Operation: P.O.W.E.R.P.U.F.F. - Chapter Twenty-One
(The Emperor and Golbez are busily drinking, with the Man Called True nowhere in sight. The Emperor looks over his glass.)
Emperor: Ah… Our “friend” is currently out of commission, so until he gets back we’ll have to handle this. I’m not sure why, but he locked the doors and took the keys with him, so we don’t have much in the way of choice…
Golbez: This cannot be as bad as the last one.
Emperor: Mr. Harvey, I hasten to remind you he didn’t bring us back for two chapters. This can only end in tears. The longer we wait, the more it will hurt… Conjuring the story.
Sorry this took so long people, but as you know, has been having technical problems.
Emperor: What “has been having technical problems”?
Laguna: (emerges from an Assist Portal) Fanfiction.net erases any mention of its own name, for some reason. (leaves)
Emperor: …ah.
Before I get started…
I do not own rights to the song that appears in this chapter.
Golbez: Oh, dear…
Emperor: Translation: “I have no ability to fill all the space I want to fill, so I’ll steal someone else’s work!”
(The chapter is “Spaced Invaders”)
At the Moonbase prison complex, Father walked down a hallway.
Golbez: Then he turned and walked back up it, just to stretch his calves.
He turned to a cell which contained Numbah 362, along with the Sector S operatives.
"Well Numbah 362," he gloated. "How does it feel knowing that your whole organization has more or less been defeated?"
Emperor: (Father) It’s a feeling I know all too well. Just… roll it on your tongue for a while.
Numbah 362 just stared at him. She wasn't going to dignify that with a response.
"Defiant to the end, eh?" he said. "Well, there's no nut that won't crack eventually… and soon even your iron will is going to crumble.
"This is a nice place you have, you know. Maybe after I've disposed of all of you, I'll keep it for myself…"
Golbez: How much would it cost to bring redecorators to the moon?
He chuckled, and left.
Emperor: (Father) Gods, I love “Seinfield”!
"Oh, we're doomed!" cried Numbah 42. "The whole organization has been shanghaied!"
"Correction," said Numbah 78. "I've seen no sign of Sector V!"
Golbez: (Numbah 78) Unless they’re that burning ember outside the window.
"Yeah!" said Numbah 34. "I'll bet Numbah One and his team escaped and they're on their way right now and…"
"Or maybe they tried to escape," said Numbah 362, "and…"
"Oh…" said Numbah 34, glumly.
Emperor: Mood swings: not just for adults anymore.
(During the SCENE CHANGE, the Man Called True enters and sits down)
MCT: Sorry about that. I was busy screaming from the last chapter.
Emperor: Took you long enough.
Secretly, Numbah 362 hoped she was wrong, and fortunately, she was.
Golbez: You could order breakfast at Burger King after ten.
At Sector V headquarters, the team had armed themselves to the teeth with weapons (including a new sword for Lotus that they had found in the arsenal), and finally boarded A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.
Five pre-teens, three kindergartners, one teenager, and one mutated cat sat in the spacious cockpit inside the giant mecha's head, with Numbah Two at the pilot's seat.
MCT: (Numbah Four) Your sword’s digging into my thigh!
Emperor: (Lotus) Well, your leg is buried in my ass!
Golbez: (Buttercup) Whoever’s hand is on my chest, move it now!
"Are we sure this thing is ready to fly?" questioned Snowball.
"Well, like I said," said Numbah Two, "she hasn't been fully tested…"
"No time like the present," said Numbah One. "Let's start this girl up!"
Engines hummed to life.
Emperor: And promptly exploded. Pieces of the robot were later found orbiting Mars.
"Dark matter containment unit online!" said Numbah Two.
"Weapons systems online!" said Numbah Four.
MCT: (Numbah Four) Weapons systems… are downloading porn? Goddamit, someone put up a firewall or something!
"Shields online!" said Numbah Three.
"Rocket boosters ready!" said Numbah Five.
Golbez: Deus ex machina at full power!
"Ready to launch, captain!" said Numbah Two.
"Then let's shoot the moon," said Numbah One.
Emperor: What good will a hand of Hearts do you?
A silo opened in the ground. A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.'s engines roared, and she blasted into the sky.
