Redemption

At the Loud House, Albert and Stanford had portalled into the back yard and made their way to Lisa's bunker. Upon entry, Albert had felt his powers returning, and Stanford had noticed Albert's half-moon cheek marks when they arrived.

"Incredible. You have magic here, but not in our world," Stanford commented.

"It's a mystery, but every time I use my abilities here, it feels strange, almost foreign," Albert replied. Stanford thought about this for a moment.

"If I had to guess, I'd say you were tapping into a completely different Realm of Magic that is still intact," Stanford hypothesised.

"An interesting theory, but we don't have time to fully explore it now. Let's get what we came for and be on our way. I would like to avoid any more contact with what few Louds remain here," Albert noted. On the way, they noticed the memorial placed at the entrance to the bunker.

"I can understand that. Judging by all of this, they must be beside themselves with worry and grief," Stanford sympathised.

"I did tell them not to get involved. I should've known they would be so impulsive as to try this," Albert said remorsefully.

"If my experience with Dipper and Mabel has taught me anything, it's that children are unpredictable and often act on instinct and emotion, rather than rational thought," Stanford eased.

"I just hope they know what they're getting into. Fighting Bill is not a decision to be made lightly," Albert mused.

"Indeed, indeed," Stanford responded. He then pulled out a device that unlocked the entrance to the bunker in ten seconds flat. "Something I 'procured' from my days wandering the multiverse," Stanford added.

"I'm not going to ask you the define 'procured' since I probably already know the answer, and here I thought Stanley was the thief in the family," Albert said.

"All in the name of science, I assure you," Stanford replied. They went in and saw the wreckage that was once Lisa's portal device.

"Well, Stanford, is it like yours?" Albert asked. Stanford looked it over.

"It's similar in design and function, but this Lisa Loud has also added lots of other features I've never thought of. If that's so, then the records must be…ah, here they are," Stanford searched for a terminal that logged the Loud siblings' departure details, as well as a clue to what happened at the time of the accident.

"Plug this in. We should copy as much as we can so we can comb through it later," Albert handed Stanford a USB stick to transfer the data over. Stanford took the flash drive and started copying all relevant data, after using another one of his gadgets to brute force the password protection. Stanford was looking over the data already. Being a fast reader, he immediately got an idea as to what happened.

"Judging from what I've seen here, it looks like the Loud siblings went to a place called 'Retroville'. Apparently, Lisa has been in contact with yet another child genius called Jimmy for some time now. Doubtless, they went to him for help," Stanford summarised.

"Retroville? Never heard of it. Must be another Uncharted Realm," Albert responded. Stanford then looked at another portion of the data and was eager to report his findings.

"What happened to those other kids is also logged here before the system was forced to shut down. It seems the portal encountered some sort of anomaly and overloaded," Stanford concluded.

"What kind of anomaly?" Albert inquired.

"There's a holo-record, and the holo-emitters are still intact. I can display it, if you like," Stanford informed.

"Holo-emitters? Where does Lisa get this stuff or the money to build it? Never mind, proceed," Albert wondered. Stanford then proceeded to play the holo-record, and the bunker came to life with the images of events that took place before the accident. The kids Albert recognised from his time in Royal Woods as Sam and Benny, as well as the siblings Ronnie Anne and Bobby Santiago, were there too. With them was Sid, Ronnie Anne's best friend in Great Lakes City. Benny had just plugged in the machine when it started to overload. Warnings and alarms were going off, and the portal came to life violently, sucking them into an unknown world before shutting down. Stanford noticed something odd and rewound the playback. He paused the holo-images at the point when the portal came to life. He noticed what looked like a small crack in the portal.

"Interesting. It seems this crack in the fabric of space-time caused the machine to overload, somehow. According to these logs, the portal was supposed to take them to the last known coordinates, but instead, they got sent somewhere else," Stanford pieced together the events of the accident.

"Does it say where?" Albert probed. Stanford looked at the data again and drew a very surprising conclusion.

"It would appear they got sent to our world," Stanford revealed. This threw Albert for a loop but also gave him some small measure of hope.

"If they're in our world, I can have agents out looking for them in no time. Then, it's a simple matter of getting them home. Can we retrieve the coordinates for this Retroville place?" Albert asked.

"Everything's on here, although, this does raise a few questions," Stanford remarked.

"Such as?" Albert wondered.

"Is inter-dimensional travel still safe to use? What if what happened here could happen to our portal device?" Stanford postulated. As much as Albert wanted to bring the Louds home, if it is true that portal technology was no longer safe to use, the options for doing so became severely limited.

"We should return to the homeworld and discuss our options there. For now, let's focus on the other kids," Albert resolved. Stanford agreed, and Albert used his magic to portal the two of them back to Excalibur HQ.

At Jimmy's lab, the Louds were worried about Lucy. After enacting the Awakening Spell and granting them their dormant inherent magical abilities, Lucy was drained of all her energy as she lay within minutes of her life on Jimmy's couch. There was an eerie silence until Jimmy broke the ice.

