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// 14. Galaxy Toys (Part 2) 
// Story: Through The Multiverse 
// by Battwell 
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Earth 1995 




Galaxy Toys


 



 

"We're here!" 

Those were the excited exclamations from Rex the dinosaur as he sprinted into the galactic themed toy store. And those screams were warranted, as even the other heroes looked on in awe at the sheer size of this place. Hamm darted into Galaxy Toys alongside Rex while Twilight, Woody, and both of their groups walked in at a slow pace, just taking in what was around them. 

Inside the main lobby of the toy store were large displays of Gigas figurines, which were scattered on different shelves along with game boxes of all kinds. In the center of the first floor was an oversized gumball machine which was labeled 'Space Capsule' with metal tracks leading in spirals to the upper floors. 

Twilight's eyes twinkled in awe of this new perspective of the world. Her mouth was agape as she rushed forward to get a closer look at the Gigas figurines. 

Tony folded his arms, looking around the main floor of the toy store. He had to admit, it was pretty cool to see something so ordinary as a toy store from the perspective of a toy. 

Sonic placed one hand on his hip and let out an impressed whistle. 

Mario smiled as he stood alongside Sonic, Woody, and Buzz, clearly impressed with what he saw. 

Batman simply walked past the group, wanting to continue on with the mission. 

Buzz eyed the Caped Crusader carefully; still not trusting him from his earlier display of hostility. He was going to keep an eye on him as much as he could. He still found this whole situation very strange, in fact, it wasn't just Batman that the Space Ranger didn't trust. He was still on the fence with these newcomers. He didn't know what their true intentions were, and that made him worried for the safety of himself and his friends. 

His attention was brought to Twilight as she approached the shelf displaying a red Gigas figurine. It had broad shoulders, with yellow spikes and a blaster on its right arm. It had some sort of yellow symbol on its faceplate, with yellow antennas sticking upwards on the sides of its head. 



 



 



 

Twilight turned her head to the left as she saw Woody walk up beside her. She then asked, "Hey, why doesn't that toy move?" 

The cowboy tiled his hat upwards and replied, "I guess it hasn't figured it out." 

The unicorn tilted her head in confusion, not understanding the answer. "Figured what out?" 

"Well, isn't this a surprise." 

Everyone stopped whatever it was that they were doing at the sound of that deep voice. Twilight and Woody looked up above the space capsule and saw a man wearing a green and purple mech suit fly down from up above and land on top of the giant capsule. Inside the green mech suit was a bald headed man with a particular hate for a certain Kryptonian. 



 



 



 

Batman took a step back in surprise at the sight of the familiar foe. "Luthor?!" He exclaimed as everyone else followed Twilight and Woody's gaze towards the top of the space capsule, seeing the villainous Lex Luthor standing above them. 

Lex folded his arms over his chest and chuckled deeply, "Well, well, well. Out of all the things I expected to see in this dimension, the last thing I expected was to be seeing you here, Batman." He then gestured down towards him with his left arm and asked, "What are you doing here? You're a long ways away from Gotham." 

The Dark Knight took a step forward, hand hovering over a pouch on his Utility Belt, "I should be asking you that, Luthor." 

Buzz turned to Batman and quirked an eyebrow at the familiar exchange between the two of them. He knew that these strangers weren't telling them something. His attention was brought back to Lex as he once again chuckled. 

"I'm here on business, here to collect something valuable." The super villain responded to the hero. "And I don't have time to deal with you right now, so if you'll excuse me." He then reached behind him and pulled out a green and purple colored disc with a holographic image of the letter 'L' in the center of it. "I have somewhere to be. In the meantime, I'll give you something to distract yourselves with." 

He then threw the disc downwards to the back of the red Gigas figure. Once the disc impacted the figurine's back, it crackled with purple electricity, which soon spread all across the toy's body. Then, out of nowhere, the Gigas figure came to life, spinning around its right hand and turning to jump down in front of Woody and Twilight. 

As it landed with a thud, both Woody and Twilight began slowly backing away from the imposing figurine. "Oh no! He can move!" Woody corrected himself as he raised his hat to see the figurine better. 

Hamm walks up beside Woody and says, "Way cool!" But the piggy bank quickly gave a startled shriek as the Gigas spun its arm backwards into a fist and attempted to punch him. 

"Look out!" Twilight exclaimed before lighting up her horn and holding the punch back with her magic while Woody tackled Hamm out of the way. 

