A/N: Salutare tuturor. This is Laci the Hunter once again (unfortunately) bringing you another crazy idea from the depths of the darkest, evilest, most insane place in all of Creation: my head. So anyway, I got this idea while watching a walkthrough on Darksiders II and while I was watching the Cartoon Network City bumpers of YouTube—you guys HAVE TO check them out, they're really funny and really good if you're into some good quality crossovers (*cries*why didn't they make a movie of this?)—and since I'm such a sucker for Darksiders II and since I'm in the mood for some CN crossovers I decided to just go for this. Now for the cartoons themselves, I've already decided which will be in this particular story so please don't make any suggestions in the reviews, and it won't just be CN shows. I decided to add 'My Life as a Teenage Robot', 'Star vs the Forces of Evil' and 'Woody Woodpecker' as well, the title is 'Cartoon Network edition' because there are more CN shows in the story itself—I hope that makes sense.

While we're on the subject, here's a list of cartoons that will be featured in this story:

Dexter's Laboratory

The Powerpuff Girls

Mighty Magiswords

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi

Generator Rex

Ben 10

My Life as a Teenage Robot

Star vs the Forces of Evil

Samurai Jack

Steven Universe

Ed Edd 'n' Eddy

Woody Woodpecker

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this story and now let's get started:

Darksiders II: Cartoon Network edition

The machine

Crowfather:

There can be no life without order. Good, evil, light, darkness. There must be balance in the universe.

Such is the decree of the Charred Council. An ancient body charged by the Creator, to preserve the very fabric of existence.

But the law…has been broken.

Even now Earth smolders in ruin. Conquered by the Demon Lords. And where the Destroyer carves a new kingdom, amongst his mighty Chosen. Some say the Horseman War triggered the Apocalypse. That he rode to Earth unbidden and doomed mankind to extinction.

But what of the other Horsemen? Fearless enforcers of the Council's will. What of Fury…Strife…and Death. To know those names, you must first know another:

Nephilim.

Cursed union of angel and demon.

The nephilim put countless worlds to the blade…and doomed them to ash. But four among them grew weary of the slaughter and believed that their actions would one day imperil the Balance.

And so a truce was made. The four would serve the Council, in exchange for unimaginable power. Thus were the dreaded Horsemen made. And riders' first task was to purge their own brethren from Creation.

To annihilate the nephilim…and destroy their souls.

Let us now cast our gaze to one amongst the Four. Not War, who lies chained at the Council's feet, professing his innocence…but to one who would save his brother above all else. He has many names…Kinslayer, Executioner…

Death.

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The Veil

In a land of eternal snow, ice and cold, a dark green crow flies through the skies, moving against the hauling winds, as bellow the creature the heavy stomps of a running horse could be heard.

To bargain for War's freedom Death swore that he would resurrect humanity.

A pale, corpse-like horse with what appear to be green flames made of hauling souls on its hooves and forming its main and tail, galloped through the snow-kept mountainous terrain. On its back rode a mysterious figure, whose body was covered by a charcoal black cloak, which only left the figure's metallic greaves, bone-gloved hands and an odd skull-mask visible.

But he knew not how this might be done.

The figure's fire-orange eyes looked forward, guiding his loyal steed in the direction he was determined to get to.

And so Death rode into the icy Veil…to find the Keeper of Secrets…Not knowing that in his journey to find his brother's absolution, he would come across a group of unique individuals, who would change his life…for better or for worse.

The figure pulled the reins of his horse as they approached the edge of a cliff. Once the steed stopped, the figure looked forth and saw a massive fortress covered in snow and ice in the distance.

Directing his horse to the left, the figure rode on the path towards the fortress, and was ready to begin his search for the man who would give him the answers he needs to help save his brother from oblivion.

XXX

Other Earth; Megaville; Science Convention

In another realm, which would be similar to Earth, before it was taken over by the Destroyer, something great is about to happen. Something that would change the lives of a few very special individuals.

The city of Megaville is considered by many around the world as the 'Hub of Super Heroes'. A great number of people with unique abilities live in this city, some of which devoted their lives to safeguarding humanity. Others of a unique character simply carry on with their lives, with no fear or sometimes even care for the many life-threatening events that happen on a daily basis.

Currently in a large, futuristic-looking building, known as 'The Center of Scientific Research and Development' or the 'CSRD' a huge gathering of people can be found in the building's center hall.

The CSRD was founded many years ago by two groups of people: the 'Plumbers' and 'Providence'. They are special military divisions, each dealing with a certain threat they were assigned to; the Plumbers handle illegal or human-threatening alien activities, while Providence is to deal with certain types of monstrous creatures known as Evos. In the beginning they worked separately, one never meddling in the business of the other. However at one point the number of both dangerous alien and evo activities began to grow at an alarming rate. Even worse, some aliens even took to capturing and using the more animalistic evos to further their own gains.

The situation became so bad, that the Plumbers and Providence were forced to work together, to put aside old rivalries, grudges, even protocols for the sake of the greater good.

Each military division gathered their top researchers to pool in their knowledge of the enemies they would be facing. They developed new technologies that would help them against the alien and evo threat.

The battles that followed afterwards were long and hard, but after two years of hard work, the combined efforts of both the Plumbers and Providence were able to drive away the more unfriendly aliens and either destroyed or captured the evos.

Many lives were saved in this event, and because the Plumbers and Providence respected each other now for all the effort they put into making this victory possible, they decided to found the construction of the CSRD, as a symbol of how many scientists in any kind of field could achieve much if they could work together.

And the building stood firm since then, welcoming veteran or eager young scientists and their various researches in order to make their visions a reality, to help better mankind itself.

At the moment, the CSRD is hosting a 'Science Convention' which is a little something they came up with a couple of years ago in order to raise funds and encourage people who want a scientific carrier to come to them.

Many booths were lined up in every direction, each with a theme of its own. Some booth managers showed their research on thermal dynamics, others on cosmology, robotic engineering, and even the simple classics, like geology, biology, chemistry, etc.

However, it was the center stage that would show the biggest attraction ever today.

On top of the stage was a massive, dome-shaped machine, made of light colored steel and covered with various buttons, switches, and blinking lights. On the center of the front end of the machine was a large ring of metal.

Operating the large mechanism was a small boy, with red curly hair. He was wearing a white lab coat, black boots and pants and purple gloves. His most distinguishable feature of course was his pair of large, thick rimmed glasses.

"How's the work coming along Dexter?"-asked a kind, male voice to the boy's left.

The little boy, now identified as Dexter, turned his attention away from the machine and looked up at who addressed him. The one who spoke to him was a tall, middle age man, wearing a white lab coat, black pants and shoes and he also had black, combed hair.

"It is coming along, just fine Professor Utonium."-Dexter answered, in a bizarre, almost Russian accent-"This latest invention of mine is sure to attract at least half of the city."

The professor chuckled in amusement-"Well, considering the fact that you distributed fliers about your invention ALL over the city, I doubt there will be very few patrons to witness this."

Dexter looked down at the floor for a moment, a blush spreading on his face as he deemed that part as another embarrassing moment of his life.-"W-well I couldn't help myself!"-Dexter countered-"I was so excited about this new invention of mine, I just wanted as many people as possible to be here to watch my genius in action."

Dexter ended his claim, by puffing out his chest in pride, which resulted in a girl giggling right behind him.-"Oh you were excited alright. I haven't seen you like that since we went to get the last issue of the 'Major Glory' comic book together."

Dexter's blush came back full force, as he sighed in exasperation and turned to look at the one addressing him this time. It turned out to be a little girl about his age and height. She wore a small sleeveless pink shirt with a black sash over her middle. She also wore white socks and black shoes. The girl's most distinguishable traits were her large pink eyes, long orange hair and the big red bow on her head.

"And pray tell, what is that supposed to mean Blossom?"-Dexter asked the girl in front of him.

"Well duh,"-Blossom began-"your eyes were all swelled with excitement, you were giggling like a little schoolgirl, and you were also running all over the place like you were on a sugar rush."

Now Dexter's entire head became beat red, to the point where one would hardly be able to distinguish his hair from his face.-"Hey! I do not…giggle…like you women."-Dexter said indignantly as he crossed his arms and turned away from the now giggling Blossom-"Besides, I simply wanted people to bare witness to my awesome genius."

"Hehehe, sure you do Dexter. You can be so cute when you get flustered."-Blossom said, not ceasing her giggling.

