“Yes?” said Shine Girl when she looked at him with a flexed eyebrow.

“Seeing that we’re going to be undercover, I…well, I was saving this for an occasion. But…seeing that we’ll be going to a place like that. I figured…this will be a better fit for you.”

Roland gave Shine Girl a type of box, which at first left her confused, but accepted it nonetheless.

“And I know that well, being fancy isn't your type,” said Roland, “And I don't like the idea of the mask either. I like your current mask as it is. But not for fancy dress.”

“Why not?” said a confused Shine Girl.

“It covers too much of your pretty face.” said Roland, which caused him to freeze by what he said. “Er...gotta go.”

“Smooth, exlax!” Max called out.

“Easy there, Max. Let ‘em be.” Sam spoke before stuffing his face with cheese and crackers.

Shine Girl on the other hand found herself blushing madly over this. She went to a private part of the lair and opened the box. When she looked, she was surprised by what was inside. It’s as if…it was made for her.

“Guys!!” Shine Girl quickly hid the box causing her to look, with Ben coming in his XLR8 form.

“What is it, Ben?” said Tai.

“I tracked down Shine Boy and Luke, they’re at downtown!!” said Ben/XLR8.

“A handful of all of you go and find him.” Said Batman, “Once you do, we’ll regroup near Winters Corps.”

“Got it,” said Leo, “Alright team, let’s go!!”

Everyone soon headed out to try and find the stone, but also put a stop to whatever plans they have.

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From Shredder’s ship, the VILE faculty were waiting for orders whilst their Operatives had armed themselves with their old gadgets and gear.

“I simply despise waiting about.” Said Countess Cleo.

“You’re not the only one.” Said Dr. Bellum.

“Patience.” Said Maelstrom, “Once we have located our target, we shall make our move.”

“And if we don’t, we’ll end up like our two former members.” Said Coach Brunt.

That’s when Stockman entered the room.

“Good news everyone,” said Stockman as he and a few of the elite Footbots walked in. “We’ve located where the next stone will be.”

“And that being?” said Maelstrom.

“You’re also master thieves, are you not?” said Stockman as he placed a brochure of a charity event at Winters Corps, as well as the vault with many valuables inside. He smirked and said, “How would you like the biggest score? One side for fulfilling an objective, and another to set you up for three lifetimes?”

At first they were a little surprised, but the smirks on their faces, shows that all of them were in.

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Meanwhile, Night Shine ran through the allies of New York before a couple Shine-a-rangs narrowly missed him. He looked up to see Shine Boy on top of a roof as he growled and headed to the streets while Shine Boy jumped down and followed in hot pursuit. Night Shine jumped on top of ongoing traffic and Shine Boy swung on cable lines to catch before he tackled Night Shine causing the two to crash into a neon sign and on a fire exit. Shine Boy dropped off his brother but grabbed the ladder as the two climbed to the roof. It started raining as the two ran. Night Shine stopped on a building with a big neon sign called 'Red Eye Club' and saw nowhere to go. So, he stood as he saw Shine Boy catch up and raised his fists up, ready to fight.

“Luke!” Shine Boy panted. “Why are you doing this?”

Night Shine responded by charging at his younger brother and tried punching him. Shine Boy dodged every blow before roundhouse kicking Night Shine. After a couple blocked hits, Night Shine punched Shine Boy who recoiled but still standing strong.

“You are so smug! You think we trust everyone we meet, do you? I may have given Roland and Venus a free pass, but that doesn’t count for Shredder Junior, who thinks treating people like crud will solve everything, huh? Well, I got a newsflash. We got along just FINE without them!”

Shine Boy got up. “Oh, and this qualifies as just fine? Need I remind you that they grew up the same timeline as Roland. They don’t want that to happen to us!”

“Don’t give me that! All they’re doing is breaking their spirits trying to make sure we fail! They might as well serve the multiverse on a platter for Shredder!”

“Hey, you’ve seen Roland struggling with that demon side. Don’t you think they’re struggling too? We can ill afford to make mistakes like we did in their timeline! Why can’t you see that?”

“And who made them our fearless leader? This mission would’ve been done halfway by now if they hadn’t put everyone down every five minutes! Now get outta the way!”

“And what if this gonna make things worse? Did you ever think of that? They know this Shredder better than any of us! So, unless we can find a better solution against our enemies, We. Need. Them!”

Night Shine laughed. “Unless they actually grow up, I hafta disagree with you on that last statement, little brother.” He drew his hatchets.

“Stand down, Luke.” Shine Boy gritted.

“I’m done holding back.” Night Shine growled.

Seeing his brother wasn’t gonna stand down without a fight, Shine Boy pulled out his CDA staff.

The two of them continued to stare at each other down for a moment. Before they knew it, both of them charged towards and struck one another, but missed the fatal blows. Both of them

The two struggled in their grapple. Shine Boy noticed a button on his grip. The two sweated as they struggled. Quickly, Shine Boy pushed the button and a mini rocket popped out and fired Night Shine off of him, but Night Shine shook it off and attacked again. Then suddenly, a large energy beam shot down from the sky, and an individual walked out, which was none other than Jacob. Before Night Shine could respond, Jacob looked at him with a scowl and glare, before he darted over and used a mantis stinger against Night Shine’s chest, causing it to glow. Jacob pressed his pinkie finger, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger at all four corners of Night Shine’s chest, before Jacob delivers a strong thumb at the center, causing Night Shine to be launched backwards against the wall, hard, knocking him out at the same time.

Shine Boy was surprised to see Jacob, who had arrived out of the blue and helped by knocking Night Shine out. Jacob turned around and darted over to Shine Boy and grabbed him before he could collapse. He gently placed him against the wall in order for him to rest his back against something.

“Don’t worry, Tony.” Said Jacob, “You’ll be in good hands soon. Just have a little faith.”

He heard noises coming from another direction, then he looked back and said, “But we’ll speak when we have the chance. Promise.”

Shine Boy was dazed and saw Jacob walking away before disappearing without a trace.

“I found him!”

Shine Boy heard April’s voice and barely opened his eyes.

“Shine Boy? Shine Boy!” He heard Davis as he felt a hand smack his face.

“Move over, Davis.” He heard Cyborg speak as a red light scanned him.

He then heard Gwen speak up. “Is he okay?”

“He’s fine. Just dazed.”

He felt being picked up as he heard Static talk. “It’s okay, buddy. I gotcha.”

“What about him?” He heard Kevin ask.

He then heard Nightwing speak. “Bring him too. We need to get him to medical bay.”

That was all he heard before blacking out again.

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Within five hours, everyone was outside of the gates of Winters Corporation. However, one side the group was dressed in their formal wear whilst the others stood where they need to be. April and a few others arrived.

“We were able to take both Shine Boy and Luke to the medical wing.” Said April.

“But because of the ruckus Night, er, Luke caused, Grandpa Max grounded him to his quarters until further notice.” Said Static.

“Good, we don’t need this right now.” Said Green Arrow, whilst Gamer and Love Shine looked worried at the same time.

“Everyone know the plan?” said Hawk Girl.

“We do,” said Leo, “We’ll try to sneak into Winters Corporation to find the stone inside.”

“Whilst the rest of you keep an appearance to make sure nothing goes wrong.” Said 07Leo.

Kari looked around, and asked, “Has anyone seen Shine Girl?”

“Yeah, and where’s Roland?” asked TK.

Invictus saw something and had a shocked look on his face before bumping Silverbolt, who noticed and also had a shocked look on her face.

“Is that…Shine Girl?” said Silverbolt.

Half of them turned to the direction they were looking, and to their surprise, they saw Shine Girl walking towards them.

(Shine girl's outfit is the one on the right, couldn't find a single one)

Shine girl wore a warm pink dress and flowers on the side with white arm long gloves, and what appeared to be a warm pink mask that matched her dress.

Half the folks were baffled by what they were seeing.

“Whoa, she looks amazing.” Said Cody.

“No kidding.” Said Armadillomon.

“You look great, Kayla.” Said Kimberly.

“Thanks, Kimberly.” Said Shine Girl.

Zack Taylor looked around and asked, “Where’s Roland?”

Trini had a surprised look on her face and said, “I think I know.”

Everyone turned and were surprised by what they were seeing.

Roland was wearing a black Kingsman suit, with a black and white striped tie and a buttoned shirt underneath, his hair was combed very neat whilst also wearing glasses.

This caused some of the girls to blush by what they were seeing. Though Shine Girl seems to blush the hardest from underneath the mask.

“Oooh, nice suit.” Said Max as he zipped over to Roland.

“Very sharp indeed.” Said Sam.

Roland couldn’t help but smile and said, “Feeling sharp, officers Sam and Max.”

He turned to the others and said, “Alright, here’s what we’ll do.”

He used his glasses by pressing a button on the side, causing a hologram to be displayed on the floor, which surprised them.

“As Mikey suggested, we’ll divide our forces.” Said Roland whilst pointing out the map.

“The Turtles and their human allies, our 07 Turtle friends, Mane 6, Rainbooms, Mutanimals, Sam, and Max, Kim Possible, Carmen, and Yod, along with their groups will take the sewer line, which leads straight towards the underground passageway to Winter Corps. He was afraid that in case his building gets attacked, the passageway will be his escape.”

Roland pointed the courtyard.

“However, the other half of the team will be among the courtyard, where we will be in our disguises and also civilian guises in order to blend in with the crowd, whilst at the same time, would keep an eye out for VILE forces. If they did come here, then we’ll need to be on our toes for this one.”

Roland turned the hologram off as they looked at him.

“Knowing VILE, Tigress and the rest of their top agents will be going inside along with half of VILE’s operatives. The other half will no doubt be among the guests to ensure no one interferes.”

“And there’s a chance the Faculty might also be among the guests.” Said Carmen.

“Precisely.” Said Roland before spotting the manhole cover leading to underneath the building. “Mr. Kent, do your thing.”

Superman walked over and lifted it up, allowing the Turtles, the Rainbooms, the Mane 6, the Mutanimals, Carmen and Yod’s group, Kim, and Ron, along with Sam and Max, with the Digidestined, the Titans, and the Young Ninjas all went down.

“Wish us luck down there.” Said Sam as he popped out, with Max popping out of his hat.

“And save me some of that chicken!!” shouted Max before the two of them went inside.

Superman closed the lid before regrouping with the others.

“April,” said the Man of Steel as she approached her, “We’ll follow your lead on this, in case anyone asks too many questions.”

“What will I exactly tell them?” asked 07April.

“Tell them that we’re business investors from different parts of the world,” said Batman whilst approaching the woman, “You invited us over to talk business, and to ensure that your company is well secured for future events.”

“But there’s no guarantee that everyone won’t want to talk shop with us in order to know who we are.” Said Connie.

“Then we’ll just have to try the best we can to avoid what conversations we can.” Said Steven.

“Steven’s right,” said Jayden, “And if they do, we’ll answer what we can, but try to be discreet at the same time.”

“Seeing that the party is big, we’ll need to divide into groups.” Said Batman. “Ben and his team will take the northern part of the party. The Crystal Gems will take the east, the Rangers will take the west, the League will focus on the center and the south. The moment you see VILE, do not engage, make sure none of them escape.”

“Alright then, we’ll take point,” said Tommy before turning to the Samurai Rangers. “Jayden, is it?”

“That’s right.” Said Jayden.

“Mind backing us up in there?” asked Tommy.

“Sure, no problem.” Said Jayden.

Everyone soon entered inside, with Antonio geeking out and whispered to the other rangers, “I can’t believe we’re teaming up with the original rangers in their prime.”

Kevin bumped his shoulder against Antonio in order for him to behave himself.

Soon enough it was only Roland and Shine Girl outside. The two of them looked at one another, with both couldn’t help but blush slightly.

“You really do look amazing.” Said Roland. “It…really brings out the color of your eyes.”

“Er…thanks.” Said Shine Girl, “You look…great too.”

Roland walked over and stood next to Shine Girl, then slowly presented his arm, gaining her attention. Knowing what this means, she blushed again, but cleared her throat and slowly held onto it, allowing the both of them to go inside, hopefully before anyone else notices.

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From underground, the entire group began to move. Thankfully, there was plenty of open space to move for everyone.

Amethyst Majesty, Gill, Silverbolt, and Invictus were the ones who moved ahead to scout out in case there are any unexpected surprises, whilst the Turtles and Rainbooms followed suit. With the Mutanimals, Mane 6, Carmen and Yod’s group, Kim and Ron, Sam, and Max, the Digidestined, the Titans, and the Young Ninjas.

“Anything?” asked Slash.

Gill used his helmet’s scanner to scan for the areas ahead.

“So far so good.” Said Gill, “We’ll be stopping towards a two-way entrance. One of them will lead to the Winters building.”

Just like Gill said, everyone arrived at the two ways.

Leo turned to Max. “Max, you go that way and take on any guards while the rest of us sneak in the building.”

“You got it, Leo!” Max saluted before heading the other way.

As the others headed in the opposite tunnel, Yolei whispered to Sam. “You sure Max can handle them by himself?”

“Max is a grown-up bunny. He can handle himself.” Sam shrugged.

Meanwhile, Max was looking around in the dark. “Now then, if I was a guard, where would I be? I must be very, very close.”

Max lit a lighter to get a little light going only to be face to face with a gorilla like monster who growled in his face. Still smiling, Max turned to no one in particular. “You might want to look away from this scene.”

Outside a shelter, punches and hits could be heard as well as Max screaming hysterically.

Back to the others, 07Leo popped up from a cover inside the damaged building.

“All clear.” He said.

As the group came up from underground, they heard a knock on the door.

“Who could be coming this late at night?” Invictus wondered as he walked to the door.

He opened the door, revealing to be Max all beaten up with shaved parts all over his body.

“Ghetto superstar. That is what you are!” He exasperated before falling down.

“Shh! There might be Foot Bots nearby.” Sunset shushed him.

Max got up with his wounds gone. “Nope just that gorilla next door.”

“You must’ve arrived at an animal shelter by mistake.” Said 07Donnie.

“What kind of an idiot would want a gorilla in a pet store, Mr. Peebles?” said 07Raph rhetorically.

“No time to chitchat,” said 07Leo, “Right now, we gotta find that vault and find that stone.”

“So where exactly is the vault?” asked Slash.

“Certainly not in this room.” Said Sam, “And it had seen better than a quinceañera of 09.”

Everyone looked around and were surprised to see the damage in this room.

“This is where you guys fought the four generals with that portal?” asked Mikey.

“You got that right.” Said 07Mikey.

“Though I’m surprised they never bothered trying to fix the place.” Said Ace.

“So where do we start searching?” asked Patch.

“Hey, there’s a directory over there.” Said Ocellus.

Everyone moved over and looked at it. Twilight scanned it whilst adjusting her glasses.

“According to this, the vault is right down there, sublevel six.”

“That must be where they store the important artifacts.” Said Yod.

