Making some good distance by ducking into a few alleys, Juniper and company continue their little journey to the water plant with little resistance so far.

Monroe: Alright, just a few city blocks left, and we should be able to see the water plant.

RayRay: "wheezing" Can we slow down for a minute? My lungs are burning!

BigMoneyJune: No time! Every second we waste is another for these weirdos to dump their stuff in the water!

Monroe: At least your duties as the Te Xuan Ze haven't been changed over all.

A few minutes of alley jumping later, the four make their way to a main road and continue on their way. It wasn't until a few seconds later that they realized that they haven't come across anybody. This would be a good thing in their situation, but there is literally no one on the street. No oddly dressed randos, no passing cars, the distant sounds of the people they've come across was nonexistent as well. All there is is them and their sharp footfalls.

RayRay: Well this is creepy.

Monroe: This might be worse than we thought. We have to hurry!

Picking up the pace, the group runs down the street. All the while, little Ray Ray lags behind a bit thanks not only for being like two and a half feet tall, but also for the lung shriveling side effects of all those cigarettes from yesterday.... That's definitely going to have a major impact on his health in the long run.

Anywho, running running running, they travel further towards their destination until they pass a convenience store with a large window. Old lady, crossdresser, and Scooby continue on, but Ray Ray actually comes to a stop and looks through the window. He immediately spots the cashier station and the rows of cigarette brands behind it......... The other three keep running without knowing their eight year old is off doing his own thing.

With June in the lead, the other two follow close as they try to ignore the ominous lack of nothing along their way. However, the moment they make a corner, they stop immediately as they see something off. Lying face down on the road is a random man with his pants pulled down to his ankles. Not his underwear as well, just the pants.

BigMoneyJune: Huh, that's a thing.

Further up ahead, another person screams out as their body is tossed from an alley and crashes into a street lamp. Caught off guard, the three quickly take a battle stance from the surprise. Once they see it's just an unconscious normy, they soon relax. That is until they hear the low disturbing sound of laughter.

Walking out of the alley, a large burly man in a black coat arrives on the scene as he approaches the poor sod he midget tossed. He stops immediately as he glances to the side and spots the three. Turning to face them, they get a good look at his facial features. Long black stringy hair with a few strands hanging over his painted face.

Over all, this guy looks creepy as hell.

Abyss: Hohohohahaheee. Look what we have here...... FRESH BLOOD!!!

The gaint bastard howls out, almost shaking nearby windows. After he uttered those words out, another, thinner, figure in black and gaudy face paint jumps from a building and superhero lands on a car. Crushing the roof of the vehicle under his feet. His entrance catches the three's attention as he lets out a creepy man giggle. What stands out the most are his pale dead eyes.

Rosemary: Boo.

A third figure from behind startles them silly as they soon turn around to see a woman in a black dress and, you guessed it, face paint that looks like it was literally slapped on.

Jasmine: Wow, that magical water's really gotten to these poor people.

CrazzySteve: Guess again, lady.

The not so nice Canadian hops from the car as he slowly approaches them before stopping.

Rosemary: See, we're from another world where we could do almost anything we want... stupidlaws. Anyway, through the power of magic we totally beat out of someone from RAW, we opened a portal here and now we're gonna wreck. Your. SHIT.

The three members of Decay have a good laugh as June sports a more serious look.

BigMoneyJune: Ok, this is no big deal. Ah Mah, you take on deadeye over there--

CrazzySteve: Hey!

BigMoneyJune: And I'll take on the other two. Monroe, you take Ray Ray and--Where's Ray Ray?

The magical three finally realize that their youngest companion has fucked right off at some point without them knowing. They look around to try and spot the child before snapping their attention at them.

Jasmine: What have you done to Ray Ray!?

Rosemary: Who the fuck? We've only seen you two and the dog.

RayRay: Hey guys!

Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Standing from across the street in an alleyway is RalleyRay--I mean Ray Ray.

BigMoneyJune: Ray Ray? Where the heck did you run off to?

RayRay: Uuuuhh, nowhere. But hey! I made some friends!

Stepping from the shadows are three more individuals from God knows where. All three figures appear to be fairly large men in all black business suits with the exception of white ties and masks.

RayRay: Aren't they cool? They're called--

Rosemary: DCC?! Where the shit did you assholes come from!?

BigMoneyJune: Who the heck is DCC?

The center member turns his head from each member of Decay before looking back to Rosemary.

DCC1: Decay. What a surprise to see you little bastards here.

Rosemary: Fuck you! Why are you here!?!?!