Professor Utonium chuckled good heartedly, knowing full well of the relationship between his smart little girl and the equally smart little boy. Deciding that Blossom had teased him enough, the professor intervened:

"Alright Blossom, why don't we go and find Bubbles and Buttercup, and leave Dexter to do his work."

"Okay professor."-Blossom answered and was about to float away from the two scientists, until she turned back to Dexter and kissed him on his right cheek-"Good luck out there Dex."-then she flew off to find her sisters.

Dexter stood there, his hand unconciously touching the spot where Blossom kissed him, a goofy smile grassing his lips. Seeing this caused the professor to chuckle once again, pulling Dexter out of Lala land and back onto Earth.

"What is so funny?"-Dexter demanded irritably

"Oh nothing Dexter. Nothing at all."-the professor answered-"I guess I'm just happy my little Blossom found the right man in her life. And at such a young age too."

Dexter simply turned back to the machine and continued working on it.-"You say that almost every time you see us together. It is not that big of a deal, I assure you. Now please remove yourself from the premises, I have to make sure I calibrate this thing correctly."

"Alright Dexter. I have to find my daughters anyway."-the professor began to walk away, but stopped and looked over his shoulder to look at the child prodigy once again-"And I will keep saying that, because I'm happy for you too. You know, living all by yourself for your entire life, will leave you emotionally scarred. You should remember that, and appreciate your time with Blossom."

Once the professor was out of earshot, Dexter let out an exhausted groan. The professor gave him this same spiel many times before, and whether the boy-genius liked it or not, the man was right.

Dexter used to live a very reclusive life before meeting the Powerpuff girls. Even though he had his parents and—many times dimwitted—big sister, he still felt alone, because he didn't have anyone he could truly connect with. He was already an excepted and well respected member of the CSRD when the Utoniums moved into Megaville. When he first met the Powerpuff girls and saw them in action, bringing down one of Mandark's destructive constructs that was meant for him, he was impressed by their powers and abilities and became friends with them and their father relatively quickly. It was during school when he got to spend more time with Blossom that the two noticed how much they had in common, especially in the field of science. Knowing this, the two grew closer to each other to the point where they became a couple. And this knowledge was something both the Utoniums and Dexter's family knew of.

Ever since then, Dexter was more happier, knowing there was someone of the opposite sex who shared his passion for science and knowledge and he did cherish his moments with Blossom. But that doesn't mean he had to like it whenever professor Utonium told him to do just that.

'Still…he is still right about one thing. I should enjoy my time with Blossom while it lasts. With her being a super hero and me often doing dangerous experiments—and having to deal with my stuuupid destructive sister—one never knows when it might be our last time together.'-Dexter thought somberly as he continued to calibrate his invention

XXX

Forest outside Megaville

Within the thick forests that surround the city of Megaville, three individuals can be seen walking through its more darker area; two girls and one man.

The lone male of the group had long light blue hair, with sideburns and a single line of hair on his chin both of similar color to his hair. The man also had a red bandana tied around his forehead to keep his wild hair out of his eyes. The man was wearing a sleeveless, red and orange button-up shirt of some sort, with a black T-shirt underneath, red and black striped wristbands, a black belt around his waist, burgundy colored pants, purple boots with pink sols and lastly an orange colored scarf wrapped around his neck.

Next to the male was a young woman a couple of inches shorter than the man. Her hair was of a much darker shade of blue and her eyes were strangely blood-red. She had a pair of light green oval earrings and she also had a yellow bandana keeping her hair out of her eyes just like the man. In terms of clothing, she wore a dark green unitard with black rolled-up sleeves, but strangely no pants. She had a black belt with a light green circle around her mid-section, dark green boots and gloves and lastly she had a yellow cape tied around her neck.

The one thing the young man and woman had in common—aside from hair color and weird fashion choices—was a small bag with a letter M tied to each of their belts.

Walking in front of the two was the second girl of the group, who was also younger than the previous woman, about eleven or twelve years of age in fact. She was of Asian descent with flowing black hair, which had red line going across it. She was wearing more normal looking clothes than the other two: a short sleeved green T-shirt with red highlights and a red dragonfly in the middle, a pair of dark blue denim jeans with a brown belt holding them up and lastly a pair of dark brown shoes with black sols. She was also wearing a brown wristband on her left wrist, which had a large purple crystal on it.

As the group of three walked across the thick underbrush of the woods, the lone male of the group spoke up:

"Sooo, remind me again why are we back here again Vamber?"

"Ack, how many times must I tell you Prohyas,"-the woman with dark blue hair started explaining…again-"We are here because the Mysterious Hooded Woman asked us to slay a monster that's been terrorizing the forests around Rhyboflaven. Now do you get it brother?"

"Oh no, I get what we're supposed to be doing."-Prohyas answered his snarky sister-"What I don't get is; A if this monster's terrorizing Rhyboflaven, than why are we in the forests of Megaville? And B why did we bring her along?"-he ended his question by pointing at their youngest associate, who turned around to address them both.

"Because smart guy, the crystal on my wristband alerted me of the same monster you two have been hired to kill, and as the Te Xuan Ze it's my job to stop this thing before it hurts somebody."

"Quite right Juniper dear."-Vamber added, then addressed her brother-"And she knows these woods better than we do Prohyas, so that is an added bonus to our cause."

"Okay fine."-Prohyas conceded-"But the Mysterious Hooded Woman promised to pay us 10 000 gems if we pull this off. *whisper* And what if we have to split the reward with her? We need the money for this month's rent, remember?"

"Ahem."-Juniper interjected, drawing the attention of both Warrior siblings-"I'm the Te Xuan Ze, not a mercenary like you two, so you can keep whatever money you're promised."

"There, see? Problem solved."-Vamber said with smug and finality

'Well alright, I guess…"-Prohyas conceded once again before changing the subject-"So what exactly are we looking for?"

"Well the Mysterious Hooded Woman said the monster's called the 'Wolf Beast'."-Vamber explained before Juniper chimed in:

"Yeah, my dog Monroe told me about it. It's basically a wolf, but on serious steroids."

"Oh! Well if it's just a wolf, than we can handle it, no problem."-Prohyas proclaimed, right before a loud growl was heard in the air, sending a shiver of fear down the group's backs.

Walking towards a cluster of bushes the three heroes peered over the vegetation to see the source of the ungodly noise, but soon regretted their decision.

There, just a few feet away from them, devouring a half torn apart elk, was a wolf the size of a friggin' car. Juniper Lee wasn't joking when she said the beast was on steroids, for every part of its body was all muscle. It was covered in light brown fur, and a thick mane of dark brown fur covered its back and neck. It had large claws, a pair of massive canines and two glowing red eyes. In short, this thing was the very definition of a beast.

"Oookay, so ignoring its disgusting eating habits, how do we vanquish this beast?"-Prohyas inquired

"Hmmm…"-Vamber said as she was holding her chin with her thumb and index finger in a classic thinking pose, until she lit up with inspiration-"I've got it. Prohyas, you will use Excaliburger to distract the beast, then Juniper and I will use our skills and magiswords to vanquish it."

"Awww, but I wanted to fight it too."-Prohyas whined, not at all pleased with his role in this plan.

"Well it's the only plan we've got that might actually work. Besides would you rather waste a lot of time fighting and getting really hurt by this thing, or would you rather go home, collect your paycheck and buy some of your magical sword thingies?"-Juniper Lee asked, silencing Prohyas for a moment, before the male Warrior sibling let out a defeated sigh and said:

"Fine, let's do it. But Vamber, you have to promise me that I get to fight the next monster we encounter."

"Deal."-Vamber said, with both Warrior siblings shaking hands in agreement.

With that Prohyas promptly jumped out of the bush and shoved his hand inside the sack on his belt. After rumedging through the sack for a bit, he pulled out a small object.

EXCALIBURGER MAGISWORD

Doing a horizontal swing caused the small object to grow into a much larger version of itself. The object in question was a sword handle, the blade of which was…a giant hamburger…with a propeller on top…I'm not making this up even if I'm trying guys.

"Well here goes nothing."-Prohyas declared as he pointed the unusual sword at the beast and from the…blade were summoned smaller versions of the blade that flew in the direction of the Wolf Beast.

