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The skies have gotten darker. It's pitch black with a certain red haze at the edges and trees of the city. All is quiet. The many cartoons of the society are either watching the Toon Force brush past them or are staring at the halo at the center of the sky as if the edges of it align well with the round city walls. Near the entrance to the Recreational District past the wall blocking it, Future Timmy is hauled by the abrupt presence of Sandy running straight for he and the group.
Sandy: Turner, what do we have here?! I just came to check n' I see a bunch o' old pals!
Spongebob going in to hug Sandy: SANDY! You're here too?!
Sandy: Yeah! Been a while, has it? Gotta be honest with ya. Never thought you'd be this excited to see me. Sometimes we ain't even see each other for a whole month.
Spongebob: Oh, I would never forget you, Sandy. You're one of my bestest friends and I'd hate to see you go. (Hugs tighter) I'm just glad you're back!
Sandy: An' Danny n' Co. I ain't seen ya since that Volcano thing!
Danny: Oh yeah! Volcano Island. We're kinda going through a similar quest right now.
Sandy: Where ya headed?
Timmy: Over to where Jimmy is back here.
Sandy: I just saw em go to the altar when I stopped by to check on things after that crash. But, between ya'll n' me, he's actin' a little funny.
Spongebob: Don't worry Sandy. We'll help him get his head straight in a jiffy!
Danny suddenly crouching while holding his head: Urgh..!
Sam: Danny..?
Sandy: Woah. You alright?
Danny: Yeah. It's just… I kept having this pain in my head every time I think I'm sensing a ghost. And the only thing remotely close to it are corrupted people.
Gumball looking up to the sky: Or that big circle in the sky.
Sandy: Whatever it is, you best get Jimmy to help ya. I get this distinct feelin' I'm gonna need Robo-Girl in a bit.
Brad: Wait… Jenny's out here too?!
CC. Timmy: Oh yeah. I forgot to mention she's here too. Got banged up pretty bad, but she's in good shape now.
Sandy: Problem is just gettin' her up an' about!
Brad: Where is she? I miss her and I got so much to tell her.
Sandy: I'll take ya to her. Matter of fact, if ya'll got any kiddins, I'll take em somewhere safe.
Richard: Oh goodie! Anais, you go with the squirrel girl.
Alt. Anais: Me..?
Richard: No. The other you. I know you, GB n' GF are old enough to take care of things.
Anais: Urgh… And I wanted to watch the violence this time…
Alt. Anais kneeling to Anais: There'll be plenty of it to watch on TV when this is done, kiddo. Now do as Dad told ya and go on. K?
Anais walking off: Fine…
Timmy: Hey, it's gonna be ok anyway. It's just Jimmy. I'm sure he'll be alright.
CC. Timmy: Mmm...I dunno. But come on. He's just behind these columns to that white building over there.
In the altar, Doug and Jimmy are still by themselves discussing a few details from before.
Jimmy: And so, my proposal is, we take an observation drone to scan the recesses and energy readings of the light in the sky. It seems linked to what I've seen from before in Bikini Bottom, so maybe we can reverse engineer it when we tap into its power.
Doug: Sounds like a plan to me! I can't think of any other way to get rid of it or fix anything. So unless it attacks us like an alien UFO, you've got this!
Jimmy: And I couldn't have thought of anything without you guys. But I just wonder… If we fix all this, will any of our fallen cartoons join us as well?
Doug: I get the feeling they're long gone. But something tells me they will, whether they like it or not. I mean, what else do they have here besides themselves?
Spongebob: Hope!
Doug turning to the entrance surprised: Hm…?
Jimmy: What..?!
Spongebob: Hello, Jimbo! We're here to save you!
Jimmy: SpongeBob..?! Danny...Timmy… You're all here too?! And- (Gets hugged and licked by Goddard) Goddard... You brought them here? (Rubs Goddard's head)
Cindy walking over to Jimmy: NERDTRON!
Jimmy: Cindy..?! (Hugs and kisses Cindy)
While Jimmy and Cindy embrace, Goddard drops Jimmy's backpack from his back hatch close to him.
Jimmy: I don't understand. How'd you find me?
Spongebob: Oh, that was easy. I flew us here.
Jimmy: Wait, you can't fly! You can't even drive! ...Can you?
Timmy: Trust me. If it wasn't for him, we would've been pretty screwed getting past those monsters outside.
Danny: Jimmy, we've come to bring you back home. Or at least what's left of it once we get rid of that halo in the sky.
Doug: You can't. The damage has already been done. The only place of refuge for him and the rest of you is here.
Ghost Simone: Yeah, but we just came from outside of town an' saw the whole universe comin' against us, nosey!
Starfire: Yes. And the home is not just a place to be. It is with the ones who care for you.
Jimmy: Like you should care. If I go back I'll end up the same way I did before. No one's going to remember us after a while. And we could potentially end up back in the loop we've had to endure for years.
Sheen with his arms crossed while tapping his foot: Wow. Seems like somebody's hittin' a new low again.
Carl: You said it, bud.
Timmy terribly confused: I don't get it, Jim.
Squidward: What would you know about being forgotten? You expect people to recognize you for everything? For instance, Squarebrain's always the guy who shouts and laughs at everyone everyday, yet sometimes he'll be the one to forget the secret szechuan sauce.
Mr. Krabs: (Gasps like a lady) Squidward! What have you done?!
Scotsman: The Hell's szechuan sauce? Some kind of fan club's messiah?
Mr. Krabs holding his chest: Oh...that was a close one.
Jack: I believe Squidward is right, Jimmy. We can't change who we are just to fit in with others.
Jimmy: That's not what I really meant. This is my home now. It's where we belong.
Timmy: What're ya talkin' about, bro?
Jimmy trying to come up with an answer: I'm saying, we're not really...real.
Cindy: Honey, I think you've been out here too long. Like, wha...what?
Jimmy: See, I didn't want to tell you this, but, I didn't think you survived the…(still struggles to talk) Well, y'know…?
Sheen: Jimmy, of course we're real! If we didn't exist, could I do, (puts finger through ear out Carl's ear) this?!
Carl feeling his ear: What the..?
Jimmy: That depends. But it does stand as cartoon logic.
Ghost Simone speaking to Wulf: Any idea what the mook's talkin' about?
Wulf simply shrugs at Ghost Simone, unable to answer; equally confused.
Peridot: I know what it is. He almost got himself killed just thinking about it earlier! He knows we're all cartoons made for people's entertainment. (Points with her other hand on her hip) And the only reason this whole "Toon War" started, was cause the Syndicate told everyone and showed them that shows like Flame Girl over there's are awful, and the reason most of us out here are forgotten. In addition to our cancelation or ending leading to our inevitable purgatory until their companies bring them back...likely to ruin them later.
Starfire: Hey! We're proud of who we- (Pauses) ...Wait. You're right. (Panics and scratches hair frantically with both hands) Subjectively we ARE terrible! And I remember saying something like that when I was with my fellow Titans! That is exactly what Robin and Raven were trying to tell me!
Scaramouche: Hey now, don't let it get to ya, babe. It's not meant for everyone. At least it means we're made with someone's...wait. That's right. That means I was born to die from day one! (Crosses arms with irritated look) That ain't fair…
Jimmy: Now now, it wasn't your fault. It was just the way the people out there make it, for better or worse. None of us were even meant to meet each other and stay for the past decade because we're cartoons. And it's not just that. Before we met, I let everyone else around here down by not remembering them and letting their worlds die when they needed us. And now, this virus out there could potentially help us fix that by allowing us access to the Fourth Wall!
Cindy getting very concerned: Jimmy, what's gotten into you?
Scaramouche: You're the same fella who said we were just fine as we are. I mean, I don't wanna brag, but look at all this swag goin' on over here!
