After talking with GS, and a couple of our slightly newer members, I got permission to do this story. T.H.E.M.'s back, better then ever with another scheme!
Also introduces three new characters, though one is, well, you'll see.
Now...!
The Adventures of Super Kimi and Wonder SamaT.H.E.M. Returns! A chicken scratched against the ground, it’s beady eyes swiveling as it took in it’s surroundings.
“Backaw?” it question, stepping forward lightly.
“What? No, that’s silly,” a voice answered it. Did it have corn?
“Ba…caw…?” it said slowly this time, stepping forward again. A few pieces of corn fell by it’s feet, and were quickly goggled up.
It stepped forward again, cocking it’s head to the side, looking up at the large wall that was now blocking it’s path. The chicken pecked at it repeatedly.
“Hey Hammah!” a new voice shouted. The chicken backed up slightly, attempting to discern this new voice, “Err…What’s with the chicken?”
“Hm? Oh, Avenger gave ‘im to me. Something about having destroyed one of Colonel Sanders chicken places…” the first voice answered.
“So that’s what that explosion was,” the second voice mused, “Spoony was wonderin’ about that. Anyways, what’s yah doing here Hammah?”
“Was getting crowded at the lab…T.H.E.M.’s having their monthly meeting, and they got some new members, Sama,” Hammah told the sidekick of Teh City.
“Oh…they’re not planning an attack are they?” Sama wondered, “’Cause Kimi was hoping for a quiet day.”
“Don’t know, and if I did…” Hammah began, trailing off, tossing a few more corn pieces to the chicken, who ate it up hungrily.
“Oh, right,” Sama said, “Sorry. Anyways…What’s the chicken’s name? And is it a guy or a girl chicken?”
“Well, I was going to call h-” Hammah began, when a TV set appeared in the wall of the K Tower’s first floor, where Hammah and Sama were conversing.
“Sama! You and Kimi are needed, someone is robbing the First National Bank of Flan!” Spoony shouted from the TV screen.
“Aww…potatoes…Wasn’t that the beginning of our adventure two stories ago?” Sama muttered, shaking his head.
“No, that was non canon!” Spoony answered, the fourth wall breaking.
“Well, I got to go fight crime Hammah! You and your chicken can see yourself out, right?” Sama asked, heading through the gaping hole where the fourth wall was.
Hammah nodded, picking up the kitchen, and exited through the door…
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When Kimi and Sama arrived at the bank, they saw a large hovercraft parked outside, and sounds inside.
“HIYA!” Kimi shouted, kicking down the door and flying in, only to find a green glow right at her face!
“Hah! Hmm…Not my Kimmy, but you’ll do,” a female voice grinned, and Kimi ducked, as green glowing hands sailed over her head.
“Oooh…great, more villains!” Kimi sighed, then charged at Shego, who ducked and kicked, sending Kimi into the ceiling.
“Sama, distraction!” Kimi yelled, shooting eye beams at the green woman.
Sama ran forward, slicing at Shego, who stepped to the side, tripping Sama as the sidekick rolled and hit the ground.
“Ow…” Sama muttered.
“Shego, we’ve got the goods!” another voice yelled, Dr. Drakken appearing from the bank vault, holding a large sack over his shoulders, running to the hover craft as Shego and Kimi grappled some more.
“Alright then, bye Kimi! It was fun…Not!” Shego chuckled, throwing green energy bombs and racing out as well.
Suddenly, purple smoke billowed up over everyone.
“What…what is this?” Dr. Drakken yelled in confusion.
“I am the terror that flaps in the night!”
“What?” Kimi shouted, “Hey, I’m the hero here!”
“I am the new kid on the block who beats you at marbles…”
A silhouetted figure appears from the smoke, dressed in a purple suit and hat, with a dark mask, “I…am Darkwing Duck.”
Oh yah, he was a duck too.
“Eat gas, evil doers,” Darkwing Duck declared, shooting his gas gun at Shego and Drakken, who went down coughing.
Finally, pulling up some rope, Darkwing Duck ran forward, tieing up the two.
“Yup…Looks like another case solved,” Darkwing Duck grinned.
“HEY!” Kimi yelled, floating forward and poking the criminal caper canard. “What are you doing here? I’m the hero here!”
“Yah…” Sama muttered, rubbing his head and walking up, “Not that we…errr…I…appreciate the help, but don’t you have your own city?”
“I’m on a special assignment,” DW answered, “Top Secret S.H.U.S.H. mission, and I was in the neighborhood.”
“Sigh, fine, just leave the villains to me!” Kimi muttered, folding her arms over her chest.
Darkwing Duck merely nodded, then, with some help from Sama, got the villains into Drakken’s hovercraft.
“I’ll use this to bring the criminals to prison,” Darkwing said, tipping his hat to Kimi and Sama, then flew off.
“Okay then, let’s go back to the K Tower and watch some cartoons! Sama, you can make me a bagged lunch!”
Sama scratched his head, thinking they were forgetting something, but followed after Super Kimi.
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A girl with light brown hair to her shoulders and blue eyes looked about. Her shirt was red with black sleeves, and she wore blue pants.
On her bag was a large backpack, indicating she was traveling. She had heard a lot about Teh City, and that she would learn what she needed to here.
Problem was…she wasn’t very sure where she needed to go…
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“And then I was like ‘pow, bam’! Take that you cyborg chickens!” Avenger said, waving his hands wildly while standing on a battered old couch.
He was at Pibb’s place, the current ‘Custard-I Temple’ for a number of reasons. One, he was reporting back to Pibb about the mission, and two, The Spork had currently kicked him out of the lab for now, so he needed somewhere to crash.
Pibb sighed, laying back on a dusty chair, feeling tired as the young Avenger explained his exploits.
“Unfortunately, that coward Colonel Sanders wasn’t there…” Avenger finished up, “But I took care of most of the chickens. Hammah has one right now.”
Pibb nodded his head, then paused, feeling something.
“Avenger…It is time you gained a student…” he grinned, leaning forward, then pulled an odd device from his pocket. It looked like a spatula.
Avenger raised his eyebrows at the device. “Errr, you know I can’t cook…”
Pibb smiled and simply shook his head, “No, this will guide you to your new student. They have just entered Teh City…”
Avenger paused, taking the spatula, looking it over.
