Battle of the Nerds Reboot Chapter 2

Jack was freaking out, wishing he had a paper bag or something to breathe into. One moment he was talking to the monks and now he was surrounded by monsters. Jack backed away and shrieked when he bumped into someone. He was relieved to see it was a human girl around his age.

“Sorry,” the girl apologized, “I should have been watching where I was going. My name is Shiva, who are you?”

“Jack Spicer, evil boy genius,” Jack said offering his hand. He was surprised when she took his hand and shook it. Most people were put off by how he looked, but then again they were surrounded by aliens and monsters.

“Nice to meet you,” Shiva smiled, “I take it you have no idea where we are or why we're here.” Shiva looked around, “But I guess the same goes for everyone here since they all look tense and confused.”

“I...I'm kind of surprised you're not freaking out,” Jack said with a forced laugh. He flinched when a large red humanoid creature with four arms walked by.

“Freaking out doesn't seem like it would help,” Shiva simply replied, adjusting her glasses, “I'm more curious than anything, and I kind of want to talk to some of the aliens.”

“Yeah, I guess it's cool that we're with aliens,” Jack said, starting to calm down. After all, who hasn't wanted to meet aliens? But when something wearing a blue cloak phrased out of the ground, Jack let out a girly scream.

Cyborg was arguing with Gizmo when he heard the scream. He ran in the direction of the scream, getting his sonic cannon ready in case there was trouble, “Hey little lady, are you alright,” Cyborg asked, assuming she was the one who screamed.

Jack was prepared to get laughed at once Shiva told that he was actually the one who screamed. So he was surprised when she didn't.

“Yes, I'm fine. Something just surprised me,” Shiva fibbed blushing, “Sorry to trouble you.”

Cyborg powered down his sonic cannon, “Don't worry about it, I'm a little on edge so I probably over reacted. Name's Cyborg by the way.”

“I'm Shiva, and this is my friend Jack Spicer,” Shiva introduced them both, shaking Cyborgs hand and Jack hesitantly followed suit.

“Nice to meet you...your sonic cannon is cool,” Jack said nervously, never being one for small talk. Mostly since whenever he talked to anyone he got yelled at and insulted.

“Thanks, I designed it myself,” Cyborg beamed, always happy when his work got praise.

“Really? That's awesome,” Jack said, “I prefer making weapons with lasers; mostly because I like the pew-pew sound they make.”

“I love that about lasers too,” Cyborg gushed.

“Lasers are for little kids,” Gizmo argued showing up behind Cyborg. Jack noted how he was the same size as Omi and just as bald.

“No one asked you, you little pest,” Cyborg yelled, bending over to glare down at the smaller boy.

Shiva stood between them, trying to prevent a fight, “I can tell there’s a history between you two, but could you please refrain from killing each other until we find out what’s going on,” she requested, “There may be someone else you’ll want to focus your anger on.”

“I have no idea what's going on, but I'm pretty sure it's Johnny's fault,” Susan groaned, looking around in a huff.

Mary looked around as well, “I don't know, if Johnny was behind this, I’m pretty sure he'd be here too,” Mary said, grimacing when some kind of slime creature slid by, “This seems like the type of thing he loves.”

“Unthinkable,” Young One cheered, his face lit up in excitement. Sure he was a little freaked out that he was in some unknown place surrounded by unfamiliar faces. But his curious adventurous side got the better of him and he wanted to explore.

Young One ran around, being careful not to run into anyone or get stepped on. He had only been off his planet once, when he had gone to Earth to find his brother and Ben Tennyson. Young One had never seen so many different aliens at once! His ears perked when he heard a certain name.

“So we meet again Ben Tennyson, but what's the make over,” a magenta clothed boy asked, “Did you decide to go with an emo look?”

“I don't know who you are...”

“You don't remember me?! It's Billy Billions! IQ Lad? Brain Power!?” Billy interrupted, irritated since he hoped he had made a big enough impact to be remembered by Ben.

“I AM NOT BEN TENNYSON! My name is Albedo.” The Ben copy growled, looking ready to turn into an alien to smash Billy.

“Wait, you are Alebdo,” Young One asked in excitement, moving up to the two, “The Galvan who made a copy of the Omnitrix and got stuck in Ben's human form? You are one of Ben Tennyson's greatest enemies!”

Albedo glared at Billy when he started laughing then pushed him over, “Unfortunately that is the case. I hate being stuck in this smelly, sweaty, hormonal teenage body.”

“Since you seem familiar with Ben Tennyson's enemies, I assume you know who I am,” Billy inquired.