“Though from the looks of it, we can’t enter that door, it’s sealed.” Said Soch as he pointed at the door.

“Why not just take that route?” asked Ron, pointing at what appeared to be a ventilation system.

“It’s big enough to take a person going single file.” Said Sandbar.

“So, we’ll need to move carefully through.” Said Sandbar.

“So, all of us move whilst some of the girls move behind us.” Said Ron.

“I beg your pardon?!” said Rarity.

“I think what Ronald Stoppable means is that those with skirts should remain behind.” Said Sam.

“Unless all of you want to risk any of the guys taking any upskirt shots of your girls.” Warned Max.

This caused those with skirts to look down, leaving them flustered and embarrassed at the same time, causing them to cover them in embarrassment as some chuckled at that.

“See, this is why I prefer to wear pants in situations like this.” Said Rainbow Dash. “As well as others who prefer to wear pants.”

“She’s not wrong.” Said Kim, “You’d never see me wear a skirt when saving the world.”

“Unless you wanted to count that wardrobe malfunction after what happened to your mission suit.” Said Ron.

“Don’t remind me,” said Kim dryly.

“Wait, what?” said Yolei, “What happened?”

“Oh, see, on our last trip to stop Drakkon, Kim got her mission suit torn and couldn’t be fixed.” Said Ron, “There used to be Kim style, but they were removed from the shelves because they didn’t sell well anymore.”

“Monique felt bad that she didn’t save a few for me just in case.” Said Kim, before gesturing her own, “That’s why I got this new design.”

“That would explain the new mission outfit.” Said Sunset.

“And I must say, it looks better on you, darling.” Said Rarity.

“Yeah, the previous pants looked a little baggy, but now you’ve got more leg movement.” Said Scootaloo.

“Aw, thanks.” Said Kim.

“Wait, didn’t y’all also have a high-tech suit to help fight bad guys in more dangerous situations?” asked Apple Bloom.

This caused some to look at Apple Bloom whilst Kim and Ron were surprised.

“Let me guess,” said a deadpanned Kim, “Tweebs told you?”

“They call now and then.” Said Apple Bloom.

“Yeah, turned out on her last mission, there was still some glitches to them and Wade was still fixing them.” Said Ron. “Long story short, Dementor found a way to hack into the suit.”

“After you tried to use it to cheat your way during football.” Reminded Kim.

“Wait, you used a high-tech suit to play football.” Said Twilight in shock.

“I did,” said Ron, “But in hindsight, I was worried Kim might dump me when I misheard that she wanted to date a jock, but turned out they were talking about Monique’s cellphone.”

“Talk about a miscommunication.” Said TK, causing Kari to giggle at that.

“Alright, less talking more moving!!” said Raph.

“Will you just relax.” Said Cyborg, “Like anyone else knows how to break in a building they’ve never broken into before.”

“Yeah dude, when the heck are you gonna drop that bad attitude?” asked Beast Boy.

“Pff, yeah right,” said Venus whilst rolling her eyes, “The day he actually learns to calm down is the day when pigs fly, when Night Shine become a tree loving sappy dork and Mona Lisa having Raph’s baby.”

That last part caused everyone to look at her in shock, but not as shocked as Raph was as his face went completely red from what she just said.

“What’s that got to do with everything!!” shouted Raph.

“I don’t know, you tell your hubby.” Said Venus with a smirk.

When Raph looked, to his surprise, Mona’s face was also red, but looked away from embarrassment, which caused Raph to feel the same way.

“Uh, how about we get moving and not talking about that ever again before things get awkward.” Said Ace.

“Ace, for once, I completely agree with you.” Said Patch before all of them moved on.

However, from the shadows, two figures were watching them.

“We’ve spotted the Rainbooms and their allies.” Said one in a Spanish accent, “Moving to intercept now. Will call when they reach a way to the vault.”

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Meanwhile, from outside, everyone continued on with their business, and 07April was busy talking to her business partners. At the same time, the teams move about, some posing as waiters, some posing as guests.

Roland looked around and mingled a bit with Shine Girl. Though he felt nervous near her, they had to stay quiet and undercover.

“Anything?” asked Roland whilst looking around.

“Nothing, yet.” Said Shine Girl before looking to her right. But then she widened her eyes and said, “Wait, over there.”

Roland turned to his right and spotted the four people. Roland instantly recognized them. They were none other than Coach Brunt, Maelstrom, Countess Cleo, and Dr. Bellum. He took pictures with his camera and sent it to the others.

“Confirmed,” said Roland whilst contacting his team quietly. “VILE faculty spotted, I repeat, VILE faculty spotted, sending images now.”

This caused half the group to look at their direction, and could see the VILE faculty moving through the crowd, looking back and forth.

“Wait, that’s VILE?” asked Ben.

“Don’t be fooled by their appearance,” said Roland, “They’re dangerous than you realize.”

“What do we know of them?” asked Clark.

“The elderly man is Maelstrom,” said Roland, “He’s the mastermind of VILE, who came from a long line of thieves and killers. You could say to him it’s a family business.”

“What about the woman next to him?” asked Diana.

“That would be Countess Cleo.” Said Chief whilst she stood next to Batman, aka, Bruce Wayne, “She originated from Egypt and was one of the world’s top supermodels and fashion designer, until she fell onto hard times and turned to a life of crime. She later joined VILE when they realized her potential.”

“What about the scientist?” asked Hal Jordan.

“That’s Doctor Saira Bellum, or known as Samira.” Said Julia, “She was one of Reinkani’s top scientist, until she went mad and her experiments nearly destroyed half the country. She was later banished from Reinkani forever. She came into contact with VILE and became the scientific genius behind their inventions.”

“Qui, and that large woman over there is known as Coach Brunt,” said Chase Devineaux, “She is what you say, ze muscle of VILE, and she personally trained every single VILE agent on the island, including Carmen Sandiego, Grackle, and many others.”

“Then we can assume that the rest of their agents are here as well.” Said Shiara.

“If they’re here, where are they, I don’t see them.” Said Wally.

“Don’t judge by appearance, Wally.” Said Barry.

“He’s right,” said John Stewart, “No doubt their best operatives may have found a way inside.”

“We can only hope the Turtles, Rainbooms, and the rest of their teams are prepared to face them once they reach the vault.” Said Martian Manhunter.

“I hope so,” said 07April, “I don’t want to take any chances of the guests getting hurt. But I also don’t want to lose any investors if this doesn’t work.”

“Don’t worry,” said Grandpa Max, “You can count on all of us for support.”

They saw VILE stopped near one of the tables and stood nearby.

“We need to find out what they’re saying.” Said Love Shine, “No doubt they already have plans.”

“Leave that to me.” Said Gamer as he snuck over.

He snuck his way near one of the tables near VILE. He slowly placed listening devices nearby in order for them to hear what their plans are.

“Listening devices active.” Whispered Gamer, pretending to be innocent.

“You there!”

Gamer froze as Maelstrom pointed to him.

“What are you doing?” He glared.

“Just…. Checking for tables to bust.” Gamer spoke pretending to be intimidated.

Maelstrom didn’t look convinced. Just before Gamer had to try something.

“There you are!” 07Casey patted Gamer on the shoulder. “I’ve been looking all over for you! Table forty-five needs more dinner rolls and you’re the only bust boy I could find.”

“Yes sir!” Gamer answered before lipping a thank you to him and bolted off.

07Casey then turned to the VILE faculty. “So, can I offer you guys some champagne? Tonight, we have the Veuve Clicquot.”

“Ah, delightful.” Said Maelstrom as he and the rest of VILE are interested.

“At least they serve what we expected.” Said Countess Cleo.

As she walked around the party, Sora noticed a couple suspicious people and followed them while keeping her distance. She hid behind the corner and held out her mirror to see Tigress speaking to someone in black.

“Have you found anything yet?” The figure asked.

“Not yet. We’re still looking through Winters records and no sign of Carmen or those freaks and brats.”

“Keep looking. No doubt some of their allies are part of your little party.” The figure stated before vanishing.

Sora tried to leave but heard Tigress walking forward and there was not much cover to leave undetected and looked around frantically. Tigress walked up and turned to see two younger teens making out with each other and just smirked before leaving.

As it turned out, Matt followed Sora and the two pretended to be oblivious to the enemy. When Tigress left, they broke the kiss.

“Thanks, Matt.” Sora breathed.

“Always got your back.” Matt grinned.

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Back at the party, many guys were swamping around Mimi being attracted to her beauty.

“Looks like somebody’s popular.” Diana smirked.

“Should see how many times Digimon fell for her charm.” Joe agreed.

“I hope none of her admirers are VILE agents.” Bruce glared.

“Easy, Bruce. We don’t want to make a scene.” Clark coaxed. “Besides, Izzy’s got her covered.”

He pointed to see Izzy was able to talk Mimi into dancing while the Digimon played classy music while everyone was oblivious to their disguises.

“You’re quite the popular one.” Izzy spoke as they danced.

“Jealous?” Izzy blushed at Mimi’s tease.

“N-no. Besides, some of those guys could’ve been with VILE.”

“I know. I know. Of course I could’ve got some info from them.” Mimi then leaned closer. “So, see something you like?”

Izzy blushed more but they kept dancing.

John and Hal then heard munching and turned to see Wally West, dressed as a waiter, was munching on the hor d’oerves on his tray.

“Wally!” Scolded John. “Don’t eat the hor d’oerves! We don’t want VILE to get suspicious.”

“Sorry. Just tithing myself.” Wally grinned with his mouth full.

Just then, Countess Cleo walked up to see the platter. “Don’t mind if I do.”

As she took one, she noticed Wally standing there. “Aren’t you a little handsome to be a waiter?”

Wally only shrugged. “I get that a lot.”

Cleo walked away as Wally eyed her that he didn’t see Hal as he poked him. “May I?”

“Certainly.” Wally handed him the platter which he slammed on Wally’s head.

However, upon stage, the Digimon were played instruments to entertain the guests.

“I'm surprised no one finds it weird we're playing on stage.” Palmon pointed out.

“I'm more surprised we can even play these instruments. I have a hard time with a kazoo!” Tentomon added.

“Well, that Zatanna cast a spell so we don't stick out like sore thumbs.” Gabumon recalled.

“When do we get a snack break? asked Agumon.

“Will you keep it down,” whispered Beamon, “We can’t blow our cover, otherwise they’ll know what’s going on.”

Meanwhile, near one of the tables, Roland walked over to one of the tables to get himself and…Shine Girl a drink. Why? Because he wanted to do something nice for her. Wait, do something nice for her?! What the heck?!

“This is a waste of time.”

Roland turned to his left. He was surprised to see Ronin in his human disguise. But chose to shrug it off.

“Thought you’d be down there with the others?” said Roland.

“Don’t feel like going in with them.” Said Ronin, “Besides, any of those goons pull anything off here, I’ll handle it.”

Roland focused on the drinks. “I’m surprised that Hunter exists in your world.”

Ronin scoffed at that, “He shouldn’t have been hard. He should’ve had more faith in us. If he did, our teams wouldn’t have fallen apart.”

“Don’t forget, you’re just as much to blame.”

Ronin turned to Roland, whilst having a drink and pretended to be mingling.

“What?” said Ronin, not liking where this was going.

“Yeah, Connor was the one who scolded you lot and you stopped being ninjas.” Said Roland before looking at him, “But if I remember correctly, you rubbed your victory in their faces, which caused a rift between you lot. Yes, the Daiyou may have sent the invitations, but you lot could’ve handled this better. But instead, you let your victory go straight to your head without even thinking of the consequences that would follow.”

Roland stirred his glass for a bit and said, “But everyone was at fault. Connor for scolding you lot because of your immaturity and actions. The others because of their grudges and conditional mindset.”

Roland placed his glass onto the table, “The Daiyou for sending out the invitations.”

Roland then took two glasses and looked at Ronin.

“And finally, the goofbag who wouldn’t stop acting like a child holding his first toy, just because of your so-called victory that you didn’t rightfully earn. In other words, Ronin; contests, competitions, and tournaments, are the reason people are torn apart. But in the end, you and everyone did the fool thing, all by yourselves.”

Roland walked away with the glasses, but stopped and said to him, “And in case you wonder, I tried to stop this from happening in my world, but in the end, all of them abandoned and turned their backs on me too.”

Ronin secretly grasping his hand until the glass cracked. He instantly punched Roland in the side of his face, making him stagger. Thankfully, Roland didn’t drop the glasses, but was able to straighten himself out before he did anything further.

As Roland walked, Ronin looked down and remembered how everything fell apart.

“Maybe he’s right,” said Ronin to himself, “Maybe we should’ve taken responsibility. I should’ve too.”

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Meanwhile, from inside the building, the teams began crawling through the air vents as they went with Ron’s suggestion. As they crawled, Slash spoke up.

“I’m glad they’re big enough for me and Leatherhead to crawl through.”

“Tell me about it.” Pete agreed. “I tend to get a little claustrophobic.”

Mikey was about to say something before Venus spoke. “No Mikey. It’s not the fear of Santa Claus.”

Mikey pouted before they continued.

“Just hope nobody feels gassy.” Beast Boy joked.

As Kari crawled, TK was behind her before they heard Nightwing spoke up.

“Everyone hold up! We need to pull Cyborg out.”

Kari managed to stop before feeling a bump on her behind.

“Sorry! Sorry, Kari!” TK quickly apologized as Kari tried to hide her blush. Meanwhile, Cyborg is using his scanners to scan for anything up ahead. Seeing that there are no security systems, he looked back to the others.

“Okay. Keep coming!” Cyborg said.

As Leatherhead helped her out, Venus noticed Kari was bright red.

“Kari? You okay?”

“Fine!” Kari squeaked before clearing her throat. “Just a little stuffy in there.”

Venus looked to see TK was equally blushing as he got out next and looked at April who saw and nodded knowing what happened.

Soon enough, they reached the end of their travel. Cyborg looked down and saw a metallic rail.

“Found us a path to stand on.” Said Cyborg as he was the first to get down.

One by one, everyone got down and looked around.

“Hey, there’s the vault.” Said Davis, looking down below.

“Guess we know where to go from here.” Said Ken.

“Whoa, is it me or is it hot in here?” asked Josh whilst fanning himself.

“Come to think of it, the temperature in here makes you feel like you’re in the world’s biggest sauna.” Said Sam.

“Which is almost perfect for making fondue!!” said Max as he pulled out some cheese, causing it to melt and ate it.

Mikey looked down at the side of the rail, causing his face to morph into a shocked look. Then looked back at the others.

“Uh, guys.” said a nervous Mikey, “I think I know why it's hot in here.”

He pointed down and they were shocked by what they were seeing.

“Lava?!” exclaimed everyone.

“Are you kidding me?!” exclaimed Davis.

“What kind of an idiot would put lava near the security vault?!” exclaimed Beast Boy.

“How are we going to get to the Vault?” said Starfire.

That's when it clicked to Max.