"I think she'll be more comfortable in this," Jimmy suggested and activated a remote that turned the couch into a double bed.

"How long has this been a thing?" Carl asked in amazement. Jimmy was a little embarrassed to answer but did so anyway.

"Since I asked out Cindy. I hoped I could bring her down here and have some alone time with her on occasion," Jimmy replied sheepishly.

"Never mind that. How can we save Lucy?" Lori urged. Jimmy did not know how to answer that question in a way that would make the answer easy to hear, so he decided on the blunt, honest truth.

"I don't know. Medically, she's perfectly healthy, but for some reason my devices cannot explain, we're losing her," Jimmy stated sadly. The other Louds were visibly saddened by this news. "It's like she's lost the energy to carry on," Jimmy added. He paused for a second, then finished with the following statement. "I'll give you a few minutes," and Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen followed him out.

"Tell me this is not happening, that this is some horrible nightmare," Lola said desperately.

"If it is, we're all having the same one," Luan rebutted. Lynn approached Lucy's bedside and took her hand.

"Did…..did it work?" Lucy panted.

"We're not sure yet, save your energy," Lynn replied. Lucy was visibly struggling to stay awake, the medical devices displayed her pulse dropping.

"Make it count," Lucy told Lynn and the others. Lucy then cupped Lynn's cheek in her hand. "I've never been more proud of this family than I am now," Lucy went on.

"Don't you dare. No way am I losing you again!" Lynn tried to get Lucy to hang on, but deep down, she knew it was no use.

"Look after them for me, Lynn. Keep them safe. Whatever comes your way, you'll face it together," Lucy requested.

"I will, Luce. My word, I will," Lynn promised. Lucy then slowly lost consciousness. "Don't go. Don't leave me, please," Lynn begged. There was no response, nor was there a dry eye in any of the Louds. Even Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, Cindy, and Libby, who were listening from the other side of the lab door, could not suppress their sadness for long. Leni, in her grief, could swear she was hallucinating.

"Guys, is it just me, or are there two Lucys?" Leni inquired. The others were curious. When they looked up, the Louds could also see a woman that looked like Lucy, only older and more spectral-looking.

"Is that Lucy's spirit waiting to move on or something?" Lana asked.

"No, I am not Lucy. Don't you recognise your great-grandmother when you see her?" Harriet responded. The mood changed from grieving to confusion.

"OK, what?" Luna remarked.

"If you all can see and hear me, then the spell was successful," Harriet observed.

"Then you taught her that spell. You're responsible for this!" Lynn blamed Harriet for Lucy's condition.

"Lucy knew the risks. Now be silent. I need to save my great grand-daughter," Harriet dismissed Lynn's outburst. She then knelt beside Lucy and whispered the Awakening Spell in her ear. As she did so, the medical devices attached to Lucy showed increased life-signs. When she was finished, Lucy was stabilised, but still unconscious.

"It is done. Now it is time for me to go. But stop Bill. Find out why the dimensions are collapsing in on themselves. This quest is not over yet," Harriet instructed before disappearing completely. The others came bursting into the room. Jimmy looked at his devices and relayed the good news that Lucy would make it out of this yet.

"I can't explain this. She should be dead by now," Jimmy said in disbelief. The Louds were just happy that Lucy is alive. They all hugged each other in relief, while Lisa took over Lucy's care.

"She'll need time to fully recover her strength, but I can safely say she's out of the woods," Lisa happily concluded.

"So, about that couch-bed you said was for us alone," Cindy changed the topic of conversation. Jimmy then started chuckling in embarrassment.

"Well, Libby did tell us to 'get a lab'," Jimmy responded.

"I didn't mean it literally!" Libby rebutted, and they all laughed. The commotion woke Lucy up from her slumber.

"Would you keep it down? I was trying to sleep," Lucy groaned. She tried to get up, but Lynn stopped her.

"Easy, Luce, you've been through quite an ordeal," Lynn soothed while gently laying Lucy back down. Lincoln decided to bring everyone back on to the business at hand.

"As relieved as I am that Lucy's going to be OK, need I remind you all that Calamitous needs our help?" Lincoln pressed. The rest of the group could not believe that, in the emotional rollercoaster that was Lucy's near-death experience, they had forgotten why she needed to enact the Awakening Spell in the first place. That being the fact that Calamitous has betrayed the League by stealing back Jimmy's portal device, with his daughter's help, and has now begged Jimmy for extraction, and to speed the Louds' empowerment, the Awakening Spell was necessary because Calamitous couldn't wait long.

"Now that Lucy's OK, the question is, did it work?" Luna inquired.

"What, seeing Great-Grandma Harriet's ghost wasn't enough evidence for you?" Lynn rebutted.

