Elements of Surpise
No POV
In Master Chen's arena, the general of his army, Eyezor, was facing off against a musician with puffy hair, sunglasses with stars on the lens, and a guitar for a weapon. Eyezor uses his glowing purple blade to knock the guitar off the hands of the hippie. He raises his fist in the air and looks at the crowd, celebrating his near-victory. The cowardly hippie braces himself and shakes, afraid.
He looks up at his Lord Chen. He gave Eyezor a "slice throat" gesture, meaning he's ordering him to end the hippie's life.
Before Eyezor can cut down the hippie, a rift opens in the sky. Gandalf ends up falling on Eyezor. Wyldstyle falls on top of Gandalf while Rea, Shane and Adam fall on each other. Batman uses his cape to slowly descend to the ground. Everyone in the arena was surprised by the turn of events.
Wyldstyle gets back on her feet and asks, "Now, where are we?"
The team look up and see Lord Chen on his throne. Shane groaned in realization, "Oh no....I recognize this place."
Chen sees the faces of the unexpected visitor. "Oh... Hahaha! What a delightful surprise. More competitors for my Tournament of Elements."
Wyldstyle turned to him, "You know where we are."
Adam frowned, "Oh yeah, Ninjago. It had to be this place."
"Ninja...go?"
Chen looks at his servant, Clouse. "Did you arrange this, Clouse?"
Clouse shakes "no".
"No matter," said Chen. "I sense great power in them. Power that will soon be mine." He giggles like an evil toddler.
Two of Chen's soldiers drag the unconscious Eyezor away. The hippie picks up Eyezor's blade and gives it to Rea before running away in terror. Rea was unsure what to do with the blade but decided to hold it since she doesn't have a weapon. 'I'll make this work.' She thought to herself.
Chen turns to one of his warriors sitting with Sensei Wu and his ninjas. He was a handsome-looking fellow wearing red shades and a red belt.
"You!" Chen called, capturing his student's attention. "Bring our guests up to 'speed'."
"Yes, Master Chen," replied the warrior
He runs out of the booth in super speed and steps into the arena. He runs circles around the trio and rings the gong bell, preparing to fight.
Adam POV
Chen introduces his warrior. "Turner, Element of Speed and Time, you're up. Let's see how our new contenders fare."
"What is this? Some kind of bonus round? No sweat." Turner acts like he can handle the trio no problem. "No one can match my speed."
Turner started running laps around the arena, taunting them
"Careful, Guys....That's Griffin Turner, Master of Speed. He sort of like Flash." I informed.
"Wow. I can see why, He's fast." Wyldstyle said.
"Indeed he is, What do we do, Batman?" Gandalf said.
Before Batman can answer, Turner attacks. He kicks Gandalf in the back and punches Wyldstyle. We tried help them up but Turner just pushed Shane while kicking me in the front.
Rea said, "Shane! Adam!"
I groaned, "We're okay.....Man, I really hate it when it comes to game being real."
"You'll never keep up!" taunted Turner, continuing to run circles around the arena.
He speeds towards Batman, but the Dark Knight, waiting for the right time, sticks his foot out, tripping Turner. The crowd booed.
We were surprised that Batman just tripped Turner.
"Wow," said Wyldstyle, wowed. "How did you...?"
"It's called anticipation," said Batman. "He may be fast, but you can still see him coming."
Batman looks at the small pool in the middle of the arena. There was something floating on it. It was Keystone selector. Batman looks at Gandalf and points at the pool. Gandalf uses his magic to levitate the selector out of the water and onto the ground.
"This could be the perfect opportunity to test the Chroma Keystone," said Batman. "But first, we're gonna need three energy pads."
"Where are we gonna find parts for those?" asked Wyldstyle.
Fortunately, Wyldstyle's answer came in the form of three random objects thrown into the arena by the audience, hating the newcomers for "cheating" by tripping Turner. The objects smashed into pieces as they hit the ground.
I said surprised, "Huh, that was convenient." as we started building.
Batman and Shane built the blue energy pad. Wyldstyle and Rea built the yellow one. Gandalf and I built the red one.
Turner runs towards Batman again, but once again, Batman times it perfectly and trips Turner again. The crowd started throwing tomatoes and carrots at the newcomers.
"Wow, they really don't like us," said Wyldstyle, trying to avoid the vegetables.
"What do you expect? Chen's tournament is stupid." Shane comment.
"Just stay focused on the task at hand," said Batman.
We saw the Chroma Keystone popped up from the selector as Batman kicked the device, activating the pads. The blue pad releases a blue liquid orb, the yellow one releases a yellow liquid orb, and the red one releases a red liquid orb. A green mechanical serpent pops up from the pool. It was holding a toy pad with three yellow-colored shapes in its teeth.
Rea asked, "Okay, Now what?"
"I'm guessing we have to match the colors," guessed Wyldstyle.
Wyldstyle touches the yellow liquid orb, turning herself completely yellow. I whistled, "Nice color, Lucy."
She glared at me before she pushes the three shapes on the toy pad. The selector fires energy at the toy pad until it was destroyed. The selector and the color pads collapse. Luckily, the pieces left behind could be used for something.
We watched as Batman build a rotating switch. He pushes the switch in a circle, causing the mechanical serpent to rise high out of the water. The serpent continue to rise, until it has reached its limit. It falls and breaks into pieces upon hitting the ground. 'So much for a decor.'
"So, what are we gonna do with these pieces?" asked Gandalf.
"I think we should create something that should slow that bozo." Rea said.
"I know just the contraption to use," said Batman. "Time for our friend here to work out."
Batman uses the pieces of the mechanical serpent to build a treadmill. "Clever, Now we just need to lure him in." Shane noted
"I'm on it." As I stand in front of the treadmill and taunted Turner, "Hey Turner.....Yo MAMA SO STUPID, THAT SHE'S AS SLOW AS A TURTLE IN A SHELL."
