Prepare to Be Jacked Up! (CN Villains Victorious Jack Spicer Quest)

[Habstab]

Babu was soooooo bored. He hadn't been bottled in years, and he was glad to be one of the few "always free" genies in the world. But then he made a few too many mistakes and... well... this really was his fault. He didn't deny that. But that didn't mean he wouldn't stop trying to improve his magic so he could help Jeannie! No matter how many times that weird Magic Rick guy somehow got into his bottle-lamp thing!

"You're just going to final for the nine thousand, five hundredth, and sixty-third time." The old man wearing wizard attire grumbled as he took a bite from a Simple Ricks bar. "There's determination, and then there's insanity and stupidity."

"Oh, you'll see, Magic Rick! You'll see!" Baby cheered, pointed his fingers at the cork that kept him trapped, and yelled a fierce cry of, "YAPPLE-DAPPLE!"

And nothing happened.

"Do I ever need to say, 'I told you so'?" Magic Rick mutter, taking another bite out of his SR bars. "Because - Huh."

"What?"

"It seems you're about to get out of here." Magic Rick chuckled, before a green portal opened up behind him. "Guess it's time for me to go." He turned to enter the portal, then stopped for a single second, saying, "The author guy wants to know if this counts as a cameo or not. I honestly don't fucking care."

"What?" Babu asked as his friend (?) disappeared. "Oh well, I guess I'm getting out of here! Yay! Yapple-"

...

"Dapple!" He cheered as he was freed from his prison, causing a small group of banana trees to burst from the ground. "Oh, I didn't want that to happen!"

"... W-What?" He heard stutter. Oh no! He probably had made his new master or his new master's friends! "Why are there bananas everywhere?"

"This foolish genie can barely cast a proper spell." A cruel, and very familiar voice growled out, and Babu quickly twisted his head to see... Jadal. The giant green, evil, and far more experienced genie snarled at Babu. "You are a foolish moron and a failure!"

"I-I-I-!"

"Don't you dare speak to Babu that way!" Both genies turned to see a different genie, a woman with red hair and purple clothing.

"Jeannie!" Babu shouted happily... before he remembered just who trapped them. "Uh oh."

"Stop it, you fools! Now, Jeannie, get rid of them!" Ben Ravencroft commanded, pointing towards the - Wow! That was a lot of people!

"..." Jeannie locked downcast, even as she muttered, "Yes Master."

And then someone shot Ben right in the face.

"What?" A guy in white armor grunted, Babu dashing behind someone furry.

"... Well that's over, I guess." Someone else muttered.

(Ben Ravencroft Trait activated: Warlock's Ghost)

"I highly doubt that." Jeannie sighed, a green mist rising from Ravencroft's body.

"YOU FOOLS." A ghost figure growled, a skeletal hand pointed at... no on in particular, really. "BE THANKFUL THAT I-"

"I guess it's a good thing I brought the chest!" A tiny voice declared, as something snapped open and the phantom slowly got sucked in by something.

"THE CHEST! IT CAN'T BE!" The creature screamed, its claws piercing the ground, trying to keep itself from being sealed away. "SAVE ME, JEANNIE!"

Jeannie nodded weakly, an unhappy look on her face, as -

"Bandu-Kadesh!" Jadal chuckled, causing the red-headed genie to freeze in place.

"CURSE YOU, DJIN!" The monster growled, his skin-less hand grasping a pink lamp, before said lamp was engulfed in an angry growl. Right before the spirit of Ben lost it's struggle, th a lamp vanished...

"... Well, this far from good." Jeannie grumbled.

...

"What the actual fuck just happened." You mutter. Just... what? Uh...

(Winding Down)

Thanks to the insanity that just happened, the Expedition will be taking a break for a bit. Henchmen 21 can chat with two different groups/people.

[] Scooby Dum and Scrappy.

[] Babu and Jeannie

[] Jadal

[] Henchmen 24.

