think the safety of our children is more important than THAT." Tachyon said with a glare. His platform stopped before the Drophyd as both of them signed a piece of paper. "There. Now the Drophyd Army is part of our Imperial Forces. But we mustn't underestimate the powers of these hooligans. I have called for EXTRA help!"

And gasps echoed across the room again when Vendra Prog appeared out of thin space.

"Having recognized Miss Vendra's power, I have granted her and her brother a pardon, in exchange that they help us deal with the brats. In doing so, I have also convinced her to hand Caesar over to us. I can assure you, he is now in our custody."

"THIS IS going too far, Percival!" Jeremy refuted.

"That's Chancellor Tachyon to you! And you're in no position to speak, Mr. I-wanted-all-our-children-to-DIE! As of this moment, the Kids Next Door is hereby BANDED! Spread our forces ALL across the universe and expel children from ANY treehouse they SEE."

New GKND H.Q.

Nebula and the operatives returned to base following the chaos, as the Supreme Leader was slumped in her throne, a hand over her face. Jerome hurried in with Sector V as he said, "Numbuh Eternal, did you see the news just now?? Tachyon's become Chancellor and he's ordering the shutdown of all KNDs across the universe!"

"But they can't do that, can they??" Aurora questioned. "The KND isn't even within the government's jurisdiction!"

"Nothing ever is." Chris stated. "It's a little thing called 'war'."

"Sigh, well we can't have a party with all this goin' on. I'm afraid we're gonna have to cancel. We're sending a message for all operatives to return to their homes."

"Aww, maaan! And I JUST decorated the candycane table curtains!" Vanellope complained.

"Sector V, we're going back to your Moonbase so I can discuss a plan with Cheren." Nebula began as she got up from her throne. "Why Cheren, because I love to bug him so much. Jerome, see that all these other operatives make it home; and when you're done, meet us on Moonbase. Now let's go, we don't have all day." And as she rushed past them, the team just shrugged and decided to follow.

"Hmmm… I feel like I should stop by home first, too." Jerome said.

Star Haven

Dimentia had just watched the news in her home, and she couldn't be more worried. She knew her daughter was Supreme Leader of the Galactic Kids Next Door, so she was in the most danger. Especially since… she knew what Tachyon was. She'd recognize his species anywhere. And if he took after his ancestors… he would be after them.

And just like that, the front door of her house was blown open, making her jump to attention. The big gorilla Nether, Neftin Prog stomped in, followed by three bounty hunters. One hunter was a blue-furred fox wielding two lightsabers, another was a blue-skinned female holding nun-chucks… and the last was a human man that looked like a cowboy, with a bucket hat, a goatee, and wore sashes loaded with many guns.

Dimentia glared. "Hmph… so you've recruited Star Wolf."

"Yes…" Neftin began with a fierce glare, "and for past crimes against the cosmos, Chancellor Tachyon has ordered Supreme GKND Leader Dimentia's immediate arrest."

Sector V's C.O.O.L.-B.U.S.

It was 5 minutes since Sector V left GKND H.Q., and were nearing Galaxia's edge. "Soooo what was your plan for dealing with this?" Aurora asked.

"Sigh, I have no idea." Nebula sighed. "We'll just have to hope the Kids Next Doors are able to stand their ground. We need to figure out if Tachyon has some other motive behind this. We can probably send some spies and-" But at that instant, the ship was caught inside of a pink bubble.

"Ooooor we can just ask him ourselves." Haylee said, noticing the huge ship directly above them. The bubble levitated up into an open hatch on the ship's bottom, and the kids were surrounded by Drophyds. Before Haylee could try and blast through them, the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. mysteriously scattered into matter. "Well, that was a ripoff."

A door opened on one side of the room, and the Drophyds stepped aside as a mechanical, four-legged throne marched forward, with Percival Tachyon on its perch. "Ahhhh... Nebula D. Winkiebottom. Supreme Galactic Kids Next Door Leader." Tachyon observed with a smirk. "Oh, and a couple of moderately evolved apes." The Sector V team glared.

