Stories: Nitro Mania

Plot
''Eitbit, the arcade world, has been attacked by unknown forces and suffered huge losses. Evidence points to...the Locked Room gang? Starcade is shocked and angered upon hearing the news, and she decides to gather a group of her friends known as the Retro Rebels to retaliate. The gang themselves are confused at the events that are taking place before them, knowing that they wouldn't go as far as attacking another world. How will things turn out, and who is truly behind this madness?''

Cast

 * Starcade
 * The Retro Rebels
 * Test Subject Blue
 * Viking
 * Pink Angel
 * Licorice
 * Smokey Bacon
 * Owl
 * Fat Cat
 * Hot Air
 * Warlock
 * Green Shadow
 * Bonk Choy
 * Re-Peat Moss
 * Kyoji
 * The Gemstones
 * Red Ruby
 * Gary Garnet
 * Toby Topaz
 * Emma Emerald
 * Sean Sapphire
 * Amelia Amethyst
 * Diana Diamond
 * Red Fork
 * Blue Ocean
 * Captain Red Shell
 * Blast
 * Alice
 * Tommy
 * Star Butterfly
 * Marco Diaz
 * Jaiden Animations
 * CypherDen
 * Rebecca Parham
 * Jenny
 * Lori Loud
 * Lincoln Loud
 * Re-Peat Boss (minor)
 * And many more!

Story
''The story begins with a giant shadow looming over the pixel paradise known as Eitbit. It is revealed to be a pink robot, with an obese man in a business suit controlling it.'' ''The pink robot crash-lands into the Star Fighters arcade cabinet, before standing up and summoning mini robots to attack Eitbit. While most of the Eitibitizens evacuate, some of the Eitbitizen heroes and villains stay back and fight the unknown forces of evil. The battle ensues, unfortunately with the unknown forces of evil gaining the upper hand.'' Meanwhile, our Star Fighter heroine Starcade and our ninja hero Kyoji fighting against Re-Peat Boss in his moss robot once again. Re-Peat Boss opens a mechanical arm and grabs Starcade with it, lifting her high in the air close to Re-Peat Boss. ''Kyoji notices that Re-Peat Boss is distracted and runs towards the cockpit of his moss robot. He breaks a hole in the cockpit, alerting Re-Peat Boss himself. However, Kyoji throws a smoke bomb inside the cockpit, knocking out Re-Peat Boss, before disabling the moss robot by pulling the main power switch off. As the mechanical arm releases Starcade, the latter falls to the ground, only to be rescued by Kyoji before she makes her impact.'' Kyoji takes out his phone and takes a selfie of Kyocade defeating Re-Peat Boss. ''Starcade and Kyoji part ways, back to their hometowns. Starcade takes out a pair of dimensional scissors given to her by Toby Topaz, cuts open a portal and hops into it.'' Starcade's face changes when she saw what was in front of her - a badly damaged Star Fighters arcade cabinet. Starcade opens the door, and sees that not only is the home in ruins, the other Star Fighters including Mini Bang have lost their consciousness. ''Starcade tries to snap the other Star Fighters awake, but none of them even lifts a finger. Convinced that they have died, she starts to tear up in anger.'' ''Starcade rushes out of the arcade cabinet, only to see that her arcade cabinet is not the only one in bad shape. In fact, she sees that Eitbit is in complete ruins. She starts to get even angrier than before.'' ''Starcade returns to her arcade cabinet and wastes no time in searching for evidence.  Starcade spots a paper airplane on a nearby desk.'' ''Starcade bursts into tears for a moment while crushing the paper airplane in her hand. After getting over her depression, she goes to her room and takes out a set of battle armor.'' The next morning in Echo Creek, the gang are having breakfast at a pancake restaurant. Red Fork empties an entire bottle of syrup on his 120 pancakes. Kyoji shows up.
 * ???: So here's where the remaining survivors are at! They're close friends to that annoying female fighter! If they won't come out, I'll just have to invade them in their new home!
 * ???: Come out, come out wherever you are! I know you're here! Get out of your hiding spots else your town goes down!
 * Re-Peat Boss: You'll never defeat me, mortals!
 * Starcade: You're a villain, and the villain always loses!
 * Re-Peat Boss: Oh yeah? How about you come closer so that I can tell you in the face who's the real loser here!
 * Starcade: Kyoji, help!
 * Kyoji: Starcade!
 * Re-Peat Boss: Good girl! Just a little closer...
 * Starcade: You...you saved me! Thank you!
 * Kyoji: Hey, what are friends for? I solemnly promise to protect my friends no matter what.
 * Starcade: Do you mean it?
 * Kyoji: From the bottom of my heart, indeed. I also promise to stay by your side even if times seem tough for the both of us.
 * Starcade: That's so great to hear! Hey, how about we capture our moment of triumph!
 * Kyoji: Sure, let's stand in front of the robot!
 * Kyoji: That's a keeper.
 * Re-Peat Boss: *wakes up* Huh? Hey, did you just...
 * Starcade: Shut up and get back into your robot. *kicks Re-Peat Boss into the cockpit* Well, what do you know? A hole in one!
 * Kyoji: Except that you used your foot.
 * Starcade: *laughs* Yeah, that's true.
 * Kyoji: Hey, Starcade. Are you still on for a portal-hopping adventure tomorrow?
 * Starcade: Oh boy, I am!
 * Kyoji: Sounds good. Meet at Echo Creek tomorrow at 9?
 * Starcade: Sure!
 * Kyoji: Alright then, see you then!
 * Starcade: I'm so glad Toby gave me those scissors! Now I can travel back and forth without no trouble. Now then...*lands near the Star Fighters arcade cabinet, and in a cheery tone* I'm baaaaaaaack!!!
 * Starcade: What...what hapoened here? Probably it's just Mini Bang and his constant galactic bombs. He'd be awake if he was really the one who caused this.
 * Starcade: This is terrible! My friends...have they...died?
 * Starcade: I may have failed my friends, but I'm not one to give up. I'll just have to check on my other friends.
 * Starcade: Whoever did this to my friends will pay a hefty price! But I'm not one to judge by instincts. I'll just have to look for any necessary evidence!
 * Starcade: *scoops some ink she found* Ink? Jenny was here? No, it can't be, it might be Galaximus. They are sisters after all. Oh well, there's got to be definitive evidence. *finds a piece of purple thread* Isn't this the piece of purple thread similar to the one Kyoji found? Oh wait, that's Dark Green Shadow, but then again it might be Green Shadow. Gah, this is too overwhelming! *finds an element of harmony* Is that an element of harmony? That belongs to Red Fork! That might be fake, but then again it can be real. These pieces of evidence are telling me something that I don't want to know, right?
 * Starcade: How did that get here? *reads the contents of the paper airplane* "Dear Starcade, we are here to inform you that we have come to an unanimous decision to kick you out of the team. The destruction of your hometown you have just witnessed is a warning that all information on this piece of document is confirmed. Please leave the Locked Room gang or war will be declared on your hometown. All terms and conditions are effective immediately. Signed, Gerald B. Edmarkson." GERALD WROTE THIS?! This...this...this can't be...the Locked Room gang did this?
 * Starcade: If they want a war with Eitbit, they've got one! I remember wearing this rebel armor when I once led a rebel team, the Retro Rebels, against Olympus the Champion, before of course I lost it when I was eventually captured. Now that I have it back, I'm going to go to Echo Creek and tell the gang about my decision! It's time I reassemble...the Retro Rebels!
 * Jelo: These are the best pancakes ever!
 * Star: I agree! *puts more syrup on her pancakes*
 * Marco: Uh, Star? I think that's too much syrup.
 * Star: Nah, I think it's enough.
 * Blue Ocean: Too much? You should see Red Fork.
 * Red Fork: What? You know what they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
 * CypherDen: Yes. Yes, it is.
 * Green Shadow: I'm just glad everyone's here. Well, almost everyone.
 * Kyoji: Hey guys!
 * Bonk Choy: Hi Kyoji!
 * Jaiden: Heya!
 * Kyoji: Anyone seen Starcade? She was supposed to meet us here as well.
 * Rebecca: We haven't really seen her.
 * Jelo: I mean, yeah.

Just as Kyoji is about to take his seat, Green Shadow's phone is starting to malfunction. Green Shadow's phone screen lights up, revealing...Starcade?
 * Blue Ocean: Haven't seen here, not even in gaming sites.
 * Captain Red Shell: We haven't seen her, but we can help you search for her.
 * Kyoji: Oh well. Maybe she's late. We were planning to go on a portal-hopping adventure today.
 * Bonk Choy: That sounds awesome!
 * Blast: Yeah!
 * Jelo: Hold up, let me try texting her. *texts a message to Starcade*
 * Red Fork: Well, if she's late, then maybe you can stay to have breakfast with us!
 * Kyoji: Alright, I guess.
 * Green Shadow: What's happening?
 * Blue Ocean: Hm... let me see that. Maybe I can fix it.
 * CypherDen: Hopefully...
 * Green Shadow: Starcade?
 * Starcade: I know what you did, and you know what you did.
 * Green Shadow: Did what?
 * Blue Ocean: Hi Starcade!
 * Red Fork: Wait, what does she mean?
 * Jelo: What did we do? We just went to a breakfast restaurant!
 * Starcade: I just want to inform you that I'm aware of your actions against Eitbit. You've offended us.
 * Jelo: We? Tell me, what do you think we did?

Starcade shows the pictures she took of Eitbit in ruins to the gang.
 * Red Fork: Against Eitbit? What do you mean?
 * Blue Ocean: I have the feeling that you're not gonna want to play videogames with me today, Starcade.
 * Starcade: I'm not in the mood for that!
 * Green Shadow: What are you talking about? What did we do?
 * Starcade: Allow me to refresh your memory.
 * Blast: Whoa... how did that happen?
 * Jaiden: Nope, still not clear.


 * Alice: What happened to Eitbit?
 * Red Fork: Yeah, it looks like it was attacked by a tornado.


 * Starcade: Oh, there's more. I have evidence that I found at my doorstep!
 * Jelo: Really? What is it?
 * Starcade: I have received a paper airplane from you, about wanting to kick me out of the gang. Is that right?


 * Blue Ocean: What!?
 * Alice: That doesn't make any sense.
 * Jelo: I don't really remember writing that note.
 * Starcade: Really? It wasn't written, it was typed. *shows the note to Jelo*
 * Jelo: I rarely use typewriter or computer to write notes, I usually write my notes by hand.
 * Starcade: Is that so? I have more evidence!
 * Bonk Choy: You fabricated them, didn't you?
 * Starcade: I promise you, I didn't. And as for you, Red Fork, I have found an element of harmony here. *shows the element of harmony she has found next to a fallen Star Fighter* 
 * Red Fork: Wait, but how? As the guardian of harmony, I never leave an element thrown around. I always keep them with me. In fact, I'm sure that if I go for the chest, all six elements are there!
 * Jaiden: Something seems off.
 * Blast: Yeah, really off.