“I bet it’s just an ordinary spatula! Yah, this is a test, Pibb wants me to show him my powers as a Custard-I and maybe make me a Master! Yah! That has to be it! No way this spatula does anything!” Avenger thought, looking over the cooking device.
“Oh, and here,” Pibb said, leaning forward and twisting the head of the spatula slightly.
There was a ding, and a holographic image of Teh City appeared, showing a dot of where Avenger was, and where he would find his student.
“…Okay then!” Avenger said, “And I’m off!”
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“So the plan has started?” a rotund man said, leaning back in his chair.
“Yes,” a small, yet large headed mouse replied, “T.H.E.M. has grown considerably in size since our last escapade, and soon, we will trick Kimi and Sama, and take over Teh City!”
“But we’re not ready yet…Has that…guest left the lab yet?” a small green creature inquired, turning to the last figure.
His fingers were pressed together, eyes closed, decked in white.
“Yes…Avenger’s off on random missions with the Custard-I Order, and Hammah is…walking his chicken…” the figure answered, with a frown, “And I know we can count on Jimi.”
“Good,” the rotund man said, “I will inform the others on what’s going to happen…”
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“Try Amnesia Bacon! So good, you’ll forget your childhood!” the TV blared, Kimi sitting on the couch, accompanied by Sama.
“Man, they’ve really been pushing that bacon, haven’t they?” Kimi wondered, as the TV showed dancing pieces of bacon.
“Zzzzzzz…” Sama replied, snoring lightly.
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At the Amnesia Bacon Factory, it was time for guards to switch shifts.
An very conspicuous young man watched them, holding a guitar in his hands, medium length blonde hair like that of a rock star. He also wore a black shirt with a long sleeved gray shirt underneath, gray pants, and, the oddest things of all, a red cape and a frying pan on his head. The frying pan had written on it ‘tin’ in what appeared to be black marker.
Mangling a few scales as he watched the shift, he grinned brightly. This was gonna be fun.
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Crystal Rose and Tazzy hummed happily, skipping down the street, both enjoying a cone of ice cream.
That was, until the rocket shot by both of them, bringing with it a large gust of wind, slamming into a building.
It didn’t explode though.
Staring in slight shock, a large brown coyote ran forward, angry about something and kicked the rocket.
There was an explosion now, and when it cleared, the coyote was pitch black from the soot and over exploding, holding up a wooden sign proclaiming ‘Ow.’
“Oh, I can’t believe I was paired with you for this mission!” a nasally voice said.
Crystal Rose and Tazzy turned around yet again, to see a young boy with a black bowl cut, inside a decent sized mech.
The coyote glared at his partner before turning back to the building. A sign above the large building read “Teh City Science Research Laboratory.”
“Hey! Hold on!” Crystal Rose said, pulling out her pink Flan Saber and turning it on, the glowing blade humming, “You’re not robbing anything!”
“Yah!” Tazzy agreed, stomping the ground and making a wall appear right in front of the coyote, who ran into it.
“Hmmm?” the young boy said, “Does someone dare to challenge me that is MANDARK?! Muhahaha! Muhahahaha!”
A sudden blast of wind sent his mech reeling backwards.
Crystal Rose attacked, swinging her blade at Mandark.
Tazzy turned around, only to find the coyote gone.
“That’s…weird…”
Above her, having made a long tightrope between two buildings, this wily coyote was holding a large boulder, looking downwards, then stepped unto the wire.
The wire began to bend, sending out a twanging noise. Tazzy looked up.
“Why does this seem familiar?” she wondered, then focused on her earth bending.
The rock was knocked out of the coyote’s hands, and there was a pause as the rope stayed where it was, the intelligent coyote gulping, and held up a sign reading ‘Uh oh…’
The rope shot upwards, taking the coyote with it.
Tazzy turned her attention to Mandark and Crystal Rose now, as they were still locked in combat.
WHAM! The building shook as something hit it from the roof.
All three paused, as after a few moments, the coyote busted out via an Acme Rocket, holding a small package in his hands.
“Hah! Seems Wile did his job after all!” Mandark chuckled, then flew off, following Wile on his rocket.
“Darn it!” Crystal Rose shouted, stomping on the ground, “They got away…”
“Wonder what they were after, or who they were working for…” Tazzy muttered.
The pink Flan-I sighed, “Well, we better tell Spoony…”
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The chicken ba-cawed loudly, scratching on Hammah’s head, though softly, as the chicken had come to recognize the reddish-blond haired humanoid as a source of corn.
Hammah looked up at the chicken, “Hmmm? Oh, you’re probably right!”
The girl from earlier paused, still hefting her backpack and looking around the large city. The tall clone with a chicken on his head stood out amongst the crowd, especially since the crowd had given him a wide berth, for a number of reasons.
Still…he seemed…peaceful, trust worthy.
“Errr…excuse me sir?” the girl asked, “I need help with…”
The chicken stare at her with a beady eye, the girl freezing in her tracks.
Not to far away, Avenger was staring at the hologram, then looked up, seeing Hammah, the girl, and the chicken.
He glanced back down to the spatula.
Once more to the three.
Again, the spatula.
“Well…can’t be Hammah, or the chicken…” Avenger reasoned, then moved through the crowd, “Hey Hams, who’s your friend?”
“You gave me the chicken Avenger. Name’s-” Hammah began, but was cut off by a wave of Avenger’s hand.
“No, not the chicken. The girl,” he then waved to the girl, “Tell me, you a Custard-I?”
“…Custard-I?” the girl frowned, “What are those…?”
Both Hammah and Avenger face faulted, then got back up with a small chuckle.
“Have you heard of the Flan-I?” Avenger then inquired.
“Oh yes, I have! They’re heroes! And I need to find them, because the people in my town said they would know what it is I’ve been doing…” the girl said happily, then became quiet.
Avenger’s eyes widened, then grinned, “Barbie, I think you need the Custard-Is instead. Tell me, can you levitate objects?”
“My name’s not Barbie! It’s Kxs!” the girl huffed, “And yes…”
Avenger, not missing a beat, continued, “Do you seem to have an understanding of things most people don’t?”
“Well…yes…” Kxs nodded.
