106. Jestor's endgame(1)

Smoke: Hey everyone. Before we start the new chapter of Loud Heores, I just want to point out that we have been getting hero and villain suggestions. Look guys we're not looking for new characters, mostly because we already have enough heroes and villains. We don't need anymore. We have told you this thousands of times and it's tiring. Anyway let's get this new chapter on the road.

It's late at night in Royal Woods, both Ryker and Miller were riding their motorcycles down the road. "How much longer until we reach your boss' location?" Ryker asked.

"We're almost there." Miller replied.

"Well I'm getting tired of this." Ryker said.

"Do not fear." Miller assured him. "Because we've arrived." Ryker looks ahead and sees a large building ahead of them. "That is where my master is."

"You call him master like you're his servant." Ryker said. "I lived through that period of time and let's say I wasn't a fan."

"It's completely different. Times have changed from your time, well for the most part." Miller said as he walked towards the building, he opens the door. "Now come on inside, he's waiting for you."

The two walk in and Ryker sees that the place is practically falling apart. As soon as he stepped into the opening, a figure leaps down from the rafters and lands in front of the two men. The newcomer was lean with a strong build wear a tank top with shorts and a chain around his neck. What caught Ryker most off guard was this newcomer was part man and part tiger. With little hesitation, Ryker pulls out his revolvers and aimed them at the newcomer.

"Well well well about time you got here Miller." The man said. He turns to Ryker. "Lower your weapons cowboy. I ain't your enemy." Ryker scowls and slowly lowers his guns but never takes his eyes off him.

"Didn't think you were back in town Erik." Miller said before turning to Ryker. "He's also works for the master. Ryker meet Erik, the Golden Tiger."

"So why are you called the Golden Tiger?" Ryker asked.

"Simple." Golden Tiger growled. "I'm former golden gloves boxer and I look like a tiger. Care to try me?"

"Don't tempt me." Ryker shot back.

"That's enough Tiger." A voice said from the shadows. Ryker turns towards where the voice was coming from and sees a man sized robot sitting on a chair like it was a throne. The robot wore a suit and it's face reminded Ryker of the clown pictures he saw. "Let's be more welcoming to out guest."

"You must be Jestor." Ryker said.

"Indeed I am." Jestor said leaning forward so that his head was no longer in the shadows. "Spirit! Show yourself!"

"Sure thing." Spirit replied as she floated down. She was a fourteen year old girl with pure white hair in a high ponytail, green eyes, wearing a black and white jumpsuit with white gloves and boots. "Howdy." She replied with a serious look on her face.

"So these are your teammates?" Ryker asked.

"My associates." Miller corrected. "We may work under one person but we are not a team. Hell Golden Tiger hasn't even been around!"

"I've been busy." Golden Tiger responded with a shrug. "Look you may be the bodyguard for the boss but I'm the guy who the boss sends on the big assignments."

"Speaking of which, is the arena complete?" Jestor asked.

"Yeah. Arena is finished and the cops are gone." Golden Tiger responded.

"Good." Jestor said. "Time to prepare to head back to my old lair." He turns to Spirit. "I assume you know what to do?" Spirit nods and holds up a duffel bag.

"Oh for sure." Spirit said with an evil smile.

"Excellent. Commence phase one." Jestor ordered. This gave Ryker a sick feeling in his stomach.

"Why don't I like the sound of that?" Ryker thought.

At the base, the entire L-Crew and L-Angels were gathered in the meeting area at a giant table in front of the monitor. And on the table were the letters 'LC' in orange

"Good call on the giant table with our logo Soothsayer." Lincoln comments.

"Thank you my friend." Soothsayer said. "Makes it feel more official." He turns to Lori who was at the head of the table. "Lori the floor is yours."

"Thanks." Lori said as she stood up. "Right so as you all know, Jestor has been in hiding ever since the fight club incident. However we know his reach is strong as he also has at least two enforcers, Leonard Miller and Spirit as well as a whole bunch of Jestorbots."

"All three of which we've dealt with." Luna added. "However Miller and Spirit are still on the loose and we're not sure where they are or what they're planning."

"There hasn't been any news or police reports about them yet." Lisa said.

"My team and I can try and find them." Stella pointed out. "We dealt with Miller before, as for Spirit, she'll be a challenge."

"Easy all we need to do is trap that Danny Phantom knock off in a Fenton thermos." Sid said.

"Please Sid." Lisa scoffed. "Like that would work."

"Yeah. It'll take too long to make." Mr. Cuddles said. He holds up handcuffs. "But I do have power neutralizing handcuffs."

"That'll do." Sid said.

"Ok but we still gotta find them to put those on him." Ronnie Anne pointed out. "And what about Ryker? He's still out there and he's desperate. And you know the saying, desperate men do crazy things."

"Very true." Luan said. "Finding him will be hard, but trying to talk to him will be a challenge."

"Mostly because we didn't keep our promise on finding him a way home." said Lori.

"Then we convince him to stay." Everyone looks over at the source of the voice surprised as it was Leni who spoke up. "He's just confused and scared but maybe if we can convince him that this time isn't bad maybe he'd be willing to stay and maybe be our friend."

"Leni might have a point." Soothsayer said. "Perhaps we should try that."

"It's worth a shot." Lori said.

"Attention everyone." Martha announced. "There appears to be an emergency broadcast happening." The monitor turns on and the L-Crew and L-Angels see Jestor on the screen.

"Attention citizens of Royal Woods." Jestor said. "My name is the Jestor. I'm here to announce that I've placed bombs all over the city that are set to go off within the hour. Your only hope is if your precious L-Crew can find and disable them before the timer goes off. So I suggest they hurry. Remember L-Crew, the clock is ticking."

"Oh crap. Jestor is gonna blow up the city!?" Paige exclaimed.

"Ok let's defuse those bombs and deal with Jestor later." Lori explained. "Let's all split up and defuse those bombs."

"Right." Everyone said.

"Be quick children." Soothsayer warned. "We don't know how many bombs there are and time is short. Be careful above all."

"Right." Lori said as everyone changed into their costumes. "Everyone find a bomb and try to disable it. If you can't, find a way to get rid of it. We'll meet back here when we take care of all the bombs."

Firecracker flew through the city trying to find a bomb when he sees something in an alleyway. He lands inside it and immediately finds himself with a revolver in his face that he immediately recognized at belonging to Ryker.

"Hey kid." Ryker said softly. "How's it going?"

"Ryker?" Firecracker questioned. "What are you doing?" He then shakes his head. "Look there's no time for this! Jestor placed bombs all over the city!" Ryker still remained calm and sighs.

"I know." He says. "Fourteen bombs. One for each of you. Each one devastating enough to the whole city. Except one's not gonna be found. Yours isn't gonna be found." Firecracker looked at him confused.

"Ryker, what's wrong?" He asked. Firecracker then gasps. "Ryker what did you do?" Ryker doesn't answer. "Damn it Ryker what did you do!?"

"Kid, I need to get out of this time." Ryker said. "I made a deal with the devil and sadly I gotta go through with it. Look it's nothing personal kid but I got no choice. Look just come with me and we'll get this whole mess dealt with." Firecracker looks at him shocked.

"Ryker you don't have to do this." He tried to reason. "Look let me help you. We can fix this. How about I call my sisters and we'll get this whole mess straightened out." He goes to activate the comm on his watch when he is suddenly hit hard in the side of the head that knocks him down and unconscious. The last thing he sees was Ryker standing over him with regret on his face.

"Sorry kid." Ryker said. "Nothing personal but I didn't have a choice."

Speed Queen sped through the city trying to find bombs. The L-Angels had already found one of the bombs and defused it. Thanks to them doing that, Cuddles was able to get a energy reading off it. With that they discovered there were thirteen bombs left and Cuddles was tracking them.

"Cuddles where's a bomb?" Speed Queen asked.

"Gas station on Sullivan St." Cuddles reported.

"I'm basically there." Speed Queen said. "I'll defuse that one."

Speed Queen runs towards the gas station and sees A large black bomb shaped like a cylinder and a timer with 45 minutes left on the timer. "I got to disarm this bomb and fast!" Speed Queen said.

"Ok so you need to be careful because I'm pretty sure the bombs are wired differently." Mr. Cuddles said. "First is there any way to move the bomb?"

"No it's too big to carry." Speed Queen responded.

"Damn it!" Mr. Cuddles replied. "You're gonna have to defuse it yourself. One wrong move and Royal Woods will be history."

"Yeah I know." Speed Queen exclaimed as she kneeled down and opened the panel with wires shown. "Ok I can do this." Speed Queen sighed under her breath.

"Right what colors are the wires?" Mr. Cuddles asked.

"Red. They're all red." Speed Queen answered.

"Wait really?" Mr. Cuddles exclaimed. "Well there goes the red wire plan. Hmm. Ok point your watch at the wires." Speed Queen nods and does so. The watch scans the bomb sending it to Mr. Cuddles. "Got it. Cut the wire on the left."

"If you think it'll work." Speed Queen said as she gripped the red wire on the left, she closed her eyes as she pulled the red wire. But she opened her eyes, nothing happened the timer just turned off. "The second bomb has been defused."

"Good, go around the city and see if the others need help with their search." Mr. Cuddles replied.

"Right." Speed Queen said before running off. Unknown to her, Golden Tiger was watching from on top the gas station.