"I'm just saying, we will need to learn to use these powers if we have them. It's not like we could just snap our fingers and stuff happens," Luna argued. She made to snap her fingers when Jimmy stopped her.

"Woah, there. If you're going to snap fingers and practice magic, best not to do it in a lab full of unstable elements," Jimmy cautioned.

"Yeah, plus you don't want to accidentally make, I don't know, half of all people on Earth disappear or something," Sheen added.

"Seriously, Sheen, why would anyone want to do that, accidentally or otherwise?" Jimmy posited.

"All that aside, I caught a glimpse of how that Albert dude was able to conjure portals to pretty much anywhere. I think all we have to do is think about where we want to go and picture a portal there in our mind's eye, or something like that, and it'll appear," Luna theorised.

"It's worth a shot, but some of us should stay behind and see to Lucy. I don't want her coming with us, as she's in no shape to fight," Lori agreed. Carl and Sheen volunteered to watch over Lucy, as did Lisa.

"We've never been any good at the whole 'villain fighting' routine, anyway," Carl stated.

"Yeah, plus their lair is on a mountain in the Himalayas. Way too cold for my liking, although it may suit the Ice Prince just fine," Sheen said to Lincoln, who looked quite annoyed.

"I thought this joke had died. One of these days, you are going to have to show me this cartoon you're so obsessed with," Lincoln responded.

"I have the whole thing on DVR," Sheen replied.

"I should hang back, too. I doubt the League responds to funky dance moves," Libby added.

"Well, I'm going with Jimmy. He'd be lost without me, plus someone with hand-to-hand combat skills should go," Cindy bragged.

"What am I? Chopped liver?" Lynn remarked.

"OK, fine, two people with hand-to-hand combat skills should go," Cindy quickly retracted.

"OK, Luna, try portalling us there," Lori urged. Luna took a few deep breaths, closed her eyes and said to herself "A mountain in the Himalayas. Calamitous is waiting outside,". She then outstretched her hand and pictured a portal there in her mind. To everyone's astonishment, one appeared in front of them. They could even see Calamitous pacing up and down. When he turned and saw the portal, he jumped in fright.

"OK, Jimmy, that's exceptional even by your standards," Calamitous complimented.

"Wasn't me, Professor. I don't have time to explain. Where's…your daughter?" Jimmy asked. He almost said 'where's Beautiful Gorgeous', but even he had enough social grace to know that referring to her as such would not be appropriate in front of her father.

"On her way, hopefully, with your portal device, although from what I've seen here, you do not require one," Calamitous answered.

"So, we do have powers. When do we get to the butt-kicking?" Lola probed.

"Got to agree with the princess here. I'm eager to throw down," Lynn added. They all stepped through the portal to Calamitous' lair, except Carl, Sheen, Libby, Lucy, and Lisa, nervously waiting for the inevitable battle to come.

"Jimmy, I'm not going to ask why you're travelling with a bunch of self-proclaimed witches, but if they indeed have magical talent, that'll be an advantage we'll sorely need. We should wait inside, at least. Don't want to get hypothermia on top of facing almost your entire rogues gallery," Calamitous suggested. They all went inside the lair. Thankfully, there was no-one in sight. Lola began to make small talk in an attempt to calm her nerves.

"Nice place you have here, although personally, I would've gone for somewhere on the Hawaiian Islands. Sun, surf, and surfers galore," Lola fantasised.

"Well, it was cheap," Calamitous responded.

"Why? Did the previous owner freeze to death?" Luan asked. It was then that Calamitous heard something in the distance. It sounded like footsteps, running in the distance. Whoever was making those running steps quickly emerged, and Beautiful Gorgeous, otherwise known as Georgia Calamitous, came sprinting from the shadows in a hurry.

"I managed to get the device back, but the evil clone got the jump on me and….hey, how did you get here so fast?" Georgia inquired.

"Never mind how we got here. Now that we have what we came for, we should leave in a hurry," Calamitous urged.

"Going somewhere?!" came a voice from behind. They turned around to see King Goobot, leading the other villains. Although they were the enemy, Lana could not help but admire Goobot and especially the Junkman, the former for being so slimy, and the latter for being so grimy.

"Oh, he's so slimy! Can I play with him? Can I, can I, can I?" Lana begged.

"No, you may not! I have to say, Calamitous, I am very disappointed in you. You're one of the League's founding members. How could you go turncoat on us like this? I mean, bringing Neutron to our doorstep, along with his gang of girl-scouts, come on!" Goobot rebutted.

"I have to say, Jimmy, for female company, I am decidedly unimpressed. Doesn't that one know the pink pageant princess look died out at the turn of the millennium?" Eustace chided at Lola, who got really angry at the comment.

"Give me five minutes alone with pretty-boy over there, please, I beg you," Lola seethed.

"Bring it on, shrimp! The boot I'll squash you with is worth more than your entire wardrobe!" Eustace continued to fling insults at Lola. It was then that Lola spotted an empty room to her left.

