UPDATE (January 22, 2014): This story is discontinued and it is highly unlikely that I will ever finish it due to a number of reasons including complete loss of interest in the game, moving onto other fandoms, and college life. Please do not beg or try to persuade me to come back; it'll just fall on deaf ears.

FusionFall: Rewrite

Chapter 1 - Where It All Began

Author Notes:

Welcome to FusionFall: Rewrite, an attempt to restart my other fanfic, Fusion Fall: Unlimited Adventures, from scratch. This is essentially an adaption of the game's storyline but with my own changes and story additions thrown in as well. One of the my original aims when writing this story was to further expand on the Cartoon Network characters' involvement (instead of the game's usual "Hey, X! Go do this for me by yourself!") so expect large amounts of "Hero teams up with X to defeat Y". Other aims are to include characters who are not present in the actual game and give them some spotlight for a change, whether they show up again or not. Examples of these include members of the cast of Camp Lazlo, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.

Reviews (especially negative ones since I never seem to have gotten one...) are kindly appreciated. I am also open to suggestions, but please do not suggest how the story should end. That's already settled if I ever get to it. Also if you do suggest an idea, please note I can be very critical of them and not accept them. I honestly blame my personal tastes for that.

The world of Aetas, a world filled with varieties of people. A world where superheroes battling supervillains is quite common or even part of a daily basis, one where humans and talking anthropomorphic animals co-exist with each other, one where ancient and powerful magic can be utilized to their maximum potential. It's a place filled with numerous possibilities: aliens, giant robots, demons, large technological advancements, supernatural phenomenon, parallel dimensions, and much more. Finally, there's the concept of time travel itself where our story begins.

Townsville, a lively metropolitan city located on the planet's southwestern continent. The city had always been plagued with constant attacks by various villains. A genius mad scientist monkey, a spoiled wannabe rich kid, a green-skinned, snake-like gang, and giant monsters were just a few among the many examples of them. Despite this factor, the citizens were still able to live their semi-normal lives thanks to a trio of superpowered females thwarting their every plan time and time again. Progressively in recent years, the city had been growing in popularity and importance. Various organizations had founded and set up headquarters or control centers within the city. One of these organizations was Dexlabs, a company centered within the northeast district of the city commonly referred to as "Technology Square" or "Tech Square" for short.

Dexlabs had a considerable amount of influence over Townsville and the whole modern world. The company was founded by young teenager named Dexter when he was only fifteen-years-old. A genius young prodigy from the suburban town of Genius Grove located northeast of Townsville, he brought forth many technological advancements people thought were years ahead of their time. Hovercars, flying billboards, and any other kind flying or hovering technology became much more common. Almost anything that was considered modern instantly became a thing of the past.

Even though Dexter revolutionized the world with his inventions, people who were smart enough knew he was hiding something from the public. Dexter had always made public appearances at science conventions to discuss his latest developments, but other than that, not a single person ever recalled seeing the boy outside his laboratory aside from a few rare and strange occasions. A few journalists who picked up on this fact and tried questioning the boy were immediately turned away by Dexlab representatives. This only made people more suspicious.

It wasn't until later when this personal secret came into a small light. Dexter had published an ad in many media sources asking for a volunteer to test his newest invention, but not a single person was willing to do it. To them, it was peculiar that Dexter was asking for a volunteer. They had always assumed Dexter had plenty of people who were willing to participate in his experiments. Now that the boy genius was asking for one of them, it seemed like this experiment seemed too risky for even Dexlab employees. The attempt at attracting someone to participate seemed like a failure until that fateful day...

Technology Square, the center point of almost all scientific breakthroughs, was bustling with activity as usual. Various men and women wearing business suits and lab coats were strolling building to building holding briefcases and portfolios in their hands, not speaking a word as they passed each other. The color of their attire usually signified which company they worked for. Blue and white symbolized Dexlabs, red and black symbolized Mandark Industries, and any other color symbolized a third party or a neutral standing. Mandark Industries was Dexlabs' rival competitor. It was founded by another genius prodigy named Mandark, Dexter's long time enemy who only founded the industries to rival his. Mandark Industries didn't share the same standing as Dexlabs, but it was still just as popular. Technology Square was basically divided in half due to the rivalry between the two companies, Dexlabs to the west and Mandark Industries to the east.

Within the center of this district was a small park which was a popular attraction for the public. A teenage boy was walking around holding a small city map in his hand struggling to find his way around. He had lived in the city for years, but almost never ventured into this district of Townsville. The boy wore a white shirt with a red unzipped sports jacket over it, blue pants, and black sneakers with white stripes. A snow white cap covered his short, thick black hair. On the cap was a large "D" drawn with black paint. The same symbol was also on the boy's shirt but larger. He continued wandering around trying to make head or tails of where he was.

"Need some assistance?" a voice suddenly asked him.

The boy looked up to see a random passing by man. Dressed in a dark green suit and holding a briefcase, he looked like he was on a way to a business meeting. The man's serious expression and dark sunglasses intimidated the boy somewhat.

"Um, yeah... I'm trying to find Dexlabs."