The other toys looked on in shock while Batman continued to glare up at Luthor. "What have you done, Luthor?!" He demanded to know, gritting his teeth at the smile on Lex's face. 

"Oh, I just gave the lifeless figurine a little... Pulse!" Lex bellowed as the jets under his mechanical boots ignited, levitating him into the air. "Now, I'd love to stay and chat, but I have an Element to find in this cheap imitation of a universe. It's somewhere in this toy store and I doubt that my associate will be able to find it on his own. So if you'll excuse me, I'll leave your deaths in the toy's claws." With that, Lex took off into the air and flew away, off to continue his mission. 

Batman gritted his teeth before turning and seeing Hamm, the Little Green Men, the Sarge and his army men, and Rex running to hide behind a potted plant. The situation escalated as the Gigas broke free of Twilight's magical hold and back handed her away. Lucking, Iron Man flew over and caught her in mid air before she could hit the floor. 

Buzz raised his left arm and aimed his laser at the Gigas figure, asking Woody, "Woody! What is going on? Is this toy a friend...or foe?" 

The Gigas aimed its blaster at Woody and advanced on him. 

"I think we've got our answer." Woody responded. 

Then, to everyone's surprise, the Gigas began firing actual laser blasts from its blaster, causing everyone to scatter in opposite directions to avoid being hit. Iron Man flew away before landing back down onto the ground on one knee with his right fist on the ground. He stood back up and aimed his Repulsor Rays at the rogue figurine. 

"We need to take it down now!" Tony called out as he began opening fire on the Gigas, the Repulsor Blasts actually causing it to step back each time it was hit. 

Sonic chuckled whole heartedly as he took off at high speeds, "Let's get the show on the road!" He curled into a ball and rolled towards the imposing figure, moving left and right to avoid the laser blasts headed right toward him. He then struck the Gigas' legs, causing it to stumble. 

That allowed Mario to dash forward and leap into the air, dashing forward and shoulder charging the Gigas in the chest. The figurine slid back and hit the shelf, knocking down the other boxes displayed on it. It recovered and aimed its blaster, opening fire on the plumber. He ran in front of the blasts, just narrowly avoiding the projectiles. 

While it was distracted, Twilight lit up her horn and lifted up multiple boxes before hurling them all at the Gigas, blocking its field of vision. As the boxes fell on top of it, Batman grappled up into the air and threw three explosive pellets at its back, the resulting explosion knocking it to the floor. 

As it tried getting back up, a panel on Iron Man's back opened up and a little mine popped out and flew directly towards the fallen Gigas. "STARK MINE!" Tony shouted as the mine exploded in the toys face. 

No longer wanting to stay on the side lines, Buzz Lightyear looked to his laser light before aiming it at the Gigas' knee. He then fired a laser blasts, something he wasn't capable of in his original world, and made a direct hit on the toys' knee. 

Once the Gigas toy fell to one knee, Twilight teleported in front of it and lifted it up with her magic. She swayed her head to the right, sending the toy flying into a stack of shelves, which fell on top of it once it hit the floor. But it wasn't over yet, as it got back up and fired more blasts at the unicorn. 

Twilight teleported to the left, then the right, and continued to do so to avoid the constant laser blasts headed her way. She then reappeared in front of it and hit it in the face, causing it to stumble once more. She then smiled as Batman suddenly appeared behind it in a puff of smoke and struck its knees, sending it to the floor. 

Sonic then curled up once more and boosted forward, hitting it in the head at high speeds, sending it crashing into the wall behind the now fallen shelf. Once the Gigas fell to the floor, the disc Luthor attached to its back sprung up into the air and landed on the floor beside it. 

Sonic uncurled and turned to see Batman cautiously approaching the now fallen action figure. More specifically, the disc that laid by its side. He knelt down and picked it up, activating his Detective Vision to get a look at the schematics. 

As Rex and the others all moved away from their hiding spot, Batman stood up on his two feet, dropping the disc, and smashing it to pieces with his boot. He then turned around to face the others, who had regrouped with one another behind him. "It was a Mind Control Disc, or at least, some modified version of it. From what I gathered from the schematics, it can bring any of these toys to life and bend them to serve Lex, essentially making them his puppets." He informed the group, turning to face the fallen toy once more. 

Buzz, upon hearing this, began slowly approaching the toy with a solemn look on his face. "He was being controlled? He wasn't just switched into battle mode by accident?" 

