65. Unmasked

Quahog, Rhode Island

Vanellope was standing guard in front of Sandman as Yuki and Wiccan helped him back on his wheelchair. The masked assassins stared up at the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. as Aurora stood on the roof. "CP10, you've attacked our relatives for the last time!" the leader shouted. "You wanted us to bring you the Seventh Light, right?"

"Well, here I am!" A S.C.A.M.P.E.R. with a "Q" painted on it hovered over their area, and Maddy Murphy was waving from the window.

"It's her!" Monkey Mask exclaimed. "The Light!"

Sector Q gasped when a cloaked man in a lion mask landed on the roof of their S.C.A.M.P.E.R.. "You were wise to comply with our request, Kids Next Door. We will take the Light into our custody."

"You misunderstood!" Chris flew at Lion Mask from above to swing a flame punch. "We never said we'd let you have her!"

"Iron Body!" Lion Mask defended himself, grabbed Chris by the head, and threw him down—Sector Q performed a barrel-roll and flung the agent off the S.C.A.M.P.E.R..

"If you want her, come and GET her!" Drake yelled before the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. flew off toward Quahog. (Play "Lightning Speed" from Naruto: Shippuden!)

"After them!" Lion exclaimed. The agents leapt in the air and began pursuit with Moon Walks.

"Haylee, let's move!" Aurora yelled.

"Right!" Haylee turned the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S., and after Vanellope glitched back into the ship, they sped after the agents.

"Should we help them?" Crystal asked.

"I'd like to, but… we have a mission to be on." Sandman said regrettably. "We shouldn't doubt them, we've already seen them handle worse situations."

As CP10 was flying toward the city, Hamster Mask looked back. "Those kids is chasin' us!"

"CP10, divide and conquer! I'll seek out the Light! I doubt she would flee so easily." Under Lion Mask's command, the six agents divided. There was a tiny beetle on Rabbit Mask's back.

Haylee landed the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. on the edge of the city as Aurora yelled, "Team, split up in groups, but be careful! Try and find where Sector Q landed."

"Screw that, I'm thrashin' the blokes that thrashed me mom!" Sheila ran down the street and cried, "AAAAAH!"

"Sheila, WAIT!"

Sheila stepped on a string that caught her in a net hanging from a streetlight. "AAAAAAH!" It zapped her.

"Boy, and I thought animals were smarter than boobs!" Rabbit Mask laughed before hopping away.

"THERE'S ONE!" Mason and Haruka gave chase. Aurora froze Sheila's net with ice as the half-raccoon broke it and followed them. The operatives split up in their own groups.

Dillon, Kirie, and Vanellope searched the backstreets and saw Monkey Mask jumping across fire escapes. "It's the one that hurt Miss Wickens! Mario, get her!" Dillon sent his shadow, and due to it being sunset, Mario was able to increase in size and snatch the female assassin in his hands. Mario tried to squeeze her, but Monkey Mask broke free with a Tempest Kick, landing on the street to see the three kids run at her.

Vanellope glitched around the air before zipping above Monkey for a Rapid Kick, but the assassin dodged the blows with Paper Art before kicking up at Vanellope. The Program glitched and flew a few feet before Mario swooped by and caught her. "Vanellope, stay back there!" Dillon ordered. Mario returned to him as Dillon stretched and divided his shadow in multiple directions, attempting to catch Monkey in Shadow Possession. The assassin Moon Walked and evasively dodged, but that's when two Rainbow Monkeys dropped and smashed her to the ground, invisible to her vision.

TEAR HER UP! That lady should be ashamed to wear a Rainbow Monkey mask! Kirie signed with anger in her gestures. Monkey Mask pushed the invisible forces off, but Dillon's Shadow Possession caught her.

"Finger Pistol was one of the moves, right?" Dillon smirked, positioning his middle and index as the assassin was forced to mimic him. "Then how would you like a taste of your own medicine?" He jabbed the fingers in his waist. Monkey's fingers didn't pierce, so he kept trying. "Why isn't it working?"

"I'll tell you why." Monkey replied with a smirk behind her mask. "You can't make me do what you CAN'T do."

"But I can still do this!" Vanellope glitched behind for another Rapid Kick, but Monkey did a Shave and zipped behind her. "What?"

"Vanellope!" Mario grabbed Vanel just in time and pulled her back to Dillon, who blew a great cloud of Shadow Fog over the area. "Vanellope, you have to hide!" he yelled as he ran and pulled his sister along.

"What, no!" Vanel pulled her hand free. "Dillon, why did you bring me home if you weren't gonna let me fight?"

"These guys are on a whole different level, they're too dangerous for you to fight."

"So was Dimentio, but I totally clogged HIS brain! Besides, I'll just possess the nearest technology and come back if I die."

"I don't wanna chance that in this place, just stay back." He gasped, "She's coming!" and quickly blew another Shadow Breath, fogging the whole backstreet.

Monkey Mask had a hard time seeing, giving Kirie the chance to jump her from behind and catch her head in a leg lock. Kirie tried to pull the mask off, but the agent threw her arms up and bashed either side of her head. She threw Kirie off, then Dillon caught her in a Shadow Veil for a round of punches, only for Monkey to grip his neck and choke. They came out of the Veil, and Vanellope kicked the assassin off, tempting Monkey to stab a Finger Pistol, only for Mario to pull the Program away and bring her to safety.