"Dexlabs, huh?" the man asked suspiciously. "I hardly see any people your age having business in a facility like that... In any case, it's this way, down this path."

The man pointed in the westward direction towards a stone pathway.

"Thanks for the help."

The boy headed down the direction he was told. The man watched as he disappeared into the distance. Fixing his sunglasses, he turned and walked off in the opposite direction where a white-colored airship awaited him.

The boy came to the park's exit and found himself standing on one side of a busy street. Directly across, he could see the Dexlabs building brightly illuminated with flashing lights. Standing a dozen stories high, it was one of the most uniquely designed buildings in the district. It was dark blue and white in color, but with shades of green here and there. A small waterfall and fountain court were located to the right of the entrance as well as nice garden scenery scattered around the building. A small distance to the left of the roof's center stood a small control tower-like structure with various kinds of satellite dishes. A skybridge lead off into another section of a building that seemed to contain an elevator back down to the main section.

Finished staring in wonder, the boy calmly walked toward the entrance. The archway had a large darkened window in the center. The boy couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching him from it. He thought he could vaguely see a figure of a female standing there but shrugged it off as part of his imagination. Now standing at the front doors, the boy pushed the glowing green buzzer and waited a few minutes for a reply... Nothing. Getting impatient, he pushed it again twice to make sure the person got the message.

"...Guess he doesn't want to see me."

Giving up, he finally decided to leave.

"Wait!" a voice exclaimed behind the boy as he approached the street.

Another male around his age stood at the now opening doorway, clearly out of breath. Dressed in a white lab coat, he gave a warm smile to the boy. He was shorter in height, but it didn't seem to bother him. Along with the lab coat and his red hair, he wore black pants and shoes. A purple pair of gloves complimented his same color belt wrapped around his waist. He also wore a pair of glasses with rectangular turquoise lens.

"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." he said. "I was working on an important experiment and couldn't safely halt the procedure for a little bit. I didn't expect anyone coming today." He motioned the boy to follow him. "My name's Dexter, boy genius."

"Yeah, yeah," the boy said as he followed Dexter inside the building, "everyone knows who you are. You're the guy who 'revolutionized the world' with your inventions to help us like that bus thing that runs through my neighborhood."

"My Slider System to be precise!" he said with confidence. "It allows safe transportation from the Suburbs to here in Downtown and vice versa. We're currently thinking about expanding the system to the wilderness area, but there are many problems with that."

"Like?"

"Well, doing so will get us into property conflicts with Camp Kidney. That Lumpus character didn't seem to mind. I actually heard him mutter possibly using it to get away from his duties. But his assistant, Slinkman, was willing to put up a heated argument. Though if that moose agreed, I would have to send more of my Dexbots to maintain the structure since who knows what kind of damage those wild animals could do."

"Yeah... Anyway, you wanted a test subject, right?"

"Oh, yes. Would please follo- W-Wait! What!" he suddenly exclaimed, slightly falling back in surprise. Dexter paused for a brief moment to straighten himself. "Sorry for that. I didn't expect that kind of question after not a single person showed up for it."

"Well, I guess these people are afraid to take risks..."

"I see... Well, if you're actually willing to participate in this, then follow me. Oh, and your name, please?"

"Kyle."

Dexter led Kyle down a number of hallways and corridors until they came to a sealed door. Various locks and fields had been implemented as well as some defense laserguns mounted on the walls. Obviously, Dexter didn't want any unauthorized person getting inside. Next to the door, Dexter removed one of his gloves and placed his bare hand on the fingerprint scanner.

"FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED. WELCOME, DEXTER."

The doors immediately opened and the two entered inside. Many small blue robots about two-thirds the size of Dexter were swerving around the room on mechanized wheels performing various tasks. Some were welding or fixing machinery while others were cleaning up messes and leaks. Kyle's attention was immediately directed towards the machine in the center. The robots, or "Dexbots" as Dexter called them, seemed to be putting the final touches to it. It was almost three times the size of a normal car. A circular tube was placed at the center with two large machines that looked like generators or processors hooked onto each side. Dexter motioned Kyle to follow him to the machine.

"So what exactly is this thing?" Kyle asked.

"Why, this is my latest invention . . . the 'Time Machine'!" he proudly exclaimed. "As you probably know, it should allow an individual to travel across the time stream and allow you to explore any time period you desire, maybe even groups of people once I finish my research! I just needed someone to test this experiment as inanimate objects won't give the most accurate results obviously. None of my usual testers of employees wanted to do it because they feared the consequences of something going wrong with this. What about you? Are you going to drop out now? There's no need to go through with it if you're scared."

Kyle body hesitated a little, but he was quick to make a decision.

"I'll do it."

"Very well. Please step inside that tube over there. The latch will be locked once it closes as a final warning."

Kyle slowly walked up and stepped inside as Dexter had instructed. Just like Dexter had said, the latch locked with a loud clank. Knowing there was no way back, he leaned against the wall contemplating his thoughts. A small part of him urged Kyle to back out, but he stubbornly ignored it.