"Buzz?" Twilight asked, clearly worried by the confused tone in the Space Ranger's voice. 

He turned to the unicorn, who had a worried expression on her face and sighed, "It's nothing." 

"I'm confused." Woody suddenly piped up. He turned to Iron Man and asked, "That guy in the robot suit--did he say that he had something to find in this 'pale imitation of a universe? What's that mean?" 

Tony sighed, looking down and away from the other toys. It was time to come clean about all of this. "Okay, here's the truth. We're not actually toys." Woody and the others looked confused at that. But when Twilight began to elaborate, they all turned to face the unicorn. 

"The truth is that we all come from alternate realities, each hailing from a different world in the Multiverse." She elaborated. "We came together because something called the Creation Keystone entered your world and created an identical version of it." 

"But they each have their own differences. Like how Space Man over there can actually shoot lasers." Tony continued, pointing to a confused Buzz with his thumb. "We're here to get that Keystone back, and set this reality right. Once we do, this world will fade away and you'll be back in your original reality." 

All of the toys looked shocked by this revelation. Alternate worlds? Keystones? It sounded ludicrous, but some of the strange happenings did add up to that being a real possibility. But the only one who wasn't convinced-- 

Was Buzz. 

He waved them off, dismissing their claims for simple delusions. "You can't be serious. Oh! That's right, you're all from a video game. Well, maybe in your game, that's how things work...but here in reality, you can't 'split worlds' or travel to 'different realities.'" He then walks past Twilight, who was lost for words, and waved her off, "This is ridiculous." Turning to Woody, he said, "Woody, let's go." 

But to his surprise, Woody was actually considering the possibility that they were telling the truth. "I admit, it does sound just a little far-fetched. But...say we HAVE been taken to some kind of alternate world. That would explain why your laser's real. And is it really that crazy? Worse than 'evil emperors' and 'protecting the galaxy'? Any of that ring a bell?" 

At the mention of what occurred when they first met, Buzz cleared his throat, "Point taken." But that didn't mean he was willing to back down either. "But that just means these strangers are part of the delusion. And I say it's time we parted ways and went home." 

Twilight looked crestfallen at that. She had thought that she had made friends with Buzz. Guess she was wrong. 

Sonic looked away, rolling his eyes at the statement. 

Mario looked down, a little hurt by that. 

Tony folded his arms, he was used to people not liking him so this was nothing new. 

Batman just didn't care. 

"I agree." The Dark Knight piped up, surprising Buzz and the others, Twilight especially. "We've wasted enough time here when we should be looking for the Creation Keystone. If they wish to part ways, then that's their business. What matters is that we find that Keystone and stop whatever it is Luthor is planning." 

Buzz frowned at the Dark Knight. 

Batman frowned back. 

Twilight turned to Buzz and tried to get him to see reason. "Look, I get that it seems weird, but we know something's wrong with this place. We should stick together."

Woody then spoke up once more, agreeing with Twilight that they should stick together. "Twilight's right. They helped with the intruders, so they might help find our friends." When Buzz began walking away towards the fallen Gigas, Woody spoke louder to try and get through to Buzz. "They have been there for us so far. You can't deny that. Come on. Every toy deserves a fair shake. Am I right?" 

It was then that Buzz turned around and pointed towards the Gigas, "Tell it to that toy over there." 

Woody inwardly gasped, still feeling down about the Gigas. It didn't mean to attack them, it couldn't help it. He looked down at the floor, but was then drawn up to the shelf behind him by the Sarge, who had climbed up there with the rest of his soldiers. 

"Sheriff, sir! Rex has just been dino-napped!" 

Woody and Buzz looked shocked. 

"What's that?!" Woody asked, wanting to know further. 

The Sarge then explained, "My men saw him get hauled up to the second floor, sir! And Hamm and the Aliens are MIA." 

At hearing this, Woody turned to Buzz and motioned for him to follow, "Come on. We have got to find them!" 

To his surprise, he saw Twilight running alongside him, "Please! Let us help!" 

They both stopped and turned to Buzz, who still hadn't budged. Woody grumbled under his breath and ran back to his friend. "Well, Buzz? Do you really think we can save our friends on our own? We didn't get very far before. We gotta take all the help we can get." 

Buzz sighed and looked away. 

Batman folded his arms and looked to Twilight, "We don't have time for this. We have to find out what Luthor is planning and find that Keystone." 

Twilight frowned at the Dark Knight, "But they need our help." 