Man...Oh, MAN that ticked him off. He doesn't seem very pleased that I insulted him. Turner started running towards me, smirking all the time. Timing it perfectly, I jumped out of the way, leaving Turner to run straight for the treadmill. He ends up running non-stop on the workout machine.
"Whoah! Who put that there? I can't stop," he started. "Wait, I'm so fast, I can outrun this thing. Haha! Sure I can! I... I can... run... no... getting... tired... nooo...!"
Turner's super speed was causing the treadmill to short-circuit. Turner ran ever faster to reach the shut down button. However, he slipped. The treadmill knocks him in the air and he falls face-first on the ground, unconscious, just as the treadmill collapses from overload.
Rea cheered, "Way to go, Adam." as I give high-five to Shane and Rea.
Up on Chen's throne, the master bounces up and down on his chair in frustration, upset that Turner lost.
"Only one can remain. Hahaha!" he laughed. He pushes a button on his chair's arm rests and dumps Turner in a trap door.
Then, another warrior of Chen arrives on the arena. He dresses like an Arabian and has the power to levitate in the air.
"Hah ha ha!" laughed Chen. He looks at the newcomers and says, "Very creative. Shall we say... 'Best of Six'?" He introduces the latest challenger. "Gravis, Element of Gravity. He'll turned your world 'upside down'. Heh heh heh!"
Rea said confused, "What's that mean?"
Gravis raises three huge rocks from the ground. Two of them were floating in the air facing sideways, while on was floating in the air facing upwards. Gravis stands on the rock to the left, looking like he's standing on a wall.
She added, "Oh that's what he meant."
Wyldstyle turns to Batman and whispers, "Shift Keystone?"
"Yes," replied Batman. "Gandalf."
"With pleasure," replied Gandalf.
Gandalf levitates another Keystone selector out of the pool. The Shift Keystone pops up. Wyldstyle kicks the selector, opening three rifts. The blue and pink ones were opened on each of the sideway rocks, while the yellow one leads to the one rock facing upwards.
"I called dibs!!" Shane shouted as he uses the blue rift and transports himself to the sideways rock where Gravis is. Caught in the gravitational field of the rock, Shane was able to walk on the sideways rock.
He said, "Woah....Freaky."
He punches and kicks on Gravis, causing him to levitate to another rock. The rock collapses, much to our surprise but luckily that Shane lands safely due to his cybersuit which enhances his agility.
Rea sighed in relief, "Thank goodness Doris created this suit for us."
Batman uses the pink rift to transport himself to the other sideways rock where Gravis is standing on. Just like with Shane, Batman was able to walk on the sideways rock due to the gravitational field. Batman unleashes two fast punches on Gravis and kicks him in the chest. Gravis retreats by levitating himself to the last rock floating. Batman jumps off the rock before it collapses.
Trying to motivate Gravis, Chen says, "Lifetime supply of Master Chen Noodles to the winner!"
Batman turned to Gandalf, "I believe it's your turn."
Gandalf was about to when I stopped him. "Is it alright I do it?"
Gandalf hummed in thought before he gestured, "Not at all, young one."
Rea POV
I watched Adam smirked as he uses the yellow rift and transports himself to the last floating rock. He whacks Gravis with his energy rings over and over again until the warrior falls off the edge. Gravis lands hard and falls into unconsciousness. The rock collapses and Adam falls on his back, I was worried but he manages to pick himself up.
I felt envious that I couldn't do anything since I'm only holding a blade. Up on Chen's throne, the sinister ninja master was becoming intrigued with the newcomers. "Most interesting and entertaining. Guard, bring me more popcorn!"
After dumping Gravis in a trap door, Master Chen's soldiers step into the battlefield to battle us, I knew that he never plays fair.
Just like with Joker's minions, Lord Business' robotic cops, and the Wicked Witch's guards, the trio make quick work of Chen's soldiers, taking them out with just a few punches, kicks, ring toss and staff/ sword swings.
"I can do this all day," said Wyldstyle, kicking another solider to the wall, disassembling him.
I cringed at the sight as I said to myself, "I just hope we don't end up like that." before blocking their attack and swing my blade.
"They lack adequate training," said Batman, dodging a soldier's hammer strikes by simply stepping aside. He steals the hammer from the soldier and hits him with him, causing him to crash into a wall.
Shane notice and shouted, "Hey, There's a toy pad on the door." pointing at the door below the torii.
We saw that there were two yellow shapes on it and one was red. "We're gonna need the Chroma Keystone." Wyldestyle said.
"First, we need to build energy pads," said Batman.
After levitating another Keystone selector out of the pool, Gandalf saw a snake head on top of the torii holding a yellow color pad in its teeth. Gandalf uses his magic to levitate the snake head and slams it repeatedly on the wall. The yellow pad remained stuck, so Gandalf put the snake head back in its place. Suddenly, the yellow pad falls from the snake's teeth and hits the ground.
"We have to find the other two," said Gandalf.
"Wyldstyle, start scanning," ordered Batman.
Wyldstyle takes out her scanner and reveals a switch on the cover on the wall.
Batman throws a Batarang at it and opens the cover. A blue color pad falls out and safely lands on the ground.
"Only one more," said Gandalf.
"I found it," said Wyldstyle.
The red one was on a ledge on the wall. The only way to get there was to swing on the poles. Luckily, Wyldstyle is an acrobat. She swings from pole to pole until she reached the ledge. She hangs on the ledge and pulls, causing the ledge to collapse. The red color pad lands on the ground.
The Chroma Keystone pops out of the selector. Gandalf hits the selector with his staff, activating the color pads. The colored liquid orbs were released from the pads.
More of Chen's soldiers show up.
"Gandalf, solve the puzzle. We'll take care of these thugs," ordered Batman.
Gandalf touches the yellow liquid orb, turning himself yellow. He uses his staff to press the two yellow shapes on the toy pad. He then runs towards the red liquid orb, turning himself red. He pushes the red shape on the toy pad. The selector fires energy at the toy pad, destroying it, unlocking the door.