The Shadow Fog cleared as two Rainbow Monkeys grabbed the assassin's arms, only to be kicked away again. "Dillon, I can fight just as well as you, why don't you let me?!" Vanellope yelled.

"Vanellope, I don't know what you've been doing in that Cyber World, but we've gotten stronger!"

"Well, I wanna get stronger too, y'know!"

"Vanellope, you're surviving off other Programs' pixels for crud's sake!"

"W…" She glitched, feeling a little offended. "What do you mean by that?"

Watch out, Master! Mario pulled them both in Shadow Veil to dodge Monkey Mask's kick, bringing them over a few blocks to hide in an alley.

"Come on, Vanel, you remember that virus Sollyx implanted you with." Dillon replied.

"I know THAT, but you sounded like I couldn't get better at fighting if I wanted to."

"Well, you might be able to learn, but… improve?"

"…" Vanellope showed hurt in her eyes. She fearlessly zipped out and started glitching around the masked woman as a pixelly circling stream of light.

"Vanellope!"

"Lickety Split Circly KICK!" The circle closed in, and Monkey Mask felt herself whirling from the speedy force—she grabbed Vanellope's foot.

"You're so predictable." The assassin slammed Vanellope back-and-forth on the street before letting her lie. She attempted to stomp the Program beneath her high-heel foot, only for Dillon to pull her to safety again.

Another street

Mason, Haruka, and Sheila were still after Rabbit Mask, who looked back and saw the raccoon gaining closer with very fast feet. The beetle on her back leapt off, attached itself to Sheila's leg, and grew pinchers that sunk into her flesh. "YOWCH!" Sheila stopped to punch the bug—which defended by morphing into a turtle, then turned into a bear to punch Sheila away. Mason and Haruka aimed their rears at the bear and farted a noxious gas. The bear cringed from the scent, giving the twins a chance to blow him back with Gas Bomb.

The bear turned into a cheetah and tackled the two with swift speed, only to be kicked away by Sheila's Light Kick. The raccoon growled at the animal, her legs shining golden. She dodged the cheetah's swipes with greater speed than it could match, kicking it from any angle she could find. When the cheetah was on the ground, Sheila ran up to smash him with a Light Fist, but the mammal morphed into a fly, flew to Sheila's raccoon ear, then became an ant to crawl in.

"OH GOD, HE'S GOING FOR ME BRAIN!" She shook frantically.

"We'll save you, Sheila!" Mason and Haruka shot gas into her ears.

"Duuuuhh…" Sheila became dizzy, then the twins held her upside-down by the legs to shake the ant out. He morphed into a cloaked man with a kangaroo mask, and did a breakdance to kick the kids away. He morphed into an eagle to fly off, but Sheila recovered, chased, and leapt high in the air with her raccoon tail to grab his talons. The agent turned into a hippo to squish her to the ground, and when Mason and Haruka ran at him, he turned into a mammoth and swung his giant trunk to bat the two away.

Rabbit Mask hid behind a building corner to see her cohort prevailing. "'Guess he doesn't need me. Now, where did the Light go…" She turned and looked around. "Ooo, a Pet Store! I'll look for her there… and see if they have bunnies!" She happily jogged up to the store and barged in. "What the-?!" (Pause song.)

In this rather peculiar store, men were laying on beds and letting women pet them softly. The shelves were lined with hands positioned in a way so as to pet. "Velcome, gudentag!" A man with a black mustache who looked a lot like Zach Murphy approached Rabbit Mask. "Are vu here for ein good petting, ja-ja?"

"This… wasn't what I was expecting for a pet store." Rabbit said.

"NONSENSE, we make ze best pettings, ja!" Zach pushed her over to a bed, laying her on her front. "Now, vhich vould you like: ze gentle mother, ze happy little girl, ze evil mastermind, or ze rich girl?"

"I… don't know? What's rich girl like?"

"RICH GIRL!!"

"BUNNYYYYY!" Carol Masterson dashed in, wearing her green dress and puffy hair long. She hugged Rabbit Mask tight and scratched her with her long nails. "Bunnyyyyy!"

"OW!" Rabbit yelped.

"Bunnyyyyy!"

"Ow!"

"BUNNYYYYY—OOOOOWWW!" Carol was shocked. (Resume song.)

"Joke's on you, I had barbed wire under a layer of this cloak!" The assassin kicked Carol away, got to her feet, and attempted to jump on Zach—his head shot up like a spring and sent Rabbit flying through the ceiling. She recovered to see Zach spring up with her.

"Joke's on YOU, my mom was a bed! My father is Sheriff Woody!"

"That's right." Rabbit Mask turned and saw a giant Sheriff Woody and a bed with eyes, a mouth, and a star blanket. "And we don't appreciate you attacking our Zachykins!" The bed and Woody jumped on her, but Rabbit Mask did a Shave and let the two fall through a trapdoor, landing in a spike pit.

"You don't think I'm one step ahead of you?" Rabbit smirked. "I see through all your little tricks. For example," she pulled out a bomb shaped like a Trix Yogurt container, "why do you think I'm in a rabbit mask?!" She threw the bomb at Zach, exploding him in colorful mist instead of yogurt, which Rabbit Mask jumped through feet first and kicked Zach off the roof. He splashed in a puddle, quickly dodged when Rabbit stomped down—the assassin splashed in the deep puddle. She struggled to swim and slowly sank, but was saved when Jar Jar Blinks shot up from below and kicked her out and to the air, landing a storm of kicks before kicking Rabbit to the street.