"Not bad." Golden Tiger comments. "Boss might be right about them. This should be fun."

Meanwhile Surge is flying through the air looking for any more of the bombs. "Surge, I found a bomb near Gus' game and grub." Mr. Cuddles replied.

"I'm on my way." Surge said on her watch.

Surge lands outside the arcade and sees said bomb sitting outside it. However it wasn't that big.

"Found it." Surge reported. "It's a small one though."

"Odd. The bomb that Speed Queen defused was big." Mr. Cuddles said. "Alright scan the bomb with your watch and send it to me."

Surge holds up her watch and it begins to scan the bomb.

"What you got?" Surge asked.

"The bomb has a keypad of sorts." Mr. Cuddles said. "It needs a specific code to disarm it. But we don't have time for that. Can you lift it?"

"I should be able too." Surge replied.

"Ok so fly it up into the sky and throw it as far as you can." Mr. Cuddles ordered. "Then blast it!"

Surge picked up the bomb and smirked. "I can do that." Surge replied as she flew up in the air at high speed. "I can do it. Higher and faster." Surge than threw the bomb and shot an energy blast at the bomb.

"Bomb destroyed." Surge reported.

"Good. Go and see if you can help the others." Mr. Cuddles told her.

"On it!" Surge replied as she flew away.

Within the thirty minutes the L-Crew and L-Angels continued their hunt for the bombs lost in the city. Parkour found one in the park on the playground. Not having the patience to wait for Mr. Cuddles to give her instructions on how to diffuse it, she took it off the playground and threw it into orbit.

Genarocker flew across the city and sees a bomb on top of the movie theatre, so she flew down to the bomb and looked at the bomb. Genarocker placed her hand on the bomb and closed her eyes, and when she opens her eyes, Genarocker sees that the bomb is now disarmed.

Amplifier found one near Lynn's table, Amplifier began to drain the bomb's energy source dried. Amplifier smirked and teleported away.

Wildgirl and Crystal Princess searched Flip's Food and Fuel for the bomb with Wildgirl as a bloodhound. They find the bomb next to the fueling area and Crystal Princess takes the panel off where they see blue, yellow and red wires. Crystal Princess forms a crystal knife and nervously goes to cut one of the wires while Wildgirl watches nervously chewing at her fingernails. Crystal Princess cuts the red wire and the bomb deactivates allowing the twins to let out sighs of relief.

Petty and Tongri find a bomb by Royal Woods High School. Not knowing what to do, Petty did the only thing he could think of. He ate it. Petty and Tongri share a glance before running off.

Black Ice is outside of Royal Woods mall, Black Ice froze the bomb in a block of ice. Then she ran off to find the next bomb.

With three minutes left, the L-Crew had found thirteen of the bombs and were tracking down the last one.

"Alright guys last bomb." Speed Queen said. "Mr. Cuddles how much time do we got left?"

"Three minutes left." Mr. Cuddles responded. "Also have any of you heard from Firecracker? He hasn't reported in yet."

"We haven't." Surge replied.

"Something's not right. Some of you better head down to his last known location, while the rest look for the last bomb." said. Mr. Cuddles.

"Crystal Princess and I are near where he was." Wildgirl reported. "We'll go check it out."

"Right. I'll go there too." Speed Queen said. "Everyone else find that bomb! We're running low on time!"

"Indeed." Prodigy said. "We now only have two minutes left so we must be quick!"

Everyone nodded and ran off to find the final bomb, while Speed Queen and the twins drove off to find Firecracker. "I just hope he's alright." Speed Queen said to herself.

When they arrived at Firecracker's last location they saw no sign of him.

"Take a look around." Speed Queen ordered. "There's gotta be a clue of some sort of where he is."

"On it!" The twins replied as they began their search. Wildgirl morphed into a bloodhound and sniffs around the area. Crystal Princess looked at the ground and gasped.

"Girls! I found something!" Crystal Princess shouted.

"What did you find?" Speed Queen asked.

"Its some of Firecracker's blood, he must have been attacked by Miller or Spirit." said Crystal Princess.

"Oh I wouldn't be so sure." A voice said from above them. The three look up to see a half man half tiger sitting on one of the buildings looking down at them.

"What are you talking about?" Speed Queen demanded. "And who are you?"

"The name's Golden Tiger." Golden Tiger introduced. "But you won't have time to remember it."

"Sounds like a dumb wrestler name." Wildgirl replied.

"Says the girl called Wildgirl." Golden Tiger responded unimpressed.

"What do you want?" Speed Queen demanded. "And where's Firecracker?"

"As of right now he's alive." Golden Tiger told them. "Well until the boss is done with him."

"Tell us where he is!" Crystal Princess demanded.

"Nah. Figure it out yourself." Golden Tiger told her. "But words of advice, careful who you trust these days. People tend to turn on you when they don't get what they want." He stands up and turns around. "Later." He then runs off.

"I hate it when they do that." Crystal Princess groaned.

"We don't have much time! Wildgirl smell the blood and see if you follow Firecracker's scent." Speed Queen ordered.

Wildgirl sniffs the blood and snakes her head. "I can't get anything." She says. "I can't get a trace. But there is another scent here. I think it's Ryker's."

"Ryker?!" Speed Queen and Crystal Princess gasped.

"What was Ryker doing here!?" Crystal Princess questioned.

"Not sure." Speed Queen said. "But let's head back to base so we can plan our next course of action."

Speed Queen, Crystal Princess and Wildgirl are heading back to base, that is when Speed Queen gets a call on her watch. "Any updates on the final bomb?" Speed Queen asked.

"Yeah outside Tetherby Industries." Amplifier reports but we're down to one minute! Could use some help."

"I'm on my way." Speed Queen said as she ended the call. "You two head back to base, I'll catch up soon." Speed Queen than ran off to Tetherby industries.

When Speed Queen arrived she saw the rest of the team gathered around the bomb. She looked at the timer and saw forty-five seconds left.

"Eldest sibling and team leader we're running low on time." Prodigy reported. "Whoever put this here purposely made it so it wouldn't be easy to disarm or get rid of."

"Ah crap. What about Ms. Appear's forcefield?" Speed Queen asked.

"Haven't tried that yet but I'm not sure how big the explosion will be." Ms. Appear said. "But I'll give it a go." Ms. Appear takes a deep breath and creates a forcefield around the bomb as ten seconds remain on the timer.

"Time for the moment of truth." Armor said as he covers himself in stone and stands in front of the team next to Petty. "If this fails me and Petty will try to shield you guys from the blast!"

The timer ticks down eventually reaching zero. The L-Crew brace themselves for the blast but nothing happens.

"Well that was anticlimactic." Sharpshot comments. Ms. Appear lowers her forcefield and as soon as she does that the timer screen turns back on to reveal Jestor.

"Greetings L-Crew. It's been too long." Jestor greeted politely.

"Jestor!" Speed Queen glared.

"I see that you disabled all of my bombs. Well except for one." said Jestor.

"So this whole thing was a wild goose chase?" Gamer asked.

"Indeed." Jestor replied. "I needed to separate you all to make you easy targets so I could capture one of you." He stands aside to reveal a chained up Firecracker with an power neutralizer collar around his neck and a gag tied across his mouth and a blindfold across his eyes. Standing around him stood Leonard Miller, Spirit and Golden Tiger while Ryker stood several feet away not even looking at the screen or their captive.

"Damn you Jestor!" Speed Queen shouted. "Release my brother now!"

"I think not." Jestor replied coming back into frame. "We weren't going to silence him but he said such mean things that he left us no choice. And I must thank Ryker for bringing him in." Ryker again doesn't look at the screen. "You have one hour to save your brother. However if you aren't here, I can assure you that there won't be nothing left of your brother when I'm finished with him."

"We got to find them and fast!" Speed Queen exclaimed.

"They can be anyway." Parkour said.

"I can't believe Ryker did this!" Amplifier growled. "When I get my hands on him."

"Kids come back to base." Mr. Cuddles ordered. "Soothsayer wishes to speak to you all."

"We're on our way." Speed Queen said as everyone began to head back to base.

When the L-Crew arrived they saw Mr. Cuddles and Soothsayer with the twins talking by the computer.

"Ok Soothsayer what's the big deal?" Lori demanded. "Lincoln was captured by Jestor and we need to save him before it's too late."

"Yeah and beat the hell out of his cronies including Ryker." Lynn added as she cracked her knuckles.

"While I do understand your concerns you're wrong about Ryker." Soothsayer said.

"He kidnapped Lincoln!" Luan shouted.

"But you must understand that Ryker is no doubt being forced into doing this. Promised something too good to pass up." Soothsayer pointed out. "A way home perhaps."

"But he kidnapped Lincoln!" Lori repeated. "And as far as we know Ryker could've been a bad guy in his time!"

"That's where you're wrong Lori." Soothsayer said. "Ryker is not a villian. In fact in his time he's considered a hero." Everyone looked at him confused. "Gather around everyone and I will tell you a tale of the man known as Ryker."

Bandera, Texas 1870

Several men sat at tables drinking, smoking and talking loudly as a man played a piano in the background. As the bartender cleaned one of his glasses an older couple dressed in farmer attire come running into the saloon frantically catching the attention of the patrons in the saloon.