[] Drew and the mercs.

[] Slick and the Snow troopers.

[] Lake.

[] Pemba.

[] Write-in anyone else present.

(Mountain Troubles)

[Locked-In] Time to go up to meet Pemba's sister and brother-in-law.

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Katnappe-Bot 7, and you missed your dad.

17 Weeks. 17 Long, sad weeks is how long you'd been separated. You wondered if he was ok without you.

You were sure Cyclops-Bot 6, the head of Jackism (a religion some of you 'Bots founded that deified Your dad) was 100% certain your creator was doing great. That he would return at any moment and they could all rejoice.

But you weren't so sure yourself.

And that made you feel bad. Surely dad hadn't abandoned you. He must be searching high and low for what happened to his beloved sons and daughters. This society was built on that belief. On that hope he would return to them. Again, they had a gosh darn RELIGION about it!

"....Am I bad person?" You mumble to yourself.

"Of course not." Tubbimura-Bot 20 immediately and firmly answered, making you smile.

"Thanks bro. I needed to hear that."

"You're welcome. We all process the grief of separation from Pops differently. And it's ok to have crises of faith. Just remember, even if he never comes, we'll always have each other. But I'm pretty confident he'll come." Tubbimura-Bot 20 nodded sagely.

"...Yeah. I hope so too." You nod, stargazing.

"I hope so too ...."

X

Tl;Dr: In between getting kicked Out of the Heylin Empire and Week 1 were 3 weeks. In those 3 weeks Jack created robot versions of his lost comrades. A mission went awry and he thought they died, even though they actually are just in the woods, forming their own society.

 

[SteelWriter77]

The Beast and the Ghost:​

The night was quiet, even the wind dared not rustle the leaves of the trees in this forest. For these woods were the domain to an ancient and cruel master, one whose songs have led astray many a weary traveler. It is here deep in these woods two creatures will meet and one will see the true terror of the other.

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The Clearing was an unremarkable place, very few of the Edelwood trees ever "sprouted" here, far too able to give them last minute hope. But it is here that two forms emerged from the woods, one a dark red ghost of a long dead vampire, coming out of the woods as a bright red bat before turning into a more humanoid form in the middle of the clearing. The other, a being that rules these woods keeping to the shadows of the treeline, his antlered head casting an imposing image.

"Greetings Rankor of the 13, what brings you to my Woods this fine Night?" a deep soothing but at the same time powerful voice came from the antlered being.

The Red Ghost bowed respectfully "I come to ask you of a favor, your power is great and would be of great help to a task of mine oh Beast of the Wood." a harsh voice came from the Ghost, one filled with glee and malice. "I ask for you to help bring night eternal to this pitiful world."

The Silence between the two went on for a few moments before the Beast speaks up.

" I must ask you something, oh spirit of the night, before we can begin to discuss finer details. It has been a burning question since I learned of you and your own, why are you and your Kin so…." the Beast paused trying to find the polite words to describe the 13 and their oddities, because for all their power they don't appear to do much with it.

Rankor chuckles before the Beast could find the right words "HEHEHE so what? So Pathetic, so weak, or so foolish. We've been called lots of things like that, but I think you are the first to ask why in a while." He scratches his chin in mock thought "AH why not, it will be good for us to be on the same page. But I must ask, why ask about this?"

"You must admit that considering your own power being comparable to the eastern demon king, you and your Kin have not done much to showcase this. I mean no offence of course, I simply wish to understand." The Beast must be careful with his words, lest he would need to spend more energy removing the angered Ghost then should be necessary, With other powers so close to finding his wood he needs all the power he can spare.

The Vampire appears to think over the Beast's words "Hmmm, I suppose it would be a bit odd to an outsider, very well. The reason is that my brother Time Slime saw something that made all of us reconsider conquest over everything, well most of us. Maldor still wants to rule something, but he is the odd one out, so to speak."