“Of course I do, you are Billy Billions,” Young One said. Billy looked smug until Young One continued. “You are the idiot Ben Tennyson and my brother told me about, that accidentally sent himself to dimension XII.”

This time it was Albedo who started laughing, who got kicked in the shin by a fuming Billy. “I'm guessing Ben and your brother didn't mention how I saved the planet!”

“Only after you nearly doomed it to begin with since you lost control of your dimension XII robot army,” Young One stated, laughing when Billy jumped at him, “Oh, is this the Earth game known as tag? You are it!” The young Revonnahgander ran off laughing, Billy chasing after him.

“I detest children,” Albedo growled, glaring at the two as he rubbed his shin.

“I have never been so excited and terrified in my entire life,” Donatello cheered as he looked around. He was in what he guessed was a space ship, and its technology looked even more advanced than the Kraangs.

Donnie was so busy being amazed by his surroundings that he couldn’t stop Billy from stealing his bo staff. “Hey! Give that back!”

“I do not recall sticks being used in tag, but I am not that familiar with the game,” Young One admitted as he dodged Billy’s swings.

Donatello chased them, trying to get his staff back. Young One kept laughing, thinking it was part of the game, not watching where he was going, bumping into Jack. Billy tried to hit Young One but Cyborg stopped him by grabbing the staff and lifting him up. “Can I have my bo staff back please,” Donny asked.

“Sure just...wait, are you a giant turtle,” Cyborg asked.

“I wouldn’t really say he’s a giant,” Shiva cut in, “He’s bigger than a normal turtle but he’s human sized. Are you an alien?”

“Mutant actually, my name is Donatello,” the turtle answered, glad they didn’t start screaming like most people did. Through they were surrounded by aliens and one of them was a cyborg.
They all introduced themselves then started talking, trying to figure out where they were.

“I’m not sure where we are but the whole thing seems familiar,” Cyborg pondered out loud, trying jog his memory.

“What kind of weapon is a stick,” Gizmo mocked Donatello.

“I’m sorry, I only respond to people over a foot tall,” Donatello shot back.

“You’re over a foot tall aren’t you,” Cyborg asked looking Gizmo over, the tiny teen glaring up at him.

Young One looked up at Jack and smiled, “Hi! Sorry for bumping into you. I like your goggles!

“Um, it’s okay and thanks,” Jack replied, giving the alien a smile in return, inwardly gushing at how cute he was. He had a weakness for cute things.

“Aww, look at that cute little fox,” Shiva cooed, looking up. The others raised a brow at that but looked up to see a fox hovering above them.

Tails was confused, no idea where he was and hovered to get a bird’s eye view of his surroundings. He doubted Eggman was behind this. Even if he had a Chaos Emerald to teleport him, the mad scientist was nowhere in sight and he would no doubt would have bragged about capturing him. He was nervous about being in an unfamiliar place, but Sonic would be brave so he was going to be brave too!

In the middle of the large room they were all being held a hologram of a man in dark robes and mask appeared.

“That’s rather ominous,” Shiva spoke, saying what pretty much everyone was thinking.

“Greetings,” the hologram boomed, “I am Akili. It is I who has summoned you all here, for you are the best and brightest that your worlds have to offer.”
There were murmurs among the crowd, a lot of them still uneasy.

“I know you must find this strange, but I have brought you here for a contest, to see who is the most intelligent and skilled among you. Whoever wins shall be given a grand prize and be known as the greatest young mind in the universe!”

That caused some excitement, after all, who wouldn’t want to show off how smart they were.

‘If I won Jenny would have to notice me,’ Sheldon thought with hearts in his eyes.

‘April would be so impressed if I won,’ Donatello smiled.

‘Maybe Chase and the monks would stop thinking I’m useless,’ Jack considered.

Jimmy Neutron thought to himself, ‘That would show Cindy.’

Cyborg was a little less trusting, ‘I should make sure this guy doesn’t try anything.’

“I don’t need a contest to know I’m the smartest in the universe,” Albedo bragged, “But I guess it wouldn’t hurt to let everyone else know it too.”

“Finally, I have a chance to prove to everyone that I am smarter than you Dexter,” Mandark laughed.

“In your dreams Mandark, I will win this contest,” Dexter shouted at his rival.

The Test sisters were both thinking how they could use this to win over Gil.

“Winning this contest will finally prove to Ben Tennyson that I am superior,” Billy plotted to himself.

‘Sonic would be so proud of me if I won,’ Tails thought happily.

‘I wonder if being known as the smartest in the universe would look good on a college application,’ Shiva mused.

Akili spoke again, “The first challenge shall begin... Now!”