Dungeon time!
Chapter 15: The Nerd King’s Wrath Outside Fort Francis The trio of Ava, Luvbi, and Dib had made it to Francis’ fortress, mostly white-colored with distinct tiles that gave it an 8-bit feel.
“Boy, for a nerdy guy who probably lives with his mom, this place doesn’t look half bad.” “He is referred not as the king among nerds for nothing.” Luvbi replied.
“Come on!
We have to help Nigel.” Ava reminded them.
“Okay!
Let’s crash this dork’s party!” Dib deckared as he walked toward the door to the castle.
As he was about to open it, a giant, mechanical eye came out from above the door and looked down at Dib.
“Halt.” The eye said in a computer voice.
“Only Master Francis and totally hot babes are allowed to enter.” “What?” Dib asked, bewildered.
“Must run a scan to confirm your identity.” The eye began to scan Dib’s body.
“Subject identified as: a baby hippo in glasses.” Ava and Luvbi giggled.
“Now, hold on a second!” Dib argued.
“I am not a-” “You are not Master Francis or a totally hot babe.
Deploy deadly kitty lasers.” A dozen lasers came out from around the eye and aimed at Dib.
“Uh, could I just-” Dib tried to say, but was interrupted when the lasers fired, causing him great pain.
The zapping lasted for about ten seconds and his skeleton could be seen the entire time.
Finally, it stopped, leaving a roasted Dib.
“That didst not go as planned.” Luvbi said.
Dib coughed.
“Well, how are we supposed to get by this?” “The eye longs to behold ‘totally hot babes.’ I shalt pave the way.” Luvbi floated up and posed before the eye, making cute gestures.
“Subject identified as: a butterfly who did not fully mature from the cocoon.” “PRAY, on what grounds hast thou to think of me such?!” “Deploying fly swatter.” Luvbi was swatted against the wall.
“Good effort, Luvbi.” Ava remarked.
“Let me give it a try.” Dib moved to the side as Ava approached the door.
“Hey, door guy!
Looking for a hot babe?
Well, here ya go!” The eye then began scanning Ava.
“Subject identified as: a young, Glomourian girl.
Hot babe detected!
You may enter.” The front doors opened.
“Easy as that.
Now, let’s go help our friend!” Ava said victoriously as the three headed on in.
Luvbi blew a gust of wind to blow the soot off Dib.
“Oh, one more thing.” the eye said as a mechanical leg lowered down to Dib and kicked him for no reason.
“HA!
That never gets old!” (Play “Fort Francis” from Super Paper Mario.) Dungeon 4: Fort Francis Mission: Rescue Nigel and defeat Francis.
The three entered what appeared to be the castle’s foyer, where a few Meowmaids were mindlessly walking around.
“This guy must really be into cats.” Dib commented.
Ava looked at the M.A.P.
and saw the two doors at the top of the foyer stairs were locked.
They entered a room on the left side of the room first, and found their selves in the kitchen.
There, a group of Meowbots were each doing chores, such as washing dishes or preparing dinner.
They saw that on one of the shelves, groups of tiny Kateenian children were trapped helplessly inside jars.
“Master Francis demands his special Kateenian stew be ready in time for presenting Nigel Uno to the Tallest.
Meow.” one said.
Angered, Ava zipped over and beheaded that robot.
The other Meowbots went crazy as a result, either throwing dishes rapidly or squirting out soup (depending on their job).
The operatives started fighting back at the angered Meowmaids, who didn’t put up too much of a fight as Dib teared them to pieces with his mech arms.
During all the fighting, Luvbi floated up to the Kateenians and blew their jars to the floor, smashing them.
Once again, the kids erupted into tiny cheers.
“Prithee, just call on me as thine guardian angel.” Luvbi stated proudly.
Subsequently, Ava found a key hanging on the wall, and they returned to the foyer.
The other Meowmaids appeared to be giving them no harm, so they decided to leave them alone.
They went up the foyer stairs and tried to open the left door, but the key wouldn’t fit.
They tried the right door instead, and it worked.
Curious about the left door, they went back downstairs and entered the room on the right of the foyer.
It was a small, empty room with the other key hanging on the parallel wall.
There was also a security camera above it on the ceiling.
Dib was about to walk over and grab it, but the camera immediately blasted him, pushing him back.
They figured they wouldn’t be grabbing the key that easily.
With that reason, they left it alone for now and entered the right door on the foyer stairs.
They were brought to a wide hallway with a red carpet along the middle of the floor, chandeliers on the ceiling, and tables with vases on the side.