“And…” Avenger said, his voice dropping to a whisper, a small crowd having gathered around them to see what’s up. Hey, it was free entertainment, “Are you good at building things?”
Kxs’s eyes lighted up at that, “Oh yes! In fact, I just made a-”
“AHAH!” Avenger yelled, interrupting the girl, clenching his fist, “Then you
do need the Custard-I! According to this spatula, you’re the student Pibb sent me to train!”
“…The spatula?” the girl said, eyebrow raised. The spatula had returned to a normal looking cooking utensil, no longer showing the hologram.
“…Yes…” Avenger coughed, “Now I better bring you to Pibb!”
Avenger grabbed Kxs’s arm, much to the girl’s surprise, then was dragged off, leaving Hammah and his chicken alone in the crowd.
“Well then…” Hammah muttered, “Odd…”
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HA was walking his leech. Everyone else out walking on the street he was were on the other side of the street.
Shannon hissed slightly at a cat that was sitting safely on a windowsill high above them. The cat merely glared back.
“Well I say good sir, are you sure this is the correct device we need?” an English accent wondered, floating over the breeze. HA paused, glancing about, seeing an electronics store. A sign over it was boasting some of the most powerful computers for sale.
Inside were two odd figures. One was a bird in some sort of moving cage, who was wearing a monocle and had small wings. The other was a man dressed all in green, with a black question mark on his shirt, and wearing a green bowler hat and had a large, question mark shaped cane.
The man in green grinned, turning to the scared store clerk, who had his hands up, ready to give them anything the two demanded.
“Riddle me this, Arpeggio,” the man in green said, inspecting his cane as he glanced towards the bird, “When does two make one, but three the end result?”
“Oh, dear Riddler,” the bird said with a chuckle, “Do you take me for a common bird? A mother and father of course.”
“Correct,” The Riddler smiled, then glanced at the store clerk, “I trust you have those, no? Would it not be a shame if they never saw their son again? Now get us the rest of these computers.”
That was all HA needed to hear. Grinning, he reached into his cloak, and pulling out his H and A sabers, flicking them on and running forward, Shannon being Flan lifted unto his shoulder.
“Hold it!” HA yelled, racing into the store, “In the name of Spoon, I order you to desist! Try and continue, and I’ll have to attack. So please, continue.”
The Riddler chuckled now, seemingly unconcerned, “Ahhh…HA, the former Flantom, a Flan-I. You are smart, correct?”
“Who else do you know who’s made a rainbow powered flamethrower?” HA wondered. Elsewhere, Avenger sneezed.
“Then riddle me
this,” The Riddler said, and shoved his cane into the ground, causing green smoke to billow up, “When you can hear but not see, which way do you turn?”
HA grinned, then focused his senses, and spun, his sabers a twirl of colors. There was the sound of breaking glass, and HA growled.
“Oh dear, you didn’t mean ‘the right way’ as the answer, did you Riddler?” Arpeggio muttered, as HA jumped out from the smoke, the two villains getting into an odd saucer-like device that looked like the one Dr. Drakken had earlier.
“Hold it!” HA yelled, seeing a bag of stolen computer parts in there as well.
“Sorry dear chap, but we must be off,” Arpeggio said, waving one of his small wings, the saucer shooting into the sky, and in the direction of Teh Town.
HA growled, Shannon hissing at the sky.
“I wonder what those two were up to anyways…”
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“So I’m a Custard-I?” KxS asked, scratching her head as Pibb explained to the girl about what being a Custard-I was, and about the Order’s past.
“Correct,” Pibb answered, “We may not be as flashy as the Flan-I, or as strong, but we do what is needed…”
“And that guy with the chicken…he’s part of the Order too?” KxS asked, in order to get some clarifying down.
“Yup!” Avenger grinned, “His name’s Hammah. Good guy. One of my best buds, like family to me.”
“And…he’s third in command?”
“Well…” Avenger glanced off to the side, “Excluding you, there’s only three of us
in the Order…”
“But you guys said their were four known Custard-Is in existence,” KxS wondered, “Excluding me…So, what about that other person?”
“…The Spork…have you heard of him?” Pibb wondered, leaning back in his chair.
“A bit, yah. He’s a bad guy, right?” the girl asked.
“Eh, doesn’t seem that bad,” Avenger shrugged, “Giving me a place to stay, mostly.”
“He is a Custard-I as well…” Pibb sighed, “A renegade, if you will. He also has the Mystic Custard, our equivalent of the Master Flan. Refuses to join the Order, despite my offer…”
“…What
did you offer him anyways?” Avenger inquired.
“That is for another time,” Pibb sighed, “Now you need to start teaching your student. I would also get her a saber to practice with, considering you are of the blade, Avenger.”
The trench coated Custard-I nodded, pulling out an extra saber of his, then heading outside, “Come on KxS. Time for some beginning saber techniques, and a trainee mission.”
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A computer chimed on, a guitar propped against a door, helping to keep it shut, as the frying pan wearing male from earlier typed at a computer.
“Well then…” he said, speaking with an accent similar to Arpeggio. “Seems as though this place is just a front…Very interesting…”
A few more minutes of typing, and a disk popped out from the computer, the caped male placing it into his pocket, then glanced about, scratching his chin, “Now…should I make contact or not…?”
There was a sudden crash, and the frying pan wearing man turned around, reaching for an odd cylindrical device on his belt, the vent having hit the ground.
A short paused, and a head glanced downwards, staring at caped man.
“…” the head from the vent commented, then shook his head, dropping down, holding up his right hand.
On his right hand was an odd looking glove, which was now emitting some sparks, readying itself for attack.
The frying pan wearing man suddenly broke into a grin, moving his hands away from his belt, then held up them up to show he meant no harm, “You’re Vidit, right? Part of S.A.I.N.T.?”
The man from the vent paused, then lowered his glove slightly, but still kept it at the ready, “That is correct…I’m here to investigate this factory, as S.A.I.N.T.’s gotten some puzzling info on it.”
“Well then, looks like we have a common cause,” the one with the British accent said, “It is certainly an odd operation they have here.”
Vidit paused, frowning, “You know my name and who I work for…You have the advantage of me.”
“Hm? Name’s Tinman, Custard-I,” he said with a wave.
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“These can’t be unrelated incidences…” Jeremy muttered, typing at his computer, Lum looking over his shoulder at the screen. Ataru was playing video games in the corner.
