Member OG Special Edition Part 5

Chapters of Member OG Special Edition

Chapters 1-5 - 6-10 - 11-15 - 16-20 - 21-25

Chapter Twenty-One: "Shadow Dragoshi"

By GORE-ILLA, based on posts originally written by Black Skull Dragoshi and Yami Yoshi. Dedicated to Neo and BSD's classic Battlefield match, from which some one-liners were taken.

Scene One: Approach

Let's recap so far: His cheesecake stolen, Yami Yoshi assembled a group of warriors- GORE-ILLA, Fusion, SwordMaster, Black Skull Dragoshi, Introbulus and Jim- known as the OGers to retrieve it from the evil Sir Lupus the Turk. But they wound up doing much more, as they saved the world from the megalomaniac several times. By the end of the quest the cheesecake was destroyed by Lupus, who then supposedly died. GORE-ILLA had also been wiped from this world while battling Lupus's minions. The quest appears to be over. But suspicious Introbulus left with his traveling partner Jim to investigate something, leaving the group with only Yami Yoshi, Fusion, SwordMaster and Black Skull Dragoshi. Yami was just preparing a celebration party when a bloody Black Skull Dragoshi stumbled through the door. Let's continue:

Some time later, a motorboat zipped across the Atlantic. Black Skull Dragoshi, whose wounds were healed by Fusion's CUR4, asked SwordMaster, "You know when you blew me apart?"

"Yeah," SwordMaster said, and then he muttered under his breath, "I'd do it again..."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Anyways, when SwordMaster blasted me apart, the bottled-up evil part of my spirit escaped and took on his own form as Shadow Dragoshi. He teamed up with Koopa V and took over my Giga Castle of Anti-Villainy, renaming it a Shadow Castle of Evil Rulation. He hopes to take Lupus's place as supreme villain. When I tried to stop him, he slashed me up with his Shadow Blade and tossed me into the ocean. I knew I'd need your help to defeat him."

"So?" said Yami Yoshi, "I'll just kill that freak, then!"

"It's not that simple! Since Shadow Dragoshi is a part of MY soul, he can only be harmed by MY attacks. (Unlike Dark GORE, he doesn't have a separate body.) But I'll still need you guys to defeat his shadow minions and Koopa V."

"Alright!" said Fusion, "What's the plan?"

"We need to get Shadow Dragoshi by surprise. So we'll stop the boat a distance from the castle and swim in through the sewage pipes. Then you'll just need to follow my lead. There are over thirty secret passages in the castle, and I'll lead you through the ones Shadow Dragoshi won't expect us to take."

"Your plan is unusually clever," SwordMaster thought aloud.

"Thanks! Oh yeah, and don't use any light-emitting attacks; Shadow Dragoshi will definitely detect our presence then."

Scene Two: Stealthilicious

Everything went according to plan so far. The OGers ditched the motorboat a distance from the medieval-looking stone castle and swam the rest of the way to the fort. It was already dusk as they splashed over towards the large sewage pipe. Fusion powered up his hands and yanked the pipe's grate clean off the handle. The OGers then swam through the pipe, dodging dinosaur feces as they made their way through the labyrinth under the castle under Black Skull Dragoshi's directions. The pipe got darker, and soon the OGers had to follow only Dragoshi's whispers.

Eventually they climbed out of the water (taking deep breaths before Dragoshi shushed them) and up a ladder leading into the castle. Black Skull Dragoshi lifted the manhole above them and peered around. "The coast is clear," he said as he climbed up, followed by the others. But the second he heard a noise, Dragoshi had the OGers go flat against a wall while a shadow creature swept past.

"I thought you needed us to fight them," SwordMaster said after the creature had disappeared into the darkness.

"Only if we need to- right now, our main priority is getting around quietly and finding Shadow Dragoshi before he finds us."

The OGers crept around to a television room. There was a Playstation 2 hooked up to the television.

"Ugh," Yami Yoshi flinched in pain. Then BSD pressed the 'START' button. "What are you doing?" As Yami finished his sentence, the television slid to the side, revealing a stairwell leading down. As the OGers entered the passage, the television slid shut behind them.

"Man, you know this castle like the back of your hand!" Fusion complimented.

"Yeah, I found this place back when I was just Dragoshi, traveling the world. My earliest memory, but I don't remember much else until I got fused with those Duel Monsters."

Scene Three: Shadow Dragoshi Strikes

The group was starting to tire after so many secret passages. Some required the OGers' powers to unlock; one was made of steel which was melted by Fusion, another had a powerful lock which SwordMaster shattered with his sword and there was also one which Yami Yoshi had to blow up with a Dark Egg. All the passages seemed to go further and further down.

Finally SwordMaster broke down and shouted, "Alright, I think we've been through every single secret passage now! So are you gonna spring your trap now or what?"

Before anyone could absorb SwordMaster's words, Black Skull Dragoshi pointed up and shouted, "SwordMaster, you idiot! They heard you!"

A group of huge, crustacean-shaped shadow monsters dropped down from the ceiling and roared. So the OGers went into action. Fusion charged his hands with elemental powers and thrashed his way through the shadow monsters. SwordMaster had no trouble hacking and slashing away at the shadow monsters.

Yami Yoshi was cornered by one giant shadow-crab, which slammed its hugest pincer down on Yami Yoshi's head. Or it would have, had Yami not rolled to safety and bombarded the shadow with a Dark Omelet. The shadow crab was devoured by the flames.

Finally the battle was over. "Weren't you just saying something, SwordMaster?"

SwordMaster pointed to Black Skull Dragoshi. "Don't you find it odd that Black Skull Dragoshi was able to swim from his fortress all the way to Yoshi Island and then walk up to your house with such serious injuries? Aren't his plans too deviously clever fro Black Skull Dragoshi? And why did he say earlier that he doesn't remember anything before he became Black Skull Dragoshi, and suddenly he does? He's an imposter!"

Sarcastic clapping was heard. "Good job, SwordMaster. Yes, I am Shadow Dragoshi. But how, you ask? Well get ready for some longass explanation..."

Scene Four: The Longass Explanation

1. I was freed from Black Skull Dragoshi's body as it exploded late last night; I grabbed Koopa V, sensing his evil as I flew to Black Skull Dragoshi's Giga-Fortress.

2. At the castle, I proposed an alliance to Koopa; Koopa V wanted the OGers responsible for his ancestors' deaths killed, and I wanted to prove I was better by Lupus by killing the OGers.

3. My memory is more expansive then my good half's; I remember a teleporter in the basement the castle's previous owner had constructed. It had the coordinates to most powerful artifact in existence preprogrammed into it, but to get there, I'd have to get through some secret passages only you OGers have the skills to break. So I form a plan.

4. Black Skull Dragoshi came home around daybreak. He was easily beaten, captured and imprisoned.

5. I left the castle pretending to be Black Skull Dragoshi and visited you at Yoshi Island. Before I visited you, I slashed myself I few times with my sword to make my act convincing.

6. I lured you all back to the Shadow Castle, making up some covert plan to ease the suspicions; I actually have no "shadow monsters", they were just animatronics operated by Koopa V. Luckily we made it into the dark castle at nightfall.

7. I lured you through a bunch of secret passages, including those only you could break through, and now here we are! Now let's have a look at your villainous host!

Scene Five: A Castle Fight for a True Knight=

The lights flicked on. The OGers were not facing the BSD look-alike they met before; instead they were facing a ghost who was completely black and shaped liked BSD. Two glowing eyes flickered from his face. "I am Shadow Dragoshi."

"Wait, then what was up with you before?" Yami Yoshi asked.

"When exposed to daylight, I turn solid. But anywhere else, I appear as a dark, indestructible shadow- my true form!"

"That WOULD explain why you didn't want us performing bright attacks- if anyone saw you, it’d blow your cover!" Fusion thought aloud.

"Correct!" Shadow Dragoshi turned around and began operating a control panel. The teleporter pad set up in the center of the room began to glow. "Now if you excuse me, I must retrieve the Holy Plo-" He was interrupted by a high-pitched, Xena-like scream. Shadow Dragoshi turned around to see SwordMaster lunging at him with his sword ready to stab. "You stupid solid! Don't you remember? YOU CAN'T HURT ME!"

"Who said I was aiming for you?" SwordMaster said as he flew through Shadow Dragoshi's gassy form and jammed his OG Blade in the control panel. Sparks began shooting out, and the teleporter pad began glowing fiercely.

"You fool! Now no one can find the Holy Plo-"

The teleporter overloaded before Shadow Dragoshi could finish his sentence and exploded in a great explosion that shoved all the OGers into the far wall.

Shadow Dragoshi stretched his gassy body up to the ceiling, brimming with anger. His eyes raged like the fire in the teleporter pad. His claws looked like they were getting sharper and sharper. He opened his mouth and screamed as high as his spiritual lungs would allow him- which was pretty damned high. Shadow Dragoshi's gasses began to boil and glowed red with frustration. Finally Shadow Dragoshi shouted at SwordMaster, "YOU! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING! I HOPE A COCONUT FALLS ON YOUR HEAD AND GIVES YOU A MENTAL HERNIA! I'LL SLAUGHTER YOU LIKE THE PIG YOU ARE!" Shadow Dragoshi stopped before he added, "AND, THAT WAS NOT FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT!"

Yami Yoshi whispered to the side, "His sayings get stupider as he gets angrier!" Fusion nodded.

"Calm down, you dumbass shadow! You can't hurt me, and I can't hurt you! Remember?" said SwordMaster.

"Incorrect. Think of me as the wind: you can't harm me..." Shadow Dragoshi's claws were surrounded by flames as he slashed at SwordMaster. SwordMaster raised his left arm in defense, and it was burned severely. "...but I can sure as hell hurt you! I bet that Fire Slash gave you a 3nd degree burn!"

"This way- I have a plan!" Fusion whispered as he grabbed Yami Yoshi by his arm and flew up the stairwell.

"Wait!" said Yami Yoshi, "What about SwordMaster?!"

SwordMaster could not hurt Shadow Dragoshi, so he did the next best thing: get the hell out of his way. SwordMaster nimbly left back and forth as he dodged Shadow Dragoshi's hate-filled attacks. But with each attack Shadow Dragoshi got calmer and calmer, and the red gave way to black. Then he noticed, "Wait a second! Where are the other two?" Shadow Dragoshi glared at SwordMaster, "I see what they're up to! I'll deal with you later!"

Shadow Dragoshi floated through the ceiling. SwordMaster realized, "So that's his weakness! When he's angry he acts retarded! Yami Yoshi and Fusion must be up to something important and hopefully heterosexual. I'd better stall this guy just in case." SwordMaster thought to himself before he dashed up the staircase using the secret passages until he finally met with Shadow Dragoshi several stories up. "Hey, SD!" Shadow Dragoshi turned, and he already got red from just looking at SwordMaster. "Hey, what does 'SD' stand for, Sucking D- Whoa!" SwordMaster jumped into the air just in time to avoid a super quick and fatal punch from the goliath of a ghost. Now SwordMaster dodged Shadow Dragoshi's attacks like last time, but this time he added jokes poking fun at Shadow Dragoshi to keep him angry and unfocused.

"Sorry Shadow Dragoshi, did I interrupt your sexual fantasy about yourself and Lemmy Koopa?"

"Here's a short eulogy: 'SD was a man. If he wasn't, he'd have boobs. To some he was very brave, but to most he was very foolish. I'm willing to bet on the latter. The undertaker will sadly (or gladly) take care of the remains of the service for us. If anyone has a reason these two should not be wed, speak now or forev-- oh, wrong occasion. Sorry. Now, who wants pizza?'"

"A squirrel can fight better then you!"

"SQUIRRELS CAN'T FIGHT, YA DIMWIT!" replied Shadow Dragoshi.

"That's why it's called an insult, stupid!"

"I WAS PRETENDING TO BE STUPID, YOU HALF-WITTED JERK!" said Shadow Dragoshi again.

"Pretending to be stupid? Are you still pretending now or are you being yourself? I really can't tell."

"OH NO! HE'S GOING TO MAKE OUR ARMS BLEED! OH NO I'M GONNA DEI"

But that last phrase kicked something in Shadow Dragoshi's gradually shrinking brain. "We? Wait... YOU'RE STALLING!"

Shadow Dragoshi was about to fly away when SwordMaster leapt towards him shouting nervously, "Wait, you can't forget about me!"

"OUT OF MY WAY!!! I'M IN A VERY BAD MOOD!!" Shadow Dragoshi shouted as he slapped SwordMaster with his tail. SwordMaster flew into the far wall, and part of the stone wall collapsed atop him. Shadow Dragoshi then flew through the ceiling. SwordMaster recovered some time later and rushed up the stairs.