For a nerd, this guy seemed real classy, it seemed.
There were also normal Meowmaids patrolling the hall, and they gave the operatives no harm as they walked by.
“Master Francis’ agenda for the week: polish this castle enough so it looks as beautiful as videogame graphics.
Meow.” They entered a door on the right side of the hall and found a smaller hall in which the floor was covered with spikes.
Luvbi fell to the floor all of a sudden, and as she suspected, there were chi-block symbols on the walls, preventing her from airbending.
With no other way to go across, they returned and continued to pass through the larger hallway.
They reached a room that looked like a dead end, but there were a lot of platforms that led upwards.
Ava tossed her swords in the wall and used them to bounce to the first one, followed by Dib, while Luvbi floated up.
She had to repeat this process for a few other platforms, but one of the platforms was straight across the room from theirs, too far to use the swords.
That’s where Luvbi had to make a whirlwind in the middle, giving Ava and Dib an extra boost when they jumped over.
They reached the top of the room, where a Meowcannon guarded a door.
The Meowbot did like before a launched mini Meowbombs, which Luvbi blew back into the cannon to blow it up.
They entered the door and were brought to a new hallway.
Meanwhile, with Nigel and Kweeb Not long ago, while the others were just infiltrating the castle, Nigel and Kweeb had made it to a hallway inside.
The hall was miles wide from their point of view, and the sounds the massive Meowmaids made as they walked were amplified in their ears.
“So, do you mind telling me where we’re headed?
We won’t be able to make much progress at this size.” “We’re going to find my hovercraft; he locked it in one of the upper rooms.
It should help us move around quicker.” “Hmm.
Hey, if this is your home planet, then why did Dimentia let you come here?” “Well, since I’ve been working in GKND for 50 years, all my old friends are probably decommissioned by now.
Since no one here remembers me, Dimentia thought it was safe for me to come here.” “If that’s the case, then she probably won’t let me come back to Earth until all my friends are decommissioned.” Nigel replied in a sad tone.
“Probably.
Sorry about that.” “Sigh, let’s just focus on getting out of here and getting me back to normal.” “Alright then.
That door should take us up.” Kweeb said as they arrived at a small staircase that led to a door.
However, at their sizes, the stairs were much too tall to climb.
They saw a Meowmaid approaching and ran toward it, so that Nigel could launch his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H.
up to the mini maid hat on its head, and pull both of them up.
When the Meowmaid bounced up the steps, the operatives were brought with it.
The cat robot entered the door, and it so happened to be an elevator.
The elevator stopped at a higher floor as it opened, and the two quickly hurried off the Meowmaid.
They wound up on an outside walkway and hurried forward, skidding to a halt before they nearly ran over a ledge.
Nigel gulped and saw they were thousands of feet above the ground, a very long drop at their puny sizes.
“Uh-oh.
They must’ve closed the bridge.” Kweeb figured.
“Well, how are we supposed to get across now?” Nigel asked.
Kweeb then took notice of the floating Airmeows patrolling the area where the bridge used to be.
“Looks like we’re crossing with these guys.” With that said, Nigel shot his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H.
to the foot of the closest Airmeow and pulled them over.
When another Airmeow was passing below them, they jumped off onto its head.
This process repeated until they were all the way across the chasm, where they crossed the walkway to reach another door.
The door was much too big for them to open, but they were small enough to crawl beneath it.
Once on the other side, they saw a Meowmaid with sharp teeth and big, red eyes.
Nigel gulped at the sight of it.
“That thing sure looks menacing.” “Don’t worry.
This thing’s programmed to guard, not to attack.
Just answer a few questions and he’ll let us pass.” Soon, they reached the huge robot, who quickly detected them, despite their size.
“Halt.
The room beyond here leads to Master’s collection room.
In order to pass, I must see if you are compatible with Master Francis.
Answer the following questions.” “Don’t worry!” Kweeb whispered to Nigel.
“After hanging out here awhile, I know a few things Francis knows!” “First question: what two sites does the author do stuff on?” “YouTube and FanFiction!” Kweeb quickly answered.
“What does the author do on YouTube?” “Let’s Plays.” “What was the author’s first Let’s Play?” “Sonic 2006.” “What was the author’s Let’s Play when he wrote this?” “Rango.” “What book was the author reading for English class when he wrote this?” “A Lesson Before Dying.” “Last question: what is the author’s favorite Nickelodeon show?” “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” After the quiz, the guard jumped up and down slightly.
“Identification confirmed.
Welcome home Francis.
Securimeow missed you.” As if out of nowhere, a door appeared on the wall behind the guard.