"The time traveler? What could he have seen that could make beings such as yourselves live like, please again excuse my words. But to live like petty children or bumbling fools." It was a fair question to ask, for the Beast could not understand why any being would give up the chance to rule vast lands.

The Beast could immediately tell he went too far when the Vampire Ghost looked him in his eyes and disappeared, his ancient body ceased to listen to him and his own voice spoke without his thought. "I would be very careful with what you say Spirit of wood and soul, some of my siblings are a lot less willing to let such words be uttered, we still have pride." The Ghost then came back into view and once again the Beast could move.

"But to answer your question, he saw the ending" The Beast was confused at the Ghost's words, what does he mean the ending.

"Ending? Did he see your defeat at the hands of others?" Such a sight could be shocking to other powerful spirits, perhaps this was all a ploy to make others lower their guard The Beast thought, it was something he himself had done in the past when the Edelwood was in short supply. "HEHEHE such a small idea, no he saw the End of everything. The stars going dark and life itself ceasing, not just mortal life, but all life, the living and unliving alike." The Red Ghost laughed and laughed, a cruel and mocking laugh that got on the Beast's nerves.

"Well then what of the Merging, such an event should have changed something if the future was so bleak in your world." The Beast asked with annoyance clearly in his voice. This creature came to his forest and dared to mock him.

"We tried to see if it was the same here, the only difference was that the Ending had a face and a Name. We can't stop it and believe me we tried, so many times." The red ghost has a far off look but shakes it off. "So now we have all decided that there is no point to complicated schemes or ruling the entire world together, it will all end eventually. So why not just try to enjoy our time while we can, be as petty and childish as we want."

The Ghost seemed to notice the look of revulsion in the Beast's eyes and laughed harder.
"It seems the talk of the 13 being mad was correct, I do not need to fear this so-called End, I rule these woods and all the souls within, no death will touch me here." It was a half truth, but the Beast did not need to let the vile ghost know this.

The Laughter of Rankor stopped as the green eyes bore into the Beast, the moonlight casting a shadow on the rest of the ghost's face. "That Lantern will go out one day Beast, you can't feed it with ash when all other souls are gone." Rankor spoke softly and like the wind, a harsh difference to his usual mad chackling.

"So why come here then, why try to work with me? Or am I just another soul for the 13 to torment in their nihilistic games?" the trees began to groan and shift as the Beast became angry. Trying desperately to not show how the soft words of Rankor got to him, his hand instinctively clutching harder around his Lantern. How could he have known, no one knew.

The grin of Rankor grows wider as he points up to the night sky "Because like I said at the start, you can help bring an eternal night for my own amusement, Sunlight hurts you know. So you are my chance for more time to enjoy myself before the end." As soon as he finishes, the Vampire Ghost turned to a green smoke and started to float away "Think about it Beast, My offer is limited and I can be a great use to your own goals. Remember everything ends Beast, everything ends HAHAHAHAHAH"

The Clearing was silent once more as Rankor flew away chackling the entire time, and the Beast moved deeper into the forest, with much on his mind. His gaze looking to the Edelwood and his own lantern thinking of the "Face" of death the Ghost had claimed to see destroying all life, and for the first time in the night, the wind picked up bringing with it the smell of decay from across the sea, from a land of radioactive death and a agent of entropy ruling in his endless crusade of extinction.

"I will not End Ghost, I am forever" Words spoken by the Beast afraid of the end to no one but his silent wood.

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You, Jack Spicer, gave an exasperated sigh as you talked on the phone.


"Uh huh. Yeah. Got it mom…." You mumble, hanging up.


"What's going on?" Scrappy asked, putting the finishing touches on his sea monster costume.


"My cousin Megan has to tag along." You sigh in displeasure.


"Oooh! I'd love to meet your family!" Jillian smiled. You blushed a bit.


"You two need to make out already." Louise Belcher quipped in her cow costume (still with her bunny ears of course). Yakko, Wakko and Dot (dressed as Frankenstein, Dracula and Wonder Woman respectively) snicker along.