Starcade hangs up, as Green Shadow turns back to normal. ''The gang splits up in their respective teams. Meanwhile, in Bonk Choy's team, Bonk Choy detects a distress signal coming from a laboratory with his phone.'' ''Bonk Choy's team makes their way to the laboratory. When they arrive, they see a group of enzymes attacking the scientists in the laboratory.'' The enzymes stop attacking before turning around to stare at Bonk Choy's team. ''The enzymes inch closer to the group, until a voice tells them to stop. A blue enzyme in a prototype suit marches out towards the gang.''
 * Starcade: Well, maybe it might be Fake Fork, but I can't blame anyone else for having lost an element of harmony. Oh, by the way, Green Shadow! I have a piece of purple thread from your cape!
 * Green Shadow: I didn't go to your estate lately.
 * Starcade: *shows a piece of purple thread* What do you have to say to this?
 * Green Shadow: That's not mine!
 * Jelo: Okay, what's going on? We wouldn't attack Eitbit!
 * Blue Ocean: Yeah!
 * Red Fork: Something is really wrong in all of this.
 * Marco: Really wrong.
 * Toby Topaz: Starcade, what's gotten into you?
 * Starcade: We Eitbitizens have decided to take back what's ours from you, whatever you have stolen. I'm sorry, but the evidence is too convincing.
 * Jelo: If you ever do turn your back against us, that's acceptable. NOT!
 * Starcade: I won't do that. I don't wish to cause too much trouble, just a little payback. My friends are in Echo Creek helping themselves to new resources. We shall meet again in Eitbit, good day.
 * Re-Peat Moss: Poor Starcade...
 * Kyoji: No. This can't be. Starcade's only doing this because she's helping her hometown! I refuse to believe she'll turn on us.
 * Red Ruby: I say we show those Eitbitizens who's boss!
 * Sean Sapphire: Yeah!
 * Captain Red Shell: We shouldn't rush into fighting.
 * Green Shadow: If we do that, Starcade will be further convinced that we want her out of the gang. There's gotta be something we can use to convince her that we didn't do this.
 * Bonk Choy: Like what? Do you mean we have to examine all the evidence she showed us?
 * Green Shadow: No, not that. We have to show her some of our memories.
 * Amelia Amethyst: I can't do a spell that affects minds.
 * Green Shadow: Don't worry, we won't need spells. We just need pictures, which I have lots of in my headquarters. If we show her what we did together, she would be convinced.
 * Bonk Choy: So what's the plan?
 * Green Shadow: We'll have to split into four teams. Kyoji and I will look for pictures to show to Starcade about our history. The rest of you shall deal with those friends that she has mentioned.
 * Rebecca: Good idea.
 * Bonk Choy: I'll go with Re-Peat Moss. Who's with us?
 * Rebecca: Me, Jaiden and Den will.
 * Bonk Choy: Sounds good. *looks at a dejected Re-Peat Moss* What's wrong, you don't like your teammates?
 * Re-Peat Moss: No...it's just...*sighs*...I feel like something is out of place. Someone else must have driven poor Starcade angry.
 * Bonk Choy: It doesn't matter, we have a job to do!
 * Green Shadow: Don't worry, we'll take care of that. Starcade will be back to her old self in no time.
 * Re-Peat Moss: I hope you're right...
 * Bonk Choy: Our team will cover the west side of the area.
 * Diana Diamond: Well, okay. Toby, Emma, Sean and I will go to look for Eitbitizens in the east side.
 * Gary Garnet: I guess we'll take care of the rest.
 * Red Ruby: Why am I stuck with you?
 * Gary Garnet: You're the perfect target for me to annoy about how intelligent I am.
 * Red Ruby: When I get my hands on you...
 * Green Shadow: Alright, let's go! Echo Creek is depending on us!
 * Red Fork: Let's get moving!
 * Bonk Choy: We have a problem at the laboratory. Looks like one of the Eitbitizens is behind it. Shall we check it out?
 * Rebecca: Sounds like a good idea, Bonk Choy.
 * Re-Peat Moss: What are those TRICKY things?
 * Jaiden: It's....enzymes?
 * Bonk Choy: Uh oh.
 * Rebecca: Wha...?
 * ???: What business do you have with us enzymes?
 * Bonk Choy: We're here to stop you!
 * ???: Oh, so you're the Locked Room gang I was told about. The ones who destroyed our hometown Eitbit.
 * Bonk Choy: Wait, we didn't do...
 * ???: Don't deny it. Admit it. The evidence is pointing at you guys.
 * Bonk Choy: Who are you anyway?
 * ???: I'm Test Subject Blue No. 0001232423545, you may call me Test Subject Blue. I've allied with the orange and green enzymes to seize the formulas taken away by us to create more enzymes. We know they're here somewhere in the laboratory.
 * Rebecca: Huh.
 * CypherDen: Feels...sciency.
 * Test Subject Blue: All we want is the orange and green enzyme formulas. Now leave or you're gonna have a bad time.
 * Bonk Choy: We never leave!
 * Test Subject Blue: More like you will never live again if you don't scram.
 * Jaiden: Oh, please. The Locked Room Gang never loses!
 * Test Subject Blue: All I seek is the formulas. Is that too much trouble? *points his proton cannon at the group*
 * Rebecca: We're defending Echo Creek from utter destruction!
 * Test Subject Blue: Cute. Let's see how long you will last against my enzymes. Get em', boys!

''The orange and green enzymes start attacking the group.  Bonk Choy rushes and delivers a punch on an orange enzyme, which ducks quickly under Bonk Choy's leaf. The orange enzyme continues dodging Bonk Choy's attacks until it manages to hit Bonk Choy at a weak spot.'' ''CypherDen and Jaiden both do fast hand movements and concentrate hard enough, until they start hovering above the ground and glowing. They open their eyes, now glowing white, and unleash a giant beam of lightning and ice that zaps the orange and green enzymes until they are slowly frozen.'' Test Subject Blue emerges and fires proton bullets at the gang at a rapid rate. Test Subject Blue breaks the ice with his prototype suit's brute strength, freeing some orange and green enzymes. ''Rebecca and Jaiden both do fast hand movements and concentrate hard enough, until they start hovering above the ground and glowing. They open their eyes, now glowing white, and unleash a giant blast, drowning Test Subject Blue in cold water that quickly freezes.'' Test Subject Blue teleports himself out of the ice and away to Eitbit.
 * Bonk Choy: Allow me!
 * Bonk Choy: Ow!
 * Re-Peat Moss: Bonk Choy is down! We need TRICKY ideas to defeat the enzymes!
 * CypherDen: I got an idea. Jaiden, let's do this.
 * Jaiden: Oh yeah!
 * Re-Peat Moss: You did it! Although Starcade will feel worse about us trying to murder her friends, considering how many have been murdered when Eitbit was attacked.
 * Bonk Choy: What the?
 * Test Subject Blue: I'm not letting you guys hinder our quest! If I can't have the formulas, neither can you!
 * Rebecca: Splashdown! *summons water bombs and throws them at Test Subject Blue*
 * Test Subject Blue: *fires at the water bombs before they touch him* Heck, I'm a marksman when it comes to shooting. You expected that, but did you expect this?
 * Re-Peat Moss: We gotta take him out before he frees more of those TRICKY enzymes!
 * CypherDen: How about I Puyo Pop these enzymes? *zaps some orange and green enzymes*
 * Test Subject Blue: *continues firing more proton bullets at the gang* You're gonna pay for that! No one stands between me and those formulas!
 * Rebecca: Yeah, well...*keeps firing water blasts at Test Subject Blue*
 * Test Subject Blue: *keeps countering the water blasts* Boy, you sure don't know what you're dealing with. Now, prepare to get enzyme'd! *charges up his proton cannon*
 * Re-Peat Moss: Hey guys, how about that elemental ninja combo one more time, huh? Show him something TRICKY!
 * CypherDen: How about something different?
 * Test Subject Blue: *gets frozen* Oh crud, you've got me...this time! I CAN'T MOVE!
 * Re-Peat Moss: We did it!
 * Test Subject Blue: You think you can stop us? Ha! There are other Eitbitizens like me scrounging for their stuff in other areas of Echo Creek! We shall not rest until we get them back!
 * Bonk Choy: But we didn't steal any stuff!
 * Test Subject Blue: Stop denying your guilt. We both know that's not true. We shall meet again in the Retro Rebels' arcade cabinet.
 * Rebecca: I guess that's not the only time we'll be encountering him.
 * Jaiden: Wait...Retro Rebels?
 * Re-Peat Moss: I've never heard of that game.
 * Bonk Choy: I don't think that's a game, Re-Peat Moss. It might be something else. Anyway, I wonder how the others are doing.

Meanwhile, in another area of Echo Creek, Diana Diamond's group is getting another distress signal, this time from a ship harbour. Meanwhile, Green Shadow and Kyoji are at the L.E.A.F. Headquarters. ''Green Shadow and Kyoji set off with the photos. Back to the Diana Diamond's group.'' Sean Sapphire points to a strange being wearing a viking helmet and wielding a battle hammer, wrecking the ships at the harbour. The gang move closer to the strange being with the viking helmet and the battle hammer. Viking raises his battle hammer and slams it onto the ground, causing an earthquake so strong that it knocks back everyone else. ''Red Fork charges towards Viking at high speed, and charges towards him like a bull. Blue Ocean shoots laser beams from behind, While Captain Red Shell moves fastly, ready to slash his sword at Viking. Viking, however, is ready for them and dodges each attack, while clobbering Red Fork, Blue Ocean and Captain Red Shell with his battle hammer.''
 * Blue Ocean: There's a distress signal here at the ship harbour.
 * Red Fork: Well, here we are.
 * Sean Sapphire: Which one of Starcade's friends is responsible?
 * Diana Diamond: Guess we'll find that out.
 * Green Shadow: There. Like I said, Kyoji, I have a huge collection of our photos we took in our adventures and battles.
 * Kyoji: That looks great! But Starcade wasn't in most of those.
 * Green Shadow: Good point. *filters the photos until she has all the photos with Starcade in it* There we go.
 * Kyoji: Sounds good! We can show her those photos once we meet her in person! But first, our friends seem to have trouble dealing with the attacks in Echo Creek!
 * Green Shadow: You're right, let's go help!
 * Sean Sapphire: Hey, who's that?
 * Sean Sapphire: What does he want with those ships?
 * Blast: No idea, but he looks cool with that viking helmet.
 * Captain Red Shell: Let's go find out what he's up to.
 * Diana Diamond: Agreed.
 * Toby Topaz: That guy looks mean though!
 * Toby Topaz: Hello, mister?
 * ???: You startled me! Now go away, nothing to see here!
 * Red Fork: What are you doing?
 * Captain Red Shell: Why are you wrecking these ships?
 * ???: If you really like to know, I'm looking for my missing clanmates after the Eitbit attack. I believe they're somewhere in those ships of yours.
 * Captain Red Shell: Sorry, they're not here. My crab soldiers come around here frequently, and they haven't notified anyone unusual in sight.
 * Sean Sapphire: Well, maybe except you. You look weird.
 * ???: Don't you dare insult the warrior with the heart of battle!
 * Diana Diamond: Who are you anyway?
 * ???: Viking is my name. And you must be the Locked Room gang. I know my clanmates are here, and I won't rest until I find them!
 * Blue Ocean: Well, sorry Mr. Viking, but if your clanmates were here, I would have detected them with my devices by now.
 * Captain Red Shell: Now please stop destroying these ships.
 * Viking: No one stands between me and those ships!
 * Sean Sapphire: I guess we'll just have to take you out then.
 * Captain Red Shell: Well, I tried the peaceful way. If you're not going to listen, I'll be forced to take harsher measures. *takes out his sword* One last chance Viking: leave the ships alone.
 * Viking: *takes out his battle hammer* A warrior never surrenders to his opponents! I guess it has come to this.
 * Viking: You never stood a chance. Now leave me alone and let me get back to my business.
 * Emma Emerald: Ouch.
 * Sean Sapphire: If you're not going to stop, we'll just have to stop you!
 * Blue Ocean: Yeah! It's time to fight!
 * Captain Red Shell: I've fought vikings before during my expeditions on the seven seas. They pack a powerful punch, so we'll have to try to be faster and smarter if we want to win.
 * Blue Ocean: No problem! Let's do this!
 * Toby Topaz: That's one angry warrior. How did Starcade hire him?
 * Diana Diamond: I don't know, it might be a long story. We'll have to defeat Viking first.
 * Sean Sapphire: Let's show that landlubber what we're made of!
 * Viking: You're made of pure weakness! *clobbers Sean Sapphire with his battle hammer* C'mon and fight like a real warrior if you can!