"Percival Tachyon..." Nebula said with spite.

Chris snickered. "Your name's Percival?"

"SILENCE!!" Tachyon bashed Chris's head with his scepter. "You will address me by my new and proclaimed title: I am now, Emperor Percival Tachyon, crown prince of the Cragmites, conqueror of space and time, and—pending the obliteration of a few insubordinate species—RULER of the universe!"

Vanellope laughed, too. "Percival! What a DUMB name for a Chancellor!" The other Sector V members joined in laughter.

"EMPEROOOR! See the crown?? See the scepter?! Walking mechanical throne and LEGIONS of fish men in robotic SUITS?! EMPEROOOR!"

"It doesn't matter!" Nebula refuted. "You've stepped WAY past your boundaries!"

"Like YOU little snots know a THING or two about boundaries. And SINCE you kiddies don't watch the news, you should know that your childish games renowned as the 'Kids Next Door' are hereby illegal. Any children caught doing such activities are ordered an immediate, extended, eternal time out."

"Like WE'RE gonna take timeouts from YOU!" Chris declared. "Aaaayaaaaaah!-" The Uno boy leapt at the emperor and KICKED him across the head, blowing the head clean off.

"WHOOA!!" The kids' mouths dropped wide open.

"You decapitated him!!" Aurora exclaimed.

Chris was stricken with horror. "Um... you think the Galaxian Government will understand it was just an accident?"

"Oh, I'm positive." Tachyon said.

"Well, that's good- WHAT?!"

And before their eyes, Tachyon's head formed right back onto his body, from little pieces of scattered matter. "That's not going to work on ME, kiddies! I ate the Matter-Matter Fruit!"

"What's the Matter-Matter Fruit?" Aurora asked.

"Nothing's the matter, Dearie! Not with THIS baby! It's a Devil Fruit that allows me to scatter my own particles, and also lets me manipulate the matter of other objects! In other words, my body is made up of scattered matter!"

"Oh no! He's a Logia-type!" Dillon deduced.

"But if you have a Devil Fruit..." Haruka gasped, "that means you'd have to be one of Caesar's customers!!"

"Well, of course! Who else do you think would organize his kidnapping??"

A thought cloud appeared over all their heads, and Doflamingo Jr. appeared in it. They shook this off.

"Still, what the Galaxian Government doesn't know won't hurt 'em... much. All they're concerned with is the safety of their kids... 'course, I never stated whether or not my methods of safety would require drastic measures. But that all depends if you decide to play along or not."

"Well, tough!" Nebula denied. "Because we're NOT playing along, and you'll never shut all the Kids Next Doors down!" And with that, the galactic leader launched a Starburst and STRUCK Tachyon's face.

"Owowowowowowow!!!" Tachyon rapidly shook his head and wiped the soot off his face.

"Oh?" Nebula gaped. "So spacebending hurts you!!"

"That makes sense." Aurora said. "Matter is essentially substance, space is... well, nothing, so they'd naturally be polar opposites."

"Spacebending actually allows us to manipulate and distort matter." Nebula explained. "Like how a black hole can bend and twist things that they suck in. In this case, I can deal sufficient damage to crazy dictators." Nebula attempted to throw another Starburst, but Vendra instantly warped before Tachyon and blocked it.

"Then it's only safe for him to have a spacebender ally."

"Oh, great. Another crazy weirdo." Mason eye-rolled.

"A crazy weirdo, huh?!" Vendra furrowed. "For your information, I-"

"Yeah yeah, if they want introductions, they can read the last chapter, now just finish them!" Tachyon demanded.

Vendra rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers, immediately trapping the Sector V operatives in a bubble. Nebula glared and tried to fly at the Space Witch, but Vendra warped behind and grabbed Nebula's hair and back. "You talk like you know a thing or two about spacebending, but you're far from it. Your mother's not even a Logia-type, so you're in no position. I may not be at that level, but I've far surpassed you. With my powers, I am able to see the amount of space inside of a person or structure, and what clutters it. Your chi paths are flowing with strong space energy. It'd be a waste to let it all remain in you. But I for one have better uses in mind."