"Is anyone using this room?" Lola asked Calamitous, who gestured to Lola giving her permission to use it. "I'll be a little while" Lola said to the others. Using her new powers, she conjured up a lasso, used it to tie Eustace's ankles together, dragged him into the empty room and shut the door. "This may get a little loud," Lola warned.

"Alright, girlie, you're going to pay for….what are you doing?" Eustace was threatening Lola, but his tone shifted for some unknown reason.

"You see, Eustace, was it? What I'm going to do to you, if I were to show it, this story would warrant an M-rating, so sit tight and let Mama Lola work," Lola taunted. All that could be heard next were crunching noises and Eustace screaming in agony.

"AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH. OOOOOWWWWW, OW, OOOOOOWWWWW. Doesn't this violate the Geneva Convention?" Eustace asked in desperation.

"GENEVA AIN'T HERE NOW!" Lola responded and continued her implied torture. The door to the empty room opened and Eustace, with a panicked look on his face, was trying to flee.

"Help me, please!" Eustace begged, but Lola dragged him back in.

"Look, I'll pay you anything. Just let me leave!" Eustace bargained.

"Why would I want cash when the fun part's just getting started," Lola menaced.

"No, what is that?!" Eustace probed, scared to know the answer.

"Oh, this? It's a little something I call the NUTCRACKER!" Lola replied. Eustace then screamed in sheer terror.

"I SURRENDER! YOU'RE TOTALLY STYLISH! PLEASE DON'T USE THAT THING!" Eustace conceded.

"That is one vicious little girl," Cindy commented. Eustace then came racing out of the room, ran past the other League members and proceeded to dash as far away from Lola as his legs could carry him.

"In our family, Lola's considered the gentle one," Lori told the other League members. Goobot then started having second thoughts about engaging Jimmy's new entourage.

"Can't we negotiate? Avoid that same unpleasantness? I'm sure you can be very reasonable. Please?" Goobot pleaded. Jimmy, Cindy, and the Louds were having none of it. They started charging the League members, eager to test their new abilities. Lana was up against Goobot. Using her new-found powers, Lana launched herself into the air, landed on Goobot's dome, then proceeded to crack the glass until it shattered. If that wasn't bad enough for Goobot, Lana then used telekinesis to morph his slimy form into the shape of a guitar.

"Hey, Lunes. Could I have some guitar lessons?" Lana called. Luna, very impressed by Lana's display of skill, then proceeded to show her some basic chords.

"I am a King, not your plaything!" Goobot demanded to be released from this humiliation.

"Quiet! Instruments don't talk, they sing, and only when we make them!" Luna rebuffed. It was then that Baby Eddie approached them. Luna then had an idea. She took the Goobot-guitar from Lana and played a lullaby with it.

"You think that's gonna work on me, punk! I'll…I'll…" but Baby Eddie could not finish his sentence as he found himself falling asleep right then and there.

"Babysitting 101. Works every time," Luna said. She then portalled Baby Eddie back into his crib at his home, wished him sweet dreams, and carried on with the battle at hand. Next up was Grandma Taters against Lynn Loud. While Lynn was initially eager to kick butt and take names, she was hesitant to fight someone who looked like an old lady.

"Oh, aren't you adorable. Why don't I knit you a sweater…that'll squeeze every ounce of air from your weak lungs!" Taters switched from caring old lady to menacing alien personas on a dime, and suddenly Lynn's reservations went out the window. She used her power to summon up some magical brass knuckles by blowing on them. In turn, Taters got out her nunchaku. Cindy stepped in to assist, and between the two of them, they were able to swiftly overpower Taters as a double team. Lynn then conjured up some rope to bind Taters' hands with. She poofed away her magical knuckles and gave Cindy a fist bump as a thank you for the assistance, and congratulations on a job well done. The two girls then broke out into a victory dance.

The Junkman soon found himself the last man standing. Lori and Leni took the lead on this one. Repulsed by his filthiness and stench, Lori imagined a jet of water hitting him, and just like that, one came bursting from her hands, only the water was more soapy than usual. Leni, seeing where Lori was going with this, used her power to rotate the Junkman on the spot.

"Be sure to wash behind his ears," Georgia egged on the duo. Finished with their hosing, Leni then conjured up a rain cloud and it started drizzling on the Junkman.

"Rinse cycle," Leni quipped. Lori then conjured a huge gust of wind to dry him off. After all that, the Junkman just sat there, looking utterly humiliated. Georgia and her father were quite impressed with how the Louds easily overtook the League.

"I must say, Jimmy, this lot are incredible. It seems I made the right choice calling you for help," Calamitous complimented.

"I should've known you'd have no spine," came an all too familiar voice. It was Jimmy's evil clone, who was limping quite a bit. It seems Georgia got a few licks in before making her get-away. "I've also got something to say, betraying the Billster seems like quite a stupid move on your part," Evil Jimmy added.