The monster itself still had its giant muzzle buried deep inside the dead elk's stomach, when the noise of multiple propellers drew its attention. Pulling its blood-covered muzzle out of the carcass it saw a flock of flying hamburgers in its field of vision. It looked at the flying fast-food items for a moment longer, before it pounced and tried to snap its massive jaws at them. It only managed to snag one of them, while the others kept evading its giant mouth.

Watching the show was a very pleased Prohyas-"Hey it worked."-he said, before turning back to the bush-"Alright sis it worked. It's your turn now."

After finishing his sentence the young mercenary felt hot air blowing at the back of his neck. Gulping loudly, Prohyas slowly turned to around to see that the Wolf Beast was now just a couple of inches away from his face. It had a busted up propeller hanging outside its mouth, and with no signs of the multitude of propeller burgers anywhere, Prohyas can safely conclude that the beast at them all.

"Ehehehe, uhm…want some more dude?"-Prohyas nervously asked, which only made the beast growl and bare its teeth at him.

"Hya!"-Juniper yelled, as her foot made contact with the Wolf Beast's head, pushing it back a few feet.

Prohyas sighed in relief as he looked to address the young Te Xuan Ze, once she landed right next to him:

"Thanks little dudelett. I owe ya one."

"Owe me two, and we're even."-Juniper told the Warrior, before jumping up and smashing the Wolf Beast's head into the ground with her feet-"AND DON'T CALL ME 'DUDELETT'! THAT'S NOT EVEN A WORD!"

"It is so!"-Prohyas rebuked, as he watched Juniper uppercut the beast, then round-house kicked the monster's maw.

While normally Juniper would display feats of strength not normal for most twelve-year-olds, her strikes seemed like mere nudges to this massive beast.

To even prove this, the Wolf Beast glared at Juniper with its flaring red eyes and roared at her with an ungodly roar, spitting out chunks of bone, meet, blood and propeller parts in the process.

"Aww gross! I just put on a clean t-shirt today!"-Juniper complained, barely noticing the beast leap at her.

Luckily Prohyas came to her aid by using his Hook Magisword to pull the young Te Xuan Ze away from the spot where the beast crashed in. After acknowledging Juniper's thanks, Prohyas decided to make the job easier on them, and subdue the beast with:

MUMMY MAGISWORD

Which was a sword handle, with a large, thick hand wrapped in gauze as the blade. Prohyas then pointed the sword at the beast and long gauzes flew out of the hand's fingers straight towards the monster, wrapping around its body and immobilizing it.

"Oh good work Prohyas. I was about to ask you to do just that."-Vamber suddenly said, while holding another magisword, this one's handle being made of stone with a green jewel in the cross-guard, and the blade looking like a round boulder.-"Now than, time to end this!"

BOULDER MAGISWORD

She then waved her magisword at the tied-up beast, and then from out of nowhere a large boulder appeared over the beast's head, landed on said body part and then cracked and split in two like a giant egg, with the Wolf Beast lying on the ground unconscious.

"Well, that takes care of that."-Vamber said, her magisword shrunk and she placed the magical item back into her magisword bag.

"What the heck took ya so long?"-Prohyas demanded of his sister-"Jun and I almost became dog-chow."

"Sorry about that."-Vamber began explaining-"I just couldn't decide whether to use the Boulder Magisword or the Ground-Pound Magisword."

"Couldn't you've gone with whichever you grabbed without looking?"-Prohyas inquired

"Oh! I haven't thought of that."-Vamber admitted

"Well, I think we're all done here."-Juniper said, wringing part of her shirt to get rid of some of the slobber and blood the monster spilled on her-"You guys can take that thing with you, or do whatever you want with it. I'm going home and see if I could get some new clean clothes."

"Thank you dear."-Vamber told her-"And might I also suggest a nice hot shower."

"Yeah, with lots of shampoo too."-Prohyas added

"Oh don't worry. I think I'll use the entire bottle that we have."-Juniper said, but then the crystal on her wristband began to pulsate with a yellow glow and a beeping noise-"Ugh, seriously?! What is it now?!"

Well, she as well as the Warrior siblings got their answer, when they heard a deep growl coming from right behind them. They turned around to see the Wolf Beast slowly rising up from the ground, and with a mighty tug, the monster ripped apart the gauzes that kept him immobile.

"Wow. That thing must be real thickheaded to be back on his feet that quickly."-Prohyas said, gaining an annoyed glare from Vamber

"Prohyas now's not the time for your lame puns."-Vamber chastised her brother.

Their bickering was interrupted by another growl from the beast, and when they looked in its direction they saw it turn around and run away. This left the whole group in a state of shock, until Prohyas broke the silence:

"So uh…any idea where it went?"

Vamber simply shrugged since she didn't know where the monster could've gone off to, Juniper on the other hand did:

"Oh no. That thing is headed straight for town."

The worry in her voice was enough to gain the Warrior siblings' attention in full.

"I'm sorry, but…did you just say that thing is head for the…city?"-Prohyas asked worriedly, hoping he had only misheard.

"YES!"-Juniper clarified as she started running after the monster-"C'mon! We have to stop it before it kills someone."

Vamber and Prohyas looked at each other and realized that Juniper had a point. If they don't stop that beast than, not only will they not get paid, but they will also dishonor the very occupation their last name stands for.

So with looks of determination they each pulled out two colorful greatswords from their bags and…began flying on them after Jun and the beast.

XXX

The Veil; The Frozen Fortress

The ice giant stumbled back a few steps, after taking another powerful blow from its adversary.

Its objective was as clear as the ice that made up its home and body: if its smaller and weaker brethren failed to stop the intruder, then it would step in and crush the trespasser itself. Its master demanded this.

But what it didn't anticipate was for the intruder to fight back with such ferocity and strength. It was like fighting another ice giant.

The giant shook its skull and was about to try and pound the intruder again, but before it could a giant, jagged blade destroyed its ribcage and stabbed its spine. The owner of the blade then swung the large scythe behind it, taking the spine with it, leaving the rest of the giant's body to recover. The skull was still attached to the spine and from its upside down position it could see its body reforming itself. But before its body could fully reform, the intruder swung his scythe at the giant's body once again and—using the spine of the frosted undead—it smashed the giant's body into pieces, leaving lifeless bones and ice in its place.

In a burst of purple magic flames, the hooded rider stood before the scattered remains of his adversaries. He gave them an A for effort, but they weren't enough to stop him. Not even the big one could. He knew full well that it was him who created these things. He knew full well he was trying to stop him by any means necessary. But no matter what comes his way, he will cut down and destroy anything that will stand in his way, in order to save his brother.

He then saw a cluster of stones from a wall slide upwards, forming an entrance to the next level of the fortress.

The rider didn't groan in exhaustion or complained about there being more to go, he simply sheathed his weapons and began walking again.

'Soon brother, I will find a way to free you from the Council…I promise.'

XXX

Other Earth; CSRD Science Convention

Behind the center stage of the convention, stood two teenage girls of Japanese descent, with some rather unique looks. One of them was leaning on the wall, tuning a red electric guitar. She had short purplish blue hair which partially covered her right eye, her other eye, which was blue in color, showed that she had some mascara painted. Her outfit consisted of a short sleeved lavender t-shirt with a skull in the middle, a black skirt, a pair of black boots with purple sols, and she also had a black collar with spikes around her neck and similar wristbands on both of her wrists. Her bored frown indicated that she wasn't very much into the convention itself, and coupled with her outfit, pretty much gave her a street punk sort of look.

The second girl on the other hand, was the complete polar opposite of the punkish girl. Her eyes were dark pink with some eyeshadow. Her hair was long and pink, reaching all the way to her waist, while some of the top portion was tied as a pair of buns. She also had a yellow flower hairclip on her right hair bun. Her outfit was also much brighter than her friend's: a yellow and orange tank top, a white sash-like belt, a yellow and pink skirt, a pair of high heeled white boots and an orange beaded wristband around her left wrist. She seemed to be in a much more pleasant mood than her companion, who began to make her voice known:

"Aiya, this is sooo boring Ami. Why did we even come to this nerd fest?"

"Because Yumi, Kaz said the CSRD would pay us greatly if we threw in a little performance after Dexter's presentation."-the pink haired girl, now known as Ami, told her opposite friend, Yumi.

"Who the hell's Dexter?"-Yumi asked in a bored tone, raising an eyebrow.