"We have to think about this, Twilight." Batman retorted. "What's more important? The fate of the multiverse, or finding their friends?" 

Twilight stamped her hoof on the floor, "Batman, we can't just abandon them!" 

"I'm not saying that we should! But we need to find out what Luthor is planning and stop him. From what I gathered from him, he's looking for something. I don't know what, but I doubt that it's something good. And he told me that he isn't alone. We have to take action." 

It was then that Sonic interjected between the two, "Hey, hey, hey! How about we compromise?" They both turned to the hedgehog, wanting to hear what he has to say. "If we help Woody and Buzz find their friends, then we'll be able to cover more ground in finding the Keystone and stopping that bald guy from doing whatever he has planned. Huh? Huuh?" 

Twilight looked up to Batman, who had his arms folded over his chest, "It's as good a plan as any." He conceded, to Twilight's delight. 

She nodded to the Dark Knight and then smiled to the hedgehog gratefully, "Thank you, Sonic." 

The hedgehog laughed and gave her a thumbs up, "Anytime." 

Woody, seeing the exchange between the three of them, smiled and turned to Buzz, "See, they don't seem bad. Am I right, Buzz?" 

The Space Ranger sighed, but nodded to his friend. "Okay, fine. We do need the extra help. But just so we're clear: I remain skeptical about this." He then turned to Batman and the others, "I'll work with you till we find our friends." He said to them, more specifically, Batman. 

The Dark Knight frowned and glared at the Space Ranger, but said nothing. 

As Buzz walked away from the group towards the Space Capsule, Woody looks over to Twilight apologetically before giving her a smile. "Thanks for the help, Twilight, Tony, Sonic, Mario, Batman." He thanked while turning to face each of them before moving onward to catch up with Buzz. 

"My troops will return to the field, sir!" The Sarge informed the cowboy before he and his troop stomped off away from the edge of the shelf. 

The group then walked over to the Space Capsule to join up with the others so that they could help them in finding their missing friends. Once Woody reached Buzz, the Space Ranger pressed the red button on his chest, ejecting his wings right as Woody walked into them. 

"Hmm." Buzz hummed as he looked up at the upper floors, thinking about how tough it was going to be to get up there and start searching. "This ascent is gonna be rather tricky." 

Woody chuckled, leaning on Buzz's wings, "Too bad we're not strapped to a rocket, huh?" 

Buzz then retracted his wings, causing his friend to stumble forward slightly. 

Sonic looked at the Space Capsule, trying to see if he could find a means for Woody and the others to get up there. After all, Batman could grapple up there, Tony could fly, Mario could jump with his mighty strength, and if Twilight could see where she was going, she could teleport up there. He then noticed the spiral tracks surrounding the capsule, which just so happened to lead to the other floors. 

"Hey! Think we could use that?" He asked the group, pointing to the spiral tracks on the capsule. 

Woody smiled and nodded, "It's perfect! C'mon, guys!" 

As they all walked forward towards the Space Capsule, Tony, who had approached Buzz from behind asked, "So, are those wings just for show or can you actually fly?" The Space Ranger looked at the hero quizzically before seeing the armored hero boost upwards into the air, hovering above him. "Try to keep up, Space Man." The Iron Man then flew upwards to the upper levels, leaving Buzz in the main lobby, shaking his head before running towards the Space Capsule to grind on the spiral tracks. 



 

Once they all had reached the second floor of the toy store, they all began walking around to see if they could find Rex and the others. During this time, Sonic looked up to Batman to see if he could get some answers on just who they were dealing with. 

"So, Bats?" The hedgehog asked, getting Batman's attention. Once the Dark Knight looked down towards him, he continued, "So who exactly was that back there?" 

"His name is Lex Luthor," Batman began, "He's a multibillionaire who owns one of them most technologically advanced tech companies on the planet. He puts on a front for the public, when in actuality, he's one of the most crooked people on the planet. He's sold weapons to the highest bidder, tried to kill me and my allies on numerous occasions, and I've lost count on how many times he's tried to take over the world." 

Sonic nodded before looking forward, addressing the hero beside him. "Wow, sounds like a real piece of work." 

Overhearing this, Mario asked, "But if that's the case, then why does he still own his tech company? Shouldn't he be in jail?" 

But before Batman could answer, Tony had already found out why and answered for him. "One word, moustache. Lawyers." 

"Exactly." Batman added, confirming Stark's statement. 