''Red Fork has already obtained great speed, and rams into Viking, causing severe damage in the collision. Captain Red Shell walks up to Viking, and slashes at him with his sword, while moving around quickly to avoid damage. Viking takes moderate damage thanks to his protection.'' ''Viking creates another earthquake with his battle hammer, causing everyone to be knocked onto the ground. He then approaches the gang with the hammer in his hand.'' While Viking is confused by those words that don't make any sense, Red Fork rams into Viking again. ''Sean Sapphire controls a wave that rises to a great height, which splashes into Viking. Captain Red Shell summons his crab soldiers, and takes advantage of this wave to send dozens of his crab soldiers directly at Viking, causing critical damage. Captain Red Shell ends the attack entering the water wave and slashing at Viking. Viking tries to fight back with his battle hammer, but falls to Captain Red Shell's attack. His battle hammer breaks into two when he gets knocked out by Captain Red Shell.'' Viking retreats from the ship harbour. Meanwhile, in another part of Echo Creek, Gary Garnet's group is detecting a distress signal, this time from a forest. As the group enters the forest, they see a pink figure flying across in front of them. Red Ruby takes out a stick of dynamite and walks in front. To the group's surprise, the dynamite that Red Ruby was holding earlier is seen flying towards them. Red Ruby emerges, with his eyes glowing pink, throwing dynamite after dynamite at the gang.
 * Red Fork: Heads up!
 * Viking: I must admit you're strong, but not as strong as this hammer!
 * Viking: If you're not going to let me get to my clanmates, I shall destroy you forthwith. Any last words?
 * Red Fork: How about, elephantastic wonderpants!?
 * Blue Ocean: According to my calculations, if Captain Red Shell and Sean combined their abilities, their damage output could be multiplied!
 * Captain Red Shell: That's a good idea. Let's try it.
 * Sean Sapphire: Sure thing, captain!
 * Captain Red Shell: Shall we continue, or have you had enough, Viking?
 * Viking: No way, a warrior such as myself never surrenders to get his goals! I see that my clanmates are not here, but I will never forget your interference. I shall retreat for now, but we shall meet again soon, at Retro Rebels'.
 * Diana Diamond: I don't think that's the last time we'll see Viking.
 * Captain Red Shell: It won't. But we'll be ready. For now, we must continue our mission. Let's go.
 * Gary Garnet: Distress signal detected from the forests!
 * Jenny: A distress signal? Lets go see what's going on!
 * Lori: I literally doubt it's something important....
 * Red Ruby: That's what you say every time!
 * Amelia Amethyst: What was that?
 * Lincoln: I dunno- but it's pink, so why be afraid?
 * Jenny: Is it an Inkling?
 * Red Ruby: Whatever it is, I don't like it. I'm going to put an end to it.
 * Gary Garnet: Trust me, he's not going to make it.
 * Amelia Amethyst: He will!
 * Jenny: Whatever it is, lets hope it's friendly!
 * Amelia Amethyst: Stand back! *raises a forcefield to protect everyone from the explosion*
 * Jenny: WAUGH! Phew, that was close!
 * Gary Garnet: I told you! He'd attack us!
 * Amelia Amethyst: You said he's not going to make it!
 * Gary Garnet: Oh, did I?
 * Amelia Amethyst: What happened to Red anyway? Did he really turn on us?
 * Amelia Amethyst: What's happening?
 * Jenny: It sure seems like he turned on us! *draws her Inkbrush* We have to snap him out of it!
 * ???: Think fast! *fires a love arrow at the gang while flying across*
 * Gary Garnet: Look out! Arrow!

 Jenny, Lincoln and Lori just barely avoid the arrow. The pink figure finally descends in front of the gang, armed with a stack of arrows of different varieties. ''Pink Angel fires a love arrow which hits Lori of all people. Her eyes start to flow pink, and she turns to the Gang.'' Pink Angel stops firing love arrows and takes out a flaming arrow. The flaming arrow explodes in flames, barely missing the gang. ''Pink Angel fires a love arrow at Gary Garnet. Just before it hits him, Amelia Amethyst activates a forcefield to deflect it away.'' ''Pink Angel fires more flaming arrows at the forcefield. Seeing that it is distracted, Gary Garnet sneaks past and grabs all the arrows from Pink Angel's arsenal.'' Pink Angel flies towards Gary Garnet, but Amelia Amethyst casts a spell on Pink Angel, putting him into disorientation. ''Amelia Amethyst picks up the hate arrows and "fires" them at Red Ruby and Lori, turning them back to normal.  Pink Angel recovers from its disorientation.'' Pink Angel flies back to Eitbit. Back to Bonk Choy's group, they are now detecting a distress signal coming from a distant supermart. Bonk Choy's group arrives outside the Echo Creek Supermart, where they discover two anthropomorphic ice cream scoops freezing the entire supermart, its staff and its customers. The two anthropomorphic ice cream scoops are then seeing stockpiling the fruits from the fruit section into a sack. The two anthropomorphic ice cream scoops march out to confront the gang. Licorice and Smokey Bacon proceed to fire ice waves at the group. ''Jaiden creates an ice shield to defend the gang from the ice waves. Licorice and Smokey Bacon stop firing their ice waves for a moment.'' Licorice and Smokey Bacon return with some watermelons and throw them at the ice shield, causing the ice shield to start cracking. ''And in a matter of seconds, Jaiden's ice shield breaks down. Licorice and Smokey Bacon starts shooting ice shards at the group.'' ''CypherDen and Rebecca both do fast hand movements and concentrate hard enough, until they start hovering above the ground and glowing. They open their eyes, now glowing white, and unleash a giant beam of lightning and water that drowns and zaps Licorice and Smokey Bacon at the same time.'' Licorice and Smokey Bacon leave in ice-cream puddles. Back to Diana Diamond's group, the gang are detecting another distress signal, this time coming from a fast food restaurant. The group arrive at the fast food restaurant, where they discover an owl and a humongous cat raiding it. Blue Ocean points his laser cannon at the two animals. The owl and the humongous cat turn around and stare at the gang. Owl flies up in the air, and starts spinning around, firing lasers everywhere from his eyes. ''Suddenly, Fat Cat flies into the fast food restaurant. Toby Topaz spots him.'' ''Red Fork and Captain Red Shell chase after Fat Cat. Meanwhile, Blue Ocean creates a forcefield to protect the rest of them from Owl's lasers.'' Meanwhile, in the fast food restaurant, Fat Cat is helping himself to the fast food. ''Red Fork briefly turns into a tornado, devouring all the food in sight, while Captain Red Shell prepares to slash at Fat Cat. Fat Cat, after having eaten some of the fast food, flies outside to the gang once again. Meanwhile outside the fast food restaurant, Owl has done severe damage to Blue Ocean's forcefield with his lasers.'' Fat Cat flies and stops right next to Owl, as the others outside look at the two Retro Rebels, confused. Fat Cat's eyes start to glow blue, as he chants out "IMMEOW FIRIN MEOW LASER" before burping out a mega laser at the group. Captain Red Shell, however, jumps between the laser and the gang, and uses his sword to reflect the laser in another direction. Blue Ocean then has an idea. Blue Ocean presses a button, and a robotic mouse runs past Fat Cat and Owl. Fat Cat chases after the robotic mouse, and Owl facewings at the sight.
 * Jenny: Move it!
 * Gary Garnet: Close one. *picks up the arrow and examines it* A love arrow? What in the world?
 * Amelia Amethyst: What does it do?
 * Gary Garnet: It mind-controls the victim to do the bidding of the one who fired the arrow. As much as I hate to say it, but Red is in danger.
 * Jenny: Who are you?
 * ???: Why hello. Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Pink Angel. And I'm out here hunting for creatures in the forest to serve as "new enemies" in the Twin Shot series, as the attack on Eitbit has killed many of the old ones.
 * Amelia Amethyst: Oh cool, you're a video game character. But no, the creatures belong here. We're not letting you take them.
 * Jenny: Yeah! You're gonna have to get through us if you wanna win!
 * Gary Garnet: Bring it on, bow boy!
 * Pink Angel: Excuse me, I'm not a boy.
 * Gary Garnet: Well, in that case...bring it on, bow girl!
 * Pink Angel: I'm not a girl either.
 * Amelia Amethyst: What are you then, a freak?
 * Pink Angel: I'm a non-binary bowmaster.
 * Amelia Amethyst: Oh.
 * Pink Angel: Enough of this! I got you in my sights!
 * Amelia Amethyst: We are literally doomed.
 * Gary Garnet: I remember now, love can be neutralised by hate! Pink Angel may have one of those hate arrows in its arsenal. But we're gonna have to beat it to take them!
 * Lincoln: Hate, huh? I know just how to bring hate to Lori!
 * Gary Garnet: Not THAT kind of hate, Lincoln. We need to take hate arrows from Pink Angel!
 * Pink Angel: No one stops me from seizing those creatures! Have at you, a fire arrow! *shoots the flaming arrow at the group*
 * Amelia Amethyst: Look out! A fire arrow!
 * Gary Garnet: We're taking those arrows, mister!
 * Pink Angel: Hey, I'm genderless!
 * Gary Garnet: Oh, whatever!
 * Pink Angel: I got you now!
 * Pink Angel: Impossible! My arrows can never penetrate that! But I can do the next best thing!
 * Amelia Amethyst: My forcefield's about to break!
 * Pink Angel: Ha ha ha! Imagine what this next arrow can do. Watch as this arrow makes its impact. *reaches for another flaming arrow, only to discover that its arrows are missing* What?!
 * Gary Garnet: Were you looking for these? *holds out the arrows*
 * Pink Angel: You're gonna pay for that!
 * Amelia Amethyst: It's disoriented! Let's turn our friends back to normal!
 * Red Ruby: What happened?
 * Gary Garnet: You were "in love"!
 * Red Ruby: HEY! I don't love nobody!
 * Amelia Amethyst: Oops, guess that spell lasted shorter than I thought.
 * Pink Angel: You! I'll be back, see you losers at Retro Rebels'!
 * Gary Garnet: That was scary.
 * Red Ruby: Retro Rebels?! What kind of a name for a game is that?
 * Gary Garnet: I doubt that's a game.
 * Amelia Amethyst: Yeah. Whatever it is, I don't like the sound of that. Hey, I wonder how the others are doing.
 * Jaiden: Distress signal! There, at the Echo Creek Supermart!
 * Re-Peat Moss: What TRICKY thing can possibly happen there?
 * Bonk Choy: Yikes, that is cold!
 * Squeaky-Voiced Teen: Help! Somebody help me! *gets frozen*
 * Jaiden: That's cold!
 * Bonk Choy: That's what I said.
 * Re-Peat Moss: Are those...ice cream scoops?
 * ??? #1: Yeah, that's right, baby! We're getting those fruits!
 * ???#2: Well, the attack on Eitbit has ruined our fruits. With these fruits, we can replenish our fruit supply for our game!
 * ??? #1: Agreed. *sees the group outside the supermart* Hold on, dear, we have uninvited guests!
 * ??? #2: Uninvited guests? They shall stop cold like all the rest!
 * Bonk Choy: Great, more Retro Rebels!
 * Jaiden: I'm sorry, but you're the ones who'll get stopped cold!
 * ??? #1: Oh yeah?
 * Bonk Choy: Yeah!
 * ??? #2: Well, let us introduce ourselves to give you frozen-brainers some idea on who we are. I'm Licorice, and that's Smokey Bacon.
 * Smokey Bacon: We're here to reclaim our fruits!
 * Re-Peat Moss: YOUR fruits?
 * Licorice: Supposedly the fruits that serve as items in our game, that's what.
 * Smokey Bacon: You're interfering with our desires, but here's a choice. You can leave and we won't get in your air or you can stay frozen.
 * Rebecca: I'm sorry, but you're terrorizing the town. We're here to defend it.
 * Licorice: We only want fruits, and if you want to get in our way, we won't hesitate to take action.
 * Smokey Bacon: Time to give you the cold shoulder!
 * Jaiden: Ice cream, meet ice shield!
 * Bonk Choy: Huh, did they give up?
 * CypherDen: Uh, I think so?
 * Jaiden: I'm not sure....
 * Smokey Bacon: Give up, you lack-eys!
 * Bonk Choy: Never!
 * Jaiden: My ice shield's about to crack!
 * Re-Peat Moss: Now that's TRICKY!
 * Jaiden: Now's not a good time, Re-Peat Moss.
 * CypherDen: Jaiden, how about that combo?
 * Jaiden: Fighting ice against ice is useless. How about electricity and water?
 * CypherDen: Good idea. Rebecca, let's do the combo!
 * Rebecca: Right.
 * Licorice: Ouch!
 * Smokey Bacon: Oh no, I'm melting!
 * Licorice: Me too!
 * Smokey Bacon: We shall meet again at Retro Rebels' when we freeze back to normal. Until then, enjoy your victory.
 * Bonk Choy: We did it!
 * Jaiden: Good job, girls!
 * Re-Peat Moss: What happens next?
 * Jaiden: They're going back to Eitbit.
 * Bonk Choy: I wonder how the others are doing.
 * Blue Ocean: To the closest fast food restaurant!
 * Red Fork: Fast food? This is going to be delicious!
 * Blue Ocean: We can eat later.
 * Captain Red Shell: First we must do our job.
 * Blast: Let's go! Full speed ahead!
 * Emma Emerald: Since when did these animals become so bad-mannered?
 * Sean Sapphire: How are we supposed to know that?
 * Diana Diamond: It doesn't matter, we have to stop them!
 * Blue Ocean: Sure thing!
 * Blue Ocean: Ok guys, games are over. Stop raiding this establishment, or else, we're be forced to take extreme measures!
 * ??? #1: You're stopping us? So you're the Locked Room gang?
 * ??? #2: *purrs*
 * Toby Topaz: What's he saying?
 * ??? #1: Oh, he says he doesn't like you guys.
 * Sean Sapphire: We don't like you guys anyway!
 * Diana Diamond: Who are you to raid a fast food restaurant?
 * ??? #1: The name's Owl, and that's my comrade Fat Cat. He doesn't speak, so I translate his words.
 * Fat Cat: *meows*
 * Owl: He isn't scared of you guys, and neither am I. So, if you guys think you can stop us from taking those food, you have got the wrong idea!
 * Red Fork: Really? No one takes all the food from this place! Except me when I buy everything for lunch.
 * Blue Ocean: The point being, we're going to stop you.
 * Captain Red Shell: So, you decide, shall we do this the easy way, or the hard way? *Points his sword at the owl*
 * Owl: Either way, the restaurant is going to be raided by us and there's nothing you can do about it! Now scram or else. *his eyes start to glow*
 * Red Fork: Or else what? *looks directly at the owl's eyes, with a determined face*
 * Owl: Or else...*fires lasers from his eyes at Red Fork*...that!
 * Red Fork: Aah! *dodges*
 * Fat Cat: *meows*
 * Toby Topaz: What did he say?
 * Owl: Oh, he said "Bring it on! Those guys don't scare me!". Apparently I agree.
 * Captain Red Shell: Then it shall be the hard way, then. Prepare for battle!
 * Blast: Yeah, we're ready to take you guys down!
 * Owl: So are we.
 * Diana Diamond: *creates a shield* If only Amelia was here...
 * Sean Sapphire: She's with Red and Gary, remember? They're taking care of the other Retro Rebels.
 * Toby Topaz: He's getting into the restaurant!
 * Captain Red Shell: I'll chase him down.
 * Red Fork: I'm going too! I'm not letting that fat cat eat my food!
 * Blue Ocean: This should do the trick!
 * Owl: Your tricks aren't any use against the power of my eyes! *continues firing lasers from his eyes*
 * Blue Ocean: Guys, attack him! I'll try to keep this forcefield on us as long as I can!
 * Red Fork: Stop right there, fat cat! Only one voracious eater can eat all the fast food here, and that's me!
 * Captain Red Shell: And we'll stop you.
 * Fat Cat: *meows at them angrily*
 * Blue Ocean: Guys, attack him, quick! I don't know how much longer this forcefield will last!
 * Sean Sapphire: We will!
 * Emma Emerald: What's going on with those animals?
 * Owl: Allow us to explain. Fat Cat has gone into the restaurant and has eaten enough food to fill his appetite, and once he's full...
 * Blue Ocean. My forcefield won't be able to absorb that!
 * Blast: Phew, that was close.
 * Alice: Thanks captain.
 * Captain Red Shell: Don't mention it.
 * Blue Ocean: Wait... owl... cat... I think I know how to defeat them.
 * Blast: You do?
 * Blue Ocean. Everyone knows that cats and owls love eating mice!
 * Blue Ocean: *pretending* Is that a mouse I'm seeing?
 * Fat Cat: *purrs*
 * Owl: *sees through the robotic mouse's disguise* Fat Cat, don't do it! No!
 * Owl: You're gonna pay for tricking my comrade! *flies around and fires stronger lasers at the group*
 * Captain Red Shell: You're going to pay for attacking my allies! *reflects the lasers back at Owl with his sword*