Jimmy: Yeah, but, regardless of whether we stay or get rebooted, we're still just a construct! Our channels neglected us long enough. But this could be our one chance at stopping them for good using the entity manifested from all these years of misuse!
Bimm: You mean...You want to use the virus to break through reality?
Jimmy: By any means. Bimm, I know by heart what happened to your world. Wouldn't you want to bring that back and get back at the people who put you and the show in limbo had it not been for someone's fan fiction?
Bimm shifting her eyes about: ...Um...
Jimmy: And Gumball, I learned here that the Void was the gateway that led to the Syndicate finding the Fourth Wall. If the halo above functions like that, wouldn't you wanna do it too?
Gumball: I mean, I feel special enough as is with that thought. I don't think I wanna go crazy like they and the rest of us did when they found out they were kid's shows.
Doug: Really kid, it's the reason a lot of things we do happen. If it wasn't for us being a cartoon, none of this would be possible. It's both good and bad for us when you get to the meat of things.
Spongebob: You're right, Doug. Maybe there's something we can do using our show skills! But Jimmy, fighting our creators isn't something a hero would do
Cindy trying to persuade Jimmy: Yes, Jimmy. Not all the people we've lost are gone forever. We can still bring them back! But to just abandon them and give up for something we barely even understand...that's not the answer.
Jimmy: Aw, Cindy. I wish I could believe it. But it's not that simple. If we stay, we'll just be nothing but moving colors kids can watch on a TV screen! It's part of the reason we're so unique in the first place! And that means, my intellect, my parents, every other villain everyone of us have faced, and the adventures we've been through are all fake. What more can we do in here than out there?
Cindy pausing with slight shock: ...We were family.
Jimmy looks at Cindy and the rest of the group in the same upset expression, but the inner tone of everyone changes to tension. The room starts shifting slowly and ominously, changing hues and spawning shapes.
Gumball with his fur standing up: Uh, guys, is it just me, or does anyone else feel like stuff's about to go down?
Ashi with her arms crossed: Nope. You're not the only one. (Takes a few steps back)
Spongebob: But why? You're just fine the way you are.
Jimmy: I am now that I've been notified of all this. After we remove those in charge of our stations, we will have full control of reality and bring peace to all.
Timmy: Then what's keepin' the virus from ruining it?
Danny: And plus, if we do this, we might end up the same way those poor souls we tried so hard to save did.
Jimmy: I know. I'm not trying to get corrupted. But I DO want to change so that no one is left behind again.
Timmy: That sounds like those people we've fought before! I don't wanna have to do this. I love ya, no homo. But I'll get it outta your head if that's what it takes.
Danny palming his fist: Same.
Spongebob: (Gulp)
Jimmy: Guys, I know why the people we've fought did what they did, and I understand why you would go up against me. That's why I have to fight to tell you otherwise! (Deploys Neutron Shield and Hypno Beam from Hypercube)
Jimmy aims and shoots a beam from his Hypno Beam at Timmy and Danny! Though he misses, he shocks everyone, especially Cindy, who refuses to see this fight play out. As the battle begins, the room shifts and the others in the Toon Force step back away from the four original Nicktoons about to throw down. Spongebob leaps back a couple of times trying to avoid Jimmy's blasts, and Danny goes intangible at Jimmy and shoots him, but he blocks the shot with his shield. Jimmy smacks Danny away with it and Timmy lunges at Jimmy with his big wand. Jimmy dodges the attack and both he and Timmy end up in a clash. Jimmy tries to get a hold of the Hypno Beam and accidentally holds onto it's trigger for too long, causing it to shoot a large blast at the pillars in the chamber and blow them up. They collapse around the heroes, forcing Spongebob to avoid the falling debris.
Spongebob running : Uh, guys, a little precaution would be nice!
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Spongebob: Wha..?!
Three massive pink, blue, and green beams suddenly shoots through the door of the altar near the Toon Force and nearly misses Spongebob! The ensuing explosion from the impact causes part of the ceiling to collapse and separate the team and Spongebob from the trio of Nicktoons battling each other. Before Spongebob can react, the dust from the debris blows past him, almost blinding his sight until he turns himself around by pushing his face to his back and spinning the front of his pants and hands. As the heroes, including Doug and the others from the society rise from the attack, they witness the arrival of the three Powerpuff Girls; now known as Shadowpuff Girls under the corruption of the virus above. All three of them are shrouded in black mist and wear a sinister grin before boosting forward for another attack in separation! Meanwhile, Timmy recovers from the haze in the room from the collapsing ceiling. He pulls out his big wand for a light from the star. Quietly, he steps forward towards the light of the altar window and is caught off guard by a quick punch from Jimmy who now has his jetpack equipped! Timmy turns to Jimmy and blocks a ray shot from his Shrink Ray accidentally shrinking his own weapon. Jimmy sets his ray gun to stun mode and prepares to blast Timmy only to get blown into a pillar by Danny still in his ghost form from earlier. He spirals into the genius smashing through the stone from the force as they plummet to the floor in the grey mist! Danny prepares a light punch, likely to stun his friend, but Jimmy takes a shot in with his freeze ray, causing Danny's fist to fall to the floor next to Jimmy's face. With slight straining in his joints, Jimmy kicks Danny away from him in the chest before rolling to his side while taking out a different gadget from his jetpack. Danny goes into intangibility as he circles his way back to Jimmy who has his X-Ray glasses on seeing through his cloak. When in rage, Jimmy fires his Super Bubblegum-Mobile into him to entrap him within the person-sized construct! The sheer speed of the transport sends Danny smacking into Timmy and bouncing around!
Danny getting pummeled: Urk..! Ghost resistant bubblegum..?! That's rude, Jimmy!
Timmy uses his shrunken wand to punch a hole through the bubble Danny's trapped in as he descends. The bubble bursts, and Danny tumbles onto the floor.
Timmy running: Danny, do what you did with Kevin to me!
Danny goes intangible again, this time overshadowing Timmy. Rather than taking full control of his body and mind, Danny ends up melding with it, causing Timmy's hair to grow snow-white and his outfit to retain a similar design to Danny's Ghost Form. Distinctively, one eye turns warm green and the other turns to a lighter shade of blue than Timmy's. Shocked, Jimmy hesitates with his grip on his Neutronized Baseball Bat yet keeps a consistent sternness to himself.
Timmy Phantom: Sorry Jimmy. But this has gotta stop! (Puts palms together)
The merged Timmy Phantom, with his palms, generates electricity with the extra ghost energy creating a ball of blue and green. With it, he shoots one bolt at Jimmy who smacks it away with his bat. Again, another is tossed down, but Jimmy's bat prevails until he notices that cracks are starting to form. Suddenly, he boosts himself up to Timmy Phantom for one last strike, which they guard with their left arm. The bat breaks to pieces, and the combiner phases through Jimmy at mach speed. Suddenly from behind, Timmy Phantom jets into Jimmy's back and smashes him through the roof of the altar into the cloudy skies above! The two friends bash into each other continuously, blowing themselves away with every hit until both draw their energy swords and clash multiple times at the same top speeds Jack and Scotsman would make like a motor. With Danny's precision, Timmy Phantom quickly kicks Jimmy in the right cheek, who then retaliates with his left elbow against his collar bone, pushing him down several feet from the air! Again, Jimmy rockets himself into his opponent's stomach with an elbow. When lightning strikes behind them, Timmy Phantom generates a better Ecto Wand only matched by Jimmy's red Laser Sword. First comes a downward swing, then an upward chop, then middle slash; each clashed by each other's efforts. They finish when Jimmy bashes himself into his friends back into the altar. In the meantime, the Shadowpuffs are overrunning the Toon Force, darting around them using various forms of attack. First, Blossom freezes Squidward, SpongeBob, Chester, Starfire, and Sam. Then Buttercup palms the ground sending Gumball, Flora, Alt. Anais, Momo, Sadie, and Wulf to the air. Lastly, Bubbles lets out a loud eerie screech that blows back Penny, Patrick, Richard, Cindy, Sheen, and AJ and hurts their ears.