"Have I introduced you to Jar Jar?" Zach asked. "He's my long-lost older brother!"

"That can't be possible!" Rabbit yelled.

"IS NOT?!" Jar Jar screamed. He grabbed Zach and cried against his shirt, "PLEASE don't cut me from the story, Zachypoo! I-sa sorry about spilling the monkeys in de auditorium, I-sa gonna mop them up, I'll mop up ALL de monkeys!"

"Jar Jar, it's okay, I forgive you—AAAAH!" The two were split up by Rabbit's Tempest Kick.

Scarecrow Mask ran from Chris and Aurora toward a towering skyscraper before making a great leap all the way to the top of said skyscraper. "Ha ha!" he laughed and looked down at them. "They'll never have a pair of legs as spry as mine! What?" He heard an engine behind him and turned to see Haylee and Artie in their C.O.O.L.-B.O.T..

"And you'll never make a ship as spry as this one!" Haylee retorted before the robot punched down at the short assassin. Scarecrow Mask jumped and hopped in midair, easily dodging their punches before launching himself against Haylee's windshield. The window cracked, but Haylee withstood before spinning the robot around to shake him off. Artie grabbed the agent in the robot's fists and rocketed toward the street, smashing him into a crater. However, Scarecrow switched to Iron Body to lessen the pain of the collision, then he quickly swung Tempest Kick to cut the robot in half, separating both cockpits.

Chris and Aurora made it to Quahog Town Square, which had a giant statue of a clam. "Where the hell are they?!" Chris angrily asked with his hands aflame.

"The others are already fighting agents, but Maddy's still safe." Aurora reported.

"I wish these CP Punks would stop acting like cowards, get out here and fight!" Chris was then kicked from the side and flown several feet. He got up, wiping the twin cuts on his cheek and seeing the chicken-masked assassin. He narrowed his eyes at the killer, and Chicken narrowed his eyes behind his mask. Chris charged up and threw flaming punches that Chicken blocked, flipping behind the boy to kick him down. Chris rolled on his back—grabbing Chicken's foot when he stomped down, and the boy kicked on his jetshoes and flew down the street, carrying the assassin by the foot and letting his face bash against streetlights.

"I guess that leaves you to me." Aurora turned to face Hamster Mask. "Or maybe you can tells me where the Light is real quick."

"We have two Lights in our party, you'll have to be more specific." She smirked.

"Just the one will do."

"No deal." Aurora blasted ice from her left hand, but the agent dodged with Shave, zipped up to her, and threw a punch that Aurora ducked before punching her flaming right hand at his gut. Hamster Mask flew back, then Aurora leapt above and stomped down with her ice-imbued leg. Hamster recovered and swung several Tempest Kicks that Aurora dodged by flying with Rocket Boost, resulting in the clam statue being torn up.

Aurora landed and stomped her foot to open the Ice Gate, her body swallowed in the coldest ice. She froze the ground of the park, and when Hamster Mask flew up with Moon Walk, Aurora shot rounds of ice. He was able to dodge until a blast froze his right arm, then Aurora fired twin beams that sent him flying. Hamster landed in the street, so Aurora skied up to the frozen opponent. The assassin broke free, Shaved behind her, and jabbed his fingers in Aurora's- "OH, not again!" she yelped.

"Finger Pistol: 200 Extra Years!" The icebender was launched upward, but she didn't fly far. Hamster Mask was ready to Shave underneath and punch her away. Aurora's Ice Fury wore off, but she ignored her exhaust and dodged a Tempest Kick, doing a Fire Cartwheel at the agent, but Hamster Mask dodged in front of her and kicked her stomach.

"Ah!" Aurora grunted after landing on her front. "You know, why do you Rokushiki creeps get a kick out of poking my butt?"

"Oh, touchy area?" Hamster raised his hands. "Sorry about that. How 'bout I get you in the head instead." He zipped up to stab Finger Pistol at her head, but Aurora jumped up and spin-kicked him in the head. (End song.)

Across the city

Sector Q landed on the other side of the city, close to the pier. The five members, plus Maddy and Shade, were off the ship and looking around. "Maddy, I fear for your safety." Shade said. "Your training is still incomplete, you haven't mastered Observation Haki."

"If I'm not here in the city, CP10 might retreat and kill someone else. They'll stay as long as I do, and that'll give us a chance to beat them here and now."

"For now, it's best to keep her hidden, otherwise they'll all be on her." Drake said. "If the situation gets messy, we'll join the fray."

"We might have to join a little early." Maddy said, pointing up at a building. Lion Mask was staring down at them, his cloak blowing in the wind.

The assassin rocketed down—the operatives braced their selves, but the assassin zipped beside each one with Shave and punched them unconscious. After taking Drake down last, he turned to Maddy—she ran up and dealt an Armament uppercut that knocked him back. The lion landed on his feet. "You're foolish to try and fight me. I defeated your bodyguards in one fell swoop."

"And I punched you. I scored the first hit and you're threatening me?"

"A lucky maneuver on your part. It will be your last. CP10 was ordered to kill you, Maddy Murphy. You are the Seventh Light… the last one before the accursed prophecy sees completion. By killing you, it will never come to be. This town will be your grave."

"Can my scary killer at least take off his mask?"

"I could… but I want to see if you can earn the right to see my face!" He Shaved. (Play "I Think You Should Do As He Says" from Batman: Arkham City!)

"MADDY!" Shade grabbed her friend and jumped away, dodging Lion's Finger Pistol. "Maddy, we should call one of the others to help us!"