Alice takes out a giant flame cannon, and shoots it at Owl several times, burning his feathers. ''Alice continues shooting her flame cannon at Owl non-stop. Owl is badly hurt, but he flies out of the flames just before he gets toasted.'' As Owl flies off to search for Fat Cat, who was meanwhile attempting to eat the robotic mouse but to no avail, the group recover from what just happened. Just then, the group detects yet another distress signal, this time coming from a carnival. The group heads to the carnival, where they discover that the balloons are missing. The group looks around the abandoned carnival, only to find no one around. ''Toby Topaz points to a cluster of balloons flying in the air. To his amazement, the balloons are not flying upwards, they're flying forward.'' ''The cluster of balloons suddenly changes direction, and flies towards the group. As the cluster of balloons flies closer to the gang, bombs are seen thrown at them.'' ''The bombs make their impact on the ground, with the group dodging them. The cluster of balloons moves towards the roof of a tent, and secure themselves onto the hook on the top of that tent. A blue hot air balloon with a blue driver then emerges from the cluster of balloons.'' ''Hot Air tosses more bombs at the group. Blue Ocean creates another forcefield to protect the gang.'' ''Red Fork shoots magic beams at Hot Air. Hot Air dodges them with amazing speed, and takes out a boomerfan (boomerang fan) from his balloon and throws it at the group.'' The boomerfan makes its hit on the gemstones, cutting off tiny shards from them before returning to Hot Air. ''Hot Air throws the boomerfan again at the gang. But this time, Red Fork catches it with his magic.'' ''Blast carries Captain Red Shell to Hot Air. Captain Red Shell points his sword at the balloon.'' Captain Red Shell uses his sword to fight Hot Air, while Blast moves him around dodging the attacks. ''Captain Red Shell continues slashing and swinging his sword at Hot Air, quickly and surely. Hot Air suddenly rises his hot air balloon higher up into the sky, before dropping bombs onto Captain Red Shell and Blast. Blast quickly dodges, though.'' ''One final slash from Captain Red Shell's sword pops the hot air balloon. Hot Air is then seen flying around, here and there, due to the balloon's condition.'' ''Diana Diamond's group goes to look out for other attacks in Echo Creek. Meanwhile, back to Green Shadow and Kyoji.'' Just then, Jelo, Star and Marco arrive. The five of them turn around to look at another Retro Rebel, this time wearing a skull hat and holding a magic staff. ''Warlock raises his staff and fires homing magic bullets at Green Shadow's group.  Green Shadow and Kyoji dodge the magic bullets. Marco and Star manage to dodge them, but Jelo seems to be less luckier.'' Warlock starts teleporting around and bopping the gang's backs with his staff as he teleports around. ''Green Shadow tries to punch Warlock, who teleports out of the way and behind Green Shadow. However, just before he can hit Green Shadow again with his staff, Kyoji hits Warlock with his sword.'' ''Star's wand shoots a beam that can pierce through enemies, thus stunning them. It misses Warlock though, who manages to teleport out of the way before it can hit him.'' ''Green Shadow, who happened to be just behind, taps onto Warlock's shoulder. Warlock briefly turns around, before Green Shadow does an uppercut on him. Warlock gets hit so brutally, his staff flies from his hands and he is knocked onto the ground.'' Warlock summons a portal to Eitbit. ''Green Shadow, Kyoji, Jelo, Star and Marco, together with Warlock, enter the portal. They arrive in Eitbit.'' ''Warlock points to a huge arcade cabinet, which is surprisingly vibrant of colours. All six of them can see an explosion going off at the arcade cabinet.'' Flashback to one hour ago, when the three groups have already done the fighting and are gathering at a common area. Toby Topaz cuts open a portal. The gang makes their landing in the grounds of Eitbit, right in front of the same arcade cabinet Green Shadow's group saw one hour later. ''The gang enter the arcade cabinet, which is rather spacious and ominous.  Suddenly, someone dashes past the gang behind them.'' ''The same "someone" dashes past the gang again, this time in front of them. He then emerges from the shadows, constantly throwing and throwing a coin with his hand, wearing a black armor - it's Pink Angel.'' Test Subject Blue, Viking and Hot Air come out of their hiding spots too, wearing black armor and accessories as well. Fat Cat, Owl, Licorice and Smokey Bacon emerge next, wearing black armor and accessories as well. The entire team of Retro Rebels emerges from their hiding spots, surrounding the gang. From the crowd of angry Eitbitzens emerges Starcade herself, wearing a black battle armor and an eye mask. ''Bonk Choy attempts to punch Starcade in the face. Test Subject Blue takes action and fires proton bullets at Bonk Choy, to prevent him from hurting Starcade.'' ''Blue Ocean creates a forcefield to protect the gang, while Captain Red Shell slashes at the Retro Rebels. Blast flies up high, dodging shots from the Retro Rebels. The Retro Rebels pit their skills, powers and abilities against the gang. The flashback ends, as the time changes back to the present time, where Warlock is with Green Shadow's group.'' ''Warlock leads Green Shadow's group to the arcade cabinet. They go inside, where a full-out war between Echo Creek and Eitbit is taking place.  Red Fork attacks Starcade several times, leaving her weak and against the wall, almost defeated.'' ''Red Fork charges towards Starcade, ready to ram into her and deliver the final blow. Kyoji is watching Red Fork beat up Starcade.'' Flashback to the previous day after Starcade and Kyoji defeated Re-Peat Boss together... Back to the present time... ''Kyoji rushes into the battle zone. Just as Red Fork is about to ram into Starcade, Kyoji jumps into the air and slashes at Red Fork with his sword. Red Fork quickly stops and jumps backwards, avoiding the sword.'' Green Shadow, Jelo, Star, Marco and Warlock emerge and stop everyone else from fighting. ''Kyoji shows each picture, one by one, to Starcade in an attempt to refresh her memory. However, they all fail to convince her.'' ''Starcade stares hard at the last photograph of their moment together. As memories start to flow back into her brain, Starcade starts to shiver and perspire as more memories come flooding in. Then, all at last, when she recalls the events that took place yesterday as well as her many moments with Kyoji, she sinks to her knees and bursts into tears.''
 * Blast: *flies to Owl and punches him* Surprised to see a human fly?
 * Owl: Actually, not at all. We have flying humans in Eitbit. *rams into Blast at great speed, knocking him into the ground*
 * Blast: Aah!
 * Alice: Blast! *gets angry* I'm not going to let you hurt him again!
 * Blast. Whoa, calm down Alice...
 * Alice: *continues shooting* I'm finishing with this bird first!
 * Red Fork: Whoa... Never knew Alice could go crazy like that.
 * Blast: She must have learned it from me. I always go crazy when someone hurts one of my best friends, specially if it's Jaiden.
 * Blue Ocean: Yeah... especially Jaiden... makes me wonder if...
 * Blast: If what?
 * Blue Ocean. Nothing, just a theory...
 * Owl: You have won...this time! The fast food restaurant is yours, but remember: I will be back! See you again at the Retro Rebels arcade cabinet! *to Fat Cat* Come back, Fat Cat!
 * Diana Diamond: Close one!
 * Alice: *still angry* That'll show him.
 * Blast: Wow, calm down now Alice. I can't believe you actually defeated him.
 * Alice: *calms down* Yeah, me neither.
 * Blue Ocean: That sure was great.
 * Blast: Yeah, it was amazing.
 * Sean Sapphire: I'd say it was awesome! Red would've freaked out when he saw the owl feel the burn.
 * Alice: Thanks guys.
 * Diana Diamond: I wonder how the others are doing. Echo Creek isn't receiving as much destruction as before.
 * Red Fork: Do you think we go check on them to see how they're doing?
 * Diana Diamond: Well, we can. Let's...
 * Blue Ocean: *detects the signal* Ok, I guess I can theorize later. We've got another signal, this time from the carnival!
 * Alice: Wait, what were you theorizing this time?
 * Blue Ocean: Uh... nothing.
 * Blast: Let's go to the carnival!
 * Toby Topaz: Hey, is it just me or do I have the feeling that this carnival is missing something?
 * Sean Sapphire: There's no one here!
 * Alice: There's no balloons either.
 * Red Fork: And no barrel of doom, though that's good.
 * Alice: Barrel of doom?
 * Red Fork: You won't get it. You didn't play the game.
 * Captain Red Shell: Anyway, we have to find who's causing trouble here.
 * Emma Emerald: No one.
 * Sean Sapphire: If no one's here, how are the balloons missing?
 * Toby Topaz: Hey, I found the balloons!
 * Blast: That's not normal!
 * Blue Ocean: That defies the laws of physics.
 * Red Fork: Unless someone is behind this. Let's check it out.
 * Diana Diamond: Yup, there is definitely someone behind this. However, none of us gemstones can fly. We could if we were the Rainbow Gem. In the meantime, why don't...
 * Blue Ocean: Explosives!
 * Blast: Look out!
 * ???: So you discovered that I'm the balloon thief. Very clever indeed, Locked Room gang.
 * Red Fork: Who are you, and what are you up to?
 * ???: My name is Hot Air. I just came to this carnival and I would like to take these balloons to be programmed into my game.
 * Diana Diamond: If you wanted those balloons, you could've just asked the carnival clowns and staff.
 * Hot Air: I don't do asking. Besides, it's just balloons and nothing else.
 * Red Fork: It's still stealing.
 * Blast: Yeah! Stop, we'd hate to have to POP you the hard way!
 * Blue Ocean: Yeah... Bonk Choy would have said a better pun.
 * Alice: I think it was a nice pun.
 * Red Fork: Well, you get the point, Hot Air.
 * Hot Air: How about I go home and you go BOOM!
 * Blue Ocean: This won't last for long against those bombs. Attack him!
 * Red Fork: Got it! Let's attack!
 * Diana Diamond: Is that a fan?
 * Blast: Is it a boomerang?
 * Alice: It's both!
 * Toby Topaz: Ouch! That thing's dangerous!
 * Sean Sapphire: You think so? I felt nothing at all. *to Hot Air* Come at me, you hot air baboon!
 * Hot Air: I'm a hot air balloon, you dope!
 * Sean Sapphire: Ah, whatever!
 * Hot Air: You want it, you got it!
 * Red Fork: I got your toy!
 * Blue Ocean: Continue attacking! I'm trying to keep this forcefield, but it's not gonna last forever!
 * Captain Red Shell: Give up, or a hot air balloon is going to be popped.
 * Hot Air: You're not the only one with a sword. *draws a sword he carries for this type of scenario* Those balloons are mine!
 * Captain Red Shell: Then let's have a sword battle.
 * Hot Air: Oh, it's on, captain.
 * Hot Air: *savagely swings his sword at Captain Red Shell* You're a pretty good swordfighter, I must admit, but do you really think you have what it takes to stand between me and those balloons?
 * Blast: Are you kidding? Captain Red Shell once slayed an entire army of squid soldiers by himself! He's fought the Electric Dolphins, and much more! You're nowhere near his level!
 * Captain Red Shell: Continue fighting, if you dare.
 * Hot Air: I think YOU'RE nowhere near my level.
 * Blast: Technically, that's true, since he's at a much higher level. *flies upwards*
 * Captain Red Shell: Ok, enough arguing. Let's finish this.
 * Hot Air: Mark my words, we will be back! The Retro Rebels will never forgive your actions, you hear me? *flies away*
 * Sean Sapphire: Good riddance!
 * Captain Red Shell: Well, that's one enemy less to deal with.
 * Alice: I wonder how the rest are doing.
 * Diana Diamond: Should we go check it out?
 * Red Fork: Let's do it.
 * Green Shadow: We got the pictures! *notices that the others are gone* Hey, where did they go?
 * Kyoji: If it's what I feared, they've gone to Eitbit to confront Starcade and the Retro Rebels. Starcade's in danger!
 * Green Shadow: Hey guys! Have you seen the others?
 * Jelo: Who are the others?
 * Kyoji: She means the others who were fighting the Retro Rebels.
 * Jelo: I see.
 * Kyoji: Where are they?
 * ???: I know where they are.
 * Star: Who are you?
 * Kyoji: Yeah, who are you?
 * ???: I'm Warlock, I've seen that you have harmed my friends. I'm here to stop you guys from harming them further.
 * Green Shadow: Your friends have been attacking our city, that's why.
 * Warlock: Well, that's just because you attacked ours first. Don't you see, you wouldn't need to go through all of this trouble if you haven't brought trouble to us. We were just happy ourselves until you guys had to make us do this. Now tell me, why do you need to see Starcade?
 * Jelo: Uh....to say sorry?
 * Marco: To tell her we didn't attack Eitbit!
 * Warlock: That's a good thing, but how can she be assured that you guys aren't the ones who attacked Eitbit? Do you have any evidence to back you up?