Peridot: I've never seen this many people get humiliated in such a short amount of time!
Phoebe: Come on guys! We've gotta help them! They'll be pummeled if we don't!
Jasper: Leave it to me.
Jasper makes a light dash for Buttercup. Before she can backhand Mr. Krabs when he tries to catch her with his sharp claws, Jasper claps the Shadowpuff between her palms like a fly! All of a sudden, however, Buttercup separates Jasper's hands from each other and shoots a green laser beam from her eyes into the titan's face! Both Bubbles and Blossom come in swatting Jasper around like a baseball. After falling back to the ground, Gumball manipulates his energy balls into a slinky by molding it with his palms. He catches Bubbles with it and whips her to Buttercup taking them both down. Before Blossom strikes back, Peridot hits her with a led pipe from the rubble rising in her gravity well.
Peridot: HA! Take that you bug eyed Clod!
Blossom shoots a red heat beam at Peridot, but Rose gets in front of her and deflects it back at the Shadowpuff with her shield! Buttercup recovers and fires two large energy orbs at Phoebe and Scotsman. Scotsman slices one of them into two smaller ones that explode behind him, and Phoebe karate kicks the other to the sky causing a massive green ray of light to shine from the halo. Angered, Blossom breathes fire into Buttercups hands, which she tosses fireballs from to Bimm and Sadie. Sadie hops backwards, fumbling to her back while Bimm stumbles trying to shield herself with the Antisword. CC. Timmy then arrives just in time shielding her with his electrostaff with his back turned.
CC. Timmy: Bimm..? Is that really you..?
Bimm: Och! (Smiles and lifts tail) You know who I am?
CC. Timmy: I do. In my timeline, Cattus wasn't the only One Blade out there.
Future Timmy turns back around taking a warrior stance with Sadie, the two Boberts, Scaramouche, Scotsman, Momotaro, Wulf, Alt. Anais, Ashi, and Jack. All three Shadowpuff Girls group together and spin into a twister that blasts an array of colorful fireballs at the group. With his flute, Scaramouche holds some of them in place, to which Future Timmy, Alt. Anais, Wulf, and Momo whack back at the girls. As they're getting blown out their spin, they get flanked by Bobert and Future Bobert on both sides, taking out Bubbles and Blossom. Next, Sadie and Jack slice through Blossom's heat beam while Ashi hops from their shoulders into Blossom's face for a kick to it! This causes the corrupted to explode into a distinct oozy substance. Both Blossom and Bubble's charred bodies do the same and swiftly meld with each other to take on a different shape. Their next attack now takes the form of Walker of the Ghost Zone, now shrouded in black mist, charging forward with a shield in front of him knocking Ashi, Sadie, Jack, and Scaramouche to the side before Wulf punches him in the face. The impact reduces the ooze into a gazelle from Lyvsheria that brushes from underneath Wulf's legs to the rest of the group, ramming with its horns against Timmy, Alt. Anais, and Scotsman (causing him to fall out his wheelchair), and punching Bimm's stomach. She drops the sword, to which the creature attempts to break with its hooves. But the two Boberts blast it away with their heavy lasers. The gazelle is blown into ooze again and separates back into the Shadowpuff Girls; now as botched image files trying to take the form of the 2012 version of themselves who immediately start firing lasers at the rest of the team. Inside the altar, however, the fight heats up between Timmy Phantom and Jimmy Neutron as they seldom strike every time one of them is visible from a large piece of rubble. They soon find themselves running into each other at full force. But Timmy Phantom is stronger, pushing Jimmy into a fallen chunk of stone that breaks the left wing of his jetpack. He is quickly caught spiraling in the air from his gadget's malfunction until it smacks him face first into the mosaic window at the end of the altar. For a few seconds, he pauses in silence until he presses a button on his shrink shray in-hand that slowly builds a distinct red aura around him. He turns himself back facing Timmy Phantom and stretches his arms out with a straining yell as the aura blazes around him shattering the glass behind him. This time, the tables have turned. Timmy Phantom hesitates and Jimmy is fully charged temporarily, as indicated by the Gravitrax Meter at 90% on his watch. He jets into his friends, shattering the piece of Phantom armor on their chest completely! He then turns around and shoots them in the back with his watch's magnetizer. They fumble across the clear end of the main hall until their back is flat on the floor. With the minilaser pen, Jimmy cuts a pattern in the ceiling above Timmy Phantom taking the whole structure down on top of them!
Jimmy breathing heavily: ...There… That should do it. Hopefully I can get you guys on my side and fix this place back to its original state with one of my inventions.
Behind him, Jimmy is poked in the shoulder. He turns around and gets punched square in the forehead by a barechested Danny followed by a wack with his wand to the floor from Timmy!
Timmy crouching and punching Jimmy in the face: Why-aren't you-coming-to-your senses?!
Jimmy charging his aura, briefly turning it blue: I AM at full consciousness, Turner!
Jimmy's pulse from his arms powered by his watches internal Gravitrax raises the fighters and the rubble inside the building at 0-G. He doesn't turn this off, however. Instead, he turns off his power boost from his Shrink Ray to prevent further drainage to his body and looks on ahead at Danny and Timmy. Back outside, things get worse with the Shadowpuff Girls firing even more lasers at the team. This time, Dani, Simone, Sheen, Goddard, Noble, Courage, Carl, Gumball, Spongebob, Patrick, and Penny attack.
Dani: Hey, aren't you guys gonna transform into your cool combiner form?
Penny: We can't. We might drain ourselves again. All our strength was put into keeping the ship from crashing.
Ghost Simone: Hey, don't worry about it. I got'cha covered.
The girls charge up their heat beams with their original faces angrily exposed.
Ghost Simone going intangible: Let's do this!
Before Buttercup can shoot at the group, Ghost Simone overshadows her, causing her programming to scramble her body into pieces before it reshapes itself. Simone repeats this with the other two girls until each one are botched image files on display.
Dani: That's our que! (Flies to Bimm) Sheen, Carl, keep em busy!
Carl: Wait, what do we?
Dani searching around: Anything! Just don't let em leave!
Sheen: Hm… I know what'll keep em like this! (Loudly singing) LALALA-LALA-LALALA-
Dani searching around Bimm: Bimm, where's the Antisword..? Bimm…?
After getting attacked by the virus creature, Bimm remains face first in the grass unconscious.
Dani: She's so damaged already, she can't even get up…
Noble running over to Dani: ARF!
Dani: Hm..?
Noble and Goddard come over with the Antisword in both mouths at once.
Dani: Oh that's cute. Thanks!
As Sheen's singing gets far more annoying, the Shadowpuff Girls raise their incomprehensible vocals and blow him away with a supersonic breeze. Just when it seems he's about to be killed, Carl gets behind Bubbles and tries to tickle her. It works and she giggles and starts squirming prompting Buttercup to intervene. Seeing what the method does to the girls, Penny turns into a pink octopus and tickles both Buttercup and Blossom who struggle fight back.
Spongebob: Oh now I see. No one can resist the tickle procedure!
Gumball: It usually works on me and Mom. I'm sure it'll work on them too.
Dani flying with the Antisword in hand: That's cause it's their top weakness! (Prepares chop) YAAAAGH!