"Shush, you Schmucks!" You whine.


"Ugh. Is everyone who's coming along ready?" You soon add with a sigh.


"WOBBUFFETTTTTTT!" Wobbuffet pops out excitedly, dressed as Dan Hibiki.


".....Right then." You deadpan, getting on the Hydro Cruiser to get to Megan's house. The moment you're gone, Johnny and Dukey show up.


"....I think they left without us." Johnny pouted.


X


"Do you have pick me up in one of your dorky machines?" Megan grumbled as you all arrive.


"Nice to see you too, Megan." You sarcastically state as she reluctantly gets in.


"If you're a cow, why do you have those weird bunny ears?" Megan added to Louise.


"....I can see why you don't like her." Louise deadpanned. You snort in agreement as you ride off, unaware of how crazy tonight would be….

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Wobbuffet, and you weren't as stupid as everyone thought.

.....Well, you were no genius, obviously. But you could occasionally tell things others couldn't. Like, for example, how the Jack O' Lanterns seemed to be subtly moving on their own.

"Wobbuffet wobba Fett Wobbuffet!" You tried to warn the others.

"....Can anyone understand this thing?" Megan scratched her head.

"Not really. But it's probably nothing." Louise shrugged.

You sighed. You really wish you could speak English....

X

You were Yakko Warner, and you had a feeling Wobbuffet was trying to tell you guys something (and not just because you bugged the author for hints in between Omake chapters).

"Be careful sibs. You never know what that guy could have meant." You make sure to watch out for Dot and Wakko.

"Relax brother o' mine! What could possibly go wrong?" Wakko shrugged.

....And with that, countless Jack O' Lanterns explicitly came to life and started attacking with a cackle.

"....You just HAD to say it, huh?" Dot deadpanned to your shared Sibling, who had the decency to look sheepish.

And so the chaos begins!

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Jack Spicer, and you were terrified. Living Jack-o'-lanterns were attacking!

"WHY CAN'T I HAVE A NORMAL HALLOWEEN?!" You sob.

"Quit whining and figure out what to do!" Megan complained. Suddenly, she is squirted in the face with a water gun. A Jack-o'-lantern laughed as Megan chased it off.

"Wait! Megan! Get back here! Mom will kill me if you get killed by Jack-o'-lanterns!" You complain, following.

"Oh boy! It's time for PUPPY POWER!" Scrappy adds, following as well. Unfortunately, the others are captured and thrown in a cage filled with joy buzzers
..... Except Wobbuffet.

"Wobb?" Wobbuffet blinked.

"....Eh." the Jack-o'-lanterns shrugged, wheeling everyone off. Wobbuffet pouted before shrugging as well and following The other three.

X

You were Scrappy Doo, and you were excited! It was monster fighting time!

"Get back here!" Megan angrily exclaimed, getting constantly hit by the water gun of the cackling Jack-o'-lantern.

"Megan, would you let it go?!" Jack complained.

"WOBBUFFETTTTTTT!" Wobbuffet shouted, pointing out they were about to cross a rickety bridge.

"Uh oh." You state. You try to stop, but you and everyone else end up on the bridge. You wait with baited breath, but nothing happens.

"....Huh. Well that's a relief!" Jack smiled. The bridge then collapsed, sending you all falling with a scream.

"Hey Jack, anything else to add?!" You can't help but quip.

"Shut it!" Jack complained with a scream.

Meanwhile, A mysterious figure cackles.

"Everything is going according to plan!" He laughed heartily.

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You don't know much about the men and women you hired back at the settlement, especially when it comes to Winter and Drew. You really didn't expect her to be related to a mercenary who, along with his pals, you just... happened upon.

"So, Doyle, can you please tell me why your up here?" The white-haired woman asks with a quirk of her eyebrow.

"We were hired -" Another man, one wearing a strange helmet, tries to answer before Drew cuts him off.