The two tiny operatives had to walk another long distance before reaching the door.
Soon, they were on the other side and what they saw surprised them.
There were Rainbow Monkeys all over the floor, posters of Sectors L, V, W, and Z on the walls, one of Numbuh 362 and tons of dolls along the shelves.
“I can’t believe this guy’s been spying on all of us this whole time!” The thought made him shudder.
“Look!
There’s my hovercraft!” Kweeb said, pointing up to a higher shelf with a ship about their size.
Coincidentally, the mariachi band was there, too, standing and playing their music just below the hovercraft’s shelf.
The mariachi band was normal sized, so at their sizes, their music was extremely loud.
“This chapter is brought to you by ‘Nerds Who Live With Their Parents’ Monthly.
We give our greatest support to nerds who simply cannot bear to leave their parents behind.” “Well, at any rate… more climbing.” Nigel sighed, simply passing the mariachis off like usual.
They moved through the mountains of Rainbow Monkeys; Nigel was a bit creeped out at seeing so many of them this big.
They all almost looked like Rainbow Monkey Kong.
The two climbed up one of the monkey piles by a computer desk and made their way up to said desk.
The two then looked to the large computer screen and saw a file.
“‘Francis’s list of things to buy.'”Nigel read aloud.
Feeling curious, the small Brit hopped onto the mouse pad and slid the mouse around with his foot.
He was surprised it could actually sense him.
When the mouse was on the file, Kweeb jumped on the clicker to click it.
“‘Must buy this month:'” Nigel read aloud.
“‘Sonic Colors for the Nintendo DS, all three volumes of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, the latest novel by M.C.
Dominique, better known as ‘The Psycho Star,’ Fiona’s guide to torturing your least favorite people, the new issue of Nerds Who Live With Their Mom Magazine, the new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the Power Rangers Samurai action figures, and a whole lot more schweeeet stuff.’ Okay, this guy has reached a whole new level of nerdiness.” Nigel said after he finished.
“He isn’t the king for nothing.
Now, come on.
Let’s get to my ship.” The two made their way up the large shelves of collectables.
One shelf had figures of the bullies from Bully Island, another had some of the items from the scavenger hunt, including Father’s pipe.
I’ve been wondering where this was.
Nigel thought to himself.
Curiosity struck him when he climbed to a shelf with dolls of him and his friends.
To his size, the dolls were as big as statues.
He wandered to the back to see how many operatives’ statues Francis owns.
He stopped when he bumped into a statue of Rachel and stared at it.
“Sigh…” He still hoped to see her again.
They were close to the hovercraft, but they had nothing to jump to… except for one of the mariachi owl’s hats.
Since they were standing right below the shelf, they served as the perfect platform to reach Kweeb’s hovercraft.
It was small and round-shaped, fit for two people, and it was equipped with a few turrets.
“This is your ship?” asked Nigel, not so impressed.
“Hey, it may not look much, but it’s the perfect thing for getting around at this height.
This thing can move as fast as a fly.
Now, hop in!” Nigel hopped into the small bit of room that was left in the ship.
It lifted and took off.
The two zoomed out of a window and soared through the air, entering another window and appearing in the same hall from before.
Their flight came to an end when they crashed into a strange, soft, purple wall.
They soon found their selves falling onto a large, white foot.
Nigel recovered and looked up, his expression filled with glee when he saw Ava’s face looking down at him.
“GUYS!” Ava, Dib, and Luvbi beamed.
“Nigel!” Ava exclaimed.
“How did you get here?” “Uhh, through the door.” Dib remarked.
“It was harder than it sounds.
You better owe me for this!” “So… you guys came to save me?” “Verily.” Luvbi replied.
“Didst thou think we would let thee remain as yonder nerd’s plaything?” Nigel felt touched by this.
Even if he couldn’t escape on his own, his friends were already coming to save him.
“Wow… that means a lot.” “Ahh, don’t look so teary, this level’s totally easy.” Ava said, bending down to pick them up.
Kweeb was still dizzy from the crash upon being picked up.
“Who’s your cute little friend?” When Kweeb recovered, he looked up to see Ava’s colossal face.
He was completely taken aback by her beauty, her big, purple eyes staring curiously at him.
“Hehe.” Kweeb sported a cool grin and said, “Well, if it isn’t Ava.” “Yep, that’s me.
And you are?” “Name’s Kweeb, smartest operative in the base.
And let’s just say I have an eye for talent, and you are the strongest and most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen.” “Hm hm hm!” she chuckled.
“Is that so?