“Wait, I got an idea!!” said Max before pulling out a root beer and drinking it. Then tossed his ice cubes.

“Are you kidding me?!” said Raph, “That is the dumbest!!!”

However, the moment the ice cubes landed in the lava, everything froze, turning it into a half ice rink. Much to everyone's shock.

“What the...how the...HUH?!!” exclaimed half the genius members in the group.

“How did you do that?!” exclaimed the Turtles and Rainbooms.

“Simple really.” said Max before pulling out a packet of ice cubes, with the words 'Liquid Nitrogen, dry ice, & ethanol.', “Instant Liquid Nitrogen, dry Ice and ethanol, guarantee to freeze anything that comes into contact that isn't water.”

Max pulled out a glass of root beer with a straw and placed it inside. “It's even harmless in cold liquid and can give you the coldest and best root beer on the planet.” said Max before taking a sip.

This caused everyone to be baffled as if their minds had been broken, with Sam laughing and said, “You crack me up little buddy. And now that the freezing is done, time for the next phase.”

Sam jumped down and landed on the ice, pulled out a few tools and drilled through the ice. Then he pulled a packet out with what looked like a concrete cube.

“Instant concrete cube,” said Sam, “Will turn everything into an instant concrete floor and solidifies. Just add water.”

Sam threw it in, causing the entire floor to turn into hard concrete. He tapped his foot onto it to test it out.

“Okay now, it's all clear!!” said Sam whilst looking up, “Come on down!!”

Everyone soon landed onto the ground, whilst some were still baffled by what they did.

As they climbed down, TK felt a little pinch on his back as Kari walked passed him. He then saw her look at him flirtingly while winking and smiled back at her.

Blue Beetle was the only one who saw that as his scarab beeped. “You’re guess is as good as mine.”

“I don't think we'll ever understand any of this.” said Yod.

“Babe, now you know how I feel.” said Rainbow Dash.

“We do not have to chitchat,” said Dr. Rockwell, “If any of our enemies are here, then we need to work fast into getting inside that vault.”

“Then let’s get that vault.” Said Max before pulling the biggest bazooka known to man, shocking everyone at the same time. “Now let’s blow this pop stand!!”

Sam suddenly grabbed it and tossed it away, causing it to blow up in a distance in the background, and said, “Now, now, Max. We’re supposed to be covert. And if any explosions are to be caused down here, then we’ll need to be extra discreet about this.”

“Agreed,” said Leo, “We’d better get that vault open, and fast.”

Everyone went over to the vault.

“This is where the techies get involved.” Said Peshaan, “You guys know what to do.”

Right on cue, Donnie, Twilight, Wade, Player, Soch, and Rockwell went over and began to hack into the vault. They began to compute and decode it at the same time.

“Hah, classic.” Said Twilight.

“The technology on this vault is dated back in 2007,” said Donnie, “Easy to…”

Suddenly he felt his mouth being clamped, and looked at Max.

“Ah, ah, ah.” Said Max, “No saying things are easy or jinx it, otherwise all of you would end up in very big trouble.”

“He’s right.” Said Sam before pulling out a long list of their ENG adventures, “All of you have a long list and a history of things happening.”

This surprised them whilst Sam placed the list away.

“Uh, good to know.” Said Player, knowing better than to jinx the whole thing.

After a few minutes, they were able to open the vault. When they opened it, all of them were surprised to see so many artifacts and treasures inside.

“Oooh, pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny.” Said Max.

“Right, you are Max,” said Sam, “And seeing all of the treasures stored under here, confirms what the April O’Neal of the 07 world had said about Yaotl, aka, Max Winters, had been amassing riches from around the world for the past three thousand years.”

“Come on everyone,” said Leo, “Let’s look for what we came for.”

Everyone entered the vault in order to find what they’re looking for.

“Nothing that looks a stone around here.” 07Mikey looked around.

“We’re getting close.” 07Donnie held out his scanner. “According to these readings, the stone should be right through… there.” He pointed to a door.

“That must be where Winters used to store his personal possessions.” 07April guessed.

“It must be in there if it’s in pretty good condition.” TK notices how the door looked less wrecked.

“I’ll get it.” Max walked up and opened the door. He looked in to be face to face with the same gorilla monster he fought earlier as it growled in his face. Max immediately slammed the door shut. “Okay, who ordered Door Dash?”

Before anyone could answer, the door fell on top of the rabbit as the monster walked out.

Max got up from under the door groaning. “The…. Pain…” He groaned before the door smashed him. He got up looking like a beggar in a loincloth.

“Precious.” He sneered before the door slammed him again. This time, he ran out and hid behind Davis. “I’m right behind ya, buddy!”

“Oh gee. Thanks.” Davis deadpanned.

As the rabbit monster roared, Gill and Raven looked at one another, nodded, and used their power to banish the monster away.

“Can we please get a move on?” asked Raven.

“She’s right,” said Gill, “We don’t know how much longer we have until VILE catches up with us.”

Everyone continued to dig through the treasures, whilst from outside, a shadowy figure watched as he slowly approached the vault.

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Whilst everyone was outside, Roland looked at the stage, and had an idea.

“You know,” said Roland, “I think I have an idea on this one.”

“What do you have in mind?” asked Shine Girl.

Roland then contacted Gamer and Gus.

“Gamer, Gus, meet me on stage, I have an idea.” Said Roland.

As he walked towards the stage, Shine Girl wondered what he had in mind. Being curious, she walked over to be closer, just to see what was going on.

After Roland arrived, Gamer and Gus arrived near the stage too.

“What are you planning?” asked Gamer.

“I got an idea, but you need to follow my lead.” Whispered Roland. He pulled out a few sheets and gave it to them. “I’ve got a few songs in mind, try to keep up as best you can.”

They took them and quickly looked them over. Gamer recognized a few, so he nodded and agreed with the plan.

“Oh boy,” said Gus, “I hope I don’t mess it up.”

“You’ll be fine.” Said Roland.

After going over the songs, Roland signaled the guy to play one of the tracks. Once he and Gus are on stage, they began to sing.

Everyone sees Gus and Gamer singing, which the newcomers had to admit, they were pretty good.

“I can’t believe Sweetie Belle is missing this out, she would love this.” Said Luz.

“Good thing I’m recording for her, just in case.” Said Jake.

The League had to admit, the two of them perform very well on stage.

“I gotta admit, they’re actually pretty good at this.” Said Wally.

“That’s Gamer for you,” said Love Shine with a smirk, always with something up his sleeve.

Once the song ended, everyone clapped their hands as they found those two very entertaining. Roland stepped up onto the stage and motioned Gamer and Gus to sit near him, whilst gesturing more music players.

“Wait, you’re gonna sing?” whispered Gamer.

“It’s gonna be a while…and I’m a bit rusty.” Said Roland nervously.

The music soon played with Roland closing his eyes, calming him down before singing.

Roland was the first to sing, with some were surprised to hear him sing. Moments later, Roland, Gamer, and Gus sang together, sounding perfectly synced. Everyone was surprised by the singing. However, Shine Girl was focused on Roland, and slightly blushed when she saw him singing.

“Whoa.” Muttered Shine Girl, seeing Roland perform.

After the performance, everyone cheered for the three. That was, until Roland signaled Shine Girl to come up on stage, to which it surprised her at the same time. She quickly got up on stage, with Roland showing her the song. She looked a bit and nodded. But as she got prepared, she blushed again…for she was going to sing alongside Roland.

Then the music started to play.

Roland and Shine Girl began to sing together, both of them being synced as they moved and sang together at the same time. However, that’s when the two of them were face to face whilst they were moving and singing at the same time. The more Shine girl kept staring at Roland, the more she blushed, feeling as if she was being hypnotized to sing together at the same time. They danced in sync, and they enjoyed singing in sync.

In the end, everyone cheered for the two of them. The two of them stepped off the stage to let the entertainment continue on their own. But as Roland and Shine Girl walked, Roland didn’t notice that Shine Girl was still blushing hard, as she couldn’t believe that the two of them sang together like that.

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Meanwhile, from inside of the vault, the groups were still looking around, trying to find the stone, whilst Sam looked through some stuff and tossed them away, Max caught them and used them for juggling and placed them back to their spot in a miraculously manner.

“Wow! Look at all these things!” Yolei looked at the items before having a closer look. “Ugh! except they’re all dusty!”

“Well, what did you expect? The maid would clean up around here?” 07Raph rolled his eyes.

“Oh, I don’t know, Yolei. A little polishing and you could wear some of these on your date with Ken.” Keno grinned. “Unless you want to make mouths with your bellybutton again.”

Yolei blushed red as Mondo and both Mikeys laughed their heads off. “MIND YOUR BUSINESS!”

“Ugh, will you just, shut, up, already?!” griped Invictus, “Why do you always gripe about stuff whenever you go anywhere?!”

“It’s Yolei, she gripes about everything,” said Silverbolt, “Or in this case, her constant Yole-leeing,”

“What?!” said Yolei, which caused some to laugh.

“Oooh, that can be a thing!!” said Max before singing, “Yole, Yole, Yole, Yole, Yole-leeing!!!”

This caused half the group to laugh at that whilst Yolei’s face went red as she got mad whilst steam was coming out.

“Does she do this all the time?” 07Donnie whispered to Davis.

“My friend, I can tell you stories.” Davis spoke.

Spike on the other hand continued to sniff around whilst Dragon Spike, who is once again in his dragon form with the help of Zatanna, held a picture and looked around at the same time.

“Wow, there’s a lot of stuff around here.” Said Dragon Spike, “If Twilight had lived longer than anyone else, she would also collect a lot of stuff.”

“Didn’t someone in your world already do that?” asked Spike, “What was her name, Princess Celestia?”

“She did actually.” Said Dragon Spike, “But most of them were from before Equestria’s founding. But last I heard, Twilight mentioned that all of them are in the restricted section when they tried to help Sunset during the memory stone incident.”

“Oh yeah, I remember that.” Said Spike. But then he stopped when he smelled something. “Hey wait, I think I got something.”

Dragon Spike followed Spike as the two of them ran to the direction they were going to. They stopped what appeared to be a vault. Using some containers he climbed up and was close to a keypad.

After looking at it, he remembered something whilst reading one of Rarity’s books. He was able to collect dust and placed it on a keypad. He saw they were on four specific numbers.

“What are you planning to do?” asked Spike.

“Wanna try something.” Said Spike.

He pressed 3247 on the keypad.

“Access denied.”

“Crud.” Muttered Dragon Spike.

Trying again, he typed 7423.

“Access, denied.”

“Oh, come on.” Grunted Spike.

Dragon Spike, following his gut, decided to type something new. 2374.

“Access granted. Welcome.”

“You did it.” Said Spike whilst wagging his tail.

As the vault opened, Spike looked inside and there it was…the stone they were looking for.

“Hey guys, I found it!!” said dragon Spike.

Gaining their attention, the Mane 6, Rainbooms, and the Turtles, all moved over to the vault Spike and his dragon counterpart were. They found the stone inside.

“Nice work, Spike.” Said Princess Twilight.

“You too, Spike.” Said Twilight.

“Naturally.” Said the two Spikes.

Leo reached out and grabbed the stone as it was still in its glass container.

“Alright team, we got what we came for.” Said Leo, “Now let’s get.”

“Uh oh, my danger senses are a tingling.” Said Max.

“Meaning?” said a deadpanned Raph.

“I believe what Max is trying to say, is that we’re about to be attacked by enemies that also snuck inside.” Said Sam.

“How amusing.”

Startled, everyone ran out to the exit of the vault and were shocked to see who it was. It was none other than the Mercenary that all of them fought on two occasions. Back in Arkham, and when fighting their enemies. However, right beside him were Goldar and Scorpina.

“It would seem the dog has more intelligence than the rats scurrying for the light.”

“Slade.” Growled Nightwing.

“Ah, Robin.” Said Slade, “Always easily prone to anger.”

“I go by Nightwing now.” Said Nightwing.

“No matter what name or costume, you’ll always be the naïve fool I fought in our first encounter years ago.” Said Deathstroke.

“Well, we got news for you Slade.” Said Beast Boy as he turned into a gorilla.

“We ain’t goin down without a fight this time!!” said Cyborg as he prepared his arm cannon.

“No matter how many times you knock is down, we will be getting the back up!!” said Starfire.

“Oh, speaking of backup.” Said Deathstroke, “I got some of my own.”

When all of a sudden, many Foot bots appeared, along with Deathstroke’s robot commandos. However, among them, a lookalike Deathstroke appeared and stood next to him, much to the others’ confusion.

“I believe you’ve met my son, Grant Wilson.” Said Deathstroke.

“Wait, Deathstroke has a kid?!” said Mikey.

“And like the Turtles over there, mine is also willing to follow the family business.” Said Deathstroke. “But don’t worry, I brought some friends of the titans to play with.”

That’s when they saw the Titans’ enemies appeared.

Gizmo, Doctor Light, Mammoth, Shimmer, Private HIVE, See-more, Billy Numerous, and Kyd Wykkyd.

“And Carmen Sandiego, I assume?” said Deathstroke, surprising the former VILE thief. “I believe your classmates would also like to have a word with you.”

And from out of nowhere, many VILE operatives appeared.

Roundabout, Tigress, Le Chevre, El Topo, Mime Bomb, Paper Star, Cookie Booker, Dash Haber, Lady Dokuso, The Mechanic, The Driver, Neal the Eel, Otter Man, Moose Boy, Spin Kick, Fly Trap, Marta Contreras, Madame Gold Love, and Hugo.

This surprised the Turtles. But then Casey noticed something. “Wait, where’s that other guy? Troll I think.”

“Oh, you don’t have to worry about him, he lost his head, literally.” Said Goldar.

“Make go, kaboom.” Said Scorpina before chuckling.

That’s when Donnie realized. “Wait, you planted explosives in them like Waller did to Task Force X?!”

“Only to keep them in line and to show them who’s boss.” Said Deathstroke, which shocked everyone in the room.

“Wow…that is twisted.” Said Carmen Sandiego.

“And super creepy.” Said Ron.

“Creepy.” Said Rufus agreeing.

“Now then, you got two options.” Said Goldar whilst drawing his sword. “Either surrender the stone, or we’ll beat it out of you.”

“Fat chance a two-face masked wearing pirate rip-off!!” shouted Max.

VILE was stunned by what they were seeing.

“Is that a rabbit?” said El Topo, “And it can talk?”

“And is zat a big dog in a suit?” said Le Chevre.

“Yeah, you missed out a bit.” Said Silverbolt, “These two are freelance police officers.”

“That’s a thing?” Mammoth, to which his team shrugged their shoulders.

“You!!”

Tigress noticed Yod pointing at her.

“And you are?” said Tigress.

“I’m the Reinkani royal family member of a person you and VILE tried to kill!!” shouted Yod.

This surprised Tigress before chuckling, “So you’re the one that the Faculty tried to off, curtesy of Bisp.”