 * Green Shadow: Well, we don't have evidence, but we do have the next best thing.
 * Warlock: What's that?
 * Green Shadow: You see, we're her friends. *holds up pictures of the gang's adventures with Starcade* We want to show these to Starcade.
 * Warlock: *looks at the pictures* Hmm...you guys seem happy in these pictures. She'd definitely like those. How about I offer you a deal?
 * Jelo: What is it?
 * Warlock: I shall challenge you five to a friendly fight. If you win, not only will I tell you the location of everyone else, I will join you to stop the fight. But if you lose, you will have to hand over the necessary resources as reparations for our losses. Do we have a deal?
 * Star: Okay then!
 * Green Shadow: I'd love a good fight.
 * Warlock: Excellent. Let's begin.
 * Kyoji: Look out!
 * Green Shadow: Huh?
 * Green Shadow: Jelo, are you alright?
 * Jelo: Depends.
 * Warlock: You ain't seen nothing yet, my friends.
 * Green Shadow: He's too fast!
 * Kyoji: Looks like we'll have to be smart to win against Warlock.
 * Star: I can't! All of this is just making me dizzy!
 * Green Shadow: Allow us to take care of it. C'mon Kyoji!
 * Kyoji: Go to Warlock. I got your back.
 * Green Shadow: Right.
 * Warlock: That's a pretty good strategy, kid. But can you do it again?
 * Star: Phasethrough Stun Shot!
 * Warlock: That was a close one!
 * Green Shadow: Well, it looks like we won.
 * Star: Glad I don't need to feel so dizzy anymore.
 * Warlock: You have proved to be strong and smart, despite having the five of you against me alone. As promised, I shall tell you Starcade's location. She's at the Retro Rebels arcade cabinet in Eitbit. The last time I saw her, she and the other Retro Rebels are fighting in the arcade cabinet. Your friends have already went there to fight them, I saw them with my own eyes.
 * Kyoji: They did? How could they do that?
 * Jelo: Wait, really? Can anybody open a portal to Eitbit?
 * Warlock: I can.
 * Warlock: Let's go. We don't have much time. Death is imminent for your friends and the Retro Rebels.
 * Green Shadow: He has a point. Everyone's lives are at stake.
 * Warlock: We can still avert this disaster together if we get a move on.
 * Jelo: So, do you still hate us?
 * Warlock: I never hated anyone. I just wanted to protect my fellow Retro Rebels, that's all. We're from Eitbit after all. *sighs*
 * Kyoji: I see.
 * Green Shadow: You sound pretty upset, Warlock. Is something wrong?
 * Warlock: Well...no, actually.
 * Green Shadow: You don't have to lie to us. We're your friends.
 * Marco: Yeah!
 * Warlock: Alright, fine. We ARE from Eitbit, but that wasn't where we were born. You see, before we got to know Starcade, we lived in another kingdom close to Eitbit, called Nitrome. It was also an arcade world, though not as prosperous as Eitbit itself. Yet, we Nitromians were living a blissful life with no government until someone came. He calls himself the "Nitrome Boss".
 * Kyoji: The Nitrome Boss?
 * Warlock: Yes, we thought he was joking at first due to his ridiculously self-proclaimed title, until he summoned his robot army. Nitrome was attacked and the Nitrome Boss managed to enslave most of the Nitromians, well except for us, the Retro Rebels. We escaped and sought refuge in Eitbit, and that was when we came face to face with a teenage girl with purple hair and a singlet. She introduced herself as Starcade, and she was more than willing to take us in. She even helped to build new arcade cabinets for each of us, and since then, Eitbit became our new home and a shelter from the Nitrome Boss. We wouldn't have a home without her, so we became her loyal friends. We owe her everything for her good deeds. *sheds a tear*
 * Star: Whoa...that's...sad... *sobs as well*
 * Green Shadow: I guess that's why you wanted to help her so badly.
 * Warlock: Yes. Right now your friends are out there trying to beat the Retro Rebels. I just had to help, that's why I offered to join your crew. Anyway, the Retro Rebels arcade cabinet is that way.
 * Warlock: We have to hurry.
 * Jelo: Why? What is it?
 * Warlock: Your friends already have themselves a head start. I saw them enter the arcade cabinet. Here's how it happened...
 * Bonk Choy: Hey guys, how did it go?
 * Blast: Great! We defeated a total of 4 Retro Rebels.
 * Toby Topaz: Yeah, a viking, a fat cat, an owl and a hot air balloon?
 * Bonk Choy: A hot air balloon? How do you even fight one of those?
 * Sean Sapphire: Eh, long story.
 * Captain Red Shell: To make it short: You fight it with a sword.
 * Sean Sapphire: How about you guys?
 * Amelia Amethyst: We took down a pink-colored archer with love arrows and stuff.
 * Bonk Choy: Yeah, we took down two scoops of ice cream. One tasted "licorish" while the other is smokey bacon! Yum! Apart from that, we also took down a blue enzyme in a prototype suit and his army of enzymes.
 * Red Fork: Well, I guess we've all done a good job.
 * Blue Ocean: But there's still no sign of where Starcade is.
 * Bonk Choy: Well, those "Retro Rebels" are heading back to Eitbit. Shall we follow them?
 * Diana Diamond: But Green Shadow's not here. And may I add, Kyoji, Jelo, Star and Marco?
 * Sean Sapphire: I say we go to Eitbit and follow those Retro Rebels!
 * Blast: Yeah. If we find Starcade and her Retro Rebels at Eitbit, we can always call Green Shadow and the others later.
 * Captain Red Shell: We must act quickly.
 * CypherDen: Let's take them down!
 * Toby Topaz: Well, I got us a pair of dimensional scissors! Star gave me those when I once moved to Mewni.
 * Toby Topaz: Let's go!
 * Red Fork: Next stop, Eitbit!
 * Jaiden: Here we come, Retro Rebels, wherever you are.
 * Toby Topaz: *looks at the surroundings* Wow, I guess she wasn't kidding. Someone did attack her homeworld.
 * Gary Garnet: What do you guys wanna bet that's where the Retro Rebels are?
 * Blue Ocean: I bet a chocolate bar!
 * Jaiden: I bet a milkshake!
 * Alice: Huh?
 * Blue Ocean: What? I really like chocolate.
 * Jaiden: And I really like milkshakes.
 * Red Fork: Let's go check it out.
 * Toby Topaz: I'm pretty scared about this...
 * Red Ruby: Well, this isn't what I expected after seeing the exteriors of the arcade cabinet.
 * CypherDen: Let's see what those Retro Rebels throw at us!
 * Blast: What's that?
 * Red Fork: Who's there?
 * CypherDen: Come on out, if you dare!
 * Pink Angel: Look who it is!
 * Blue Ocean: So, it's you.
 * Blast: What's going on here anyway?
 * Test Subject Blue: I told you we'd meet again, didn't I?
 * Viking: It's the warriors with no true battle spirit!
 * Hot Air: I fixed my balloon, but you're gonna pay for what you did to it!
 * Diana Diamond: Oh no.
 * Owl: You're still gonna pay for tricking my comrade!
 * Fat Cat: *hisses at them angrily*
 * Licorice: Do you really think we're the only Retro Rebels?
 * Smokey Bacon: Meet and greet our entire team!
 * Rebecca: Wait, "entire team"?
 * Bonk Choy: This is not good.
 * Blast: No, it isn't.
 * Jaiden: Yeah.
 * Alice. What do we do?
 * ???: Stand down, my fellow Retro Rebels.
 * Bonk Choy: Starcade!
 * Starcade: I expected your arrival. The Retro Rebels and I have agreed unanimously to settle our dispute...right here. It was silly of us doing it in Echo Creek.
 * Blue Ocean: At least you admit that was a silly idea.
 * Red Fork: Look, for the last time, we didn't attack this place.
 * Captain Red Shell: But if you're not going to listen, I'm afraid we'll have to take severe measures. *takes out his sword*
 * Starcade: Go ahead, I'm only doing this for the sake of protecting Eitbit. You guys may be my friends, but this is our hometown, and I won't stand for anyone who dares to attack it.
 * Test Subject Blue: Yeah, she's right! No one messes with us Eitbitizens!
 * Starcade: I gathered all the Retro Rebels that I have once gathered when we were rebelling against the Champion's reign. Using our resources, we built this arcade cabinet together. We're here as Eitbit's main defense mechanism. Anyone who dares threaten our security will have to deal with us.
 * Red Fork: We never attacked Eitbit!
 * Captain Red Shell: Attacking this city wouldn't do us any good.
 * Blue Ocean: Yeah, why'd we do this?
 * Blast: But if you still want to fight, I guess we can do that.
 * Starcade: Unless you have definitive evidence to back you up, we Retro Rebels believe it's your doing. You have an option: Return everything you have stolen from us and we will not discuss about this ever again. Or you can challenge us and deal with an army of angry Eitbitizens here. What do you say?
 * Red Fork: We don't have anything!
 * Captain Red Shell: Do you really believe we're lying to you? An act most unwise, I must say.
 * Blast: Yeah, we didn't do any of this, and we don't have any of your stuff!
 * Jaiden: Blast has a point here!
 * Starcade: I told you, I need evidence to believe it's not you guys who attacked our hometown. You don't have any evidence, do you?
 * Bonk Choy: No, but I do have this!
 * Test Subject Blue: Are you alright, Starcade?
 * Starcade: Yes, though I was expecting this reaction at the same time.
 * Test Subject Blue: Your friend here has resorted to violence. *aims his proton cannon at the gang* Perhaps we should do the same.
 * Jaiden: Bonk Choy, why?!
 * Blue Ocean: I guess if you're not going to listen...
 * Captain Red Shell: Enough. *points his sword* You have challenged us to fight? Then prepare, this shall be the greatest fight you've ever fought!
 * Warlock: And that's how it happened.
 * Jelo: That's terrible.
 * Green Shadow: Gah, we agreed to only stop the Retro Rebels from attacking Echo Creek! We didn't say anything about going to their estate to retaliate!
 * Kyoji: How could they do this?
 * Warlock: I don't know. I watched them fight, and I didn't like it. I know you guys were still in Echo Creek, that's why I went to confront you guys.
 * Star: We're sorry, mister.
 * Kyoji: We have to stop our friends and yours!
 * Warlock: Quickly! To the Retro Rebels arcade cabinet!
 * Green Shadow: There they are! *points to Red Fork attacking Starcade* Starcade's in trouble!
 * Red Fork: I'm sorry, but you've left us no choice.
 * Starcade: Do what you want, but as a loyal Eitbitizen, I do not give up!
 * Red Fork: Me neither. I won't let you keep accusing my friends like this any longer!
 * Kyoji: Starcade...*remembers what he said to Starcade on the previous day*
 * Starcade: You...you saved me! Thank you!
 * Kyoji: Hey, what are friends for? I solemnly promise to protect my friends no matter what.
 * Starcade: Do you mean it?
 * Kyoji: From the bottom of my heart, indeed. I also promise to stay by your side even if times seem tough for the both of us.
 * Starcade: That's so great to hear!
 * Kyoji: I promised to protect her...and I shall prove it.
 * Green Shadow: Wait, Kyoji! It's dangerous...
 * Kyoji: I don't care! I won't allow Red Fork to kill Starcade just like that! *draws sword* I'm going in!
 * Jelo: Wow, he is gonna die.
 * Marco: Gerald, don't say that!
 * Red Fork: Whoa! What's going on? Kyoji, what are you doing?
 * Kyoji: I made a promise and I'm going to keep it! Starcade is my friend, and I won't allow her death to come!
 * Red Fork: What? But, Starcade has been accusing us of a crime we haven't done. Besides, I wasn't going to kill her. I'd never kill anyone!
 * Blue Ocean: That's true though.
 * Jelo: Alright, stop! We have had enough!
 * Star: Why do you guys have to fight?! Can't we just be friends?
 * Viking: What is going on in here?
 * Green Shadow: NO. MORE. FIGHTING.
 * Kyoji: You all should be ashamed of yourselves! Running off to fight Starcade and the Retro Rebels without telling us? That's not the way of a member of the Locked Room gang!
 * Starcade: Kyoji?! I thought you're on the Locked Room gang's side?
 * Kyoji: Don't you remember the promise I made the other day? About protecting you and everything?
 * Starcade: Yes, but it's all different ever since you guys messed with our home!
 * Kyoji: I can tell you as your boyfriend, I didn't.
 * Starcade: You don't have any evidence, do you?
 * Kyoji: No, but I do have these...*holds up the pictures*
 * Starcade: Are those...photos?
 * Kyoji: These are our memories together as the Locked Room gang. Our past actions, adventures and battles.
 * Starcade: Those don't prove anything! Sure, we have gone through a lot, but how can I be sure that you guys wouldn't attack Eitbit?
 * Kyoji: Well...I do have one more photograph. *shows the picture he took of them defeating Re-Peat Boss yesterday* This was yesterday. We fought Re-Peat Boss together, remember? Before we took this photo, I swore to protect you no matter what troubles we go through. And I saved you from Red Fork earlier.
 * Starcade: But...but...
 * Kyoji: Perhaps that shall convince you.
 * Starcade: I...I...uh...
 * Starcade: *crying* What have I done?!
 * Blue Ocean: Technically, you accused us of crimes we didn't commit, and you started a war between the Eitbitizens and the Locked Room Gang.
 * Red Fork: Shut up Blue Ocean, you're not helping.