You’ve seen me in action?” “I poke around the gym every now and then, it makes sense you’ve never seen me.
I like the way you fight.
There’s so much passion and power in your swings!” “Aww, I’m flattered!
I guess this is your chance for a front-row seat.” “Ahem!” Nigel coughed impatiently.
“If you two are done flirting, we have a mission.” The two blushed.
“Right.
Sorry.” Ava said as she placed the operatives on both shoulders.
She handed the ship to Dib, who examined it before putting it in his pocket.
“So, where to now?” “We have to find a Clear Wisp, so I can absorb it and get this Shrink Wisp out of me.” Nigel explained.
“I’m not sure about them, but there was a room downstairs we couldn’t quite reach.” Ava remembered.
“Good a place as any.
Let’s go.” The operatives headed back to the lower hallway.
Francis’ Chamber Inside Francis’ main room, the super nerd was speaking to the Tallest on his T.V..
“There were a few mishaps, but everything’s going schweeeet!” “Whatever.
Just as long as you still have the Star.
And Nigel Uno is still your prisoner, right?” Red asked.
“Neeerrrr.
He’s as snug as a bug in a cage!
And as soon as his friends are no more, I’ll send him your way!” “Okay, but just remember Francis, one of them is-” “Francis!
Who are you calling at this ungodly hour?!” a loud, elderly voice in a different room shouted.
“MOM!
You’re embarrassing me in front of the Tallest!” “Are they your classmates?” “No mom, they’re the people who sold us the castle.” “Can you ask them how to work this shower?!
I can’t configure this confounded thing!” “Try turning the knobs counterclockwise, Mom!” “Oh.
Thank you, Honey!” “You’re welcome, Mom!” Francis then turned back to the Tallest, who had confused expressions.
He chuckled nervously.
“So, you were saying?” “Uhhh, we’ll call you later.” Purple said.
The screen shut off.
“Neeerrrr.
That was close.
I have to come up with something fast, or-” he was interrupted when he heard a strange knock on the wall.
“W-Who’s there?” he asked nervously.
He felt something tap him on the back and turned to see nothing there.
He was then knocked back as something smacked him.
“Neeerrrr.
The g-ghosts are back.
C-Calm down, Francis.
They’ll go away if you j-just pretend they aren’t there.
Right now, just focus on defeating the KND.
We have to capture Numbuh One again quick, or I’ll never get those cards!
Nerr her her!
I have a little surprise for them if they get up here!
This is gonna be schweeeet!” Back with the others The operatives made their way back to the short hallway with the spike-covered floor.
It turned out, there was a mazelike pathway that cut through the spikes, very tiny so that only Nigel and Kweeb could pass through.
There was a switch on the wall to deactivate the spikes on the other side, but they were too small to reach it, or press it, so they just crawled under the door to the next room.
The room was circular and quite wide, even at a regular person’s height.
When Nigel and Kweeb walked forward, they were started when a giant Hammermeow crashed down from the ceiling, much bigger than the one Francis had.
“I don’t suppose you could use that ray gun again?” Nigel asked.
“Ummm… that was my one Sooper Shot.
Only has normal settings now.” Kweeb said.
The tiny operatives began running around as the giant Meowbot began trying to smash them with its massive hammers.
The floor quaked tremendously at the operatives’ height, making it hard for them to stand.
“We have to get behind it and shoot the windup.” Kweeb panted.
“Okay.
Try and distract it!” At Nigel’s order, Kweeb began shooting at the giant robot as he ran around the left side, tricking the robot into facing him.
Meanwhile, Nigel ran around the right and was able to get behind it.
He launched a V.I.S.S.I.L.E.
straight at the windup key and seemingly did damage to the robot as the key spun wildly.
The Hammermeow released some Meowbombs to go after Nigel, but the Brit tossed B.O.O.M.E.R.s at them and, despite their height, was able to destroy them.
He fired another missile at the key and dealt the second hit.
The Hammermeow became angry as its alarm sounded, and it began spinning around wildly, its hammer arms extended as they swiped along the floor, the teeny operatives ducking as low as they could to avoid taking damage.
When the robot slowed to a halt, Nigel was still facing its backside, so he fired the last missile and destroyed the windup key, causing the robot to fall apart.
Nothing seemed to happen after that, but Nigel noticed the air above the robot seemed rather wavy.
His eyes widened when an eye looked at him from midair, taking notice of the invisible tentacled body.
“It’s the Clear Wisp!” “Alright!
Let’s hope he notices ya!” Kweeb said.