Twilight was rather confused by that. "But why would they do that?" She asked, blissfully unaware as to how corrupt people could actually be in their dimensions. "Why would they help somepony so awful escape punishment." 

It was then that all of them responded simultaneously, "Money." 

Twilight was actually surprised by that. She never thought that something as small as money could lead people to do such awful things. Was it that way in Equestria and she just never saw it? If so, then how many nobles inside of Canterlot are as corrupt as that? Now thinking about it, it would actually make sense that a certain Prince would be as corrupt as that. 

She was taken out of her thoughts by Woody, who called for them to join them as they had reached another store inside the massive building. "Guys! Let's check in here!" He shouted as he pointed up to the sign which read 'Action+'. They all looked to one another before walking into the store to look for Woody's missing friends. 



 

Once the group had entered the store, most of them looked on in awe at the displays of toys around them all. They saw displays of Gigas' and a dragon like toy called 'Supreme Smasher'. They were everywhere, on every shelf, for all the little boys to play with. 

It was seemingly endless. 

But suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Woody saw something tail shaped slither behind a shelf. Turning in surprise, the cowboy bolted towards the shelf, screaming, "REX!!!" Assuming that it was his friend. But to his disappointment and confusion, he wasn't there. 

In fact, there was nothing. 

"Where'd he go?" Woody asked, still facing where he had thought he'd seen Rex. 

Turning to his friend, Buzz asked, "You sure you saw him?" 

Woody turned back to Buzz and replied, "Yes, he just--" 

"Shh!" They were suddenly hushed by the Batman, who looked around the store for anything amiss. "I heard something." 

"Hey guys?" The voice of Sonic the hedgehog caught their attention. "What's that?" 

When they turned to where he was looking, they all saw it. The toys were especially confused. On the display of boxes before them, there was a liquid of sorts. But something felt... Alien about it. 

"Something feels wrong..." Buzz commented, slowly backing away from the boxes. 

And he wasn't wrong, as the black liquid appeared to be moving, slithering along the boxes. Tony walked over inside of his armor and raised a hand to the liquid. He then began scanning it with his scanner built inside of his armor. when the scan was complete, a warning sign appeared on his HUD, reading the words "WARNING: KLYNTAR DETECTED" 

Eyes widening in shock, Tony turned around to face the others and screamed, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" 

But it was too late as the metal doors slid down at the entrance to the store, locking them all inside. The toys gasped as the lights suddenly turned off. The only thing giving them all light was the lights on Tony's suit. But all of a sudden, the lights inside flickered on and off. 

As the lights flashed, everyone could only stare in horror at what was around them. Black, Symbiotic webs were all around them. On the walls, the boxes, the toys, it was everywhere. Woody and Buzz couldn't believe what they were seeing, everything was normal a mere moment ago, how did this happen? 

A sudden alien shriek caused everyone to turn back to the boxes. There, they all saw a black figure swing above them off a strand of black webbing. The creature swung until it released the webbing and flipped through the air multiple times. It then stuck itself to the wall, glaring down at the group of heroes while licking its teeth with its long tongue. 

The creature was black in color, with a large, white, spider symbol expanding across its chest and back. It had white eyes and white square symbols on its hands. The teeth inside of its mouth were razor sharp, its tongue longer than anyone could imagine. 

It was hungry and couldn't wait any longer. 



 



 



 

Venom laughed as he roared once more, his tongue flailing around his mouth as saliva and spittle erupted from his razor sharp maw. 

Instinctively, Tony raised his arms towards Venom, his Repulsor Rays humming with energy. "Venom." The Armored Avenger spoke to himself. While he kept his sight focused on the Symbiote, everyone else slowly backed away, unsure of who this creature was. 

Buzz, recovering from his stupor, asked Iron Man from behind, "Who is that monstrosity?" 

But it wasn't Tony who answered his question. It was in fact, Venom. 

"We. Are. Venom!" The Symbiote revealed to his enemies, showing off his razor sharp teeth with a sick grin. 

"What are you doing here, Brock? Shouldn't you be in a cell at The Raft?" Iron Man asked the Symbiote, hoping to get some info out of him. 

Venom chuckled as he began crawling down the side of the wall, "You're not wrong there, Iron Man. Parker locked us away, kept us separated from one another. But then we were free. Reunited at last!" He revealed, having stopped crawling down the wall. "When we were freed, all we had to do was one thing in return. And then, we'll get to feast on the Spider's corpse!" 