"Dexter, you know the little kid who makes all kinds of amazing inventions?"-Ami responded, to which Yumi still had her eyebrow raised, forcing her to continue-"The founder of Dex Labs? One of the elite here in CSRD?...The kid who fixed our equipment when they broke down last month?"

"Oh! You mean the Prince of Nerds."-Yumi said, with her face showing jenuine realization, while Ami simply looked at her friend with half lidded eyes.

"Seriously Yumi?"-Ami asked-"How could you forget about him, when we saw him exactly ONE MONTH ago? And why are you calling him the 'Prince of Nerds'?"

"Well duh, because he is the biggest nerd I've ever seen in my life."-Yumi said in her usual laid back tone-"I mean seriously, he wouldn't shut up with his big fancy words last time we saw him. I swear to God, I was this close to tying him up and gag him, just to shut him up."

Ami simply rolled her eyes at what her friend was saying. Okay, now she herself wasn't a huge fan of science, but she did enjoy the things scientists invented. Things that a person would normally see only in the movies. Plus most of what the scientists here at the CSRD are doing, is meant to help people, and since Ami likes helping people and make them happy, she has no problems with what's going on in the institute.

"Well I think that whatever Dexter's going to be presenting tonight is going to be great."-Ami told her friend-"Also, I guess it should be fair for me to mention that I had to thank him for his help for the both of us, since you wouldn't stop being rude."

Yumi simply rolled her eyes, as she set her guitar next to herself and placed her hands behind her head-"Whatever. I just don't like nerds, okay? I thought I told you already that I'm only into bad boys and cool guys. Guys liiiiike…Rex Salazar!"-Yumi said excitedly as she pointed behind Ami, who looked over shoulder and saw that, yes indeed, thee Rex Salazar of Providence, walking around, as if he were looking for something.

With Rex

Rex Salazar, or as some people from town would call him 'Generator Rex', was indeed browsing through the many stalls of the convention, but for a completely different reason. For the past few weeks he's been kicking evo ass, and he barely got any time for a break. And when he did, that time was spent training in order to 'sharpen his skills', as his partner Six would tell him.

So now he found himself here at the convention as an excuse to get away from all the stress, courtesy from dr. Holiday. Now he wasn't really into science like Holiday was, but he figured he may as well take this as a win. And there is also mostly free food involved so, who was he to complain? Besides this, he also wanted to see Dexter's latest invention as well.

Now he and the little child genius aren't exactly BFFs, but Dexter did help him out a lot of times, especially when it came to tech problems. He was also hoping to meet some other people he might know here, but no such luck.

"Yo Rex!"

'Spoke too soon.'-thought the young evo.

Rex turned and saw the source of the voice being his friend and partner-in-crime-fighting, Ben Tenyson, a young man about his age, with short brown hair, blue geans, black and white tennis shoes, black T-shirt and a green jacket with the number ten on its left side. But Ben's signature attire had to be the newly improved omnitrix on his left wrist, which was white with a black faceplate and green lines forming an hourglass outline on the faceplate. This was the device that made Ben one of the strongest heroes from Megaville, although Rex himself was no slouch, evidence being all the sparring matches the two had in the past.

When Ben got close to Rex the teen heroes shook hands and Ben spoke first:

"I didn't think I'd bump into you here dude. I thought you weren't into all this sciency stuff."

"Well I still am not."-Rex said-"But Holiday told White Knight and Six that I should come here and check out all the tech that's being shown off, as part of my training."

"Oh yeah, I heard that there's been a sudden increase in evo activity lately."-Ben said, coming to a realization-"Is that why you didn't show up for smoothies last Friday night?"

"Trained with Six all day, then went out to fight some giant centipede evo."-Rex answered-"Sorry about that though. I really did want to meet up with you guys."

"Eh, no big deal."-Ben reassured him-"I mean, a hero's gotta do what a hero's gotta do, right?"

"Yeah, but it's still a pain in the ass sometimes."-Rex sighed tiredly-"Well anyway, so what about you? An alien action lately?"

"Pfft, you have no idea. Twelve hours-a-day of non-stop alien attacks every week."-Ben said, releasing a tired sigh himself-"I mean, I'm lucky enough to be able to do my homework or study for tests. Good thing grandpa and the Plumbers said there were no alien activities happening today."

"Wow, so we're in the same boat than."-Rex said-"But if you have a day off, then why are you here?"

"Homework. Go to the science convention, find a cool enough invention and write about it."

"Dude, that's harsh."

"Yeah, well I might as well enjoy myself, since Dexter won't be helping me out until after his presentation is done."

"Wait, you're writing about Dex's invention?"-Rex asked in a surprised tone, to which Ben nodded.

"Yep, since he always makes the coolest stuff, figured I might as well wright about his latest invention."

"Well at least you'll get something good out of—"

"Yeah mom, I told you five times already. I'm at the convention and I've already talked to Dexter."-a rather irritated female voice interrupted the two's conversation.

Both boys turned to the side to see a teenage girl…who's also a robot. She physically looked their age, her body made of white metal, with blue metal acting as a short top and skirt as well as boots. She also had two blue metal triangles on her head, which looked like pigtails. She also had a TV coming out of her chest, with the black and white image of an elderly woman wearing goggles. The two seemed to be in a hot debate right now.

"No mom, he didn't tell me what his invention is. He said-"-and the girl left her mouth opened and the voice of Dexter began to play-"For you to marvel at my most geeenius invention…you will have to wait for the presentation like everybody else. Now away with you Miss XJ9, for I have many calibrations left to do. Oh and tell dr. Wakeman I said hi."-then she closed her mouth and started speaking normally again-"So as you can see he won't tell me anything, so if I have to wait, then you'll have to as well mother…Yes I'll record the whole event when it starts…Okay, yes, look I gotta go…yeah sure. Bye."

Having ended her conversation, the TV folded itself and went back in the girl's chest, before she released an exasperated sigh-"I'd better pull out my HD camera and make it good, or else mom will never get off my back."

"Jenny? Is that you?"-Ben asked, drawing the robot girl's attention, who was surprised at first, but then broke into a wide, happy smile

"Ben! Boy am I glad to see you here. I thought for sure I was gonna end up by myself here."-Jenny said as she approached the alien hero.

"Well then, I guess it's a good thing I won't be the only friendly face you'll see here."-Ben said, as he stepped aside to reveal Rex, upon which Jenny's eyes widened and her metal cheeks began to blush deep blue.

"Hey Jenny."-Rex greeted her friendly

"Oh! Uh…h-hi Rex, h-how's it hangin'? hehehe…"-Jenny said nervously, facepalming herself mentally-'How's it hangin'? Really?! Wate-a-go Jenny. How much more of a dork can ya get?'

"Well, ya know. Hero business lately as usual."-Rex simply answered, not seeming to notice Jenny's extreme nervousness.-"But right now, I'm on a break. What about you? What brings you here?"

The question seemed to have snapped Jenny out of whatever trance she was in, as she quickly regained her composer and answered normally:

"Well, my mom told me to come here and see what Dexter's latest invention is. She couldn't make the trip from Tremorton, since she's working on some new upgrade for me, while getting ready for a visit from her friend, professor Moshimo. So here I am, representing my mother, and being her eyes and ears in the presentation."

"Wait."-Ben chimed in-"Professor Moshimo's not coming to the convention? But isn't he one of the elite's here too, like Dexter is?"

"Well yeah, he is."-Jenny answered-"But no, I have no idea why he's not coming. Though I think I heard mom say something about 'catching up with an old friend'."

"Well then, maybe you should make two copies of that video you were gonna make Jen."-Rex suggested

"R-right, I was uh, just thinking that."-Jenny said, and then face Rex, but she was looking at the ground and was fiddling with rim of her 'skirt' and appeared to be more nervous now-"So, Rex. I was uh wondering if…y-you…h-have any plans for…t-tonight?"-seeing the confused look on the young evo's face, Jenny continued-"'C-cause I was thinking that…maybe…y-you and I could…you know…hang out…s-somewhere. S-since I'll be staying here till tomorrow, and all."

Once Jenny was finished, Rex thought for a minute, before he sighed in exasperation again and answered-"Urgh, sorry Jenny, but I'm pretty much booked for the whole week. Or maybe even the whole month if those stupid evos won't stop coming."

Hearing this made Jenny sad and disappointed, although she did understand his reasons. Although she was still bummed that she couldn't hang out with her crush.