The invisible Wisp did indeed and shot into Nigel’s tiny body, despite being much bigger.
The Shrink Wisp was chased out and Nigel reverted to normal size.
“Yyyes!
Thank Zero I didn’t have to stay a bug forever!” Kweeb hurried over to the now-gigantic human and said, “Hey, we Kateenians find that offensive.” “Sorry.” Nigel chuckled, looking down to see how tiny Kweeb really was.
“Hehe, you’re kind of cute.” “Aww, you’re sweet.” Kweeb mocked, giving a fake blush.
Nigel gently picked Kweeb up and placed him on his shoulder before walking out of the room.
He pressed the button that lowered the spikes so they could walk back to join their friends.
“Hey, you’re big!” Ava smiled.
“I found a Clear Wisp!
I’m waiting to use it somewhere.” “Methinks we shalt guide thee to the lower room.” Luvbi suggested as they made their way downstairs again.
They returned to the flat room with the armed security camera.
They immediately figured Nigel’s new power could get through there.
“CLOAK!” Right away, Nigel turned completely visible, though his wavy patterns could be seen in the air.
Regardless, the camera took no notice of him as Nigel walked over and took the key.
The Color Power wore off shortly as they used the key to open the left door on the foyer stairs.
They were brought to a similar hallway, in which they appeared behind a small vase pedestal in the center.
Beyond the pedestal were many bigger Meowbots, dressed like cops, patrolling the chamber.
When the operatives walked out, and the first cop noticed them, their alarms blared as machineguns emerged from each of their mouths, and they began shooting up the hallway with no self-control.
The kids ducked behind the vase stand, and the Patrolmeows looked confused as to where they went, going back to their patrol routine.
“Yeah, I shoulda mentioned.
You can’t get past those guys once they see you.” Kweeb told them.
They stared at Kweeb with angered looks.
“Well, unless the REST of us are able to shrink-” Nigel began.
“Wait!” Dib spoke up.
“There’s something about that chandelier.” He pointed to the chandelier far across the ceiling and saw a wavy, invisible aura coming from the diamond dangling under it.
“I bet it’s a Clear Wisp.” Ava figured.
“Leave that to me!” Dib said proudly as he readied the Golf Bomb, still safely behind the vase stand.
After taking careful aim, he launched the Golf Bomb and destroyed the chandelier, setting the Clear Wisp free.
The Patrolmeows went into a frenzy at this explosion, but they shortly resumed their duties.
“CLOAK!” Nigel yelled, having absorbed the Wisp.
With that, he was able to walk right in front of the Patrolmeows and not get spotted.
He used his B.O.O.M.E.R.
to extinguish the series of Meowbots, soon making the hallway a safe place for the others to travel.
There was a door on the left wall, which led to a spiraling stairway that led upward.
At the top of the stairway was the door to a small balcony, but there wasn’t any way to go from there.
“Francis’s room is up there.” Kweeb said, pointing up the tower which the balcony sat under.
“We’ll have to find a Spike Wisp or something.” Ava figured.
With that, they returned to the hallway and followed the rest of the way down.
They reach another outside area, where it looks like a walkway should be, but there was nothing connecting to the tower ahead of them.
There were more Airmeows flying around the area, and the nearest one to their ledge took notice of them, but Nigel easily shot it down with the S.H.O.O.T.E.R..
The Meowbot released a Shrink Wisp that shot up Nigel’s nose.
“Oh, great.” He sighed.
“Not again.” “Hmm, methinks I hath an idea.” Luvbi said.
“Shrinketh down, wouldst thee?” Nigel sighed.
“Alright.
SHRINK!” At that instant, he was zapped down to an inch tall again.
Luvbi scooped the tiny Brit into her hands and placed him on her head.
“Holdeth tight.” The angel cautioned as she lifted off, flying toward the top of the tower.
Nigel held onto Luvbi’s hair and watched as the ground grew lower, feeling a light breeze pass by his head as they soared ever higher.
Airmeows attempted to shoot down the angel, but Luvbi blasted them away with powerful gusts.
They reached the area around the tower’s room as Luvbi set Nigel on the floor.
“Pray, seemeth I hath given thee lift after all.
Ha HA!” Nigel crawled under the door on his own and entered another enormous collection room.
The room was circular and had many round shelves along the walls.
The shelves were divided into their own sections and labeled, having a Kids Next Door collection, Teen Titans collection, Avatar collection, Xiaolin Showdown collection, etc..
In the middle of the top shelf was a container holding a Spike Wisp.
Some of the toys around the room served as perfect platforms for stepping up the shelves at Nigel’s height, and he was able to get to the Spike Wisp and absorb it.