"Oh yeah? And what might that be?" 

"Uh uh uh." Venom taunted, waving his index finger from side to side. "That would ruin the surprise, now wouldn't it? We don't want to give too much away, where would the fun be in that? Once we get the Element, we'll create a world where the Klyntar are the supreme race! A world without losers like you to ruin our fun! A world without SPIDER-MAN!!!" 

"Create a world? What's he talking about?" Tony asked himself inside his thoughts. 

It was then that Woody took a step forward with an angry look on his face. "I don't know who you are pal, but you'd better tell us where our friends are!" He demanded, pointing upwards towards Venom.

The Symbiote wasn't threatened in the slightest. As a matter of fact, he laughed out loud at the cowboy. "And why would we be threatened by a little doll like you? You're not even worthy of giving us sustenance." He then turned his attention back to Iron Man, "Originally we were only meant to search for the Element. But now that you're all here, we're feeling a little hungry." 

"I thought you were saving up your appetite for Spidey?" Iron Man asked, knowing that it would get Venom to rethink his decision about fighting them. "And as you can clearly see, we're not of the spider variety." 

Venom snarled for a moment, "You're right. You're not Spider-Man." He then grinned, once again showing off his razor sharp teeth and gigantic tongue. "But today, we'll make an exception!!!" He roared as he leapt off of the wall and landed in front of the group of heroes. They all backed up and prepared themselves for a fight. Venom smiled once more as the boxes behind him were sent flying due to the swipe of a massive claw. 

There, standing menacingly, was a red dragon like creature with four legs, two massive arms, and a missile backpack strapped to its back. 



 



 



 

The Supreme Smasher figurine roared, ready to fight. 

Venom folded his arms over his chest, continuing to grin at the group of heroes. Buzz shook off a worrisome look and readied his laser. 

Twilight turned to him with a look of worry on her face, "Buzz, you sure?" 

"If it wanted to play nice, then it should've stayed away from my friends." Buzz replied, keeping his laser focused on the Supreme Smasher. 

But much to everyone's shock, the giant figurine suddenly let loose an alien like bellow as four black tendrils erupted from its back. The Symbiote then spread to its right claw, morphing it into a  black and white scythe. A rather long tongue suddenly wiggled out of its maw as it once again screeched. 

Venom had infected it with another Symbiote. 

"You don't have to look so scared." Venom said with a hungry grin. Licking his teeth, he finished with, "We'll kill you with all our hearts!" 



 



 



 

Venom let out another screech before he dashed forward, claws bare, right towards Iron Man. The Armored Avenger fired two Repulsor Blasts, hoping to knock the monster back. Tony got the results he had hoped for, but it only sent him back a few meters before he shot out a line of webbing and took off into the flickering darkness, hiding amongst the multiple symbiotic strands of webbing. 

The Supreme Smasher let out an animalistic roar before darting forward, its back tendrils propelling it forward. Twilight teleported out of the way while everyone else scattered in a multitude of directions. The symbiotic figurine reared back its scythe and smashed the ground, creating a black shockwave that knocked everyone down. 

Sonic's right hand was suddenly engulfed in a blue windy aura, channeling his inner power before he shot it forward. "SONIC WIND!!!" Suddenly, as he screamed out his attack name, a small cyclone shot forward before expanding into a full blown blue tornado. 

The blue tornado surrounded the Supreme Smasher, causing it to lose vision of the other heroes. It shot its tendrils forward in hopes of stabbing someone in the chest, but it was for naught, as Mario leapt into the tornado and stomped on its head. 

While it was dazed, Twilight covered Buzz in a violet aura and shot him forward. The Space Ranger ejected his wings and flew forward. He then entered the tornado and delivered a punch to the symbiotic toys jaw, causing it to stumble back into the edge of the tornado, damaging it more. 

Once the blue tornado dissipated, Batman swung forward on his Grappling Hook and kicked the toy in the nose, causing it to stumble back once more. But the Dark Knight wasn't quick enough to avoid the dark tendril that grabbed his leg and swung him around. The Supreme Smasher threw the hero right into Woody, who had already been charging forward to try and take the corrupted toy down. 

As the two fell to the floor, Iron Man flew down and landed next to Twilight and together, they both let loose a blast from both their horn and Arc Reactor respectively. The beams formed into one and struck the toy in the chest, sending it flying back and crashing into the display of boxes once more. 