"I wasn't asking you, Van Rook, I was trying to talk to my brother."

The man Drew looks at lets out a small chuckle before replying with, "We got hired to hunt down some fugitives who were cussing a mess in the US. Or, well, what's left of it."

"And do you really expect me to believe that these people you're hunting down decided to hide in the Himalayas? Where 'you know who' loves to visit?" Drew questions incredulously.

"Hey, if I wanted to mess with him I wouldn't be here, I'd be blowing up his castle instead of running around this frozen place." Doyle shrugs, before smirking. "Now then, why are you here, Drew?"

Drew stays silent for a few moments, before letting out a sigh. "I may have been... doing something hypocritical."

... You have a feeling that you really shouldn't pry into their private lives at the moment. Maybe you'll ask Drew what she means by that later, but for now... you're going to do the smart thing and go do something else.
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You obviously knew that magic existed, there was no reason to even try to deny it. But, seeing three genies at the same time was a bit. Especially when two of them look like regular people, and the last one floating off the ground, lacking legs. Though, you will need to figure out why there's such an obvious difference between them, as it seems the giant green one, Jadar from the sounds of it, is having some sort of argument with "Jeannie".

"Okay, I feel like butting in on this may not be smart, but, what exactly are you... uh, genies doing?" You try to interject.

"I am trying to see if Jadal knows what happened to Prince Abin." Jeannie quickly explains, before casting an accusatory look at Jadal.

"Uh, and who's that?" 24 butts in with a question of his own.

"The prince, and rightful king, of Zendat." Jeannie adds, once again turning to glare at Jadal when she's done.

... Okay. You've never heard of Zendat, but you're just going to roll with this. You don't want someone to exposit about an obscure country that you'll never care about. "Alright. So, does he know what happened to this prince guy?"

"I don't know what happened to that welp, but I do know that which, Charmcaster, conquered Zendat with an army of men made of stone and mummies." The giant green genie grunts. "She may have killed him and his uncle, my former master, or she could have forced the prince to become her vassal. The lands of Zendat may mostly be sand, but the rulers of it have always had the favor of the 'Great Haiji'."

Well, that might come back to bite you in the ass. You really hope Jenie and Babu don't do anything to make Charmcaster come after your boss. You're pretty sure he can't handle an entire magical empire right now.

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After everyone has finally has had some time to wind down from the battle, your, now even larger, expedition finally begins its trek up the mountain once more. Those weird... ape things you spotted earlier seemed to almost drift away into the snow itself as you left... though, you have a strange feeling that you'll be seeing them again later.

Still, at least you don't run into any other interruptions. Pemba simply leads everyone higher and higher up the massive mountain, even as the sun slowly begins to set. If Winter hadn't given everyone this Aura stuff, you probably would be freezing right now.

"Finally." Your guide mutters as a wooden building slowly becomes visible as you trudge onward. "We'll have to make camp near here. It's dangerous to traverse the mountain at night."

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The expedition has made it to one of the few buildings on Mount Everest. You can either go and inside the radio station or interact with someone before everyone rests for the night.

(Choose One)

[][Is Frightful] Stay Outside For A Bit: You've already seen some crazy things out here. Maybe you'll spot something else if you start looking hard enough?

[][Is Frightful] Go Inside: It would be rude if you stayed outside. Go in and say hi to Pemba's sister and brother-in-law.

[][Is Frightful] Winter: Winter's decided to stay out with some of the others to keep an eye on things. Maybe you can go and, uh, talk about random stuff.

[][Is Frightful] Slick: Slick and the Stormtroopers are staying mear the sheds and are sharing stories. Maybe you can join in? Or, at least, listen to them.

[][Is Frightful] Call Jack: Yeah... things have gotten a bit too crazy. Reporting back to him right now is probably a good idea. Plus, Bling-Bling Boy does have that super drill. Maybe he could pile a bunch of Jackbots in it and have them drill through the mountain. Then again, you're not sure carving out a large chunk of the mountain would make things easier...