Something was trying to bust out of the door. The doors were broken off their hinges, destroying the walls around it as well, by a giant serpent. However, it was chained to a contraption. It was stuck at the doorway. All it could do was hiss roar.
"Yeesh....That is one big snake." I stated.
"It sure is." Adam agreed.
Chen's next warrior hops off the stands and lands on the serpent head on the torii. He sport a metal suit, metal gloves, and a metal helmet.
"Now, for your final foe," said Chen. "Karlof, Element of Metal. Now's your chance to prove your... well... 'mettle'. Ha-ha!"
"Ouch.....Bad pun." Shane said.
"Oh, when master builders go wrong," commented Wyldstyle, looking at the serpent.
Batman throws a Batarang at the snake head on the torii, destroying it, causing Karlof to fall to the ground. The serpent breaks through the rest of the doorway, revealing more of itself. The serpent was being used as part for a wrecking ball machine. However, breaking through the doorway caused the wrecking ball to come loose.
"I know that giant serpents are not friendly, but these guys are monsters for doing this to it," said Wyldstyle.
"Yeah why can't they use something harmless?" I complained.
"The serpent is not our only problem," said Gandalf, looking at Karlof.
Karlof looks at Batman. "Karlof like bat's way of fighting. You and me!"
"Bring it," replied Batman, accepting the challenge.
Batman and Karlof squared off. I whispered, "You think we should help him?"
Batman dodges all of Karlof's strikes and unleashes a rain of attack combos on the warrior, beating him senseless.
Shane replied, "Nah, He got this."
"All that metal may be beneficial for strength, but not agility," said Batman, pointing out the weakness of Karlof's attire.
Batman kicks Karlof to a wall. Karlof gets up. He pounds his metal gloves together, transforming his entire body into metal.
"Metal power," he says.
I said, "Uh-oh."
"That doesn't look good," said Gandalf.
"Karlof smash!" yelled Karlof, smashing the ground with his metal fists.
Karlof's smash unleashes a rocky shockwave, cracking the ground beneath. We managed to stay out of the wave of cracks.
"He can turn himself into metal?" asked a surprised Wyldstyle. Sarcastically, she adds, "Yeah, sure, why not?"
Adam added, "also....Did he just took hulk's catchphrase?"
Shane said, "He did."
We looked at the pieces that made up the torii. We looked up a the serpent crane, which held nothing.
"Let me guess? A magnet?" I guessed, walking up to Batman
"Get building. I'll keep the tin can busy," said Batman.
I nodded before I called Shane and Adam to assist me while Batman face Karloff. We use the tarii's pieces to make a magnet. Gandalf uses his magic to levitate it to the crane, attaching it to the hook. The density and weight of the magnet weighs down the crane a bit. The serpent couldn't make another move due to the magnet's weight.
"It needs power," said Wyldstyle.
"What kind of power?" asked Gandalf.
"The electric kind," answered Wyldstyle.
The audience once again throws more random objects at the newcomers. Once again, those objects broke into pieces as soon as they hit the ground. Adam shouted, "That would work."
Wyldstyle uses these pieces to build a generator to power the magnet, as well as a car treadmill to power up the generator.
"Batman!" called Wyldstyle. "We need the Batmobile!"
"A little busy here," replied Batman.
Batman's punches have no effect on Karlof's metal body, but he was still able to dodge the warrior's slow punches. He unleashes another rocky shockwave, but Batman jumps in the air to avoid it. He takes out his Remote Electric Charge and fires at Karlof. The electric shocks have no effect on him either.
Shane shouted, "Yo Bats, those tasers won't work on him!!"
Batman takes out an explosive Batarang and throws it at Karlof. The explosion managed to knock him back a few feet.
Batman summons the Batmobile.
"Wyldstyle, take the wheel," ordered Batman.
"You mean it?" asked Wyldstyle.
Batman nods.
"Why can't I drive?" Adam frowned.
"Your too young." Batman replied stoically.
"Hey, I'm 17!!"
I watched Wyldstyle hops onto the vehicle and drives in circles for few seconds just for the fun of it. She then saw more of Chen's warriors coming her way.
I groaned, "Great, more minions."
"This looks like the time to test out the sonic cannon," said Wyldstyle, activating said cannon.
Wyldstyle aims at an incoming warrior and fires sonic waves at him, successfully disassembling him.
"Yeah," cheered Wyldstyle.
We cheered as well.
There were only five soldiers left. Wyldstyle repeatedly fires the sonic cannons and take out every single soldier. She then drives the car towards the treadmill. As the car ran on the treadmill, the treadmill powered the generator. When the generator was fully charged, it powered the magnet.
"Oh, yeah!" celebrated Wyldstyle.
"What exactly does this... 'magnet'... do?" asked Gandalf.
I forgot that he's a wizard and he doesn't know about the modern world so I explained, "It attracts anything metal.
Adam smirked, "Best part...metal is what Karlof is made of."
"Ah," said Gandalf, understanding.
We turned to see Karlof continues trying to hit Batman, but he was too slow. Batman steps backwards as he keeps on dodging.
"What is he doing?" asked Gandalf.
"He's luring Karlof in front of the magnet," realized Wyldstyle.
Batman then stopped. Karlof thrusts his fist forward, but it stopped mere inches from Batman's face. Karlof looks left and saw that the magnet was pulling him. He tried to grab onto the ground, but it was no use. He ends up stuck on the magnet. He transforms back to normal, but his metal gloves kept him stuck on the magnet.
Shane POV
We manage to defeat the master of metal and from the looks of it....Chen is not very pleased about the result.
"You-you-you cheated!" he accused the newcomers. "Nobody cheats in my tournament! Nobody!"
In his anger, Chen pounds on his arm rest, unknowingly pushing a button, opening a trap door that we saw. We looked up at Chen as Adam said sarcastically, "Uh...What was that about cheating?"