MCT: The exhaust from its rockets melted all the equipment on the nearby playground.
"Told you she was ready to fly!" said Numbah Two.
A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. roared into the stratosphere, Moonbase bound.
Golbez: By this time, the G-forces had already liquefied the Powerpuff Girls.
(SCENE CHANGE)
In the main command center at the peak of the Moonbase, Father was in Numbah 362's command chair, while the Delightful Children monitored the outside.
"Victory is so close," said Father, "I can almost taste it…
Emperor: (Father) It tastes like… lox and cream cheese? Ugh.
All that remains to be done is identify and hunt down the Kids Next Door's precious Privileged Ones, and then we can…"
"Father…" said the Children. "We're depicting a large craft approaching."
MCT: In watercolors or oils?
"More would-be rescuers?" laughed Father. "Put it on screen."
Golbez: (monotone) We get signal.
MCT: (monotone) Main screen turn on.
His eyes opened wide when he saw the huge robot.
"What in the name of?" he said. "When did the Kids Next Door get THAT thing? Open hailing frequencies!"
Emperor: He then proceeded to swear over the communication line for ten straight minutes.
In the cockpit of A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E., a beeper came on.
"We're being hailed, chief," said Numbah Two.
"Put it on screen," said Numbah One.
Golbez: …damn it, we already used the Zero Wing jokes.
Father's face appeared on screen… and then he drew back in surprise!
MCT: (Father) Do I really have that many blackheads?!?
"YOU?" he said. "That's impossible! The Isle of the Dread was escape proof!"
"Heh," said Buttercup. "Too bad no one told us that!"
Emperor: (Father) But it was in the brochure!
"We're coming after you, Father," said Numbah One. "We've already dispatched your ally, and you're going to wish you never lit up!
Golbez: He’ll regret ever taking up a pipe!
"Close hailing frequencies."
The screen shut off.
In the command center, Father got up, and flames spouted around him in rage!
MCT: What got the fire so mad?
(He sends out the droid ships; SCENE CHANGE)
As A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. neared the Moonbase, Numbah Two spoke up.
"This is your pilot speaking," he said. "If you look over to your right, you can see the Moonbase, a couple of asteroids, and…"
He took another look.
Emperor: A giant planet-eating robot.
"…what appear to be a squadron of fighter ships ready to attack us!"
It was too true. A swarm of dark fighters were flying from the Moonbase. They looked like robotic squids with huge tentacles.
Golbez: Oh, they’re just Sentinels. Ready the EMP.
"Father is creative, Numbah Five will give him that," said Numbah Five. "But that's ALL she'll give him!"
MCT: (Father) What time is it?
Emperor: (Numbah Five) Piss off!
"There are too many for A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. to handle, captain!"cried Numbah Two.
"Get us to the airlock!" said Blossom, as she and her sisters got up. "We can survive in space, and we'll try to take out as many as we can!"
"You heard the Girls!" said Numbah One. "Prepare for battle!"
Emperor: Or to put it more appropriate, “Prepare to cower in the ship while the superheroes do all the work.”
(SCENE CHANGE)
Only two minutes later, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were at the airlock, fitting speaker headsets over their heads.
"Don't lose those," said Numbah One's voice through them. "If you do, we can't communicate with you!"
MCT: (Numbah One) Not that we can really tell you anything you can’t already see, but…
"No problem," said Blossom. "Let 'er rip!"
The airlock door opened, and the three of them flew from A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.
Golbez: As they disappeared into the distance, Numbah One silently cursed himself for having trusted them.
The first swarm of droid ships was already approaching. The Girls sped ahead of the huge mecha to intercept them.
"Here they come," said Blossom. "Get ready, Girls."
Emperor: (Blossom) Annnnnnnnnd… BEG FOR MERCY!
Inside Buttercup's head, her mind was going a mile a minute. She didn't let many people know this, but whenever she was in the middle of a tough battle, a certain song always raced through her head…
MCT: (singing) I see things, I see them with my eyes, I see things, they’re often in disguise, like…
(It’s “I’m a Super Girl” from the Powerpuff Girls Movie soundtrack)
And as the last stanza of the song went through her head, the lead ship closed in on her and opened fire. She increased speed, and flew through it, blowing it into scrap!