"Please we need help!" The man shouted. "Our daughter was kidnapped by Matron Brothers!" Everyone started murmuring to each other in surprise. "We were riding our cart home when they ambushed us. They stole some of our supplies and most of our money along with taking our eighteen year old daughter! Please we're desperate!" Everyone in the bar scoffed at their pleas and went back to their business.

"You ain't gonna get anyone like that." The bartender told them. "People here will be expecting a big pay day especially with what you're requesting."

"Oh dear what are we going to do?" The woman asked.

"Maybe we should try the Sheriff." The man suggested. They go to walk out when they hear a glass slam down on a table. The couple turn to see a man in his early twenties with his hat covering his eyes.

"Did I hear you say Matron Brothers?" The young man asked. The old couple look at each other and walk towards the table where the gunslinger sat. The gunslinger pulls out a wanted poster with two pictures on it and places it on the table. "This them?"

"Yes it." The man replied. "Please we don't have much but please we'll give anything to get out daughter back. The gunslinger pulls out a cigar and lights it. He takes a puff and blows out smoke.

"Luckily for you, I've been tracking them boys down for a few days now." The gunslinger said. He takes the wanted poster and puts it back in his pocket. He then stands up. "I'll be back in the morning with your daughter. We'll talk pay then." He walks towards the door and hands the bartender the payment for his drinks before walking out.

"Oh I hope he can save her." The woman said to her husband.

"We can only pray." The man said.

"I wouldn't worry about the man that's saving your daughter." The bartender said. "I'd worry more for the Matron Brothers because you've hired one of the best bounty hunters in the west."

"What's his name?" The woman asked. The bartender stops cleaning his glass and looks up at the couple.

"His name is Ryker."

Ryker is riding on his horse looking for the Matron Brothers and the old couple's daughter. He slows down his horse and sees a pair of horse hoof prints on the ground, he gets off of his horse and looks at the hoof prints. After getting a good look at the hoof prints, Ryker narrowed his eyes and touched the ground.

"Still fresh." Ryker said to himself. "The Matron brothers haven't gotten far." Ryker than get back on his horse and heads towards their location.

On the side of a dirt road a wagon was parked as two men and a young woman who's hands were tied behind her back.

"Damn we got a good haul Billy." One of the men said.

"Sure did Willy." Billy responded. "Had a lot of valuable goods on their wagon." He then approached the girl. "Including something very valuable. What's your name sweetheart?"

"I'm not telling you nothing." The woman said. "Now let me go!"

"Not happening darling." Billy said. "Maybe we can get a pretty penny for her."

"Now now that don't seem right." The two men tense up and slowly turn towards the location the voice was coming from. When they do they see Ryker leaning against their wagon. "Selling human beings is one of the most despicable crimes around these parts." To say the Matron Brothers were terrified would be an understatement as both men were shaking with fear.

"R-R-Ryker." Willy stammered. "W-w-wasn't expecting you here."

"I've been tracking you two for a long time." Ryker said. "You two have the option to surrender and hand over the girl or we can this the old fashion way."

"Handing you the girl?" Billy asked. "No way in hell we are giving you own haul!"

"B-B-Billy c'mon man she ain't worth it." Willy pleaded. "This Ryker we're talking about. One of the top bounty hunters in the west."

"I'm not gonna run anymore. I say we kill Ryker and we'll go down in history as the people who killed Ryker." Billy said.

Ryker not phased by the bandit's claims turns to the woman. "What's your name ma'am?"

"Elizabeth." The girl responded.

"Can you move your feet?" Ryker asked and Elizabeth nods. "Good. Be ready to move when things get tense." Elizabeth nods and gets ready to stand up. The two bandits pull out their guns and aim at Ryker.

"Any last words Ryker?" Willy said.

"Yeah." Ryker said. "You wonder why they call me Quickdraw Ryker?"

"Sometimes why?" Billy responded. Then without warning Ryker quickly pulls out his revolvers and shoots the hands holding the guns causing the bandits to scream in pain.

"That's why." Ryker said.

Elizabeth peers out from behind the wagon and gasped. She had heard the stories of the bounty hunter who's quickdraw was the fastest in the west. Crazy thing was, she barely saw him move.

"Oh my God." Elizabeth gasped.

"Now that that's out of the way." Ryker said. He walks up to Elizabeth and pulls out his knife where he cuts off the rope. He then grabs one of the guns on the ground and hands it to Elizabeth. "Keep it pointed at them." Elizabeth nods silently and aims the revolver at the brothers.

"Screw you Ryker!" Willy shouted.

"Shut up!" Elizabeth shouted as she aimed the gun at the Matron brothers.

"Don't do anything stupid or you'll be dead." said Ryker as he grabbed some rope and began to tie up the Matron brothers.

After they were tied up, Ryker threw them in the back of the wagon. Ryker then whistled and his horse gallops up. He pats his snout and hops on his saddle before turning to Elizabeth.

"Think you can drive that?" He asked gesturing to the wagon.

"Of course." Elizabeth said climbing onto the front and grabbing the reigns.

"Then let's head back to town." Ryker said before they headed off.

The citizens of Bandera are minding their own business and doing their jobs, until a citizen noticed two figures coming in from the distance. Once the two figures get closer it was Ryker and Elizabeth coming into town.

Ryker and Elizabeth have arrived into town and stopped their horses. "Where's the sheriff?" Ryker asked a random man.

"I'll go get him." The man said before running off. Moments later he comes back with the sheriff and a few deputies.

"Sheriff." Ryker said with a tip of his hat.

"Ryker." The sheriff greeted. Ryker reaches into his pocket and pulls out the wanted poster for the Matron Brothers which he hands to the sheriff.

"They're in the wagon." Ryker said. The sheriff turns to his deputies and motions for them to go retrieve the two outlaws.

"Well done Ryker." The sheriff comments. "Those two have been on the run for a while. Should've known you'd bring them in eventually."

"I never lose my bounty." Ryker said. "I have been tracking those two for days. Now I got them."

"We'll give you your reward just as we placed them two in their new home." The sheriff replied as the deputies escort the Matron brothers to the jail.

Elizabeth got off the weapon and looked around the town and sees the old couple. "Mother! Father!" Elizabeth called out as she ran towards them and hugged them.

"Oh Elizabeth!" Her mother cried. "I'm so happy you're safe." Her father looks up at Ryker.

"It's thanks to Mr. Ryker." Elizabeth said. "He saved me." Her father separated from the hug and approached the bounty hunter. He holds out a hand that Ryker shakes.

"Thank you for saving my daughter." The man says.

"Of course." Ryker responded. "Now about payment."

"Of course." The man said. "What's your price?" Ryker thinks about it for a few seconds before answering.

"If I'm being honest, I could use something to eat if you don't mind." Ryker told them.

"Of course." The woman said. "Please join us for supper tonight."

"I'll definitely be doing that." Ryker said. "But for now I have some business with some alcohol. I'll see you then." He then walks towards the saloon.

"You're my hero Ryker!" Elizabeth shouted. Ryker stops walking and slightly turns his head where he tips his hat to her before continuing on to the saloon.

"So all this time Ryker is a hero?" Lynn asked. "Why didn't he tell us?"

Present day

"I'm guessing he has his reasons." Lisa replied.

"It's a classic hero thing." Ronnie Anne said. "If a guy is considered a 'hero' then it affects how they do their job. In his time, he's a bounty hunter. I bet you that he didn't believe himself to be a hero. Just a guy doing his job."

"That could be his reason on why he's working with Jestor." Soothersayer replied. "Bounty hunters are usually on their own side. Not on the side of good or evil."

"Jestor must've promised Ryker a way home." Bobby suggested. "That's the only thing I can think of why Ryker would work with him."

"I doubt that Jestor can send him back to his time." Leni said.

"Jestor isn't going to hold up on his end of the deal." said Sam.

"But will Ryker listen to us if we try to tell him that?" Lana asked.

"He is only determined to go back home. He will be too focused on that to listen." Soothsayer replied.

"Unless we show him Jestor is lying." Lori said. "Think about it. Ryker is only helping Jestor because he thinks he can get him home. But if we show him that Jestor is lying then he'll turn on him."

"If he'll listen that is." Lisa stated. "We couldn't convince him that time travel is impossible at this day and age."

"Be we still gotta try." Lori said. "No matter what it takes. Are you with me?" Everyone looks at each other before turning back to Lori.

"We're with you dude." Luna told with everyone voicing their agreement.

"So how do we find Lincoln?" Haiku asked.

"Simple." Mr. Cuddles responded. "His watch. When you kids change into your costumes your watches camouflage themselves so that enemies don't notice them. That way if you get captured, we can find you."

"That's very clever." Paige said.

"It is." Mr. Cuddles said. "Now I have to find his location on the computer, Martha track down Firecracker's location."

"Locating." Martha said as she began looking for Firecracker.

"C'mon Martha you can find him!" Leni encourages.

"We believe in you." Sam added.

"Located." Martha replied as she revealed a random building on the monitor.

"That must be where Lincoln is being held." said Lori

"Then let's get him back and put Jestor down once and for all." Lynn said.

In the building Firecracker sat in a cell and while he was no longer tied and gagged, he still couldn't use his powers to break out.

"Well this sucks." Firecracker grumbled. "How is Jestor the only one that's able to successfully capture us?" He then sees someone lurking in the shadows. "Alright Ryker I know you're there. Come on out."

Ryker steps out of the shadows and removed his hat. "Sorry kid, but I have to do this. I need to get back to my own time." Ryker said.