Chen tried to find the right button to open the trap door underneath us, but he keeps pushing the wrong buttons, accidentally sending his servants and warriors down trap doors instead. While he takes his anger out on the buttons like an immature child, We each did something to pass the time.
Batman was checking the Batmobile's current condition using his wrist device. Wyldstyle was reading the newspaper on the latest happenings on Ninjago. Gandalf was eating an apple. When he was finished, he tosses it down a trap door that Chen accidentally opened. Adam was twirling his energy ring, I was doing some stretches while Rea stood there, tapping her foot as though she was waiting.
Rea yawned, feeling bored, "Is it just me or does he look stupid that the fact he doesn't know which button he's pressing?"
Adam and I shrugged our shoulder.
Chen kept on pushing the wrong buttons until all but Clouse were sucked down trap doors.
Suddenly, a rift opened. Coming out of it is a giant mechanized suit. Inside the control pod was a bald middle-aged man wearing a green and blue suit of armor.
I looked at the man carefully and stated, "Is that...Lex Luthor?"
He looks at Chen and said, "The staff. Hand it over!"
"No! No more surprise guests," yelled Chen. He fires a magic blast from his staff at the man. However, the mechanized suit was unaffected by the blast.
The Lex Luthor inside the armor, laughed as he walk towards him.
"Uh-oh," said Chen, intimidated. He tells his warriors, "Everyone! Stop him!"
While Chen's soldiers handle Lex, Chen pushes the button on his chair that takes him deep within his dojo. Lex kicks away some of Chen's soldiers before breaking through a pair of red doors, entering Chen's dojo.
Rea asked, "What's he doing here and what does he want with it?"
"Whatever Lex Luthor wants with that staff, it won't be good. C'mon!" Batman stated
Batman grabbed Gandalf by the arm and started running. Wyldstyle and all of us followed. Batman uses his Grapple Gun and slingshots himself, and Gandalf, up to Chen's place in the stands. Wyldstyle jumped high to get there with us following her. We stared at the hole where Chen's throne descended.
Adam shouted, "I call first. Cannonball" before he jumps down with glee. "Weee......."
Batman jumps down as well, followed by Wyldstyle, Gandalf and then us. We had no idea how long this hole take us until we landed in some kind of tunnel. It was old and dusty. There were snake statues everywhere, including thhree passages. Smoke covered each passage, keeping anyone from seeing what's beyond.
Chen spoke through the PA system. "Haha! You'll never find me. No one has ever gotten through my Maze of Tunnels. You'll rot down here. Forever running in circles, never knowing where to turn." He laughs. "Welcome to my Serpentine Catacombs. So nice of you to join us down here."
"I take it this guy loves hearing himself talk," commented Wyldstyle.
"How do we get out of here?" wondered Gandalf.
I pointed at a Keystone selector. It was connected to three color pads. The Chroma Keystone pops up from the selector.
"All that's missing is a toy pad," said Batman.
"Leave that to the Master Builder," said Wyldstyle.
Wyldstyle destroys some nearby creates containing colorful bricks. She uses them to build a wooden toy pad in the center of the room. One shape is yellow, one is red, and one is blue. Batman kicks the selector, activating the color pads, releasing the colored liquid orbs.
We watched Gandalf coats himself in red and pushes the red shape. Wyldstyle coats herself in yellow and pushes the yellow shape. Batman covers himself in blue and pushes the blue shape. The selector fires energy at the toypad. The colored shape turned green and formed the shape on an arrow, pointing to the east passage, indicating where to go.
Chen speaks again, seeking to further mock his captured victims. "If it makes you feel any better, a man calling himself 'Lex Luthor' is lost down here, too. Perhaps you'll stumble across each other and then you'll be best buddies. Oh, are you lost? Don't worry I'm 'sure' you'll get out eventually..."
"A cry baby and a big mouth. I'm really starting to hate this guy," said Wyldstyle.
"If it makes you feel any better, you're not the only one," said Batman.
"Ditto." Adam added.
Before we can proceed, Chen's soldiers show up from all three passages, seeking to stop us from advancing.
Chen speaks again. "Oh, hey, I've sent some of my men to help get you out. They can be a bit heavy-handed, but just let them take care of you. Hehehehe!"
"Seriously?!" Rea groaned, raising her blade.
"Again, hate that guy," said Wyldstyle.
A voice echoed through the walls. It was Lex Luthor. "Cheeeeeen! I will find you!"
We fought Chen's soldiers and I might say that it's starting to annoy me. Just like before, they didn't struggle at all. We took all of them down with ease. After they were all taken care off, the trio advance to the passage the arrows pointed to.
"Do you really think you went the right way just then?" Chen taunted further.
The passage leads us to another room. A Keystone selector was already in place, along with a wooden toy pad (one shape was yellow, one was red, and one was blue) and a yellow energy pad. The selector was also connected to something in a dark room inside the wall. Using his staff for light, Gandalf revealed that the object in the dark is the red energy pad.
"We just need the blue one," said Wyldstyle.
One of the snake statues had an orange hook on their snout. Batman uses his Grapple Gun and grabs onto the hook. He started pulling until the statue's mouth opened, releasing parts for the blue color pad. Adam came to assemble the pieces together.
Lex Luthor's voice echoes through the walls again. "This infernal maze!"
"Guy complains a lot, does he?" Rea asked.
"Only when things aren't going his way," answered Batman.
Batman kicks the selector, activating the color pads. They did the same thing they did in the other room. Gandalf coats himself in red and pushes the red shape. Wyldstyle coats herself in yellow and pushes the yellow shape. Batman touches the blue liquid orb and presses the blue shape. The selector fires energy at the toy pad, and the arrows point to the north passage.
More of Chen's soldiers appear, but we beat them up easily as we proceed to the first passage.