Dani slices through the girls with the blade as they recover, causing the corruption feeding into them to delete itself! As they stutter and scramble into bits of frame animation, they fade away. But only one fragment of their black ooze remains and hovers into the sky. The halo above zaps it with three lightning bolts, transforming it into the three girls rebooted from 2016. However this time, they appear to be smaller and less threatening looking than before. The black mist is smaller this time around. And their sinister grins are a lot more rounded than their sharper counterparts.
Dani: Oh you've gotta be kidding me..!
Gumball: These guys just won't quit!
Spongebob: Well they better start quitting! I've had it up to here with these monsters! Let's get em, Pat!
Patrick: You got it!
As SpongeBob and Patrick run toward the girls charging straight for them, Doug in the back watches in awe, surprised at their determination. Back in the altar, within Jimmy's gravity well, the environment shifts around. Their surroundings start to change color into that of purple, blue, red, and warm green. Jimmy uses this opportunity to push a large slab of stone against Timmy while he's distracted by the sudden change of color. Danny rockets both his fists into Jimmy's stomach, sending him back to the corner of the wall next to him. He jabs at Danny's jaw, then Danny kicks him in the shin, then the two headbutt each other away from one another. Danny hovers back to the floor stunned and rubbing his bruised forehead. Which he is shocked to notice is bleeding. But Timmy doesn't let up. Using the pillar behind him, he dashes downward for Jimmy with his wand, taking it and smacking him down to the ground, nearly damaging his watch controlling the Gravitrax. This disables the antigravity of the room, causing all the debris collected from the fighting to fall back down. Only this time, the objects disintegrate on impact to the boy's surprise. Meanwhile, SpongeBob lets out his signature victory screech whilst jumping high into the air from a boost from Patrick's Belly. All three of the Shadowpuff Girls charge up their lasers and fire together at Squarepants, who's drawn his spatula and inflated his pants to keep himself in the air. The beams clash with the tool but don't seem to puncture it. Instead, they hold the clash well and SpongeBob gives his all holding it away from him. The struggle creates a vibrant light show from below which the other cartoons of the society bear witness to. Bloo and Mack particularly put on their shades to keep from getting blinded. And Dexter views it from his lab with a distinct strain in his face as though he were worried. Spongebob's spatula itself glows a golden hue and the grey in the medal changes along with it.
Spongebob struggling: Nrrrgh…!
Both Boberts ascend to Spongebob.
Bobert: You seem to require immediate assistance.
Bobert and his future counterpart draw their turrets again, aim at the Shadowpuff Girls while they still have their beams attracted to Spongebob's now golden spatula, and fire upon them! The shot completely explodes the corrupted into oblivion, leaving SpongeBob plummeting from the sky with his pants deflated. Thankfully, Patrick catches him in his arms. Both Bobert's descend with him to check.
Bobert: Are you alright?
Spongebob: I am thanks to you guys. Nice job!
CC. Timmy walking over to Bimm: You ok, Bimm? That was some punch you took.
Bimm holding her stomach: I'm fine… This isn't the first time a gazelle hit me in the stomach cause I was in the wrong place…
Ghost Simone: Oh yeah. The sheep jungles. Cy always told us it was dangerous. No wonder we had a lesson for it.
Bimm: Yeah…
Ghost Simone squinting cheekily: Wuss.
Bimm looking irritated: Hey…
Doug: You did fantastic, Spongebob! You too, Patrick! I don't think any of those reboots could've suspected you guys to show up and take em out that easily!
Spongebob: Aaaw. It wasn't easy, Doug. We still took a beating, but we made it.
Patrick: Yeah! We're the chosen ones!
Doug: Yes you are. Anyway, we'd better get back to the altar before Jimmy and the other boys kill themselves.
While Doug is talking, one last remnant of the image file for all three Shadowpuffs grouped together barely tries to respawn and aims a small energy disk at Doug while he's unaware. But SpongeBob notices and pulls out his spatula again.
Spongebob guarding Doug: Doug, look out!
Spongebob is blown back into the altar from the ray blasted against his tool. Before either the cut up Jimmy, bare-chested Danny, or Timmy could begin to react by ramming another fist into each other's faces, SpongeBob slides on his back across the floor to the middle of them. The leaders of the Toon Force all look down at their fallen friend and kneel to check his breathing when he casually lifts himself back up while scratching his forehead. When another stray blast almost hits them again, Ghost Simone turns to where the Shadowpuff remnant is and strikes it down with the Antisword, permanently deleting it.
Ghost Simone looking serious: …Bye bye…
Timmy: SpongeBob…? You ok?
Spongebob still a bit stunned: Uugh, yeah… Sorry to bud in on your discussion. What were we doing again..?
Jimmy looks at Spongebob's scars from his fall. Then he looks back at Danny and Timmy and how hurt they are from the fight. He notices the bleeding from Danny's forehead. And Timmy's crack in his buck teeth and charred clothes. Then he turns back to the rest of the team and how distinctively damaged they are. Not just from their journey but their effort trying to get to him. And his near betrayal of them and himself.
Jimmy: …You know what… You're right. Look at us, guys. Regardless of what we believed in, we lost our way here. We're just fighting…
Cindy: Well at least ya had a reason for it. A very, scary and crazy one at best.
Jimmy: I'm sorry Cindy. I'm sorry to all of you. Look what we're doing. Look what the girls turned into. That wasn't peace. That was torture! And I thought the virus would lead to… Danny, Timmy, I… I-I didn't mean to…
Timmy: You didn't mean to hurt us. Yeah, we got it.
Jimmy sounding as though he's about to cry: No. You don't get it. I'm a monster. All the things I've done is what led to everyone here being left to rot! It's because of me that I neglected to even bother looking for anyone out here during and after the war! And after all my years of searching for other worlds to explore…
Spongebob: Well, maybe for every mistake you've made, there's a benefit for it too! Like how you made our heroic team up to save the day multiple times before!
Jimmy: Yeah, but that was different. Everything out here now is done because of their pain and suffering. Especially when everything we've done up to this point turns out to be a cog in a machine! What can we possibly do now that the world is ending? Just let it die…
Spongebob: No way, boy genius! We'll find a way to save it like always! (Pulls hand out to Jimmy) But we need your help to pull it off, Captain.
Jimmy looking longingly at SpongeBob: … (Reaches forward)
Suddenly, as the Toon Force along with Future Timmy and his group circle around each other to comfort Jimmy, the already glitched altar starts reshaping itself carefully around them. The environment expands into a circular shape encased in static. Soon after, the colors and static textures fade revealing a dark blue/grey arena seemingly as large as the city they're in; if they're still in it of course. The center is surrounded by a bottomless pit, and the walls surrounding them appear in the shape of several arches and columns. The ceiling projects a calm light down on the heroes.
Sam: Oh no… What is it this time?!
Jack: It looks like some sort of temple, or an arena…
CC. Timmy: Wherever we are, we're definitely not in Kansas anymore.
Doug: Try calling Dexter or Sandy.
Phoebe: Can't. Communications are blocked off. Though I did send a distress beacon to her before the last battle started in case we need Jenny. Her firepower should be enough to mop the floor with anything that comes next.
Bimm shaking: I hope you're right… I'm terrified..!
Sadie: We all are. But, hey, we've made it this far. What's the worst that can happen..?
Peridot pointing up to the now glowing ceiling: I wish you hadn't said that...
The light in the ceiling beams down at the center of the arena in front of the group. Seemingly from the heavens themselves, a familiar figure descends to them slowly. She is relaxed, but more stylized than everyone else in a similar design to Gumball in his own world. Richard and Gumball get caught off guard while Anais slowly begins to look to the figure rather shaken at the sight of her.
Gumball in surprise: …?!
Danny: ...Woah…
Jimmy: I-is that…?
Richard cheering: Nicole! You're back!