“That’s right!!” said Rainbow, “And I still got a score to settle with you for what you nearly did!!”

“And this time she’s not alone!!” said Yod as he and his team prepared for a fight.

“Wait, is that Kim Possible?” said Paper Star.

“That’s right,” said Ron, “And in case you wonder, we also stopped VILE from killing more Reinkani family members.”

“So that would explain a lot.” Said Spin Kick.

“No matter,” said Deathstroke before reaching for his sword and pulling it out, “Now the real fun begins.”

“Oh, I agree.” Said Goldar before pulling out his own. “We get to try to take the prize and the fun.”

“Yeah, we’ll show you fun!!” said Raph.

“Get ready!!” said Gill.

Everyone pulled their weapons as all of them prepared for a fight ahead, with VILE and the others doing the same.

“Ninjas!! Take em down!!” shouted Leo, allowing all of them charge.

“Titans, go!!” shouted Nightwing as he led his fellow Titans to battle.

The 07Turtles, the Mutanimals, the Digidestined, their partner Digimon, and the Young Ninjas focused on the Footbots and Robot Commandos whilst the heroes focused on the main bad.

Tigress fought against Rainbow, Carmen, and Yod. Both combining their skills.

“Well, well, well, three against one.” Said Tigress before standing still, “Doesn’t seem fair now, is it?”

“Pff, since when do VILE know the meaning of fair?” asked Rainbow rhetorically.

“I still need to make you pay for what you and VILE attempted to do to my family!!” growled Yod.

“If it meant breaking a few eggs just to gain the resources of a country, then so be it.” Said Tigress.

“And then you stupidly tried to take Equestrian Magic and used it as your own.” Said Rainbow.

“You and VILE just don’t know when to quit, do you, Tigress?” said Carmen, “I beat VILE with my friends, even with ACME’s help before and we can do it again.”

“Not if we have anything to say about it.” Growled Tigress before charging.

Nightwing and Leo fought against Deathstroke as the former Robin and Hamato master fought against the deadliest mercenary.

“You should’ve joined me when you had the chance, Nightwing.” Said Deathstroke.

“After what you did to my friends? Not likely!!” growled Nightwing.

“And using an innocent girl just to destroy the titans from within?!” said Leo.

“Now, now. Not my fault Terra ran to me because she thought her only friend betrayed him for selling her out, despite the fact the former boy wonder knew about her through Batman’s files before she met them.” Said Slade.

As the two fought, many others continued to fight.

Gizmo fought against Cyborg as he moved around whilst Cyborg tried to blast him. Mammoth fought against Applejack and Peshaan by going strength vs strength, but with Beast Boy’s help, they were able to gain the upper hand. Robin fought against Deathstroke’s son, with the help of Batgirl.

Starfire fought against Doctor light whilst she flew around using her energy blasts and laser eyes, Raven used her powers to fight against Kyd Wykkyd. Blue Beetle pulled out his arm cannons and fired against Billy Numerous and his many copies that attacked all around.

Casey and Keno fought against Private HIVE all around, whilst April fought against Shimmer, with Karai and Shinigami fighting See-More as he tried to use his eye to shoot them at the same time.

Rarity fought against El Chevre, Pinkie Pie fought against Paper Star, Sunset fought against El Topo, Fluttershy fought against Mime Bomb, but more easily, considering he never fought a day in his life, and Twilight fought against Otter Man.

The Mane 6 fought against Goldar, whilst Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael fought against Scorpina.

Starlight fought against Cookie Booker, Aria fought against Moose Boy, until he got jumped from behind by Zach in order to help Aria beat him.

“Nice swing.” Said Zach after he landed on his feet.

“You’re not so bad yourself.” Smirked Aria.

Sonata fought against Hugo, whilst able to throw him over her shoulder.

Kim Possible stood ready against Gold love who took off her coat.

“So, you are the famous Kim Possible.”

“And I suppose you think defeating me will make you big at VILE.” Kim glared before the two began to fight.

Ron looked as Hugo walked up to him. “So, Hugo? What do you do?”

Hugo responded by sneering at him. “Don’t want to talk about it, okay. Just carrying a conversation.”

Soch cracked his knuckles at Neal before Intari blocked him. “Slippys mine.”

“You’re pretty confident.” Soch teased.

“Just want to do my part.” Intari stated before he grappled with Neal.

“I won’t go down that easily.” He smirked.

“I’ll fight you.” Soch turned to face Fly trap, whom the latter tried to take down Soch with her spiked Bolas.

“Okay, I heard about spiking one’s drink, but this is ridiculous!!” said Soch.

Ron fought against Spin kick using his mystical monkey powers.

“Impossible!!” said Spin Kick, “VILE reported you are a buffoon!! How can you still fight?!”

“Check your calendar pal,” said Ron, “I’m a graduate with my girlfriend”

The rest of the allies fought against the remaining enemy VILE forces in order to keep them away from the vault.

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Everything was going calm outside. However, Roland’s communicator suddenly went off. He heard grunting. Curious, Roland looked through his glasses’ camera, and to his shock.

He looked to his right and saw the entrance, allowing Roland to run towards it. He jumped through the vents and slid right down. Soon enough, he landed in the middle of the battlefield. However, he noticed he wasn’t alone. He looked behind and saw Shine Girl, Gamer, and Love Shine had followed him.

“We saw you running down here.” Said Love Shine.

“Sorry, it was on short notice.” Said Roland.

“No worries,” said Gamer, “I’m in the mood to punch someone.”

“Whoa dude, don’t get crazy.” Said Roland.

Roland brought out hand mirrors, ones that they know. They took the mirrors and pressed the buttons, allowing them to change into their hero attires. But they noticed he was still in his suit.

“You’re gonna fight in your suit?” said a confused Gamer.

“You’ll see.” Said Roland.

Suddenly, they were surrounded by Tigress, El Topo, Le Chevre, Mime Bomb, Paper Star, and Neal the Eel.

“Well, well, what do we have here?” said Tigress, “New players to play with?”

“We don’t have time for this!!” said Gamer.

“Back away, or we will use force.” Said Love Shine.

“As if you lot could stand a chance against us.” Said Neal.

“Clearly you haven’t heard of their reputation.” Said Roland, gaining their attention. “Though then again, what would I expect for a bunch of has been thieves.”

“Has been?!” said El Topo.

“Indeed,” said Roland, “All of you clearly were ahead of your game, and yet you keep getting bested by a single former thief who beat you more times than anyone can count. Oh sure, she had help, but how many times did she kick your butts? How many times did she stop you from taking over a country? How many times did they stop you from getting Equestrian Magic. Plenty of times. And to add insult to injury, all of VILE got shut down after the entire faculty and half of their operatives got arrested. So, in other words, your reputation is in tatters. So badly in fact, that you can never recover. So, tell me, who truly is on the losing side?”

Though Love Shine, Shine Girl, and Gamer were surprised that Roland burnt them, they got somewhat angry.

“Yeah, well why don’t you go a few rounds with us, and then we’ll see the remains of a chicken suit to suit your ugly mug.” Said Neal.

Suddenly, Roland had an emotionless face, and he was not going to take it lightly. He took a breath and straightened himself out.

“Manners.” Said Roland as he straighten his tie. “Maketh.” Said Roland as he adjusted his jacket. “Man.” Said Roland before clearing his throat.

The six VILE operatives wondered what he was doing as they tried to corner him.

“Do you know what that means?” asked Roland, making them confused as he looked at them from the corner of his eye. “Then let me teach you a lesson.”

Roland placed the hook of his umbrella onto a Foot bot’s head, allowing Roland to pull it and flung it towards Mime Bomb’s head, knocking him out before he collapsed onto the ground. Surprising Gamer, Shine Girl, and Love Shine, even the Turtles and Rainbooms were surprised when they stopped and watched him.

Roland walked over towards the other five VILE members, causing them to look at Roland one by one.

“Now then,” said Roland casually, “Are we going to stand around all day? Or are we going to fight?”

Tigress was the first to make a move as she tried to slash Roland, but he used his umbrella to deflect her attack, causing her to claw Neal the Eel’s head, knocking his tooth out whilst shocking Neal the Eel at the same time. at the same time. Roland fought against the top VILE agents all around him as he kicked and punched them, whilst using his umbrella for self-defense at the same time.

He grabbed Neal the Eel, despite being slippery, and used his cane to use Neil as a human shield when Paper star tried to stab him, stabbing him in the shoulder in the process. He kicked Neal by the leg, making him stand on one knee, then ducked when Tigress tried to swipe him, allowing Roland to stand up and kneed Neal in the face, knocking him out before collapsing hard onto the ground.

He grabbed El Topo with his cane and held him down, with Le Chevre trying to attack him, with Roland knocking him against the wall. When he tried again, Roland fired something from his umbrella, which was a stun bolo, making him fly against Le Chevre, launching him all the way into the vault and shocking him.

However, unknown to him, as if by fate, a file that was placed there, suddenly fell out and fell into Le Chevre’s jacket.

Roland grabbed Paper Star and flipped her over, causing Roland to grab El Topo, and made him headbutt into her head, knocking them both out at the same time. Tigress tried to attack, but Roland grabbed her arm and used the hook of his cane to snag her neck, turned her around, and kicked her hard, launching her hard against the wall.

Mime Bomb, who woke up, pulled out a six shooter, causing Roland to open the umbrella. But as Mime Bomb fired, the bullets bounced off, surprising the latter. Roland then fired a rubber bullet, hitting Mime Bomb in the head, knocking him out in the process.

However, during the fight, four of the Footbots had the stones.

“Stone in hand, prepare transportation.” Said one of them, causing them to glow.

Seeing this, Roland used his cane to launch himself towards them.

“Oh no you don’t!!”

But just as he knocked them, their teleportation got interrupted.

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Suddenly, everyone was transported outside and the fight ensued, the guests were shocked, even the heroes.

“We’re compromised, it’s now or never!!” shouted Gill.

This caused the heroes in disguise to come and join, whilst more Footbots and villains joined the fight, causing many of the guests to evacuate.

As the heroes fought against many others, Mikey then jumped from behind Deathstroke to give Nightwing a hand.

“Nunchuck to the face!!” shouted Mikey as he fought with his nunchucks, but Deathstroke kept dodging it.

He kicked Mikey in the knee hard, making Mikey yell in pain before collapsing and holding onto it. Deathstroke grabbed his throat and lifted him up. This gained Raph’s attention, shocking the hotheaded turtle.

“Mikey!!” shouted Raph as he ran to help his brother.

As Gamer kicked off a Footbot, Gamer noticed Raph running after Deathstroke. “Raph! RAPH! What is he doing?”

“Go!” Logan said as he fired arrows at Putties. “I got this!”

“But Logan!” Gamer protested.

“I got this! Now go!”

Hesitant at first, Gamer ran to help Raph.

Logan fired from his crossbow whispered. “I got this. I got this.” He then saw Goldar and Scorpina jump towards him. “Or not.”

Gill continued to take down many of the Footbots.

“Whoa, these things are tough.” Said Gill, “And I thought the ones in my dimension were tough.”

He then dodged an attack, which was from none other than VILE’s training, Coach Brunt.

“You’re out of your league you little squirt.” Said Brunt, “I trained every single VILE operative and none have ever bested me.”

“Don’t be so sure,” taunted Gill, “I have been fighting bigger and stronger enemies way more than you, big Bertha.”

“Why you little…!!” growled Coach Brunt, “I can still take you on!! I don’t care how powerful you think you are!!”

Coach Brunt rushed in to grab him, but Gill flash stepped. She was surprised before Gill appeared from behind her and kicked her on the back, knocking her off at two feet ahead before crashing. She got up and growled whilst looking at him.

“You little runt, that hurt!!” said Coach Brunt before getting up, “You’re gonna pay for that.”

“I’m just getting started, you big baby.” Taunted Gill before motioning her to attack him.

“What!!” shouted Brunt as she got angry, “You little punk!! I’m the strongest member of the VILE faculty!!”

“Really?” mocked Gill, “Well if this Shredder is stronger than you, then I guess you’re the lowest strongest now.”

Coach Brunt was stunned by what Gill said. Her anger rose even more.

“Was this…was this supposed to be a joke?!” shouted Brunt, “Because it’s not funny!! But you won’t be laughing after I’m done with you!!”

As she charged, no one noticed Logan having some trouble.

“Little squirt!!” shouted Goldar before swatting Logan away.

Logan crashed against the wall, which shocked Lancer when he saw.

“Logan!!” shouted Lancer as he ran towards his brother, leaving his formation.

“Lancer, wait!!” said Apple Bloom, “We need everyone on this…!!!”

But they took were swatted away by Bane.

Paper Star smirked as she saw Pinkie Pie fighting a couple Foot Bots and readied her ninja stars.

“Time for payback, Pinks!” She whispered.

What she didn’t know was that Ue Sama saw her after slicing a couple Putties. Acting quickly, he threw a couple ninja stars pinning Paper to a wall. He then ran up to her.

“I may use a sneak attack in battle, but I would never do it dishonorably.” He sneered before hitting her unconscious. “Besides, It took me forever to regain my father’s trust. I do not want to do it again.”

As Roland landed safely, he found himself standing close to VILE.

“So, this is the latest edition to the team of do gooders.”

“Least I’m not the one using my talents for evil.” Said Roland.

“We do what is simply best for VILE’s interest.”

“Like you had Carmen Sandiego’s interest?” asked Roland rhetorically.

“She turned her back on us!!” said Coach Brunt. “She betrayed her family.”

“And yet you didn't have a problem to betray your original one?” said Roland in sarcasm.

This surprised Coach Brunt as he slowly walked towards her.

“I mean, think about it.” said Roland. “You come from a farm, and try to work your hardest to prove to your pappy that you're more than capable of running the farm. But he would never allow a woman to run the ranch. For he sees you as an inferior girl, who couldn't even hold a candle stick to what was truly important. And no matter how much you work and muscle mass you built; you'd never be manly enough to do what he wanted. And in the end, he disowned you went you went behind his back. Pa Skillet, was it?”

This caused Coach Brunt to be in shock and growled.

Then he moved over to Countess Cleo.

“And look at you, a failure.” said Roland.

“What are you...?” said Countess Cleo before she was cut off.

“You had so much potential,” said Roland, “You wander around, being a successful model and designer. But look at you now, how far you have fallen. You did your best to be like any model and designer, but when things got tough, you were jealous. You envied them and resented them because you didn't get the credit that you deserved, which in turn, turned into hatred, as others became what you couldn't, a success. And now you resort to petty thievery, which got you banned from every modeling agency.”

He leaned over to her face and said, “You could've tried to redeem yourself. But instead, you use it as an excuse to mope around whilst secretly eating strudel that you ordered from Paris, France.”

This surprised VILE before Bellum muttered, “No wonder she sometimes smells of pastry.”

“And now look at you,” said Roland, “And old hag who eats like a pig in secret.”