Charging their beams down, they both looked up and saw Venom leap down for a strike. While Iron Man flew to the left, Twilight teleported away as the monster landed on the ground, causing black spikes to emerge from the ground. Venom stood upright and focused his attention on Buzz, who had fired a laser directly at his back. 

The Symbiote dashed forward, bearing his claws, as he took on each and every blast. 

Buzz tried moving away, but was too slow for his symbiotic foe. Venom raised him into the air and then proceeded to smash him into the ground before throwing him behind him. Brock then leapt into the air, firing a rope of symbiotic webbing directly at Mario. He then pulled the plumber into the air and then laid right into him. 

Slash after slash. Punch after punch. He laughed as he grabbed his face and hurled him down below. Venom then shot down two lines of web and pulled himself down, landing right on top of Mario. He let out a screech and Web Zipped himself to the display where the Supreme Smasher had landed. 

As Iron Man, Batman, Twilight, Woody, and Sonic all reconvened with one another, the armored hero look up to his left and saw an alarm bell attached to the wall. He smiled under his helmet, Symbiotes were weakened by high frequency sounds. 

He aimed his palm at the alarm and fired. 

The bell rung. 

Venom screamed. 

The Symbiote grabbed the sides of his head as his suit began to react to the noise, shooting off in multiple directions due to the pain it was currently experiencing. 

"He's weakened! Now's our chance!" Iron Man shouted as he fired multiple Repulsor Blasts at the damaged Klyntar. 

Sonic curled up into a ball and struck Venom down with a Homing Attack as Twilight lifted up multiple chunks of the floor with her magic. She then hurled them at the fallen villain, hurting him even more. Batman grappled into the air and glided right over Venom. He then threw down multiple Explosive Batarangs, directly hitting Venom in the chest. 

The Symbiote screeched once more and jumped onto the wall and began crawling towards the alarm. Once he got there, he ripped it out of the wall, silencing the sound for good. Eddie looked down at the group of assembled heroes and snarled. "That. Was. Unpleasant!" 

"Oh great. Now he's mad." Sonic muttered under his breath as Buzz and Mario rejoined the group. 

Venom swung through the store as the Supreme Smasher got back up on its four feet. It roared just as Venom landed next to it, snarling angrily at his enemies. 

The figurine and the Symbiote both charged forward, once again causing the group of heroes to diverge in two directions. Buzz, Twilight, Sonic, and Mario all fought with the Supreme Smasher. Iron Man, Batman, and Woody went to fight Venom. 

Twilight casted a shield spell, protecting herself from the figurine's scythe. It cracked against her shield, enticing her to release a shockwave of magic to send the corrupt toy backwards. She then fired a blast of magical energy at her foe, sending it further back. 

The figurine roared, sending forth its four tendrils. 

Mario and Sonic dashed forward, jumping and sliding under the tendrils while Buzz went around to flank the toy. Mario, once he was close enough, swept at the toys' two left legs while Sonic leapt upwards and punched the Supreme Smasher in the jaw. 

As the toy stumbled, Buzz, who was behind the monster toy, fired multiple laser blasts at the symbiotic protrusions coming from the Supreme Smashers back. It let out a horrific screech as Twilight once again fired another blast of magic. This time it was a lightning spell, which would deliver a big shock to whoever was on the receiving end of the spell. 

Once it struck the toys chest, it was over. 

The Supreme Smasher screeched horribly, electricity surrounding its form before the Symbiote slithered down its body and retreated into the small cracks in the floor. The toy, now lifeless, fell to the floor. 

Meanwhile, Tony flew around Venom, firing blast after blast at the villain. He turned around and dove right down to the monster, attempting to spear tackle the alien/human hybrid. Venom however, anticipated this, and shot forward a strand of webbing and it struck Tony's chest. 

He then swung the billionaire hero around in a circle and threw him into the wall. 

Once Iron Man hit the floor, Venom turned around and saw Woody charging right toward him. He smiled and dashed forward, grabbing the toy by the throat and hoisting him into the air. "Did you really think that you could sneak up on us?! You are not a challenge! Give us more worthy prey!" 

But for some reason, Woody was smiling. 

Before he knew it, Venom was struck in the back by Batman, who had seamlessly sprayed Explosive Gel onto his back and exploded it. The Symbiote dropped the toy and fell to one knee. Venom snarled, Woody smirked as he kicked him in the teeth, staggering the villain. 

Venom shook it off and looked around him. Everyone had gathered around him, coming together to stop him. 