Nicole touching down to the surface with an ominous elegance: Indeed, Richard. My children…
End of Chapter 20

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The skies have gotten darker. It's pitch black with a certain red haze at the edges and trees of the city. All is quiet. The many cartoons of the society are either watching the Toon Force brush past them or are staring at the halo at the center of the sky as if the edges of it align well with the round city walls. Near the entrance to the Recreational District past the wall blocking it, Future Timmy is hauled by the abrupt presence of Sandy running straight for he and the group.
Sandy: Turner, what do we have here?! I just came to check n' I see a bunch o' old pals!
Spongebob going in to hug Sandy: SANDY! You're here too?!
Sandy: Yeah! Been a while, has it? Gotta be honest with ya. Never thought you'd be this excited to see me. Sometimes we ain't even see each other for a whole month.
Spongebob: Oh, I would never forget you, Sandy. You're one of my bestest friends and I'd hate to see you go. (Hugs tighter) I'm just glad you're back!
Sandy: An' Danny n' Co. I ain't seen ya since that Volcano thing!
Danny: Oh yeah! Volcano Island. We're kinda going through a similar quest right now.
Sandy: Where ya headed?
Timmy: Over to where Jimmy is back here.
Sandy: I just saw em go to the altar when I stopped by to check on things after that crash. But, between ya'll n' me, he's actin' a little funny.
Spongebob: Don't worry Sandy. We'll help him get his head straight in a jiffy!
Danny suddenly crouching while holding his head: Urgh..!
Sam: Danny..?
Sandy: Woah. You alright?
Danny: Yeah. It's just… I kept having this pain in my head every time I think I'm sensing a ghost. And the only thing remotely close to it are corrupted people.
Gumball looking up to the sky: Or that big circle in the sky.
Sandy: Whatever it is, you best get Jimmy to help ya. I get this distinct feelin' I'm gonna need Robo-Girl in a bit.
Brad: Wait… Jenny's out here too?!
CC. Timmy: Oh yeah. I forgot to mention she's here too. Got banged up pretty bad, but she's in good shape now.
Sandy: Problem is just gettin' her up an' about!
Brad: Where is she? I miss her and I got so much to tell her.
Sandy: I'll take ya to her. Matter of fact, if ya'll got any kiddins, I'll take em somewhere safe.
Richard: Oh goodie! Anais, you go with the squirrel girl.
Alt. Anais: Me..?
Richard: No. The other you. I know you, GB n' GF are old enough to take care of things.
Anais: Urgh… And I wanted to watch the violence this time…
Alt. Anais kneeling to Anais: There'll be plenty of it to watch on TV when this is done, kiddo. Now do as Dad told ya and go on. K?
Anais walking off: Fine…
Timmy: Hey, it's gonna be ok anyway. It's just Jimmy. I'm sure he'll be alright.
CC. Timmy: Mmm...I dunno. But come on. He's just behind these columns to that white building over there.
In the altar, Doug and Jimmy are still by themselves discussing a few details from before.
Jimmy: And so, my proposal is, we take an observation drone to scan the recesses and energy readings of the light in the sky. It seems linked to what I've seen from before in Bikini Bottom, so maybe we can reverse engineer it when we tap into its power.
Doug: Sounds like a plan to me! I can't think of any other way to get rid of it or fix anything. So unless it attacks us like an alien UFO, you've got this!
Jimmy: And I couldn't have thought of anything without you guys. But I just wonder… If we fix all this, will any of our fallen cartoons join us as well?
Doug: I get the feeling they're long gone. But something tells me they will, whether they like it or not. I mean, what else do they have here besides themselves?
Spongebob: Hope!
Doug turning to the entrance surprised: Hm…?
Jimmy: What..?!
Spongebob: Hello, Jimbo! We're here to save you!
Jimmy: SpongeBob..?! Danny...Timmy… You're all here too?! And- (Gets hugged and licked by Goddard) Goddard... You brought them here? (Rubs Goddard's head)
Cindy walking over to Jimmy: NERDTRON!
Jimmy: Cindy..?! (Hugs and kisses Cindy)
While Jimmy and Cindy embrace, Goddard drops Jimmy's backpack from his back hatch close to him.
Jimmy: I don't understand. How'd you find me?
Spongebob: Oh, that was easy. I flew us here.
Jimmy: Wait, you can't fly! You can't even drive! ...Can you?
Timmy: Trust me. If it wasn't for him, we would've been pretty screwed getting past those monsters outside.
Danny: Jimmy, we've come to bring you back home. Or at least what's left of it once we get rid of that halo in the sky.
Doug: You can't. The damage has already been done. The only place of refuge for him and the rest of you is here.
Ghost Simone: Yeah, but we just came from outside of town an' saw the whole universe comin' against us, nosey!
Starfire: Yes. And the home is not just a place to be. It is with the ones who care for you.
Jimmy: Like you should care. If I go back I'll end up the same way I did before. No one's going to remember us after a while. And we could potentially end up back in the loop we've had to endure for years.
Sheen with his arms crossed while tapping his foot: Wow. Seems like somebody's hittin' a new low again.
Carl: You said it, bud.
Timmy terribly confused: I don't get it, Jim.
Squidward: What would you know about being forgotten? You expect people to recognize you for everything? For instance, Squarebrain's always the guy who shouts and laughs at everyone everyday, yet sometimes he'll be the one to forget the secret szechuan sauce.
Mr. Krabs: (Gasps like a lady) Squidward! What have you done?!
Scotsman: The Hell's szechuan sauce? Some kind of fan club's messiah?
Mr. Krabs holding his chest: Oh...that was a close one.
Jack: I believe Squidward is right, Jimmy. We can't change who we are just to fit in with others.
Jimmy: That's not what I really meant. This is my home now. It's where we belong.
Timmy: What're ya talkin' about, bro?
Jimmy trying to come up with an answer: I'm saying, we're not really...real.
Cindy: Honey, I think you've been out here too long. Like, wha...what?
Jimmy: See, I didn't want to tell you this, but, I didn't think you survived the…(still struggles to talk) Well, y'know…?
Sheen: Jimmy, of course we're real! If we didn't exist, could I do, (puts finger through ear out Carl's ear) this?!
Carl feeling his ear: What the..?
Jimmy: That depends. But it does stand as cartoon logic.
Ghost Simone speaking to Wulf: Any idea what the mook's talkin' about?
Wulf simply shrugs at Ghost Simone, unable to answer; equally confused.
Peridot: I know what it is. He almost got himself killed just thinking about it earlier! He knows we're all cartoons made for people's entertainment. (Points with her other hand on her hip) And the only reason this whole "Toon War" started, was cause the Syndicate told everyone and showed them that shows like Flame Girl over there's are awful, and the reason most of us out here are forgotten. In addition to our cancelation or ending leading to our inevitable purgatory until their companies bring them back...likely to ruin them later.
Starfire: Hey! We're proud of who we- (Pauses) ...Wait. You're right. (Panics and scratches hair frantically with both hands) Subjectively we ARE terrible! And I remember saying something like that when I was with my fellow Titans! That is exactly what Robin and Raven were trying to tell me!
Scaramouche: Hey now, don't let it get to ya, babe. It's not meant for everyone. At least it means we're made with someone's...wait. That's right. That means I was born to die from day one! (Crosses arms with irritated look) That ain't fair…
Jimmy: Now now, it wasn't your fault. It was just the way the people out there make it, for better or worse. None of us were even meant to meet each other and stay for the past decade because we're cartoons. And it's not just that. Before we met, I let everyone else around here down by not remembering them and letting their worlds die when they needed us. And now, this virus out there could potentially help us fix that by allowing us access to the Fourth Wall!
Cindy getting very concerned: Jimmy, what's gotten into you?
Scaramouche: You're the same fella who said we were just fine as we are. I mean, I don't wanna brag, but look at all this swag goin' on over here!