He was restored to normal height as a result, walking back onto the outside area where Luvbi waited.
“How dost thou expect me to carry thee when thou art so big?!” she questioned.
“I have a plan.
SPIKE!” Nigel changed to his Spike form and faced directly at the area where their friends waited below.
He curled in a spike ball and charged a Spin Dash to launch himself over the edge, flying far so that he landed where his friends were.
“Guys, quick, to the balcony!” he ordered.
They had to hurry to the balcony quickly so that the power wouldn’t wear off beforehand.
Once they arrived, Nigel grabbed Ava, Dib, and Kweeb (since he fit) into the spike ball and rolled them all up the tower.
The Color Power wore off just in time for them to reach a walkway that spiraled up the rest of the tower.
“Didn’t we already have to do this in Ice Palace?” Ava asked.
“Ah well.
We probably won’t have to for the next level.” Nigel replied.
Luvbi flew up and joined them shortly after as they hurried up the spiral stairs.
They were finally led to a short hallway inside the tower, where they found a big, red door that looked like a cat.
“So, this must be yon Francis’ chamber.” Luvbi figured.
“Great!
Allow me, guys.” Dib said proudly as he was about to open the doors.
But before he could, two eyes on the cat door opened and stared at him.
“Halt.
Only Master Francis and totally hot babes are allowed to enter.” “Not this again.” “You are not Master Francis.
All others will get the bully treatment.” “Bully treatment?” Dib asked.
A mechanical arm reached down and picked him up.
Another arm came out and began punching him in various places.
The arm holding him then began banging him against the walls.
It twirled him around and tossed him a short distance.
The arm reached and grabbed him again for more torture.
As the rest of the team watched Dib be tortured, Ava thought aloud, “Hmmm, I wonder if it’ll let me in.” She stepped up to the door and the eyes stared at her.
“Halt.
Only Master Francis and totally hot babes are allowed to enter.” The computer repeated as the mechanical arms dropped Dib in a bucket of water and dropped several electric eels into said bucket in the background.
“You are a hot babe, but I must test you to see if you are compatible with Master Francis.
Answer the following questions correctly.” Ava sighed.
“Fine.” “First question:” it said as Dib was being blasted by a flamethrower.
“Who did Sector V fight around the beginning of this story?” “The Rhymer.” “What is Dimentia’s Numbuh?” “256.” “Which KND character is probably the absolute least popular?” “Jerry Rassic.” “Which KNDcharacters will never appear in the Gameverse?” “The Mustaches.” “What are the four most popularKND pairings?” “3/4, 2/5, 86/60, 1/362.” “What is the name of the next world?” “Avalar.” “Who is Francis’ cousin?” “Leon Powalski.” “Who is the biggest outlaw in Galaxia?” “Rattlesnake Jake.” “What are the creatures that serve Dimentia?” “Magiblots.” “Who destroyed Planet Wisp in the prologue?” “Malladus.” “Who was the first Tallest?” “Emperor Irk.” “Which GKND operative was cut from the story?” “Squirps from Super Paper Mario.” “Which character will get a later story?” “Numbuh 10.” “What was the name of Numbuh 1’s dream girl in U.T.O.P.I.A.?” “Katie.” “Who made the Happy Headband?” “The Nightmare King.” “All questions correct.
You may enter.” Just as Dib was about to be split by a chainsaw wielded by a cheetah, the arms put him down, patted him on the head and retreated.
He breathed a sigh of relief as the doors to Francis’ room opened.
Nigel then couldn’t help but ask, “Ava, how did you know the answers to most of those questions?” Ava thought for a moment and merely shrugged.
“Beats me.
Now, let’s go kick some fanboy butt!” With that, they headed into Francis’ room, but not before a mechanical leg kicked Dib in the bottom.
“Why am I always the fall guy?” he mumbled to himself.
(End song.) They found the nerd watching an episode of Power Rangers.
“Freeze, Francis!” Nigel ordered as Kweeb slid down Ava’s dress and landed softly on the floor.
“It’s the end of the line!” “It’s time you learned not to underestimate us shrimpies!” Kweeb declared.
“Neeerrrr!
H-How did you get here so quickly?
Ever heard of p-privacy?” “Time flies when you’re watching T.V..” Ava said.
“Now, let all the aliens you captured go!” “Neeerrrr.
I’m afraid that won’t be happening.
I’m not about to lose this base.
And I’m not about to be beat by you kids either.
(Even if the white alien is totally hot.) I’m about to-” “Francis!