"Fair enough. Guys, Sector Q got knocked out!" she yelled into her communicator. "There's an agent chasing us, anyone wanna help out?!"

"We're having problems of our own!" Dillon yelled, attempting to hit Monkey Mask with a Shadow Shockwave, but the woman stabbed his stomach with a Finger Pistol. Kirie tossed flower shurikens, but Monkey defended with Iron Body, and when Vanellope zipped above, the agent stabbed her with Finger Pistol and threw the Program away. "Vanellope!" Dillon tried to approach his glitching sister, but faltered due to the wound in his stomach.

Sheila spun twin Light Fists and shot them at Kangaroo Mask, but he dodged by morphing into a puppy, lunging at Sheila, and becoming a tiger to bite her in the waist. Mason blasted the animal with a S.P.I.C.E.R., then the agent flew up to him as a bat and started nipping his face. Mason punched the bat off—it turned into a jellyfish, landed on Haruka, and zapped her in the face. Haruka threw the fish on the ground, and before Sheila's eyes, it morphed into a naked Marine the Raccoon.

Mason and Haru shut their eyes, but Sheila showed anger and rage in her eyes. Sheila shot Light Fists at the four-legged beast, but Kangaroo Mask dodged and slashed her in the face, going behind to bite her tail. "I think I can beat him with this Gold Flurp!" Mason declared, pulling the gold soda can out.

"No Mason, you know that stuff hurts your kidneys!" Haruka yelled.

"I have you to get it out of me!"

"I can't usually get it all out! Besides, we have six agents after this, just hold onto it!"

Chris dropped Chicken Mask in an alley, landed, and tried to punch the agent, but Chicken grabbed and twisted his fist before shoving Chris in a trashcan. He kicked the trashcan out in the street to be hit by cars, and after Chris was bounced out, Chicken Mask leapt over to swing a bent pipe at him. Chris grabbed a sewer lid to use as a shield, and their scuffle caused several cars to swerve away and crash. Chicken Mask kicked the shield away, grabbed Chris in his talon, and spun before chucking the boy through a building window.

Chris landed in someone's living room, scaring away the kids watching TV. Chicken Mask jumped in as they resumed their fight, wherein they knocked down a shelf and spilled a jar of Minish Dust over their selves. The two shrunk down and fought their way behind the TV. They ended up displayed on the screen, and this happened to be the scene in Willy Wonka where Charlie pulls the candybar out of the TV. The fighters were pulled out with it, growing to normal size as they punched Charlie, Mike Teavee, and Willy Wonka unconscious.

They smashed out of the house's TV as a repairman came. Chicken Mask knocked him out and stole his hammer while Chris swiped a wrench. Chicken swung the hammer down at him, but Chris caught it with the wrench and tossed away. Chicken knocked Chris up through the ceiling with an uppercut, and he was in a bathroom occupied by Cleveland Brown. Chicken Mask came up, and when trying to kick Chris, he kicked Cleveland's tub through the wall and let him crash on the street. The shower was still there—Chicken Mask grabbed it, turned it up full blast, and burned Chris in the eyes.

Maddy and Shade ran into a building and dashed up several floors, scaring the people in offices. "We'll need to formulate a battle plan!" Shade panted. "Hopefully, he won't find us in-" The ceiling caved in and Lion Mask dropped in. The agent swung Tempest Kick, the girls dodged as Maddy ran to kick him in the leg, knocking him off his feet with the Armament blow. She punched down, but the agent flipped up and aimed to stomp down, but Shade saved Maddy again. "Grab onto my back!"

Maddy did so, and Shade punched a window open to jump out and grab another building. She hurriedly climbed up, but both girls sensed Lion Mask pursuing them with Moon Walks. Shade climbed higher than the opposite building's roof, so she jumped to it and jumped the following buildings with Maddy on her back. Lion Mask caught up with multiple Shaves, forcing Shade to stop and defend from his attack. Lion Mask zipped beside—Shade punched, but he dodged with Paper Art, kicking Shade like a kickball across several rooftops. Maddy threw a punch, but Lion Mask zipped above and swung both legs like an 'X'.

Maddy dodged the crossed Tempest Kicks, which destroyed the roof and caused her to fall in. The businessmen in this room screamed and ran, and Maddy recovered in time to see Lion Mask land in with her.

The assassin stood quietly and stared at her. Maddy fearlessly ran up to throw a punch, which Lion Mask dodged before punching her against the wall. "Your friends were always amusing to me, Maddy." The lion said. "To challenge Pirate Emperors, gods, and World Government officials alike, in an endless game of pretend where the world belongs to them. How utterly pathetic. I've read tales on their endeavors for the past twenty years. While they have been helpful in detaining such criminals, they have let their success get to them."

"And who are you to say that? Just take off your mask!"

"You have quite the mouth on you, brat. Giving orders to your killer."

"I'm assuming you have a mouth, too. That's where I wanna hit you!"

"Very well… If that is the only way to invoke your fear."

Aurora dodged Hamster Mask's Finger Pistols, got behind, and swung a flaming kick at his rear. He dropped and rolled to put the fire out, and the clothing underneath seemed to be khakis. Hamster faced back at Aurora and said, "Door." opening the ground like a door and dropping in. A confused Aurora felt her ankles be grabbed, looking down to see two hands sticking out of holes in the ground. Her feet were pulled in, and Hamster Mask hopped out the ground-door a few feet away.