This caused Cleo to growl and tried to slap him, only for Roland to step aside and use his umbrella to spank her, making her yelp and blush in embarrassment.

“So simple, and yet so naive.” said Roland with a smirk.

Then he moved over to Doctor Bellum.

“And look at you, wasting your genius and talents on petty thievery.” said Roland, “No wonder Reinkani banished you from their homelands.”

“I was unfairly dismissed.” said Doctor Bellum with a sneer.

“You were endangering innocent lives for the sake of progress,” said Roland, “And look where that has landed you. Though as a scientist, we try to push beyond the boundaries to help build up mankind, but we try to show restraint to ourselves for a reason. You had a loving family, a home, and you threw it all away and squander and waste your genius for this bunch.”

Roland leaned over and said, “You ended up getting kicked out when you’re listening skills stinks, and you tamper what you do not understand that nearly gets all of you killed. So, tell me, who's really the dumb one here?”

This caused Bellum to growl and gnashed her teeth, which nearly cracked from the pressure.

“And there he is,” said Roland whilst looking at Maelstrom. “You certainly have fallen far, El leader doof. You claim you're a brilliant man, and yet you let children do your dirty work without a second thought and let three failures in your club. There are many others who are qualified. So, it makes me think. Are you really brilliant, or just brilliantly dumb?”

“If you think you can use mere words to throw me off guard, then you are surely mistaken.” said Maelstrom as he kept his composure.

“Oh, that's not good enough?” said Roland. “Maybe I need to step up my game.”

Roland walks towards Maelstrom and said, “How about worthless pathetic bald headed pruned face loser? Who uses his so-called brilliance and intellect to compensate for the fact that deep down, he's afraid he'll never be enough to please dear old dad and grand pappy.”

Roland leaned towards him with a smirk and said, “Doctor Malicious and Master Mongrel, was it?”

Maelstrom was shocked by what Roland said, causing him to growl and lose his composure.

Everyone was surprised by the way he was talking to them.

“How the heck is that possible?” said Zack.

“He's actually getting under the faculty's skins.” said Grackle in shock.

“That is not possible.” said Shadowsan. Though he didn't show it, he was just as shocked. “No one in their entire lifetimes has ever gotten to the faculty.”

As the Faculty surrounded Roland whilst he held his umbrella in his hands whilst looking calm and patient.

“You best watch the next words that come out of your mouth, boy.” said Maelstrom in anger, “Or it will be your last.”

“Oh, I haven't even gotten to the best part yet, for I was saving it for the playoffs.” said Roland. “But if you really wanna see it, here's a sneak peek.”

Roland cleared his throat, and “I don't know what's sad and more pathetic...”

He pointed at Coach Brunt and said, “The fact that you, think that beefy unattractive manly macho body of yours makes you think you're suddenly a tough guy!!”

Coach Brunt was shocked and enraged, causing her to scream and rushed to him in anger.

Roland pointed at Countess Cleo and said, “Or the fact that you, think that no matter how fat a dress you wear, it'll never hide how ugly you truly are!!”

This caused Cleo to gasp in shock and screeched like a banshee whilst holding a grackle rod and attacked.

Roland pointed at Doctor Bellum and said, “Or the fact that you, think that you think that you're a superior scientist just because you're playing with your little nerd toys that labeled you a freak and an outsider!!”

This caused Doctor Bellum to scream and attacked whilst using her jetpack.

And finally, Roland pointed at Maelstrom and said, “Or the fact that you, could pull of a plan and rob and steal all the treasures in the world, and you're still going to find a way to mess things up and be a bigger failure and never live up to the ones that came before you!!”

“We shall see about that!!” shouted Maelstrom as he also attacked.

Roland stood there whilst the faculty attacked from all around him.

“You're going to fall for your insolence!!” shouted Maelstrom.

When all of a sudden, Roland used the grapple of his umbrella to hook up the roof and fly up, whilst the spot he stood on had a bomb at the center as it had reached zero, shocking the four members from what they saw, causing it to explore and knocked all four of them in separate directions. After Roland landed, everyone, both good and bad were surprised to see the tactic Roland had just played.

“And just like that,” said Roland, “You’re overconfidence became your own undoing.”

Suddenly Roland was grabbed and pinned against the wall, with Coach Brunt doing it, surprising the group.

“I’m not done with you yet.” Said Brunt.

Roland struggled to break free. But as he did, something from within him happened. He suddenly found himself inside his own subconscious.

“What the…?” said Roland as he looked around. “Where am I?”

“Seems like you got yourself caught in a bind.”

Roland turned to his left and saw Amadeus floating towards him.

“Okay, how is this possible?” asked Roland.

“Trust me, it’s a mindscape thing.” Said Amadeus.

“Of, course.” Said Roland whilst spreading his arms. “But why are we here?”

“To give you a helping hand.” Said Amadeus. “But the question is, will you accept it?”

“Accept what?” asked Roland.

“What if I were to tell you, that from within you, are powers beyond your imagination.” Said Amadeus, “Powers that can help you in future battles.”

“Wait, and you’re telling me this now?!” said Roland, “I could’ve used something like that years ago!!”

“Do not forget,” reminded Amadeus, “Your demon side blocked everything from you. But now that it has been removed, the opportunity has shown itself.”

Roland then looked at his hands, and he realized that he felt different, very different, since his demon side had been removed. He looked at himself further, then gripped his hands.

“Will you accept them?” asked Amadeus.

Roland took a breath and looked with determination.

“Yes, I will.” Said Roland.

Amadeus smiled and said, “Then I shall grant you, what is within you.”

Amadeus touched Roland’s forehead, causing him to glow brightly. Every part of this body’s DNA strands and cells transformed from within, changing his genetic makeup, every part of his body from within began to change. Then…what happened was complete.

From outside, Roland was still pinned by Brunt, causing Roland to sharply open his eyes, then looked at Brunt. Roland slowly got angry as he gripped her hand.

“You’re making me angry.”

Roland’s eyes suddenly began to glow orange and white, with electricity slowly forming around him, causing Brunt to flex an eyebrow.

“You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry!!” shouted Roland.

And with great force, Roland shouted in rage, causing him to unleash the warrior’s rage whilst partially set aflame, shocking Brunt. But not as shocked as the others when they saw him first hand.

Roland punched her face left and right, causing her to release him, but Roland kept punching her over and over again, then kicked her back, making her land a few feet away. However, with great strength, Roland jumped up and placed his feet against the wall, making him launch himself straight towards Brunt. Darting like a bullet, he made his way towards Brunt, who saw Roland darting towards her.

“New York!!”

Roland gripped his right fist, causing energy to flow through and charged with electricity.

“SMAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSHHH!!!!”

With great strength, Roland punched Brunt in the face so hard, an eye could’ve popped out, but instead, lunched her at great speed against the wall, before crashing it and five more, before finally collapsing unconscious near a lake. Everyone stared in dead silence as they watched Roland. He slowly stood up as his fists gripped. When all of a sudden, Deathstroke landed and pointed his two large assault rifle.

“Nice moves.” Said Deathstroke as he pointed his weapons at Roland, “Too bad it’s all for show.”

He fired a barrage of his M16A4’s at Roland, causing the bullets to collide with him as his body shook.

“Roland!!” cried the Rainbooms and Turtles whilst Roland’s body shook.

However, Deathstroke stopped shooting as Roland suddenly struggled to stand and soon kept his stance. However, he ripped off the top of his suit, revealing his body that had been laced with the bullets. When all of a sudden, one by one, the bullets fell out of Roland’s body, whilst the bullet wounds suddenly began to heal and closed themselves whilst Roland grunted and growled at the same time.

This shocked everyone by what they saw, with Deathstroke surprised by what he had seen. Roland moved forward and used the handheld mirror to change into his fighting attire. Once he was done, he tossed the mirror away. He was soon close to Deathstroke before pulling the hood over his head.

“Let me show you what I’m made of.” Said Roland.

Before Deathstroke could punch, suddenly time stood still for Roland. Before he could process anything, he suddenly dislocated Deathstroke’s left arm, then dislocated his right shoulder, kicked the side of his left leg, kicked his right leg’s shin, and kicked him below the belt. Roland then stood in position and was prepared to punch.

Suddenly Deathstroke grunted as he felt those pains in certain areas, which allowed Roland to punch Deathstroke so hard, he was launched against the next wall.

Suddenly, a handful of villains kept attacking from all around, trying to throw Roland off balance.

Roland vaulted over Cheetah and kicked Metallo in the face, then grabbed Cheetah’s hand so that she could scratch Captain Cold’s face, allowing Roland to grab it and blast Atomic Skull with it. Sinestro tried to fire, but Roland dodged it, allowing him to grab his fist and slammed him hard against Black Manta. Then he jumped and twisted whilst dodging Bane’s punch, only for him to be grabbed by the hand and thrown hard against Killer Croc before he could do anything. Killer Frost tried to strike left and right, but Roland got around and karate chopped behind her head, making her fall unconscious. Reverse Flash tried to strike Roland, but he kept dodging it, allowing Roland to kick him hard in the knee, making him fall over and crash against a wall.

He grabbed Vilgax’ fist and punched him in the air, allowing Roland to grab him and slammed him hard onto the ground. He blocked Kraab’s attack, tore of his arm and used his own blaster against him. Six-Six and Seven-Seven attacked using their blasters, but Roland grabbed and threw boulders at them, making them crash against the walls. Goldar and Scorpina attacked, but Roland jumped using acrobatic styles, until he charged his fists so hard, he punched them hard against the walls.

Everyone was baffled by what they were seeing when Roland fought.

Roland then chanted, “Fulgur sectatores iniustitiae!!!”

And from above the air, lighting struck on all around, striking at every villain from the field, making them fall onto the ground. All of them groaned and slowly stood up, Roland walked over to the three members of VILE, making them slowly look at Roland. He took a breath and powered down, but kept his glare at them.

“You had the talents to serve the betterment of mankind, and you chose to destroy it, just like Shredder did to my world.” Said Roland, “You have betrayed your planet and your own race.”

They slowly stood up, but Roland kept his gaze at them, even the rest of the VILE agents as they stood up.

“Now leave, and never come back.” Roland held the stone in his hand before using his own magic to make it disappear. “We’re taking the stone, now get bent.”

Roland walked away from VILE as they were still recovering. When all of a sudden...

“Pff, little squirt.” muttered Neel the eel.

Roland suddenly blinked, causing Amadeus from within his mind to react.

“What did he say?!” shouted Amadeus.

Within mere moments, he took control of Roland, who then got an angry look on his face and slowly looked at Neel and Mime Bomb.

“Uh, Roland?” said a worried Sunset.

Roland walked over whilst he slowly growled at the same time. The moment he reached the two of them...

He grabbed the two of them in an instant. Everyone watched as the two VILE operatives grunted, with the sound of clothes being torn of, and suddenly in one massive thud, everyone began to scream and panic at the same time as they couldn’t believe their eyes. Half of VILE and half the heroes were just as shocked when they saw what happened. Mime Bomb was somehow screaming for the first time whilst in pain as what he felt was really excruciating. Even half the villains and heroes were just as shocked, as were the Rainbooms, Mane 6 and their Equestrian allies, along with the Turtles from both worlds and their human allies and friends from New York couldn’t believe their eyes, whilst Fluttershy, Rarity, and her pony counterparts fainted from what they saw and the adults were doing their best to cover the kids' eyes. For what really happened, Roland had stripped Mime Bomb of his clothing and was screaming, because Roland shoved Neel the Eel's head into his Mime Bomb's buttocks.

Roland dusted his hands and walked away before giving his own cold stare. He looked at the rest of the VILE villains, causing them to tense. After a few seconds of silence.

“Run for your lives!!” shouted El Topo before all of them scrambled via teleporter and portal, whilst taking the screaming Mime Bomb and trapped Neel to the infirmary.

After they left, half the heroes looked at Roland in shock, as they couldn't believe what just happened.

“What?” said a confused Roland.

“Nothing!!” replied the kids in a panic and didn't want to say anything.

Roland was confused by this and went...” O... kay.”

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After the battle was over, everyone escorted the guests out, and thankfully, the rich ones promised 07April to give her as much as she needs to make sure that the business tower remains intact.

As everyone regrouped, Lancer could only watch helplessly as Joe and Sandalwood teleported with the unconscious Logan. When they left, he angrily turned to Gamer.

“HOW COULD YOU?” He yelled before he could punch Gamer.

But before a blow could be landed, a hand blocked him. When Logan looked, it was Roland, looking at Logan sternly.

“Back off, Lancer.” Said Roland.

“Get out of my…!!” shouted Lancer before feeling something cold to his forehead.

To everyone’s shock, even Lancer, Roland was holding a pistol to his head, indicating that he wasn’t playing around.

“I won’t, ask, again.” Said Roland, “If you wanna blame someone, blame Raph for breaking formation. Besides, your brother knew the risks he was getting into before the fight started, and Gamer was covering Raph’s position when it should’ve been his. And like you’re one to talk.”

He shoved Lancer’s fist away and placed his pistol away whilst pointing at the Young Six and the CMC, who were also injured.

“You’re actions also nearly costed their lives when you chose to do the same.” Said Roland, “Because you abandoned your post, they were this close into getting the stone, nearly costed the lives of the civilians, and injured half of our friends, including Logan’s sister!!”

He pointed at Sweet Note, which shocked Lancer when he saw Leatherhead picking her up in order to get medical help.

“So, you might wanna take a good look in the mirror before you start judging others.” Said Roland. “Now get moving. We’ll talk about this, later.”

“But my brother…!!” said Lancer before Roland had no choice but to use his coldest tone he ever produced.

“I’ll be sure to take that under advisement, Lancer.” Said Roland angrily, “Now move, it.”

This got Lancer to have chills up his spine and was suddenly afraid. Roland sighed and tried to remain calm, before looking at Matt and TK.

“Matt, TK, take Lancer back to his brother, we’ll finish up from here.” Said Roland.

“You got it.” Said TK before he and Matt escorted Lancer away whilst he was crying, whilst Bright Eyes looked at Gamer, who looked down in guilt, even Roland couldn’t help but feel bad for Gamer.

Gamer managed to get back up and sheathed his sword before turning to Raph and angrily kicked him on his side. As Raph grunted in pain, Gamer yelled at him.

“Raphael! You idiot! All you had to do was hold the front here! It was clear that Shinigami and Pinkie Pie had Michelangelo covered! But now? You pick NOW to be a BROTHER? We’ll look at me! I’m no better! My own stupidity resulted in getting Logan hurt! Maybe next time you have to be a big baby and not follow a simple order, ILL JUST LET YOU BITE IT FOR YOUR OWN SELFISHNESS!”

Many gasped while some like Batman just glared. Raph grunted as he spoke weakly. “I’m…..sorry.”

This just made Gamer even more angry as he muttered. “Oh, wow we are so dead.”

Gamer just walked away as Sunset and Sapphire helped Raph to his feet, whilst he walked away. Roland saw this and couldn’t help but feel bad for Gamer. At the same time, Shine Girl stood next to him.