Who is in your room at this unholy hour?!” “MOM!
My archenemies are right here!” “Make sure they don’t come in the bedroom!
I’m not dressed for this horrible occasion!” Francis’ cheeks blushed in embarrassment.
“I’m guessing you must have a wonderful social life.” Dib said, sarcastic.
“Neeerrrr!
I’ve had enough of this mocking!
It’s time I destroyed you, and get a fasssscinating reward from the Tallest.” He turned invisible.
“Can’t see me?
That’s ’cause my invisibility powers are totally hi-technicaaal.
Now, feel the power of the Green Ranger in that one episode of Power Rangers Samurai!” (Play Francis’ Battle Theme from Super Paper Mario!) Boss fight: Francis Powalski The team scanned the room in search of the invisible nerd.
“THERE HE IS!” Dib alerted as he saw Francis appear behind them.
They ran over in an attempt to attack him, but stopped when Francis drew out his camera and snapped a huge flash of light, which brightened the whole room, so that they could barely see.
Through the brightness, Ava squinted her eyes and noticed a strange silhouette that looked like a Wisp.
“Nigel!
There’s a Clear Wisp!” Nigel saw where she pointed and ran to absorb the Wisp.
When the room cleared of the flash, Francis scanned the room for the missing Numbuh One.
“Neeerrrr.
Where did he go?!” he asked.
“Right HERE!” Nigel started beating Francis from behind.
“Now, I’m HERE!” He attacked Francis from the front.
He then reached in his mouth, grabbed his tongue, and started hitting him against the floor.
He threw Francis against the wall as his Color Power wore off.
“I’m not finished yet!
MEOWBOMBS!” Francis called as he pushed buttons on a calculator and a few small blinking Meowbots came in.
Luvbi blew one out the window, Kweeb shot one with his laser, Ava cut one with her swords, and Nigel shot one with his S.H.O.O.T.E.R..
The one Nigel shot released another Shrink Wisp, which then flew into Nigel, causing him to shrink once more.
“Oh great!” “Works for me!” Francis said as he shot his tongue at Nigel and swallowed the small Brit.
Nigel soon found himself in Francis’ stomach, much to his disgust.
He heard something beating and looked up to see his heart.
“And THAT works for me!” he smirked as he drew his blaster and fired at Francis’ heart.
Francis grabbed his chest and grunted.
“Oh!
Heartburn!
Must be something I ate!” “Looks like Nigel has this one covered!” Dib said.
“I think I’ll help him out!” Kweeb said as he ran over to Francis and shot him in the foot, making him leap up in pain.
The chameleon whacked Kweeb with his tail, sending the tiny alien flying.
“Kweeb!” Ava shouted as she ran over and caught him in her hands.
“Mayhap this will cureth thine burning heart!” Luvbi said as she threw several wind gusts at Francis from all directions, making him blow around.
Inside, Nigel was bouncing all around Francis’ body.
“Hey, stop it, Luvbi!
You’re going to shake him up!” Dib shouted.
Luvbi instantly ceased her attack.
Nigel then found himself inside Francis’ brain.
He smirked as he aimed his blaster at the brain stem and fired.
“AHHHH!
Headache!
Get him out of me, get him out of me!” Francis screamed as he started hitting the side of his head.
In an instant, Nigel came flying out of his left ear.
“Hey, this Shrink Wisp isn’t half bad!” he smiled.
“Had enough, your nerdiness?” Dib smirked.
“Neeerrrr.
I expected the worst.
So, I came up with the perfect back-up plan!
Meet me outside for the schweeeetness!” Francis vanished.
The team of five felt a rumbling.
(Pause song.) “Let’s go outside!” the still shrunken Nigel said as Ava grabbed him and Kweeb before running outside.
Outside Fort Francis “Where’s that coming from?” Dib asked as they looked around for the source of the shaking.
“Over there!” Ava indicated five enormous mechanical pieces rise out of the ground and float in the air.
The five parts then merged together and became a giant robotic samurai with a cat face.
“Neeerrrr!
Behold, the true beauty of hi-technicaaaality: the Samurai Catzord!” “This guy is seriously obsessed with cats.” Dib said.
“Now, prepare for-” “Francis!
Your dinner’s ready!” Francis’ mom said from a distance.
“MOM!
I’m busy destroying my archenemies!” “Destroy your archenemies later!
Your fly soup’s getting cold!” “Ugh!
Alright, let’s make this quick.
Prepare for destruction!” (Replay theme!) Nigel gulped.
“That thing sure is big.” He felt more powerless than ever before the gargantuan robot.