"And you decided to team up with someone who would kill innocent people to do that?!" Firecracker shouted.

"He said the bombs were duds." Ryker explained. "So I assumed everything was fine."

"Yeah but you were willing to put innocent people at risk for your own selfish needs!" Firecracker shouted. "You're no better than them!" Ryker let's out a growl.

"You think I want this?!" Ryker shouted back. "I have no other option. This is my last chance to get back home."

"Do you really hate this time that much?" Firecracker asked. "Do you really find it that bad?"

"Well not everything about this time." Ryker said.

"Like what?" Firecracker asked.

"Well I like this motorcycle I have. It's better than a horse, it doesn't try to buck you off and try to kill you." Ryker explained.

Firecracker blinked processing what he heard. "What kinda of horse did you have? A demon?" He asked.

"He was a stallion." Ryker said. "Best horse I ever had. I also like the bar here and having a friend in Todd. Alright so I don't hate everything about this time. But I need to get home so I need to do what I gotta do to get back."

"What did you do for a living? We're you a sheriff?" Firecracker asked.

"No. I was a bounty hunter, hunting down outlaws for money." Ryker explained. "My last bounty before I came here were the Matron brothers."

"The Matron brothers?" Firecracker repeated. "Kinda reminds me of Johnny Speed and Squatch."

"I don't think I met those two." Ryker said.

"Well one hairy and strong, and the other is super fast like Speed Queen. He killed me by creating a cyclone around me." Firecracker said.

Now it was Ryker's turn to process what Firecracker said. He then chuckles. "You're really something kid." He says. He sits down against the bars.

"Yeah I know." Firecracker said before also sitting down against the bars. "We really did try to help you. But time travel is hard. Like really hard. Mr. Cuddles tried so much to try and solve time travel but everything failed. Hell one of his attempts accidentally freed one of most powerful enemies from prison." Ryker doesn't respond. "You know you could stay with us. Be a member of the L-Crew and maybe be our friend. You're really cool Ryker and we're sorry that we failed you. But please just give us a chance because Jestor won't keep his end of the deal." Ryker doesn't respond instead he stands up and starts to walk away. He suddenly stops.

"Say you were right and he is lying to me." Ryker said. "How do we go about dealing with that?"

Firecracker smirks at him. "I have a plan."

In his office, Jestor was meeting with his three associates. "The L-Crew should be here soon." He says. "Is everything ready?"

"Everything's ready boss." Miller said.

"They won't know what hit them." said Spirit.

"Please I don't get how you three have problems dealing with them." Golden Tiger said from where he was leaning on the wall. "They're kids."

"Kids who are more powerful than they look." Jestor replied. "Do not underestimate them."

"Whatever." Golden Tiger growled.

"I would show respect Tiger." Jestor said. "I know about your little meeting you had on your way back."

Flashback- 2 hours ago.

Golden Tiger was retreating from where he had met Speed Queen, Wildgirl and Crystal Princess where lands on in an alley. He looks up at a building and saw an unfortunate symbol on the wall.

"TC?" Golden Tiger read. "Aw shit." Next thing he knows, he's surrounded by dealers pointing their guns at him. "Well this is unfortunate."

"I'd say lad." Golden Tiger looked up to see Phantom pushing his way through the dealers. "You're in dangerous territory."

"Oh yeah? And I assume you're the most dangerous person I gotta worry about?" Golden Tiger taunted.

"No." Golden Tiger turned around and saw Nuke stepping out of the shadows. "That'd be me and I wouldn't doubt Phantom if I were you. He's deadly."

"So what do I owe the pleasure?" Golden Tiger asked keeping his guard up.

"Well lad we were gonna kill you for entering out territory, you know set an example for the wee lass." Phantom said gesturing to Zoya sitting on a trash can taking notes. "However we decided to take a different approach."

"And what's that?" Golden Tiger asked intrigued.

"We wanna make you an offer." Nuke replied. "If you're interested."

"What's the offer?" Golden Tiger asked. "You want me to kill the L-Crew and betray my master, and you let me in the Terror Crew?"

"Something like that lad." Phantom said.

"I feel like you're on the mark." said Nuke.

"Please. Jestor's plan will grant us complete victory." Golden Tiger responded.

"Yeah but the L-Crew have beaten him before." Zoya points out as she hopped off her trash can. "I mean look at the crew you're running with. A robot that isn't even the original model, a teenager with ghost powers that got outsmarted by a wannabe clown and tiger and big muscular guy who I'm convinced used a bunch of steroids. Then you you got the Terror Crew who have practically beaten the L-Crew close to death, almost killed two of them on separate occasions and have unlimited resources along with teammates who are on the same page compared to your little crew. So which is the better crew?"

"That a girl." Nuke compliments. "Taught you well."

"That's going to end today." Golden Tiger said. "Today, the L-Crew will be nothing more but history."

"Is that so?" Nuke said. "And what happens afterwards? Once the L-Crew are gone, I doubt Jestor will need you anymore."

"Probably destroy you too lad." Phantom added. "Look, we're giving you an offer. I suggest you consider it." The three metas then leave with their dealers following.

End flashback

"How did you know about that meeting?" Golden Tiger questioned.

"I have my ways." said Jestor.

"Don't worry boss." Golden Tiger assured him. "I'm seeing this through to the end." A knock is heard and Ryker walks through the door.

"Ah hello Ryker. Glad you can make it." Jestor said. He turns to his three subordinates. "Leave us." The three nod and walk out. Jestor turns back to Ryker. "Follow me. I have something to show you."

"Alright." Ryker said as Jestor got up from his seat and they walk away. "So what do you want to show me?"

"I'll show you." said Jestor. "But it'll be between the two of us."

They stand up and head to the back room where Ryker sees what looks like a giant metal circle.

"What is that?" Ryker asked. Jestor's eyes flashed and the weird machine activates creating a portal. Ryker looks at the portal and sees his time. "You actually did it."

"Of course. My intelligence is far superior than that of a genius four year old and a teddy bear." Jestor told him. "However I'm the only one who can activate it. Do as I ask and kill Firecracker and in return you will go home."

"You want me to kill a kid?" Ryker asked as he back a bit.

"That is not a normal kid. That is a living lighter, everything he touches will burn. He could destroy the portal, if the L-Crew show up." said Jestor.

"But killing a kid." Ryker said. "That's just not right."

"Fine. I guess you don't want to go home then." Jestor said as he started to walk out after he shuts down the portal.

"I'm not killing a kid and that's final." Ryker said as he reached his gun.

"Just remember, I'm the only who knows how to operate the portal." Jestor said. "You kill me, you won't go home. You'll be stuck here."

Ryker thinks about it and sighs, taking his hand off his gun. "Fine." He growls. "I'll do what needs to be done." He walks out of the room.

"Good answer." Jestor said.

Ryker heads down to where Firecracker was being held.

"This plan." He says. "I think we need a quick revision." Firecracker looks up at him confused.

"What ya thinking?" He asked. Ryker smirks.

The L-Crew and L-Angels have arrived outside of the building. "Ok let's go save Firecracker." Speed Queen said and everybody nodded.

"So do we have a plan?" Sharpshot asked.

"The usual. Get in, find Firecracker, beat bad guy and finally get burgers." Parkour said. "Definitely gotta get burgers."

"Again I'm a vegetarian!" Wildgirl shouted.

"Get a veggieburger then." Parkour said.

"Alright let's go save him." Speed Queen said and everyone spread out.

The L-Crew snuck into the building through the main door while the L-Angels snuck through the vent. Speed Queen leads her team around boxes and saw a familiar looking dome cage.

"That brings back memories." Speed Queen whispered. She presses a button on her watch. "Soothsayer send Petty and Tongri down here."

"Already on their way Speed Queen." Soothsayer assured her.

"Good." Speed Queen said.

"Be on the look out dudes." Amplifier stated. "There could be Jestor bots or Jestor's goons lurking around."

"Especially Spirit seen she can turn herself invisible." Ms. Appear added.

Suddenly all the lights turn on surprising everyone. "Ladies and gentleman." A voice announced on the live speaker. "Welcome to PowerSmash!" A fake crowd roar is played over the speakers. "That's right folks in today's main and only event you will see the death of Firecracker!"

"What!?" The L-Crew scream.

"Leonard Miller! We know you're here! Show yourself!" Speed Queen shouted. "Release our brother now!"

"Not Speed Queen." Leonard Miller assured her. "I'll be doing just that. So sit back and enjoy the show."

"I don't like the sound of that." Armor said.

"You and me both." Gamer agreed.

Miller dragged Firecracker into the ring and threw him to the ground of the ring. "Bro!" Amplifier and Wildgirl exclaimed.

"Are they gonna gang up on him!?" Sharpshot asked with a hint of fear in her voice.

However Miller turned around and walked back through the way he walked out.

A few minutes later Miller's voice call be heard over some speakers. "Ladies and gentlemen, we have an old face in PowerSmash! The hot head of the L-Crew, and one of the only boys on that team. Firecracker!" Miller shouted as the sound of the fake crowd booed at him.

"At least he dropped the destroyer part." Firecracker muttered to himself.

"And his Challenger. He comes from the Wild West, a real sharpshooter and a master tracker. Ryker!" Miller shouted over the speakers as the fake crowd cheered as Ryker entered the ring.