DCC2: Hmmgh. If you want to know, we come from another world where we could do almost anything--

CrazzySteve: We know, asshat, we're from the same fucking world! And that's the same reason we're here, you copy paste cunts!

Monroe: What is happening?

DCC3: Big talk coming from the stand ins for Insane Clown Posse.

Rosemary: That's it! KILL THESE ASSHOLES!!!

Without warning, Decay and DCC rush at each other with murderous intent. Abyss on DCC1, Rosemary on 2, and Stevie Wonder on 3, resulting in what could have been the most epic fight scene in this entire book.

*zzzap*

But then Monroe pulls out another random amulet from his bag and zaps all six of the weirdos in one go, banishing them to wherever it is you banish people in this show. All the remaining humans on the scene turn to the dog in slight shock, while one of them is also disappointed.

RayRay: Aww man. I wanted to see a cool fight!

Monroe: We're trying to save the city from ending up like those lunatics permanently. I could care less for your need for fake violence.

RayRay: Fake?!

Jasmine: Monroe's right, Ray Ray. We can't waste anymore time. Now, hurry!

Not wanting to waste anymore time than they already have with this unnecessary pause, they run to the ocean front and soon find the water plant they've been looking for. Straight to the point, they rush inside and make their way to where the main vats are located.

Speaking of which, over at the vats, Jeff Hardy continues to pour the Lake of Reincarnation essence into the city water. Thus continuing this deranged attempt for a happy birthday gift. Meanwhile, Matt Hardy returns from his potty break to see how the pouring is going.

Matt: Almost done there, Jeff?

Jeff: Barely. These little port holes on the barrels make it slow as hell.

Matt:..... You know you could take the entire top lid off and just dumped the whole barrel in one go.

Jeff suddenly stops for a second before looking over to Matt.

Jeff: Does it look like I knew?

Matt: Either way, besides that barrel, looks like there's only one more left. Let's crack it open and be down with this.

With the second to last barrel emptied and tossed to the side, the two go over to the final one.

*SLAM*

A door from the ground level behind them violently opens up as June and family rush inside. This sudden entry from behind gives the brothers pause as Matt just randomly sports a grin.

Matt: I knew you'd come--

The two turn around and look down to see an old lady, a dog, a child who looks to be having trouble breathing, and a girl in a slightly familiar business suit.

Matt: You...... Who are you?

BigMoneyJune: My name is Big Money June--

Monroe: No it's not.

BigMoneyJune: Te Xuan Ze of Orchid Bay city!

Matt: Good for you.

Jeff: What's a toosh one say?

RayRay: HAHA!

Matt: Anyway, can I help you? We're busy adding, uuuhhhh, fluoride to the water! City commission and all that.

BigMoneyJune: Yeah nice try, Pepé Le Pew. We already know you're adding magical crud into our water, making people kinda-sorta-exceptionally weird!

Jasmine: Half of her opinions do not speak for all of us, but yes.

BigMoneyJune: Now, I wanna know why you're doing this before I start beating you both to a pummel!

Matt: "sigh" I guess the V1 is out of the bag... Yes, we're here to take over this city, and to extension, the world. All for the purpose of giving it to King Maxel.

Monroe: Now who in blazes is that?

BigMoneyJune: Great, another person I'm gonna have to beat up later.

Jeff's contact lensed eyes go wide as he snaps his head to his brother. Matt, now disturbingly still and calm, continues to stare down June.

Matt:........ You what.

BigMoneyJune: You heard me. If your "King" ever shows up in Orchid Bay, I'll be glad to whoop his butt as hard as I'm abou--

Matt: You bitch, that's my five year old son you're talking about!

BigMoneyJune: I--Wait what?

Matt: Brother Nero! Make like the Cybermen and DELETE these fools!

The need for talking now over with, the Hardy brothers leap from the catwalk and land on thr ground level with the Lees, wasting no time in charging at them for a smackdown.

Finally getting to the thick of it, Monroe manages to guide Ray Ray out of the way-way as both current and former Te Xuan Ze charge at the duo as well. Before the two tag team combatants can make contact with their fists, Jamsine pulls out a quarterstaff from one of her magic pockets and uses it to pole vault in the air and kick Jeff in the face, sending him flying back. June and Matt do that famous anime fight move where they both punch each other in the face at the same time.

While that epicness continues, Monroe and Ray Ray make their way up towards the catwalk with the last barrel.

RayRay: What are we doing? We should be helping Ah Mah and June!

Monroe: Quiet down, boy. We're helping the whole city.