Scene Six: Time to Kick Some Shady Ass

Fusion and Yami Yoshi finally reached the top floor of the castle, where they saw Black Skull Dragoshi shackled to a chair and gagged. Fusion wasted no time tearing the chains and gag off. Before Black Skull Dragoshi could mutter any thanks, Fusion shouted, "Defusion Beam!" as he separated Black Skull Dragoshi. Then he shouted "Fusion Beam!" as beams connected Yami Yoshi to the beings that make up Black Skull Dragoshi. Loud roaring was heard getting closer.

When the fusion was complete, the resulting figure looked almost like Black Skull Dragoshi. But he had Yami Yoshi's legs and blue shoes as well as his face. The fusion announced, "I am Black Skull Yami Dragoshi!"

"Excellent!" Fusion giggled, "The two of you are so much alike physically, and it’s almost a perfect fusion!" Fusion could not continue bragging, as a shadowy claw reached up from the floor and slapped Fusion into the next room.

Shadow Dragoshi emerged from the floor. The top floor was a huge room which doubled as a gymnasium. A curtain covered the entire ceiling. Shadow Dragoshi stretched his shadow apart as much as he could, turning himself into a huge-ass monster. He was so large that only his upper area fit in the room, so his legs were stretched down the last couple of floors. He shouted, "Black Skull Dragoshi! I have kicked your ass before, so what makes you think you can stop me now?"

"I'm not just Black Skull Dragoshi anymore; now I am fused with Yami Yoshi, and I feel great!" BSYD shouted as he flew across the room and uppercutted Shadow Dragoshi's chin, sending him stumbling backwards. Then BSYD pulled out the Millennium Rainbow Sword. The blade was the same as the Rainbow Sword's, but now the hilt was golden and had the Millennium Egg imbedded in it. Now the whole sword seemed to have a golden glow.

"You think such a pathetic sword could stop me?" Shadow Dragoshi asked as he slapped the sword out of Black Skull Yami Dragoshi's hands, and it was planted in the wall. Shadow Dragoshi cackled victoriously as he produced his own shadowy sword which was about ten feet long when he finished it. Shadow Dragoshi then swung it around rapidly in hopes of hitting something.

But Black Skull Yami Dragoshi was too agile and dodged each and every swing as it was swung. "Dragoshi Flame Omelet!" BSYD shouted as he spat out a barrage of flaming Dark Eggs which bombarded Shadow Dragoshi's body, causing his sword to vanish.

Shadow Dragoshi shouted, "That's it! I'll feed on you, pathetic yoshi!" as he spat out his long, dark ghastly tongue. It wrapped around Black Skull Yami Dragoshi and pulled him into his mouth, a dark cavern filled with foul parasites and evil creatures. They wouldn't last a minute in there. Shadow Dragoshi chuckled triumphantly without opening his mouth.

But a voice called out to Shadow Dragoshi, "Hey Sucking! Guess what time it is?" SwordMaster was hanging from the ceiling curtain. He had jammed his sword's blade into the ceiling. "It's sunrise!" So SwordMaster kicked against the wall, and hung onto the OG Blade's hilt as he glided over Shadow Dragoshi's head and to the other side of the gym, and during the entire trip his sword had torn through the curtain. The curtain then fell apart, revealing a window in the ceiling.

Shadow Dragoshi shook his head silently as the sun's first rays pierced his shadows. A blinding light was emitted from Shadow Dragoshi's gargantuan spirit, causing him to scream in pain. When the light had faded, two figures were lying on the floor: Black Skull Yami Dragoshi and Shadow Dragoshi- who, now in his solid from, looked like he could pass as Black Skull Dragoshi or his identical twin or clone or counterpart from an alternate reality or some weirdo in a BSD costume or Bob Dole.

Black Skull Yami Dragoshi immediately walked over to the Millennium Rainbow Sword and yanked it from the ground. Shadow Dragoshi took this opportunity to flee as he flew towards the large window. But Black Skull Yami Dragoshi shouted, "Dark Molten Egg!" as he shot out an egg which was black with red spots. Instead of chucking it at Shadow Dragoshi, however, he tossed it at the ground beneath him. A jet of flame shot up from the ground. The second it hit Shadow Dragoshi, the flame exploded.

In the explosion, the entire window was destroyed, but a wounded Shadow Dragoshi had survived and flew out the large window. Black Skull Yami Dragoshi took to the sky in pursuit and caught up with him in seconds. Shadow Dragoshi nervously drew his Shadow Blade and the two did battle.

Shadow Dragoshi wasn't too lucky though, as the longer he stayed in the sun, the more energy was drained from his Shadow Sword. The blade got less and less black in the sunlight until it was silver, like a normal sword. Then it started to rust and crumble. One strike from BSYD's sword shattered it. In fright, Shadow Dragoshi returned to his usual strategy of flying away.

"Millennium Slash!" Black Skull Yami Dragoshi shouted as he swung his Millennium Rainbow Sword vertically. A crescent beam flew from the sword to Shadow Dragoshi. Shadow Dragoshi turned around just as it slashed his chest. Shadow Dragoshi finally fell to the ocean, leaking blood as he dropped. Black Skull Yami Dragoshi waited for a few minutes before he silently flew back to the castle.

But just as he left, a bloody reptilian claw reached out from the ocean floor... A seagull swept down and tore it off. Shadow Dragoshi shouted, "Youch! Hey, come back with that!"

Scene Seven: Epilogue- Unless...

Later in the entrance hall, the group went over what the hell just happened. While the others were fighting Shadow Dragoshi, Fusion had found Koopa V in the control room and successfully captured him. "With the last of the Koopa line as our prisoner, we could find out more about Lupus's plots before he died and the whereabouts of his lackeys!"

SwordMaster ruffled Black Skull Dragoshi's hair. "Welcome back, Blows & Sucks D-"

"SwordMaster, stop annoying me! I'm normal know!" Black Skull Dragoshi growled in irritation as his face grew livid with anger.

"I know," SwordMaster grinned.

But suddenly, the Giga-Castle's doubledoors slammed open. GORE-ILLA rushed in and shouted, "LUPUS IS ALIVE!"

To Be Continued in Chapter Twenty-Two: "BanLand"- Get ready for the three-part finale. The OGers must travel through a land worse then Hell before they can finally defeat Lupus once and for all. But it's not as easy as it seems...

Chapter Twenty-Two: "BanLand"

By GORE-ILLA based on posts originally written by Introbulus, Black Skull Dragoshi, Fusion, SwordMaster and GORE-ILLA.

Scene One: Back From the Dead, and Not the Zombie Kind

"GORE? We thought you died!" Yami Yoshi spouted. But two more figures walked in following GORE.

"Introbulus and Jim? You're back!" said Fusion.

"Yes, and with very dire news. As you might have guessed from GORE-ILLA's statement, Lupus is back. I'll explain it all later." said Introbulus

Scene Two: Plugging in Some Holes

Yami Yoshi, GORE-ILLA, Fusion, SwordMaster, Black Skull Dragoshi and Introbulus were all seated around a small table in the war room of Black Skull Dragoshi's Giga-Fortress of Anti-Villainy. The team was reunited.

"Alright, so explain what's going on now!" said SwordMaster.

Introbulus sipped from a glass of water several times as he spoke. "So we searched the wreckage of the Flying Tower II sometime after its destruction and recovered its sectuirty cameras. Looking over the footage of Lupus's 'death', I found out how he escaped. You, Yami Yoshi, were using the Defat Ray to suck away Lupus's Cheese God energy- damn this footage was so blurry I could barely make your silhouette out. So anyway, you saw Lupus disappear in a flash. So you assumed that you had sucked away too much of Lupus's energy, causing him to explode. Incorrect. After viewing the footage countless times in my invisible sky base, Jim pointed out that Lupus fired a weapon at himself at the last minute."

"What was it?" Black Skull Dragoshi asked.

"It was a Ban Beam- a weapon commonly wielded by one of VGF's Admins; Lupus had somehow gotten ahold of it and use it to escape with some of his Cheese God powers. Why? I don't know. As for our vistir here- HQ had called me and reported a disturbance- an inhabitant of this timeline had moved into an alternate timeline not long ago. I was surprised when I found out who it was!"

GORE-ILLA continued, "Back when we were fighting the Party Goers in the Tower, when I appeared to have died, I was actually testing out a theory of time travel I had developed. I hoped to go back in time to when the Party Goers were still themselves to warn them of Lupus. But I didn't go far enough, nor did I wind up in the right timeline. Instead I wound up in the year 2003 in a good alternate timeline in which the Admins had never conquered Earth, and the Party Goers were still alive and well. No sign of Lupus or his men either. I hung out there until Introbulus found me and brought me here. Then he scolded me for messing with the space-time continuum. And then we left for here, and the rest is history."

Introbulus checked his watch. "Jim should be done torturing Koopa V now. Ah, there he is!"

Jim floated into the room and said, "Okay, make sure you're sure you're all sitting down. It all started in the Kingdom of Fred on Guam, where Lupus's group was attacked by Shane. Lupus overpowered and defeated Shane, then he modified the Ban Beam so he could use it to teleport to and from BanLand. Lupus knew of the artifact which was hidden there, and wanted it for his own. Also, Lupus is using powerful plot devices to keep himself alive, so any attempt to kill him by normal means would be impossible."

"Then how do we get rid of him?" asked Yami.

"There is only one object which can possibly stop Lupus: the legendary Holy Plot Device (Reverb)!" said Introbulus.

"The Holy Plot Device (Reverb)?"

"Yes! The Holy Plot Device! (reverb). It is the most powerful plot device in existance! It not only has authority over all other plot devices, but can actually change form so it can do ANYTHING it's user desires!"

"Where can we find such an item, if it even exists!?" said GORE-ILLA.

"Indeed, it is only spoken of in legend, and the land it resides in is the most deadly land of all. BanLand!"

"You mean...?" Fusion stuttered.

"That's right. The Holy Plot Device (Reverb) is the artifact Lupus is seeking, and it is probably what Shadow Dragoshi sought as well. So we have to go to BanLand!"

Scene Three: Taking Leave

Soon after, the group was assembled by the Volkswagen.

Jim shook his head. "I tried contacting the BanLand Moderator, but there was no response."

Introbulus frowned. "This may be our greatest threat ever. I can't guarantee you'll escape with your lives. Of course Jim and I are obligated to go as part of our mission, but what about the rest of you?"

"Lupus stole and ate my cheesecake! I need to give that rat bastard what he deserves, no matter what! Then my beloved cheesecake can finally digest in peace..." said Yami Yoshi.

"Well I've putting my life on the line fighting him before, so why not go all the way? Besides, I have something I want to ask him," said GORE-ILLA.

"It will be the perfect test for me! I was created with every power in the universe to be the ultimate fighter, and I'm gonna prove it! I just wish Gamechamp were there, so I could beat his mechanical face in!" Fusion bragged as he glowed with red energy.

"I must come. I failed to fulfill my duty and defend the cheesecake. But I will avenge it. For I am..." The background changed color as SwordMaster got into some sort of anime-ish pose. "...SwordMaster, Defender of Cheesecake!" A small fanfare played in the background.

"Lupus has bullied around Tokyo long enough! Lemmy and Metaknight think I should beat 'im, too!" Black Skull Dragoshi laughed.

"Alright..." Introbulus sighed as he turned off the car alarm. "Hop in!" So they all got into the Volkswagen. When everyone was in, Introbulus ordered, "Jim, open the wormhole!" then he said to the side, "Last chance for anyone to turn back!" Yami Yoshi leapt out the sunroof and dashed away. "I knew he didn't have the stomach for- wha?!"

Yami Yoshi returned very quickly with the handcuffed Koopa V in hand. "We could squeeze more info out of him if we need it!" said Yami as he leapt into the car. Koopa V scoffed.

"That's good thinking!"

Jim said, "The portal's ready!" as a black portal materialized before the Volkswagen.

"Okay, here we go..." Introbulus put his pedal to the metal, and the Volkswagen flew right into the portal.

Scene Four: Apocalypse Momentarily

The Volkswagen flew out the other side of the dark portal, and they all behled a gruesome land. The sky was reddish black. No light shone. Bottomless pits and moats of magma were everywhere. These would all seem normal for a torture area like BanLand, except for one thing: the town. There was a pretty normal town with barracks and more torture chambers for the prisoners. The BanLand Moderator's estate was also located in the Banville. But the town was gone. In its place was wreckage and bases of destoryed houses which stretched on for miles.