The next room already had a toy pad pointing to the east passage. After beating up more of Chen's soldiers, We head to the direction the arrows are pointing to.
In the next room, there was already a Keystone selector, connected to three color pads. All that was missing was the toy pad.
Using her Master Builder skills, Wyldstyle makes a toy pad out of a snake statue and two lamps. Batman kicks the selector and activates the color pads. After pushing all the shapes on the toy pad, the arrows point to the south passage. More of Chen's soldiers appear.
"Uh, Batman," called Wyldstyle.
Batman takes out a Batarang and throws it without looking. It takes out all of the soldiers in the room. The Batarang comes back to Batman. He catches it.
I said with awe, "Woah."
"Again, you are amazing," said Wyldstyle.
After entering the passage, We end up in a room where the toy pad was already pointing at the west passage. After taking care of more of Chen's soldiers, we proceed.
"Honestly, this is getting too easy," said Wyldstyle.
The next room's toy pad pointed to the north passage. I can hear Rea complaining about despises maze or something as we head towards that direction.
We arrive at a chamber after conquering the maze. We stopped running when We found a Keystone on a red and gold table. Wyldstyle take a closer look at it while Gandalf rests, tired of running. The Keystone had four symbols. One was a red circle with three lines protruding upwards to mimic a fireball. One was a blue lightning bolt. One was a green circle with a line protruding upwards, including another line protruding diagonally, mimicking an apple. The last one is a blue circle with three short lines below it, mimicking droplets of water falling from a waterball.
"Another Keystone!" said Wyldstyle happily.
With her back turned, Wyldstyle failed to notice something behind her.
"Behind you!" warned Gandalf.
Wyldstyle turns around and saw a giant purple snake. A rift opens above it. Saruman the White comes out of it and lands on top of the serpent's head.
"Do you think my master would make it so easy for you, Gandalf?" started Saruman.
"Saruman, have you abandoned all reason?" questioned Gandalf.
"Not at all, my friend," replied Saruman.
Wyldstyle asks Gandalf, "You two know each other?"
"He was a good friend of mine once, until he had fallen under the influence of the arts of dark magic," said Gandalf.
"Lord Business. Joker. And now Saruman," enumerated Wyldstyle. "Looks like whoever is behind all this craziness just keeps throwing each of our biggest rivals at us."
The giant snake grabs the Keystone in its mouth. Saruman picks it up.
"I'll make sure he chews properly," said Saruman, slamming the Keystone on top of the snake's nose, giving it more power.
"Not good," said Batman.
"These Keystones hold great power. I dread to think what this serpent can do now," said Gandalf, worried.
The snake started unleashing mind-control spheres from its eyes, trapping the all of us except Rea. For some reason, she was confused why she wasn't imprison. Luckily, Gandalf manages to use his magic to break us free before they lost our free will.
"Mind-control. That's one thing," said Wyldstyle.
Green aura surrounds the snake. It pounds the ground, causing the room to shake. "That's not good." I said dreadfully as rocks fell from the ceiling. We avoided every single one.
"Manipulation of the earth," said Batman.
The snake fires three ice bolts out of its mouth. Batman and Wyldstyle dodge the ones coming their way, but Gandalf was unlucky. He was frozen in a block of ice. Adam destroys the ice block with his energy ring. Gandalf shivers and shakes for a few seconds, feeling cold.
Rea yelled, "It shoots ice too!!"
Red aura surrounds the snake. It started breathing fire. The trio managed to stay out of the line of fire, if barely.
"It breaths fire," said Gandalf.
"Great. Fire breathing snake." Adam noted.
The snake coats itself with an electric aura and slithers its way towards the trio. Although, we managed to step aside as the snake rushed towards them, the electricity coming from the snake manages to reach us, electrocuting us. We could feel our life points been deducted.
"Gah....That was shocking." Adam said with a pun, shaking off the diziness.
"Lightning powers," counted Wyldstyle.
Saruman speaks, "Joker wasn't kidding when he said these shiny objects were valuable. They hold immense power. Imagine what my new master will think of me once he learns that I have used this relic to destroy you, Gandalf."
"Not in this lifetime, Saruman," replied Gandalf.
"Okay, just to recap. Mind control, earth powers, ice powers, fire breath, and lightning powers," enumerated Wyldstyle.
"What are we gonna do?" I asked.
Batman takes out a Batarang and throws it. It hits the snake in its snout and it roars, feeling hurt.
"It may have great power now, but it's still vulnerable," said Batman.
"But how are we going to get close enough?" asked Gandalf.
"We don't have to," said Batman.
Rea POV
I didn't understand what Batman meant as he throws three Batarangs at three different directions. They destroy any object they hit.
"Oh. Ramps," realized Wyldstyle.
They each built a ramp, totaling three ramps. Batman summons the Batmobile via a rift. "Nice." Shane stated with a whistle.
"Didn't we just leave this in the arena?" questioned Wyldstyle. "How come it doesn't have a scratch on it? Don't you think Chen's goons would've messed with it or something?"
"The bricks you gave me. The were reinforced alloy. Very strong," said Batman.
"Oh, well, you're welcome," said Wyldstyle.
Batman gets in the vehicle. He waits until the serpent was right in front of one of the ramps. He steps on the accelerator and jumps off a ramp, ramming the snake in its head. The snake was dazed. Suddenly, three snake head statues behind the serpent open their mouths.
"I have an idea," said Gandalf. "We use the Shift Keystone."
"Good thinking," said Wyldstyle. "But we need bricks."
Luckily for us, bricks for a Keystone selector fell from the ceiling. Batman rebuilds it and selects the Shift Keystone. He kicks the selector opening three rifts. The blue rift leads to the snake head on the left. The yellow one leads to the middle head. The pink one leads to the snake head on the right.
Gandalf takes the yellow rift just as the snake regained its senses. It must have smelled Gandalf behind. The serpent grabs onto the snake statue's lower jaw with its teeth. Gandalf started whacking the snake's snout with his staff. Apparently, the snake seems pretty angry and attempts to destroy the snake statue. We were worried at first but Gandalf manage to leapt off the snake mouth just as the serpent destroyed the statue.
