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Chapter 216 - Chapter 216: Second Key Stolen And Negative Ten In Mt. Rushmore

???: "Well, well, well!"

(A sinister voice sounded out.)

(They looked out to see their oldest nemesis other than Vilgax standing at the edge of the broken roof beside a mutated bat creature.)

Huntress: "Oh no. Anyone but you too!"

(Huntress said, aiming her bow at him.)

Animo: "The six of you are overdue for a visit to Dr. Aloysius James Animo!"

(The mutated bat creature unfurled its wings and let out a sonic screech towards the heroes as Blossom Rose deadpanned.)

Blossom Rose: "I really hate that guy."

(The screech blasted into the Omni-Twins and sent them hurtling out of the hole in the glass wall and nearly sent them falling over the edge.)

(The others ran out, weapons and powers at the ready, as they ran to the twins sides as they groaned out in pain.)

Max: "Ben, Jen?"

(Max asked.)

Max: "Are you two okay?"

Blossom Rose: "No."

(Blossom Rose said.)

Blossom Rose: "I don't think so."

(Dr. Animo rode on his bat and wickedly grinned down at our heroes as Rojo and Enchantress surrounded them from the other side.)

Diamondhead: "Well."

(Diamondhead said as the Omni-Team lined up back to back as Matter Girl cocked the cannon and charged it up.)

Diamondhead: "Here we go."

Rojo: "You're still alive!?"

(Rojo asked.)

Rojo: "You guys are making me look bad."

Lucky Girl: "We do what we can."

(Lucky Girl said as she enveloped her hands in magic.)

(Rojo shouted out and fired out a laser from her right arm towards them but Lucky Girl stepped forwards and placed her hands in front of her.)

Lucky Girl: "Vortress Nebulae!"

(A blue force field appeared in front of them and the laser bounced off of it and into the Needle.)

(Matter Girl blasted the cannon, sending Rojo sprawling to the edge as well with her own former weapon as the heroes stood glaring.)

Enchantress: "Seriously, Gwen?"

(Enchantress asked Lucky Girl.)

Enchantress: "An invisible forcefield spell? That's it? You and Jen have had my spellbook for all this time and you still haven't taken off the training wheels?"

Blossom Rose: "It's only been a month and a half."

(Blossom Rose deadpanned.)

Enchantress: "Either the pair of you are too stupid to conjure the more complex spells or you're too scared to. You're not sorceresses. You're jokes."

Lucky Girl: "You know, Enchantress."

(Lucky Girl said.)

Lucky Girl: "It's not like you taught yourself these spells like we did. We could use a mentor."

Enchantress: "Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll pass."

(Enchantress said as she lit her hands up in magic.)

Enchantress: "Besides, I'm sure that my sister and that pestering Scarlet Warrior have you covered in that department better than I ever could."

Huntress: "So."

(Huntress said as she spun her spear around and the others posed around her.)

Huntress: "Are we going to stand around here all night or are we going to fight?"

(Our heroes took off to battle the villains and shouted out in effort as Matter Girl absorbed the metal from the roof and started clashing with Rojo's armor as the renegade glared at her as she grit her teeth and slammed her foot down on her boot before whacking her with her backhand hammer.)

Rojo: "You're pretty good."

(Rojo admitted.)

Rojo: "But let's see if you're good enough."

(Diamondhead and Blossom Rose blasted their crystals and thorns out at the mutant bat before Diamondhead created a crystal shield to block the sonic screech from the bat as they screamed outwards and looked towards each other.)

Diamondhead: "Any ideas?"

(Diamondhead asked his sister.)

Blossom Rose: "Try to stay alive. My solar beam is going to take longer to charge at night."

(Huntress backflipped away as she and her sister fired arrows and spells at Enchantress as she levitated away from them before firing a spell that Lucky Girl blocked with a force field.)

(Max looked out and ducked as Rojo charged after him and Matter Girl before Matter Girl morphed her legs into blades and blocked her attacks with a kick before she socked her in the gut with a powerful punch and she fell into Max's grip as he held her over his shoulders and tossed her back inside.)

Matter Girl: "Whoa, Max."

(Matter Girl smiled.)

Matter Girl: "You're tougher than you look."

Max: "Years of practice. Which you're going to need in the long run."

(They then heard a buzzing noise in their ears and they looked out and deadpanned in utter defeat as they saw Clancy fly in and open his maw to them as he charged in.)

(Rojo looked on from the wreckage and rubbed her head as it ached out.)

(Her eyes then caught something blue and she looked down to see the very thing they came to the Space Needle for in the first place.)

(She smirked out evilly.)

(Matter Girl struggled against Clancy's long tongue and powerful mandibles.)

(Thankfully she was protected from her metallic armor coating her skin.)

(She shouted out and tossed him aside by the wings into Enchantress.)

Rojo: "I've got the key!"

(Rojo shouted to her allies as Max gasped outwards at the sight of the key.)

Max: "The key! Of course! Somebody stop Rojo from getting away with that thing!"

Blossom Rose: "On it!"

(Blossom Rose shouted as she ran forwards.)

(Diamondhead slammed his hand into the ground creating a field of diamonds that knocked Dr. Animo and the mutant bat off the edge of the Space Needle towards the ground.)

(Blossom Rose ran forwards and wrapped her vine fingers around Rojo's legs, sending her sprawling to the ground while Diamondhead grew a blade from his hand.)

Diamondhead: "Hand it over, lady. Or prepare to get a nose piercing you'll never forget!"

(That was when the Omnitrixes suddenly timed out, leaving the Omni-Twins back inside their Omni-Suits.)

(They looked at the evil woman who smiled at them.)

(Omni-Pink then used her telekinesis to grab the key from her hands and she began to run away but Rojo managed to trip her up, sending the key flying through the air.)