"Not as stupid as going along with his crazy plan in the first place!" Calamitous remarked.

"Oh, and who was it that introduced us all to him in the first place? Let me think, ah, it was you. If anything, this is all your fault!" Evil Jimmy countered. Calamitous knew this to be true. This was all his fault, there was no denying that.

"You're right. I was the first to sign on with Bill in hopes of a quick end to Neutron. I was the one who brought him into the League. The consequences for my lack of judgment are mine alone to bear but to do nothing while Bill destroys the multi-verse would be just as wrong as helping him do it. I have a lot to make up for, but I hope this is the first step on a long journey towards atonement," Calamitous admitted. Everyone, even Jimmy, could not help but be a little touched by Calamitous' speech.

"How cute. But you know the penalty for betrayal, teach," Evil Jimmy said. He took out his energy sword and made to strike a fatal blow when Jimmy got in between them, his own blade drawn and intercepted the blow.

"Well, well, well. The original. Defending this traitor, are we? In a way, this is what I wanted. I never did repay you for trying to ice me," Evil Jimmy goaded. When Cindy and the Louds stepped in to help, Jimmy stopped them.

"No, this one's mine," Jimmy stated. Evil Jimmy laughed maniacally.

"You do realise we're both equal in terms of brains and brawn? There's no way you can win," Evil Jimmy argued.

"Yeah, and by that logic, neither can you win as well," Jimmy countered.

"Ah, but there you're wrong, genius. You see, you have something I don't, limitations. You'll never strike me down because your conscious won't allow it. I have no such restrictions," Evil Jimmy teased. With that, the duel between the two look-alikes began. Both were evenly matched, meeting each other's blows and strikes with equally well-timed blocks and dodges. It was a stalemate, until the other was disarmed or tired. Soon enough, Evil Jimmy had normal Jimmy up against the wall.

"Had enough yet?" Evil Jimmy taunted.

"Please. Cindy fights better than you," Jimmy shot back, and the duel continued. Again, they were evenly matched, until Jimmy noticed an opening. He then delivered a sweeping kick to Evil Jimmy's legs and swung his blade hard enough to knock it from his hand, and he pointed the blade directly at his evil clone's throat. However, instead of fear, Evil Jimmy just laughed.

"I was right before, you don't have the guts to do it, and you were going to help those sorry witches kill someone? How pathetic!" Evil Jimmy affirmed. Normal Jimmy then took out a device he had brought with him.

"I don't have to. This Recombiner will merge the two of us together again. You'll be a part of me once again," Jimmy explained.

"Can you handle it, though? My darkness inside of you. How long before you end up like me?" Evil Jimmy asked.

"At least I have friends to keep me good," Jimmy concluded and activated his Recombiner. The two Jimmys were fused into one, and Evil Jimmy was no more. Jimmy felt a little weird after the process but was altogether normal once again, although the effort expended during the fight had mildly exhausted him.

Now that the League was dispatched and the portal device returned to Jimmy safe and sound, it was time to leave, but before they did, Calamitous had one burning question he had been meaning to ask.

"I have to confess, I'd thought you would've dismissed my message as a trap and not come at all. So, I have to ask, why did you?" Calamitous inquired. Jimmy thought about this.

"Because, despite everything you've done, you're still a fellow scientist, and if my friendship with Lisa has taught me anything, it's that we scientists have to stick together. If you weren't evil, we'd probably be best friends like me and her," Jimmy answered.

"It's not too late. If you renounce your evil ways and begin to make things right, I could see that happening," Lincoln assured. Calamitous then developed a small tear in his eye.

"You know, all my life, I've wanted friends like yours," Calamitous said with a hint of regret.

"Well, this is a step in the right direction. Despite everything, I wish you luck on your path to atonement," Jimmy replied. Luna summoned another portal back to the lab and all the Louds and Cindy stepped through, their mission a success.

"Come into my lab, friend," Jimmy ushered Calamitous, but for some unknown reason, he wasn't moving, and he was wearing an expression of mortal terror, hyperventilating all the while. Jimmy and Georgia were confused until they spotted another portal behind him, and from it emerged a dark-robed figure Calamitous and Georgia were hoping would never show up.

"That's not good, is it?" Jimmy probed.

"No, it's him," Georgia replied with the same level of fear as her father. Bill closed the portal to Jimmy's lab and approached Calamitous from behind.

"You have betrayed me, Calamitous," Bill stated. It was at that point Calamitous knew what would come next.

"I'm sorry, Jim," was all Calamitous could come out with before Bill struck him down with his scepter, dealing the killing blow.

"Why you!" Georgia raged and ran at Bill, only to be zapped with lightning coming from Bill's hand and thrown across the room like a ragdoll. Bill then turned his attention to Jimmy.