"How is this fair?" Surge asked. "Firecracker has powers while Ryker doesn't. Firecracker should win this easily right?"

"Wrong." Prodigy said. "Firecracker is wearing a collar created by Jestor that neutralizes his powers and is controlled by Leonard Miller's phone. Long story short Firecracker is powerless."

"Oh crap. He's screwed." said Surge.

"He sure is." Gamer gulped.

Firecracker got to his feet and faced the man across from him. "Ryker let's talk about this." He said trying to reason with the gunslinger.

"Sorry kid." Ryker said pulling out his revolvers. "But I gotta get home and right now the only thing standing in the way of that is you."

"You can't do this Ryker." Firecracker said. "Is killing me really worth going back home?"

"Kid, sometimes you have to do things you don't like to get what you want." Ryker said as he aimed his revolvers at Firecracker.

"Well then if you think I'm an easy target because I'm powerless think again." Firecracker said getting into a fighting stance.

"Fight!" Miller said as a fake bell is heard.

Ryker shoots his revolver at Firecracker, but he literally dodge the bullet. Ryker shot again while aiming at Firecrakcer's foot, but he dodged again.

Firecracker then rushes forward dodging more bullets before delivering a stiff punch right to Ryker's stomach.

"Damn. Hell of a punch you got there." Ryker comments through gritted teeth.

"Had a good teacher." Firecracker told him.

"He's talking about me." Surge and Parkour say in unison before looking at each other.

"As for the dodging bullets, let's just say dodging is something you gotta do with ten sisters." Firecracker continues.

"No wonder why he's good at dodgeball." Surge said.

Firecracker then delivers a roundhouse kick to the right side of Ryker's chest knocking him back a bit. Ryker gets back up and shoots another bullet at Firecracker, but when he dodged the bullet it grazed the left side of his arm ripping the sleeve.

"Damn it." Firecracker growled right before Ryker runs up and knees Firecracker right in the stomach.

"I ain't just a gunslinger Firecracker." Ryker said as Firecracker fell backwards.

"What are you?" Firecracker asked as he rolled out of the way when Ryker shoots another bullet at the ground.

"A man that got into a few bar fights once and a while." Ryker replied.

"Yeah I figured that part." Firecracker muttered under his breath. Firecracker then performed a leg sweep on Ryker knocking him to the ground.

"You're a fighter kid." Ryker comments as he stood. "I can respect that." He puts his guns back into his holsters. "How about we do it correctly?" He gets into a fighting stance.

"Now we're having fun." Firecracker said.

"Looks like they're gonna duke it out old school." Parkour said.

"Has Firecracker ever fought someone like that before?" Genarocker asked.

"Just Hydro, but that was back in our early days." said Speed Queen.

"Crazy." Genarocker said as the two charged at each other. "Also shouldn't we try to bust Firecracker out of there?"

"You have a point. We should get Firecracker out of there!" Sharpshot said.

"On it." Parkour said. However when she touched the bars, she was electrocuted. "Yeah that's a problem."

"Looks like Jestor made some improvements since the last time we were here." Ms. Appear said.

"Then we better hope Firecracker can hold his own in there." Prodigy said as she watched her brother get hit with a hard punch to the gut.

Inside the dome Firecracker was on his knees trying to catch his breath after that hard punch to the stomach.

"How many bar fights were you in?" Firecracker choked out.

"More than you think." Ryker answered. "There's always that one sore loser in cards." He pulls out one of his revolvers. "Any last words?"

"None that I can say in front of Greenthumb." Firecracker responded.

"Fair enough." Ryker said before pulling the trigger. Firecracker then slumps forward much to the L-Crew's horror.

"NOOOOOO!" The L-Crew screamed.

"You bastard! I'll make you pay for this!" Speed Queen shouted as tears ran down her face. Ryker didn't respond and looks up to the announcers booth where Jestor and his three associates were looking down at him.

"Alright I did what you wanted." Ryker said. "Now keep your end of the deal!"

"Of course." Jestor said. "Except there's one little issue. You see the deal has now change to destroying all of the L-Crew."

"That wasn't deal you backstabbing double crossing bucket of bolts!" Ryker shouted. "You never intended on sending me home did you?"

"Of course not. You're far to useful Ryker." Jestor told him. "I'd be a fool to let you go." Ryker let's out a growl and clenched his revolvers.

"You were right kid." Ryker said as he turned to Firecracker's body. "Shoulder never have trusted him." Then much to everyone's surprise, Firecracker got to his feet.

"No hard feelings." He said. "Shame you had to find out this way. Which is why we made the plan."

"Wait then what did Ryker shoot?" Gamer asked. They look at Firecracker and noticed his collar isn't on. They look into the ground and see what's left of the collar on the ground. "He shot the collar."

"Incredible." Prodigy gasped. "Ryker's aim is extraordinary."

"How dare you betray me!" Jestor roared. "Jestorbots! Destroy them!" Suddenly Jestorbots came climbing in from all over the dome and started converging on Ryker and Firecracker. Ryker pulls out his other revolver and starts shooting the Jestorbots while Firecracker shot his fireballs at them.

"We need to get in there mates!" Cherry Bomb shouted.

"But how?" Crystal Princess asked. "The door is electrified."

If on cue the door to the building is busted down to reveal Petty and Tongri.

"Petty is here!" Petty announced. This gave Amplifier an idea.

"That's it!" Amplifier said. "Petty! Knock down the door to the dome! He's made of rubber so it won't hurt him!"

"Petty smash door!" Petty shouted before charging forward and knocking the dome's door off.

"L-Crew and L-Angels! Attack!" Speed Queen ordered as everyone ran into the dome and started fighting Jestorbots. As soon as they ran in, Leonard Miller, Spirit and Golden Tiger leaped out of the announcers booth into the dome field leaving Jestor alone.

Sharpshot shot two arrows at two Jestorbots. Parkour and Leonard Miller charged each other and clashed. Spirit flew towards Ms. Appear and kicks her down. "Now where were we?" Spirit asked.

Ms. Appear double kicks Spirit in the gut and punched her with a forcefield fist. Then Surge flew and tackled Spirit to the wall.

"Stay out of this!" Spirit said before blasting Surge with a ectoblast. "Ms. Appear is mine!"

"Aw! At least take me out to dinner first." Ms. Appear joked.

"Ugh. You're so unbearable." Spirit said.

"Only for you." Ms. Appear responded before rushing at Spirit with a forcefield blade.

Spirit went intangible as Ms. Appear slashed the force field blade on Spirit. Spirit reappeared and gave Ms. Appear an ecto punch to the gut. Ms. Appear went invisible and knees Spirit in the chest.

"Hiding behind your invisibility?" Spirit taunted.

"Says the person hiding behind her intangibilty." Ms. Appear fired back. She becomes visible again and the two leap at each other.

Meanwhile, Leonard Miller was fighting his way through Multiple Girl clones when he sees Firecracker and Ryker fighting back to back.

"The hooligan and the traitor!" Miller shouts. He charges towards them but Firecracker sees him and intercepted him.

"Was expecting more from you Miller." Firecracker taunted as he hit him with a fire fist.

Miller stubbles back and growls. "I had enough of you, you hooligan!" Miller shouted as threw a punch at Firecracker, but he throws a fireball at Miller's chest.

"Really doesn't seem like it." Firecracker taunted. Miller growls and starts swinging his fists only for Firecracker to casual dodge them while flying only a could feet off the ground.

"Hold still hooligan and take this beating like a man." Miller growled.

"But this is more fun." Firecracker said.

Miller growls, but he grabs a piece from a destroyed Jestorbot and throws it towards Firecracker, but he dodged the hunk of junk.

Armor who has absorbed some metal is fighting against Golden Tiger. "Come on you Tony the Tiger knock off, show me what you got!" Armor said as he gave Golden Tiger a uppercut to the face.

"Kid I can assure you that you don't want to see what I got." Golden Tiger said.

"Sure sure." Armor said. "C'mon man. Hit me with what you got!"

"Alright." Golden Tiger said with a shrug. "Your funeral." He then hits Armor with a right hand that hit with so much force that it forced Armor to the ground.

"That hurt." Armor groaned as Golden Tiger lifted him up again.

"And so will this." He said before tossing him up and punching Armor as came back down sending him flying where he landed right in front of Petty who just ripped a Jestorbot in half. Petty looks down at Armor before looking back up locking eyes with Golden Tiger. The two powerhouses glare at each other though neither one makes a move. Before long the two slowly start walking towards each other with Golden Tiger beating down any Multiple Girl clone that gets in his way while Petty destroys several Jestorbots. Once the two are directly in front of each other, Golden Tiger looks up so he can look Petty in the eye.

The two then throw a punch and their fist collide creating a small shockwave.

"Petty hurt Tiger man!" Petty said as he punches Golden Tiger and elbows him in the face. Golden Tiger recovers from the attack and tackles Petty, but Petty recovers from the attack and punched Golden Tiger in the gut.

Tiger recovers and punches Petty in the jaw several times causing the rubber monster to stumble backwards. Tiger then leaps up and hits a Superman punch.

Speed Queen sped around the dome taking down Jestorbots as they continued to swarm in.

"We gotta deal with these things!" Speed Queen shouted.

Amplifier shot two Jestorbots down with two electric orbs. "Maybe if we take down Jestor, the Jestorbots would be taken offline?" Amplifier said.