Jimmy: Yeah, but, regardless of whether we stay or get rebooted, we're still just a construct! Our channels neglected us long enough. But this could be our one chance at stopping them for good using the entity manifested from all these years of misuse!
Bimm: You mean...You want to use the virus to break through reality?
Jimmy: By any means. Bimm, I know by heart what happened to your world. Wouldn't you want to bring that back and get back at the people who put you and the show in limbo had it not been for someone's fan fiction?
Bimm shifting her eyes about: ...Um...
Jimmy: And Gumball, I learned here that the Void was the gateway that led to the Syndicate finding the Fourth Wall. If the halo above functions like that, wouldn't you wanna do it too?
Gumball: I mean, I feel special enough as is with that thought. I don't think I wanna go crazy like they and the rest of us did when they found out they were kid's shows.
Doug: Really kid, it's the reason a lot of things we do happen. If it wasn't for us being a cartoon, none of this would be possible. It's both good and bad for us when you get to the meat of things.
Spongebob: You're right, Doug. Maybe there's something we can do using our show skills! But Jimmy, fighting our creators isn't something a hero would do
Cindy trying to persuade Jimmy: Yes, Jimmy. Not all the people we've lost are gone forever. We can still bring them back! But to just abandon them and give up for something we barely even understand...that's not the answer.
Jimmy: Aw, Cindy. I wish I could believe it. But it's not that simple. If we stay, we'll just be nothing but moving colors kids can watch on a TV screen! It's part of the reason we're so unique in the first place! And that means, my intellect, my parents, every other villain everyone of us have faced, and the adventures we've been through are all fake. What more can we do in here than out there?
Cindy pausing with slight shock: ...We were family.
Jimmy looks at Cindy and the rest of the group in the same upset expression, but the inner tone of everyone changes to tension. The room starts shifting slowly and ominously, changing hues and spawning shapes.
Gumball with his fur standing up: Uh, guys, is it just me, or does anyone else feel like stuff's about to go down?
Ashi with her arms crossed: Nope. You're not the only one. (Takes a few steps back)
Spongebob: But why? You're just fine the way you are.
Jimmy: I am now that I've been notified of all this. After we remove those in charge of our stations, we will have full control of reality and bring peace to all.
Timmy: Then what's keepin' the virus from ruining it?
Danny: And plus, if we do this, we might end up the same way those poor souls we tried so hard to save did.
Jimmy: I know. I'm not trying to get corrupted. But I DO want to change so that no one is left behind again.
Timmy: That sounds like those people we've fought before! I don't wanna have to do this. I love ya, no homo. But I'll get it outta your head if that's what it takes.
Danny palming his fist: Same.
Spongebob: (Gulp)
Jimmy: Guys, I know why the people we've fought did what they did, and I understand why you would go up against me. That's why I have to fight to tell you otherwise! (Deploys Neutron Shield and Hypno Beam from Hypercube)
Jimmy aims and shoots a beam from his Hypno Beam at Timmy and Danny! Though he misses, he shocks everyone, especially Cindy, who refuses to see this fight play out. As the battle begins, the room shifts and the others in the Toon Force step back away from the four original Nicktoons about to throw down. Spongebob leaps back a couple of times trying to avoid Jimmy's blasts, and Danny goes intangible at Jimmy and shoots him, but he blocks the shot with his shield. Jimmy smacks Danny away with it and Timmy lunges at Jimmy with his big wand. Jimmy dodges the attack and both he and Timmy end up in a clash. Jimmy tries to get a hold of the Hypno Beam and accidentally holds onto it's trigger for too long, causing it to shoot a large blast at the pillars in the chamber and blow them up. They collapse around the heroes, forcing Spongebob to avoid the falling debris.
Spongebob running : Uh, guys, a little precaution would be nice!
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Spongebob: Wha..?!
Three massive pink, blue, and green beams suddenly shoots through the door of the altar near the Toon Force and nearly misses Spongebob! The ensuing explosion from the impact causes part of the ceiling to collapse and separate the team and Spongebob from the trio of Nicktoons battling each other. Before Spongebob can react, the dust from the debris blows past him, almost blinding his sight until he turns himself around by pushing his face to his back and spinning the front of his pants and hands. As the heroes, including Doug and the others from the society rise from the attack, they witness the arrival of the three Powerpuff Girls; now known as Shadowpuff Girls under the corruption of the virus above. All three of them are shrouded in black mist and wear a sinister grin before boosting forward for another attack in separation! Meanwhile, Timmy recovers from the haze in the room from the collapsing ceiling. He pulls out his big wand for a light from the star. Quietly, he steps forward towards the light of the altar window and is caught off guard by a quick punch from Jimmy who now has his jetpack equipped! Timmy turns to Jimmy and blocks a ray shot from his Shrink Ray accidentally shrinking his own weapon. Jimmy sets his ray gun to stun mode and prepares to blast Timmy only to get blown into a pillar by Danny still in his ghost form from earlier. He spirals into the genius smashing through the stone from the force as they plummet to the floor in the grey mist! Danny prepares a light punch, likely to stun his friend, but Jimmy takes a shot in with his freeze ray, causing Danny's fist to fall to the floor next to Jimmy's face. With slight straining in his joints, Jimmy kicks Danny away from him in the chest before rolling to his side while taking out a different gadget from his jetpack. Danny goes into intangibility as he circles his way back to Jimmy who has his X-Ray glasses on seeing through his cloak. When in rage, Jimmy fires his Super Bubblegum-Mobile into him to entrap him within the person-sized construct! The sheer speed of the transport sends Danny smacking into Timmy and bouncing around!
Danny getting pummeled: Urk..! Ghost resistant bubblegum..?! That's rude, Jimmy!
Timmy uses his shrunken wand to punch a hole through the bubble Danny's trapped in as he descends. The bubble bursts, and Danny tumbles onto the floor.
Timmy running: Danny, do what you did with Kevin to me!
Danny goes intangible again, this time overshadowing Timmy. Rather than taking full control of his body and mind, Danny ends up melding with it, causing Timmy's hair to grow snow-white and his outfit to retain a similar design to Danny's Ghost Form. Distinctively, one eye turns warm green and the other turns to a lighter shade of blue than Timmy's. Shocked, Jimmy hesitates with his grip on his Neutronized Baseball Bat yet keeps a consistent sternness to himself.
Timmy Phantom: Sorry Jimmy. But this has gotta stop! (Puts palms together)
The merged Timmy Phantom, with his palms, generates electricity with the extra ghost energy creating a ball of blue and green. With it, he shoots one bolt at Jimmy who smacks it away with his bat. Again, another is tossed down, but Jimmy's bat prevails until he notices that cracks are starting to form. Suddenly, he boosts himself up to Timmy Phantom for one last strike, which they guard with their left arm. The bat breaks to pieces, and the combiner phases through Jimmy at mach speed. Suddenly from behind, Timmy Phantom jets into Jimmy's back and smashes him through the roof of the altar into the cloudy skies above! The two friends bash into each other continuously, blowing themselves away with every hit until both draw their energy swords and clash multiple times at the same top speeds Jack and Scotsman would make like a motor. With Danny's precision, Timmy Phantom quickly kicks Jimmy in the right cheek, who then retaliates with his left elbow against his collar bone, pushing him down several feet from the air! Again, Jimmy rockets himself into his opponent's stomach with an elbow. When lightning strikes behind them, Timmy Phantom generates a better Ecto Wand only matched by Jimmy's red Laser Sword. First comes a downward swing, then an upward chop, then middle slash; each clashed by each other's efforts. They finish when Jimmy bashes himself into his friends back into the altar. In the meantime, the Shadowpuffs are overrunning the Toon Force, darting around them using various forms of attack. First, Blossom freezes Squidward, SpongeBob, Chester, Starfire, and Sam. Then Buttercup palms the ground sending Gumball, Flora, Alt. Anais, Momo, Sadie, and Wulf to the air. Lastly, Bubbles lets out a loud eerie screech that blows back Penny, Patrick, Richard, Cindy, Sheen, and AJ and hurts their ears.