"One down!" she said.
A group of them circled around.
Golbez: (Bubbles) Aw, crap, that just got ‘em angry!
(Cue the formulaic fight scene)
The Girls paused. Blossom tapped her communicator.
"Need help guys?" she said.
"Not at the moment," said Numbah One. "Watch our backs though…"
Emperor: (Numbah One) I think Captain EO is tailgating us.
(SCENE CHANGE)
Around the dark side of the Moon, A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. was facing another squadron of droid ships.
"Increase power to shields!" said Numbah One. "All weapons systems online!"
MCT: (Numbah One) Pray to God!
Golbez: (Numbah Two) Praying to God!
"Here they come captain!" said Numbah Two.
The droid ships swooped in and opened fire, but the first wave of guns glanced off A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.'s think armor.
Emperor: If the armor is powered by thought, that’s not going to do them much good.
"Return fire!" said Numbah One. "Fire fairy dust!"
"Fairy dust away!" laughed Numbah Three.
A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. raised her arms, and a golden spray issued from her wrists. A group of droids were caught in the cloud, and they melted into slag.
Golbez: When did “fairy dust” become a euphemism for thermite?
"Numbah Five, try to take out the ones dead ahead!" said One.
"On it chief," said Five, punching in a code.
"Boomerang bow armed," said a computerized voice.
MCT: I take it that’s a bow with a returning exploding arrow?
Numbah Five pressed a button.
A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. removed the bow from her head, and threw it. It flew like a guided missile, cutting through several of the ships and blowing them to pieces!
Emperor: And then it returned and blew her head to pieces.
The bow returned to her hand, and she caught it. She replaced it.
Golbez: She then changed her mind and threw it away for not matching her culottes.
(Numbah Two takes out a rear attack and is chided for a pun, but they’re badly outnumbered)
"Must be the last of them," said Numbah One. "But I have an idea."
He turned to his communicator.
MCT: Now he spent several minutes cursing over the communication line.
"Girls, return to the ship!"
The Powerpuff Girls flew to the airlock, and went inside.
Emperor: They were then thrown back out as a distraction.
They made their way up to the cockpit and watched, as the horde of droid ships closed in.
"We'll never fight them all off!" said Numbah Two in panic.
"Yes we will," said One. "Convert all the fuel in A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.'s rockets to power her elegant aura!"
MCT: (Numbah One) I want us to look pretty while we die!
"What?" shouted Two. "But that will drain all the fuel from the rockets!"
"If we don't save the Moonbase," said Five, "there'll be no way to go back!"
Golbez: Too bad this isn’t the Red Moon, that one had its own atmosphere.
"Then we either save the Moonbase," said One, "or we don't go back!"
Emperor: How noble. I bet your parents will be thrilled that their children sacrificed their lives for a “with your shield or on it” philosophy drilled into them by a secret underground army.
(No choice!)
"Wait until I give the signal, Numbah Two," said One.
The droid fighters closed in.
"Wait for it…" he said.
They were almost on top of A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E., and started to fire.
"NOW!"
Numbah Two threw a lever, and A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. became surrounded by a wave of blazing flames! The droid fighters were blown to particles, in a display that lit up the horizon.
(All stare)
MCT: You know, when I made that Matrix joke, I didn’t think Brian would actually do it.
(BLATANT THEFT ALARM goes off)
"Okay, that solved our first problem," said Numbah One. "Take her down, Numbah Two. A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. can't fly, but she can still walk."
A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. landed on the Sea of Tranquility.
Golbez: I’d make a joke about crushing the lunar lander, but in the KND universe, the moon landing was faked… which would normally be the start of a long rant, but this is very good brandy.
"We're going to walk up to the Moonbase?" asked Lotus. "Father will see us coming from a mile away, literally!"
"Don't worry, sister," said Numbah Two. "A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. isn't out of surprises yet!"
Emperor: But what good will spring-loaded snakes do?
(SCENE CHANGE)
In his command center, Father seethed with rage.
"They destroyed my whole fleet!" he shouted. "Those droid ships didn't come cheap!"
MCT: (Father) I spent tens and tens of dollars on them!
He picked up a small device and spoke into it.