(That was when Cooper suddenly leaped up and caught the key before Clancy landed in front of him and growled like the feral creature he now was.)

Huntress: "Be smart, Cooper."

(Huntress begged as he smirked.)

Cooper: "You want this so badly? Go get it!"

(He then tossed the key off of the Space Needle and flew away from the group as Jen facepalmed pathetically as Clancy flapped his wings and dove after the key and caught it as he smiled.)

Lucky Girl: "I don't think I want those tickets from him anymore."

(Lucky Girl whispered.)

(Animo then flew upwards on his bat and Clancy flew in and grabbed Rojo, flying them away.)

(Lucky Girl glared at Enchantress as she happily waved goodbye as Animo's bat caught her arms and flew her away.)

Enchantress: "I so wish I could teach the seven of you a lesson you so richly deserve, but me and my associates have a date to rule the world!"

(Clancy drooled down outwards and the spittle landed on Rojo as she glared.)

Rojo: "How come I'm stuck getting a ride from Mr. Maggot?"

Enchantress: "Just lucky I guess."

(Enchantress mocked.)

(The Omni-Team gazed onward with concern as they saw the figures fly away into the distance.)

(The Rust Bucket sped through the streets as they looked outwards at the road ahead.)

Max: "Why didn't I figure it out sooner?!"

(Max asked.)

Ben: "What was that key for, Grandpa?"

(Ben asked.)

Ben: "What's so important about it?"

Max: "I'll tell you."

(Max said.)

Max: "Many years ago, the Plumbers caught an alien convict. As a show of gratitude, the convict's race gave us a sample of what they called sub-energy, a subatomic power source so powerful that it made our own nuclear plants look like wind-up toys by comparison. Despite its immense potential for good, the sub-energy was too unstable and dangerous to be used by us or anyone for that matter. So the Plumbers decided it should be put away for safe keeping inside a super secure force field inside the Mt. Rushmore complex."

Gwen: "And the only way to shut down the force field was to join the two keys that were stolen from the Space Needle and at Fort Knox annexes?"

(Gwen asked.)

Max: "I'm afraid so."

Jen: "But how did the Circus Freaks manage to figure all this stuff out?"

(Jen asked.)

Allison: "Are you kidding me, Jen?"

(Allison asked.)

Allison: "The Circus Freaks couldn't figure out how to steal water from an aquarium!"

Max: "Allison's right."

(Max said.)

Max: "Whoever masterminded this whole plot must have knowledge of top secret Plumber intel."

Jen: "Okay."

(Jen said as the team regrouped.)

Jen "Enough is enough. You guys thinking what I'm thinking?"

Allison: "We fight fire with fire."

(Allison agreed.)

(She whipped out her phone as everyone else did as well as Cooper looked on from the seat.)

Cooper: "Who are you guys calling?"

(he asked.)

Ben: "...Everyone."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "If whoever's involved with this is going to call in our enemies, let's play along and call in our friends."

Becky: "I know a certain someone who's going to rip Animo limb from limb once she finds out what he did to those poor animals."

(Becky agreed.)

(The screen split into five as our heroes all called their closest allies.)

Ben: "Hey, Lincoln."

(Ben said as he rested on the seat.)

Ben: "It's Ben. It's great to hear you too, but I'm afraid this isn't a courtesy call. We need you and your sisters to get to Mt. Rushmore to help us against a group of our enemies who've teamed up against us? ...You'll do it. Thanks! We owe you guys big time!"

Jen: "Hey, Joel."

(Jen said with a smile.)

Jen: "I really hate to interrupt your honeymoon, but we're going to need Camille at Mt. Rushmore in about 3 hours. You're in South Dakota on your trip already? You'll do it? Okay, thanks, cuz. No, we don't need you too, just her."

Gwen: "Hi, Hope."

(Gwen said over her phone.)

Gwen: "Yeah, it's Gwen. We need your help. A group of our greatest enemies has assembled themselves and are going to destroy us all. And it includes your sister! You'll come? Thank you so much!"

Becky: "Xylene?"

(Becky said as she called over Max's Plumber badge.)

Becky: "Hi, it's Becky. Max's granddaughter? Yeah, you know your whole Plumber job? We need you at Mt. Rushmore at the quickest time possible. Thank you for your help. We'll see you at the complex."

(Cooper looked on concerned as everyone talked on their phones with the deepest urgency and worry on their faces as they looked at each other and hung up.)

(Max looked concerned.)

Max: "We're going to need a bigger R.V."

(About two hours later, the Rust Bucket arrived back at Mt. Rushmore, where the Theodore Roosevelt head was still wrecked from the battle with Vilgax.)

(They looked on as they saw a shooting star arrive and a jet appear hundreds of miles away.)

Allison: "They're coming."

(Allison said.)

Allison: "Our friends never let us down."

Ben: "I guess we beat them here."

(Ben guessed before the Rust Bucket was hit with a laser that sent it swerving to the side and then slowed before it stopped right in front of the hill.)

(The Omni-Team looked out in horror as they saw the group of villains lined up on the hill single file in front of them and they all glared down evilly at them as they felt a sense of dread start to overtake them.)

(Then, the Forever King walked in front of them with a grin behind his visor as he looked to the Rust Bucket and our heroes as they looked on.)

Forever King: "Welcome, Omni-Team."

(he said.)

Forever King: "I wish that I could promise the seven of you a swift demise, but I'm afraid that my new partners have other ideas for you. Behold: The Negative Ten!"

(The team looked on as they all prepared for battle as they saw their enemies do the same.)

Ben: "Oh. Man."

(Ben said.)

Jen: "We are in for it now."

(Jen agreed.)

[To Be Continued...]

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