"It's a long shoot. But we have to deal with his goons as well." Speed Queen replied.

"Jestor's mine!" Ryker shouted before running off towards the tunnels that he exited earlier while shooting Jestorbots.

"Ryker wait!" Firecracker shouted after him before following him.

"You ain't going nowhere hooligan!" Miller shouted before going after him.

"Someone mind running interference?" Firecracker shouted out.

"With pleasure." If on cue the L-Angels ran in and got in between Miller and Firecracker.

"You five again." Miller growled.

"You miss us?" Beast taunted.

"No. This time I'll make sure to finish the job." Miller said. "Because you can't beat me by yourselves."

"Who said they're alone?" Miller looks up to see Parkour joining the L-Angels. "Thought I'd join in the fun." Miller growled and pulled out a serum and an injection gun. He then puts the serum in the gun and then proceeded to sick the gun in his arm where he gained more muscles and got slightly bigger.

"Finally a challenge." Parkour said as she smirked. "Alright L-Angels let's take him down."

Miller slams his fists down, but Parkour and the L-Angels move out of the way. Sharpshot shoots an arrow at Miller and it was a smokescreen bomb blinding Miller's eyes. "Damn it!" Miller shouted.

Gamer jumps up and fires her blasters at Miller who tries to shield himself with his arms. Once he lowers his arms he sees Reaper and Cherry Bomb leaping at him weapons ready where they proceeded to slash him with their scythe and axe respectfully.

Then Beast lunged towards Miller and slashed Miller's face and chest, and stabs her claws into Miller's left arm, he groans in pain. Miller throws a punch with his right arm at Beast, but she dodged the punch.

Miller let out a growl only to get hit with a hard right hand from Parkour.

"Thought you'd be more of a challenge." Parkour taunted.

"Oh I can be more of a challenge for you Parkour!"" Miller shouted as he charged towards Parkour and tries to tackle her, but Parkour blocks the attack and the two are now in Stan off trying to gain the upper hand.

"You won't win." Parkour said.

"Sure about that?" Miller taunted before kneeing her in the gut.

Parkour groaned a bit as she got back up. "It's gonna take a little more than a knee to the gut to take me down." said Parkour as she elbows Miller in the face.

"And don't forget about us!" Beast shouted before she and Reaper leaped up and slashed his back.

"Damn you hooligans." Miller growled. He then leaps backwards as Petty runs by holding Golden Tiger and ramming him into the wall only for Tiger to respond with a right jab forcing the rubber monster back. Golden Tiger then jumps forward but Petty catches him and tosses him away. The two then run towards watch other and lock hands with neither one budging in the test of strength.

"That dude is stronger than he looks." Amplifier said as she blasted a Jestorbot. "Can anyone provide backup for Petty?"

"Give me a sec." Armor said as he got back up. "I need a little payback."

"I'll help Petty too." Wildgirl shouted as she pounced on a Jestorbot to the ground.

"I'm good here." Ms. Appear said as she dodged a punch from Spirit. "Just leave this between us."

"Whatever you say." Armor said as he formed his right fist into a hammer and charged towards Golden Tiger and smacked him in the face with his hammer fist. Golden Tiger recovered from the attack and growled. "I got more where that came from." Armor smirked.

"That mean you're gonna last longer than last time?" Tiger taunted only to get rammed by Wildgirl as a rhino.

"Try three against one." Wildgirl said.

Golden Tiger gets back up and cracks his knuckles. "I like a challenge." He said.

"Wow. This guy is a fighter." Wildgirl said. "This is gonna be fun."

"While your rubber friend was fun, three opponents is more of challenge and as a fighter that's what I want." Tiger said before getting into a fighting stance. "Let's go!"

Armor, Petty and Wildgirl all ran towards Tiger and began to attack him. Armor punched Tiger in the gut, as Wildgirl morphs into a puma and lunged onto Tiger's back and bites him on the neck. Tiger grabs Wildgirl and throws her to the side.

"You no real tiger!" Petty shouted at Golden Tiger as he punched him in the jaw. "Tongri real tiger!" As if on cue Tongri runs in and lunges at Golden Tiger who sidesteps him only to get hit by Armor's mace.

Armor begins to smack Tiger with his mace until Tiger knocks him out with a punch to the face. That is when Wildgirl rams Tiger while in Mammoth form and knocks him aside with her tusks.

"This guy can take a hit." Wildgirl said sounding impressed.

"What can I say I like myself a good brawl." Golden Tiger said before leaping up and punching Wildgirl right between the eyes knocking her down and forcing her back to human.

"Ok that hurt." Wildgirl groaned as she got back up. "But now I'm fired up!" She goes gorilla and beats her chest. "Let's go again!" Tiger looks at her and smiles.

"Bring it in." Tiger said.

Meanwhile in the hallways of Jestor's hideout, Ryker and Firecracker were hunting down Jestor with Ryker leaping and Firecracker flying behind him.

"Keep your eyes open. That hunk of junk could be anywhere." Ryker said.

"I know. But we can't let him escape!" Firecracker said. "We need to put a stop to his operations."

"He should be still in the announcers booth." Ryker said. "No doubt he probably wants to watch the fun."

"Good point let's go." Firecracker said. "Honestly it's pretty nice fighting with you now that we have the same enemy. You're easier to work with."

"Same to you kid." Ryker said as the two run towards the announcers booth. "You fight pretty well for someone who lives with ten girls."

"Thanks. You have no idea what it's like to live in a house with ten sisters." Firecracker said.

"True." Ryker said as they made another turn. "Had an older brother but he died in the Civil War. Don't worry he fought for the Union. Anyways Jestor should be up ahead watching the show."

"Then let's break him." Firecracker said.

"I couldn't agree more kid." Ryker said as they reached the door to the announcer booth. Ryker kicks down the door and they see Jestor looking out the window.

"You finally caught up with me." Jestor said as he continued to look at the brawl between the L-Crew and those who work for him.

"This ends here Jestor." Ryker said as he reached his holster.

"You sure you want to do this Ryker?" Jestor questions as he turns to face them. "Without me you can't get home."

"What's he talking about Ryker?" Firecracker asked. Ryker doesn't respond instead fires one of his guns at Jestor but the bullets bounce off.

"Cute." Jestor said before walking up and hitting Ryker with a straight punch to the chest sending him flying.

Firecracker formed two fireballs and and three them towards Jestor, but he dodged the fireballs. Jestor grabbed Firecracker by the neck and choke slams him to the floor. "He was suppose to kill you! That was the deal!" Jestor said.

"Well lucky for me the cowboy has morals." Firecracker said as he shot a fireball at Jestor forcing the robot to release him.

Jestor recovers from the attack and tackles Fireccracker. But Firecracker gives Jestor a fiery punch in the the face and pushed him back with a fire stream from both hands. Jestor recovered from the attack and got back up.

Since day one you kids have been a pain." Jestor said as he turned his arm into a cannon.

"Not our fault." Firecracker said. "You captured us both those times!"

Meanwhile Ryker was coming too in a room he crashed in when Jestor hit himwhen he saw the fight between Firecracker and Jestor through the hole.

"Damn it the kid needs help." Ryker growled. However he looks at his revolvers. "But these ain't doing nothing! I need something stronger!" He punches the wall and a shotgun lands on his lap along with bullets. "What in the hell is this?" He examined it before noticing the bullets on the floor. "Must be a gun of some sort." He opens the cartridge and sees where he inserts the bullets where he begins loading up. He then examines the weapon. "Let's see how this works out."

Ryker looks at the gun and sees the trigger. "That must be the trigger." Ryker thought as he held the shotgun the right way. He pulled the trigger and shot at the wall. "A shotgun, this will do." Ryker said.

Outside Jestor was dominating in his battle with Firecracker. He slammed Firecracker onto the ground before grabbing his leg and swinging him into multiple walls.

"You insult me Firecracker by continuing to try and fight me." Jestor said. "You know you can't beat alone even less so with that damn cowboy."

Jestor then threw Firecracker to the ground, and readied his fist to deliver the final blow his arm gets blasted off. "What the hell!?" Jestor questioned as he looked at who made that shot and it was shown to be Ryker holding a shotgun.

"Ryker?!" Firecracker and Jestor exclaimed.

"I found this shotgun." Ryker said. "This'll make things more fun."

"It won't save you." Jestor said as his arm reattached itself to him. "But now you will fall."

"I'd like to see you try." Firecracker challenged. Jestor swings at the two but they roll out of the way. Jestor charges at them but Firecracker flies up to avoid him while Ryker slid under and then shot the shotgun at Jestor's leg.

"You really think you'll win?" Jestor taunted.

"No. We know we'll win!" Firecracker shouted before flying forward and crashing into Jestor causing the two to fall out of the announcers booth.

"This kid is crazy." Ryker mused. "But I ain't jumping down. I'll take the stairs."

Both Firecracker and Jestor both hit the ground of the ring startling both Jestor's team and the L-Crew. Jestor gives Firecracker a rice hook knocking him off. Jestor gets back up and formed his right hand into a blaster and began shooting at Firecracker, but he was dodging Jestor's shots.

"Any available bodies back up Firecracker!" Speed Queen ordered. "We need to stop Jestor here and now."

"Right!" Everyone said.

"On it!" Surge shouted as she flew towards Jestor and fired an energy beam towards Jestor and knocks him down but he got back up.