"You have two options, child. Hand me the device, or die here along with your former enemy," Bill gave his chilling ultimatum. Jimmy, despite being paralysed with fear, stood strong. He attempted to fire some stun darts at Bill from his hi-tech watch, only for Bill to swat those away and telekinetically lift Jimmy into the air and choke him. "You have chosen death. So be it," Bill said. Back at the lab, the others were frantically wondering why the portal suddenly shut behind them and also worrying about Jimmy.

"He was right behind you, wasn't he?" Cindy asked the sisters.

"I don't know what happened," Luna responded. It was at that point Lucy got up.

"He's here," Lucy said ominously. The Louds knew she was referring to Bill, and it was most likely he was with Jimmy right now. Luna tried to open a portal back to the lair but found that she could not.

"Bill must be blocking us," Luna surmised.

"We have to get back! Jimmy is literally in a life-or-death situation," Lori urged. Speaking of the boy genius, back at the lair, Jimmy was having the life choked out of him until Goddard came up to Bill and bit him with his metal jaw, delivering a shock that caused him to momentarily let go of Jimmy. Bill tossed Goddard aside, but he had bought Jimmy enough time to think of an escape plan.

"Goddard, FlyCycle mode," Jimmy commanded and Goddard turned into an air bike that, once Jimmy was on board, sped away from Bill at maximum speed. Bill, not wanting the portal device on Jimmy's person to get away, then proceeded to bring the entire lair down around them to trap Jimmy. He barely had enough time to swing back around to pick up Georgia before Bill was beginning to gain on them. Before Jimmy and Georgia could make it to the exit, Bill had managed to block their escape with some debris, shoot down Jimmy's FlyCycle with a well-aimed bolt of lightning and telekinetically trap Jimmy in place.

"Surrender the portal," Bill demanded.

"Never!" Jimmy retorted.

"Very well, then," Bill acknowledged. He then used his power to make Jimmy's blade fly out of his pocket, come to life, and stabbed Jimmy right in the chest, making him scream in agonising pain. Jimmy clutched the part of his chest that Bill had wounded for dear life. Just then, Bill was distracted by something, or someone else. In the commotion, Lucy had portalled in unseen.

"Try picking on someone who can fight at your level," Lucy goaded and shot magical blasts out of her hands at Bill, who shielded them with ease, then knocked Lucy back.

"Ah yes, you fight with such ferocity and anger. You would've been unstoppable were you still the Dread Mistress," Bill attempted to sway Lucy back to his side. Lucy, however, shot lightning of her own at Bill, which actually forced him back, albeit not very much.

"She's better than that," Jimmy countered, still in immense pain.

"Is she now? I can feel her desire to destroy me inside of her," Bill rebuffed. This caused Lucy to pause her assault and take a hard look at herself. True, she and her sisters came here to stop Bill, but was it out of a sense of justice, or was it purely for revenge?

"One last time, hand me the portal and I'll save your friend, or you can watch him die before I finish you off," Bill offered.

"Or I can trigger the base's self-destruct, then you, me, and everyone else will go together," Georgia said while still weak from Bill's attack on her.

"That's a little desperate, don't you think?" Bill teased.

"Better than letting you destroy the multi-verse," Georgia replied. The lair's computer then spoke:

SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE MINUTES. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER AUDIO WARNINGS

"What's it going to be, Bill? The portal, or your life?" Georgia asked. Bill had no choice but to retreat, but he left the League behind.

"What about us?!" Goobot inquired desperately. Bill's voice then echoed throughout the lair.

"You saps have proven yourselves useless by failing to handle a bunch of girls. Why would I need you when I have other, more capable henchmen. Stay here and die," Bill replied before vanishing completely. Lucy then rushed over to Georgia and Jimmy.

"You can only save one of us. Take Jimmy and get out of here," Georgia instructed. Begrudgingly, Lucy did so. She portalled Jimmy back into the lab. Before going through herself, she said a few parting words to Georgia.

"I'll make sure people know what you did here," Lucy promised and stepped through the portal to safety. Georgia then took one last look around the lair.

"Funny, I always wanted to be a magician's assistant," Georgia mused to herself before the lair exploded.

Back at the lab, Lucy was carrying a wounded Jimmy on her shoulder through the portal, and everyone was rushing to his aid.

"What happened?!" Cindy probed.

"We ran into Bill, and barely escaped with our lives. Someone help him," Lucy answered, and it was all hands on deck. Jimmy was propped onto the couch-bed and Lisa was checking him over.

"Bill really drove that blade in deep. He's losing a lot of blood and I don't have the equipment here to stabilise him," Lisa observed. Lucy then had an idea.

"Use your power. With your knowledge of human physiology and new-found magical ability, that would make you the best healer here, and not in one of Lincoln's stupid online games," Lucy suggested. Lisa groaned.

"Magic doesn't exist. I can't just wave my hands around and fix him up like that," Lisa dismissed.

"You have to try, please," Cindy begged.