He pulls a strange jar filled with glowing blue substance from the bag and sets it down, quickly going back to the bag for more items.

Monroe: I'm going to try and create a concoction that can counteract whatever they're pouring in the water. See if you can get that barrel open.

Ray Ray looks over to the barrel, barely a foot taller than him at his full height. Using what little eight year old strength he has to tip the barrel to its side, he manages to push it over. As it falls, the force of its landing causes the small lid in the corner to pop out and start pouring the essence out slowly. Right into the vats at the bottom. This causes Monroe to glare at Ray Ray.

Monroe: Oh, great job, lad!

Working slightly faster, he pulls out a small beaker and fills it with the magic water.

Back to the fight below, Matt somehow got a hold of June and pulls a piledriver on her on the hard concrete floor. While the floor suffered hella damage, June shrugs it off and manages to break free from his hold. Back on their feet, she quickly grabs a hold of him and swings him into the side of the vats. Leaving a Hardy face sized dent in it.

Shaking the pain away, he puts a death grip on her wrist and pulls her in hard. With his other hand, he catches her by the throat, lifts her up high, and body slams her hard. June's breath gets knocked out as Matt still has a hold on her. Not letting up, he uses his free hand to start pummeling her down.

Over to the side, Jeff brings an arm up to block a staff to the face. Then another block to the stomach. So on and so forth until his arms are starting to bruise like hell. This pisses off Jasmine as she tries to get at least one hit on him. As she brings her staff back for another swing, Jeff moves fast and sucker punches her square in the stomach. This sends her back a few feet as she lets out a heave. Literally winded, she glances to the side and sees her granddaughter getting pummeled. From the looks of it, she ain't fairing well.

She snaps her focus back to Jeff with a fire in her eyes as he charges at her. As he goes for another swing, at the last second she ninja flips over him and lands behind him. With lightning fast movement, she swings her quarterstaff between his legs. This elicits a little squeak from the poor guy as he goes stiff as a board. With that out of the way, Jasmine quickly rushes to June's aid as Jeff just falls over while cupping his little Hardys.

Jeff: What... the hell is... a two Shawn see?

Matt brings down another fist to June's face, now looking a little sore from the beating. As he lifts his arm for another hammering, he unknowingly gets a staff across the face that sends him flying back into the metal vats. Replacing the face imprint now with a body imprint. With him out of the way, Jasmine helps June as the girl brings a hand up to a swollen eye.

BigMoneyJune: "grunt" I had it under control!

Jasmine: Obviously.

Matt dislodges himself free and gets back up. He brings his arms up as he just stares his two opponents down. Glancing at each other, the two give themselves a nod before charging at him.

Back to boy and dog, Monroe stirs a boiling brew from a cauldron that he pulled out of nowhere. With the previously mentioned jar of goop, he pours a small amount in the cauldron and starts stirring vigorously.

Monroe: Alright, Ray Ray, look in the bag and try to find the Talon of Serapera.

RayRay: Aaaannd that is?--

Monroe: The big claw looking thing with red flowers on it!

Now knowing what to look for, Ray Ray starts digging through the bag to search for the item. A few seconds of scrounging around, he finds the magical artifact and hands it to Monroe.

RayRay: What does it do anyway?

Monroe: The Talon of Serapera allows one to open a portal to another dimension by applying something that was originally from there. So if I do this.

Monroe takes the Talon in one paw and the beaker in the other. With the beaker, he slowly pours a single drop onto the artifact. As it makes contact, the carved little flowers on it soon begin to glow bright.

Monroe: That should solve one problem for later. But right now, I'm almost done with what should be able to purify the water from what this liquid is.

RayRay: Should?

The dog hushes him as he dips a ladle into the contents of the cauldron. Pulling it out, he scoops up a substance that's constantly changing colors. Bringing it over to the beaker of Lake essence, he pours the substance into it and looks on with tension.

Seconds go by before the water in the beaker emits a bright blue flash before dulling down to reveal the same contents as before. Just water.

Monroe: HAHAA, YES! It works! Help me with this!

Both Monroe and Ray Ray quickly get to one side of the cauldron and start pushing with all their might. With a few hard shoves, the cauldron soon tips over the catwalk and plummets down to the vats. A second goes by before a loud SPLASH echoes out. Not a moment later, a bright light flashes out that catches everyone's attention before dying out.

Matt: Uh oh.

Jeff: Seriously! What the fuck is a douche pince-nez!?!?! <-- pronounced pansnei

Monroe: June!