"Alright now," Dexter began, "Kyle Ventosus, right?"

Kyle suddenly opened his eyes, surprised that Dexter knew his last name.

"Yeah..." Dexter awkwardly admitted. "The mayor kinda gave me access to records on everyone in Townsville."

"Figures, knowing that man..." Kyle quietly said to himself. "How is he still even Mayor?"

"Well then, let's get started! I've set the destination to one day in the future. Once the operation starts, you're probably going to feel a little gust in there. I still don't know if the machine will send you to where you stand now so take this device."

Dexter pressed a button on his rectangular control console. Inside the tube, a panel opened up where a mechanical claw came out, carrying what looked like a high-tech wristwatch. It was a little bigger than normal ones, but Kyle still attached it to his wrist, automatically latching on with a tight grip.

"I guess you can consider it another experiment." Dexter said. "That's my latest prototype device. I call it the 'Nanocom'. It's my next development in wireless communication. Right now, it only functions as a communicator, but I am working on more features. The specific one you're wearing now is special as it's the only one I plan on making it that kind of model. Consider that as a gift for helping with my Time Machine experiment. Also, I've set all my computers to constantly search the globe so I can be aware of your location you the moment you appear again. You got all that?"

Kyle simply gave a nod.

"Excellent. Here we go..."

Dexter, obviously excited, pressed the button. The time machine was beginning to activate. In a clockwise direction, the twelve lights encircling the pod began to light one by one until they were all glowing brightly. Kyle had to shield his eyes to block some of the light. Should've worn sunglasses... Even with his limited vision, he could still see Dexter with a grin on his face, fascinated with what was happening.

The time machine slowly began to create loud noises and vibrate slightly. Meanwhile in the background, a girl was sneaking around, tiptoeing as to not make the slightest sound while Dexter's attention was directed towards the experiment. She was blonde and tall in stature. She was at a distance, but Kyle guessed she was a little taller than Dexter himself. She wore a pink ballerina outfit, complete with accessories. It wasn't until she got a little closer, Kyle recognized her as the figure he saw in the window. The girl wandered around with a happy and mischievous smile. She noticed Kyle watching her so she put her finger to her lips, telling him to keep silent as she continued approaching, unnoticed by Dexter and the Dexbots. Kyle, slightly worried about why she was here, tried telling Dexter, but noticed the scientist had severed communication through the built-in microphones. Kyle watched as she approached the side of the time machine; Dexter was still too fascinated by his data readings to notice her dance by. Kyle could see a glimmer of curiosity in the girl's eyes as she stared at the many buttons. Getting more worried, he started banging the pod's glass window to warn Dexter, but the boy genius still didn't notice.

"Oooo~! What does this button do?" the girl wondered loudly.

"What the!" Dexter exclaimed as he finally snapped back to reality. He noticed the girl reaching towards a button on the time machine. He immediately dashed after her, almost by instinct. "Dee Dee! What are you doing here! Get out of my laboratory!"

Dexter tried to stop her, but it too late. "Dee Dee" had already pressed the button by the time he tackled her to the ground. In seconds the time machine began to go haywire. The many lights started flashing, one or two of them shattering, and the machine started shaking, violently knocking Kyle off his feet. The force of smashing his head on the metal surface knocked Kyle unconscious and left him at the mercy of the machine. Dexter and his Dexbots were struggling to hold Dee Dee down as she was happily giggling. Remembering about Kyle, Dexter quickly abandoned his hold on Dee Dee and rushed back to the control panel and activated the communication speakers again.

"Kyle! Hurry! I'm overriding the lock mechanism now! There's no telling what's going to happen now! Get out of there!" Dexter looked up to see Kyle out cold. He immediately began typing commands as fast as he could. "Just perfect! Computer! Abort process now! I'll just have to open the doors manually-What! 'SYSTEM OVERLOAD'!"

Steam erupted as dozens of sparks flew out of the machinery. Screws and bolts loosened themselves and flew off in different directions. The internal structure of the machine was falling apart. Before Dexter could rush towards the machine's latch, a bright light radiated from the inside of the tube. It engulfed Kyle and in a flash, he was gone. All that was left behind was the utterly destroyed remains of the time machine.

Dexter slammed his fist on the control console, clenching his teeth in anger. He didn't even care that he destroyed a piece of machinery he worked so hard to build. He quickly turned around to face Dee Dee who was still being held down by the Dexbots. She was no longer laughing, but shuddering with fear. She had never seen Dexter this infuriated before. It was like she was staring at a completely different person.

"Dee Dee!" Dexter exclaimed as he began walking towards her. His voice loud enough to be heard from outside the room. "You stupid idiot! Do you realize what the hell you've just done!"

"D-Dexter," she slowly muttered, "I-I'm sorr-"

Dexter walked away before she could finish apologizing. He went back to the control console and continued typing on whatever buttons and commands he could still work with.

"Dexbots," he said surprisingly in a completely calm tone, "please escort my sister outside. Computer, calculate the date the test subject was sent."

"Calculating..." a digital female voice stated. "Calculations finished. The test subject was sent approximately one year into the future..."