"Something's not right here," said Introbulus.

"What happened?" said Yami Yoshi as he strangled Koopa V, "You better talk!"

Koopa V waved his hands in surrender. "Alright, alright! Now, listen carefully. This story has been passed down my family line for generations! It was a few days ago when Lupus stole the Ban Beam from Shane. As I already told your friend Jim, Lupus experimented on it so he could use it to teleport to and from BanLand at will. But he also performed... other experiments. He created a modified version of the Ban Beam which teleported people not to BanLand, but instead to the Realm of the Dead. It was a killing machine. He used it as a weapon of mass destruction to level this entire area and massacre anyone in it; he didn't think it mattered, since most of the prisoners were already dead on the inside."

"Ouch," said Black Skull Dragoshi.

"That's smarts," SwordMaster commented.

"But now what do we do?" said Fusion.

"Well, we can't just march up to the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) blindly- we have to search for any survivors."

Yami Yoshi took control of the situation. "We have a lot of land to cover, so why not split up? Koopa V will lead me to Lupus's base so I can scout around, and SwordMaster can come to keep him in line. GORE-ILLA, Jim and BSD can check the part of city near the magma pits. And Fusion and Introbulus can look through the rest of Banville's remains." No one complained, surprisingly, and all the OGers took off immediately.

Scene Five: GORE-ILLA, Jim and BSD Vs... Who?

GORE-ILLA lifted a collapsed house above his head. "Nothing here."

"Wait, what's this?" asked Black Skull Dragoshi as he pointed to a huge block of ice set near the lava pit. "It looks like something's in there!"

Jim peered into the frozen prison and realized, "Why this is none other then Tritoch, one of the three missing Admins! I'll help him out- FIRE3!"

With a blast of flame the iceberg slowly melted, leaving behind a fifteen-foot tall hulk of a green monster, covered in some places by ice. It roared in anger at having its slumber restored.

"Tritoch! Administrator! What happened? Did Lupus do this?"

Tritoch growled coherently, "Cold Dust!" as he breathed cold mist from his mouth at Jim. It hit him and instantly froze him in a block of ice, which fell to the ground.

GORE-ILLA looked up and saw the hypnotic vortex effect in Tritoch's eyes, causing him to sigh, "Oh great. Another Mind Slave."

Black Skull Dragoshi poked Jim's frozen prison with a stick. "Why does it always happen to him?"

Tritoch then raised its front paw and slapped GORE and BSD simultaneously. They were sent flying, but they regained their balance and proceeded to attack.

Black Skull Dragoshi slashed Tritoch's huge leg with his claws as he passed it, but he only succeeded in deafening GORE with a loud screechy noise.

GORE-ILLA walked up to Tritoch, grabbed its foot, and attempted to lift it, but he quickly pulled his ice-white hand away. Tritoch once again roared its anger as it lifted its foot in hopes of stomping GORE, who rolled safely to the side. Thinking carefully, GORE shouted, "BSD, try using your flame attacks!"

"Alright..." said BSD, "Molten Omelet!" Black Skull Dragoshi distracted the creature with many rounds of flaming eggs. Steam began to rise from Tritoch, who roared in anger.

Meanwhile, GORE-ILLA has easily snuck around the screaming beast and climbed down the cliff wall Tritoch was standing atop. Then GORE punched the wall as hard as he could until the entire chunk of ground Tritoch was standing on separated from the wall and began falling down the magma pit with Tritoch aboard. GORE also fell and realized that he had forgotten to plan an escape rout. Luckily Black Skull Dragoshi swooped down with his massive wings and caught GORE, struggling to carry the heavy cyborg gorilla safely to the ground. Tritoch let out one last roar before the lava swallowed his body.

"What just happened?" BSD wondered.

GORE looked uneasily into the stewing lava. "We need to warn the others!"

Scene Six: Fusion and Introbulus Vs...What?

With a wave of Introbulus's Iron Gauntlet, one huge chunk of metal was lifted from the ground. "See anything, Fusion?"

"No, noth- wait... what's this?"

Introbulus flung the metal chunk to the side and flew towards his companion. "What is it?"

"Right there!" Fusion pointed. "It looks like an emoticon of some sort- but it's sleeping."

"That's not just any emoticon! That's one of VGF's Administrators- WEAPON. He and Tritoch serve under Shane. I... have a bad feeling about this..."

"Shh! It's waking up!"

WEAPON snapped his eyes opened and smiled. "Wait, what's wrong with its eyes?" Fusion asked as he spotted WEAPON's vortexed eyes. Just then, WEAPON started to grow. His eyes glew red, he sprouted fangs, and two huge wings sprouted from his back as he hissed.

"He's a vampire emoticon. He learned to control himself, but under Lupus's control, anything's possible!" WEAPON flew over Fusion and Introbulus's heads, screeching at a high frequency that hurt the OGers' ears. Introbulus struggled against the noise. "I was trained to handle you... just in case!" he shouted as he leapt straight at WEAPON. His index finger glowed. "Ultimate Prod!" Introbulus poked WEAPON between his eyes with the attack. The stunned WEAPON let out one last screech before he fell into a pile of rubble.

"Now that was quick!"

But then WEAPON flew out from the rubble and flew towards Fusion from behind, its mouth hanging open. Introbulus shouted, "Fusion, watch out!" as he tackled Fusion out of the way. But as he did so, WEAPON rammed into Introbulus and sunk one of his fangs into Introbulus's shoulder. Introbulus fell to the ground and screamed as he convulsed in pain. Wings sprouted from his back, fangs grew within his mouth, and his eyes glowed red.

"Introbulus, are you..." Fusion asked just before Introbulus slugged him and continued with a barrage of punches and kicks to Fusion's armor, then a knee to Fusion's neck, and he wrapped up with one last powerful kick that send Fusion flying. "Don't make me fight you!" Introbulus replied with an uppercut, tossing Fusion into the air, then flying above him and beating him back down.

Introbulus descended to Fusion and pulled his helmet off, revealing Fusion's gray, clammy face. Introbulus opened his mouth and flashed his fangs. But Fusion socked Introbulus in the face with an elementally-charged fist, knocking the vampire off him. Fusion quickly replaced his helmet while Introbulus recovered.

This time Introbulus waved his Iron Fist, summoning several metal chunks and tossing them all at Fusion, but Fusion beat most of them away. But then Introbulus lifted the huge chunk of metal and dropped it when it was above Fusion. Fusion leapt up, channeling as much elemental energy as possible into his fist as he held up the titanic iron boulder. Now it was Fusion's elemental energy versus Introbulus's metallic control. "I am the ultimate fighter! I must not fail!"

With a hug blast of elemental energy, Fusion cleaved the metallic mass cleanly in half. But then Introbulus had both halves of the boulder surround Fusion and close in from both sides like a sandwich. Fusion spread out his arms to hold them back. He grabbed one half and pushed it with all his might until it flew into Introbulus and knocked him out.

But now the angry WEAPON flew at Fusion, screeching wildly as it opened its mouth. Fusion grabbed one fang with his left hand, using it to hold the top half of his mouth up, and resting one foot on WEAPON's jaw, forcing it down. He aimed his glowing right hand right into the beast's mouth and shouted, "Elemental Cannon!" as the powerful blast tore straight through WEAPON's mouth, splitting his body in half. Both halves of the mouth clambered about on the ground until they stopped moving.

Introbulus's wings and fangs disappeared as he regained consciousness, and his eyes were also restored to normal. He rubbed his head, "Ugh... what just happened?"

Fusion stated simply, "I found a way to stop the Mind Slaves: You can't stop them with words or knock-outs..." as he spoke, the halves of WEAPON's mouth began moving again. With one mighty blast, Fusion wiped out the upper half. "...But you can blow them away until there's nothing left to control." Fusion then began stamping on the remaining half with his boot.

Scene Seven: Yami Yoshi and SwordMaster Vs...Shane.

Yami Yoshi and SwordMaster wandered the desolate wasteland, guided by the handcuffed Koopa V. Yami complained, "What's taking so long? Is Lupus's outpost nearby?"

Koopa smirked, "Oh, we're almost there."

"You better not be up to no good, Koopa," said SwordMaster as he slid his OG Blade beneath Koopa's chin, "Or your boss will have to recruit Koopa VI mighty early."

"Jeez, calm down SwordMaster." said Yami Yoshi.

"My apologies. But I failed to rescue the cheesecake from Lupus, so now the best way to atone for it would be to protect the cheesecake's maker.

It wasn't soon after that when a laser beam whizzed past Yami Yoshi's head and destroyed the rock behind him. Yami Yoshi and SwordMaster looked up and saw a mechanical suit piloted by a purple-skinned alien with hypnotized eyes.

"It can't be..." SwordMaster gasped.

"...Shane?" said Yami.

Koopa V took this opportunity to make a mad dash in the other direction, and SwordMaster ran off in pursuit. "Get back here, you back-stabbing terrapin!"

Yami Yoshi shouted after him, "Get back here, SwordMaster!" While he was talking, Shane's robot shot out its left metallic claw, attached to the robot's arm by a length of metallic wire. The claw wrapped around Yami Yoshi, and the wire reeled him in until the claw fit firmly into the arm. Then the boot rockets activated and propelled the robot towards its next prey.

SwordMaster nimbly skipped along the wasteland, getting closer and closer to Koopa V. Finally he leapt into the air and thrust his sword downward in hopes of impaling the villain. But the smug Koopa spun around so the sword cut through his handcuffs instead. Koopa cackled as he continued running. Before SwordMaster could take further action, he was grabbed from behind by Shane's second claw. No matter how much he struggled, he couldn't break free.

Yami Yoshi quickly developed an idea. His tail was unrestrained, so he wrapped it around Shane's arm and used it to bend him over so he was mooning Shane. Then he shouted, "Dark Omelet!" as he bombarded the robot with Dark Eggs until it exploded, releasing both Yami Yoshi and SwordMaster. "Well that was easy! What's wrong, SwordMaster?"

"Everything! You were captured because of me, I was too busy worrying bout Koopa and was captured myself, and then you rescued me. I messed up bad."

"Eh, sooner or later you'll get your cha-" Yami Yoshi was interrupted by a purple fist which slammed into his face. Yami flew into some rubble and passed out with a nosebleed. Though his robot was now gone, Shane himself was still alive, healthy and under Lupus's control.

"Uh-oh."

Shane moved like a machine, releasing punch after punch and kick after kick, none of which were pulled. It took all of SwordMaster's speed, instincts and strength to block each heavy blow with his OG Blade; had any of them connected, SwordMaster would have been worse off then Yami Yoshi.

The battle went on as such for the longest of times until the figures neared the edge of BanLand; BanLand is a flat planet, unlike (or "like", according to TWIFATIT) Earth. But only the top side of the planet has gravity. BanLand is the only planet in this dimension, but its surrounded by endless (yet full of air) voids in every direction. It is at BanLand's edge where the battle between SwordMaster and Shane reached its climax.

SwordMaster continued to tire. Sweat and grease slid down his face. His mouth was dry and thirsty. His breath was ragged and exhausted. SwordMaster was blindly walking backwards, focusing on blocking Shane's moves. But so focused was his concentration that he didn't notice that he was at BanLand's edge until he tumbled off of it.

Shane peered down to confirm the enemy's elimination. But SwordMaster had planted his sword in the cliff wall as he fell and used it to hang on for dear life. And as Shane peered over, SwordMaster flipped upward, wrapping his feet around Shane's cheeks. Then he flipped back down, tossing Shane into the void as he did so. Then SwordMaster climbed up to the surface, recovered his blade and watched Shane fall until he could see him no more.

SwordMaster raised his sword into the air victoriously as a fanfare played in the background, then backtracked to tend to Yami Yoshi.

Scene Eight: Lupus's Orders

Lupus was strolling through a sector of BanLand with a troop of armed guards when Dark GORE approached. "Report," said Lupus.

"The Admins have been defeated. Tritoch's and WEAPON's bodies have been destroyed completely, and Shane's has fallen off the edge of the planet. Koopa V has also escaped from the OGers' custody and is on his way here, all according to plan."

"Yes, I know that much from my mind link with the Admins. What of the OGers? Are they still disorganized and split up?"

"No sir. They've regrouped at Banville Square and are preparing to move on towards the Forum Shield."

"Then I have no choice." With a snap of his fingers, eight figures leapt out from the shadows. These people skulked the shadows like ninja and were dead serious, unlike the fun-loving Party Goers they once were. Lupus had to say only two words. "Kill them." The Party Goers were already gone.