Suddenly, the ceiling of the arcade cabinet falls onto the ground in chunks, revealing a pink robot with a cubical face. The pink robot's cockpit opens, revealing the obese man from the beginning of the story. ''The Nitrome Boss presses a button. The pink robot, or the Cuboy Machine 9001, deploys a group of strange-looking robots.'' The mimic copybots demonstrate their abilities by shapeshifting into Green Shadow, Red Fork, Jenny, Kyoji and more. Starcade jumps at the Cuboy Machine 9001, but the machine knocks her out before she can make her hit. ''The Retro Rebels see their leader get harmed, and turn around and attack the Cuboy Machine 9001. The Nitrome Boss simply knocks them out with one single shockwave.'' ''Test Subject Blue rushes to pull Starcade away from the grappling hook. The other Retro Rebels join him as well, pulling her away with all their might. However, once again, the Cuboy Machine 9001 proves to be more powerful as it manages to whisk its grappling hook away from the Retro Rebels. Seconds later, Starcade is dragged into a capsule inside the machine.'' ''The Nitrome Boss flies his Cuboy Machine 9001 upwards, away to Nitrome Towers. The Retro Rebels look upset, as they see the Nitrome Boss take Starcade away.'' Viking attempts to clobber CypherDen, but Test Subject Blue and Pink Angel hold him back. The mimic copybots summoned by the Nitrome Boss earlier show up and simultaneously open "Green Shadow.exe" to turn themselves to look like Green Shadow. The fake Green Shadows fires volleys of peas at the gang. The gang fights against the fake Green Shadows. ''Captain Red Shell slashes through several fake Green Shadows with his sword. He manages to do some damage to the fake Green Shadows.'' Shortly, the fake Green Shadows stop still, as they now open "Red Fork.exe" and turn themselves to look like Red Fork. ''Red Fork charges at the fake Red Forks, trying to ram into them, while Captain Red Shell slashes at them with his sword. Blast flies above, and kicks a cloud, causing it to shoot lightning at the fake Red Forks.'' The fake Red Forks use their ramming attacks on the gang, dealing a lot of damage. ''The fake Red Forks have taken some damage from the gang, but they are not done just yet. The mimic copybots open one last file, "Galaximus.exe" and turn themselves to look like Galaximus in her normal size.'' ''Captain Red Shell slashes his sword at the fake Galaximuses non-stop, while Blast kicks the cloud again, causing it to shoot lightning at the fake Galaximuses. The fake Galaximuses take even more damage, and their files start to glitch, causing them to change forms every now and then, from Green Shadow to Red Fork, to Galaximus, to Jelo, to Jenny, back to Green Shadow and so on. The entire Retro Rebels arcade cabinet turns into chaos!'' Blue Ocean places a large electric cannon on the floor. ''The gang steps back, as Amelia Amethyst protects everyone with a forcefield. Blast kicks the cloud, and it shoots lightning again. The lightning hits the electric cannon, causing it to overload with energy, and it shoots a devastating electric wave at the robots.'' The mimic copybots explode simultaneously, as the electricity blast has dealt more than enough damage to finish them off. Warlock opens a portal to Nitrome. ''The gang, together with the Retro Rebels enter the portal. They land right outside the Nitrome Towers.'' Blue Ocean pulls a pile of glowing boots. The gang puts on their adhesive boots. The gang starts climbing the Nitrome Tower walls. Just when the gang are about to reach the 100th floor, security camera cannons emerge and point themselves at the gang. Red Fork quickly shoots magic beams at the cameras, causing them to explode into pieces. The gang breaks the window. Meanwhile, in the Nitrome Boss's office, Starcade finally wakes up in her capsule. ''While Starcade is attempting to break the capsule, the Nitrome Boss is preparing his defenses. Back to the gang...'' ''The gang and the Retro Rebels enters the Nitrome Boss's office. The Retro Rebels get into the nearest computer room and start killing all of its workers there, gaining access to one of the computer systems. Meanwhile, the Locked Room gang heads forward and enters a room with lots of crushing blocks that are floating about.'' Just then, a computer screen pops out, revealing the Nitrome Boss himself. The Nitrome Boss shows Starcade suffocating in her capsule due to the poisonous gas.
 * Smokey Bacon: You're not helping!
 * Test Subject Blue: Poor Starcade's in tears and that's what you have to say for her?
 * Hot Air: Yeah!
 * Blast. Yeah, don't ruin her moment.
 * Kyoji: Lay off her, Blue Ocean. She's having a rough day. Plus, this could've happened to anyone.
 * Star: Yeah, come on!
 * Blue Ocean: Sorry.
 * Kyoji: *to Starcade* C'mon Starcade, it's okay. It's all over.
 * Starcade: I'm sorry, everyone. I should've known you guys wouldn't have done such a thing. Kyoji has proven me wrong about you guys, and I promise to redeem myself, somehow.
 * Kyoji: Well, this is turning out to be great. We've just averted a war.
 * Starcade: There's one thing I don't get though. If you guys didn't attack Eitbit, then who did?
 * Marco: What the heck?
 * Blast: Who is that?
 * Re-Peat Moss: Is that my TRICKY carbon-copy once again in another one of his TRICKY robots?
 * Jelo: I don't think so.
 * Green Shadow: That's not Re-Peat Boss.
 * Warlock: Oh no.
 * Green Shadow: What's wrong, Warlock?
 * Warlock: That's the Nitrome Boss!
 * Star: You mean the one you told us about?
 * Warlock: Yeah.
 * Blast: Who?
 * Nitrome Boss: At last, I have found you!
 * Starcade: Who are you?
 * Nitrome Boss: I'm the Nitrome Boss, and I must thank you, pretty girl, for giving me enough time to use your resources to upgrade my robot!
 * Starcade: So...it was YOU who attacked Eitbit?!
 * Blue Ocean: You're the one responsible for this mess?
 * Nitrome Boss: That's a great way to put it. I'm here to capture all the remaining Nitromians, as I have heard that they entered your city grounds. Nitrome is under my reign, and I won't rest until every Nitromian is enslaved by me!
 * Rebecca: You really need to lose some weight, to be honest.
 * Nitrome Boss: Silence!
 * Pink Angel: Are you talking about us?
 * Starcade: No! I won't let you, they're my friends!
 * Nitrome Boss: Aww, that is cute. Oh, and if you're still wondering why you thought the Locked Room gang attacked your home...
 * Nitrome Boss: Behold, my mimic copybots! With them, they can change into the forms of anyone, even your friends!
 * Blue Ocean: Copybots? Makes sense, they're just a robotic copy of the changelings' ability!
 * Red Fork: We're not going to let you get away with this, Nitrome Boss!
 * Captain Red Shell: You've led both the Retro Rebels and us to attack innocent people. But now that you've revealed yourself, we can stop your evil plans!
 * Starcade: So you fabricated all of this evidence?
 * Nitrome Boss: Indeed I did.
 * Starcade: You tricked us? The Locked Room gang, the Retro Rebels and me? You're gonna pay big time for that, buster! *runs directly towards the Cuboy Machine 9001, while charging a powerful punch*
 * Kyoji: Starcade, no!
 * Blue Ocean: Starcade! *runs to her* Are you ok?
 * Blast: Of course she's not! That bad guy knocked her out!
 * Kyoji: *checks on Starcade* No response. Looks like she's knocked out pretty badly.
 * Nitrome Boss: You Nitromians are pathetic! If you want your leader back, you gotta catch her first! *presses a button and fires a grappling hook at Starcade* GET OVER HERE!
 * Test Subject Blue: Starcade!
 * Nitrome Boss: Do you want to see that girl again? Meet me at Nitrome Towers, I shall be waiting.
 * CypherDen: He's getting away!
 * Jaiden: Come back here!
 * Hot Air: Starcade's mine, er...ours!
 * Licorice: Looks like we have failed to protect her after all as Retro Rebels.
 * Pink Angel: Cheer up, Licorice. We will save her.
 * Test Subject Blue: It doesn't matter now, we have to work together and take down the Nitrome Boss!
 * Viking: I agree!
 * Smokey Bacon: So do I!
 * Fat Cat: Meow!
 * Owl: Fat Cat...*facewings*
 * CypherDen: Honestly, I still kinda don't trust you Nitromians.
 * Viking: Oh yeah? Would you like to feel the force of my hammer?
 * Pink Angel: Sorry, but he has anger management issues.
 * CypherDen: Oh yeah, anger management issues. Right.
 * Green Shadow: Den, stop it. If the Retro Rebels are willing to help us save Starcade, we can use more allies. Plus, they know more about the Nitrome Boss than anyone.
 * CypherDen: How do you know?
 * Green Shadow: Warlock told me about their history. He's on our side.
 * CypherDen: Oh no.
 * Bonk Choy: So that was how Starcade got her "evidence"?
 * Blue Ocean: I told you these robots are like the changelings.
 * Red Fork: Well, if we're going to work together to save Starcade, then let's do it right. First of all, let's get rid of these copybots!
 * Test Subject Blue: I hate to say it, but that's the only way.
 * Green Shadow: This is...
 * Pink Angel: Bad?
 * Re-Peat Moss: TRICKY?
 * Bonk Choy: Un-pea-lievable?
 * Green Shadow: Too soon, Bonk Choy!
 * Jelo: Yep, definitely fits the situation we're in.
 * Red Fork: *dodging peas* Let's do this! *shoots magic beams at the fake Green Shadows*
 * Blue Ocean: It's like fighting Dark Green Shadow, except that there's many of them! *creates a forcefield to protect the gang from the peas*
 * Kyoji: Agreed!
 * Captain Red Shell: A battle has been requested, a battle shall be given!
 * Viking: Let's fight!
 * Viking: I gotta be honest here, captain, you're quite an honorable warrior.
 * Captain Red Shell: Thanks. It's my job.
 * Fat Cat: Meow? (How did they change forms?)
 * Owl: They're the Nitrome Boss' mimic copybots. They can change forms.
 * Green Shadow: Great, we're now onto fake Red Forks now?!
 * Jelo: This is like that time we beat up Fake Fork all over again! ×128!
 * Bonk Choy: God, those memories are coming back! Does that fat dork know about our history?
 * Blue Ocean: I don't know, but we have to defeat those fake forks!
 * Re-Peat Moss: I'm through with these TRICKY ruses!
 * Red Ruby: At least we don't have to worry about what's fake and what's not anymore!
 * Toby Topaz: We still have to worry about Starcade though.
 * Red Ruby: Whatever, she's annoying!
 * Blue Ocean: *the Red Forks ram through the forcefield* Forcefield down!
 * Alice: Aah! *falls onto the ground*
 * Captain Red Shell: *gets knocked back by the fake Red Forks* This will be tougher than we thought...
 * Red Fork: *fights his copies* Ugh... they're pretty strong...
 * Blast: At least they can't ram into me up here!
 * Blue Ocean: But they can ram into us down here!
 * Green Shadow: *notices that the mimic copybots are damaged* Looks like they've taken some damage!
 * Warlock: We're not done, Green Shadow. They're changing forms again!
 * Bonk Choy: What? Of all the forms they change into, they chose Galaximus?!
 * Blue Ocean: What!? As if the fake Red Forks weren't heavy enough... *faints*
 * Captain Red Shell: Let's finish this fight once and for all!
 * Bonk Choy: This is just like every day ever, when we have to constantly battle Galaximus and the Galactic Army.
 * Kyoji: This is getting too much! We have to destroy those robots quickly!
 * Gary Garnet: According to my calculations, the mimic copybots have taken so much damage that their files are glitching, causing them to switch forms at a rapid rate.
 * Blast: So, if we deal more damage, will they blow up?
 * Green Shadow: Hopefully.
 * Bonk Choy: Those copybots' moves are getting unpredictable! Are you sure that's a good idea?
 * Green Shadow: Would you rather leave them attacking then?
 * Bonk Choy: Good point.
 * Green Shadow: But we need something powerful to finish them off. What can it be?
 * Blue Ocean: I've got an idea!
 * Blue Ocean: Blast, can you kick the cloud again? We need the lightning to hit the cannon.
 * Blast: Sure thing! Everyone else, we've got to stand away. This is dangerous.
 * Amelia Amethyst: I got you covered!
 * Blast: How did...?
 * Blue Ocean: My gadgets can amplify most elemental attacks.
 * Alice: That cannon transformed the electric energy into a lethal blast of electricity! Fascinating!
 * Test Subject Blue: Take that, bolts-for-brains!
 * Pink Angel: This turned out to be a glorious day.
 * Hot Air: Can I have the robot parts?
 * Test Subject Blue: No.
 * Hot Air: Okay...
 * Blue Ocean: Well, that's been dealed with.
 * Blast: Great plan, Blue Ocean!
 * Blue Ocean: Thanks, good job Blast!
 * Captain Red Shell: We can congratulate ourselves later. We still have to rescue Starcade.
 * Green Shadow: Where is she?
 * Test Subject Blue: Well, like the Nitrome Boss said, he's keeping her in Nitrome Towers. We shall take you outside the towers.
 * Red Fork: Good. Let's go and defeat that Nitrome Boss once and for all!
 * Test Subject Blue: Warlock?
 * Warlock: One portal to Nitrome coming up!
 * Warlock: Let's go.
 * Blue Ocean: Thanks.
 * Gary Garnet: Now that's a huge building!
 * Licorice: Welcome, or should I say unwelcome, to the Nitrome Towers. It has a total of 100 floors, excluding the roof. Each floor has security weapons and guards that are impossible to get through.
 * Pink Angel: You're being too pessimistic, Licorice. Anyway, yes, while it seems impossible, there is an elevator that we can use.
 * Licorice: Which is far from the entrance in front of us.
 * Blue Ocean: Which floor is Nitrome Boss on? I think I know another way we can get to him.
 * Licorice: The top floor...Floor 100. That's where his office is. We Retro Rebels have tried invading the towers several times, but we weren't able to defeat him. We barely even made it out of the towers alive.
 * Hot Air: And I even nearly had my kill on the Nitrome Boss!
 * Green Shadow: Is there a way to defeat him somehow?
 * Owl: Well, we have to take him out by the heart.
 * Toby Topaz: His heart?! Oh no, that's too gruesome!
 * Owl: I didn't mean the organ! You see, the power and functionality of the entire towers and his robots are ensured by a database known as "The Heart". To defeat the Nitrome Boss, we must destroy that Heart.
 * Blue Ocean: Well, as I said, I have an idea of how we can get to him safely.
 * Blast: What would that be, Blue Ocean?
 * Red Fork: What's this, Blue Ocean?
 * Blue Ocean: They're anti-gravity, wall-adhesive boots.
 * Blast: What do they do?
 * Blue Ocean: If we wear them, we'll be able to walk on the walls!
 * Blast: Cool, but, how will that help us?
 * Alice: Blast... *facepalms* Blue Ocean suggests that we use these boots to walk over the outside of the tower to reach the top.
 * Blue Ocean: Exactly. That way we'll be able to reach the top floor without even entering the tower's other floors!
 * Green Shadow: I'm not sure if that's safe though. What if the boots malfunction and we fall?
 * Pink Angel: We did mention that there's an elevator. It's safer, plus we'll only need to get through one floor of defenses!
 * Test Subject Blue: What do you think, guys? Should we follow Blue Ocean's idea or Pink Angel's idea?
 * Blast: Well, Blue Ocean's idea keeps us completely away from the tower's defenses until Floor 100, so I'd go for his idea.
 * Captain Red Shell: The climb could prove to be risky, though.
 * Blue Ocean: Don't worry. These adhesive boots are completely safe. It'll be exactly like walking on the floor!
 * Red Fork: I think I'll go with Blue Ocean's idea. Seems like a smarter way to reach Nitrome Boss.. I bet that villain is expecting us to try the elevator. But he's definitely not expecting us to reach him from the outside of the building!
 * Alice: That's a good point.
 * Gary Garnet: Yeah! Plus we have flyers that can basically catch us if we fall.
 * Test Subject Blue: Alright then, we'll go with Blue Ocean's idea.
 * Blue Ocean: Great! Now everyone, put on some adhesive boots, and we're on our way!
 * Licorice: I don't know about this, maybe the Nitrome Boss has defenses on his tower walls as well? I mean, we don't know if it's true, but it's not worth the shot climbing the wall.
 * Blue Ocean: I'm pretty sure he expects us to use the elevator. He doesn't even know I have these boots at all.
 * Red Fork: That's where the surprise factor comes in. We'll attack him from where he'd never imagine we'd come in.
 * Red Ruby: We're wasting time!
 * Diana Diamond: So, let's not waste any further!
 * Green Shadow: Wait, how do we even destroy the Heart?
 * Test Subject Blue: During our invasion attempts, we have gathered information about the Heart, which is said that it can only be destroyed with a certain code.
 * Green Shadow: What's that?
 * Test Subject Blue: It's called the Bang Code. Once entered, everything that the Nitrome Boss has created will be destroyed...forever.
 * Bonk Choy: For how long did you say?
 * Test Subject Blue: FOREVER!
 * Blue Ocean: So, I imagine you have the code, right?
 * Test Subject Blue: Unfortunately, no. We're gonna need to get into a computer room and print out the Bang Code. So here's the plan, we'll do the printing of the Bang Code. You guys go free Starcade. We shall meet in the Nitrome Boss's office.
 * Red Fork: Got it.
 * CypherDen: Okay...
 * Computer Voice: Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
 * Jaiden: AAH!
 * Blast: Yikes!
 * Rebecca: Oh no!
 * Star: What are we gonna do?!
 * Blue Ocean: Oh, this isn't good.
 * Red Fork: I'll handle this.
 * Red Fork: That'll do it.
 * Marco: Thank goodness!
 * Alice: I'm pretty sure it isn't over. We've been detected!
 * Blue Ocean: Then let's hurry to the 100th floor, and enter through the window.
 * Green Shadow: You're right.
 * Test Subject Blue: The Nitrome Boss's office is straight ahead.
 * Smokey Bacon: Be careful, the defenses in there are the strongest among the other 99 floors.
 * Pink Angel: Plus, the Nitrome Boss already knows we're here. We have to be fast.
 * Starcade: Wha---what's going on? Where am I?
 * Nitrome Boss: Hello, Starcade. You're awake.
 * Starcade: Nitrome Boss, where am I? Where are my friends?
 * Nitrome Boss: Your friends? They're already in the towers, but I'm going to take care of them soon enough!
 * Starcade: Don't you dare harm them!
 * Nitrome Boss: What's wrong? Can't bear to witness a few deaths? I thought you were much tougher than that!
 * Starcade: What are you doing?
 * Nitrome Boss: They're about to have a surprise once they enter! Let me just get ready the surprise.
 * Starcade: You'll never get away with this! Once I get my hands on you, you'll be sorry for everything you have done!
 * Nitrome Boss: Oh, aren't you cute when you're mad? Now, I shall take care of you! *starts releasing poisonous gases into Starcade's capsule*
 * Starcade: What?!
 * Nitrome Boss: This gas shall kill you in 30 minutes. I'm sure with my defenses waiting for them, they'll take longer than that! Now if you excuse me, I'll take care of your friends myself.
 * Starcade: COME BACK HERE!
 * Test Subject Blue: We don't have much time, who knows what the Nitrome Boss might do to Starcade?
 * Blue Ocean: We'd better hurry.
 * Red Fork: Remember the plan. We rescue Starcade, while the Retro Rebels take care of the Bang Code.
 * Blast: Got it.
 * Blue Ocean: Here we are, floor 100. I can't wait to see Nitrome Boss's face when he sees that we've skipped past his defenses in the first 99 floors!
 * Gary Garnet: If I were him, I wouldn't be surprised.
 * Star: Wait, 99 floors?!
 * Blue Ocean: Yes. This is floor 100.
 * Blast: Now it's time to defeat that Nitrome Boss and save Starcade!
 * Pink Angel: Let's get in there!
 * Toby Topaz: Blocks! They're everywhere!
 * Captain Red Shell: Proceed with caution.
 * Nitrome Boss: Greetings, Locked Room gang. It's me, the Nitrome Boss, once again!
 * Jelo: What do you want?
 * Blue Ocean: Hi.
 * Red Fork: I see you made some arrangements here just for our visit. Very nice of you! Too bad we're gonna have to defeat you.
 * Nitrome Boss: Those cameras have told me about you fools sneaking past the other 99 floors by walking on my tower walls. But that's not all - I have something else to show you!