In truth, Jenny had developed a crush on Rex, ever since he helped her defeat a giant scorpion evo, which at the time was under the control of Crackus and Smitus, queen Vexus' most dangerous henchmen. Ever since that day, Jenny couldn't help but become nervous every time she was near the teen hero, even though said hero didn't seem to notice it.

Seeing one of his friends and hero partner being all sad, Ben wanted to say something to cheer her up, but was interrupted by another girl's voice, who seemed to be whining for some reason.

"Marcoooo! Why the heck are we in this boooring place?"

When the three heroes looked in the direction of the voice, the saw a boy and a girl walk into view. The boy had tanned skin and brown eyes and hair, indicating a Hispanic heritage. He was wearing a red hoodie, black pants and red tennis shoes. The girl on the other hand looked completely different. She had blue eyes and long blond hair that reached her waist. She was wearing s light green dress, purple and red stripped stocking, purple shoes with smiling demon faces on them and she also had a red head-band on her head, which had a pair of small horns. She also had two hearts on her cheeks for some reason.

The girl looked like she was bored out of her skull, while the boy looked annoyed.

"Look Star, I already told you about a dozen times by now."-the boy said, addressing his partner-in-crime-"I am here, because I wanted to see Dexter's latest invention. You are here because you just wanted to tag along. Nobody forced you to come, ya know."

"I know, I know."-Star said-"But you said you were going somewhere FUN. And this-"-she gestures to the whole convention-"-is the opposite of fun!"

"Look, I admit most of these things are pretty boring, but Dexter always makes cool things to spice these events up, so it won't be all that bad. And besides, Dexter tutored me a lot for my science tests, so I figured I should at least show up."

The young Butterfly princess simply sighed in exasperation, as she knew that Marco was too much of a nice guy to talk out of this.-"Okay fine, you win."-she admitted, before pulling out a pair of pink, stylized scissors-"But after this, we will go on an adventure somewhere, where there's lots of explosions, monsters, lava rivers and lots of weird things. Got it?"

"Right, got it."-Marco agreed

"Hehehe, looks like you guys are up to some trouble again, huh?"-Ben asked amusingly, as he approached the duo.

"BEN!"-Marco and Star shouted together in a happy/exited manner.

Once Ben was close enough he and Marco shook hands, and the Hispanic boy spoke first-"It's good to see ya here buddy."

"Yeah, it's good to see you to Marco."-Ben responded-"Glad to see you're not dead yet from—"

"BEN!"-Star shouted, as she wrapped her arms around the surprised super hero and gave him a tight hug.

"Hehe, hey Star. Good to see you too…"-Ben said nervously, since Star is well known for being a little too unpredictable and just overall too…bouncy.

"Oh my gosh, I am sooo glad you're here!"-Star said excitedly, after releasing the teen hero-"Because if you're here, then that means a super villain or super evil alien dude is gonna pop up here too, which means there will be some excitement here AFTER ALL!"

Ben had a confused look on his face and he made his confusion known-"Uh, why the heck would there be a super villain here, if I'm here?"

Now it was Star's turn to look confused, and while Marco was desparetely trying to get her to stop talking, she spoke anyway-"Well duh! You're the super hero, so it's only logical for a super villain to appear where ever the super hero is."

Now Ben was even more confused by this logic, but he then gained an irritated look, when he heard laughter coming from Rex and Jenny.

"Hahaha, well she's got you there Ben!"-Rex said, as he smacked the shapeshifter's back, who responded

"Yeah, real funny. Although, now that I think about it, you're no better Rex. I mean, evos keep popping up everywhere you are. It's almost like they're stalking you, like some twisted admirer or something."

Rex was surprised by the quick comeback by Ben, but he decided to play to off-"Well, I do like having fans swarming all over me, but 'crazy, stalking, evo fans'? No thanks."

There was silence at first, until they all broke out into laughter at Rex's joke. Then the two Hispanic boys decided to greet each other.

"Hey Rex, good to see ya bro."-Marco said as he shook Rex's hand

"Hey hombre, good to see ya too."-Rex said, then added with a cheeky grin-"So, how's your date with Star going?"

"Very funny, gearhead."-Marco said irritably.

"JENNY!"-Star shouted as she threw herself onto the robot girl's neck, swung around once, before stopping and giving her friend a big hug.

"Uh, h-hey Star. Good to see ya."-Jenny said nervously, although she was used to the princes' antics

"Yeah, right back at ya girlfriend!"-Star responded, before pulling Jenny closer to her face and speaking in a hushed tone-"So tell me, did you ask him out yet? Did he say yes? Tell me!"

Jenny quickly covered Star's mouth with her metal hand, before any of the other could hear her.-"Star, be quiet!"-Jenny hissed in a hushed tone-"Yes I asked him out, but he said he's busy right now, so maybe another time, okay?"

"Mmkmy."-Star mumbled, Jenny still having sealed her mouth shut with her hand.

"Hey what are you two talking about over there?"-Rex asked, to which the two girls quickly turned to face the boys before quickly saying:

"Nothing!"

Rex and Marco thought it was kinda weird how they acted, but decided not to say anything for now. Then Ben spoke up:

"Well, we still have some time before the show starts, so how 'bout we hang together then. Sound good?"

To which the hero got his answer, in the form of four simultaneous-"YEAH!". And so just like that, the gang of five went to browse around the convention until the time for the show came.

XXX

Meanwhile, in another part of the convention

At a stall, which serves all manner of Japanese foods, a man wearing a pure white gi, with black hair tied in a small ponytail on his head, was offering a bowl filled with steaming ramen to a young boy. The boy was a little pudgy with curly brown hair, wearing a salmon pink T-shirt with a yellow star on its middle, light blue jeans and pink sandals.

"Here you go Steven. Now just be careful while you are eating it. It is still quite hot."-the Japanese man said, addressing the boy before him.

"Don't worry Mr. Jack I'll be super careful. Especially since I'm eating with chopsticks."-Steven answered, as he carefully held the bowl to his chest with one hand and started fiddling with a pair of chopsticks with his other hand.

The way he kept struggling to hold the sticks right and the grunting noises he produced, made Jack chuckle slightly, before he took the chopsticks back and offered a plastic fork for the little boy.

"Here you go my friend. This should make things easier for you."-Jack said softly, while Steven cutely pouted and blushed in embarrassment.

"I could've done it."-the little half-gem said as he started eating the noodles first, while Jack answered

"I know you could have Steven. But I do not wish for you to drop the bowl and spill hot ramen on yourself. You could burn yourself or one of the broken shards might even cut your legs as well."

"I know, I know."-Steven said dejectedly, before he raised his spoon up into the heavens and proclaimed-"But one day I will master the art of eating with chopsticks!"

Finding the scene before him quite amusing, Jack couldn't help but chuckle slightly, before asking Steven a question-"Steven, where is your father? Isn't he worried that you ran off by yourself?"

After slurping up another noodle, Steven spoke with a smile-"Oh don't worry Mr. Jack, dad didn't bring me here today. He's got a card game with some friends back in Beach city. The gems brought me here."

"STEVEN!"

And speak of the devil, three colorful ladies walked into view, approaching Steven.

The first of the three was the tallest, having dark purple skin, and wearing a dark burgundy full-body suite with purple star on her chest. She had a pair of very dark red gems on the palms of each of her hands. She also had a white visor covering her eyes and a square shaped afro. The second was the shortest, with lavender colored skin and a purple amethyst gem on her chest. She was wearing a white tank top, dark purple pants with a star on each knee, and light lavender shoes. She also had a long mane of lavender-whiteish hair, covering her left eye. The final member of the trio was of medium hight, with short peach colored hair pointed backwards and a white pearl on her forehead. She was wearing a light blue sleeveless dress that ended just a little past her waist with a star in the middle, and a darker blue sash tied around her waist, as well as light blue ballerina shoes. Her most distinguishing feature though, was her long, pointed nose, which gave her an almost bird-like appearance.

"There you are Steven."-the bird-like one said in a strict motherly tone-"You shouldn't run off like that. Some of these inventions can be rather…dangerous to be around if you're not careful."

"Aww don't worry Pearl, I'm fine, see?"-Steven reassured her-"I just wanted to taste some genuine Japanese ramen from Mr. Jack."

"Yeah, see P? There was nothing to worry about after all."-the lavender one said, before whispering to Steven-"She looked like she was really close to freaking out. That would've been funny."