Monroe calls out to the girl and tosses the Talon to her. Knowing what's up, she easily catches it and slashes the artifact across the air. The knife-like object actually hooks on to the air. A little more force, she manages to slice through reality and open a hole in time and space. This reveals what appears to be a large lake beyond the portal.

With the brothers distracted by the sudden sight of the Lake of Reincarnation, June and Jasmine take the chance to send their asses back home. Former TXZ charges at Jeff and does another pole vault with her quarterstaff, this time placing a hard kick into the younger Hardy's back. This sends him flying into the portal and back to his own world.

Seeing his brother get sent in, Matt quickly turns around to retaliate. Only for June to quickly grab him by the throat and rush them both towards the portal. Once they draw near, with all her Te Xuan Ze strength,  she tosses the last Hardy into the portal.

Once both Hardys are through, the portal soon seals back up and disappears. A heavy silence hangs in the air as everyone is still.

RayRay: Di--... Did we win?

Monroe: "exhale" Yes, boyo, yes we did.

He looks over to the last barrel the Hardys almost dumped. Still a fair amount of the previous contents left in it.

Monroe: All that's left is to deal with this now.

June and Jasmine make their way up to the catwalk and look upon the barrel as well.

BigMoneyJune: Soooo what now?

Jasmine: Well, you two are going to be staying with me for a few days, see if this magic water will wear off completely. As for this barrel, I'm going to take it to a few people I know. Maybe they can make sense of it.

Corking the barrel shut, Jasmine picks it up and heads for the exit with everyone in tow. As they make their way outside, she turns to everyone.

Jasmine: Monroe, you come with me. June and Ray Ray, you two head back to my house. I'll meet back up with you in a few hours.

In agreement, they go their separate ways and head out. As June and Ray Ray continue their walk, the youngest decides to start a conversation.

RayRay: Soooo yeah. What a day.

BigMoneyJune: Honestly, I'm still lost as to what's going on. But, I'm happy to save the day again. And frankly, I could use some relaxation.

RayRay: Oh, I can help with that!

He shoves a hand in his pocket and pulls out a small white bo--Holy shit, that's a pack of smokes. The reveal brings June to a complete stop in shock.................... before giving it some thought.

BigMoneyJune: Meh, given my life choices, this is the closest thing to relaxation I'm going to get.

Continuing their walk, the two siblings decide to share a smoke on the way. Forever changing their lives with a stick of cancer.

Be smart, don't start......

In a completely different world, just a little ways away from the Lake of Reincarnation, the Hardy brothers remain lying on the ground after getting their asses beaten and tossed. Some time later, the two finally sit up with some trouble.

Matt: "siiiiiigh" Well, that went horribly.

Jeff: I still don't know what a turd Juan neigh is......... So what are we getting Maxel instead?

Matt: Eh, maybe a teddy bear. I don't know.

The sound of distant thunder signals an on coming storm heading their way. The brothers get to their feet and just head back home with their heads hanging down from failure.

Back to the lake, a little white drone flies over the water as it travels about. This little fella being the friendly Vanguard1.

As it does a few mid air flips, a streak of lightning suddenly strikes down the poor soul trapped machine and sends it plummeting to the lake. With a small splash, the drone disappears in the water without a trace besides the little ripples.

And then a flash.

Within moments, the sky grows darker as the storm finally arrives over the lake. Thunder and lightning going off every so often. In the middle of the open water, bubbles begin to rise up and soon move towards the shoreline. Not long after, a large figure soon rises from the lake as it continues to walk.

A large bastard of a "man" makes it to dry land as his features become more clear. Adorning his body is a black shirt, black leather jacket, black and red striped pants, and a pair of gloves with the words hurt and heal on the knuckles...... But the most disturbingly eye catching aspect is his "face". A monstrous visage of tightly stretched bone white skin exposing a vicious row of teeth, burnt flesh around the eyes and lips, a mix of piercing yellow and red eyes staring off into the void, and all tied together with brown dreadlocks on top of his head.

Overall, this thing practically emanates a fiendish presence.

A billow of mist exits his maw as he speaks.

Fiend: Oh yeah...

Another lightning bolt strikes just behind him in the lake, for dramatic effect.

Fiend: This is happening.

Thus beginning a reign of terror upon Matt and Jeff Hardy's world....

May the wrestling gods help us all.

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A/n: 1. Pince-nez are fancy glasses.

2. You have no idea how many times I hit T instead of R when typing Tay Tay's name.

3. Again, this story is in cooperation with ConorIsacoff.