Scene Nine: Moving On

"Well, we're off! Let's find that Holy Plot Device (Reverb)!" Yami Yoshi shouted as he led the OGers onward in the direction provided by Introbulus.

"Right-o!" Black Skull Dragoshi cheered. An awkward silence followed until BSD asked, "What?"

"Right-o?" said Fusion.

"Shut up."

"Oh, and by the way Yami Yoshi, I've discovered a way to get rid of the Party Goers or any other Mind Slaves we meet hereafter."

"Nevermind," said Yami Yoshi, "I've thought of a better way."

"And what's that?"

"Next time we meet the Party Goers, we'll fight fire with... water." An eerie grin cracked Yami Yoshi's face.

To Be Continue in Chapter 23: "The Forum Shield"- The OGers quest is nearing an end. But not everyone will make it through the mysterious Forum Shield, and there's still the problem of the possessed Party Goers to deal with before they meet with Lupus and the Holy Plot Device (Reverb). What is Yami Yoshi's mysterious plan? Can the Party Goers beaten? And most importantly, what else is on? Find out next time!

Chapter Twenty-Three: "The Forum Shield"

by GORE-ILLA, based on a post by Introbulus. The Party Goers characters belong to their respective authors.

Scene One: Entering the Forum Shield

The OGers met no resistance during their long, silent trek across the desolate wasteland that was BanLand. But soon they came to an odd obstacle lying in a gap between unclimbable mountains which stretched up to the top of BanLand's atmosphere, made of some unbreakable rock.

In the gap between the mountains stood an equally tall, unusually transparent barrier of some sort. Introbulus rubbed his head in embarrassment, "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention something..."

"What is it now?" sighed Yami Yoshi.

"Well this is known as the Forum Shield; only one who is an Author Character can pass through this barrier."

"WTF is an Author Character?" said SwordMaster.

"It's pretty complicated - I'll tell you later. Just remember that both heroes and villains can be Author Characters, and Lupus can always cheat to get his non-AC minions across."

"Hey, I got an idea!" Fusion suggested. "We just fuse ourselves together, and anyone who isn't an AC can get smuggled through." Before anyone could protest, Fusion launched Fusion Beams at the entire group, fusing them all into one specimen. I won't bother to describe or name it, because the second it touched the Forum Shield, it was tossed back and defused into the seven OGers. "Okay, we'll do it the old-fashioned way!"

GORE-ILLA stepped up first. With a deep breath, he leapt straight into the Forum Shield. GORE made it through the Shield without a scratch. He celebrated his feat by chanting primitively and dancing the Robot.

Introbulus and Jim walked up next. Introbulus walked right through it. But Jim bumped up to the Shield as if it were a solid object. Jim shouted, "Hey, this must be some sort of mistake! This Shield must be racist towards cloaks or something, I want a retry!"

Yami Yoshi, SwordMaster, Black Skull Dragoshi and Fusion all passed the Forum Shield safely and said their farewells to Jim. Fusion decided, "Well, why don't we fuse again now?"

Introbulus warned him, "Fusions aren't considered Author Characters. The second we fuse, we'll be tossed back behind the Shield!"

"Then how the hell can any of Lupus's non-AC minions stay here without being tossed back then?"

"I don't know, it must have something to do with all those powerful plot devices powering him! Now enough talking, we need to get to the Holy Plot Summit before Lupus does!" The OGers moved on while Jim complained under his breath on the other side of the Forum Shield.

Scene Two: Lupus's Plot

Elsewhere, at the Holy Plot Summit, Lupus and his caravan were just feet away from the shrine. Koopa I complained, "Sir, why don't we just take the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) right now?"

"Why should I, Koopa?" asked Lupus, "While these plot devices continue to cough up complicated excuses for me to cheat death, I don't need the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) until the OGers get here!"

"Okay, that actually makes a small amount of sense. But why don't you just wish for the OGers to disappear? I'd do it myself, if only I were an Author Character like you and Dark GORE."

"No, I'll wait until they get here, then I'll use the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) to torture them in the most humiliating fashions before wishing that the entire world believes in Sheitism."

"Then why did you just tell the Party Goers to kill them?! God, this the Chaos thing all over again!"

"Now that would just make too much sense."

Scene Three: Party Crashers

The OGers hiked along the Holy Plot Summit Trail. Black Skull Dragoshi had taken to the skies to scout ahead. Suddenly, the winged yoshi spiraled down from the sky. His body slammed down into the ground right before his startled companions, covered in bruises and blood.

"The hell?" said Yami Yoshi.

BSD pointed up at a winged figure fluttering above them as he grunted, "They're here..."

"OGers, divide and conquer!" So the OGers split apart to search for their respective rivals; except for Yami Yoshi, who simply looked up at the winged figure and signaled for him to land.

Scene Four: Black Skull Dragoshi Vs. Sapphire

Black Skull Dragoshi lay sprawled on the dark ground which was scorching hot and freezing cold at the same time. Slowly he pulled himself up to his feet and coughed up some blood. The dinosaur was dizzy and disoriented from his plummet. No sooner had he crawled to his feet then he heard female giggling from nearby. Black Skull Dragoshi spun his head around in a desperate search, but it was a fruitless one. Dismissing it as a hallucination caused by the stress, he slowly trudged on in search of adversaries. Almost immediately he was slapped in the face by a red heel.

The dragon flapped his wings in anger as he approached the Lady in Red- the alter ego of Sapphire Blue, Party Goer. The Lady giggled at the dinosaur and flung her umbrella at BSD as if it were a javelin. And at the speed she tossed it, it would be hard to tell the difference. It speared one of BSD's wings, causing him to scream in pain and double over.

Dragoshi scanned his brain. What had Yami Yoshi said about the secret to defeating the Party Goers? The Lady in Red dashed forward and easily pummeled BSD into a paste. The gory yoshi fell onto his knees. Groggy and barely conscious, he gaped at the Lady in Red as she prepared the final blow. Yami Yoshi leapt in at the last second and did something, but BSD could not see what. He managed to squint his eyes enough to see the Lady in Red sprawled on the ground before he gave in and passed out.

Scene Five: Fusion Vs. Luigi of the Pipes and Elzie Ann

Fusion hadn't spotted any Party Goers yet and simply wandered about the path, examining the ruins of some ancient civilization. He wiped dust from an old stony structure and slowly examined the hieroglyphics. "Interesting..." said Fusion as he attempted to decipher. But as he preoccupied himself with sight-seeing, he was completely oblivious to the giant rock which was being levitated above his head via the Force. Fusion's feet kicked off of the ancient wall at the last second and bounced him to safety as the boulder slammed down on the ground and exploded.

Luigi of the Pipes waited behind him. Once a hobo-like Jedi Knight, he was now a hobo-like Jedi Knight... but controlled by a Turkish megalomaniac. Fusion smirked beneath his helmet, having prepared for him. Luigi ignited his purple laser sword and prepared to slice Fusion into pieces.

Fusion pulled a small booklet and said loudly, "Why isn't this the finalized Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith script? The script that had a perfect story and everything, but the movie was cancelled when the Western Hemisphere was destroyed in 2003? And also signed by George Lucas and everyone who ever contributed to a piece of Star Wars merchandise, however large and small? And also worth an infinite amount of money?"

Luigi of the Pipes, though devoid of his original soul, trembled at Fusion's speech. So he dropped his laser sword and dashed at Fusion at full Jedi speed, which probably could have caught Fusion if he didn't have his own form of super speed.

So followed a long and elaborate chase scene which is so amazing and jaw-dropping that I simply cannot try to describe it at all, so I'll just skip it. So eventually, Fusion was tiring from the chase, getting tired of taunting Luigi every now and then. Finally he found what he was looking for as Elzie Ann dropped down for backup, spinning her twin sais. She stabbed one straight at Fusion's head, but Fusion backed away and held up the script as a shield. The sai tore right through the paper, a tear that every Star Wars fanboy back on Earth heard, causing them to drop on the floor and break out in seizures.

Luigi of the Pipes turned at Elzie and angrily reached out with his open right hand, mentally summoning his laser sword into his hand. Igniting the blade, Luigi chased Elzie into the distance.

Fusion tossed the blank papers onto the ground and laughed, "I'm a Trekkie, anyway." LoTP then glared back at Fusion, who gave a girlish shriek as he leapt behind a rock.

Scene Six: Introbulus Vs. Ditto McCloaker

Nobody thought it was possible. BanLand was a hell unto itself and drove the sanest of individuals over the edge. No one thought it could get any worse. Then Lupus came along.

Such thoughts roamed through Introbulus's mind as he examined the ruins of ancient structures across the summit. He had been to BanLand before, on business with his organization. But he had never been permitted to the Holy Summit Path; The Forum Shield was kept under tight guard by the organization's most loyal troops. But Lupus took them by surprise. He took all of BanLand by surprise. In fact, the "ancient ruins" he was examining right now could have very well been one of the organization's outposts before Lupus's Ban Cannon nuked the area.

"Introbulus! There you are!" Introbulus heard a familiar voice calling out to him. It was Yami Yoshi. "We've been looking all over for you!"

"What's up?"

"We've beaten the Party Goers- they're all dead, but it was worth it! We need to head for the summit now, before Lupus makes his move!"

Introbulus replied by swishing his Iron Gauntlet. A barrage of metal pebbles bombarded Yami Yoshi, knocking him down.

"Intro? What's the deal? Cut it out!"

"Sorry, Ditto, but the real Yami Yoshi's plans specifically outruled murder."

With a blast of smoke, Ditto McCloaker's dinosaur disguise evaporated, revealing the real Ditto McCloaker- a tall, spiky-haired man with cool glasses. But like all the Party Goers under the control of Lupus, his eyes were vortexed.

"This might be easy, actually," said Introbulus. With a flick of his wrist, he was surrounded by hovering pieces of metal of all shapes and sizes. "Can you transform into something that can resist all this?"

Ditto simply smirked as he shifted form, becoming some giant, odd alien creature that seemed to be made of metal. But, as Introbulus attempted to use his Iron Gauntlet on it, the creature was unnaffacted. "There are many undiscovered materials in this universe more powerful then metal... completely differant..." Introbulus desperately flung all the pieces of metal at Ditto, but they bouced off his hard shell while the man chuckled.

"That armor looks a little tight on you. Maybe you'd like to try these on instead?" Introbulus smirked as he activated his plan and pulled out jello and a pair of pantyhose. Ditto immediately changed back to his normal form, transfixed by the sight.

Scene Six: SwordMaster Vs. Masamune and Vorpal

SwordMaster was bandaging BSD's wounds when Masa and Mune appeared from the darkness. Together they could form Masamune, one whole member of the Party Goers. "Hang on! Can I explain something?"

The two figures said simultaneously, "No."

"Well how is Lupus controlling you, Masamune? Your body, soul and sword are one and inseperable. There's no way Lupus could have stolen your soul."

Suddenly the vortexes in Masa and Mune's eyes disappeared. "Oh," said Masa. "I guess you're right."

"I just saw all the other Party Goers' souls being stolen while they became Mind Slaves and assumed that it happened to me too," said Mune.

"Excellant! You can help us defeat Lupus!" SwordMaster said estatically.

Masa and Mune fused back into one. "Sure, let me just energize first." Masamune approached a convieniantly-placed coffee machine, filled up a mig and took a drink- only to spit it out immediately as smoke spewed from his mouth. "No... it can't be... too hot..."

"Masa! What's wrong?"

Masamune lay in pain on the ground. "The coffee... is too hot... I don't think I'll make it... and I've lost my ability to split into Masa and Mune... I can't hold up my human form any longer... promise me you'll wield my sword in battle and... save... the others... There... is... another... sword-wielder..." With that Masamune's body faded away, leaving behind only a sword that SwordMaster picked up.

SwordMaster wondered, "Hm... another sword-wielder... who coul-" At this moment SwordMaster instinctively ducked down as a sword slashed through the air where his neck had previously placed. SwordMaster leaped forward, then turned around to see Vorpal.

Vorpal once was one of the Party Goer's reformed villains who struggled with the curse of his Vorpal Sword. Now he had no soul and no control. Both his sword and Lupus controlled him. His hair and beard had become wild and untamed. He looked like a vicious savage without what made him him.

SwordMaster looked down to his hilt to see his OG Blade was gone- Vorpal had stolen it as he swung at SwordMaster and now had two swords. That's when it began to rain for no reason. SwordMaster examined his surroundings. Vorpal stood several yerds in front of him, preparing to attack. Several yerds behind him was a large staircase leading to a large temple which was surrounded by a seemingly-bottomless chasm.