Amplifier zapped behind Jestor and give a roundhouse kick to the side. "Thanks girls." Firecracker replied.

"No problem bro." Amplifier told him. "Where's Ryker?"

"Taking the stairs." Firecracker responded and probably shooting Jestorbots on his way through."

"Then let's turn Jestor into scraps!" Surge said.

Speed Queen ran towards Jestor and rams him with her shoulder. "I'm with you on that Surge." said Speed Queen.

Crystal Princess runs in and slashes Jestor's leg with a crystal blade followed by Black Ice smashing him with her ice hammer.

Genarocker forms her right arm into a cannon, loaded a hunk of fence and wall. She fired the hunk of junk at Jestor knocking him down. Prodigy lifts up some crumbles of the wall with her telekinesis and throws them towards the Jestor.

Jestor blasts the projectiles with his cannon before getting grabbed by multiple vines and slammed down onto the ground several times.

Once Jestor was thrown towards a wall, three Multiple Girl clones walk to to Jestor, picked him up and began beating up Jestor. They even threw him towards the original Multiple Girl and gave Jestor a roundhouse kick causing him to fly back a bit.

"Give up Jestor." Speed Queen said. "You can't win." Jestor stands up and faces the L-Crew.

"You sure about that?" Jestor asked. "Jestorbots to me!" The Jestorbots abandon the Multiple Girl clones they were fighting and run towards Jestor where they start merging with him.

Jestor is so hard to right for since he's a robot and can't do facial expressions

"He's merging with his Jestorbots." Surge said.

"This can't be good." Firecracker said.

Once the merging was complete Jestor towered over the L-Crew and looked similar to their first encounter with him except his arms were all gray with robotic claws at the end of them.

"It's a." Crystal Princess gulped in fear.

"Mega Jestor." Surge finished Crystal Princess' sentence.

"That's not what I was going to say but fine. Let's go with that." Crystal Princess said with a groan.

"I will now finally be rid of you!" Jestor roared. "Miller, Spirit, Tiger! Stop fooling around and destroy them!"

"On it!" Spirit, Tiger and Miller said. Spirit then fired a green ecto blast at Ms. Appear knocking her to a wall and she falls to the ground.

"That hurt." Ms. Appear groaned as Spirit flew into her and grabbed her by the throat where she then dragged her across the ground. Spirit then picked her up and threw her away.

"I hope you realize how much I'm enjoying this." Spirit said.

"Yeah I noticed." Ms. Appear groaned as she gets back up and began to form two forcefield swords. "And I'm going to wipe that smirk off of your face!"

"Try it clown!" Spirit shouted as she charged at Ms. Appear who prepared two forcefield blades.

"With pleasure." Ms. Appear said as she ran to meet her.

Spirit dodged Ms. Appear's force field blades, but Ms. Appear then strikes Spirit in the back with Forcefield blades. Spirit grunts in pain as she drops to the ground, but Spirit gets back up and fired an ecto blast but Ms. Appear blocks the attack with her forcefield blades.

"Why won't you die!?" Spirit shouted.

"Because there's still stuff I need to do!" Ms. Appear shouted back. "And I ain't dying anytime soon! And now I'm taking you in!" She swings her blades out destroying the ecto blast much to Spirit's shock.

"What?" She gasped. Ms. Appear then rushes forward and slashes Spirit where she stops right behind her. Spirit unsteadily turns around to face Spirit before collapsing to the ground. Once she's down, Ms. Appear turns to face her.

"You had a lot of Spirit!" Ms. Appear joked before laughing. "Get it?" She then runs off to go help fight Jestor.

Sharpshot shot two flash bang arrows at Miller blinding him. "Damn it!" He shouted as he swinger his arms to try and hit the L-Angels or Parkour. Once his vision clears up Beast lunged towards Miller and slashed his face.

Parkour shoulder tackles Miller and then gives him a uppercut to the face. "We're going to throw you in prison Miller!" Parkour shouted.

"I ain't going nowhere hooligan!" Miller shouted. "And I sure as hell won't be defeated by a bunch of damn children!"

"Too bad because that's what's going to happen mate." Cherry Bomb told him.

"Your fate is sealed to that." Reaper added.

Cherry Bomb and Reaper both attacked Miller with their weapons and they slashed him, Beast runs towards Miller and slashed him at the knees, Miller drops on his knees.

Sharpshot and Gamer both shoot arrows and energy blasts, knocking Miller down. "Let's finish this!" Parkour shouted as she jumps in the air and elbow slams Miller.

"Screw you hooligans." Miller groaned before passing out.

"Another one down." Parkour said before quickly jumping back as Armor was sent flying past her. She runs to his side to check on him while the L-Angels joined the fight against Jestor.

"That hurt." Armor groaned.

"You alright?" Parkour asked.

"Yeah. Just this guy is really strong." Armor told her. Parkour turns and saw what he meant. Golden Tiger was still fighting Petty, Wildgirl and Tongri however he didn't seem to be struggling that. Tongri lunged at him but Tiger caught him and throws him away. Wildgirl goes grizzly and slashes at him where she hits him twice. Golden Tiger let's out a growl only to quickly jump out of the way to avoid Petty's two fists that ended up smashing the ground instead. Tiger then hits a hard right hand on Wildgirl followed by and uppercut to Petty.

"Whoa." Parkour said before getting serious. "Let me take a crack at him."

"You can try, but he won't go down that easy." said Armor.

Parkour ran towards Golden Tiger and shoulder tackles Golden Tiger. "Another one." Tiger asked as he gets back up.

"That's right." Parkour said. "My team say you're pretty strong." She takes a fighting stance. "Looks like just the challenge I thrive for." Golden Tiger looks at her before smirking.

"Well then." Tiger said getting into his own fighting stance. "Let's go."

Parkour and Golden Tiger both charge at each other and they began their fight. Tiger punches Parkour with a right hook, but Parkour recovers from the attack and counters with ten punches in the face and gut.

Tiger spit out some blood before punching Parkour several times in the gut before slamming her to the ground. He goes to stomp on her but Parkour rolls out of the way.

Parkour gets back up and punches Tiger in the gut and gives him a double axe handle, and lands a few punches onto Tiger. Tiger then blocked the final punch and gave Parkour an uppercut to the face.

"Damn he is strong." Parkour growled as she got back up. "But I ain't done yet."

"Getting up again huh." Golden Tiger comments. "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." However a hand grabs his shoulder and is turned around where he's met with the pink fist of Petty across the face. "So you're back to your feet eh?" He rubs his jaw. "Time to go another round big fella."

Petty didn't respond he began to land a series of combos onto Tiger. Then Petty gave Tiger a uppercut to the face knocking him to the ground.

"That's it Petty!" Parkour cheered. Golden Tiger gets back to his feet only to get slammed by Wildgirl as a T-Rex. Followed by Armor jumping off her head and hitting him with a diving punch causing him to stumble.

"This ain't looking good." Tiger growled. He then backs up. "Screw this." He then runs towards the exit.

"Don't let him get away!" Parkour shouted as they gave chase. He followed him outside into the alleyway where Parkour does a diving kick on him knocking Tiger down. "You're finished." Suddenly a van pulls up and the side door opens to reveal Nuke.

"Sup runts!" Nuke shouted before blasting Parkour. He turns to Golden Tiger. "Get in!"

Golden Tiger gets back up and enters the van with Nuke closing the side door and the van drives off. "Are you kidding me?!" Parkour complained as she got back up. "Nuke just showed up and grabbed a new recruit?!"

"We can worry about that later!" Armor said. "We gotta stop Jestor!"

"Yeah we'll worry about Golden Tiger later." Wildgirl added.

"Alright." Parkour said as she and the rest of the L-Crew run to stop Jestor. When they reach Jestor they see Jestor has gotten bigger with the Jestorbots while the rest of the team are fighting him.

"Did Jestor got bigger?" Armor asked.

"Why yes, yes he did." Wildgirl replied. She turns into an armadillo and stands in front of Petty. "You know what to do big guy." She rolls into a ball allowing Petty to pick her up. He then throws her right at Jestor and once she's close she changes into a rhino knocking Jestor down.

"Nice throw big guy." Parkour said before she, Armor, Petty and Tongri run towards the others.

"You won't stop me!" Jestor said getting back up.

"We'll see about that." Speed Queen responded. "L-Crew attack!" The L-Crew rush forward.

"Hey where's Ryker?" Armor asked as he avoided an attack from Jestor.

"Still making his way down from the announcers booth." Firecracker said from the air. "He might have gotten lost or he's fighting other Jestorbots."

"Well I'm not waiting for him." Parkour shouted as he punch at some of the Jestorbots to the ground.

Surge fired two energy beams at Jestor's right arm, while Black Ice shoots ice shards at Jestor's chest.

Jestor forms a cannon and starts firing at the L-Crew who move around avoiding the blasts.

"What's with this guy and cannons?" Genarocker questions as she forms her own cannon.

Genarocker loads her cannon and fired a hunk of junk at Jestor's cannon destroying it. But then Jestor forms another cannon on his left arm. "Oh come on!" Genarocker exclaimed.

"Like I said. You can't stop me." Jestor said.

"That's going to end today!" Firecracker shouted as he threw two flame spears at Jestor's chest.

"Whoa you actually created something with fire!" Surge exclaimed.