"You two!" he ordered. "Go out there and take down those brats! Blow them into cold, dark space!"
Golbez: Space… isn’t cold. Not really.
(SCENE CHANGE)
As A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. hustled towards the Moonbase, they saw a disturbance about a mile ahead of them.
"Captain," said Numbah Five. "We're picking up readings of a craft about a mile in front of us… something big."
Emperor: If this were a good story, it would be a Star Destroyer.
"Halt the ship," said Numbah One. "And activate binocular vision to get a close-up."
Suddenly, right in front of the Moonbase, from a cover underneath a mound of moon dust (a strategy often used by KND vehicles) a huge mecha rose up. About as big as A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E., it wasn't completely humanoid. It had four legs, a broad chest, two tentacles for arms, and a large dome on the top for a cockpit. Two drivers were seated in the dome.
MCT: I swear on the Orb of Aldur I’ve seen that before, but I can’t remember where!
"It appears the Kids Next Door have a new toy, Mr. Wink," said one of them.
"Fortunately, so do we, Mr. Fibb," said the other. "Prepare to engage…"
Golbez: (Mr. Fibb) Retrieving the ring.
In the cockpit of A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E., the occupants were surprised.
"Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb?" exclaimed Numbah Four. "That has to be the biggest contraption they've ever put together!"
Emperor: Bigger than the Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati?
"Father probably helped them," grumbled Numbah One.
"Them?" said Snowball. "Those are the kooks who grabbed me!"
MCT: (Snowball) Who knew they were furries?
"Really?" said Numbah One. "Then why don't you do the honors, Snowball…"
He pushed a button, and a small platform lifted up in the middle of the cockpit.
"Just stand on that platform and wait," said Numbah One. "We'll walk you through it."
Golbez: (Numbah One) We’ll lift you up, and then use you as bait.
"We'd best hurry," said Lotus. "They're on their way!"
"Okay," said Snowball, climbing onto the platform.
Emperor: And it launched her into space with a low “Sproing!” noise.
Numbah One pushed a button, and the platform receded down, into the chest of A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.
"Numbah Five," said One. "Full power to shields. Numbah Two, prepare A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. for hand-to-hand mode."
MCT: Does it involve yarn?
(SCENE CHANGE)
"Just out of curiosity, Mr. Fibb," said Wink. "Just how much is it costing you to lease this thing's dark matter engine?"
"Oh, just pennies per second, really, Mr. Wink," said Fibb. "The only hard part was raising the $20 grand for the security deposit. But it will all be worth it once we destroy those meddling Kids Next Door."
"Indeed, Mr. Fibb," said Wink. "Father will reward us well…"
Golbez: Where on earth do you rent dark matter engines from?
(SCENE CHANGE)
Snowball was deposited in a circular room with a large disk in the center.
"Okay, Snowball," said Numbah One's voice over a speaker. "Just stand on that disk and relax for a minute."
"Okay," said Snowball, climbing onto the disk. "But I don't see…"
Emperor: And when he pressed the button, she was fried like old bacon.
Then, four mechanical arms came out of the walls and fastened a glowing band around Snowballs wrists and ankles.
"What the…?" she said. "I don't think they're my color…"
MCT: (Snowball) I’m an autumn, you philistines!
Then a helmet lowered over the ceiling and fitted over her head, cutting off her vision.
"Huh?" she said, reaching for it.
"Don't play with it," said One.
Golbez: (Numbah One) We need it positioned properly for the gas flow.
Then a screen inside the helmet came on - first static, then a view of the outside. It was like looking out the cockpit only better. Snowball realized she was looking out of A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.'s eyes.
Emperor: She screamed and passed out.
"What am I supposed to do?" she said.
"Fight, of course," said Numbah One. "This is a cybernetic interface attachment. When I give the command, your movements will be one with A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E.'s, and you'll be able to take down Wink and Fibb's robot as if you were using your own arms and legs.
MCT: (Numbah One) Any unnatural urges you get are yours and yours alone, though.
"Ready? We're counting on you…"
A surge of personal power and inspiration went through Snowball's mind.
Golbez: Followed by a slight surge in appetite, for some reason.
"Ready!" she said.
"Okay, Numbah Three," said One. "Begin cybernetic interface."