"You cannot win," said Saruman, sure of his victory. "My master will rule all! I have seen it!"
The snake tried to take control of the our minds, but once again I'm not affected despite I don't know why. Fortunately, Gandalf freed himself and all of us.
"Who is this new master of yours?" asked Gandalf.
"I'm afraid I cannot share that information, Gandalf," said Saruman. "Do not worry, I will tell you... on your death bed."
"Saruman, come to your senses," pleaded Gandalf. "No victory can be had siding with evil."
"Truer words never spoken," Shane said.
While the two wizards were busy conversing, Batman gets on the Batmobile and jumps off the ramp, hitting the serpent in the face again, putting it in a daze.
"Wyldstyle," signaled Batman.
Wyldstyle takes the blue rift. The serpent regains its senses and lays its eyes on the young woman. It bites onto the snake statue's lower jaw as Wyldstyle started punching and kicking it in the face. The serpent shakes off the pain and destroys the sneak head statue, but not before Wyldstyle jumped off it.
"You cannot win," said Saruman. "I will destroy you and my master will succeed."
"I implore you. Stop this madness, Saruman," pleaded Gandalf.
The snake pounded the ground again, causing more rocks to fall from the ceiling. Luckily, we avoided every single falling rock.
Batman gets back on the Batmobile and jumps off another ramp, hitting the serpent in its face, dazing it once again.
"Time to end this," said Batman, dismounting his vehicle.
The Dark Knight uses the pink rift. The serpent turns around and bites onto the snake head statue's lower jaw. Batman started pounding on the snake's snout as hard as he can. The snake roars as it tries to shake off the pain. Batman jumps off the snake head's mouth as the serpent destroyed it. Batman lands on the ground. He takes out an explosive Batarang and throws it at the snake. It hits the snake in the nose and explodes, further harming the beast. The snake started shaking left and right in agony, causing Saruman to get tossed in the air.
"No!" cried Saruman as he fell to the ground.
"Hah! Take that, you stupid wizard!" Adam said, pumping fist in the air.
Then, A rift appears and sucks in the evil sorcerer.
"Move!" exclaimed Wyldstyle.
We notice the serpent was moving willy-nilly, still hurt by the Batarang. Gandalf and Adam got out of the way of its swaying head. The serpent ends up collapsing towards a wall, breaking it, and hurting itself in the process. The snake falls into unconsciousness and drops the Keystone. Batman takes it and proceeds through the hole in the wall as we follow him behind.
"That was awesome," said Wyldstyle.
"You seem to find excitement on the battlefield," Gandalf.
"What do you expect from an adventurer?!" I said.
NO POV
Meanwhile, in the old and abandoned arena underground, Lex Luthor found Chen and has him cornered. He takes the staff and was about to step on Chen with his giant robot's foot.
However, he was interrupted by a familiar voice. "Hand the staff over, Lex." It was Batman.
Lex turns around and saw Batman, along with his two new comrades.
"Batman," greeted Lex Luthor. "Come and get it."
While Lex was occupied with Batman and his friends, Chen sneaks away and hides from the battle.
"No one can defeat my impenetrable Power Suit," bragged Lex.
"Huh... well, we'll see about that," said Wyldstyle, preparing for battle.
Lex wasn't alone. LexCorp robots pop up from the ground. They were equipped with rods that fire energy blasts.
"Businessman. Giant robot suit. Mechanical minions. Yep, definitely evil," commented Wyldstyle.
"You tell me." Rea said, raising her blade and charged at the enemy.
They started fighting off Lex's robots. Lex started firing his Gatling Gun installed on the suit's left arm. Shane shouted, "Watch out!!"
They manage to dodge the rain of bullets as they fend off the robots. Gandalf gets hit by a few energy blasts, but he destroys the robot firing at him with a magic blast.
"I don't know how much longer I can keep going," said Gandalf, tired.
"Just shield yourself and rest," suggested Wyldstyle.
Adam added, "Yeah, we'll cover for you."
And so, Gandalf puts up a magic shield to protect himself while he rests. Batman kicks down a robot and fires a Batarang at another. Wyldstyle lands a flying kick on a robot and takes another with an aerial spin kick.
"These thing have hard exteriors. I'll give them that," said Wyldstyle.
"LexCorp is one of the most technologically advanced research facilities in my world. The owner has a lot of tricks up his sleeves," said Batman.
"Well, He is a cunning man." Shane added.
Lex fired fifteen missiles at fifteen different spots. They barely dodged all of them. Gandalf, however, got caught in the blast radius of one missile, getting knocked down. Rea walks towards the elderly wizard and offers him a hand.
"Get up, Gandalf. You can't give up," Rea said.
"Never," said Gandalf.
Gandalf takes her hand and gets back up.
The missiles caused the cavern to shake. Rocks fell from the ceiling. Fortunately, three of them seemed to contain parts for color pads. Before they can start breaking, Lex fired his Power Suit's Gatling Gun again. Gandalf protects Rea and himself with his magic shield, while Batman, Wyldstyle, Adam and Shane relied on quickness and agility to dodge the bullets. Suddenly, the Gatling Gun malfunctions.
"You couldn't beat last time we fought. What makes you think you'll succeed this time?" said Batman.
"You weren't alone on our last encounter," said Lex. "You had Superman to help you."
"He's not alone," said Wyldstyle.
"He had us." Shane said.
"Ooo, I'm so scared. I'm about to be beat up by a little girl, a feeble old man and a bunch of kids." said Lex sarcastically.
"I may be old, but I'm not feeble," said Gandalf.
"Not to mention....We're Teenagers!!" Adam added, after hearing Lex's insult.