“Cha, it is odd,” Lum agreed, “None of these villains have any record of causing trouble here.”
“First there was Dr. Drakken attacking the First National Bank of Spoon…” Jeremy said, then paused, “Wait…were the stolen goods ever returned?”
Lum paused, then floated over to a small stack of papers. After shifting through some of them, she looked up, “No…”
“Sama said Darkwing Duck appeared, and then they left…He didn’t know what happened to the stolen items. It’s possible that someone else might have made off with them…When is S.H.U.S.H. going to call us back?”
“They already did,” Ataru said from the corner, not looking up from his Gameboy.
Both Jeremy and Lum glanced at him, Lum threatening to shock the pervert.
“And when did you plan on telling us this?” Jeremy asked with a sigh.
Ataru shrugged.
“And will you tell us what they said?” Jeremy then continued, after getting no more information.
“Said that Darkwing wasn’t on any mission for them,” Ataru answered with another shrug, “Is that important?”
Jeremy merely sighed, then turned back to the computer, “Alright…First there was Drakken and Shego…Then later Crystal Rose and Tazzy ran into Mandark and Wile. E Coyote, and finally, HA reported in with The Riddler and Arpeggio stealing computers…It has to mean something…What do they all have in common? Who could they be working for?”
“Cha, what organizations do we know?” Lum wondered.
“Well, can’t be L.A.S.O.O.F. None of them have any food thing going for them. Not the Custard-Is either, and those guys are generally good…Not S.A.I.N.T., of course…Wait…” Jeremy paused, then hurriedly typed at the computer.
“There is one organization that fits this bill, but I wasn’t sure at first, since they haven’t been to prevalent…I guess he was recruiting…”
“Who?” Lum asked.
“T.H.E.M…” the computer geek answered, “But what do they plan to do?”
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“A Custard-I?” Vidit wondered, raising his eyebrow, “You’re not on the list…”
“Recently came out of the wood work. Haven’t made contact with the Order yet,” Tinman answered, “I was investigating this place because it appears to have connections with T.H.E.M., though you’d think it’d be L.A.S.O.O.F., considering what they’re selling.”
“That’s what I thought at first,” Vidit nodded, “So why go after T.H.E.M. though? Wouldn’t L.A.S.O.O.F. be a higher priority for a Custard-I?”
“You would think so, wouldn’t you? But I’m trying to investigate T.H.E.M. to see if I can find out where The Spork is…And subsequently The Mystic Custard…Whatever they’re doing here requires a large amount of energy…” Tinman answered.
“…And you suspect they’re using The Mystic Custard for it, aren’t you?” Vidit said, “I see…”
“But, they aren’t…” Tinman sighed, pulling out the disc he had made earlier, “I was looking through the data as I was copying it. Using something else…”
“Something else? What is it?” Vidit wondered.
“Oh, wouldn’t you like to know?” a voice grinned, and in a flash of teleportation, an odd
black, white, and yellow robot appeared, holding up a cannon that covered his right hand.
The door was kicked open, a woman in a black body suit and long black hair appeared, grinning evilly as well. Tinman’s guitar went flying, smashing into the wall, though it didn’t break.
“Beautiful Gorgeous…I can handle this myself,” the robot grumbled, still training his cannon on the two.
“Well daddy sent me here to help, and he outranks you, Bass,” the woman answered, “Personally, I’d rather be elsewhere, but the pay’s halfway decent.”
Vidit didn’t waste anymore time, sending a surge of electrical energy outwards, hitting Bass and sending him into the wall.
Tinman held up his hands, Custard energy circling around him, then fired it forward, sending Beautiful Gorgeous flying back out through the open door.
Waving his hand, his guitar floated back to him, and he strapped it on his back.
“What do you say we leave?” Tinman said, glancing towards Vidit, “I’ll let you copy the data once we’re in a safer position.”
Vidit nodded, as Bass got out from the wall, charging, then firing a blast at the S.A.I.N.T. operative.
Flexing his glove, a shield of energy barely blocked the blast, pushing Vidit back, “Looks like we still have more fighting to do!”
Tinman grinned, bringing his guitar around, but was suddenly roundhouse kicked, flying into a wall, as Beautiful Gorgeous smirked, still ready to fight.
“Hate to do this to a lady as well,” Tinman said, getting up slowly, “But we don’t have time. Vidit, get behind me!”
Vidit fired off one more electrical burst at Bass, then jumped behind Tinman, who had pulled out a guitar pick, holding his arm high, ready to strum.
“What are you going to do? Play us to death?” Bass sneered, charging again.
Tinman just grinned, focusing on his Custard Aura, “Custard-I Special Technique! Pulse!”
He strummed, and using his Custard Aura with the sound waves from his guitar, a visible wave of energy erupted from it, overtaking both Beautiful Gorgeous and Bass, sending them both into the opposite wall with a large thud.
“Alright!” Tinman grinned, “And I bet the audience thought I was going to go Fooly Cooly style with my guitar.”
As the fourth wall collapsed on Beautiful Gorgeous and Bass, Vidit and Tinman made their escape…
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“Dr. Wily informs me that our security has been compromised at the factory…” Eggman said to other three in the dark room.
“No matter,” Brain said, waving his hand dismissively, “We’re almost ready to begin as it is.”
“Is our undercover operative ready as well?” Plankton wondered. The three turned to the leader of this sinister organization.
“Yes…” Prof. AGoI answered, “No one will stop us now…Not those Flan-I, not L.A.S.O.O.F., S.A.I.N.T…and especially not that Super Kimi and Wonder Sama!”
The Evil Spork grinned, “T.H.E.M.’s back…”
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“Kimi!” The Spoon shouted, then paused, as only Sama was in the living room, asleep and drooling.
“…Errr…Sama?” The Spoon wondered, tapping the screen. Sama gave a snore.
“…Spiders…” The Spoon sighed, shaking his head.
“AHHHHHH!” Sama yelled, waking up, shooting upwards, clinging to the fan, as it slowly rotated. “Where?!”
“Nowhere!” Spoon barked, “I just said that to wake you up! Now where’s Kimi?”