He charged over to stomp Aurora, but she slipped off her shoes and used Rocket Boost to fly out of her trap. She arched over him and blasted ice down, freezing his mask, and after landing, she kicked a flame up and burned the Hamster Mask off. "Alright," she smirked, "let's see who you REALLY are!"

The perpetrator decided to look up after his mask melted. Aurora gasped at the red-haired man with a round nose and freckles. "You're…"

Number 6 of CP10

Bartender of Cleveland's Milk Bar

LIME RICKEY

"Oopsie!" Rickey shrugged, slashing a Tempest Kick that forced Aurora to jump. A streetlight was chopped, and it fell over to crush her. Rickey spoke in his walky-talky, "This is Number 6, I've been unmasked. Ready to kill the witness. Over." He zipped up to stab Aurora in the face, but she dodged her head and froze the ground. Rickey stumbled slightly, and Aurora was able to squeeze out of the streetlight and ski around the frozen ground on her socks. Rickey Moon Walked to chase her, but Aurora activated Fire Fury, bursting into a fire spire when he flew above her. Rickey hit the ground and used Paper Art to evade her flames.

"RAAAAH!" Zach Murphy chased Rabbit Mask down a street—stepping on a rake she had lain, which flipped up and bashed Zach in the face. "YAAAAI-!" Jar Jar charged, he stepped on a puddle of puke. "Uh-oh. WAAAH!" A hidden crab snapped his toe, he ran around trying to shake it.

Rabbit Mask zipped up and kicked Zach's head off—it flew around like an untied balloon, and then a squad of Balloon Police began chasing Rabbit, along with barking balloon dogs. The assassin smirked and popped each cop with a simple Finger Pistol, but Zach's headless body became a cannon that blasted a swarm of rubber ducks. Rabbit Mask dodged with Shave, and when Jar Jar ran up to shove roasted lobster in her face, she jumped above and kicked him away.

"Hmph!" Rabbit chortled. A bundle of dollars landed beside her, and a family of rabbits hopped up to fondle it lovingly. "Awwww, bunnies!" She knelt down to pet the adorable animals. "You wanna be rich bunnies, huh you little Money Bunnies?"

Carol Masterson grabbed her mask from behind. "'Guess Cash Combat still has some worth!" She pulled it off. Rabbit Mask was a black-haired girl of 17 years old. "Gasp! You're iCarly!"

Number 5 of CP10

A Nickelodeon star

MIRANDA COSG-

"I'M MEGAN PARKER!!" She abruptly shouted. "NOT MIRANDA! NOT CARLY! I'M MEGAN!!"

"I'm sorry!" Carol yelped. "That was your Drake & Josh character, I like her!"

"Unbelievable!" Zach gaped. "A Nickelodeon actress by day," he imagined Megan singing a song on a flashy stage, "and hit assassin by night." He imagined Megan smirking as three people lay dead behind her.

"That's not all I do." Megan smiled mischievously. "I'm called Megan the Prankster. You got something on your nose." She pointed at Zach.

"I do-?" He raised his hand to his face—he unknowingly lifted a syringe that poked and gave him pimples.

"Hm hm hm!" Megan giggled. "I swallowed the Prank-Prank Fruit, so I can spawn a trap anywhere at anytime. Like the infinite whoopee cushion in your skirt." She pointed at Carol.

Poooooooooooooot…

Carol panicked. "AAAAH! NO, I'M NOT DOING THAT, GET IT OUT OF ME!" She ran around in a panic.

Kirie Beatles swiftly dodged Monkey Mask's kicks, doing a twirl as she leapt and tried to kick her mask off. The woman grabbed the girl's foot and tossed her away, but the assassin was then grabbed by a giant orange hand. The hand originated from Midna's ponytail. "Don't mind me, just an all-powerful Firstborn you keep stuffed under your sweater. By the way, Dillon, deodorant, use it much?"

"Keep her steady, Midna! Mario, get that mask!" His shadow flew over and clutched the blue monkey mask. She shook her head to keep Mario from pulling it off, but Midna yanked the assassin and chucked her one block down, and Mario was holding the mask. The female assassin recovered and showed the kids her blonde hair and blue eyes.

Number 3 of CP10

LESLIE MEIJER

Kirie stared at Leslie with a look of terrific betrayal. My mom's assistant…

"Well, I guess the secret's out." Leslie put her glasses back on. "I'm sorry about your mom, Kirie."

Dillon glared. "You're the one that killed Mrs. Beatles."

"No, it wasn't me. Number 4 was the one who was supposed to sneak in and poison her coffee as she was getting it. A pretty tricky murder to get away with, but you can always count on him for that."

"You're responsible either way, you heartless scumbag!" Dillon expanded a massive Shadow Shockwave and sent Mario to furiously maul her, but Leslie escaped with Shave. Vanellope was zipping around behind her for another Lickety Split attack, but Leslie again used Paper Art to avoid the following kicks.

Leslie was grabbed by an invisible Rainbow Monkey, and already Kirie had summoned an army of Rainbow Monkeys to attack the traitor. "I knew Miss Sanban had the ability to sense and speak to Rainbow Monkey spirits." Leslie said. "It seems you have that power, too. I might not be able to see them, but I've come prepared." She pulled her arm free, reached in her pocket, and pulled out a whistle designed like the Demon Apes from Mt. Gnaa.