Batman breaks the three rocks, releasing the pieces. The trio built the three color pads. Luckily for them, there was already a Keystone selector in the arena. The color pads automatically connect to it. The Chroma Keystone pops up. Batman kicks the selector, activating the three energy pads.
Lex turns his suit around and tried to fix his Gatling Gun (by hitting it). Unbeknownst to him, his suit comes with a red toy pad on the back. Batman touches the red liquid orb, turning himself red. He takes out his Batarang, which was also red, and throws it at the toy pad, destroying it and damaging Lex's suit. There was, however, a toy pad underneath the toy pad. It had big blue shape and a small yellow circle.
"Impenetrable, huh?" teased Wyldstyle.
"So much for being cocky." Rea added.
Lex growls. "You'll pay for that."
"You brought this on yourself, Lex," said Batman.
Lex summons his robots as he started firing his Gatling Gun again. Once again, the minds of trio and their team had to multi-task. They had to fend off the robots and dodge the incoming bullets at the same time. Even after all robots have been disassembled, bullets keep on coming.
Batman takes out his Remote Electric Charge and fires it at Lex's Gatling Gun, causing it to malfunction. Lex turns his suit around and tried to fix the gun, leaving the toy pad in his back exposed. Shane saw this and turns himself blue and fires a energy blast at the blue shape on the toy pad. Gandalf came and turns himself yellow and fires a magic blast at the yellow shape. The toy pad is destroyed and Lex's suit absorbs more damage.
The back of the suit has one more toy pad. It had a yellow shape, a red shape, and a blue square.
"This is low, even for you, Lex. Stop this charade," said Batman.
Lex pushes a button. His suit is now on "rapid fire" mode. The Gatling Gun fires bullets even faster than before. They had nowhere to hide. Gandalf couldn't put up a magic shield with the bullets coming at him at a fast rate. Batman and the others dodge the bullets, but always barely. One bullet poked a hole through Batman's cape when he was diving out of the way while Adam got hit by the bullet, losing another life points.
Batman growls angrily when he saw the hole in his cape.
"This ends now," muttered Batman with rage.
Batman picks up another gadget from his utility belt. It was a cryogenic grenade, or Freeze Blast. He throws it at the Power Suit's Gatling Gun, freezing it. Lex turns the suit around as he tried to destroy the ice by pounding on it, unknowingly leaving the toy pad exposed.
Batman turns himself blue, Wyldstyle turns herself yellow, and Gandalf turns himself red. Batman and Wyldstyle both touched Gandalf's staff. They fired a magic blast together. It destroyed the toy pad, further damaging the Power Suit.
By the time Lex turned his suit around, Batman was running towards him. He jumps straight for the Power Suit. In mid-air, he sticks three explosive Batarangs on the suit. He runs away just as they detonated. Lex's suit gets knocked back and slams into a wall. The driver inside was dazed from the impact. The suit accidentally released the staff into the air.
Batman jumps and grabs it.
A rift shows up next to Lex. A booming voice said, "You have failed me, Luthor!"
Afraid, Lex tried to make his Power Suit crawl away, but a giant hand grabs the suit by leg and drags it into the rift.
"What... was... that?" asked a confused Wyldstyle.
"I don't know," said Batman.
Suddenly, the staff started to shake. It flies out of Batman's grip, floating in the air. The Keystone was getting drawn to the staff. It was absorbing the nearest source of power. The Keystone attaches itself to the staff.
"Uh What's happening?" Rea aksed.
Adam said wearily, "Uh-Oh."
Shane turned to him, "Uh-Oh What?"
It floats back into the hands of Lord Chen, who has finally come out of hiding.
"And now, your punishment for cheating," he said, doing a "come at me" gesture with his hand.
Shane groaned, "Oh." as Chen climbs to the stands of the old arena.
"Now, now. No need to get violent. I think we all need to 'cool' off," quipped Chen.
He uses the power of the Keystone to turn the arena into an icy cave. Frozen stalactites fall from the ceiling.
"Ugh, I'm getting tired of these lousy puns of his," said Wyldstyle, annoyed.
"So do I." Rea said.
"How do we reach him?" asked Gandalf. "We can't take the staff away from him unless we face him up-close.
Batman notices that one of the crashed stalactites landed in a spot that will enable him to climb all the way to Chen.
"You two stay here and draw his fire. I'll get him," said Batman.
Wyldstyle looks at Lord Chen and said, "Hey, snake for brains, your magic tricks are about as bad as your puns!"
"Yeah....Have you thought of comedy career?" Adam added, knowing what Batman was up to.
Chen growls in anger and started firing ice blasts at them. While they dodge Chen's icicles, Batman approaches the stalactite next to the edge of a platform. He just needed to climb up there. He saw an orange hook on top of the stalactite. He uses his Grapple Gun and pulls, shattering frozen LEGO pieces off the stalactite. Batman uses the pieces to build a ladder. He climbs up the ladder and jumps on the platform. He climbs the ladder towards a higher platform. He rides a zipline towards the stands. He runs up behind Chen and gives him a flying kick to the back, knocking him down.
"Ow! That one hurt!" complained Chen.
Before Batman can attack again, Chen uses a strong gust of chilling wind to blow Batman back to his friends.
"You know, you could just let me win. I mean, would it cost you the 'Earth'?" quipped Chen.
Chen uses the Keystone's power again and turns the arena into a jungle. He raised the land, forming flights of stairs that look like from the inside of an Egyptian cavern. To keep the trio from walking up towards him, Chen summons boulders that will roll down the stairs and crush them.
"Honestly, if I keep hearing more of these puns, I'm gonna need to break someone's arm," said an annoyed Wyldstyle.
"You and me both." Shane added.
Gandalf took a step away from Wyldstyle and Shane. "Gandalf, She didn't mean yours." Rea stated.
Wyldstyle turned to him, "Batman, let me at 'im."
"Just be careful," said Batman, sounding worried.
Wyldstyle puts her hand on his shoulder and says, "I will."