“Poor games.” Said Shine Girl, “He’s really taking this hard.”

“I think not being able to fix the gauntlet is what affected him.” Said Roland before turning to Shine Girl, “I’ll see if I can talk to Karai and Cyborg to help calm him down. He could use some emotional support.”

Before he left, Shine Girl grabbed his wrist, gaining his attention.

“Maybe…you can talk to him too.” Offered Shine Girl.

Roland thought about it, and realized she was right. Gamer had quite the burden on him to help him. Maybe…maybe he should talk to him.

“I’ll do it.” Said Roland, “For you.”

This surprised Shine Girl.

“Because you asked nicely.” Said Roland, “And you’re worth it.”

Roland walked away, with a flustered Shine Girl looking at him whilst he walked. She shook her head and returned back to helping the others.

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As they all returned to the ship, Yolei noticed Sam and Mac with plates full of foods. “You guys always mooch food?”

“Never let good food go to waste.” Sam grinned.

“Especially the chicken!” Max grinned.

“You know, he's not wrong.” said Roland. He walked over and asked, “Were you able to find what you're looking for?”

“We sure did!!” said Max before biting a piece of chicken.

Roland then leaned in and said, “Got any bite sized chicken Gordon bleu's?”

“Knock yourself out.” said Sam before handing him a large plate with twenty pieces on it.

“Nice.” said Roland as he held onto a plate. But as he walked past Shine Girl, “Want some. I mean we never did get a chance to eat anything.”

“Uh, sure.” said Shine Girl as she accepted it before the two started walking.

Some of the girls noticed, with Rarity whispering, “Is it just me, or did those two somehow get close for some reason?”

“I doubt Roland realizes this.” said Venus.

“What? Know what?” Davis looked confused.

Ron responded by patting his shoulder. “I’ll tell you when you’re a bit older.”

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Meanwhile, Gamer was heading to the garage. He felt so bad that he just wanted to be alone. He was about to enter when he heard a voice behind him.

“Gamer?”

Without turning, Gamer knew it was Lancer, this time he sounded more sincere. “I'm really sorry for blaming you-!”

“No!” Gamer harshly interrupted him. “This was my fault. It was ALL my fault!”

Before Lancer could answer, Gamer entered and shut the garage. Lancer shed a tear before walking away.

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Shine Boy wakes up surrounded in darkness.

“Where am I?” he said, looking around as his voice echoed.

He then heard muttering and turned to see Leo curled up in a sad ball.

“Leo!” Shine Boy hurried over to him. “What's wrong?”

“I've failed being a leader.” Leo whimpered. “I've failed Sensei.”

At that very moment, the ground under Leo began to drown in like quicksand. Shine Boy noticed but Leo was too drowned in sorrow to notice.

“Leo! You're sinking! Your grief is pulling you under!”

“I've failed.” Leo muttered.

“No Leo! You didn't fail! You are a great leader!”

With every word Shine Boy said, Leo began to rise up. Just then, he heard another sad voice.

“I'll never redeem myself.” He turned to see Sunset Shimmer in the same position as Leo and just as sad. “No matter what I do, they'll always see me as a bad girl.”

“Sunset!” Shine Boy ran over to her as she began to sink. “You are not bad anymore! You're a great person!”

Sunset began to rise. Shine Boy turned to see Leo sinking quickly again and hurried to him. Soon, More and more of his friends appeared and began to sink in self-pity too. No matter how hard he tried to save everyone, they were sinking faster than he could save them.

“No! Please! I need you all!” he pleaded as he tried to pull Donnie up. “I don't care what you all did! You're all my friends!”

But it was too late. Everyone sank into the darkness below.

“NOOOO!” Shine Boy cried.

The Darkness then swirled into a figure to reveal the Shredder as Shine Boy growled. “Shredder!”

“No matter what you say!” the ninja growled before revealing his helmet off. “They. Will. Die!”

Shine Boy gasped to see who he saw. “Obaki?”

“DIE!” Obaki smirked before kicking Shine Boy off a cliff to the abyss below.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

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Within a split second, he was blinded by a blinding light.

Shine Boy gasped as he woke up to find himself in medical as Leo held him down.

“Easy, Shine Boy. You’re back in the ship.” The lead turtle assured.

“You suffered a mild concussion. But you will be fine.” J’onn spoke up.

Shine Boy sighed as he laid back down. “How were things on you guys end?”

“We got the stone. And the aid of the Turtles in that world.” Sunset smiled.

“Good work, guys.” Shine Boy smiled back. “Where’s Luke?”

“He is in his room.” Grandpa Max walked up. “He woke up as we were carrying him back. He went straight to his room and ordered to be left alone. Batman and I agreed and decided that he will be on probation for the next mission until he learns to cooperate and never do that stunt again.”

“What happened?” asked Shine Boy.

“We were able to come into contact with the Turtles of this world, even their April and Casey.” Said Leo.

“We were able to get the stone,” said Sunset, “But after we got back, Roland told us we couldn’t leave yet.”

“Why not?” asked Leo.

“We just got a word from one of our spies.” Said Grandpa Max, “They mention that Shredder is planning something big. Something that’ll get things moving.”

“But thankfully, we Turtles of this world are willing to help us find out what it is.” Said Leo.

“But not without a few cuts and bruises.” Said J’onzz.

“How are the kids holding up?” Asked Shine Boy.

“Logan will be fine. He was the only one injured but he’ll be back on his feet in time for the next mission.” Leo assured.

“As for the others, the Pinkie from Equestria recommended that they’d bake some desserts. In fact, Davis, and his team along with Beast Boy and Blue Beetle decided to join in.” Sunset smiled. “They seem to be enjoying themselves nicely.”

“Sounds like we’ll be having a lot of dessert with dinner tonight.” Shine Boy joked.

“We were also able to fill the Chief in,” said Leo, “She’ll move her entire ACME agency on this ship, and they’ll be able to give us all a hand.”

“Yeah. Well, they needed a little fun since recently.” Roland nodded. “Serenity was also worried about you, but she’s glad you’ll make it out okay.”

Shine Boy turned to Roland. “Roland, I’m sorry for keeping this from you and understand if I’ve lost your respect.”

Roland shook his head. “This doesn’t change anything. While I was shocked to hear you were suffering, you have proven that you are a lot like your counterpart. Selfless and caring. But I’m not letting you die anytime soon.”

Shine Boy just smiled. “That’s what you, Leo and Sunset are here for.”

The four laughed, for even though there were a few setbacks, today was a good day.

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Later, after cleaning up, Bright Eyes walked along the halls carrying a cake she baked. She stopped in front of Night Shines room and knocked.

“GO AWAY!” She heard him shout through the door.

A little startled at first, Bright Eyes regained her composure and spoke. “It’s Bright Eyes.”

After a small moment of silence, the door opened up and she saw Night Shine sitting on his bed with his back turned. “You have five minutes.”

“I…. Just wanted to give you this. I baked it myself.” Bright Eyes set the cake on the shelf next to the door. “I… hope you feel better soon.”

And with that, she backed out of his room and shut the door. Night Shine looked at the cake and sighed.

“Thank you.” He muttered to himself.

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Starfire was rubbing ointment on Sweetie Belle. But Sweetie Belle was more worried about Gamer. She snapped out of her thoughts as Starfire spoke up.

“Please, I need you to hold the still, Sweetie Belle. That way, this human ointment will not sting and heal you.”

“Sorry, I was just worried about Gamer.” Sweetie Belle sighed. “He was really upset about Logan. And Lancer was upset. I can’t say I blame him, but he still didn’t deserve that.”

“Sometimes, the tides of battle get to us all and makes us say the things we do not mean.” Starfire explained. “Something we’ve all had during our days as Titans. All we can do is not let the heat of the battle get to us because if I had learned anything from Nightwing when he was still Robin, is that the teamwork is the key to victory.”

“I should talk to Gamer. He was really hurt about what happened to Roland’s gauntlet. He didn’t need a scolding like that.”

Starfire noticed Sweetie Belle’s face was blushing. “Do you have feelings for Gamer?”

“What? N-no! I’m too young for that stuff!” Sweetie huffed.

“If there is anything I learned about human affection, it’s that denial is the first step of the love.” Starfire deadpanned.

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Over in the lab, Gamer walked in sighing. He looked at his rack of tools and couldn’t stop thinking about what had happened. Breathing heavily, he then began slamming his rack and other tools to the ground screaming. When he stopped to catch his breath, he saw a reflection of Karai on his polisher and was greeted by a soft voice.

“Games.” He turned to see Karai kneeling next to him. “Are you okay?”

“It’s not fair! Why didn’t I see that stupid bomb? Now, Raph thinks I’m a jerk. I failed.”

“Michael.” Karai politely reached for Gamer’s goggles and lifted them over his eyes to reveal his tearful face. “Just once, don’t be the genius. Just be the boy.”

Gamer hugged her crying on her shoulder as Karai continued. “You did your best. It’s not your fault that stupid clown did that. You were frustrated and took it out on Raphael. Now if you lashed out at Shinigami, I wouldn’t be this nice. But the thing was Raph was hurting too. After nearly getting killed by Night Shine, he felt that he failed too. I think he finally got that wake-up call for his temper. Sure, he will probably spazz out again here and there but hopefully he’ll be subtle about it. As long as we still keep him in our family, he’ll never be alone. And the important thing is we got Roland back. That is all that matters! You did not fail him. You did your best. And he knows it too. Shine Boy knows it too. He still trusts and loves you still. Sometimes, it’s okay to fail.”

“I know.” Gamer choked. “But it still hurts.”

“Yes it does.” Karai sighed. “But you’re still part of our team. Our family. And that will never change.”

As Gamer sobbed on her shoulder, Karai patted his back. “We still need you, Gamer. Your brothers need you. Roland needs you. Sweetie Belle. Billy. Cyborg. We all need you.”

As Karai comforted Gamer, Cyborg watched from the entrance to the garage letting them have space.

“Yeah, little buddy. We all need you.” He whispered to himself.

“Michael?”

The two turned to the door and saw Roland standing there, giving his sympathetic look. Though they were glad he's back to normal, seeing him with emerald, green eyes were different, especially since he changed that drastically.

“I'll leave you to it.” said Karai before walking away, then stopped and whispered, “How are the others?”

“Night Shine's been confined to quarters, and Shine Boy's recovering, though thankfully it's nothing serious.” whispered Roland. “But I think what that guy said to Night Shine really shook him. I could tell. In the meantime, can you make sure that ACME is settled in. You are the organization expert.”

“I'll get to that.” said Karai as she walked away.

Roland walked over to Gamer whilst the latter still on the chair, with Roland sitting next to him.

“Michael.” said Roland. “I don't blame you, for not being able to fix the gauntlet in time, you know that, right?”

“I know.” sighed Gamer.

“Some things are just beyond our control.” said Roland, “We can't always predict on what will happen, nor can we always know everything. Like I onetime told Princess Twilight from my world, she doesn't have all the answers to everything, even if she did learn everything. And though she may be smart when it comes to Equestrian magic and science, but she's not smart enough to realize that she's still a rookie when it comes to making friends and not everyone will always agree with their methods or their plans, and she can't have always everything she wants and have them do things her way.”

Roland looked at Gamer and said “The point is, just because we're strong and smart, doesn't mean we're all invincible. We're only human after all.”

Roland held his shoulder and said “So don't beat yourself up over it. So, there were some variables that you didn't see out there, that doesn't mean it's hopeless. Otherwise, we'd lose sight of what's important. A good friend once told me is that whenever you're knocked back hard, the only way to go is to move forward.”

“Pff, who told you that?” said Gamer with his head lowered.

Roland looked at him and couldn't help but smile.

“You did.” said Roland, which caused Gamer to slowly lift his head up and looked at him. “Whenever I was down, you're the one who told me that. Cause I was surprised that, even for a tech genius after so many years, you're wise for one so young.”

Gamer looked couldn't help but smile at that.

“Besides, even in this world, I always enjoyed working with you whenever it comes to Tech.” said Roland, “You're one of the brightest and smartest people I know, Michael. Don't ever let anyone tell you differently. Okay?”

Roland presented his fist to him, which Gamer couldn't help but fist bump back. “Wait for me in the hanger in an hour, I want to show you and the others something.”

“Alright.” said Gamer before Roland stood up. However, Roland stood at the door.

“Hear me out first,” said Roland, gaining Gamer's attention. “I know it sometimes annoys you when others talk about you and Sweetie Belle. But you're scared aren't you? Because you've never been in love before, right?”

Gamer couldn't help but scoff playfully and said “Am I that obvious?”

“Just a wild guess.” said Roland. “Just so you know, in my world, Sweetie Belle was in love with you too. But...the day when you died...she was really heartbroken beyond repair. She really did love you. And... I lied when I said that the entire CMC died on my last mission before I got to your world. She died long before that.”

Roland looked at her as Gamer looked at him startled.

“Because of that, she couldn't think straight. And she ended up committing suicide.”

Gamer was horrified by what he revealed.

“I'm just telling you that so you won't make the same mistake I did.” said Roland.

“Like you did?” said Gamer confused.

“Back in my world, after the whole Anon-a-miss fiasco, Sunset and I were a couple.” said Roland, which shocked Gamer. “We tried the best we could. But...ever since that whole incident with Jagwar, the way she abandoned him like that. It caused a rift between us. And I broke up with her, because she wasn't the same girl I dated and that she abandoned Mikey. She tried to fix it at the music festival. But after what she said about my mother...and Tanya.”

Gamer nodded and understood after what he told him and a few others about her.

“I tried finding love again...and it was ripped from me. Twice.” said Roland before looking at Gamer. “Everybody is capable of love, Gamer. But it's not for people like me. Not everyone is meant to be loved. And I should know. For others, love is about letting yourself be saved. And it's not just about the people, even if you are a hero.”

Roland looked at him and gave him a gentle smile. “Everyone who has love needs a guiding beacon. Your brother has Serenity. Maybe you could use that beacon too. Don't make the same mistakes I did Michael. And if you're not sure, then learn to take the first step.”

Roland then walked away, leaving a stunned Gamer in the room, whilst he looked down a bit, as well as the mess he made. He then began to focus cleaning the place up.

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Meanwhile, Raph was busy sitting alone in one of the gyms, but thankfully, he asked the Plumbers to close it from the others so that he could have some thoughts to himself. He looked down and remembered the beating he had from Night Shine, then got scolded by Gamer for what happened to Logan, whilst also abandoning orders above all else.

“Tough night?”

He was a bit startled and looked over his shoulder, and saw his 07-counterpart walking in.

“How’d you get in?” said Raph after he faced forward.

“Ninja, remember?” said 07 Raph before sitting next to him. “Given after today, I’m assuming it was a lot worse, huh?”

“You don’t know the half of it.” Said Raph, “First Luke breaks my arm during training because I was rough with Casey, then I ended up breaking formation to help Mikey that caused Gamer to not help Logan, and now I get scolded for what happened.”