Nebula's eyes widened as Vendra's fingers sunk through her skin, via mini vortexes. Slowly, Vendra channeled all of the Space Chi into her fingertips, until Nebula's paths were sucked dry. Finally, Vendra pulled her fingers out, and Nebula fell unconscious.

"There… that should take care of it." Vendra smirked.

"What did you do to her?!" Aurora yelled.

"HA HA ha ha ha haaaa! Miss Vendra here has drained the spacebending chi from Nebula's form!" Tachyon exclaimed. "And as soon as we do the same to OTHER spacebenders, NO ONE will be able to stand against me! And now to see Miss Winkiebottom is eaten by her OWN vacuum!" With that, Tachyon used his power and scattered the matter of the floor below Nebula. Sector V gasped with horror as the Supreme Leader plummeted down into empty space.

"HUAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…" Tachyon's evil laugh echoed as Nebula fell directly toward a green planet.

Above a swamp on Flora

Nebula passed through the atmosphere, falling and falling fast through the dark, cloudy sky. She was just about to plummet through the trees of an eerie swamp, until her body was suddenly caught inside a bright blue bubble. Four Zoni flew out from the darkness and gently lowered her to the planet's surface. "Her powers are lost. Find the Nether Rifts she must." And they set her on her back before flying away.

The Supreme Leader still lay unconscious on the soft, muddy ground. "Hey! …Hey, Nebula! Wake up!"

"Mmmmm…" Nebula sat up and shook her head, viewing the swampy landscape. "Get enough sleep last night??" She looked down by her right, spotting a familiar tiny alien with a vibrant face.

"Vweeb? Where did you come from?"

"I was hiding in your pocket the whole time! So your pants really ARE inflatable!"

The dark-skinned girl's cheeks turned red. She shook it off and looked around the swamp again. "Where are we?"

"We're on Flora. And judging by the dark swamp, I think we're in the Dagobah Zone."

"Oh yeah…" Nebula stood up and tried to lift off her feet… but she felt surprisingly heavy. She threw her arm forward, but nothing came out. "My spacebending's gone!"

Vweeb leaped up onto her shoulder. "Probably when that Space Witch stuck her hand through you."

"The… Space Witch?" The image suddenly played in Nebula's head, of Vendra grabbing her from behind. "That was Vendra! Wasn't it?"

"Apparently. Boy, that whole vortex thing was creepy, what is she a ghost or somethin'?"

Nebula stared longingly at her open right hand. "A spacebender that can take away bending?…"

"Spacebending, at least. Anyway, there's an outlet mall a few miles west of here. We can probably shop for some weapons or something. If anything, we can purchase a ship off this planet. Your parents apparently give you a lot of allowance."

"Heheheh… yeah…" Nebula faced ahead with a serious look. Thunder was heard in the cloudy heavens as light rainfall started to pour. This swamp was very bleak, but she was glad that Vweeb was with her. She sensed a fairly long journey approaching, and she wouldn't want to go it alone. (Play the "Oozla" theme from Ratchet: Going Commando.)

Stage 2: MomCorp Outlet

Mission: Get to the mall and buy weapons and a ship to get off the planet.

Act 1

Nebula ventured around some huge, dark trees before coming to a path between a small trench. Some Mutant Fireflies flew out and began buzzing around them as Nebula tried to swat away, but Vweeb was able to keep them back with his ray gun. They reached a slightly open area where the path ahead was across a short distance over the swamp. However, now that Nebula felt much heavier, she couldn't make the jump. There was an old tree to their left that was weak along its base, so Vweeb was able to cut it down with his ray gun.