"Oh, fine," Lisa conceded. He lifted Jimmy's shirt and put her hands over the wound. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and pictured the wound healing in her mind. Given that she was an expert on the human body, it was easy for her mind to repair the damage. As she did this, her hands glowed a shiny yellow colour, and the rest saw that Jimmy's mortal wound was healing rapidly. When it was finished, Jimmy took a deep breath and woke up. He felt around the area and was astonished when he found there was no wound there at all, although there was a visible scar where it had been.

"Thanks, Lisa," Jimmy said in gratitude. Lisa had no words. None of them did. Cindy, however, was immensely grateful that Jimmy was alive and hugged him so tight not even a crowbar could separate them.

"The area may be a little sensitive for a few days, so try not to push yourself too hard," Lisa cautioned. It was at that point Jimmy's computer came to life on its own. A recorded message from Calamitous started playing.

"If you're hearing this, then the worst has happened and Bill has caught up with me. I knew this would be a possibility when I decided to go against him. I only hope that you are the one viewing this message, Jimmy. Like you, I have been investigating the rifts that have been appearing in Retroville, and I think I know where they're coming from. There is a dimension, or to be more precise, two dimensions that have been fused into one world, that started forming these cracks in the fabric of the multi-verse when they became merged, or 'cleaved' as Bill put it. I believe that the key to fixing this catastrophe lies there. I had hoped to go myself as a way to atone for my past crimes, but it is most likely Bill's intervention will pause those plans for me indefinitely. I am asking you to go there and stop this madness. I have attached dimensional co-ordinates to this message to help you get there. Maybe the key to stopping Bill once and for all lies in this fused world as well, and he needs to be stopped, because he plans to fuse more worlds, all the worlds, together into a realm in his image. Go, Jimmy, and finish what I started," the message ended. Jimmy dug through the message files and found the co-ordinates.

"In a few hours, I should be able to retrofit my space car to enable it to travel to this 'fused world'. Calamitous is right, this has to end," Jimmy resolved.

"Well, I guess we have our new heading, but we still haven't decided what we're going to do when we encounter Bill again. If this battle has taught us anything, it's that even with powers, we're still no match for him," Lori added. Jimmy then came to a conclusion he thought he'd never come to.

"Whatever objections I had to helping you end Bill, consider them retracted. Calamitous was right about one other thing, he needs to be defeated, no, destroyed, before he harms anyone else," Jimmy affirmed.

"Then you're not going alone. We're coming, and there's no way you're talking us out of it," Cindy asserted.

"Yeah, Team Neutron, together forever!" Sheen cheered.

"Don't forget Team Loud," Lincoln chimed in. Jimmy chuckled a little.

"Then I guess we have work to do," Jimmy said, and the two teams began work on upgrading Jimmy's space car. Jimmy had miniaturised his portal so it could act as an emitter to generate a portal using a control inside the vehicle. Lisa had reinforced the hull so it could survive any potential stresses of inter-dimensional travel, while Leni and Libby took to interior décor, upgrading the car's seating capacity to accommodate all of them. With the work finished, everyone took their seats and Jimmy fired up the car, launched them into space and fired the portal emitter. The plan was to travel across dimensions while they were in orbit to avoid scaring any locals of this fused world. The portal was just ahead of them.

"Ready?" Jimmy asked everyone.

"No, but do it anyway," Carl replied, and Jimmy drove the car through the portal, not knowing what awaited them on the other side.

At Excalibur HQ, Albert was busy looking over the data they pulled from Lisa's now-defunct portal device. Given this latest discovery, Albert had no choice but to suspend all inter-dimensional excursions indefinitely. He had sent a copy of the data pulled to Phineas, in the hopes that he would be able to come up with safety measures to prevent a re-occurrence of the accident that displaced Sam, Benny, Ronnie Anne, Bobby, and Sid. He would've updated Major Smith, but he seemed to be unreachable at this present time. He also sent dossiers of those missing kids to all his agents in the field, with instructions that said if they were found, they were to be brought to the Institute.

"Do you really think we'll find them, Captain?" Kilstone asked his superior.

"I hope so. It's a mad world out there," Albert answered.

"Even if we do, we can't send them home, given what we've discovered," Kilstone replied.

"No, but we can keep them safe. That should be enough for now," Albert concluded.

Author's note: How about that, another story finished. This chapter ended up longer than my usual standard. Please don't expect this, it was just a fluke. I never did get anyone's opinion on what I discussed in my last chapter's note. I'll hold off on writing those M-rated romantic one-shots until after all this is finished. Don't know when that will be, but it's something to think about. The usual disclaimers, I own nothing, Jimmy Neutron and The Loud House belong to Nickelodeon. Enjoy, and also enjoy these post-credit scenes:

Jimmy's space car emerged from the other side of the portal, in orbit around what should be a parallel Earth, only upon arrival, all noticed that it looked very odd.

"I thought you said we'd be above planet Earth, so where's this?" Carl inquired.