“In her room reading her manga,” Sama answered, aiming carefully, and letting go of the fan, hitting the floor, “Ka kibbles…Missed the couch…”
“Well go get her…We’re pretty sure T.H.E.M. is up to something,” The Spoon sighed.
Sama ran off to get Kimi, and after a few minutes later, the two super heroes were in front of the TV, Kimi complaining.
“Sheesh, I’m told not to watch so much TV, but when I try to read, noooo, I can’t do that either,” Kimi scoffed.
“Reading mangas does not count as actual reading Kimi…As much as I’d like it to be…Anyways! Jeremy and Lum think that T.H.E.M. is behind the recent crime spree. We haven’t figured out what they’re trying to do though,” Spoon answered, “It’s odd though…And L.A.S.O.O.F.’s been awfully quiet as well…”
“Well, the last time…and only time T.H.E.M. tried something, L.A.S.O.O.F. didn’t show their faces either,” Sama said, “Maybe it’s some sort of villainous agreement.”
“Or maybe they’re just sleeping,” Kimi added.
At L.A.S.O.O.F. Headquarters, CHoW and Rowen sneezed.
“Anyways, I need you two to get to Teh Town and find out what’s happening!” Spoon answered, “The Spork’s lab is well guarded, so I’m not sure if you guys will be able to get in…Sama, what are you doing?”
Wonder Sama paused, having taken off his shoe and was shaking it vigorously. A key then fell out of his shoe.
“Oh…Hammah gave me a key to the lab, seeing as I gave him a key to the tower,” Sama answered, “I was over there a couple days ago. Eddie makes some tasty mashed potatoes.”
“…Okay then…” Spoon sighed, “Well get over there and figure out what’s happening!”
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“Errr…Don’t you think this is a little extreme for a training mission?” KxS asked Avenger, glancing at him. The two were hiding outside L.A.S.O.O.F. Headquarters, where a number of L.A.S.O.O.F. members were gathered, CHoW, having just sneezed and figuring out how to clean then inside of his helmet, was standing before them.
“This…Amnesia Bacon has refused to join our glorious struggle!” CHoW finally started, “We can’t let them do this! We shall take their factory and turn it into a L.A.S.O.O.F. stronghold!”
“Yah!” a voice from the crowd shouted, “Viva le L.A.S.O.O.F.!”
Avenger frowned, “I don’t see the Colonel in the crowd…Can’t sense him here anyways…But, we got to stop them! L.A.S.O.O.F.’s not taking anything down!”
“Stop them? How?” KxS asked, “We can’t take all of them! Heck, I probably could barely take any of them! I don’t have any fighting experience!”
“I showed you some saber techniques, didn’t I?” Avenger said.
“Well, yah…but…” KxS sighed.
Avenger then grinned, “Did you really think I’d be stupid enough to attack them headlong? Well…if The Colonel was there, I would, but that’s another story. We’ll follow them and then try to stop them a more indirect way. As Pibb-sensei said ‘A fight with less strife is the fight won.’”
“Gotcha, Avenger-sensei…” KxS nodded. L.A.S.O.O.F. began to move out, and the two followed stealthily.
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“Hello Sama!” Eddie grinned, as Sama unlocked the front door, stepping in slowly, Kimi behind him. They were inside The Spork’s lab/house now.
“Hammah’s not in right now,” Eddie continued, oozing helpfulness, “Can I get you anything?”
Kimi sighed, stepping forward now, “Where’s Sporky? He’s got some questions to answer!”
Their was a pause, then Eddie answered, “He’s busy right now, shall I alert him to your presence? And in the meantime, can I interest you in some cake?”
“Cake!” Kimi grinned, “That would be great!”
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“…It appears as though Kimi and Sama are here…” The Spork sighed, receiving the info from the helpful A.I., “And Eddie is giving them cake…Ugh…”
“I could reprogram him for you…” Eggman offered.
“No, no…Eddie is fine…” Spork sighed, “Maybe I should have put sleeping potion in that cake though…
“Brain, prepare Operation M.E.C.H.A…Plankton, get some of the others and proceed to the Amnesia Bacon Factory. Eggman, get in your mech. You’ll accompany me here,” The Spork ordered. “Eddie…Get Jimi.”
Nodding, all four got up and headed out, and Eddie sent out the call…
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As Kimi happily munched on a slice of cake, Sama was looking around nervously, expecting something bad to happen any minute now.
“As much as I’d love to give you two a surprise attack, I’d rather not get my kitchen dirty…” The Spork sighed, leaning against the door frame, “I assume Spoon’s beginning to figure it out, seeing as you two are here.”
Kimi paused, finishing her cake, then turned around, “First, answer some questions Doc! We know you’re…Oh…wait…”
The Spork chuckled, rolling his eyes, “Outside. Then we can fight, and if you win, I’ll tell you all you want to know.”
Racing outside, Kimi and Sama followed, The Spork standing out in the open front lawn, Keyblade in hand.
“Psh, just you?” Kimi grinned, “To easy!”
“Oh, were you under the impression I was fighting alone?” The Spork wondered, a twinkle in his eyes, “Plankton, Eggman, now!”
The ground beneath them rumbled, Sama jumping backwards as the lawn split in two. With a hiss, three figures appeared, ready to fight.
The biggest, and in the back was Eggman, in his
latest mech. In front of him were two new figures. One was green and silver, the other, red and gold.
“Mecha Kimi and Mecha Sama!” Eggman chuckled within his mech, “Attack and destroy!”
“Oh come on now, metal copies?” Kimi sighed, “The clones were more original then this!”
Mecha Kimi blasted forward, hurling a punch at the real Kimi, who ducked and brought her foot around, slamming into it.
“…OW!” Kimi yelled, floating back, “That hurt!”
Sama let out a scream, ducking as Mecha Sama slashed at his head. Flicking on his sabers, he then attacked, only to find Mecha Sama’s hands glowing with built in sabers.
Gulping, Sama twisted about, defending himself from attack, and trying to land a few hits when he could as well.
“Ahhh…ahhh…CHOO!” Kimi shouted, sneezing, ice freezing over Mecha Kimi.
She then flew forward to punch through the ice and break up the robot, but a blast of heat from within sent the ice chunks flying, forcing Kimi to pause as her metallic copy brought a flamethrower forward on her!
Super Kimi flew upwards, then held up her hand, wind swirling in it.