The tree toppled and made a bridge to another platform, where a Mutant Swamp Beast waited. Nebula crossed the tree-bridge and jumped when the snail-like creature snapped its claws at her. Vweeb was able to shoot its snaily eyes, allowing Nebula to throw kicks at it until it knocked out. To reach the next platform, they had to cross two Venusian Flytrap platforms, but had to jump them quick before they snapped shut. To reach the foothold with the continuing path, Nebula had to grab onto a ledge along the wall and climb over the swamp. However, there were Swamp Snakes slithering atop the ledge, so Nebula tossed Vweeb onto the ledge so he could shoot the snakes away.

They dropped down on the ledge and continued down a path between trees, where plant spawners released Mutant Fireflies, which Nebula swat away. They made it to an open lake area where Dragon Boats – dragon-like reptiles – floated in the water. Nebula hopped onto the first Dragon Boat and rode it to a small island, jumping off before it sank. Some Mutant Muckdwellers jumped out from the water, but Nebula punched and kicked them away before jumping to the next Dragon Boat. They rode it to another one and jumped to it before the previous sunk, and this new one brought it to another dragon. However, it was too far to jump to, so Nebula bounced across the two Flitters (big, blue dragonflies) that were between the two boats.

This dragon began to carry them down a river between trench walls, where Lockjaw piranhas lurked beneath the water. Nebula had to duck as they leapt over the dragon's back, and when they performed low jumps, Nebula had to jump to avoid them. The Dragon Boat sank below the swamp, so Nebula had to swing across some overhead vines and quickly land back on him when he resurfaced.

They finally jumped off on a safe foothold, standing before a swampy area with several huge beanstalks with leaves big enough to stand on. Nebula proceeded to bounce across the leaves, avoiding the Lockjaws that jumped between the leaves. A few of the beanstalks were spinning slowly, making Nebula wait for the leaves to come around so she can jump. Later, the Lockjaws began jumping to bite the leaves off, forcing Nebula to jump more quickly. She soon reached a beanstalk with leaves that formed a spiral staircase, jumping up them quick as the Lockjaws jumped to eat them.

They soon arrived at a row of vines dangling from above, so Nebula began to swing across them. The vines led through a dark, narrow trench area, and swinging across them was a simple task, before a snarl was heard from beneath the water. A single yellow eye and two tentacles emerged from below the river and began snapping its tentacles at them. Nebula swung as quick as she could to outrun the Swamp Monster, while Vweeb tried to shoot at its eye, barely keeping it back. However, they managed to outrun the creature and reached a safe platform.

The huge, dark, flora-covered mall lay in their sight. It would look rather frightening, if the windows didn't have lights on, and several people were seen inside. The liveliness of this place sort of made them feel at peace, regarding this dark swamp and this whole situation. The sign outside read 'MomCorp', and had a picture of a smiling, nice-looking elderly woman with greyish-white hair, its top shaping a heart, and a cyan fat-suit. The two proceeded into the mall as a calm, catchy jingle sounded across the building. (Play the "Megacorp Store" theme from Ratchet: Going Commando.)

Act 2: MomCorp

"Welcome to MomCorp, the greatest weapon distribution center in the galaxy. Take home the latest in missile launchers, skull crushers, and intestine distorters. Feel the terror from your bullies as you bring them total destruction, the envy of your friends as they feel helpless next to you. Buy our latest orders in the next 10 minutes, and your first bullet cargo is free. MomCorp: where our customers' need to kill comes first."

Most of the people in the mall seemed rather shady, but it felt nice to be in such a populated area. They went up a set of parallel stairs to a more open area, approaching an elevator in the center. The elevator was apparently closed, and was stationed on the second floor. However, a few balloons were tied to nearby fence, so Nebula untied one and let Vweeb hang onto it, letting him float up. It didn't hover high, but there were other balloons floating around in a row, with each one leading higher. Vweeb swung across their strings and reached the second floor. The tiny alien hurried to the elevator and climbed a briefcase that was lain beside it, climbing its long handle.