Numbah Three gleefully punched some numbers on her screen, and images of Snowball and A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. appeared next to each other. The two images moved together and glowed golden.
Emperor: But she had hit the wrong numbers, and Snowball ended up under the delusion that she was a baboon named “Daisy”.
"Let's do it!" said Numbah One.
Snowball started to run, the disk beneath her functioning like a treadmill. A.P.H.R.O.D.I.T.E. charged towards Wink and Fibb's robot.
"Here she comes," said Wink.
MCT: (bored-sounding Fibb) Whoa-a, boy, she’ll chew you up.
(ANOTHER formulaic fight scene ensues)
Golbez: …how on earth can two giant robots in battle be so boring?
Emperor: You can see that Brian is trying, but somehow his prose style is so bland and dry that even when one of them takes out giant cannons to use against the enemy, it sounds no more exciting than when they were fighting Stickybeard back at the start of the story.
MCT: And they just keep going ON - if we didn’t skip over them, we’d have to cut this entry in half again.
(SCENE CHANGE post-battle)
As the jettisoned cockpit drifted towards Earth, its occupants were sulking.
"Um, Mr. Fibb," said Wink. "I do hope you had that dark matter engine insured…"
"What?" said Fibb. "Um, no, that cost extra…"
Golbez: How much more than renting it outright?
"Are you out of your mind?"cried Wink. "What were you thinking?"
"But you always told me that insurance was nothing more than a form of legalized gambling…" said Fibb.
Emperor: Ah, “The Simpsons”. Where would Brian Corvello be without it?
(BLATANT THEFT ALERT goes off)
"Geeze, Mr. Fibb, you should know better than to listen to me when I'm drunk," said Wink. "I really don't think you'll be getting that security deposit back…"
Fibb moaned.
MCT: Since I’m not sure if that’s stolen from “The Simpsons” or some other source, we won’t set off the alarm.
(SCENE CHANGE)
In his control center, Father was burning with fury. Flames erupted around his dark form.
"Father," said the Delightful Children, "you're going to set off the…"
Water started to rain down in the room.
"…sprinkler system…" they said.
Golbez: Stop us if you’ve heard this one before…
As a henchman turned the water off, Father continued to rant.
"That stupid Wink and Fibb!" he raged. "I'd have done better with Abbot and Costello! Or Laurel and Hardy! Curse the Kids Next Door, curse the Powerpuff Girls, curse Tiger Woods!"
"What does Tiger Woods have to do with this?" asked the Delightfuls.
"Nothing, I just don't like him," said Father.
Emperor: And to think, this was before the sex scandal.
"Uh, Father," said the Children. "More bad news. There's been an unauthorized entry on Level Three."
"WHAT?" he yelled. "They must have gotten in! I thought you changed the codes!"
MCT: (Father) …Oh, goddamn it, did you set the password as “1-2-3-4-5” again?!?
"We did!"
"Fine, put the whole base on high alert! They won't survive long enough to get up here!"
Golbez: They deployed the lawyers.
An alarm rang out throughout the whole compound…
And fortunately, it reached the prison complex.
Numbah 362 got up in amazement. She grasped the bars of her cell.
MCT: (Numbah 362) They’re bringing chili!
"A security breach alarm," she whispered. "Someone broke through Father's defenses!"
She shouted to anyone who could hear her.
"Don't give up hope yet, people!"
Emperor: At that point, a guard shot her through the head for inciting rebellion.
(SCENE CHANGE)
The operatives of Sector V, the Powerpuff Girls, and their two allies ran (or flew) down a long hallway. Level Three was a place very low in the trunk of the Moonbase "tree", but they knew it was the only one that they could likely enter with Father in control.
Golbez: They were promptly swarmed by Jabbies.
"Good work using the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code back there to get us in, Numbah Five," said Numbah One.
Emperor: Any villain worth his salt would have ripped out the security systems wholesale and wired in new ones to avoid tricks like this, but we’ve seen that the villains in this story have the wits of dryer lint.
"Man, Numbah 362 is gonna kill me…" sighed Five.
"She'll forgive you if you used it to save her life," said Lotus. "Now let's find Father."