“We might be able to stop him.” Kweeb said.
“Do you still have my ship, Dib?” Dib reached into his pocket and pulled out Kweeb’s ship.
“Right here!” He placed it on the ground beside Kweeb.
“Okay.
You guys distract him and me and Nigel will fly into an opening and take him out from the inside!” “Sounds like a plan!” the wee Brit agreed.
“Galactic Kids Next Door: BATTLE STATIONS!” Ava, Dib, and Luvbi charged toward the colossal Meowbot.
Dib took out his golf bomb and started knocking bombs toward the machine.
Nigel and Kweeb hopped into Kweeb’s hover craft and flew up to the massive robot.
They found an opening in the robot’s ear and flew inside.
Once in, they shot at robotic flies that were trying to slow their progress.
“I’m surprised these things aren’t flying mice!” Nigel said.
“Look!
There’s one of the generators!” Kweeb said as they found a large capsule with energy flowing through it.
The two shot at the capsule and destroyed it.
Outside, the other three operatives could see the robot shake a little.
“Looks like they got ‘im!” Ava exclaimed.
“Neeerrrr!
It’s not over yet!” Francis said as the robot through a punch down to the ops, which quaked the ground, knocking them off their feet.
The robot then reached and grabbed Ava, who screamed as she was lifted into the air.
Luvbi was blowing back his cannonballs and Dib kept firing golf bombs.
“There’s another one!” Kweeb shouted as they found another generator and destroyed it.
Their expressions would light up when they saw the last generator.
“Say good-bye!” Nigel exclaimed as he fired the V.I.S.S.I.L.E..
(End song.) Ava continued to scream as the robot’s hand was about to come down on her head.
Fortunately, it stopped when it was about 2 inches away.
“Huh?
W-What’s going on?” Soon, the two tiny operatives came flying out of the robot.
Ava escaped and dropped from the Catzord’s hand, with Luvbi using her airbending to break her fall, as the robot began to shake.
“NEEEERRRRR!” Francis screamed as his robot exploded, sending the nerd flying into the sky.
In the distance, the group heard his mom yell, “Don’t come back until you bring me grandchildren!” Once the explosion cleared, a flock of Shrink and Cloak Wisps gathered above the area.
As Nigel and Kweeb landed, the Shrink Wisp flew out of Nigel’s body and up to the flock, allowing the Brit to grow back to normal.
“Hey, look!” At Dib’s cue, the team saw an Orange Star Piece.
The Star spun around and took off to the Star Haven.
“Hey, Ava, can I ask you something?” Kweeb asked.
Ava bent down to get a better look at him.
“Yes?” “I was wondering… do you wanna maybe hang out sometime?” She smiled.
“Sure!” “Well, that’s another planet done.
Let’s get going.” Nigel said.
The team of five headed back to the ships with the mariachi band playing their music on a rock.
“And so, the human hero braved the struggles of the micro world and recovered yet another Star.
The team headed back to the base to rest for whatever challenge they would face on the next planet.” “Is he going to die on this next planet?” “Yes, most definitely!
I read that it involved a dragon, so this has to be the one!” GKND H.Q.
In a dark room deep inside the Headquarters, the Blue and Yellow Magiblots were hard at work fixing a machine.
The Red Magiblot came in hauling a container of the dark Wisps.
“Be careful with those Nega Wisps, Red!
Those are dangerous creatures, you know.” Yellow cautioned.
“Man, why is Dimentia making us fix the machine?” Red complained.
“Why couldn’t she kidnap and brainwash those KND Earth scientists to do this?
You know, like that whole Splinter Cell thing we made up.” “Because the Earth scientists are covering for Number 1, and kidnapping them would only make everyone else more suspicious.” “How do we know we can even trust those scientists?
We let Number 2 in on it, and then look what happened?
And before you know it, Number 11.0’s gonna blab to Number 10 and then she’ll come up here, find out everything, and go down to Earth and tell everyone!
Just like those annoying teenagers from before!” “Calm down, Red.
The only reason Chad got here was because Infinity brought him here.
Even if 11.0 did tell Number 10, she’d have no way of getting up here.” “I guess so, but I still don’t think we can trust ’em.” “Don’t worry.
If they know what’s good for them, they’ll keep their mouths shut.” “Probably.
So, how many Nega Wisps do we need before this thing is finished?” “I say we’re nearly there.
Then all we need is Jirachi and the Star Rod and we can finally put all our troubles behind us!” “Yeah!” replied Blue.
“Once this thing’s up and running, no one will be able to stop us!”