Wyldstyle started running up the stairs. In order to avoid the boulders, she hides in small doorways on the walls. She keeps on running and hiding until she finally reached the top. Chen fired rocks at her, but Shane shot every single one, saving her from the attack.
Wyldstyle turned to them as Adam shouted, "Go get him, Lucy!!!"
She nodded as she leapt towards Chen and punches him very hard in the face, knocking him down.
"Been wanting to that," said Wyldstyle.
Chen gets up and slams the staff on the ground, causing the Earth to knock Wyldstyle back to her friends.
"Let's 'heat' things up a bit, shall we?" quipped Chen. "Hahahaha!"
With the power of the Keystone, Chen turns the arena into a lava pit. The trio stayed on the piece of Earth that remained untouched, alongside a Keystone selector. Three pieces of rock were floating on the lava. Gandalf whacks the selector, opening three rifts that lead to each of the floating pieces of rock.
"Need a distraction, Gandalf?" asked Wyldstyle.
"Much appreciated," replied Gandalf.
Wyldstyle and Shane uses the blue rift and transports themselves to the nearest floating rock. Batman and Adam uses the yellow rift and transports themselves to the floating rock not too far from Wyldstyle's position. Chen started firing lava blasts at them, but they dodge every single one. Batman even threw a Freeze Blast at one blast, turning it into an icicle. He grabs it and throws it at Chen, but the ninja master blocks it with his staff. Gandalf and Rea uses the yellow rift and transports themselves to the piece of rock floating near Chen. The wizard jumps towards Chen and whacks him in the face with his staff while Rea kicks him in the back.
"Ha! Good hit," admitted Chen.
Chen whacks Gandalf and Rea with his staff and knocks them back to the Keystone selector.
"Well, well. This is quite a battle, eh? I would even call it... 'electrifying'," quipped Chen.
"Careful!!" Adam warned.
Chen turns the lava into water. The floating pieces of rock became floating pieces of metal. There was one color pad in each other. Chen was protecting himself with an electric shield.
"I would assume that the strange aura around him will keep us from hitting him," said Gandalf. "What now?"
The collapsing of the ceiling caused a snake statue to dangle above Chen. The snake statue was holding a toy pad. There was one blue shape, one yellow shape, and one red circle.
"We use the Chroma Keystone," said Batman.
"But the water is electric," Shane reminded.
Wyldstyle added, "Yeah, We can't use two Keystones at the same time. How are we supposed to get over the water?"
"The Batombile," answered Batman. "Thanks to the reinforced alloy you gave me, it's shock-proof."
"Hey, Batman, let me deliver the final blow," said Wyldstyle. "I wanna be the one to shut this guy's mouth once and for all."
Batman smiles, telling her that he will let her deliver. "Ooh this is going to be good." Adam said with a grin.
Batman summons his vehicle via a rift. He rides it across the electric water. He coats one Batarang with red, another one with blue, and another one with yellow. He drives back to his friends, sends the Batmobile back to Vorton, and gives the colored Batarangs to Wyldstyle.
"It takes more than just a good arm to make a successful throw," said Batman. "You have to focus, and I mean 'really' focus."
"you can do it Wyldstyle!!" Rea cheered.
Wyldstyle started with the blue Batarang. She focuses on the blue shape on the toy pad and throws the projectile. She hits the shape.
"Yes," said Wyldstyle quietly.
"Ha! You missed!" taunted Chen, not knowing what's above him.
"Just you wait, you snake," said Wyldstyle.
Wyldstyle throws the yellow Batarang and hits the yellow shape.
"Na-na-nya-na-na-nya!" taunted Chen, wiggling his butt at Wyldstyle.
Wyldstyle grinds her teeth in anger as she prepare to throw the red Batarang at the small red circle on the toy pad. She takes a deep breath and closes one eye, focusing on the red circle. She throws the Batarang. Wyldstyle looks on nervously as she watches the projectile fly though Adam knew the game however it wasn't what he expected when he noticed the fritz, causing the toy pad to disappear right before hitting the red circle.
Wyldstyle said in shock, "What?!"
Batman seems to notice as well, even Rea and Shane. Rea wondered frantically, 'What happen?'
Shane thought, 'Did that toy pad just disappear?'
Adam said, "No....It can't be!!!"
Chen laughed and said, "I don't know what your trying to do, I think it's time to end this." He raised his staff, pointing at Wyldstyle and Batman, readying to blast them.
Shane turned to Gandalf, " Do something!!! Your a wizard.....cast some spells!!"
Gandalf said, "I cannot.....I do not have a clear shot!!!"
Rea had to do something until she heard the whisper. "Use the blade. Entrust the power."
She closed her eyes, feeling the strange surge through her arm then into the sword which was glowing eerily, much to Shane surprise.
Shane spoke, "Uh Rea?'
"Now.....Strike"
With that, her eyes opened glowed purple as she raised the blade like it was a javelin before thrusting it with full force. The blade began to glow in fiery blaze as it struck the snake statue, much to her friend's shock.
The snake head lands on Chen, hitting him on the head, knocking him, causing him to drop the staff. The Keystone falls off the staff. Rea's eyes stopped glowing as she shake her head off, looking confused what just happen.
Shane picks up the Keystone. He turns around and saw Gandalf picking up Chen's staff.
"It's a little gaudy, but it's always go to have a spare," said Gandalf.
"We should keep them separate," said Batman.
Shane replied, "Good idea."
Wyldstyle saw a rift opening and points towards it. Batman and Gandalf look just in time to see the rift take away the unconscious Chen.
"Flying monkeys. Giant robots. Ninjas," enumerated Wyldstyle sarcastically. "Shall we find out what's next?"
Batman, Rea and Wyldstyle jump onto the raised platform in style on their way to the rift. Gandalf, however, couldn't jump high enough and ends up lying down halfway up the ledge. Adam and Shane helped Gandalf, pulling him into the rift with him and Wyldstyle.
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