When she blew in the whistle, the Rainbow Monkeys turned dark with red eyes, growling venomously. "Bye." Leslie used Shaves and Moon Walks to get away from the action, and when the Dark Apes tried to attack the kids, Midna quickly tossed Twilight Balls to destroy them. Vanellope glitched up the building, glaring at Leslie once she was on the same roof. "Vanellope!" Dillon used Shadow Glide to fly up. When Vanel was building up a Lightspeed Kick, Leslie readied to stab with Finger Pistol—Mario carried Vanellope away as Dillon tried to shove his S.C.A.M.P.P. in Leslie's throat, but the woman smacked it away before stabbing Dillon in both shoulders.

Kirie stayed behind Midna while the Firstborn struck the Dark Apes with Hair Tentacles. She looked up and saw a familiar pigeon fly overhead.

Artie and Haylee chased Scarecrow Mask to a construction site, trying to shoot the jumpy assassin with Diffusion Rifles. Their misses resulted in several planks being disintegrated, and the terrified carpenters immediately fled the field. "That's not how you treat 2x4's!" Scarecrow yelled before touching a few planks. They formed faces and came to life, jumping toward the kids to bite them.

Scarecrow swung precise Tempest Kicks to slice the rifles. After Haylee kicked the planks off, she grabbed her extendo wrench and tried to hit him with it. The assassin blocked her blows with his arms, but Haylee determinedly kept swinging. "You hurt our friends and family just to get to us." she said with hate. "If you wanted to fight us so badly, why not a friendly invitation?!"

"You wouldn't have felt like responding, of course!"

"UGH!" Haylee swung stronger blows, forcing Scarecrow to block faster. He threw a punch at Haylee's head. "AAAAH!" She spun and swung her wrench with greater vigor, batting the assassin's head clean off. The mask popped off when it hit the ground, but his body quickly ran up to screw him back on.

Haylee was horrified when she saw his beady-eye face and yellow worker's hat. "Ah, nuts." Bob said.

Number 2 of CP10

A Legoan carpenter

BOB THE BUILDER

"Bob… it can't be."

"If it's any consolation Haylee, you really were a great student." Bob hopped over to a concrete mixer. "But now I can show you my secret! I ate the Life-Life Fruit, so anything I touch comes to life! Like so." He touched the mixer, and it formed a face.

"Hi, Bob! Wonderful night for an assassination!"

"Wonderful as they come! Say, could you shoot those kids with cement?"

"With pleasure!" The living mixer blasted cement globs at Haylee and Artie.

Chris Uno took the shower from Chicken Mask, wrapped it around his head, and tried to choke him, but the chicken escaped with Shave and stabbed Chris in the back with Finger Pistol. Chris jumped away, kicked on his rockets, and pushed Chicken out via the hole in the wall. He flew all the way to the sky with the chicken in tow, bursting through the bottom of an airplane. Alarms blared and passengers screamed, but this didn't stop their fight.

When the airbags lowered, Chicken Mask shoved one in Chris's mouth, trying to overdose him with oxygen. Chris countered by grabbing some discarded airline food and shoving it through the mask's beak. Chicken choked and backed away, then Chris jumped and kicked him to a seat between two fat people. Chicken Mask struggled to escape and was suffocating, and Chris kept punching during his weak moment. The chicken broke free and did a cartwheel Tempest Kick, slicing the plane in two, passengers screaming as they took the fall. Chris spun like a torpedo and rocketed down at the chicken, his body burning like a meteor as he shoved the chicken toward the earth.

Peter Griffin was walking by casually, but when he saw the meteor, he ran away before it crashed. Chris climbed out of the crater, horribly beaten and tattered. When he and Peter looked, the mask had come off. The assassin stood, and with his cloak burned, he revealed to be a yellow-feathered man-size chicken.

Number 7 of CP10

A Mobian chicken

ERNIE THE CHICKEN

Ernie narrowed his eyes at both Chris and Peter, both of his hated enemies. Chris and Peter exchanged glances and nodded. Both guys ran up to throw punches at the chicken, but Ernie was quick to defend, leaping upside-down to attack both with a spin-kick. Ernie lifted Peter to squash the downed Chris, but Chris punched Peter up, twirled the fat man like a basketball, and set him aflame to kick Peter at Ernie like a meteor.

Kangaroo Mask was still in the form of Marine, punching Sheila repeatedly across the face before she was flown back. Mason and Haruka ran up, but the animal kicked both legs and knocked them back. Sheila recovered, and the beast that was impersonating her mother was snarling monstrously. The more Sheila looked at the beast, the more angry she became. "You're… not… my… MUM!!" Sheila's entire body turned gold, and in a split second, she zipped 5 meters behind the agent.

The attack was delayed, but in time the lightspeed blow struck and launched the agent across the city. With lightspeed, Sheila caught up and kicked him all the way back. Mason and Haruka watched as he collided and his mask came off. Sheila landed, still brimming gold as she waited for the assassin to stand. When he did, the three gaped at his blonde, bowl-cut hair, and 5-o'clock shadow. "Mr. Beatles?!" Mason exclaimed.

"Who the hell is that?" The man asked with a gruff Australian accent. Sheila bypassed her shock—the man used Paper Art, but Sheila's lightspeed was able to strike and blow him skyward. The agent morphed into a mammoth and crashed back on the ground, and even Sheila's lightspeed attacks couldn't budge him.

"I wonder if that's a Devil Fruit power?" Haruka dialed her phone. "I'm calling Caesar to see if he knows!" (End song.)