He was able to climb inside the elevator's broken button terminal and began to fix up the sparking wires. He managed to fix the buttons, and Nebula smiled as the elevator came down. She stepped inside and rode it to the second floor, grabbing Vweeb as he jumped out the terminal. "We couldn't just take the stairs, huh?" he remarked.

"Stairs no good for legs." she stated.

They came to a rightward passage of the mall where the floor was broken. The sign read, Area under construction. Please use great caution when balancing across the steel beams. MomCorp is not liable for careless platforming. Just as well, there were several broken metal beams sticking out, so Nebula had to carefully balance across and jump them.

They reached safe ground and made a left turn down a new path. Nebula stopped and beamed when she spotted the store she was looking for. "There it is! Grummel Techs!" She excitedly dashed into the store, where the walls were filled with deadly, high-tech weapons. Nebula approached the chubby, toad-like man at the counter.

"Hey there, welcome to Grummel Techs! But ain'tcha a little young for deadly weapons, kid?"

"You're never too young to have spirit, Numbuh 20x40."

"Well, shoot my eye-sockets, if it ain't little Nebula!" the man perked. "How ya been, ya little tyrant!" he ruffled her hair playfully.

"I'd like to buy some classics." Nebula stated as she presented some Bolts. "We're on a big mission."

"Ahh, I just saw the news. I'd watch myself if I were you." He said as he took the Bolts. "They'll be after you like Stormtroopers searchin' the wrong droids. Anyway, here ya go! GKND's very own classic S.H.O.O.T.E.R. and B.O.O.M.E.R.." Nebula smiled as she took and studied the weapons. "Oh, and here's a M.A.P., 'case ya get lost." He gave her the small device. "Now you take care, you two! Don't let me hear you've been arrested!"

"Thanks, Grummy." Nebula nodded. "By the way, where can we buy a ship?"

"Ship department's just downstairs." As he spoke, an impish, pink-skinned bald alien with insect legs watched them from behind the doorway. "Ya should be able ta purchase a cheap one, get ya a decent distance. But I might not push it."

"Okay. See ya!" And the leader hurried out of there.

Nebula walked down some nearby stairs ("Oh, you take THOSE stairs." Vweeb said) and found a huge garage filled with a variety of ships.

"Well… which one should we take?" Vweeb asked.

"We'll probably only be able to take a small one. But it has to be efficient, just in case-"

"Psst." The two looked over as the pink, bald alien hid behind a closet door. The large-headed alien man, who stood at Nebula's height, stepped forward, nervously looking both ways. "Nebula D. Winkiebottom?"

"Um…yes?"

"I'm Professor Pollyx, of Pollyx Industries." He spoke with a hoarse, high-pitch voice. "We're a company specifically designed to research supernatural phenomena across the universe. We were recently bought by MomCorp, who has an according with Tachyon's crew. They're using our research for something sinister, and I think I know what. But I'll need your help if I'm going to stop them. I have a ship, we can take it to my secret hideaway."

"Hold on, hold on! If your company's working for Tachyon, how do I know I can trust you?" she asked.

"Well, perhaps you're owed an explanation. And as long as no one's keeping us from getting away, or blasting us…" (End song.)

At that instant, a group of Drophyd soldiers flew in the garage doors and spotted them. "Don't let them get away! Blast them!" And so, they began blasting.

"Eeyaaah too late! Quick, get on!" Pollyx cried. The Terachnoid hurried onto his small ship as Nebula started to blast the Drophyds with her S.H.O.O.T.E.R.. After dealing sufficient damage, she and Vweeb hurried onto Pollyx's ship. The skimpy scientist quickly started up his vessel and took off for the heavens as the Drophyds watched.

Tachyon's ship

Neftin Prog approached his shorter, twin sister as the latter stared closely at her glowing purple hands. "Nnn, we've captured the Zathurian, Sis."

"Good." Vendra smirked and raised her left hand, still staring longingly. "It won't be long… until we return home… and he will reward us."

But Neftin couldn't feel the same way. He could only stare worried for his sister.