"Amethyst, Steven separating from us and getting hurt in the process is not funny."-Pearl said, having heard her partner's comment.

"Yo chill out P. You know that's not what I meant."-Amethyst argued, before the tall one got between the two arguing gems

"Alright, why don't you both chill out. Remember, we're here so Steven can learn a little about science and for him to have some fun along the way too."-this seemed to have gotten the attention of the two gems as they both calmed down and backed off from each other. Satisfied with the results, the leader of the team turned to address the samurai-"Sorry about that Mr. Jack. This tends to happen every once in a while."

"Oh it is quite alright Ms. Garnet."-Jack politely said-"I guess you could say I have grown used to such antics."

"Then it's a good thing we came by. And while we're here…"-Amethyst said as she got up to Jack's stall-"Hit me with ten bowls of whatever the heck ya gave Steven."

"Amethyst we don't have enough money to pay for that high of an order."-Pearl scolded her comrade

"It is alright Pearl. Amethyst can have her food for free."-Jack reassured them

"AWW YEAH! FREE FOOD FOR THE WIN!"-Amethyst announced, gaining an annoyed look from a Pearl, a neutral look from Garnet and a giggle from Steven.

Further down a couple of stalls, three boys were hiding, watching the proceedings. They were all of different sizes and with different styles of clothing. The shortest had a flat head with three long strings of hair sticking out. He wore a short sleeved yellow T-shirt with purple edges, and a red line going down the left side of the shirt, cyan blue jeans and red shoes. The middle sized one wore a black beanie hat, a short sleeved red T-shirt, dark blue shorts, long red socks and blue shoes. The tallest had a bur-cut hair style, and he strangely had no chin, making his head look like a noodle. He wore a dark green jacket over a short sleeved burgundy and white stripped T-shirt, dark blue baggy pants, and black boots.

"Eddy, remind me once again, why are we scullking very close to Mr. Jack's stall, while the author of this—probably poorly written—story is describing our current appearences?"-the middle sized one asked the short one, who turned to him with an annoyed glare.

"Because Double D, we're waiting for Mr. Samurai and the riff raff to get moving to see that lame ass show. And when they're gone WHAM we take his food and sell for twice the amount he sells it for. We're gonna be rich."-Eddy said, his eyes turning into green dollar signs in the end, although Double D wasn't pleased with what he was hearing.

"Ignoring the fact that you are attempting to steal from someone who is not only a hero of Megaville, but also one of our most distinguished teachers at school, you gave me your word Eddy, that you and Ed would accompany me to see Dexter's presentation."

"Ah what's the big whoop."-Eddy waved his friend off-"You could just ask him to give ya a private look later or something. Right now, scam first."

As Eddy started rubbing his hands together with a devilish look on his face, Double D stomped forward until he was standing right in front of his short friend and said in a very ticked-off tone:

"Oh no, not this time Eddy. This time we will be spending our afternoon my way, and since it is a presentation made by Dexter, then I am sure even you and Ed will find some enjoyment from it."-Double D declared as he saw his friend giving him his usual bored half lidded eye look, which prompted him to continue-"Or I could just walk up to Mr. Jack over there and tell him what you are about to do Eddy."

At this Eddy gasped in fright at what the samurai would do to him if he found out, which prompted him to glare at his smart friend-"You little snitch, you wouldn't dare!"

"Oh, but I most certainly would."-Double D said, as he turned away from the little conman, and began slowly walking towards his teacher. This made Eddy panic and after a few more steps, he quickly grabbed Double D's left leg and said:

"Okay, okay sock-head, you win. Ed and I will go with you, just please don't say anything."

Double D had a conniving grin on his face as he didn't turn to look at his friend yet, until he said-"Well, then I say should be off gentlemen. No reason to—"

Before Double D could finish his sentence, something wet landed on his left shoulder. When he turned to look he saw that it was mustard, giving it a disgusted look. Eddy was about to laugh at his friend's misfortune, until he felt something wet on his back. Using his finger, he scooped up a bit of the red liquid, tasted it and found out that it was in fact ketchup. Looking back, both Eds glared at their dimwitted friend, and addressed accordingly.

"ED!"

"Huh? Uh, it wasn't me guys!"-Ed said, as if he just woke up from some daydreaming, before he asked-"Did I miss anything?"

"Yeah, a big load of knuckle sandwich, ya big—"

"Boy, sure sucks to be you guys huh? Haha ha haa, haha ha haa, haha ha haa, hehehehehe!"-a very high pitched, cackling voice interrupted Eddy.

All three Eds looked above them to see a peculiar sight. Lounging on one of the stalls' signs was a bird with dark blue feathers covering its torso and wings, but with white feathers covering its stomach. It had featherless yellow feet and a pair of white gloves at the end of its wings. Some white feathers formed a collar around its neck. Its head was covered in scarlet red feathers pointing backwards, forming a sort of crest. It also had a sharp-pointed yellow beak and green eyes. The bizarre bird was also eating a hotdog for some reason.

"Ugh, who invited the bird?"-Eddy demanded, being irritated, since he hated birds in general.

"Uhm Eddy?"-Double D drew his friend's attention-"I believe that is the bird known as Woody Woodpecker. You know, the one who causes trouble for those who decide to camp out in the forest."

"Oh, ya mean that pain in the ass weirdo?"-Eddy inquired, but also getting an irritated look from Woody, who heard him.

"Hey! Who're you calling a weirdo, bub?"-Woody asked as he got into Eddy's face and started pecking his flat head really fast. This of course irritated the small Ed-boy and after the woodpecker stopped pecking, Eddy got really angry.

"Why you little—come here!"-Eddy swung his arms around trying to grab the annoying bird, but Woody dodged with ease and flew back up into his perch, though that didn't stop Eddy from trying to get to him.

"Eddy please stop. You know very well you're only encouraging him."-Double D said as he held his short tempered friend back.

"What are you doing here Mr. Woodpecker?"-Ed asked out of the blue, causing Eddy to sees what he's doing as well.

"I'm glad you asked big guy."-Woody said into Ed's face, before pulling back and eating the last bite of his hotdog-"I am here to learn of the wonders of science and technologies. To become a smarter woodpecker then I was yesterday, in hopes to one day create an invention that help revolutionize mankind."

Woody's unexpected speech brought confused looks form the gathered Eds, and Double D wasn't shy about voicing their confusion:

"Really? Is that what you are truly here for Woody?"-there was some hope in Double D's voice, but all but died out, when Woody simply chuckled as if he just made a joke.

"Of course not! I'm just here for the free grub."-He said as he extended his arm off to the side and when he pulled it back, there was a muffin in his hand, which he stashed it away in some invisible pocket on his body-"Plus I should also take some samples too."

"But…why would you need to do that?"-Double D inquired, while the red headed woodpecker kept shoving food into his pockets.

"Well later I've got a date with Winnie/picnic with Knothead and Splinter combo. So I've got to be prepared."-Woody answered

"Well that is quite a nice thing of to do Woody. To have some time to spend with both your friend and your niece and nephew is quite good to be done."-Double D complimented Woody's gesture

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Now make like a bee and buzz off bird."-Eddy told Woody in an annoyed tone, which prompted said woodpecker to fly down and put his wing/arm around Eddy's shoulders in a friendly manner.

"Aww, what's the matter squirt? Too busy to have fun with little ol' me?"-Woody asked innocently…after which he pecked Eddy's head once again, before flying off cackling like he did before.

"I think Woody likes you Eddy."-Ed said, which only served to enrage the vertically-challenged Ed-boy even more, as evidenced by his rapidly reddening face.

"Uhm, Eddy…?"-Double D wanted to say something to calm him down, in the end Eddy's head burst into flames.

"THAT FUKING DOES IT!"-Eddy screamed as he took off after the still-cackling woodpecker, with his friends not far behind.

"Eddy wait! What about the presentation?!"-Double D asked

"Where are we going Double D?"-Ed asked as he followed his two friends.

XXX

Back entrance of the CSRD

While the festivities were going on inside, two janitors where busy hauling two large sacks of garbage out and into the trash bins. The problem with these sorts of events is that trash piles up relatively quickly, meaning the janitors have to work overtime.