 * Kyoji: Oh no!
 * Blue Ocean: What are you doing to her!?
 * Nitrome Boss: Teaching her a lesson for keeping those Nitromians away from me, that's what!
 * Red Fork: That's it! No more playing around! Locked Room Gang, time to stop this mad man!
 * Jelo: Yeah, let's go!
 * Nitrome Boss: Want to stop me? Not until you get past my Five Rooms of Doom. This here, is only the first section. As you can see, there are stone blocks moving from wall to wall everywhere, ready to crush you at any moment. So you'd better be careful! Nitrome Boss out.
 * Green Shadow: What a despicable person! How are we getting past the first section?
 * Blast: I could zip through at super speed, but I guess we can't all do that.
 * Jaiden: Yeah.
 * Blue Ocean: We have to be smart, and think of a way to cross safely.
 * Amelia Amethyst: Hey, Blue Ocean, how about we combine our forcefields, huh? *raises a forcefield*
 * Blue Ocean: Great idea! *creates a forcefield, and combines it with Amelia's forcefield*
 * Red Fork: I bet we can cross now!
 * Green Shadow: But there's one problem: We don't know how we're getting that door open.
 * Diana Diamond: I think to do that, we'll have to destroy those stone blocks!
 * Captain Red Shell: It will take something powerful to do that.
 * Diana Diamond: How about we turn into the Rainbow Gem?
 * Amelia Amethyst: I don't know, I'm helping Blue Ocean defend everyone with our forcefields!
 * Diana Diamond: Okay, I guess we can try something else.
 * Alice: Hm... Red Ruby, do you think your explosives could destroy those stone blocks?
 * Rebecca: Yeah, Red!
 * Red Ruby: Well, yes, I do believe explosives can destroy anything.
 * Jelo: But can we do so without triggering any alarms?
 * Rebecca: There's no alarms here. We already passed through them already.
 * Blue Ocean: Ready to give it your best shot, Red Ruby?