Finally Vorpal flew at SwordMaster, who blocked with the Masamune sword. As he blocked, he saw the gleam of the Vorpal Sword. It seemed to call to him and want to be held by him. SwordMaster quickly regained his senses as he moved to the offensive, forcing Vorpal up the stairs to the top of the temple.

SwordMaster and Vorpal continued dueling in place for several minutes, wild tangle of legendary swords, untiil finally Masamune was forced out of SwordMaster's hands, and it bounced down the stairs sadly.

Vorpal was ready to finish off SwordMaster as he held up both his blades and brought them down on SwordMaster at the same time. Before he could accomplish his attack, SwordMaster's hands reached up and grabbed Vorpal by the wrists. A new look appeared on SwordMaster's face, one that had not been there before. One of anger and lust. He squeezed Vorpal's right wrist until he dropped the Vorpal Sword. Then he shoved the shocked Vorpal back a few feet.

SwordMaster closed his eyes as he greedily reached down and grabbed the Vorpal Sword in his own hands. He felt its power surging through him, the power of dozens of great warriors. SwordMaster's eyes leapt open, and he released a great scream. "HRAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

SwordMaster dashed across the roof at Vorpal and and swung at the OG Blade with all his force. SwordMaster's stunning assault forced Vorpal backwards until he was at the edge of the temple roof and on his knees. Vorpal continued to hold up the OG Blade in the same position as SwordMaster continued swinging down at it. He felt his anger building up, and flames started to surround the sword. Without the Vorpal Sword, Vorpal was helpless. The ground beneath him started to crumble. Flashes of Masamune, Golem and the real Vorpal's faces appeared for some reason. Finally the ground beneath Vorpal gave away and he fell down the chasm screaming. SwordMaster snatched the OG Blade before it could fall as well.

Then SwordMaster felt an internal struggle as he looked from the Vorpal Sword to the OG Blade several times. Finally he flung the Vorpal Sword into the chasm and resumed his screaming. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Scene Seven: GORE-ILLA Vs. Golem

The scrawny, spectacled, scarf-wearing teenager stomped across the surface of the BanLand in search of his prey. Once he was Golem, the wielder of the TASTS and leader of the Party Goers. Now his scrawny body was just an empty shell filled with Lupus’s desires. Need I mention the eye-vortexes again?

Anyway this emotionless man walked down the road. Nothing took him by surprise. He heard the footsteps tiptoeing closer. He smelled the mix of monkey sweat and motor oil. He saw the nearing shadow on the floor as it approached. He spun around and side-kicked GORE-ILLA in the chest, knocking him right out of home field. Golem took his time walking towards the cyborg gorilla’s body. He was lying still on the ground when Golem finally reached him.

With his computer-like mind, Golem deduced, “Clichéd possum maneuver,” and lifted his foot above GORE before slamming it down on his back. GORE yelped in pain, but quickly bounced up and wrapped himself around Golem. “I thought you were a Party Goer. You’re just a waste of bandwidth.” Golem was easily able to break GORE’s hug by spreading his body apart.

Golem said, “That soul is gone. This soul is the soul of truth, the soul of Lupus, the soul of perfection.”

“Your old soul was a lot cooler, wasn’t it?”

“Quit conversation,” said Golem as he smacked GORE’s head repeatedly.

The gorilla got right back up, his head covered in bruises as he defied, “Sure with Lupus’s soul you are infinitely powerful and don’t need anything to survive, but don’t you miss having fun and trying to party instead of being some assassin-for-hire? I think a little bit of the real Golem stuck with you.” GORE actually said a much longer and sappier speech, seriously- it was longer then that friendship speech earlier, but again it was cut for time and because it caused certain people to turn into salt for some reason.

Golem grabbed one of GORE’s shoulders with each hand and then lifted him, carrying him to very jagged stalagmite which protruded from the ground. Then the man who once was Golem raised GORE above it in preparation for the final blow.

GORE reminded Golem, “Think of your old self- your old friends. Your soul is gone, but maybe your body can fight back.”

Golem shook wildly and screamed. GORE-ILLA fell out of Golem’s hands, missing the stalagmite and rolling onto the ground. Looking up, he saw Golem looking upwards as he spat out a green glowing soul- the soul of Lupus’s control- which flew away as Golem fell lifelessly to the ground. GORE rushed to the fallen friend and saw that the body was unconscious but breathing shallowly, waiting for his real owner to return. As GORE walked away and thought back to Golem’s last scream, he could have sworn hearing it end with a small “~teehee~”.

Scene Eight: Yami Yoshi Vs. Sergeant Samuel Curtis Flutter

All of a sudden in BanLand a heavy downpour started for no reason at all. Yami Yoshi looked up to the sky and shouted, "COME OUT AND GET ME!!!"

Through flashes of lightning Yami could see a winged silhouette gliding across the sky. The silhouette got bigger and bigger with each flash.

Finally Sergeant Samuel Curtis Flutter drifted down before Yami Yoshi. Flutter was ready for battle. "Wait!" Yami Yoshi warned the paratroopa. "Before we fight, I have to clear up something." He pulled a few documents out of his invisible pocket. "I've done my research on what you said about King Bob being your father and you being my father. Well according to this, your parents died when you were young. Even though your parents were rich and Bob could've faked his death, Bob was a full-blooded human, but you and your parents where only part-human. In addition to that, I'm a full-blooded yoshi, even though there's no traces of yoshi blood in your or Bob. And finally I was born when you were only three years old! Is that enough, 'Dad'?"

Flutter was stunned. "...Search your feelings, you know it be true."

"That's it!" Yami Yoshi tackled Flutter and began slapping him around until Flutter tossed Yami away with a mere flap of his wings.

"Your wings are imperfect. In an air battle I shall not lose," Flutter bragged as hovered above the ground.

"Two can play at that game!" Yami Yoshi pulled out from his invisible pocket a blue koopa troopa shell. "My natural yoshi wings may be small and puny now, but when I swallow this blue shell I borrowed from Koopa III..." With that Yami Yoshi slurped the shell down, and his wings grew to the size of Flutter's. "Let's finish this!" Yami concluded as the two angels took to the sky.

Their battle was obscured by the darkness, but more and more became visible with each flash of lightning. Yami Yoshi and Flutter repeatedly rammed into each other in midair, neither gaining the advantage. Flutter had experience and his enhanced strength, but Yami Yoshi had a free will. So they charged at each other repeatedly, over and over again boringly. But during the final dash, Yami Yoshi hid a Dark Egg in his fist and slammed it into Flutter. The paratroopa was stunned. Yami took this opportunity to regurgitate the blue shell, spitting it in his face. Flutter began his tumble to the ground.

"Bye-bye, 'Pops'." Then Yami Yoshi realized that by spitting out the blue shell, his wings were also shrinking back down to their normal size. "Uh-oh," he muttered as he began to tumble to the ground. Luckily he grabbed onto a branch hanging from the mountain path. He suddenly noticed a large amount of weight weighing down on his leg. Yami looked down and saw Flutter there, with a demonic glare in his eyes.

"YOU CANNOT STOP ME, SON, WITHOUT KILLING ME!!"

"You're not my father, you nut job, so shut up!"

"SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS!!! YOU KNOW IT BE TRUE!!!"

"Stop that!"

"YOU KNOW IT BE TRUE!!!"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!"

"SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS!!!"

Yami Yoshi gave up the conversation and started shaking his leg to lose Flutter. Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the branch Yami hung from, and the two rivals began to fall to their doom. But as they fell they grappled with each other one last time in a final ballad of fists. Flutter spread out his charred wings to slow his fall, but Yami bounced off a cliff wall and kicked him in the face. Flutter flapped his wings enough to fly at Yami and pin him against the cave wall. Yami Yoshi used his only remaining appendage and slapped Flutter with his tongue repeatedly. This weakened Flutter enough for Yami Yoshi to free his feet and kick Flutter off of him.

His wings still burnt from the Dark Egg, Flutter resumed his fatal fall. But Yami Yoshi wasn't letting him off so easy, so he sprung off the cliff at Flutter. The two Flutter Kicked at each other for the remainder of their descent. Luckily all the kicking slowed down their falls until they harmlessly landed on the ground, but their legs were exhausted.

The two rivals stared each other down for some time until they simply lunged at each other in hand-to-hand combat. Yami Yoshi was very bad in hand-to-hand combat. Flutter was a master with Lupus's enhancements. With each blow blood spurted from Yami Yoshi's body as he was tossed around like a paper mache doll.

"So, son! You have one last chance. Join me, and we can rule the galaxy as father and son!"

"You're insane!"

"So, you would rather die-"

"W-wait, hold up! I didn't say 'no', did I? I'll join you... Father!"

"Excellent choice, son! So you know it be true!"

Flutter reached forward and proudly patted Yami Yoshi on the head. Since Flutter was restraining his power to do so, Yami took this opportunity to open his mouth. His tongue shot out and wrapped around Flutter's waist. With one tug, Yami pulled the winged turtle into his mouth. A minute later, he hatched a giant airtight egg containing Sergeant Samuel Curtis Flutter.

"That was for my real father, whoever the hell he was!"

As he slipped into unconsciousness, Flutter muttered to his captive, "You know it be true..."

Scene Nine: Battle Preparations

Lupus was lounging in his lawn chair when he suddenly stood up, shouted in anger and crumpled up his bag of popcorn. "Those idiotic Party Goers! I can't believe they lost!"

"Look, someone's coming!" shouted Diskun as he raised a rifle.

"No, wait, that's my great-great grandson!" said Koopa as he kicked the rifle out of Diskun's hand.

Koopa V came up to Lupus, panting out of fatigue. "Sir, it took some time, but I found the teleporter right where you said it was-"

Lupus grinned evilly, "Ah, two Koopas? But you know that there can only be one- only one Koopa..."

"W-what are you doing sir?"

To Be Continued in Chapter 24: "Holy Plot Summit"- The OGers have reached the Holy Plot Summit, the legendary home of the Holy Plot Device (Reverb). But Lupus and his gang is waiting! Can they defeat Lupus and his men once and for all? What mysterious thing is going down with the last of the Koopa family? And who will wish on the Holy Plot Device (Reverb)? And are the Party Goers gone for good? Find out in an uncertain amount of time!

Chapter Twenty-Four: The SPAM Team

By GORE-ILLA, based on posts written by Introbulus and GORE-ILLA.

Scene One: The Summit

All six of the OGers, their enemies conquered, regrouped to scale the Holy Plot Summit and use the plot device residing there to banish their greatest enemy. Among their ranks were Yami Yoshi the Yu-Gi-Oh-obssessed dinosaur, GORE-ILLA the cyborg gorilla with AMNESIA, Fusion the armored elemental energy master, SwordMaster the Defender of Cheesecake, Black Skull Dragoshi the winged dinosaur and Introbulus the intergalactic space traveler with control over metal.

These OGers had just won their greatest battle yet- against the Party Goers themselves. They were the previous generation of OGers until Lupus snatched their souls and put their bodies under his control. After everyone was reassembled and finished bandaging themselves up, Yami asked, "So how did your fights go? According to plan?"

"Yes," said Fusion, "Even though he's lost his soul Luigi was still attracted to the Star Wars script-"

"-And Ditto to the jello and pantyhose," said Introbulus.

"Golem's body preferred its previous soul after I gave him one of my speeches," said GORE.

"Your theory on Masamune was correct," continued SwordMaster, "We turned him over to our side, but he was weakened by a coffee burn and then disappeared after my next battle."

"Ah yes, you battled Vorpal," recalled Yami. "How did that go?"

"Well... to tell the truth... I dropped him down a chasm. I knew we weren't supposed to use lethal force but I almost did. I was tempted by his sword, even though I knew it was cursed."

"That's smarts, man. To tell the truth I actually engaged Flutter in combat as well instead of trying to transfix him with momentos of the past or convert him. I somehow won. One day we'll fix the Party Goers. But first we need to stop Lupus. That's the only way any of this will end."

With that, the OGers turned their attentions to the mountain trail. Only Black Skull Dragoshi hesitated as he looked around, but he shrugged and followed the others, muttering to himself, "I've got a bad feeling about this..."

"There it is! The Holy Plot Device (Reverb)!" Introbulus shouted and pointed to a shrine in the middle of the mountain summit. It was a surprisingly wide mountaintop, and a lengthy field still seperated the heroes from the shrine containing the Holy Plot Device (Reverb).

But before any of the OGers could move towards the McGuffin of this story, six figures emerged from the shadows to greet them.