The first bag went into the bin, but the second one wasn't so lucky, because the two janitors heard the sound of stomping feet heading their way. They looked in the direction it came from and to their horror saw the Wolf Beast barreling towards them. The two workers screamed in fright and quickly hit the deck, as the monster went straight into the large bag of trash and ripped it to pieces, scattering garbage everywhere.

After shaking off a plastic platter off its head, it looked behind itself and saw its pursuers losing in on it.

And indeed the Warrior siblings were flying towards the beast at almost breakneck speed on their hover swords. Sensing the danger, the Wolf Beast went right into the building through the double doors, disappearing behind them.

The two warriors/mercenaries landed on the ground, shrinking down their hoverswords, right after Juniper got of the one Vamber was riding on. That being said, the Te Xuan Ze placed her hands onto her knees to avoid falling down from dizziness.

"H-how…how do you guys fly so fast without getting hurt?"-Juniper asked, as flying at such speeds on a hover board—or in this case a hover sword—is quite dangerous.

"Meh, we were born to do this."-Prohyas said nonchalantly.

"Well, it appears our runaway beasty went into this huge building."-Vamber said, observing the path the beast took.

"That's the CSRD."-Juniper chimed in-"And right now there's a huge convention going on inside with a lot of people gathered."

"Sooo, if that beast finds all those people…"-Prohyas began

"…There is going to be a major bloodbath in there dear brother."-Vamber finished her brother's statement.

"Well then, let's get a move on and stop it before that happens."-Juniper declared as she went to the doubled doors, the Warrior siblings close behind.

An hour later; center stage

An hour came and went as everyone was now gathered around the center stage of the convention, upon which stood the giant machine Dexter has been working on. Many of the patrons who came to the convention where excited about what this machine could possibly be.

At the very front of the herd of people stood Ben, Rex, Jenny, Marco and Star. Jenny was still being nervous since she's now standing so close to the young evo hero, but made sure to keep as calm as possible. A few ways away from the group stood Jack with Steven and the Crystal Gems, of which Steven had stars in his eyes and was bouncing up and down in excitement, while Amethyst was devouring her tenth bowl of ramen…bowl and everything, much to the chagrin of Pearl.

And a few ways away from both groups stood the Powerpuff girls, consisting of Blossom, Buttercup (who looked the same as Blossom, except with green clothes and eyes and short black hair stylized as two horns on the sides of her head) and Bubbles (who looked the same as Blossom and Buttercup, except with light blue clothes and eyes and medium length blonde hair tied into two pigtails).

AT the moment the three stood patiently—except for Buttercup—and talked among themselves.

"So did you meet Dexter before the big event Blossom?"-Bubbles asked innocently, to which her older(?) sister replied:

"Yep. He's been working on his machine, so we didn't have much time to talk though."

"Pfft, yeah sure. But I bet that didn't stop you from giving him a 'good luck kiss'."-Buttercup mocked as she began making kissing sounds, though Blossom had a smug grin on her face.

"Actually I did give him a good luck kiss."

Upon hearing this Buttercup stopped what she was doing and looked shocked at her sister. When she said the whole kiss thing, she meant it as a joke, so she didn't imagine her ister to actually do it.

"…I was just kidding."-Buttercup said

"Well I'm not."-Blossom retorted-"I don't get why you always try to tease me Buttercup when you know perfectly well that it won't work."

"Because that's what sisters do Blossom."-Buttercup retorted-"I bet you'd do the same if I had a boyfriend."

Blossom couldn't come up with a valid enough answer for that, and during this silence, Bubbles chimed in:

"But Buttercup, aren't you jealous that Blossom got a boyfriend before you did?"

At this Blossom couldn't help but giggle, while Buttercup blushed in embarrassment. Before the green powerpuff could say anything else, the lights suddenly dimmed and spotlights shun on the center stage, where Professor Utonium walked up with microphone in hand. The audience clapped, and after raising his hand to quiet everyone down, the professor began his speech:

"Thank you all for coming to the year's science convention here at the CSRD. Now I might be wrong on this, but from what I can tell this convention seems to have become the biggest and most successful thus far."-another round of applause later and the professor continued-"Now as you all know, all the money gathered here will go to our research funds, which will help further our research into better technologies for our future. But I'm sure none of you are here to listen to this, so I won't delay this big moment any longer. Everyone, please give a big round of applause to our youngest elite scientist here at the CSRD: Dexter!"

And a big round of applause happened as Dexter stepped onto the stage, basking in the glory he's being given. Even the Japanese rockstar Amy gave some applause herself, her friend Yumi though, not so much.

After the audience quieted down, Dexter took the offered microphone from the professor, cleared his throat and began speaking:

"Thank you everybody for your grandious applauses, which only serve to reflect the genius in me."-everyone laughed at his joke, before the child prodigy continued-"Now onto more pressing matters."

With the Eds

"Eddy the presentation has already begun!"

"Hey! We're not going anywhere, until I fry that wood pecking chicken!"

"I love chickens Eddy."

The Eds have been chasing the mischievous woodpecker around the entire convention, and oddly enough almost no one seemed to have noticed them—except for a couple of patrons and some janitors. All the while Woody has been making fun of the Eds, especially Eddy, which only angered the little Ed even further.

Even now the Eds were still chasing the little bumble, who was heading straight towards Dexter's presentation. But whether the woodpecker knew this or not is a mystery.

With Dexter

"Now as you may all be aware of by now, this institute is dedicated to the research and development of technologies that could revolutionize modern society and humanity in general. But every once in a while some of us geniuses—like myself—would invent something truly extraordinary just for the heck of it."

With Juniper, Vamber and Prohyas

The three magic heroes followed the monster through a lot of rooms, hallways and labs through almost half of the CSRD building. Now they saw that the beast ran through another pair of doors and ended up in the center hall, where the convention is being held.

The warriors didn't say anything to each other as they continued to chase the rampaging beast and stop it before it could hurt someone.

With Dexter

"But do not get so confused my friends. For I Dexter, boy genius, have created an invention that will be both practical and enjoyable at the same time!

Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues and friends, I give you the worlds very first…DIMENSIONAL PORTAL MACHINE!"

At that moment the entire audience went silent. The only sounds that could be heard were Woody's far away cackling and the also far away sounds of the Wolf Beast's rampage, although nobody paid attention to either.

Once he knew he got everyone's attention, Dexter continued:

"Now I know what you are all thinking: 'what is Dexter talking about?', 'Portals to other dimensions?', 'But those are just works of fiction.'. Well yes that is true…for the most part. However, through extensive research and experimentation I was able to devise a mechanism that could gather just enough quantum energy from the very universe itself, to be able to rip a small hole in the fabric of space. Now as many of my colleagues here at the institute have told me, such a thing could be quite dangerous. Catastrophic even. But I have minimized the risks, and have calculated that if a very small portal can be opened for a maximum of sixty seconds, then there should be no dangers of the fabric of reality collapsing in on itself.

And now that I have summarized for the most part what my ingenious device is capable of, how about a demonstration?"

And with that Dexter turned to his machine, and began pressing buttons and pulling some levers as well as the device began to whirl to life. After a few seconds glowing blue energy began to accumulate inside the metal ring of the device.

The energy particles kept gathering until a prismatic energy field occupied the space inside the ring, which awed the audience.

"Hold on tight now. The fun part is just about to—"

"COMING THROUGH!"

As if someone hit the pause button, everything stopped as red and blue woodpecker shot out of the audience and embedded its beak into the center stage.

Now stuck, Woody tried to dislodge his beak, but then the Eds showed up as well.

"Ha! Got ya now ya little pest!"-Eddy declared as he was ready to jump at the woodpecker, only for Double D to interrupt him.

"Uhm…Eddy…?"

"What?!"-Eddy turned to see the entire audience now looking at them and the Woodpecker behind them.

"Uhm…who are they?"-Jenny asked Star, as her camera which was attached to her right pigtail was still recording

"I don't know."-Star answered, as she narrowed her eyes and rubbed her chin with her right thumb and index finger-"But they look vaguely familiar."

"Star, they're the Eds, from our neighborhood."-Marco deadpanned

"Huh? Oh yeah. Sorry, totally forgot."-Star said in realization

Dexter himself was about to give the Eds a good verbal lashing, until an ungodly roar caused him to look to his right…where he saw the Wolf Beast running straight towards him and the professor.