Peridot: I've never seen this many people get humiliated in such a short amount of time!
Phoebe: Come on guys! We've gotta help them! They'll be pummeled if we don't!
Jasper: Leave it to me.
Jasper makes a light dash for Buttercup. Before she can backhand Mr. Krabs when he tries to catch her with his sharp claws, Jasper claps the Shadowpuff between her palms like a fly! All of a sudden, however, Buttercup separates Jasper's hands from each other and shoots a green laser beam from her eyes into the titan's face! Both Bubbles and Blossom come in swatting Jasper around like a baseball. After falling back to the ground, Gumball manipulates his energy balls into a slinky by molding it with his palms. He catches Bubbles with it and whips her to Buttercup taking them both down. Before Blossom strikes back, Peridot hits her with a led pipe from the rubble rising in her gravity well.
Peridot: HA! Take that you bug eyed Clod!
Blossom shoots a red heat beam at Peridot, but Rose gets in front of her and deflects it back at the Shadowpuff with her shield! Buttercup recovers and fires two large energy orbs at Phoebe and Scotsman. Scotsman slices one of them into two smaller ones that explode behind him, and Phoebe karate kicks the other to the sky causing a massive green ray of light to shine from the halo. Angered, Blossom breathes fire into Buttercups hands, which she tosses fireballs from to Bimm and Sadie. Sadie hops backwards, fumbling to her back while Bimm stumbles trying to shield herself with the Antisword. CC. Timmy then arrives just in time shielding her with his electrostaff with his back turned.
CC. Timmy: Bimm..? Is that really you..?
Bimm: Och! (Smiles and lifts tail) You know who I am?
CC. Timmy: I do. In my timeline, Cattus wasn't the only One Blade out there.
Future Timmy turns back around taking a warrior stance with Sadie, the two Boberts, Scaramouche, Scotsman, Momotaro, Wulf, Alt. Anais, Ashi, and Jack. All three Shadowpuff Girls group together and spin into a twister that blasts an array of colorful fireballs at the group. With his flute, Scaramouche holds some of them in place, to which Future Timmy, Alt. Anais, Wulf, and Momo whack back at the girls. As they're getting blown out their spin, they get flanked by Bobert and Future Bobert on both sides, taking out Bubbles and Blossom. Next, Sadie and Jack slice through Blossom's heat beam while Ashi hops from their shoulders into Blossom's face for a kick to it! This causes the corrupted to explode into a distinct oozy substance. Both Blossom and Bubble's charred bodies do the same and swiftly meld with each other to take on a different shape. Their next attack now takes the form of Walker of the Ghost Zone, now shrouded in black mist, charging forward with a shield in front of him knocking Ashi, Sadie, Jack, and Scaramouche to the side before Wulf punches him in the face. The impact reduces the ooze into a gazelle from Lyvsheria that brushes from underneath Wulf's legs to the rest of the group, ramming with its horns against Timmy, Alt. Anais, and Scotsman (causing him to fall out his wheelchair), and punching Bimm's stomach. She drops the sword, to which the creature attempts to break with its hooves. But the two Boberts blast it away with their heavy lasers. The gazelle is blown into ooze again and separates back into the Shadowpuff Girls; now as botched image files trying to take the form of the 2012 version of themselves who immediately start firing lasers at the rest of the team. Inside the altar, however, the fight heats up between Timmy Phantom and Jimmy Neutron as they seldom strike every time one of them is visible from a large piece of rubble. They soon find themselves running into each other at full force. But Timmy Phantom is stronger, pushing Jimmy into a fallen chunk of stone that breaks the left wing of his jetpack. He is quickly caught spiraling in the air from his gadget's malfunction until it smacks him face first into the mosaic window at the end of the altar. For a few seconds, he pauses in silence until he presses a button on his shrink shray in-hand that slowly builds a distinct red aura around him. He turns himself back facing Timmy Phantom and stretches his arms out with a straining yell as the aura blazes around him shattering the glass behind him. This time, the tables have turned. Timmy Phantom hesitates and Jimmy is fully charged temporarily, as indicated by the Gravitrax Meter at 90% on his watch. He jets into his friends, shattering the piece of Phantom armor on their chest completely! He then turns around and shoots them in the back with his watch's magnetizer. They fumble across the clear end of the main hall until their back is flat on the floor. With the minilaser pen, Jimmy cuts a pattern in the ceiling above Timmy Phantom taking the whole structure down on top of them!
Jimmy breathing heavily: ...There… That should do it. Hopefully I can get you guys on my side and fix this place back to its original state with one of my inventions.
Behind him, Jimmy is poked in the shoulder. He turns around and gets punched square in the forehead by a barechested Danny followed by a wack with his wand to the floor from Timmy!
Timmy crouching and punching Jimmy in the face: Why-aren't you-coming-to-your senses?!
Jimmy charging his aura, briefly turning it blue: I AM at full consciousness, Turner!
Jimmy's pulse from his arms powered by his watches internal Gravitrax raises the fighters and the rubble inside the building at 0-G. He doesn't turn this off, however. Instead, he turns off his power boost from his Shrink Ray to prevent further drainage to his body and looks on ahead at Danny and Timmy. Back outside, things get worse with the Shadowpuff Girls firing even more lasers at the team. This time, Dani, Simone, Sheen, Goddard, Noble, Courage, Carl, Gumball, Spongebob, Patrick, and Penny attack.
Dani: Hey, aren't you guys gonna transform into your cool combiner form?
Penny: We can't. We might drain ourselves again. All our strength was put into keeping the ship from crashing.
Ghost Simone: Hey, don't worry about it. I got'cha covered.
The girls charge up their heat beams with their original faces angrily exposed.
Ghost Simone going intangible: Let's do this!
Before Buttercup can shoot at the group, Ghost Simone overshadows her, causing her programming to scramble her body into pieces before it reshapes itself. Simone repeats this with the other two girls until each one are botched image files on display.
Dani: That's our que! (Flies to Bimm) Sheen, Carl, keep em busy!
Carl: Wait, what do we?
Dani searching around: Anything! Just don't let em leave!
Sheen: Hm… I know what'll keep em like this! (Loudly singing) LALALA-LALA-LALALA-
Dani searching around Bimm: Bimm, where's the Antisword..? Bimm…?
After getting attacked by the virus creature, Bimm remains face first in the grass unconscious.
Dani: She's so damaged already, she can't even get up…
Noble running over to Dani: ARF!
Dani: Hm..?
Noble and Goddard come over with the Antisword in both mouths at once.
Dani: Oh that's cute. Thanks!
As Sheen's singing gets far more annoying, the Shadowpuff Girls raise their incomprehensible vocals and blow him away with a supersonic breeze. Just when it seems he's about to be killed, Carl gets behind Bubbles and tries to tickle her. It works and she giggles and starts squirming prompting Buttercup to intervene. Seeing what the method does to the girls, Penny turns into a pink octopus and tickles both Buttercup and Blossom who struggle fight back.
Spongebob: Oh now I see. No one can resist the tickle procedure!
Gumball: It usually works on me and Mom. I'm sure it'll work on them too.
Dani flying with the Antisword in hand: That's cause it's their top weakness! (Prepares chop) YAAAAGH!