Elsewhere

After Shade recovered from the kick, she saw a pigeon fly toward the building where Maddy was.

The man slowly pulled off his lion mask. Maddy looked up when a pigeon flew in and landed on his shoulder. Once the mask was off, Rob Lucci shook his long black hair free and opened his green eyes. The left one was blackened. "It was getting a bit stuffy."

Number One of CP10

Marine's assistant carpenter

ROB LUCCI

"The life of an assassin spy is not easy." he said with his dark, whispery voice, wiping the black paint off his left eye. "Nor is pretending to be a mute shipwright for two years straight. Relying on some dimwitted bird to get my words out."

"Screw you, man! Coo-kachoo!" Hattori cawed.

"We members of CP10 assume the identities of everyday people to acquire information or spy on targets. I would have liked to kill Marine much earlier… but I suppose, if I hadn't helped construct the Sunny Day, the Kids Next Door wouldn't have been able to destroy Big Mom. Evidently, either party could have been destroyed." Lucci smirked. "And either death would have worked in our favor.

"It's regrettable we didn't have the chance to kill Nolan York before you arrived." Lucci continued. "Ironic… I met him roughly 14 years ago when he visited GUN H.Q., when he wanted to establish a town for those strays from the Mushroom Kingdom. If I'd have known he was going to become a criminal… I would've slain him then and there."

"Is that all you think about is killing people?" Maddy questioned.

"It's become a habit of mine. A tasty one." He licked his teeth. "Ever since I was young, people said I was an animal. But I never thought slaying children would be in my job description. Never did I think… children could do so much."

"If you know what we can do, why don't you all leave us alone? You must know how this is gonna end."

"You are mistaken. We are unlike your past opponents… We have a special power on our side."

"Tell me that when you're laying on the floor. AAAH-!" She ran at him with an Armament fist.

"Iron Body!" Lucci hardened himself, but the Armament punch to the gut forced him to hack out saliva and fall backwards. Hattori flew out of the room.

"You're really not as tough as I thought you'd be."

"Perhaps my mistake was underestimating you. I'll rectify that." Lucci jumped back up and stabbed Finger Pistols, but Maddy used Observation to dodge each blow and swing a kick—Lucci blocked with his own kick and shot his fingers at her head, but Maddy grabbed them in an Armament hand and blocked. She jumped and punched Lucci in the face, knocking him on his back.

Shade watched from the hole in the roof as Lucci got back up. This isn't the potential I was expecting from CP10… He must be holding back.

"So, Haki is what you study… that should make you a worthy opponent. Rokushiki is a rival form of Haki designed a few centuries ago. Knowing Haki was a means of molding one's own Personal Chi, martial artists believed there were other ways of doing so. And all kinds of advanced martial arts were created. In those days, the Cipher Pols were the only ones deserving of the ways of Rokushiki." An invisible force brimmed around Lucci's body. "We agents who could master the six ways of molding our chi were superior to any Haki user. In this era, that glory belongs to me."

He planted both fists together. "Six King Gun!" Maddy ran when Lucci unleashed a beam of concentrated chi. It cut a path in the room's wall, but he stopped shortly after. Maddy ran to attack, but Lucci Shaved behind to kick—Maddy dodged to the left while Lucci jumped away.

"But since people have referred to me as an animal for so long, I began to think humanity was not my style." Lucci took off his robe and exposed his muscular shirtless body. "I wanted to change my appearance… and the Devil Fruit I was given helped greatly." He hunched over and groaned as claws grew from his fingers, and brown fur grew on his body. "ROOOAR!" He roared like a lion as his teeth became fangs, his black hair shaped like a lion's mane, and before long he had the complete form of a lion. But not just any lion. "The Lion-Lion Fruit… Scar Model."

"…Cool! I like Lion King, too!" Maddy said spritely.

"ROOOAR!" He was on all fours and growled with hunger.

"…But you probably don't wanna talk about it."

With another hiss, Lucci pounced and swiped his claw, but Maddy dodged and punched his face, only for Lucci to grab and throw her across the room. The lion pounced up and punched her to the right, and when Maddy ran up to punch twin Armaments, Lucci Shaved behind, snatched her hair in his teeth, and swung her like a ragdoll before slamming her against the wall. (Play "Torn Apart" from Bleach!)

Maddy got up and ran to punch again, but Lucci bit her fist in his teeth, forcing her to pull back as blood leaked. Lucci zipped behind her to deal a Finger Pistol—Maddy whipped around and raised a hand, but the lion's claw pierced the Armament. "OW!!" Maddy grabbed her bleeding palm—Lucci scratched her across the face, punched her, then kicked her away. Maddy recovered, feeling woozy from the loss of blood. Lucci was on all fours, snarling like the hungry lion he was… Lucci pranced forward and threw a combo of scratches across her face, smacking her away again. Maddy jumped up to punch him in the stomach, but bruised her fist against his Iron Body. Lucci grabbed her shoulder in his teeth and threw her across the room.

Lucci calmly approached her on his paws, crawling around his fallen prey. "Do you know what the true power in this universe is?" he snarled in her ear. "It isn't bending… or magic… It's not even willpower. The true power in this universe is law. And he who defines law controls the universe. And the law does not want you to live…"

Maddy gasped for breath, making a small puddle from her blood. "Why…Why are you doing this… Do you want the Apocalypse… to destroy everything?"