Seeing this, both men of science jumped off the stage as the wolf monster crashed directly into Dexter's machine. With that everyone started to panic and began running for safety. The Wolf Beast stood up on all fours and looked around, trying to find an escape route as well. The machine behind the beast now had a large dent in its right side and sparks were flying everywhere from it, as the energy field was still active.

By this time everyone got to safety, except for the resident heroes that is. Ben, Rex, Jenny, Star, Marco, Jack, the Crystal Gems, the Powerpuff girls and even Steven took their own fighting stances, surrounding the beast.

The Eds were now in the middle of a possible fight, but some noise in the direction the beast came from drew their attention. That was when the Warriors and Juniper Lee came into view, ready to fight…but not expecting the scene before them.

"Juniper?"-Double D wondered out loud, drawing the Te Xuan Ze's attention

"Double D? What are you doing here?"-Juniper wondered out loud as well

"Well looks like it's a real party going on out here."-Prohyas declared, ignoring his companions interaction with the smart Ed.

"I'm free! Hehehehe."-Woody said as he was finally able to pull his beak out of the stage.

"NO! MY PORTAL GENERATOR MACHINE!"-Dexter yelled, as everyone turned their attention to the now madly sparkling machine.

Now electric currents even started to dance on the machine, mainly its metal ring. The electric currents affected the energy field so much that it now began to swirl and creat a wind current that began to suck everything in.

The Wolf Beast was the first to be absorbed, which seemed to have served to make the portal stronger as it grew in size. As this was happening, everyone present grabbed ahold of something to keep themselves from being sucked as well.

Seeing the professor and Dexter in danger, the Powerpuff girls flew in to save them. Bubble and Buttercup grabbed the professor's arms and Blossom placed her hands underneath Dexter's armpits. They began to fly away, but the wind suddenly picked up again, causing them to be sucked inwards. Bubbles and Buttercup lost their grip on the professor, who landed behind a stall, but Blossom still held onto Dexter with a firm grip.

Now the professor could only watch as all four children were pulled into the portal.

"GIRLS! DEXTER!"

At the left side of the stage Amy and Yumi were holding on for dear life as well.

"Amy! We have to get out of here!"-Yumi shouted over the powerful winds

"I know Yumi! But how?!"-Amy wondered, being frightened out of her mind by this sudden turn of events.

Then some dust blew by them as they started coughing, which distracted them long enough to lose their grip of the stage and both rock stars were pulled into the portal, followed by a screaming Woody.

The Eds were doing their best to stay grounded, and by that I mean Ed held onto both of his friends with one arm as he dug the fingers of his free hand into the ground.

"Keep at it Lumpy! It's gotta be over soon!"-Eddy yelled

Double D managed to open one of his eyes and saw that a table was heading straight to a struggling Juniper Lee. Thinking quickly, Double D dislodged himself from Ed's firm grip, ran straight for the unsuspecting Te Xuan Ze and tackled her away from the incoming table.

Recovering from the tackle, Juniper looked up and saw Double D on top of her…or more exactly, he was straddling her, causing them both to blush.

"Uhm…Double D…?"

"Oh, uh…I-I—"-Double D was interrupted as they both were picked up by the strong winds and were carried into the portal. Before being absorbed, Double D locked his eyes with Jun's and said his possible final words:

"I'M SORRY!"-and then they were both pulled in.

"DOUBLE D!"-Ed and Eddy both screamed in dismay as their friend was gone. That was when a table flew straight for them and slammed into them, causing them to fly into the portal.

Rex managed to turn his legs into giant robot legs which he stuck into the floor. Ben and Marco were both hanging onto Rex's legs for dear life, Marco holding Star close to himself. Rex was also holding Jenny close, as the robot girl busted out her pigtail rockets and jetpack and blasted into the opposite direction, trying get away from the portal. But nothing was proving to work, as Rex felt his legs being pulled out of the ground.

Realizing this could be their last moments together, Jenny decided to tell Rex something:

"UHm…listen Rex, if we don't survive this…there's something I've been meaning to tell you!"

"Hey! We are NOT saying adios to each other!"-Rex said determinedly-"We'll survive this! I promise!"

"But Rex!"-Jenny said back-"I have to tell you that—"

Before she could finish however, Rex's legs were finally pulled out and all of them flew directly into the portal.

Let's not forget about the Warriors now, shall we? They were holding on for their dear lives onto their hover swords, which they stabbed into the floor. But like with everybody else their grip was slipping, and it would only be a matter of time before the portal would suck them in as well.

"Well, I think this is it Prohyas!"-Vamber declared as tears began to form in her eyes-"I just wish we would've had the chance to say goodbye to mommy and daddy and Grup and princess Zangie!"

"Well, if this really is going to be our last moments together, there's…something I've been meaning to tell you sis!"-Prohyas said nervously, and when Vamber fixed her teary eyes on him, he blurted out his confession-"I'M THE ONE WHO TOOK THE SHOOTING STAR MAGISWORD FROM YOUR ROOM! I WANTED TO TAKE IT WITH ME ON A SOLO QUEST!"

And upon hearing this, whatever sadness Vamber had, disappeared in an instant as her face became the picture of ferocity.

"You?!"-Vamber shouted as she let go of her hover sword and grabbed Prohyas by his scarf, causing him to let go of his hover sword as well. Before they were both absorbed into the portal, Vamber stopped shaking her brother and shouted:

"Prohyas! If we won't die I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

And with that the Warrior siblings were absorbed, followed shortly by their hover swords.

And finally, Jack stabbed his sword into the ground as well and hold onto it as best as he could, while holding a frightened Steven under his other arm. A further ahead of them were the Crystal Gems who had their respective weapons already drawn and were using them to ancor themselves to the ground as the portal just wouldn't stop growing and sucking things in.

"Samurai Jack! Whatever you do, don't let go of Steven!"-Garnet shouted

"Do not worry, I won't!"-Jack responded

"Oh man! This is turning into a real pain in the ass!"-Amethyst complained and Pearl would've chastised her for her choice of language, but now wasn't the time for that.

The gems held on as long as they could, but after about a minute or so, the suctioning force of the portal proved to be too much even for them. And so they were pulled off the ground and flew directly towards the portal.

Unfortunately because Steven and Jack were in the way, the slammed into them, forcing Jack's katana to slide out of the ground, and now they were all flying into the portal.

But something weird happened.

The moment the Crystal Gems reached the mouth of the wormhole, their gems shined a bright light as dark red, purple and white electric currents blasted out of them and struck the mouth of the portal. After a few seconds there was a bright flash of light and when it died down, the portal vanished as the sound of thunder still echoed in the air.

The professor pulled himself out of what remained of the stall he was hiding behind to witness a gruesome sight. Everything was a mess; stall destroyed, hard worked inventions either gone or demolished and Dexter's portal machine was also dead and smoking.

But the worst part, was that his little girls, his science friend, the Eds, the woodpecker, the wolf monster and all of the heroes who were present, were all gone.

'Girls…Dexter…everyone…gone…'-the professor thought, as tears began to form in his eyes.

XXX

The Veil; The Frozen Fortress

"Leave!"-the raspy voice of an old man yelled as more rocks, ice and whatever other debris fell down, nearly hitting the hooded stranger in the process.

But he was very good at climbing, so that never happened.

After a while, the stranger managed to reach the top of the ledge he was climbing, ready to continue on his way. But he suddenly stopped, as he felt a sudden wave of cosmic energy pass by him. He looked in the direction the energy came from, and surprisingly it was the direction he was supposed to go to.

Narrowing his eyes at the possible danger ahead, the rider began stalking forward, always on guard, and always ready to strike.

'Hmm…why do I get the feeling I'm going to regret finding whatever is down this path?'

Prologue part 1 end

To be continued

A/N: Hey guys! Now before I let you all go, allow me to clear a things or two up. Firstly, YES I am fully aware that Death didn't wear a cloak in the game, but I've seen him don one in one of the 'Darksiders' comics and remembered that it looked really cool, so I decided to add it anyway. I also don't want this story to sound TOO much like the game itself, or else it might get taken down, I don't want that.

Secondly if any of you—and by that I'm sure I mean ALL of you—don't know who Woody Woodpecker is, then do yourselves a favor and go watch the cartoon. The full episodes are on YouTube now, so go ahead and watch them, trust me you won't be disappointed.

Well that's it for now, in the next chapter the action's gonna pick up with a little fight or two (but not between Death and the selected characters YET), so stay tuned for the next entry, and I will see you all next time. La revedere.