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Scooby Dum, mystery solving master! And you had cracked a case: Clearly, Mr. Spicer was having money issues! There were so many zeroes next to that 1! He must be completely penniless!

"Hmmmm...." You stated as you sat in the first town your boss had conquered.

"Alright, I gotta ask; What's Going on?" A SAME eventually felt bad enough to ask. After getting an explanation, he hmmm'ed.

"We need expert wisdom."

It cuts to Stick Doug and Schnitzel as the the dim-witted duo (plus a few other SAMES) barge into their house.

"We need wisdom!"

"RADDA RADDA!"

"No need for such language, Schnitzel. What's the issue?" Stick Doug asked. You once again tell your story.

"Well, there's plenty of ways to make some cash." The old Plumber nodded.

"Radda." Schnitzel sarcastically interjected. You gasp and grin, running off.

"Hoo boy..."

X

You were Jack Spicer, and you had ZERO idea how to react to this.

"21? Was .... Was there always a casino in the center of town visible from the temple?" You muttered.

"No. There was not..." 21 seemed just as confused.

"I helped!" Scooby Dum exclaimed, popping up.

You stare... Before going to get coffee.

"It is WAY too early for This...."

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Basement, and you cared deeply for your upstairs inhabitants. Sure, they didn't know you had come to life, but that didn't matter. All that mattered is they had help in their goals. Especially Dojo, Jack and Kimiko. They were your dearest friends who remained.

You felt sad thinking of those who were no longer with you. But dwelling on such things wouldn't be productive.

Bringing in help would be productive though. You focus on your teleporter lodged in your wall (you should really thank Bling Bling Boy for getting frustrated and abandoning it there one of these days) and soon have new help for your beloved inhabitants.

"....Huh. This is a way nicer basement than I am used to!" A yellow armored lass chirped. She then exited and went to introduce herself.

"Hi! I'm Kaikaina Grif, but most peeps call me Kai!" You hear your new inhabitant chirp.

"WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SHOWING UP IN MY BASEMENT?!" Jack can be heard shouting.

If you had a mouth, you would give a roughish smile. You had done good.

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Omi, and you were so tired. You honestly didn't know how you were still going.

For months you had wandered this... Null Void, it was apparently called. You sometimes wondered how Clay, Kimiko and Raimundo had done, alongside your other allies. But you would probably never know. You trudged a bit more, hearing your allies bicker behind you. You pet Azrael the Cat, who rested on your head. He had been banished here with his master Gargamel, but... Well, what happened to that poor wizard was probably best left unsaid.

"Omi! Our most frequent foes are here!" Dr. Aloysius James Animo informed their leader as a group of Tetramands grinned and surrounded the group.

"Hello, little ones. You know what's up." The head four armed creature smirked.

Once upon a time, you would have fought back, said a comical quip. But his spirit had long since been broken.

"Come on, guys, why you gotta do us like this?" Plastic Man complained... Getting pistol whipped for his comment.

"You got anything else to say, chump?"

"Yeah... You're ugly."

As the Tetramand prepared a special bullet, something reawakened within you. He had already lost so much. Plas, for all his eccentricities, had been there for him, taught him the ways of his new home, kept him alive. He COULDN'T let him die.

"NO... I REFUSE!" You screeched, running up to the lead Tetramand and punching and headbutting him. The red skinned fool was down after the second punch. His lackies fearfully scrambled off.

"Wow, O, ya saved me!" Plas sniffled happily. Azrael and Animo seemed equally impressed, though the former seemed mildly annoyed by having been sent flying off your head.

"Can I keep this specimen?" Animo asked You hopefully.

"....No." you bluntly stated. Animo whined as the four of you continue to Trek onwards.

You felt a new sense of hope. You don't know why, but you feel you could get back.... Back home...

So says you, MONK OMI.