Five of the figures looked mostly identical, like carbon copies of Frankenstein's monster. The first shouted in a voice so loud that some of the OGers were nearly tossed off the cliff, "gREETINGS, MORTALS1 wE ARE THE GUARDIANS OF THE HOLY PLOT DEVICE1 9REVERB0 sIX ANCIENT MEMBERS OF vgf WHO WERE BANNED FOR OUR ANNOYING ACTS1 i AM CAPSLOCK1 i AM ONLY ABLE TO SPEAK IN CAPS!"

The second one, who sported a lab coat, sprouted an odd flow of noises from his mouth. "1 4/\/\ 8: 1337! 1 1/\/ \/3/\/73 1337 $933K." Translated into human speech, it would have sounded something like, "I am Dr. Light! I invented light speak."

The third, ditzy-looking creature said, "My favorite flavor chicken is orange."

"tHAT"S sPAMMA, AND HE ALWAYS SPAMS HIS POSTS1"

The fourth one adjusted his glasses as he shouted in a naval voice, "Fools! You aren't supposed to talk like that! And BSD's hair style keeps changing without any explanation! You have too many characters with amnesia! Oh yeah...I am Correct-o, and I correct everything you say."

The fifth looked alot more lively then his counterparts as he raced back and forth across the summit. "Salutationstoallofyoupatheticcreatures!IamBlurbur!EverythingIsayisinonebigblurbandcannotbecomprehendedOHandIalsodon'tspacemyposts sonoonecantellwhatI'msayingbwahahahahah!

The sixth and final figure looked very familiar to the OGers. "And I am the lord of the Spam, the duke of annoyingness, the self-proclaimed king of the message boards! I am... Lupus!!!!" The OGers stared with blank expressions.

"...What? Were you expecting some sort of super villian name?"

"Ahhh!!! It's so annoying and pointless, even I could notice it! Alright, I'll take Lupus, you guys take on the others!" said Intobulus.

"Ah, but I won't be fighting! My servant will! Mega-Koopa! Come forth to do battle!" Lupus commanded.

The first thing one would wonder was how so huge a creature could have been hidden anywhere on that mountain. Mega-Koopa stood ten feet tall and was very bulky, with a shell that mixed between green and gold patterns. The Koopa roared in anger, "You shall pay for all the slings and arrows I have suffered!"

"Ooh! Quoting Shakespeare, eh? I get to fight a villain with 'class'!"

Lupus bragged, "Mega-Koopa has been sown together from Koopas I and V with the magic of my plot devices!" Lupus pointed up to his plot devices, which were seen now for the first time. They were hundreds of floating typewriters which littered the sky. And manning each typewriter was a mechanical monkey which furiously typed away excuses and explanantions for new powers and ways to cheat death. With a smirk, the Turk concluded, "Let the games begin."

Scene Two: Fusion Vs. Blurbur

Fusion scoffed, "Screw these pair-ups! I'm gonna take this weed out by the root!" Fusion then dashed directly towards Lupus, with a full-powered kamikaze blast in mind. But he found himself being tossed back as he bumped into something. Looking ahead, he saw no sign of the obstacle which had impeded his progress. His confusion only increased as he felt a tapping on his shoulder, only to turn around and see no one in his general vicinity. In anger, Fusion shot off a volley of fireballs in every possible direction.

This time Fusion heard a giggling of, "FoolishFusiondoyoureallythinkyoucanstopmesoeasily? Whataslowslowslowslowfoolyoumustbehehehehehehhahahiadhgia!"

"Blurbur," Fusion muttered as he recognized his newest adversary and thought he saw a greenish blur which resembled him. So Fusion kicked into full speed and dashed around the field at almost uncontrollable speeds, spotting and pursuing Blurbur. Fusion was quickly gaining on Blurbur, jumping over fellow combatents and rocks and such as his pursuit continued. Soon Blurbur got nervous and continously attempted to shift from left to right in a futile attempt to shake Fusion. "Nonononononononononononononononoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

By then Blurbur was knocked out by an armored fist from behind and tumbled off the side of the mountain, to his swift doom.

With that taken care of, Fusion could now take care of Lupus. But then Fusion remembered why he hated used such high levels of super speed: he hadn't mastered the technique of stopping. So Fusion ran off the side of the cliff and had to rescale the mountain.

Scene Three: Black Skull Dragoshi Vs. Spamma

Black Skull Dragoshi peered about, seeing all the other OGers locked in intense combat, decided that this was the perfect oppurtunity to sneak into the Holy Plot Shrine and wish away these troubles.

But there was one who blocked his path.

"As the sundial points toward the Taj Mahal, so does my anger stretch to all areas of western America. But first, the land must be purged of those who fly on eight wings eat anything that doesn't have a shadow! But have no fear, this will end as soon as the Hipponoids of Planet Asteridogi come too claim this wasteland as an oppurtunity for new youth and artificially-bred walruses! There is no excuse to do otherwise, so dance like you're a chupacabra in a bloody apoctalyptic future inhabiited by guys named Earl! So weak-minded..."

Black Skull Dragoshi was so captivated by attempting to decipher Spamma's speech that he simpy stood there, frozen. But he was forced to adandon his investigation when he heard Fusion impulsively shooting a barrage of fireballs in every directions. BSD dove to the ground to avoid harm. But Spamma was too busy saying something about George W. Bush being a baby in a robot body, and he was fried in seconds. Black Skull Dragoshi greedily ran towards the Holy Plot Shrine. Suddenly two blurs, one green and one golden, dashed by at such a great velocity that BSD was tossed back into something that felt like a thick tree trunk.

It was no tree- it was a leg. Black Skull Dragoshi looked up at Mega-Koopa as it raised its foot above the dinosaur's fragile body.

Scene Four: GORE-ILLA Vs. Correct-o

"...How can you speak flawless English, anyway? You stand amazingly upright, Ape-Man! And don't get me started on your name..." Correct-o was cut off as GORE-ILLA grabbed him by the neck and swung him over his head. The nerdish monster flew into a jagged rock which just happened to be in the right place to give the irritation a bloody death.

"Hey, you!" Lupus pointed at GORE in anger. "You beat your enemy too quickly!"

"Cool, huh? Whattcha gonna do, sue me?"

"So reckless. I think you could learn a lesson from..." Lupus clapped his hands as Dark GORE dropped in from nowhere. "...yourself! HYARKARKARKARKARKARAKARKARKARK***)"

Scene Five: SwordMaster Vs. Dr. Light

SwordMaster sat on a small rock and filed his nails as he waited for someone to fight. Suddenly a laser beam whizzed past his ear. However, he saw no one surrounding him. A voice shouted, "|-|@ |-|@ |-|@! +|_||2|\| @|20|_||\|[) $\X/0|2[)|\/|@$+3|2, @|\|[) |*|23|*@|23 +0 |=@(3 `/0|_||2 [)00|\/|!"

SwordMaster looked upwards at the source of the voice and the laser beam- a giant airship housing Dr. Light.

"Oh great. How do I fight this?" SwordMaster wondered as nimbly dodged several of the airship's lasers. "Uh..." in desperation he flung his sword at the airship, and missed badly. Then he started to run away.

Suddenly he heard a loud noise echoing throughout the summit. Looking up, he saw Dr. Light's airship going down in flames. Dr. Light muttered, "0|-| $|-|1+." as his airship crashed into another mountain and exploded.

Then SwordMaster looked up and saw his sword land right back in his hand. "What the hell just happened...?"

Scene Six: Yami Yoshi Vs. CAPSLOCK

Yami Yoshi ducked to dodge the barrage of fireballs unleashed by Fusion. Yami's adversary, CAPSLOCK didn't need to duck; the sonic boom unleashed by his voice as he shouted, "wHAT'S THAT?" was enough to extinguish the deady pieces of plasma.

Resuming the battle, Yami Yoshi produced a trio of Dark Eggs and chucked them at CAPSLOCK, who merely chuckled, "aR HAR HAR!!!" His voice struck the Dark Eggs as they left Yami Yoshi's hand, causing them to explodes in his face and send him tumbling back. "jUST GIVE UP ALREADY! yOU DON'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST MY MIGHT!" CAPSLOCK"s latest blast tossed Yami Yoshi across the summit, landing facefirst in the dirt next to Correct-o's corpse.

Yami Yoshi wiped the dirt from his face as he crawled to his feet and slowly trudged towards CAPSLOCK. "yOU SON OF A MONGOOSE, WHY DO YOU PERISIST? yOU FIGHT A HOPELESS BATTLE AGAINST CAPSLOCK!" This time, Yami Yoshi planted his feet against the ground, and concentrating all his power, managed to avoid being blown away. "wELL! lET'S SEE IF YOU CAN WITHSTAND MY ULTIMATE ATTACK..."

CAPSLOCK inhlaed deeply, and Yami Yoshi concentrated even further, remembering Master Yoshi's lessons. Yami braced himself and closed his eyes.

The inhaling was quickly replaced by a gurgling sound. Confused, Yami opened his eyes. A sword had fallen into CAPSLOCK's back, blocking the path from his vocal chords to his mouth and preventing the escape of the fatal attack.

Yami Yoshi crawled up to the late CAPSLOCK lying on his belly and examined the sword's markings. "This is SwordMaster's OG Blade!" Following a quick survey of the area, Yami spotted him running away. "Hey, you forgot this!" With one tug, Yami Yoshi pulled the OG Blade from CAPSLOCK's body.

As the sword came out, CAPSLOCK's body was tugged into the air momentarily and screamed the lethal noise, which quickly traveled up to Dr. Light's airship.

Yami Yoshi, not noticing what just happened, kicked the OG Blade towards SwordMaster.

Scene Seven: GORE Vs. Dark GORE

GORE-ILLA slid face-first across the ground and slammed into a large rock. Dark GORE kneed GORE before he could get to his feet and then punched him down. The battle had gone on like that for a while; GORE-ILLA could not keep up with Dark GORE's fierce and sometimes underhanded techniques. Dark GORE taunted him, "You don't stand a chance, monkey! You don't even know a portion of your great power. But once I kill you, I will simply absorb your life energy into my own to unlock our combined true power!" GORE finally saw an opening and punched forward, but Dark GORE grabbed him by the arm and swung the better half over the badder half's head, whanging him on the ground. "Foolish heroes. They reject the greater power in favor of saving others, but they can't even save themself. Just like YOU!"

This was it. He was beaten, bruised and being mocked by his stronger evil half. GORE would die here on this mountain, of this he was sure. He decided to just stay down and die. But out of the corner of his eyes, he saw that Mega-Koopa was stronger then expected, driving back all the other OGers while Lupus laughed. They needed him. GORE got back up. Without a word, he pulled back his mechanical right fist as he channeled his energy into that one fist. "Primate Punch!" he announced.

"Ha! Unguarded!" smirked Dark GORE, tackling at GORE's right side.

"...You sure are stupid." GORE released the Primate Punch, which hit Dark GORE in the face and knocked him out cold. GORE knew that the demon had been repressed, but was not yet slayed. GORE paused above the vulnerable body of his ultimate enemy, the focus of all his evil traits. Then GORE turned away and left the demon there to live. Maybe, just maybe, this demon can be saved.

Scene Eight: Mega-Koopa and His Master

This was not the shrimpy turtle of yesteryear anymore. This was a giant who didn't need a working mind to school the best of the OGers. The great Introbulus even was losing to this monster, which swatted away any metal objects he flung at him. Black Skull Dragoshi was the first reinforcement to arrive- although Introbulus had to save him from being crushed under Mega-Koopa's giant foot.

The battle was still a losing one even with Dragoshi's help, as his shell repelled the young dinosaur's flaming attacks. The shell also repelled Yami's Dark Eggs and SwordMaster's OG Blade when they arrived. All they were doing was buying time- and they hoped they were buying time for something good. GORE-ILLA leapt in dramatically with a flying tackle that caught Mega-Koopa offguard, using his Primate Punch to make the titantic turtle stagger momentarily.

But the Mega-Koopa regained his breath and continued his attacks. Even while fighting five of the world's greatest warriors, Mega-Koopa showed no signs of hurt of tiring. Then Fusion finally arrived from climbing up the mountain.

Yami shouted at the warrior. "Fusion! Where the hell were yo- wait! Fusion, that's it!" Yami Yoshi rushed over to the armored warrior and whispered to him. Fusion grinned under his helmet.

"Defusion Beam!" Fusion shouted as he blasted a blue beam at Mega-Koopa. He released one giant scream, and when it ended, two small turtles crawled out from the smoke. Koopas I and V.