Red Ruby throws some dynamite sticks at the stone blocks, dealing some damage to them. Red Ruby keeps throwing dynamite sticks at the stone blocks, as they are about to break the forcefield. Red Fork starts shooting magic blasts at the stone blocks, damaging them even more. ''Red Fork and Red Ruby continue attacking the stone blocks, until they are all at last gone. The door opens as well.'' ''The gang moves on to the Second Room of Doom, where there are moving electric alien rods, each one of them firing lasers in four directions - up, down, left, right. Another computer screen pops out and reveals the Nitrome Boss.'' Amelia Amethyst tries to walk through the room with her forcefield, but she realises that the lasers are able to penetrate her forcefield. ''The electric alien rods move towards the gang, ready to kill them with their lasers. Captain Red Shell takes out his sword, ready to use it to deflect the lasers.'' As Captain Red Shell tries to deflect the lasers back to some electric alien rods, the gang attempts to use their skills to outsmart and defeat the other electric alien rods. ''Blue Ocean and Gary Garnet grab their laser cannons, and start shooting lasers at the electric alien rods. The electric alien rods hit by the lasers stop firing their lasers as they constantly blink their eyes.'' ''Alice takes a small laser cannon and starts shooting at the electric alien rods' eyes. The electric alien rods with their eyes being hit by the lasers become blinded, allowing the rest of the gang to finish them off.'' The gang use their technique to finish off the electric alien rods, causing the door to open to the third Room of Doom. ''As the gang enters the third Room of Doom, they suddenly find themselves floating in the air uncontrollably, while coming face to face with a giant wall full of cannons of different types. The Nitrome Boss appears in a screen once again.'' However, Blue Ocean and Amelia Amethyst are unable to combine forcefields, as the forces acting on them pull them apart. Blue Ocean tries to reach Red Fork, but the gang members keep floating about so much that they keep crashing into one another, preventing Blue Ocean from getting to Red Fork. Red Fork uses his magic to hold everyone in place, so that they don't float around aimlessly anymore. Red Fork uses his magic to move Blue Ocean directly to the datapad, while the rest are still kept in place. The cannons on the wall aim themselves and fire all sorts of ammunition at Blue Ocean. Blue Ocean starts entering the code, while having to dodge the cannon projectiles at the same time. Amelia Amethyst's forcefield is deflecting the cannon projectiles while she and Blue Ocean are in it. ''Blue Ocean finishes writing the code. The cannons stop firing, the wall crumbles and the door behind it opens.'' The gang enters the fourth Room of Doom, where the floor is made of multi-colored tiles and there are robotic dragons roaming about. Another computer screen pops up and reveals the Nitrome Boss. Toby Topaz gets tossed into the air the moment he steps onto the yellow tile. ''Blue Ocean steps onto a blue tile. His overall speed gets reduced significantly.'' ''Red Fork steps onto a red tile. A red laser is fired from the tile, burning Red Fork.'' Green Shadow tries the green tile, which significantly increases her overall speed. ''Bonk Choy continuously hops from green tile to green tile, until he gets so fast that he continuously steps on the other colored tiles. At last, he returns, having been burned by the robotic dragons and the red tiles.'' ''Captain Red Shell quickly jumps on the green tiles, and slashes his sword at the robotic dragons. Thanks to his gained speed, he can quickly move out of the way before the robotic dragons attack him.'' ''Red Fork jumps on the green tiles, and shoots magic beams at the robotic dragons. The robotic dragons unleash powerful flames at the gang that spread outwards.'' ''Red Fork rams into one of the robotic dragons, making it step the red tile. The red tile fires a laser that even pierces through that robotic dragon. That robotic dragon takes severe damage, but is still functioning.''
 * Red Ruby: Yes. Besides, that fatty already knows we're here, so triggering any alarm won't be a problem to us. Here goes!
 * Blast: I think it's working. Try some more.
 * Red Ruby: Well, there's never enough explosions for me!
 * Amelia Amethyst: Our forcefield's about to break!
 * Blue Ocean: Hurry!
 * Red Fork: I'll help!
 * Red Ruby: Let's show those stone blocks the power of "Red"!
 * Blue Ocean: Great job reds! Now let's move on, and quick, Starcade is counting on us.
 * Kyoji: Yes please.
 * Toby Topaz: I hope the next challenge isn't as hard as the last.
 * Bonk Choy: Bro, challenges never get easier.
 * Nitrome Boss: So you passed my First Room of Doom? That was just luck, you were only lucky enough to find out how to escape the room. You won't be so lucky in this next room!
 * Blue Ocean: If you know our history enough, you'd know that we've already been through much worse.
 * Red Fork: That's right! You're rooms won't stop us!
 * Blast: So, how do we get past this one?
 * Blue Ocean: Forcefield?
 * Amelia Amethyst: Let me try it.
 * Nitrome Boss: Not so simple now, is it?
 * Blue Ocean: Ok, we'll have to think of something else.
 * Captain Red Shell: The lasers may be able to penetrate your forcefields, but they won't be able to penetrate my ancient sword. I'll use my sword to deflect the lasers back to where they came from. The rest of you must find the way to open the door.
 * Jelo: Worth a shot!
 * Nitrome Boss: Oh, and according to my calculations on Starcade's condition, she'll die via poison in 25 minutes sharp. You better hurry if you want to save her! Nitrome Boss out.
 * Blue Ocean: What!?
 * Kyoji: Same strategy as before, we have to destroy those aliens!
 * Captain Red Shell: Understood. I'll deflect their lasers back into them, while you guys try to destroy them by other means.
 * Green Shadow: Got it.
 * Blue Ocean: What if we use lasers of our own?
 * Gary Garnet: That's smart. I have a laser cannon too.
 * Gary Garnet: Those eyes must be where their lasers are coming from!
 * Blue Ocean: Good. Let's shoot for the eyes.
 * Alice: I'll help too..
 * Green Shadow: We're doing great! I can sense the door opening any moment!
 * Star: I hope so!
 * Blue Ocean: Let's finish these electric alien rods so that we can move on!
 * Green Shadow: Right!
 * Red Fork: We did it! Let's go to the next room!
 * Green Shadow: What's next?
 * Marco: Zero-g. Very funny.
 * Nitrome Boss: I see you're much better than I thought. Now you shall perish under the wrath of the wall in front of you.
 * Blast: Actually, this feels a lot like my first day with superpowers. I wasn't able to control them, and I would float around out of control.
 * Blue Ocean: Amelia, let's make a forcefield!
 * Amelia Amethyst: Okay!
 * Nitrome Boss: Oh, and Starcade's dying in there. 21 minutes left for her. Tick tock, Locked Room gang. Nitrome Boss out.
 * Blue Ocean: This is bad.
 * Red Fork: I think we need to destroy those cannons to proceed. Blue Ocean, try to come where I am. Let's do a team combo.
 * Blue Ocean: I'll try to reach you...
 * Green Shadow: Great, how can we stabilise ourselves and destroy that wall?
 * Red Fork: Ok, let me try something.
 * Star: Oh, thank goodness!
 * Red Fork: Ok, you guys will have to solve this one. I'm using all my strength to keep this spell.
 * Gary Garnet: Hmm...I see a datapad on that wall. Blue Ocean, do you think you can get there and enter a kill code?
 * Blue Ocean: Sure can! Red Fork, move me towards the datapad.
 * Red Fork: Got it.
 * Gary Garnet: You still have to dodge the cannons though!
 * CypherDen: So, what now?
 * Green Shadow: Blue Ocean's gonna handle the destruction of the wall.
 * CypherDen: Okay. Go Blue Ocean!
 * Amelia Amethyst: Blue Ocean needs my help! *activates a forcefield* Red Fork, could you move me to Blue Ocean?
 * Red Fork: Got it. *Red Fork uses his magic to move Amelia to where Blue Ocean is* There you go.
 * Amelia Amethyst: I'm coming, Blue Ocean! How's the code going?
 * Toby Topaz: Is the wall down yet?
 * Red Ruby: Are you blind?!
 * Blue Ocean: Thanks Amelia! Now I can finish this code.
 * Green Shadow: We did it!
 * Captain Red Shell: Good job everyone. Now let's proceed to the next room.
 * Red Fork: Whoa, this is what I call a change of pace.
 * Blue Ocean: So, what do we do this time?
 * Green Shadow: Let's find out.
 * Red Ruby: I wonder if that dork will be dumb enough to give us the solution.
 * Nitrome Boss: I heard that, you know? And quit your trash talk, Starcade's time left is 15 minutes! She's dying in there.
 * Red Fork: We're at room four already! 15 minutes is plenty.
 * Blast: So, how do we continue?
 * Nitrome Boss: As you can see, there are red, yellow, green and blue tiles. Don't ask me what they do, you know what to do to escape this room, yes?
 * Green Shadow: You'll be sorry once we escape all five rooms!
 * Nitrome Boss: Trust me, the fifth room is the worst of all. Not even the Retro Rebels have bypassed it before. Nitrome Boss out.
 * Red Fork: Well, we're not the Retro Rebels. We're the Locked Room Gang! We can overcome anything!
 * Captain Red Shell: Let's see... if Nitrome Boss mentioned the colored tiles, they must be important.
 * Blast: But, what do they do?
 * Toby Topaz: Oh, let's try yellow! It's my favourite colour!
 * Blue Ocean: Nope, the answer isn't yellow. Let's try blue! I have a good feeling about that one!
 * Blast: It's not because that's your color, right?
 * Blue Ocean: Uh... no?
 * Gary Garnet: So blue slows down the one who steps on it?
 * Blue Ocean: *talking in slow motion* I... guess... that's... right...
 * Captain Red Shell: I think we shouldn't just try tiles wrecklessly.
 * Red Fork: I'll try the red one! Because red...
 * Alice: Is your favorite color?
 * Red Fork: Yeah, how did you know?
 * Alice: Pattern recognition.
 * Red Ruby: Ouch.
 * Red Fork: That's no good.
 * Blast: Ok Green Shadow, your turn. Try the green tile.
 * Alice: Why her?
 * Blast: Because she's green, and it's in her name too. Makes sense to me.
 * Green Shadow: No problem.
 * Green Shadow: *talks quickly* I just figured out that the green tile increases your speed! Blue Ocean, why don't you step on one to counter your slowness effect?
 * Blue Ocean: *talks in slow motion* I'll... try... it... *moves slowly towards the green tile*
 * Red Fork: That's some luck, she got the right tile.
 * Captain Red Shell: Let's stay on the green tiles for this room.
 * Kyoji: We still have dragons to take care of.
 * Bonk Choy: Alright, here goes!
 * Kyoji: Bonk Choy, wait!
 * Kyoji: I say we'll have to play this strategically.
 * Captain Red Shell: Pay attention to the tiles you step on, and proceed with caution towards the enemies.
 * Red Fork: Got it! I'm right behind you!
 * Green Shadow: Nothing's working on the dragons! They don't seem to take any damage!
 * Diana Diamond: Hmm, I wonder if there's a way to damaging those dragons.
 * Red Fork: Let me try something!
 * Diana Diamond: That's it! It's the red tiles that kill the dragons!