"Let's not be too hasty, guys," said Blossom. "Wink and Fibb were likely only the tip of the iceberg. This place is probably loaded with goons. Case in point…"
MCT: (Blossom) The giant robot tank about to shoot us. …Crap.
She turned towards the large set of double doors in front of them. Slowly they came up to them.
"What's behind these doors?" asked Blossom.
"A heavy-duty weapon's testing range," said One.
Golbez: Yes, a single weapon heavy-duty enough to require its own testing range.
They went up, and heard the firing of large artillery, followed by laughter. Blossom and her sisters put her ears to the door.
"We know those laughs…" said Bubbles.
Emperor: The terrifying sound of… Pee-Wee Herman.
"Who?" said Numbah Four.
"We can't just walk in," said Buttercup. "We have to surprise them. The guys in there are as strong as we are!"
"Stand back!" said Blossom.
The three Powerpuff Girls smashed down the door, and all of them charged into a huge room
MCT: And were unceremoniously shot with massive cannons.
(It’s the Rowdyruff Boys)
"Oh boys?" said Buttercup. "Mind if we play too?"
The three delinquents looked at them.
Golbez: (Brick) Ew, no! Girls are grody!
(A thankfully short but still uninteresting fight, revolving around the Boys not being smart enough to realize their guns are jammed)
"So what do we do with them?" said Numbah Five. "They're gonna be awfully mad when they come to…"
"I've got an idea," said Numbah Two. "The cryogenic lab is just down the hall…"
"Cryogenic lab?" said Blossom.
All: (Solid Snake, bored) Metal Gear?!?
Ten minutes later, Numbahs One, Five, and Four shoved the unconscious Brick, Boomer, and Butch into three small chambers and shut the doors. Numbah Two worked at some controls.
"Before Numbah 362 came along," said Numbah Two, "the former Supreme Commander had a crazy idea. He figured he and any succeeding Supreme Commanders could freeze themselves when they turned twelve, so that whenever the organization was in great danger, they could come back and lead again. But he changed his mind - chickened out I guess - and Numbah 362 said she's rather be decommissioned than cheat age."
Emperor: Notice that 362 refused the plan out of pride instead of, say, how much her parents would fret if she vanished off the face of the earth. And of course Chad’s motive is given as cowardice instead of possible concern for his own family.
MCT: But of course. In this story, none of the kids have families. Didn’t you notice?
He hit the final command, and gas started to fill the chambers.
"But these cryogenic chambers are the perfect way to restrain folks with powers as strong as yours, Girls," he continued. "We just freeze 'em, and they're helpless!"
Golbez: Wouldn’t it be a laugh if it turned out that cryogenics are useless on Chemical X subjects.
"What if Father comes down and lets them out?" asked Blossom.
"I took that into consideration," said Numbah Two. "I entered a failsafe so that no one can shut this down without a certain genetic code - namely mine. They won't be getting out until the Moonbase is retaken."
Emperor: Or until someone cuts off your hand and uses it to open the chambers.
"IF it's retaken," said One. "Don't forget, we have a lot of ground to cover, and Father's henchmen are likely waiting for us…"
By now, the Rowdyruffs were completely covered with frost. Numbah Two entered the final code, and the party left.
MCT: Due to space concerns, they had to move it to the east balcony.
(SCENE CHANGE)
Meanwhile, Father was watching the entire thing.
"So Kids Next Door and Powerpuff Girls," he snarled. "You defeated my little friends…
Golbez: Didn’t Him recruit them?
"But don't get to comfortable. You'll soon find that your former home has been turned into a veritable chamber of horrors, and you'll need to defeat much more than those buffoons to get to me…"
He turned to a shadowy figure.
"…and even if you defeat them all, my newest recruit will finish you off…"
MCT: I looked ahead, and I know exactly who that recruit is. It just gets dumber from here, which is frankly amazing.
Coming up next:
Wink and Fibb have been sent floating home, the Rowdyruffs are on ice, but the team still must work their way up from the bottom, and they are far from the summit.
Emperor: This story is hardly K-2.
What terrors await in the former home of the KND? And who is Father's strange new recruit? The answers to some of these question in Chapter 22, "Ascension".
Golbez: And yet the question we want answered - “Why?” - will go unnoticed.
Show Up, or Grow Up!
All: Piss off!