But before the fight could resume, Twilight noticed something up above them. There, she saw a dragon-shaped glider hooked to the ceiling flying in circles piloted by a shouting Rex. It spun at full speed, knocking the hook out of the tile, and sending the glider and Rex flying right into Venom's back. 

The two flew into an Air Droid display, Venom grunting in pain from the impact while Rex shrieked. After landing on the floor, Venom tried getting back up, only for Rex to land right on top of him. Shaking his head from the impact and looking down, Rex asked, "What's this?!" 

His response was Venom turning his head around and screeching in his face. 

Rex screamed and jumped off of Venom, running away screaming, "Oh no! What did I do?!" 

Everyone ran towards the Symbiote, who leapt into the air and clung to the side of a wall. He looked down and snarled, "You haven't won here! Normally we would have no trouble sticking around and devouring you all whole. But today, we don't have the time! Enjoy what little time you losers have left! Because you'll all meet your end! Very soon!" And with that, Venom shot out another line of webbing and retreated into an open air duct, crawling inside of it and continuing his mission, which still remained a mystery to the group of heroes. 

Once the fight was over, Woody wiped his brow in relief before approaching Rex with Buzz in toe. "Nice moves, Rex." 

"That was great!" Sonic complimented. 

Rex looked absolutely ecstatic at the praise he was being given by his fellow friends and peers. "Great? Really? Would you say I was impressive?" He asked. 

Buzz smiled and nodded, "Very impressive, Rex. We couldn't look away." 

Rex then jumped up in the air excitedly, "Hurray! Oh, that makes me so happy!" He then turned to Batman and Twilight and asked, "Were you watching too? Did you see what I did?" 

While Twilight giggled at the goofy toy, Batman proceeded to walk right past the T-Rex, not really caring about the glare Buzz was giving him. While the Dark Knight and the Armored Avenger were discussing where the Keystone could be located, Woody walked up to Rex and tried getting his attention. 

"Listen Rex." 

"I was going for fearsome..." 

"Would ya--" 

"...but I think I might've actually achieved something close to terrifying!" 

"Earth to Rex!" 

Rex suddenly stopped yammering at Twilight at that. Now that he was calm, Mario approached the toy and asked, "Do you know where the others were taken?" 

"What do you mean? Did something bad happen?" 

Buzz sighed and turned to Woody, "Back to square one." 

The cowboy slid his hand down his face, "Oh great." But his attention was suddenly drawn to the sound of clicking. Looking up, he and the others saw the Sarge climbing down the vent near the ceiling. "Sarge! Have you got a status report?" 

Once the Army Man landed on the shelf, he saluted and reported, "Sir! One of my men just located Hamm forward of our position, in Babies and Toddlers." Everyone smiled at that, sans Batman, who simply nodded at the info. The Sarge continued, "The corporal was debriefing him, but something must have gone wrong. All radio contact has been lost." 

Everyone then sighed at the news. 

"Anything more specific we can go on?" Buzz decided to ask, hoping that there was some more good news. 

"Right before I lost contact, I heard music with some sort of sonic interference." 

Buzz looked down and stroked his chin, "Music?" He asked himself. 

Sonic looked to Iron Man, "You think it could be one of those androids?" 

"Or another monster figurine we might have to take down?" Tony replied with a question of his own. 

Twilight looked to everyone in the group with a smile, "Let's find out!" 

"I agree." Woody agreed with the unicorn. 

The group then started walking ahead, but not before noticing that Rex had stayed put. "Actually...I think I'll head back and wait by the entrance. I'm sure those vents are gonna be much too narrow for my big dinosaur tail." 

Sonic turned his head to face the toy dinosaur, "Really? I'm sure you'd fit." 

It was then that Buzz stopped and decided to interject, "Rex is right. Besides, we need a lookout at the entrance. It's an important mission. Can you do it?" He asked the dinosaur, hoping to give him a small task to make him feel useful. 

Rex smiled and nodded, "Yes, sir!" 

Buzz saluted the dinosaur while Woody and Twilight looked at one another and smiled. They all then made their way towards the ventilation system, Iron Man having already flown upwards and using his tech to unscrew the bolts holding it in place. Once everyone was inside the vents, they all made their way through to reach the third floor to not only search for the next Keystone, but for Woody and Buzz's friends as well. 

They were determined and nothing was going to stand in their way. 

Next stop, Babies and Toddlers!