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
 * 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. 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.''
 * 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*
 * 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?
 * Jaiden and CypherDen lines.

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.
 * 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.
 * 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... specially 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: I think so...?
 * 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?