"I'll take it from here!" Introbulus said as he dropped a giant boulder of metal on Koopa V. The impact of the crash sent Koopa I rolling down the mountain.

"Excellent!" said Yami Yoshi as he and the other OGers high-fived.

"Not so fast!" said Lupus, causing all the other OGers to look towards him. "You still have me to deal with! Now, I will kill you all where you stand! Then no one will stand in my way toward the ultimate goal!"

"You mean, you're going to get a college degree at Harverd and become as rich as Bill Gates?" asked SwordMaster.

"No! I refuse to even PRETEND I would fall for that gag! It's overrated anyway."

"Screw this conversation! Let's kick your Turkin' ass!" said Yami Yoshi.

Together all six of the OGers leapt at Lupus and began their attacks. Lupus sidestepped each OGers' individual attacks, then whacked them with his cane. "All too easy."

"That... didn't really work..." gasped Yami.

"No no, this won't do at all. I refuse to kill you as powerful as I am."

"You're gonna power down?" BSD asked in disbelief.

"No, I shall power UP! I want to destroy you pests at my best, like nuking a gnat!"

"This can't be good," GORE remarked.

All the monkeys began furiously typing as they rotated around Lupus in a circle. Within the circle a beam of light descended to Lupus. He basked in the light as his feet turned into roots which planted themsleves into the ground. The rest of Lupus's body grew and grew into a giant, monstrous, yet plant-like version of himself.

"Whoa, I'm bigger then Jesus!" exclaimed Mega-Lupus.

"Holy Shatmucker."

To Be Continued in Chapter Twenty-Five: "The OG Six"- behold the OGers' desperate last stand againt Mega-Lupus and possibly the greatest fight of their career! Can they succeed? Find out sometime! Aw, this is the last upcoming chapter preview. I, Upcoming Chapter Preview Guy, shall miss you all desperately. Group hug!

Chapter Twenty-Five: "The OG Six"

By GORE-ILLA, based on posts originally written by Introbulus and GORE-ILLA.

Scene One: The Melee of Bigassness

And so the six fighters found themselves facing the hugest, most diabolical threat ever. Mega-Lupus was a giant. Yet he was immobile, his legs buried deep beneath the mountain in which he was rooted- almost like a plant.

Yami Yoshi swallowed nervously and finally declared, "OG Six... ATTACK!"

With that the OGers all began rushing at Mega-Lupus. The titan didn't move to stop them at all. Instead he snapped his huge fingers and looked up at his plot devices- monkeys operating floating typewriters. The mechanical chimps reached out and pulled out violins and other instruments and played them in a manner similar to a certain 60's song.

GORE pointed. "Ooh, I know this song!"

Yami Yoshi was charging valiantly at Mega-Lupus. Leaping into the air with his amazing yoshi agility he released a Dark Omelet which passed through Mega-Lupus's chest, leaving behind a gaping hole which quickly reconstructed itself. In less then a second Mega-Lupus's hand was wrapped around Yami Yoshi. So Mega-Lupus sang in his British accent,

"Oh, look at all you lonely people!
Oh, look at all you lonely people!"

Mega-Lupus held Yami Yoshi by his tail, holding him up until they made eye contact, as Lupus sang,

"Yami Yoshi
His cheesecake was stolen and eaten by me
He seeks revenge!

All you lonely people,
where do you all come from?
All you lonely people,
where do you all belong?"

So Mega-Lupus raised his free hand and used it to flick Yami Yoshi over the side of the mountain. But while he was doing this, GORE-ILLA had crawled onto his shoulder and began tearing it apart with his mighty strength, ripping apart the odd, plant-like material before it could try to reconstruct. Mega-Lupus turned his face to look at GORE.

"Oh, look at all you lonely people!
Oh, look at all you lonely people!"

Mega-Lupus shook his shoulder violently while GORE grabbed onto a patch of loose skin for dear life. But the skin tore from Mega-Lupus's body (to be reconstructed moments later), and GORE fell to the ground, where he was tied down by some roots.

"GORE-ILLA
He is so desperate to learn of his past
A cyborg monkey!

All you lonely people,
where do you all come from?
All you lonely people,
where do you all belong?"

In the meantime Fusion had shot out a fireball to burn the roots and free GORE, before flying towards Lupus and spraying his body with flames. Mega-Lupus shot up in fire. Yet he continued to calmly sing,

"Oh, look at all you lonely people!
Oh, look at all you lonely people!"

Mega-Lupus spun around at speeds unknown to man, in a whirlwind that sent the flames flying from his body. The OGers tried to avoid the flames as they too were sucked up by the whirlwinds. But Fusion was fighting the whirlwinds, trying to stay still and win. Even while he was spinning Mega-Lupus sung,

"Fusion, Enforcer
Says he has every power to ever exist
Go get you a life!

All you lonely people,
where do you all come from?
All you lonely people,
where do you all belong?"

With that, Fusion was swept away. The winds died down, and Mega-Lupus searched for his next victim. He saw Black Skull Dragoshi and Introbulus flying back up the mountain as they caught Yami Yoshi and Fusion, while GORE-ILLA licked his wounds. But something was missing... Mega-Lupus turned around and found his answer. SwordMaster had snuck past him and made a mad dash for the Holy Plot Device (Reverb).

"Oh, look at all you lonely people!
Oh, look at all you lonely people!"

Mega-Lupus stuck out his right hand. Strands of some organic, stringy matter shot from his fingertips and wrapped around SwordMaster.

"SwordMaster
Ashamed since he failed to protect some cheesecake
Nobody cared!

All you lonely people,
where do you all come from?
All you lonely people,
where do you all belong?"

The strands snapped as Mega-Lupus dropped SwordMaster. The fall would have killed him had he not been caught by GORE. But while Mega-Lupus's attention was distracted, Black Skull Dragoshi had been fluttering above Lupus and charged down at him, Rainbow Sword in hand. BSD flew right through Lupus's forehead as his sword pierced a tunnel through it. BSD continued his flight towards the Holy Plot Device (Reverb). Mega-Lupus slowly began to fall over backwards, yet he still sung,

"Oh, look at all you lonely people!
Oh, look at all you lonely people!"

Mega-Lupus's fall stopped as he landed... right on Black Skull Dragoshi, crushing him against the ground while Mega-Lupus's forehead reconstructed itself. Mega-Lupus then got up, leaving behind a large imprint on the summit with a crushed Dragoshi.

"Black Skull Dragoshi
You have amnesia as well, do you not?
It is contagious!

All you lonely people,
where do you all come from?
All you lonely people,
where do you all belong?"

Mega-Lupus tossed Black Skull Dragoshi back into the other wounded OGers. But one was unwounded. Introbulus floated silently before Mega-Lupus. He clenched his Iron Gauntlet in concentration.

"Oh, look at all you lonely people!
Oh, look at all you lonely people!"

Introbulus flinched in expectation of some brutal attack, but none was issued. Instead Mega-Lupus continued to sing, so Introbulus sighed in relief.

"Introbulus..."

Mega-Lupus stopped singing suddenly. Introbulus looked up and saw Mega-Lupus's clenched fists floating above him- and beginning to fall.

SMASH!

"...fell for a horrible yet obvious trick
He hates coconuts!

All you lonely people,
where do you all come from?
All you lonely people,
where do you all belong?"

Finally the song ended. The mechanical monkeys tossed away their instruments and applauded while Introbulus peeled himself off the ground and returned to the other beaten OGers.

The five were arguing amongst each other when Introbulus slapped them all with metal objects to silence them. "Guys... that blow to the head jarred loose some distant memories- memories of a legend. It states that one day, six great on-going warriors will unite in a dark and damp hell of a land to topple a megafied tyrant. Then they will go on and on in their adventures as the... OG Six."

BSD stared dumbfounded. "So where do we find these guys?"

"No! Don't you get it! WE'RE the warriors of legend- at least we could be!"

"What makes you so sure?" challenged Yami Yoshi.

"There's one way to find out. According to the legend, the OG Six defeat the tyrant by releasing all their strongest punches at the same time and shouting, 'OG Fist'! In response a giant fist appeared to cleave through the monster. If we can do that, we're home-free!"

"But what if we fail?" said Fusion.

Yami Yoshi took command. "Then it isn't meant to be! Now let's go and punch our asses off!"

So the OGers dashed right at Mega-Lupus. Lupus looked up at his plot devices. "Send me another tune, luv!"

"That's it, Lupus! It's over!" Yami Yoshi shouted.

"Individually, we were beaten!" supported GORE-ILLA.

"But united, we'll beat you!" Fusion shot out some sparks threateningly.

Mega-Lupus slammed his hands on the ground and released shockwaves, but the OGers stood their ground.

"Just give up, Lupus!" said Black Skull Dragoshi.

And Introbulus finished, "It's over!"

With that, the OGers all punched forward at the same time, shouting, "OG Fist!"

Nothing happened. Mega-Lupus cackled triumphantly. "What was that supposed to be? Don't you fools see? You've already lost! Your cheesecake is gone. And in mere moments the world will be back in my Shieitish grip! So just quit while you're behind!"

But even as Mega-Lupus concluded his boastful dialogue, all of the OGers' outstretched fists glowed with a golden light. Suddenly, a huge, ghostly transparent golden fist materialized before the OGers. It immediately zipped at Mega-Lupus, who realized, "Oh," just before the OG Fist tore right through his chest. As his body was split in two, he muttered, "Don't tell Harry." Both of his halves fell to the floor and exploded dramatically.

The OG Six united in a big high five. However, Introbulus peeked skyward and saw the monkeys fiercely typing away at their typewriters as the ground started to tremble slightly. "Don't get too excited!" Introbulus warned the others. "The plot devices are working on his revival already, and it looks like they're in a rush! We need to get to the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) now or never! But first, I forgot something..." he shuffled through his pocket.

"What us it?" asked Fusion. "Some helpful ancient amulet?"

"No. We are all Author Characters, so we can operate the Holy Plot Device (Reverb), but we'll still need this..." he pulled out an American quarter. "Did I mention that it was a coin op machine?" His companions dropped over anime-style.

Yami Yoshi pointed towards the Holy Plot Shrine. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go for it!"

Introbulus swerved his Iron Fist manipulating the quarter as he flew straight towards the shrine. However, some roots began to shoot out from the ground- Lupus was rebuilding himself. As the roots emerged from the ground, they continued reaching up until they reached Introbulus and tangled him, forcing him down to the ground. As Introbulus struggled to break free, the quarter began to fall to the ground (where Lupus's plot devices had set up a bottomless pot hole), but Black Skull Dragoshi dived in, catching the quarter in time.

Black Skull Dragoshi alternated between running and flying to through Lupus's tendrils off trap, but he eventually tripped over some roots, and before he knew it, he was securely fastened to the ground beside Introbulus. But before he went down, he had tossed the quarter straight towards his unfriendly ally SwordMaster.

SwordMaster moved quickly. He immediately planted his sword into the rocky soil and then used it as a pole vault to leap further into the air (holding his sword as he flew). The second he landed, he made a mad sprint for the Holy Plot Device (Reverb), chopping up any roots he encountered along his run. He looked like he was going to make it. But just as he approached the steps to the Holy Plot Shrine, the roots he had chopped had regenerated, and they all fused together into one large root- which shot out towards SwordMaster and tied his arms to his sides before SwordMaster could react, and he was slowly dragged back to the others.

One of the Lupus-made tendrils extracted the quarter from SwordMaster's vicelike grip and waved it about proudly. Bad move, as the root was burned by a fireball from Fusion seconds later. Fusion grabbed the quarter and flew at top speed towards the Shrine. Surprisingly he met with no attempted interference. Instead of being suspicious, Fusion blamed the lack of opposition on his sheer speed. He was unaware that the tentacles were gathering together right in front of the Holy Plot Shrine's entrance and uniting into one giant web until he flew right into the web, unable to maneuver in time due to his sheer speed.

But as he was dragged down, Fusion launched the quarter out of his hand in an energy beam. GORE-ILLA leapt into the air and fetched the quarter as he made his run. Already Lupus's head and neck were reforming from the ground- Lupus would have assembled quicker if his roots and energy had not been diverted towards stopping the OGers' futile efforts. This time the irritated roots did away with strategy and resorted to simply reaching out for GORE. But the mechanical monkey turned out to be smarter then any of them had suspected and dodged root after root. So the root once again banded together. This time the roots all shot out from the ground beneath GORE at the same time as he got the closest to the Holy Plot Shrine. GORE struggled and fought, tearing apart a few roots with his bare hands before he was firmly pinned to the ground. He reached out to toss the quarter before it was too late, but it was too late.