“Rasengan!” she yelled, then flew downwards, Mecha Kimi pausing.
SMASH! Rasengan hit metal, and Mecha Kimi was torn in two, falling lifeless to the ground.
Wonder Sama ducked downwards, Mecha Sama tripping over him.
Sabers whizzing, Wonder Sama managed to slice his metallic copy in two.
“That wasn’t to hard!” Kimi grinned, turning to Spork and Eggman, both looking unimpressed.
“That was just round one, Kimi,” a voice sneered from above. Kimi sighed, shaking her head.
“Great, another copy…” Kimi grumbled, “Go away Jimi, you can’t beat me!”
Jimi landed on the ground, in front of his creator. He was wearing odd boots, gloves, and goggles, “Well, we’ll see about that…Mecha Kimi, Mecha Sama, Codeword: Fuse!”
The metallic remains of Mecha Kimi and Mecha Sama sparked to life, floating towards Super Jimi, then twisted about, forming together and around the clone.
A flash of light, and covered in metal from the two robots, Super Jimi grinned, “Alright! Now we’ll see who beats who Kimi!”
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Outside the Amnesia Bacon Factory, Tinman and Vidit burst out, looking around for the next way to go.
Only to find themselves face to face with the leaders of L.A.S.O.O.F., CHoW and Rowen.
“…Who are you two?” CHoW demanded, not recognizing these newer faces.
“Who cares?” Rowen wondered, flipping on his saber, “I sense…Custard, from the guy with the frying pan…”
Tinman grinned, “Hmmm, seems as though my helmet doesn’t dampen well in close range. Oh well!”
A yellow saber was turned out, Tinman holding up his own Custard Saber, facing Rowen, “Shall we?”
Rowen charged forward, bringing his blade to bear, Tinman stepping lightly to the side, then spun, bringing his own blade around to attack.
Rowen vanished with a Chaos Control, appearing above Tinman, staying silent for his attack, his own red blade ready to smash downwards.
Vidit was about to help out his current, temporary ally, but was stopped as CHoW Flanned him into the wall with a yawn. “Please, you newbies can’t stop us established villains!”
Rowen’s blade hit it’s target, slicing into the frying pan…And then, did nothing…
Tinman grinned, focusing as Rowen was suddenly Custarded to the side, much like Vidit had been earlier, “Did you really think that if I wore a frying pan on my head, it wouldn’t be able to be used as a helmet?”
Rowen growled, vanishing again with a Chaos Control appearing behind Tinman, stabbing forward.
Electricity shot forward suddenly, and Rowen was sent backwards, sparking and growling more.
“Nice one student!” Avenger grinned. CHoW glanced behind him, seeing Avenger and KxS there, “So that’s what you made…”
KxS grinned as well, holding a small staff with the symbol of a lightning bolt on it. It had been what had shocked Rowen earlier.
“Please, all of you together couldn’t stop L.A.S.O.O.F…All I need to do is give the word, and the rest of L.A.S.O.O.F. will come running,” CHoW yawned, his attention away from Vidit for now.
“Oh, I wouldn’t count on that…” Avenger said, turning on two sabers, one of them floating around him, “Hey, frying pan guy…You’re a Custard-I, right?”
“Correct. Was going to make contact with the Order before the day was up, but as you can see, I got a little sidetracked,” Tinman answered, “You must be Avenger. Name’s Tinman.”
“Enough!” Rowen yelled, “You’ll have plenty of time to talk when you’re dining in he-”
Rowen paused, as a chicken was scrambling at his face suddenly, backawing loudly, demanding corn, though it just sounded like chicken noises to everyone.
Avenger turned, Hammah running as fast as he could, several L.A.S.O.O.F. members behind him.
“Looks like we win!” CHoW chuckled.
“I wouldn’t be so sure about that!” Vidit yelled, holding up his glove, having charged a powerful energy blast, “Under the authority of S.A.I.N.T., I place all of you L.A.S.O.O.F. Members under arrest!”
That was when the factory exploded…
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Super Mecha Jimi grinned, as Kimi punched him straight in the chest. Nothing…
“Ow…” Kimi hissed, waving her hand, “That hurt…”
Super Mecha Jimi clapped his hands together, sending a wave of sound that hurled Kimi backwards.
Wonder Sama fired his emerald lightning, but a Reflect Spell sent it back at him!
“Ouch!” Sama shouted, “Ka kibble, that hurt…”
The Spork stepped forward, holding up his Keyblade, “Eggman, would you care to do the honors?”
“Of course,” Eggman grinned, stepping forward in his mech, then sent his large mace at Wonder Sama.
“Aww…potatoes…” Sama muttered, jumping up to avoid the attack.
Super Kimi pulled out a can of M.D. Salt, drinking it quickly, then burped, sending out a wave of fire at Super Mecha Jimi.
Ice formed around him, melting, but the robot parts were water proof, so Jimi remained undamaged.
“Come on Kimi, don’t you remember anything from when we were fused?” Super Mecha Jimi shouted, flying upwards, firing electricity at Kimi, who weaved around in the air to avoid them, “I can control my powers…You can’t!”
Kimi growled, punching her fist into her hand, “Really? Well, I learned something else…”
She took a deep breath, and screamed, her Sonic Scream ripping through the ground and the air. Both Spork and Sama covered their ears, Eggman dug into the ground, and Super Mecha Jimi slammed into it.
Getting up from the crater, Jimi was still confident, “Ouch, but not that badly. Mufflers designed to activate when you do that move, Kimi. Nice try though.”
Kimi narrowed her eyes at her clone, and flew forward again, Super Mecha Jimi jumping to the side, then bringing his knee up, hitting her in the stomach.
Kimi oofed and flew upwards, but quickly regained her senses, “Humph, you’re just a coward, hiding in that tin suit!”
Jimi sighed, shaking his head, “Whatever helps you sleep at night Kimi.”
He placed his hands together, focusing, “Well, I did learn something from you Kimi…I can only do this move when this suit’s helping me…But…”
A Rasengan formed in Jimi’s hands, then pulsed, as he fed it with his elemental energy from his quarter of the Golden Sun.
“The suit makes sure to keep the Rasengan active so I only have to focus on adding the power…Now, I’ll finish you Kimi! Elemental…-”
The ground suddenly opened around him, and Jimi, not expecting it, fell down into it, his attack dissipating as his concentration was broken.