"It's not what I want… it's what the Government wants. The Government does not want the Twenty Keys to come together… it is the law that they should not. It is the ultimate order. I care not if the cosmos is destroyed… I only do as the Government demands. Tell me… why should the fate of anything be left to feeble children like you? You, who have struggled only to find your way to my fangs. You are nothing… You are powerless to defeat us… Nigel Uno was powerless to The King… You are powerless before the law."

"MADDY!" Shade pounced at Lucci—the lion spun and smacked her across the room. Shade held her blackened eye and stared terrified as the lion crept up with hunger. "I've got no choice… I'm going Primal!" Shade's pupils retracted, her fur became spiky and messy, and she was on all fours snarling back. With faster reflexes, she dodged Lucci's swipes and pounced on his back, trying to tear his ear off in her fangs, but Lucci grabbed her off, threw her on the floor, and began furiously clawing Shade's suit off.

Lucci felt something grab his tail. He turned and saw a tired Maddy, barely keeping herself on foot. Lucci spun and flew her against the wall. Shade pounced on him again, but Lucci grabbed and bashed her around the floor before throwing the exhausted echidna beside Maddy. "You can die alongside your pet." The lion crept up again. "This world was never meant to be yours, Child… nor did it ever belong to your childish empire." He planted his claw against her. "Go to the Underworld and tell that to all the operatives who have died before you. Tell them… Long live the adults… Long live the law… and long live… The King."

"Why don't you say that to my face?!" Lucci's ears perked. He looked up, and none other than Cheren Uno was standing over the hole. "Because I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!" His sword aimed down, Cheren jumped in, but Lucci dodged.

Throughout the city, the CP10 agents looked up as KND ships began to fill the skies. Sector W7 landed in the town square to face Lime Rickey, and Mocha cracked the knuckles of her giant fists.

Sector W landed in the construction site, where Anthony used his earthbending to free Haylee and Artie from their concrete traps.

Sector JP surrounded the man who looked like Mr. Beatles, and even Jinta found it hard to believe his idol would be involved in this.

Sector IC faced Leslie on the rooftops, but Miyuki was looking at the building where Cheren landed.

Chris and Peter Griffin (er, Chris Uno in case you're confused) were still locked in their fight against Ernie the Chicken, who managed to grab both opponents and toss them back. Water slapped him from behind, and Ernie turned and growled at Melody, Danny, and Eric. While the waterbenders looked fierce, Eric was hiding behind Mel like a coward.

Finally, after Megan Parker had Zach and Jar Jar trying to tug open a pickle jar, she turned and saw Sunni, Panini, Francis, and Marcus. "Now you have to fight ALL of us!" Francis declared.

"We'll never let you hurt our friends again!" Anthony yelled.

"And you'll never knock us off our feet!" Aisa followed.

"Your time is up." Miyuki finished.

"…" Bob the Builder smiled. "CP10, I think it's time to regroup." In a flash—he was gone. All the agents vanished with Shave.

Rob Lucci growled and lunged at Cheren, who clashed his sword against the lion's claws. When Lucci stabbed a Finger Pistol, the Mirror Shield bounced it back. Cheren slashed the lion in the chest—"TEMPEST KICK!" Cheren was struck from behind and knocked on his front. He turned to find Leslie, Bob, and Megan behind him. He faced front to see Lucci getting up, but when he did, someone stuck him in the rear.

"FINGER PISTOL!" Ernie the Chicken shouted. "1200 Years of DEATH!"

"AAAAAHH!" The blast knocked Cheren unconscious. Lucci turned and saw that Maddy and Shade were gone. He approached the open window and saw no sign of them from this twenty-story height. He morphed back into a human and saw their seventh member floating outside as a Sky Whale. He turned to the others as Ernie lifted Cheren over his shoulder. "Let us return to base. The children will be helpless without their leader."

Now attacking the KND ships were Teen Ninja ships, and some of these Teens were Nimbi, catching the aircraft in tornadoes. From the ground, the operatives saw CP10 riding the Sky Whale's back, flying away from the city. The Three Sacred Treasures hit the ground near Aurora, so she immediately knew. "CHEREN!!"

"Leader." Rob Lucci spoke into his communicator. "We retrieved the Supreme Leader and are bringing him back to base."

"Excellent job, Lucci! President Morgan's gonna be super happy to see her nephew again! And what of the Seventh Light?"

"I could not confirm her death before the operatives arrived… but she was heavily wounded."

"It don't matter. If they even think of comin' to Enies Lobby, we got more than a few surprises in store!"

"All in all, I say this was a job well done, team!" Bob cheered.

"Drinks are on me when we get back!" Rickey offered.

"I wouldn't mind a Paw-bagawket right now!" Ernie said.

"That's right, brats, we have your leader!" Nya LaMar shouted. "And if any of you think of following, I'll tell them to kill him right now! See ya later, KN-Losers!" And the Teens joined CP10, leaving Quahog and flying into the sunset. (End song.)

Shade dragged an unconscious Maddy by the shirt with her teeth, still half-naked and in Primal Mode. She saw Aurora and Sector W7 at town square, so once she arrived, the echidna dropped her friend and fell tired. "Maddy!" Mocha jogged up and scooped her bleeding little friend in her hands. "We need to take her to Melody quickly!"

"I'll call her over!" Aurora switched on her wristwatch.

Haruka had already phoned Caesar and allowed her uncle to watch the last few moments of the attack. Caesar was awestruck after what he saw. Tears were streaming down his pale white face, and he spoke in whimpers. "My Mammal Fruit…"