“You have a habit of disobeying orders and letting your temper get the better of you?” asked 07Raph.

Raph was silent for a moment, which his counterpart got the proof he needed.

“You know it may come as a surprise, but I’ve been there.” Said 07 Raph.

“Really?” said Raph in a skeptic tone.

“Yeah.” Said 07 Raph. “Two years ago, after our fight with the Shredder, things were a bit heated for us, and well…as usual, I made things hard for Leo.”

“No surprise there.” Said Raph.

“Will you just let me tell it?” said 07 Raph. He sighed and said, “Then one day, Splinter sent him away for training, so that he could be the leader that we needed. But after his training period had ended, he didn’t come back home, and he even stopped writing to us. After that, we fell apart.”

07 Raph took a sip from a root beer that he brought with him and gave Raph one too, to which the latter accepted.

“Donnie ended up working as an IT specialist to help folks fix their computers, Mikey ended up hosting kids’ birthday parties to get by and also trying to get paid at the same time. But he was very miserable, considering how the kids treated him. Me on the other hand…”

“Let me guess, you chose to fight crime on your own?” said Raph.

“That’s right,” said Raph, “I chose to sleep all day whilst choosing to fight crime at night. But I went under the guise, Nightwatcher.”

“Seriously?” said Raph surprised, “I wanted to do the same thing. But Leo talked me out of it. Now someone else became the Nightwatcher.”

“Huh, same ideas, different outcomes.” Said 07 Raph, “So who became the Nightwatcher.”

“Keno, the pizza boy.” Said Raph.

“I see.” Said 07 Raph, “Anyway. Whilst I was crime-fighting, that’s when Casey caught on. He said that it wasn’t that hard to figure out, cause I looked like a giant metal turtle.”

Raph looked at his counterpart confused, but 07 Raph showed him a picture of what it looked like.

“Okay, now that’s impressive.” Said Raph.

“Right?” said 07 Raph after he placed it away. “Anyway, I told Casey that I didn’t just want to sit around and do nothing. Cause for one, the criminals don’t take vacations at the first sign of pressure. Plus, the criminal element made me guilty of a lot of things, but being quitters wasn’t one of them. Back then, I didn’t care about Leo anymore and hoped he’d never come back.”

07 Raph sighed and said, “Sometimes I wonder why Splinter didn’t sent me away to train. I mean, Leo was right about me from what Donnie told me, it’s my temper that’s always jeopardizing all of our missions.”

Raph was a little surprised whilst his counterpart continued with the story.

“After Leo came back, I was somewhat glad,” said 07 Raph, “But I guess deep down I was still angry that he left. When he took us on patrol so that we can learn to work together, Karai and the Foot were attacking a monster from another dimension.”

“Monster?” said Raph in confusion.

“Long story.” Said 07 Raph. “Anyway, we were watching, but as usual, my temper got in the way, and I ended up challenging Leo’s leadership again. Master Splinter found out and we were in trouble. Then when we found out about the ancient prophecy, I wanted to go head on, but Leo told me that we can’t disobey Splinter. But as usual, I went on ahead.”

07 Raph sighed and looked up.

“But then when one of the other monsters were trashing a local diner, I tried to stop it.” Said 07 Raph, “But then Leo came along and thought, whilst I was the Nightwatcher, was a thug causing trouble. When he cornered me, he lectured me. Then when he beat me, he also punched my helmet off. Then he saw it was me underneath.”

Raph was surprised by this, and asked, “What happened?”

“Well…”

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07 Leo walked over to Raph and said, “Goodnight, Dark Prince.”

But as he got closer, he saw the Nightwatcher’s head, and the color of the mask. That’s when he recognized him.

“Raph?!” said 07 Leo in disbelief and shock. Whilst 07 Raph stood up, 07 Leo walked over and was still speechless. “What?”

Then without warning, 07 Raph kicked him away and made him crash against a debris and then stood in a crouching position.

“You are so smug, you know that?!” said 07 Raph as he walked over to 07 Leo whilst he was standing back up. “You think the whole world evolves around you, don’t you, that we couldn’t survive without the mighty and powerful Leonardo to guide us through our problems, huh?! Well, I got news for you…we got along just fine without you!!”

“Oh, and this qualifies as just, fine?!” said 07 Leo in disbelief, “Dressing up like it’s Halloween every night?! Risking the safety of our family?! I mean, come on, what were you thinking?!”

“Don’t push it, Leo!!” said 07 Raph whilst pointing at him. “You can’t leave home and expecting us to fall in line again, like your little soldiers.”

“Hey, I was training!!” said 07 Leo, “Training to be a better leader!! For you!! Why do you hate me for that?!”

“And whoever said I wanted to be led?!” shouted 07 Raph, “I’m better off calling my own shots now, get used to it!!”

“You, aren’t, ready!!” said 07 Leo, “You’re impatient!! And hot tempered!! And more importantly; I’m better, than you.”

07 Raph laughed in sarcasm and said, “Oh you know something, big brother? I’d have to disagree with you, on that one.”

07 Raph pulled out his sais and prepared for a fight, with 07 Leo staring back at him.

“Don’t do this Raph.” Said 07 Leo.

“I’m done taking orders.” Said 07 Raph.

07 Leo then pulled his swords out and the two stared at each other down.

Within a split second, both of them charged and clashed their weapons whilst fighting against each other. Though 07 Raph put up a good fight, 07 Leo still had an advantage over him. But when their blades clashed again, 07 Raph broke 07 Leo’s swords, causing him to kick his brother down and thrusted his sai next to him.

Both of them kept staring at one another, with 07 Raph bearing all that anger.

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Raph looked at his counterpart in shock and disbelief.

“You…nearly killed Leo?” said Raph.

“I’m not proud of it.” Said 07 Raph, “I realized I made a horrible mistake, and ended up running away. But in doing so, Leo ended up getting captured. I went back to the lair and told Splinter. I then realized why Leo was better and a leader, whilst I wasn’t. Splinter told me that even though I wasn’t his best student, didn’t mean I wasn’t his favorite son. I was strong, passionate, and loyal. They’re also what made a leader, but only tempered with compassion and humility. After that, we saved him and New York.”

07 Raph sighed and said, “If I hadn’t constantly put my personal feelings up front, our team wouldn’t have broken up in the first place. And sometimes I wonder why Splinter didn’t send me away. I mean yeah, sure, leaders are supposed to go the extra mile to do the impossible, but what about the rest of the team. We can’t be what others expect us to be, if we don’t have that same training in order to be who we’re meant to be.”

07 Raph looked at him and said, “The point is, don’t let your anger and mistakes define you. Otherwise, the only thing you’ll end up is being a nuisance for everybody. Take it from a guy who’s anger really did cause problems for the team.”

07 Raph stood up and said, “You might wanna go to the hanger. Roland’s lookin for you.”

07 Raph left to join his brothers whilst Raph sat there and thought about what he said and also his actions.

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After speaking to Gamer, and after Shine Boy had recovered, Roland wanted to show the handful of folks, namely the Turtles, Rainbooms, Shadowbolts, Mane 6, Team Shine, Team Carmen, Team Possible, Yod, and the Digidestined, of his equipment, for he figured they’d find it very interesting, especially Gamer, which he would hope would ease his mind a bit further. He brought them all to the hanger so that there would be more space.

“So, why’d you call us here, Roland?” asked Leo.

“Well, after seeing me, I assume all of you are a little bit of curious of what they do and how they’re made and such?” asked Roland.

“Come to think of it, I’m kind of curious too.” Said Joe.

“I’d like to compare notes for them, too.” Said Izzy.

“Trust me, you guys are gonna love this.” Said Roland as he pulled out a cube of sorts.

Before they could ask, Roland tossed a cube, causing it create a large room of sorts, which surprises them.

“What is that?!” said Zack.

“That right there, would be my item box.” Said Roland.

“Wait…Item box?!” exclaimed Team Shine, with Gamer saying “But I thought it was a myth!!”

“Oh, on the contrary.” Said Roland, “During my travels, I stumbled upon a dimension where magic and beast men and so on exist into one. And during my fighting, I was able to gather and create items that allow me to create my very own item box. But I had it for two settings. Via portal, and to show a large room so that others don’t get confused by it.”

“So, what does an item box do?” asked Yod.

“Well, item boxes allow you to store as many items as you want inside. Heck, you could fit all of Buckingham palace and the White House in there, and you won’t feel a single weight onto it.” Said Roland.

“Like the infinity pocket!” Sam concluded

“Incredible.” Said Princess Twilight as she took a closer look to it. “If Equestria were somehow to get something as this, think about all the amazing things it could do.”

“Trust me, it’s amazing.” Said Roland as he approached the door. “Let’s see now. Ah, here it is.”

He then displayed a symbol that bears resemblance to the elements of harmony. But he focused on the blue gem and pressed it.

“What’s that for?” asked a curious Mikey.

“Well, as it turns out, you can store over six different rooms. And you can pick it whenever you like, heck, if the dragons had something like this, they could store an entire volcano inside it and make it their very own lava jacuzzi.”

Everyone was taken aback by this as the gem had worked on what Roland was looking for. The moment he opened it, he then showed them and said “Come on inside, and be amazed.”

He then took them in and they were slowly seeing what was inside. They walked passed a bathroom sink and a mirror, no doubt to make sure one is presentable. But what caught them off guard, was what was on the other side.

“Whoa.” Said everyone in the room.

They saw many shelves all around them. The shelves on the left had many briefcases, different types of phones and cellphones, whilst also farther ahead appeared to what appeared to be a place to design clothes and fashion, which got Rarity interested.

Whilst on the left showed many other items like different shoes, pens, watches, bracelets, lighters, lipstick, and other accessories. However, up ahead was where it was different. On the left were different pistols with different ammos with shotgun rounds. Next to it were two different rifles. On the center were, umbrellas? They’d have to ask that later. Next to it were four different sniper rifles, and lastly, were over twenty different knives.

“Man, this place looks expensive.” Max wowed.

“You better control yourself, little buddy.” Sam advised holding him down. “Roland probably doesn’t want us to touch anything here.”

“What the heck is this?” said Raph, “Compensating much?”

“Oh, I have my reasons.” Said Roland as he began to take them around to the shelves where it has different shoes.

“If one wears a suit, you’ll need shoes to go with them.” Said Roland as he showed them. “An oxford is any form of shoe with open lacing. However, some of them also have something called broguing. But what makes them exciting.”

He took the shoe and showed them.

“This shoe has built in magnetic soles, that allows you to stick to any surface of metal, wood and so on.”

“Whoa,” said Wade as he looked at them, “These shoes are also made of material that don’t get worn out so easily.”

“That’s right, and the best part.” Said Roland as he typed the side of the shoe, causing a knife to come out at the tip, which surprised them. “The knife is sort of like a backup weapon that would help you in certain situations. However, to some, they would lace if with a type of nerve toxin that would knock the said person out.”

“So, it’s not poisonous?” asked Ron.

“No, so you can be thankful for that.” Said Roland as he carefully placed the knife back and placed the shoe away, whilst pulling out a stiletto. “The ladies stiletto has the same knife and magnetic capabilities. However, their heal also has a special lockpicking tool that would allow you to open any lock.”

“Oh my, just like one of my old hoof wear I used back in Equestria.” Said pony Rarity.

“That’s right, it comes in all colors.” Said Roland, “And the best part.”

He placed it down, and said “Applejack, please try to smash it with your strength.”

Applejack was puzzled by it, but complied and stomped on it. But when she lifted it up, they were surprised as there was no dent to it whilst Roland picked it up.

“It’s also made of a special steel.” Said Roland whilst winking, “Super strong, but at the same time, super comfortable on the inside.”

Out of curiosity, Rarity took it and tried it on. To her surprise…

“Oh my, it really is comfortable.” Said Rarity surprised.

“So even whilst we’re running and fighting, we don’t have to worry about them breaking?”

“That’s right.” Said Roland, “And the tips at the back are so sturdy, you don’t have to worry about tripping or anything.”

“Oh, that is so going to be helpful in the future.” Said Yolei.

“I agree, these are quite helpful.” Said Carmen.

Roland placed it back and walked towards the umbrella. “All of you have seen me use this in action. The pole is made of a special metal that won’t break so easily, and the umbrella is made of a special material that’s also bullet proof, explosion proof, and has a built-in computer that allows you to see from behind and target your enemies. It even has a built-in grapple, as well as a few stun rounds for anyone that can aim. I even made one for the ladies, for those with class, that is.”

“Most impressive.” Said Shadowsan as he inspected it, “Perfectly disguised where none would be the wiser.”

“I have to admit, this is truly ingenious.” Said Chief as he was also interested.

“Then there’s also the standard pistols, that can be perfectly concealed,” said Roland, “And they also have tons of tranquilizer rounds and a cartridge that would allow you to fire a shotgun round if you prefer the messy fight.”

“What about this?” asked Player as he pointed it at the briefcases.

“Oh, those are perfectly disguised assault rifles,” said Roland, “They can be taken anywhere and no one could tell what they are. Not to mention you can even sneak it past security and is also undetectable.”

“Sweet.” Said Matt and Tai as they took a closer look at them.

“And this.” Said Roland as he walked over to the wrist watches made for both male and females, “These watch also contain a dart that when come into contact, is also filled with a chemical that can give you short term memory loss and none would remember. Same goes for the women when they try them out. We even have something like this built in for the bracelets, for those who would rather have a…stylish victory.”

“Clever.” Admitted Sunset.

“What about them?” asked Kim as she pointed at the lipstick.

“Like Wade’s, they fire lasers, can cut through metal, act as a welding torch,” said Roland, “However, they also act as a laser sword. And my most favorite feature.”

“The force is strong with this one.” Sam joked before Roland continued.

He then produced a glove and lipstick and gave it to Rarity.

“Rarity, apply those if you please.” Asked Roland.

Feeling curious, she did just that, by adding lipstick thanks to a nearby mirror, and placed the glove on her right hand on. She walks back to Roland and was curious.

“Now what?” asked Rarity.

“See that dummy over there,” said Roland whilst pointing at a dummy nearby. “Blow a kiss to it.”

Confused, Rarity did just that, however, the moment she did just that, it fired a lipstick laser, causing it to hit the dummy as it fell over, which shocked everyone.

“The Lipstick remains inert, however, with those gloves, you activate it the moment you place it against your lips, allowing you to shoot at them, in case you don’t have any weapons.”

“Amazing.” Said Mimi, “Now I know what to do to a few guys that I don’t like who tries to hit on me.”

Some gave her confused looks, but shrugged it off.

“The glasses over there, is for those who truly wish to be undercover.” Said Roland as he pointed at the glasses, different accessories for male and female. “It has heat vision, x-ray, and no, not seeing through clothes, only objects like walls, concrete and so on. It even has a few settings like infrared, night vision, as well as a vision that allows you to see electrical currents that would allow you to follow to where you need to go.”