Dani slices through the girls with the blade as they recover, causing the corruption feeding into them to delete itself! As they stutter and scramble into bits of frame animation, they fade away. But only one fragment of their black ooze remains and hovers into the sky. The halo above zaps it with three lightning bolts, transforming it into the three girls rebooted from 2016. However this time, they appear to be smaller and less threatening looking than before. The black mist is smaller this time around. And their sinister grins are a lot more rounded than their sharper counterparts.
Dani: Oh you've gotta be kidding me..!
Gumball: These guys just won't quit!
Spongebob: Well they better start quitting! I've had it up to here with these monsters! Let's get em, Pat!
Patrick: You got it!
As SpongeBob and Patrick run toward the girls charging straight for them, Doug in the back watches in awe, surprised at their determination. Back in the altar, within Jimmy's gravity well, the environment shifts around. Their surroundings start to change color into that of purple, blue, red, and warm green. Jimmy uses this opportunity to push a large slab of stone against Timmy while he's distracted by the sudden change of color. Danny rockets both his fists into Jimmy's stomach, sending him back to the corner of the wall next to him. He jabs at Danny's jaw, then Danny kicks him in the shin, then the two headbutt each other away from one another. Danny hovers back to the floor stunned and rubbing his bruised forehead. Which he is shocked to notice is bleeding. But Timmy doesn't let up. Using the pillar behind him, he dashes downward for Jimmy with his wand, taking it and smacking him down to the ground, nearly damaging his watch controlling the Gravitrax. This disables the antigravity of the room, causing all the debris collected from the fighting to fall back down. Only this time, the objects disintegrate on impact to the boy's surprise. Meanwhile, SpongeBob lets out his signature victory screech whilst jumping high into the air from a boost from Patrick's Belly. All three of the Shadowpuff Girls charge up their lasers and fire together at Squarepants, who's drawn his spatula and inflated his pants to keep himself in the air. The beams clash with the tool but don't seem to puncture it. Instead, they hold the clash well and SpongeBob gives his all holding it away from him. The struggle creates a vibrant light show from below which the other cartoons of the society bear witness to. Bloo and Mack particularly put on their shades to keep from getting blinded. And Dexter views it from his lab with a distinct strain in his face as though he were worried. Spongebob's spatula itself glows a golden hue and the grey in the medal changes along with it.
Spongebob struggling: Nrrrgh…!
Both Boberts ascend to Spongebob.
Bobert: You seem to require immediate assistance.
Bobert and his future counterpart draw their turrets again, aim at the Shadowpuff Girls while they still have their beams attracted to Spongebob's now golden spatula, and fire upon them! The shot completely explodes the corrupted into oblivion, leaving SpongeBob plummeting from the sky with his pants deflated. Thankfully, Patrick catches him in his arms. Both Bobert's descend with him to check.
Bobert: Are you alright?
Spongebob: I am thanks to you guys. Nice job!
CC. Timmy walking over to Bimm: You ok, Bimm? That was some punch you took.
Bimm holding her stomach: I'm fine… This isn't the first time a gazelle hit me in the stomach cause I was in the wrong place…
Ghost Simone: Oh yeah. The sheep jungles. Cy always told us it was dangerous. No wonder we had a lesson for it.
Bimm: Yeah…
Ghost Simone squinting cheekily: Wuss.
Bimm looking irritated: Hey…
Doug: You did fantastic, Spongebob! You too, Patrick! I don't think any of those reboots could've suspected you guys to show up and take em out that easily!
Spongebob: Aaaw. It wasn't easy, Doug. We still took a beating, but we made it.
Patrick: Yeah! We're the chosen ones!
Doug: Yes you are. Anyway, we'd better get back to the altar before Jimmy and the other boys kill themselves.
While Doug is talking, one last remnant of the image file for all three Shadowpuffs grouped together barely tries to respawn and aims a small energy disk at Doug while he's unaware. But SpongeBob notices and pulls out his spatula again.
Spongebob guarding Doug: Doug, look out!
Spongebob is blown back into the altar from the ray blasted against his tool. Before either the cut up Jimmy, bare-chested Danny, or Timmy could begin to react by ramming another fist into each other's faces, SpongeBob slides on his back across the floor to the middle of them. The leaders of the Toon Force all look down at their fallen friend and kneel to check his breathing when he casually lifts himself back up while scratching his forehead. When another stray blast almost hits them again, Ghost Simone turns to where the Shadowpuff remnant is and strikes it down with the Antisword, permanently deleting it.
Ghost Simone looking serious: …Bye bye…
Timmy: SpongeBob…? You ok?
Spongebob still a bit stunned: Uugh, yeah… Sorry to bud in on your discussion. What were we doing again..?
Jimmy looks at Spongebob's scars from his fall. Then he looks back at Danny and Timmy and how hurt they are from the fight. He notices the bleeding from Danny's forehead. And Timmy's crack in his buck teeth and charred clothes. Then he turns back to the rest of the team and how distinctively damaged they are. Not just from their journey but their effort trying to get to him. And his near betrayal of them and himself.
Jimmy: …You know what… You're right. Look at us, guys. Regardless of what we believed in, we lost our way here. We're just fighting…
Cindy: Well at least ya had a reason for it. A very, scary and crazy one at best.
Jimmy: I'm sorry Cindy. I'm sorry to all of you. Look what we're doing. Look what the girls turned into. That wasn't peace. That was torture! And I thought the virus would lead to… Danny, Timmy, I… I-I didn't mean to…
Timmy: You didn't mean to hurt us. Yeah, we got it.
Jimmy sounding as though he's about to cry: No. You don't get it. I'm a monster. All the things I've done is what led to everyone here being left to rot! It's because of me that I neglected to even bother looking for anyone out here during and after the war! And after all my years of searching for other worlds to explore…
Spongebob: Well, maybe for every mistake you've made, there's a benefit for it too! Like how you made our heroic team up to save the day multiple times before!
Jimmy: Yeah, but that was different. Everything out here now is done because of their pain and suffering. Especially when everything we've done up to this point turns out to be a cog in a machine! What can we possibly do now that the world is ending? Just let it die…
Spongebob: No way, boy genius! We'll find a way to save it like always! (Pulls hand out to Jimmy) But we need your help to pull it off, Captain.
Jimmy looking longingly at SpongeBob: … (Reaches forward)
Suddenly, as the Toon Force along with Future Timmy and his group circle around each other to comfort Jimmy, the already glitched altar starts reshaping itself carefully around them. The environment expands into a circular shape encased in static. Soon after, the colors and static textures fade revealing a dark blue/grey arena seemingly as large as the city they're in; if they're still in it of course. The center is surrounded by a bottomless pit, and the walls surrounding them appear in the shape of several arches and columns. The ceiling projects a calm light down on the heroes.
Sam: Oh no… What is it this time?!
Jack: It looks like some sort of temple, or an arena…
CC. Timmy: Wherever we are, we're definitely not in Kansas anymore.
Doug: Try calling Dexter or Sandy.
Phoebe: Can't. Communications are blocked off. Though I did send a distress beacon to her before the last battle started in case we need Jenny. Her firepower should be enough to mop the floor with anything that comes next.
Bimm shaking: I hope you're right… I'm terrified..!
Sadie: We all are. But, hey, we've made it this far. What's the worst that can happen..?
Peridot pointing up to the now glowing ceiling: I wish you hadn't said that...
The light in the ceiling beams down at the center of the arena in front of the group. Seemingly from the heavens themselves, a familiar figure descends to them slowly. She is relaxed, but more stylized than everyone else in a similar design to Gumball in his own world. Richard and Gumball get caught off guard while Anais slowly begins to look to the figure rather shaken at the sight of her.
Gumball in surprise: …?!
Danny: ...Woah…
Jimmy: I-is that…?
Richard cheering: Nicole! You're back!
Nicole touching down to the surface with an ominous elegance: Indeed, Richard. My children…
End of Chapter 20