Sama paused, being held up by Eggman, ready to fire Emerald Lightning.
“Ahhh…Two of the Flan-I are here…” Spork grinned, holding up his Keyblade, “Looks like we’ll need one more to aid us here Eggman…”
Wind blew forward, a powerful gust, forcing Eggman to drop Sama and back up.
“Welcome, Crystal Rose and Tazzy,” Spork said, arms wide, “To my laboratory and home. Can I help you with something?”
“Yah, you give it up, Spork!” Crystal Rose demanded, her pink saber on, “Spoon’s on to you!”
“Really now?” Spork chuckled, “The Spoon is intelligent, I’ll grant him that, but he has nothing on me. Tell me, has he figured it all out?”
The two Flan-I paused, as was everyone else, the fight currently on stand-by.
“Eddie…Tell Brain to activate it…” Spork grinned, “And Plankton, we need an extra hand up here.”
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“That is one big chicken!” Avenger yelled, running through some rumble, his student KxS, Hammah, Hammah’s chicken, Tinman, and Vidit behind him.
L.A.S.O.O.F. was scrambling, as when the Amnesia Bacon factory exploded, Sporkbots, SynthoDrones, Badniks, and one very large, ugly, and powerful chicken appeared.
A few mechs appeared as well, though they were not of the skyscraper large kind, but around ten feet tall or so.
“Hammah, do you think you can talk to it?” Avenger wondered, glancing back to the fellow Custard-I. Hammah’s chicken let out a backaw.
“Yes…But, I don’t think it’ll listen!” Hammah answered, all of them suddenly coming to a halt as Rowen appeared in front of them.
“You’re not getting away that easily!” Rowen growled, glowing red.
Then, a leech grabbed a hold of his head. Rowen quickly returned to his normal color, then began to get paler. After a few moments, he collapsed, and the leech scurried off his head.
“Hey Custard-Is and other people I don’t know,” HA the Former Flantom said, standing over a piece of rubble, Shannon joining him, “Saw the explosion, figured I’d check it out. Kimi, Sama, Rose, and Tazzy are out right now. Need a hand?”
“Yes, please!” Hammah nodded.
As the army of miscellaneous robots and such walked forward, L.A.S.O.O.F. was fighting them, CHoW in front, Flanning things all over the place, the giant mutated chicken was still headed towards them too, an odd older man with wild white hair standing on top of it.
“I, Dr. Animo, shall destroy you!” the man shouted, baring down on the group of good guys.
HA sighed, jumping forward, his nanites activating, working with the metal and rubble around them. In a matter of seconds, a large harnessed was being Flanned upwards, and shoved unto the mutated chicken, HA kicking Dr. Animo off.
Vidit held up his glove, focusing as energy built into it, “An EMP blast should take out most of these things…”
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Plankton, a mech of his own, smaller then Eggman’s, but formidable nonetheless was locked in combat with Tazzy, Eggman still fighting Sama, Kimi and Jimi still duking it out, and The Spork and Rose battling.
“Come now Miss Rose,” The Spork chuckled, blocking her saber with his Keyblade, “Must you really fight the inevitable? We merely wish to bring about a new, safer order for Rapid Island.”
Crystal Rose narrowed her eyes, stepping backwards, “Hah! You’re a bunch of meanies! No way you’d do any good!”
“Oh really now?” Spork grinned, his Keyblade moving about slowly, as though he was preparing for something, “Teh Town has never been safer. T.H.E.M. has cleaned the streets and brought down crime here. He even helped with the school here…”
“Humph!” Crystal Rose said. Why did fighting off mind games with The Spork seem familiar?
Anyways, there was a sudden, loud beeping noise, and Spork, Eggman, Plankton, and Jimi all disengaged from who they were fighting from.
“Brain says that it’s ready sir!” Eddie chimed, “But their’s some trouble at the factory.”
“Well then…I suppose we should move our battle there…Jimi!” Spork yelled, and Jimi clapped his hands again, sending out a powerful wave of sound.
Once it died down, all four of them were gone, but they could be seen flying off in the direction of Teh City…
“After them!” Kimi growled, flying after them.
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A duck was typing on a computer in the middle of the exploded factory, a large laser connected to it. A man dressed in white, with a large white mustache and a balding top stood next to him.
“Heh heh heh…” the duck chuckled, as he hit ‘Enter’ the laser beginning to power up, “The Super Laser is ready and charging!”
“Excellent!” the man in white grinned, then pulled out a video communicator, “Bass, get up and help us against these intruders!”
There was a grumble from the rubble, and Bass pushed away a piece of the fourth wall that had fallen on him and Beautiful Gorgeous earlier, revealing that the body suit wearing female was also relatively unharmed.
“Now go and get rid of those meddlesome good guy!” Dr. Wily ordered, and Bass and Beautiful Gorgeous headed off.
“KIMI! We’re headed right at the laser!” a voice from the sky yelled. The duck and Dr. Wily glanced upwards, to see Super Kimi flying at them, holding Wonder Sama, the still suited up Jimi in hot pursuit.
“I know!” Kimi grinned, “We’re going to destroy it!”
The duck laughed, pulling out something from his coat and throwing it forward, a noxious smoke billowing up around the two teens, forcing Kimi to come to a stop, where she dropped Sama unto the rubble.
Thankfully, it was a short drop, and despite Sama’s goofyness, he was a fully fledged Flan-I Master, so he landed safely.
“Agh! I can’t see in this stuff!” Kimi coughed, trying to shoo the smell away.
“But I can!” the mech enhanced Jimi shouted from behind, and Kimi was sent flying upwards, though out of the smoke.
Meanwhile, Hammah and his chicken were running around like…well, headless chickens, as The Spork had appeared and Hammah neither wanted to add to the destruction nor betray his creator.
Avenger found himself sparring with The Spork.
“So, we still up for that Super Smash game later?” Avenger wondered, as his Custard Saber met Keyblade.
“Sigh…You know, once T.H.E.M. wins there’s going to be a shift in power,” AGoI said, stepping back and letting loose with a Blizzard attack, parried by Avenger’s floating blade.
“Yah, yah, yah,” Avenger countered, waving his free hand dismissively, “You just don’t want to lose to me.”