"Yeah Soothsayer is a hell of a drill sergeant." Firecracker said with a shudder.

"It will not be enough to defeat me!" Jestor shouted as he fired missiles from his arms.

Amplifier shot some lightning bolts at some of the missiles while Black Ice shot some giant ice shards at the missiles.

"We got this!" Multiple Girl said as she and twenty clones charge at Jestor.

"Let's totes kick his butt." One clone said.

"Then we can, like, recycle him." Another clone added.

"Yeah!" Multiple Girl and the rest of her clones shouted as they all charge towards Jestor.

The Multiple Girls proceeded to swarm Jestor punching and ripping out his wires but Jestor shakes them off.

"Anyone else got a plan?" Speed Queen asked. That is when Black Ice shoots an ice beam at Jestor's chest starting to freeze the giant robot.

"You think this will stop me?" Jestor taunted.

"No but this might." Black Ice responded. "Petty now!"

"What?!" Jestor questioned as Petty attacked Jestor with two hammer fists and it began to shatter the chest.

"You didn't see that one coming." Black Ice said.

Jestor stumbled back but catches himself before he fully collapsed to the ground.

"You still won't stop me." Jestor growled.

"We beg to differ." said Firecracker as he formed an ultra nova in his hands.

"Let's see you try." Jestor said as he formed a larger cannon and charged it up. "You will die by my hand."

"Greenthumb be ready." Prodigy whispered to the infant who nodded.

"You're finished!" Firecracker said as he threw the Ultra Nova as Jestor fired the charges shot from his cannon.

The two attacks collide with neither one gaining an advantage.

"Greenthumb now!" Speed Queen shouted. Seconds later a large thorned vine appears from the ground and goes right through Jestor's back and out his chest which caused the cannon to deactivate and Jestor to get hit by the Ultra Nova.

"No!" Jestor shouted as he's engulfed in flames. However once the flames dissipates the L-Crew see him on the ground but still active.

"It's over Jestor." Speed Queen as they approached him. "You're finished." Black Ice walks up and prepares a large ice blade to destroy him. However much to everyone's surprise, Jestor starts laughing. "What's so funny?"

"Foolish children. You destroy me, Ryker will never get home." Jestor tells them. "You destroy me you destroy the only thing that can activate the time portal."

"Pfft. Like we'd fall for that." Parkour said. "Like you created I time machine. Yeah right."

"He ain't lying."

Everyone turns and see none other than Ryker standing next to the entrance to the dome from the back area. The two teams were shocked at the state he was in. His clothes were all ripped aside from his hat which looked to be in still perfect condition. One hand was on the wall of the entrance way as a way to keep him standing while the other hand was at his side dragging the shotgun against the ground. They also noticed his one eye was swollen shut and he had blood streaming down his face. He was also breathing heavily.

"Oh my God." Beast gasped.

"How is he even standing right now?" Gamer asked.

"Sorry I'm late." Ryker panted. "Ran into some issues. But he ain't lyin. He has a portal. I saw it and he's the only one who can activate it."

"So we have to keep this guy alive?" Parkour asked.

"But there could be a risk Jestor could escape." Prodigy said.

"You destroy me, then Ryker be stuck in this time, forever." Jestor said as Ryker walked towards the L-Crew.

"But if we don't you'll still cause trouble for not just us but for the whole city." Wildgirl growled.

"Aww why is this so hard?" Crystal Princess whined.

"Looks like there's a fork in the road." Jestor snickered.

"Damn it. The heroes are always placed in this type of situation." Firecracker growled.

"And now you'll all die!" Jestor shouted. "Jestorbots engage!" However nothing happens. "Jestorbots come to me!" Nothing. "Jestorbots?"

"Where are the Jestorbots?" Ms. Appear asked. Reaper heads over to where the arena entrance was and let out an audible gasp. In the walkway, there two dozen destroyed Jestorbots all with bullet holes in them.

"Um, I don't believe your Jestorbots will be coming." Reaper said.

"They're all destroyed!?" Jestor exclaimed. "That's impossible!"

"Looks like the remaining Jestorbots you had were all used to form your giant robot form." Prodigy said. "You didn't count your remaining Jestorbots."

"Like I said. Ran into some issues." Ryker panted.

"So cool." Wildgirl said. "But what do we do? Jestor is the only one who can send Ryker home." Nobody responded as Ryker limps over to where Jestor lay. Prodigy walks up and hands him a pill.

"This will heal your injuries." Prodigy said.

"Much obliged." Ryker said. He ate the pill and wounds healed up. He tips his hat to Prodigy and continued to walk towards Jestor. Once he's over him, he pumps the weapon and aims the shotgun at his head.

"What are you doing?" Jestor asked. "If you destroy me, you'll never get home! You'll be stuck here forever!" Ryker closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. When he opens them he glares down at Jestor.

"So be it." He says before pulling the trigger and firing the shotgun destroying half of Jestor's head.

The L-Crew and L-Angels and gasped into shock at what just happened. "Did he just he just killed Jestor?" Beast asked.

"He did." Speed Queen replied. "Only half of his head is still intact."

"Why did you do it Ryker? He was the only way to get you home to your own time." Firecracker said.

"Don't you have cops to call?" Ryker comments ignoring the question.

"Oh right. We should totes do that." Multiple Girl said.

"I'll put the power neutralizing cuffs on Spirit." Ms. Appear said.

"I'll assist you." Prodigy said as she followed her sister. As everyone walked off to restrain Miller and Spirit, Speed Queen stayed where she was as she watched Ryker stare at the defeated robot.

Fifteen minutes later Chief Haggar arrived along with several police officers who were already loading up Miller and Spirit.

"So there's a third one?" Haggar was asking.

"Yeah big tiger man." Armor told him.

"Hmm, sounds familiar." Haggar said stroking his chin before snapping his fingers. "I remember now! Erik Loringo, a golden glove boxer turned criminal. Got exposed to some chemicals that turned him into the creature you fought. Incredibly strong and fast."

"I'll say." Wildgirl agreed. "He really packed a punch and now he's working with the Terror Crew."

"You kid will catch him." Haggar said. "We know you will. And if you need any help, just let me know."

"Well in that case here." Speed Queen said handing Haggar a watch. "This'll allow you to contact us if there are any problems."

"Appreciate it." Haggar said. "Alright I gotta get back to the station and process these two. See you around." He walks off to his car and drives away.

"Now for Ryker." Speed Queen said.

"Um, he's gone." Black Ice said.

The L-Crew all looked around and see that Ryker is nowhere to be found. "Where the hell did he go?" Armor said.

"He must have left when we called the cops." Crystal Princess said.

"He probably hasn't gone far. We need to spread out and find him." Speed Queen said.

"You heard her dudes!" Amplifier shouted. "Let's go find him!"

"Right!" Everyone said in unison.

After an hour of searching for Ryker, the L-Crew and L-Angels arrived back at base with no results.

"We looked everywhere." Lola whined. "Where is he?"

"Who knows?" Ronnie Anne groaned. "He can be anywhere."

"Like the living room?" Mr. Cuddles called out.

"Yeah like the living room." Luan said. "Wait what?"

"Yeah he's in the living room watching TV." Mr. Cuddles said. Everyone runs to the living room and see Ryker in the recliner smoking a cigar watching TV.

"Hehe. That rabbit is crazy." Ryker chuckled.

"Ryker?" The Louds and others questioned.

"Oh hey kids." Ryker said as he turned away from the TV to look at the Louds and friends.

"You've been here this whole time?!" Bobby asked.

"I've been her for half an hour." Ryker answered. "I needed some time to myself, and I was enjoy this cartoon."

"Can't go wrong with Bugs Bunny." Sid said with a shrug.

"Ryker why did you destroy Jestor when he was your only way home?" Lori asked. "We could've forced him to activate the portal and get you home."

"Well you see, the longer I was here the more I kinda enjoyed being in this here time." Ryker explained. "I mean yeah this place has people with weird abilities, Gods, wizards, monsters and a talkin teddy bear but it ain't that bad. Plus I really started to like that motorcycle and in my time we haven't discovered or invented gas yet so that's a problem."

"Yeah I can see why that would be a problem for a motorcycle owner." Bobby said.

"So you're going to stay here in the present?" Tabby asked.

"Yeah." Ryker said as he took a puff of his cigar. "This time ain't as bad as I thought."

"Great but we're gonna have to set some ground rules for you." Lori told him. "First no smoking in the base. Clyde has asthma and that's not good for him."

"Sounds fair." Ryker said.

"Also no alcohol. We're still underage and I honestly don't want Luna to get any ideas."

"Harsh dude." Luna said insulted.

"Deal." Ryker said. "Anything else you want to add?"

"Yeah, keep your guns out of reach." Lori said. "Safety first and we have an infant here."

"I'll make sure she doesn't touch my guns." Ryker said.

"Excellent." Lori said. "Welcome aboard Ryker."

"Here you go." Lisa said handing him a watch. "For we need you or you need us."

"Sounds good." Ryker said. "Now how do I use this?"

"You just press on button on the side and talk into it." Lisa explained. "But in order to contact any of us just select one of us and contact us."

"Sounds good." Ryker said getting off the chair and walking towards his motorcycle where he gets on it. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have places to go people to see and booze to drink." He starts up his motorcycle. "See ya around L-Crew." He then drives off towards the city.

"He's going to be a great alley to the team." Lisa said.