“Nice.” Said Gamer as he took a good look at them.

Roland smiled and thought, ‘Knew that would catch his attention. He really needs the distraction.’

“And this, I sometimes have fun with.” Said Roland as he pulled out a pen of sort, “These pens can act as a backup lockpick, as well as laser. However, what’s contained within them is where the trick lies.”

Roland loosened the pen and pulled out where the ink should be.

“For a killer, they can put poison in them.” Said Roland, “But for others, it serves as a truth serum and knockout drops. They’re harmless when ingested, but by pulling the side of the pen like how you would shoot ink, you’d automatically activate it, whilst priming it, and then lethal once closing. But don’t even think about using it on the ladies, for even though they’re out, they can still hear and feel, and when they realize it's you, well let’s just say you won’t be able to make kids anytime soon.”

The girls gave smug looks whilst the guys were nervous. Sam and Max just couldn’t help but laugh.

“It can even contain a special tracking devise in liquid form,” said Roland, “The moment your target consumes them, they’ll automatically go to your blood steam, and it’ll serve as a tracking device, and none could know how to remove it.”

“Oooooohhh.” Said everyone at the same time.

“And what about these?” asked Davis as he lifted one of the items that looked like a fancy lighter. “Do they electrocute you?”

“Don’t be ridiculous,” said Roland, until, “It’s a hand grenade.”

“Shut up.” Said everyone surprised at the same time.

“If you want to electrocute someone, then you’d need a signet ring and for the ladies, a special type of ring.” Said Roland as he pointed at them. “You can wear it on any hand, but if yours is the more dominant, that’s where they belong. And used carefully, it can serve up to 50 thousand volts.”

“Very nice.” Said Ivy as she was impressed.

Mikey then saw a ton of phones.

“What about them?” asked Mikey as he pointed at them, gaining their attention, “What makes them so special?”

“Nothing, that bit of technology’s caught up with the spy world.” Said Roland, “But sometimes it can take the fun out of everything.”

“Tell me about it.” Said Kim and Chief at the same time.

“What about that in there?” asked Rarity as she pointed at the room.

“Oh, you guys are gonna love this.” Said Roland as he walked inside and showed them.

All of them were surprised by the different dresses and suits, but Roland moved them towards the specific two.

“They may look normal,” said Roland, “But they’re made with a special fabric that’s knife proof, sword proof, arrow proof, and also bullet proof from six different types of bullets. It can also act as bulletproof armor, and you won’t have to worry about any tears.”

He looks at them with a smirk and said. “And you know the best part?”

Roland then pressed a nearby button, allowing both the suit and dresses to be separated from everybody. When all of a sudden, cooking oil was squirted on them, along with different sauces, ketchup, mustard, different kinds of fats, wine stains, grape juice stains and paint began to be splashed against it, which caused Rarity to gasp in shock.

“Oooh!” Max wowed.

But it didn’t stop from there.

He also dipped motor oil, gas, diesel, and cement against it, which made her gasp in a horrific fashion and makes her faint, along with her pony counterpart. However, the others were greatly speechless by what he did.

Until a washing machine appeared from out of nowhere and were placed inside, causing the clothes to do be cleaned. The others were skeptical however, thinking that the clothes would be beyond ruined. Until, they were taken out, dried and ironed. And were placed back.

And to their shock, same with Rarity and her pony counterpart, the clothes were completely cleaned, no stains whatsoever.

“It’s one hundred percent machine washable, and does not give anyone an allergic reaction.” Said Roland.

“Amazing!!” said Rarity and her pony counterpart as they immediately went over and inspected it. “Simply amazing!!”

“There’s not a hint of dirt, muck, oil or anything on it!!” said pony Rarity.

“Whoa, that’s incredible.” Said Casey.

“Where did you even find fabric like this?” asked Karai.

“I made it myself.” Said Roland casually.

This caused everyone to be shocked and slowly looked at him.

“You. Made this wonderful fabric?” said Rarity surprised.

“That’s right.” Said Roland, “Whilst I was working on different chemicals, I got curious and observed how the fabric worked. So, whilst I did that, I discovered that there were many ways to make them immune to certain elements. And during that time, I even worked on a fabric that is super elastic, meaning that no matter what size, you can wear them wherever you go. And after so many tries, I was able to create the perfect fabric, which is how I was able to weave the other elements in the clothes so that it could look normal. And the best part is, it’s super comfortable. It’ll make you feel like you’re wrapped in hugs.”

“Oooh, he’s right.” Said Pinkie Pie as she rubbed her face against it.

As Roland explained, Max snuck in the washing machine and was getting stained on before going the washing cycle. Some couldn’t help but watch while listening to Roland. After he finished explaining, Roland saw Max and stopped the machine and yanked out the rabbit.

“Will you get out of there!” He scolded.

Max responded by burping out a soap bubble. “Mmm. Lavender.”

“Oh, that’s nothing.” Sam spoke up. “One time we were chasing the Mad Thespian through a car wash and he was upset they didn’t have permanent press.”

“It does wonders for my split ends.” Max added before Roland dropped him.

Everyone looked at Shine Boy who deadpanned. “Don’t ask.”

“This is incredible.” Said Rarity as she looked at it, “Darling, you simply must let me have this fabric. Think of how much it could save up a ton for business for the future.”

“When did you have the time to make all of these?” said Gamer surprised.

“Built them in my last summer vacation.” Said Roland. Everyone looked at him shocked, causing him to be sheepish and said “I…I don’t do vacationing well.”

Gamer then grabbed him in excitement and said “You’ve got to show me how you did it!!”

“I’ve got the notes, and I’d be glad to…” said Roland before he was cut off.

“Then let’s get going!!” said Gamer as he grabbed Roland and pulled him to the lab.

Shine Boy smiled as he saw how happy Gamer looked. “Way to go, Roland.” He whispered.

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“Unacceptable!!”

Shredder had tossed Coach Brunt against the wall, showing just how wounded she is, whilst the rest of the VILE faculty stood there, but were somewhat afraid of the Shredder. But not as frightened as half of the VILE operatives are.

“I gave you one simple instruction, and you couldn’t even do that?!” shouted Shredder.

“Pff,” scoffed Tigress, “Like you could do…”

*SNICKT!!*

Before anyone noticed, Tigress crashed against the wall, with her screaming as she held her face as her masked had been cut in half, and her face being scratched. He then displayed his claws and glared at them.

“Give me one good reason why I should let any of you live?” demanded Shredder.

However, something fell out of Le Chevre’s pocket, gaining his attention. Curious, he picked it up and saw something that looked really interesting. He took a breath and mustered all the courage he had and walked over.

“Excuse me, monsieur Shredder,” said Le Chevre, “But I don’t suppose this is of any importance?”

Shredder looked at Le Chevre with a glare, but snatched the photo nonetheless and looked at it. However, upon seeing it, it really caught his attention with great interest.

“Hmmm,” muttered Shredder before chuckling. He slowly turned to Le Chevre and said, “You have done well.”

This caught everyone’s attention as they were surprised, with Le Chevre raising a brow.

“This here, what you brought me, is exactly what I need. And a means to build up our army.”

“If I might ask, what is it?” asked Le Chevre.

“This, is the portal of Keekan.” Said Shredder. “I have heard of it, and how it is destroyed. However, I know the means of fixing it. Though what I last heard, they hid it somewhere in this world. And another means to open it.”

Shredder turned to Le Chevre and said, “We now have another priority, and as a means to build up our army.”

He handed the picture back to him, and said, “And given how you have found it and have given us another reason. I am putting you in charge of VILE and a means to find it.”

This shocks the rest of VILE, with Maelstrom protesting, “You cannot be…!!!”

Suddenly, he was face to face with the Shredder, with the blades underneath Maelstrom’s neck.

“You couldn’t even best a little girl who brought down your so-called organization, and you couldn’t beat them again when we were in this world.” Said Shredder, “Therefore, I have lost faith that you will do what needs to be done. And if you do not wish to end up like your counterparts…you will, follow my command. Am I understood?”

Maelstrom didn’t dare question Shredder, then said, “I do.”

Shredder retracted his claws and moved backwards.

“Stockman,” said Shredder, “Give Le Chevre what he needs. And you will be his second in command unless I say otherwise.”

“Uh, crystal, Lord Shredder.” Said Stockman nervously.

“Dismissed.” Said Shredder as he walked away.

However, Maelstrom was not happy of losing his command to VILE, which in turn made him grip his fist in anger.

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Back on the ship, everything had been settled, and both Shine Boy and Roland were busy walking down the hall, and Roland had also felt somewhat better after the whole ordeal.

“I have to admit, I’ve never seen your brother this excited in anything when I showed him.” Said Roland, “Honestly it feels good to see him like this.”

“Same here.” Said Shine Boy, “And thanks for what you did for him.”

“Hey, after what he’d been through it’s the least I can do.” Said Roland. “And I also feel a bit better. Thanks for what you and Shine Girl did for me, as well as the others.”

“You’re welcome.”

“But are you okay?” said Roland, “Ronin told me you felt a bit off.”

Shine Boy looked at him with a flexed eyebrow, surprising that Ronin was now talking to Roland.

“In case you wonder, the two of us had a long talk.” Said Roland, “We had to start somewhere.”

“Well…I’ve felt overwhelmingly exhausted lately.” Said Shine Boy.

“Hey, as my Shine Boy once told me,” said Roland, “You don’t always have to do everything on your own. You may be the beacon of hope and light, but it’s only possible when you have your loved ones by your side.”

Shine Boy snorted at that, with him saying, “Since when are you supposed to be my teacher?”

“Hey, good advice is good…”.

Upon saying that, Roland suddenly stopped and stopped Shine Boy, which confused him. Roland slowly pointed at what he was seeing. Shine Boy saw it, and to his shock, he saw that there was a bit of blood coming out from under the door.

The two of them slowly walked towards the door, with Roland saying, “Call it in, but quietly.”

Shine Boy nodded and sent out a silent alarm.

Both Roland and Shine Boy stood on both sides of the door whilst seeing the blood. Both of them wondered what was going on that would do this. That’s when they heard running and saw the ones that came. The Turtles, the Mutanimals, the Rainbooms, the Dazzlings, the New York Allies, the Mane 6, the Equestrians, Team Reinkani, Team Tennyson, the rest of Team Shine, their other world allies, the Crystal Gems, The Power Rangers, the League, the Titans, the Digidestined, Team Sandiego, team Am Drag, the Boiling Isle group, and team Possible.

“Guys, what…?!” said Leo before they stopped.

Both Shine Boy and Roland signaled them to be quiet and showed them from the door. Everyone was worried, but realized how serious it was. They went to both sides of the door, as well as the front, to make sure whatever it was, they’d be ready. Roland and Shine Boy went to the front of the door, preparing to open it, with everyone getting ready for a fight.

Roland and Shine Boy stood in front of the door, preparing for a fight, whilst Grandpa Max opened the door. And what happened, they didn’t expect. For out of the door, fell a deceased ninja as he fell limp, before Shine Boy and Roland caught him and let him down gently.

“Wait, that’s a Hamato Ninja.” Said Donnie.

“But what are they doing here?” asked a confused Soch.

Roland looked up and was shocked by what he was seeing.

“Uh, guys.”

Everyone then looked inside and were shocked by what they were seeing.

“Great Hera.” Muttered Wonder Woman.

For inside, were over six dozen Hamato Ninjas, all of them slain and fallen, whilst also being surrounded by destroyed Footbots, who had somehow broken into the ship. Among them, they saw Snips and Snails, who were wounded beyond recognition and unconscious.

“Look through the bodies,” said Batman, “Make sure everyone’s all right.”

Everyone quickly got inside and looked through every body, wanting to get answers into who was behind these attacks. Roland was walking through the fallen ninja group, with Shine Boy and Shine Girl walking with him.

“This is bad,” said one of the Plumbers, “The stones have been stolen!!”

“What?!” said the Turtles and Rainbooms.

Roland, Shine Boy, and Shine Girl overheard it, which left them concerned and worried.

“What happened to the stones?!” whispered Shine Girl loudly.

“Look!” Roland pointed to find a body lying on the ground.

They hurried to the body and revealed to be…

“Master Conner!” Gasped Roland, before he, Shine Boy and Shine Girl helped put him against the wall so that he could sit up straight.

Conner was able to open his eyes. “Roland…”

“What happened?” Roland asked holding him.

“My men… we tried to stop them…. But… the traitor… ambushed us.” Conner grunted, before sneaking something into Shine Girls utility belt.

“The traitor. Who was it?” Shine Boy asked still feeling guilty.

“The traitor…. The traitor… is…. o…bak…” Conner succumbed to his wounds and died.

Roland was partially startled by what he revealed, even Shine Boy and Shine Girl. However, Shine Boy lowered his head in guilt, as the fight between the two of them from earlier began to haunt him.

“Roland!!”

They didn’t notice Karai, Shinigami, along with the Turtles and Rainbooms, along with Yod’s team in pursuit.

“Who else…?!”

That’s when they saw Connor, who had died and succumbed to his wounds, indicating that he was too late to be saved.

“No…” muttered Karai in shock and horror, but not as shocked as Yod and the turtles were, even the Rainbooms were shocked by who they were seeing. “No.” muttered Karai again as she was on her knees and cried in tears before holding her uncle’s hand.

“Not again.” Muttered Leo as he and his brothers were reliving the aftermath of what happened to Splinter, even Yod was devastated. For his master was going to be distraught when they hear the news.

Shine Boy was now in guilt, for not only was he guilty of the argument, but also guilty that Karai lost an uncle, someone who was close to her family.

“What have I done?” He whispered backing away with no one noticing.

“What do we do now?” Leo asked.

That question was now on everyone’s mind. For what had just happened, they hit close to home, and someone took the stones. But the bigger question, is who?

Author's Note

Author’s note 1:

And there you have it, sorry for the long wait, but it was worth it. Special shoutout to WarriorofFaith18 for all the quotes. Had a lot of fun with this.

Author’s note 2:

· Shine Boy and Night Shine’s fight was a reference to the 07 TMNT movie.
· Roland showing them his item box is a reference from every anime series.
· Roland’s closet is a reference to Kingsman Secret Service.
· Max throwing ice cubes into the lava was a reference to Courage the Cowardly Dog.
· The guys trying to distract the crowd was a reference to Wildcard’s story, Magic in Manhattan.
· Connor Kenway and Shine boy’s talk was a reference to Ben 10 Ultimate Alien
· Shine Boy punching the punching bag was a reference to the Avengers movie
· Some of the VILE operative’s heads blowing up was a reference to Suicide Squad.
· Rainbow freaking out after someone kissed him was something I thought of long ago, but can’t remember where.
· Kevin and Max’ interaction was a reference to the animated series X-Men evolution.
· The Owl House Crew are from a time when Luz is still in college.
· Zach and Ivy being in ACME is also a short time after the Carmen series.