“Humph…Fine, I’ll beat you with Mario then,” Spork grinned, and the fight between the rivals continued.
Vidit, who’s EMP blast proved ineffective (the machines appeared to have resistors), was cocking an eyebrow at the two, along with Tinman.
“Are these two enemies or allies?” Vidit wondered. Tinman shrugged.
Back with Kimi and Sama, Kimi was still battling her male counterpart, as Sama scurried up unto the platform, pulling out one of his Flan Sabers, glaring at the duck and Dr. Wily.
“Wait…” Sama said, eyes widening, “Darkwing Duck is evil?!”
The duck chuckled darkly, turning towards Sama, “Oh no…I’m not Darkwing…I’m NEGADUCK!”
Tearing off the purple suit and hat, ‘Darkwing Duck’ was now wearing a yellow jacket and hat, and holding a menacingly looking chainsaw.
“Come on boy…” Negaduck grinned, “You can’t hope to take me…”
“It’s all moot as it is…Soon, the Super Laser will be charged, and we’ll destroy the K-Tower, then The Spoon’s Office!”
“No!” Sama yelled, “Not the K-Tower! That’s where I keep my stuff!”
A pause, then, “Oh, and no destroying The Spoon’s office either!”
Sama held up his left hand, emerald lightning charging, as Negaduck ran forward, chainsaw revving.
Sama ducked to the side, Negaduck’s chainsaw sweeping around and barely missing the red coated sidekick, who then let loose with his emerald lightning.
Negaduck rolled, the emerald lightning missing him.
But, behind the duck was the Super Laser, which, while charging, absorbed some of Sama’s emerald lightning, and was beginning to short circuit!
“No!” Dr. Wily cried out, as the Super Laser began to break down.
“I did it?” Sama said, scratching his head, “I did it!”
That’s when Kimi came crashing down, punching through the laser as Jimi followed her, destroying it even more.
Negaduck growled, his eyes aflame as he turned on Wonder Sama, his chainsaw eager to attack some sidekick.
“T.H.E.M.!” Spork yelled, using a communicator, breaking off from his fight with Avenger, “It seems as though we have lost this battle. Retreat for now!”
Negaduck growled, putting his chainsaw away, “You’re lucky boy. Next time we meet, you won’t be!”
Bass appeared by the two, and Dr. Wily and Negaduck placed there hands on him, and they both disappeared.
Soon, the rest of T.H.E.M. had scattered, leaving Super Jimi and The Spork, who were now surrounded by the Flan-I and Kimi.
CHoW, who had seen what was happening, ordered L.A.S.O.O.F. to retreat for now, bringing along the still unconscious Rowen with him. With all these good guys together, he didn’t want to risk another beating.
“Well it’s been fun, but I must be going,” Spork sighed.
“Not so fast Spork!” HA shouted, “You’re going to teh jail!”
Spork sighed again and shook his head, “Please, no lock can keep me in…Besides…Jimi, now!”
Jimi clapped his hands together, sending out another wave of sound, and forcing them to go flying back. When they recovered, The Spork Jet was seen, Jimi floating outside of it. With a wave, the two flew off.
“Could have given me a ride back,” Avenger yawned, “Darn inconsiderate of him.”
Vidit turned to Avenger with an incredulous look, “But he’s evil!”
“Eh, he gives me a place to stay,” Avenger shrugged, “Not all bad.”
“Speaking of which…” Tinman said, strapping his guitar to his back, “I need a place to crash…”
“Me too…” KxS sighed, shaking her head, “Today’s been one crazy day…”
“Backaw!”
“Thaddius agrees,” Hammah said, popping up from behind them, “As do I.”
“So that’s what you named him!” Avenger said triumphantly, as though it were some great mystery finally solved. “Well come on, I’m sure ol’ Sporky wouldn’t mind a couple extra guests…”
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“So the plan failed. We all knew it had a low chance of succeeding,” Spork shrugged, speaking to monitors which displayed the other T.H.E.M. members, “But that wasn’t the intent of the plan, now was it?”
“True…We have gathered more data, and mecha enhanced Super Jimi did better then expected,” Eggman said, rubbing his chin.
“How is the young boy by the way?” Arpeggio wondered.
“Tired. The suit drained him more then he let on,” Spork answered, “But it’s a step in the right direction…Very soon, T.H.E.M. will have a much higher standing, and we will take over Rapid Island, and the rest of the world. Now, if you excuse me…I have some unfinished business.”
As T.H.E.M. signed off, Spork turned to head upstairs from the basement lab, Eddie informing him that Avenger and Hammah were back.
Entering the living room, he paused.
“Eddie…you could have told me he brought guests…” Spork growled.
“Ah, come on Sporky! They need a place to stay. Promise they won’t be a bother. ‘Sides, KxS here is my student! Pibb assigned her to me!” Avenger said, pulling the girl forward, who could not find the right words at this sudden introduction.
Spork sighed, shaking his head, “Fine, whatever. Long as they do chores around here and such. Go find them a room. You know what’s taken.”
“Thanks Sporky!” Avenger grinned, giving the lab coated Custard-I a thumbs up, “I owe you!”
“You owe me big…” Spork sighed, “Eddie, adjust the dinner recipe…we have some new mouths to feed…”
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And so, another chapter closes. Or something. With three new additions. KxS, Tinman, and Thaddius the Chicken. Thanks to Tazzy for the name, as it was her suggestion!
Hope you enjoyed it.
Data Found.
T.H.E.M. Members.
Founding Members:
Prof. AGoI a.k.a. The Evil Spork [Jimi]
Eggman (Sonic)
Plankton (Spongebob Squarepants)
Brain [Pinky] (Pinky and the Brain)
Hannibal Roy Bean (Xiaolin Showdown. No longer part of T.H.E.M., as he quit.)
Newer Members:
Wile E. Coyote (Looney Tunes)
Dr. Wily [Bass] (MegaMan)
Prof. Calamitous [Beautiful Gorgeous] (Jimmy Neutron)
Dr. Drakken [Shego] (Kim Possible)
Dr. Animo (Ben 10)
Arpeggio (Sly Cooper)
Mandark (Dexter’s Laboratory)
The Riddler (Batman)
Negaduck (Darkwing Duck)