"I double-checked the co-ordinates five times. According to these readings, we are above a parallel Earth," Jimmy answered.

"Then why does it look like something out of one of Lola's storybooks?" Lana asked.

"Things here must be worse than I thought," Jimmy mused to himself. Just then, something came up on the monitors.

"There's another spacecraft heading towards the planet. It seems to be in a state of severe disrepair," Lisa notified.

"Lifesigns?" Jimmy probed.

"That's the odd bit, they're mostly human, with one platypus on board," Lisa responded.

"It's heading towards the planet on a collision course. Does this thing have a tractor beam?" Cindy suggested. Jimmy fiddled with some controls.

"Here it is," Jimmy said and activated the beam, halting the other craft's crash course. But the beam started flickering on and off. "Don't look at me, I just adjusted the beam emitters when we left," Jimmy remarked.

"I have a better explanation. One of the lifesigns is emitting large quantities of negative probability ions," Lisa outlined. Jimmy then made some adjustments.

"That should compensate for the ions, but we'll have to descend along with the craft," Jimmy explained. Soon, they and the tractored craft were making their descent to the strange world.

"There, is that a landing pad down below? Looks like someone was expecting us," Lynn observed. There was indeed a landing structure, but the strange part was that it was situated in someone's backyard.

"According to these maps, we should be landing somewhere in the Tri-State Area," Jimmy stated.

"Errrr, yeah, this doesn't look like any Tri-State Area I know," Lori countered. As they looked out of their windows, they saw that the world before them was a lot stranger than their own.

This is the second scene:

With the guardian of the crystal prison out of commission, it was easy for Bill to waltz right in and find the one crystallised prisoner he was looking for. After a good search, he eventually found what he came for. Now it was only a matter of liberating him, although the prisoner in question might give him a cold reception. Bill placed a hand on the crystal structure and spoke.

"I know our last partnership did not end in your favour, old friend, but I need your expertise now. You see, Star has done what you couldn't do and destroyed magic, or so she thinks. But now, forces are moving to undo the damage she's done, the world she's created, and with the help of denizens from the Uncharted Realms of all places, they might just be successful. We need your expertise in magic destruction once more. There is another Realm of Magic out there, hidden, but well-guarded, and you're the best I have. What do you say, want to give me another chance?" Bill said. The crystal then began to crack, slowly but surely. When it had cracked enough, a small, reptilian fist punched through from the other side. When the crystal has shattered completely, the smartly dressed Septarian that had been imprisoned within it stepped over the threshold.

"Go on," Toffee replied, with intrigue.

Here's the third scene:

Mr. and Mrs. Loud were perplexed by the visitors at first, but upon letting them into their home and explaining what had happened, after hearing the two strangers offer their assistance in getting their kids home safe and sound, it felt like a huge weight was lifted off their shoulders. There was just one burning question they had to ask.

"I don't get it. Without a portal device, how can you two travel between worlds so freely?" Lynn Loud Sr. probed.

"You wouldn't believe us if we told you," the first stranger, a boy, answered.

"But rest assured, we will get all your children home in one piece. We realise how distressing this must be for you," the second stranger, a young woman, added. They made to leave the Loud House, when Rita had another question.

"I don't think we ever got your names. Who are you two?" Rita asked. The two then turned to face them.

"My name is Aang," the boy responded.

"And I'm Korra," the young woman also replied.

Here's the fourth and last scene:

Eclipsa, Globgor, and Meteora were taking a well-deserved break from meetings with the Patrons and Excalibur to enjoy some family bonding time. It had been too long since they had a day like this, even before the Cleaving. It was some time before Meteora noticed something that caught her eye. She crawled over to it and examined it with curiosity. It was a portal, but not one she'd ever seen before. Before anyone could react, two girls came falling through from the other side.

"Meteora" Eclipsa called out. She found her child, along with the unconscious girls. "Globgor, come quick!" Eclipsa urged. The three found the pair, one with a hoodie like Marco, but purple instead of red, and the other in a blue, long-sleeved shirt. At the same time, Marco and Star were having a backyard barbecue with the Diaz family, when a portal came from no-where, only this one spat out a teenage boy in green flannel. He was pretty out of it when he saw Star.

"Oh, Babe! I knew I'd find you" Bobby said in his half-delusional state, hugging Star awkwardly before passing out.

"OK, what?" Marco asked, confused as to what just happened.

At Moon and River's community, River was out fishing by the lake, when he noticed a similar portal, only this one spat out a boy and a girl, right into the water. After fishing the two out of the water, admittedly not what River was hoping for, he brought them to Moon.

"River, what is going on here, and who are they?" Moon inquired, seeing the two teens River had brought back with him. One had a teal streak through her blonde hair, and the other, the boy, was in a blue shirt and gray jeans. Both teens were soaking wet and would catch a cold in those clothes. Moon and River lit a fire and moved them next to it in the hopes of staving off hypothermia.