The quarter passed from root to root until it was held before Lupus's newly-assembled skull by his slowly-composing right hand. Lupus once again laughed. "You still don’t get it? Even if you beat me, I'll come back again and again to keep you away from that plot device! If you surrender now, maybe I can make you into my pets or something! You can all race to get me my morning paper instead of racing to deliver quarters to the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) when you know you can't!" Suddenly, a series of egg-like projectiles bombarded Lupus's fresh head with explosions until nothing remained but roots which got back to work on reconstruction. A scaly hand lifted the quarter from the ground.

Yami Yoshi swallowed hard. "This is it, Yami. This... is for the cheesecake!"

With that Yami Yoshi dashed across the field of angry roots. Leap after leap, duck after duck, he continue to dodge the roots. So the roots resorted to their other tactics. First they all banded together and shot at Yami Yoshi like an angry snake, but Yami used his yoshi fluttering abilities to successfully dodge the roots and then bombard them with Dark Eggs. So Yami Yoshi passed on across the open field, leaping over his trapped comrades. Suddenly the roots all shot out at same time from beneath his feet. But Yami Yoshi shouted, "Egg Shield!" as he encased his body within a giant egg. The roots all wrapped around the egg and tried to shatter it. Yami Yoshi quickly developed a plan as he lowered his head and rammed it against the north side of the egg. Kicking off of the opposite side, he flew right through the egg shell and the artificial wall of the roots, which drew back underground for their final strategy as Yami Yoshi continued his run.

Yami Yoshi saw the steps of the Holy Plot Shrine and leapt straight toward them. But just as he flew at the shrine's boundaries, the roots shot up again, into the form of a web- but this time the web sported Lupus's face. Yami screamed as he landed right on the web and found himself being violently bonded by the mad tendrils. Lupus himself looked very angry as he shouted to Yami Yoshi. "Just quit! That's it! You lose! Game over! What's wrong with the villain winning for a change, huh? You think that just because you're a hero and this is a light-hearted adventure, that you're gonna pull through in the end?" Yami Yoshi struggled and struggled, but he could not break free. However, a warm feeling near his chest filled him with confidence- and a plan. "I mean, you think it's easy being a villain and having to lose to a loser like you all the time? I mean, sure, sometimes we knock off a few of your friends or take over the world a couple of times, but do we win in the end? No! I mean, I was a god, for Pete's sake, and you guys still win! Is that fair? Can't the villain win just one time? You're driving me out of my mind, dammit!"

Yami Yoshi blinked. "Uh, where is your mind, anyway?"

One of the roots pointed towards the ground. "It's deep within the ground, at the center of my roots' growth points. Why do you ask?" said Lupus as his tentacles twisted so Yami Yoshi was now facing the exact spot of ground above Lupus's mind center.

"So I could finish this battle once and for all. Mind Crush!" Yami shouted brilliantly as a golden glow shot from his Millennium Egg and through the roots to their center in the ground. An egg formed around Lupus's mind and slowly shrunk, crushing the mind and giving it great pain.

Naturally, Lupus screamed in pain. "AUGH!!! URFF!!! WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON, MAN? SEE, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! ONE MINUTE I'M ABOUT TO RULE ALL OF EXISTANCE, THEN YOU HAVE TO PREDICTABLY PULL THROUGH AND VANQUISH ME!! I MEAN, JUST ONCE, I'D LIKE TO WIN A BATTLE!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD IT IS TO BE A VILLAIN THESE DAYS..." Lupus's face disappeared from the roots, signaling a loss of power from the mind center. The roots began to wobble, freeing Yami Yoshi.

Yami immediately started dashing for the Holy Plot Shrine... but something happened. Some combination of the exhaustion from this longass adventure mixed with all the injuries he had sustained during his previous battles overcame him. He collapsed right there on the ground.

"Something's wrong! I sense something's wrong!" said Introbulus. "Yami has fallen!"

"Oh crap," said BSD. "What now?"

"We have to help him... somehow!" SwordMaster struggled against his bonds. "I've got it! Fusion... can you transfer our power to Yami!"

"Great idea!" Introbulus chimed.

"Yes... I can, if it is given willingly. That just might work." So the OGers began to focus their powers towards Fusion, who started to transfer it to Yami- but made sure the OGers kept enough power to survive. "Wait... there's not enough. Someone's holding back." Everyone looked at BSD.

"What? I need my power! I can break outta here and save us all, I swear!"

"Dragoshi, don't give us a hard time..."

"Stop right there!" said GORE. "You should be honored! Your leader needs your help to save the world..." GORE began one last long-winded speech that was left on the cutting room floor (but it will be included in 2026's Special Special Edition). It moved BSD to tears, and convinced him to transfer his power. Yami Yoshi recovered and leaot towards the Holy Plot Shrine.

In the meantime the monkeys had made a loophole in Lupus's history that allowed him to shrug off the effects of the Mind Crush and rebuild himself twice as fast. Soon Mega-Lupus was back in power and very displeased. He began to squeeze the OGers harder, ready to continue doing so until they burst in a most painful manner.

Yami Yoshi was in the small shrine and beheld the wondrous Holy Plot Device (Reverb). It was a bulky rectangular device made of some sort of metal. It was twice Yami's height and three times his width. It had a black visor with two glowing red eyes. A small mouth was shaped like a door. And it must have been a door, as it slid open automatically as Yami Yoshi approached it. Yami uncertainly stepped into the Holy Plot Device (Reverb)'s insides, which consisted of a small chair which faced a monitor screen which was the same size of the visor on the other side.

In an ancient voice, the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) ordered, "Present the offering so I clean the laundry of your desires."

Yami Yoshi said, "Uh, hang on one sec," as he searched himself. "I... knew I had it somewhere..." Looking outside, he saw light reflecting from metal- metal which was slowly being dragged away by one of Lupus's tendrils. Immediately Yami Yoshi's tongue shot out and retrieved the quarter. Yami Yoshi slid the quarter into the slot, and the door snapped shot.

"Thank you, Author Character known as Yami Yoshi. What is thy desire?"

Yami Yoshi was about to blurt the obvious when he realized how much he missed his cheesecake. It was the perfect cheesecake, he knew it was.

Yami recalled when he was a bad chef, unable to make anything good. That all changed when he found the Millennium Egg. Suddenly he thought of different and better cooking methods which seemed like distant memories. Working hard day and night, he finally crafter a beautiful cheesecake. Without even tasting it, he felt that it was the most delicious cheesecake he would ever lay his eyes on. So he preserved it in the refrigerator, saving it for the most special occasion he could ever think of.

"What is thy desire, already! Hurry up, or I shall eat thine quarter!"

"Alright, alright!" said Yami Yoshi out of irritation. "Just kill Lupus and his plot devices for good, banning them from all dimensions save for Hell itself."

"So shall it be."

With that, the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) emitted blinding beams of energy from its eyes. Whichever roots were struck by its light melted away until nothing remained. Slowly, the lasers made their way across the Summit, freeing the trapped OGers as it made its way towards Mega-Lupus. Immediately Mega-Lupus's body was eaten away at, bit by bit, until only his face remained.

"Don't expect me to pull a Darth Maul! You can't kill a main villain for good in the first installment! I'll find a loop hole! I'll come back! I always do!" With that Sir Lupus the Turk exploded in one last plop. Eight spiritual beams bearing the faces of the Party Goers flew from Lupus’s remains.

The plot devices were already hard at work on an excuse to revive Lupus when, one by one, the typewriting monkeys were struck by the holy rays of light and extinguished from this world.

Yami Yoshi rushed out towards his companions, and they all embraced before they remembered their heterosexuality and pulled away awkwardly.

Introbulus decided, "Anyone who was less crazy then Lupus could have used the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) to destroy the entire world. So it must be hidden away - for good." But seeing Yami Yoshi's downcast expression, he added, "But first let's dig around for another quarter! Who's up for cheesecake?"

So with the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) and the restored cheesecake (it took the whole rest of the team to restrain GORE from devouring the cheesecake instantly) loaded onto the Volkswagen which Jim had driven by the Forum Shield when he got tired of waiting, the OGers returned to Earth for a happy ending -starting with a big feast in which all the OGers realized how delicious was the morsel they had strived to protect for so long.

"So it's true then," said Jim after Introbulus told him all about the fight. "You're the warriors of prophecy? I never would believed it. You're even worse then those 8-Bit Theatre guys."

"I try," joked Introbulus.

Jim's voice took a more serious tone. "But what about the other part of the prophecy..." he said as he nudged towards the slobbering GORE-ILLA.

Intro shook his head. "Don't know. I'll keep an eye out just in case." They never spoke of this topic again.

Scene Two: Epilogue

So the OGers went their separate ways- Black Skull Dragoshi returned to his Giga-Castle, SwordMaster to his bachelor pad and Introbulus and Jim to their secret headquarters. GORE-ILLA and Fusion, who had no real homes, stayed with Yami Yoshi (the original three reunited) for a few weeks until they were ready to move on in this world that was new to both of them.

Yami Yoshi was able to open a small cheesecake plant to manufacture his own cheesecake, but none had tasted as sweet as the original.

GORE-ILLA retreated into the wilderness to search for clues to his mysterious past, but he's had no such luck yet.

Fusion became a billionaire after winning the Powerball and used his earnings to buy his own mansion, in which he trains daily while keeping an eye out for Team Rocket assassins.

SwordMaster continued to feel ashamed for his failure to protect his cheesecake, so Yami Yoshi offered him another chance by putting him in charge of his cheesecake plant.

Black Skull Dragoshi got bored of being alone and began to hang out with/annoy Fusion in his spare time (which meant all the time). Gradually his hallucinations of video game characters lessened.

Introbulus and Jim continued doing missions for their secret organization. Introbulus also hid the Holy Plot Device (Reverb) in an unknown location after using it to get himself some orange juice, because he was out. All other info is classified.

With Lupus gone, his faction of TWIFATIT was torn into civil war- one side lead by Dark GORE and the other headed by Gamechamp. Dark GORE had the upper hand, but we'll get back to this subject some other time...

Lupus's death seemed oddly permanent, with only a few false rumors and imposters. Maybe he really is gone... maybe not.

The OG Six had drifted apart. Never did any of them think that they would be pulled together for a second adventure. Or a third. Or a fourth. Even the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and later adventures were unpredicted. That doesn't even count the spin-offs along this long and winding road. Sleep well heroes, you're sure as hell gonna need it.

Scene Three: Credits

Johnny Depp as Himself
Michael Clarke Duncan as Yami Yoshi
Alfred Molina as Lupus the Turk
George Clooney as GORE-ILLA
Shaquille O'Neal as SwordMaster
Vin Deisel as Black Skull Dragoshi
David Hasselhoff as Fusion
50 Cent as Introbulus
Willem Dafoe as Jim
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (alternating) as Dark GORE
Keanu Reeves as Qwirtzok
Jerry Seinfeld as Lord Chaos
Hugh Jackman as King Bob
Sir Ian McKellen as Golem
Samuel L. Jackson as Sergeant Samuel Curtis Flutter
Christian Bale as Vorpal
Tom Welling as Masamune
John Goodman as Ditto McCloaker
Stan Lee as Luigi of the Pipes/Holy Plot Device (Reverb)
Lucy Liu as Sapphire Blue
Katie Holmes as Elzie Ann
Howard Stern as Shadow Dragoshi
Gary Oldman as GameChamp
Mike Myers as Robot Team
James Earl Jones as Voice of Koopas I-V
Ozzie Osbourne as Voice of Computer-Animated EVIL Scientist Dude
Mark Hamill as Exodia
Halle Berry as Kolorado
Leonardo Decaprio Goomba as 5395
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Diskun
Tom Jane as Beezlebub
Seann William Scott as Gorilla 508
Britney Spears as Satan

Scene Four: Not Yet...

BanLand. A figure crawled about in the shadow of the Holy Plot Mountain to one of Lupus the Turk's many teleporters to the surface. He had cheated death before, and he had done so again. But just before he disappeared into the teleporter's light, he snarled,

"You killed my son, my grandson, my great-grandson and my great-great-grandson." The camera zoomed in on his angry terrapin eyes. "Prepare to die."

The End at last... or is it?

As the figure disappeared, a glowing, particularly scrawny-looking spirit flew by, his trail spelling in golden letters, “THE END”.

To Be Continued in The Jewel Heist.

Chapters of Member OG Special Edition

Chapters 1-5 - 6-10 - 11-15 - 16-20 - 21-25