Notice: Please read Home Part I in the series 'Thorn and Hip' to fully understand this three-part crossover.

"Careful. Careful." Said Drinx. 

"I'm trying. This is very stressful man." Said Slinky. 

"What's he doing?" Asked Maeda. 

"He's attempting to stabilize the Magistal." Said Tekashi. 

"Alright. I think it should be somewhat stable now but there could be many things that could still destabilize it so nobody should mess with it for now." Explained Slinky. 

"Mhmhmhm. C'mon, ol' chum. That's exactly what I want to do." Said someone from the shadows. 

Slinky squinted and the figure came into view. 

"Matter, stop being stupid this is a serious moment." Slinky said. 

"I'm afraid that idiot is out to lunch. I, on the other hand, am not so weak-minded." He said. 

"What?" Slinky said, confused. 

"Hm. I guess an explanation is in order before I finish what I came for. My partner, Slinky, was defeated earlier this year by you and your heroes. He was too weak and I'm here to pick up where he left off. Now why don't we get you home? All of you." He said as he shot a strange laser blast at the Dark Magistal. 

It crumbled into pieces and then he pulled out his own modified magistal and activated it towards them. At first, nothing happened. But after a few seconds, the Magistal began to distort and glow white from the inside. It then imploded and created a rift that began to suck everyone in the room in. 

"So long suckers! Hahahaha!" Said Evil Matter. 

One by one, everyone got sucked in and traveled through space and time for approximately two minutes and twenty-three seconds. Then they got thrown out and piled on top of each other. 

"Uh. My head." Said Tekashi. 

"Ow! My back!" Drinx said. 

Fawth was silent but shaking and Tala couldn't stop crying. Maeda was in shock and Slinky tried crawling out from underneath everyone. 

"Dad?" Said someone above Slinky. 

"Huh?" He said as he looked up. 

"Dad! You're back! I missed you!" Said Kate as she fell to the ground and gave her dad a big hug. Slinky just smiled and hugged harder. 

"Well. Some ride that was. I mean a real rollercoaster of emotions if you ask me." Said Matter. 

"Nice of you to join us too. I really didn't want to fight your evil version." Said Slinky. 

As everyone got up off the ground they looked around and were amazed at what they saw. 

"No way. This looks exactly like that place." Said Tekashi. 

"What place?" Asked Theo as he walked up to him. Tekashi gasped and unintentionally started fangirling. 

"Uh, are you Ok?" Theo asked. 

"Oh, he's from a different reality where you guys are just in comics so he's excited to see you in real life." Slinky quickly explained. 

"Well, in that case, you probably already know that I'm Hip and the girl over there is Thorn." Theo said. 

"I don't know if I'm overstepping but could I ask what your real names are? I mean, the comics never revealed them." Tekashi asked. 

"I'm Theo, son of Laughing Matter. That's Kate, daughter of Slinky." Said Theo in a raspy voice. 

"What!? You guys are related to Slinky and Laughing Matter!? Dude this place is awesome!" Tekashi squealed. 

"Anyways, we may still have a problem ." Slinky said. 

"What's that?" Asked Theo. 

"Well, remember that evil version of me that we defeated not long ago?" Slinky said. 

"How could I forget? We were actually going through his things earlier." Kate said. 

"It turns out there was also an evil Laughing Matter and he wants revenge." Slinky explained. 

"Well, considering it's a version of my dad I assume we've got nothing to worry about." Theo said. 

"I hope you're right. If we are all being honest, any Matter couldn't be as smart as Slinky." Kate said. 

"Hey! I'm right here!" Said Matter. 

"I know. Now c'mon let's get you a juice box, bud." Said Slinky. 

"Hm. I don't think so, old friend. It's a shame you couldn't even tell the difference." Said Matter. 

Everyone turned and looked at Matter. 

"What did you say?" Asked Theo. 

"Hehehehe. Hahahahaha!" Matter cackled. 

"Can someone explain what's going on?!" Fawth butted in. 

"Shush!" Said Maeda. 

"Let's see. It would seem that I'm outnumbered. I'm sure that's what you are all thinking but I can say for certain that you're wrong. In exactly fifteen minutes and forty-five seconds, I will have all the help I will need to stop you all." Said Evil Matter.

Down at the Hero Society, Jeff was sitting at his desk twiddling his thumbs. 

"Sir. Is there anything I can do?" Asked Rhys. 

"Ah, yes. Perhaps you could contact Gen for me. Let her know that I'm going to visit Thorn and Hip." Jeff said. 

"Of course." Said Rhys. 

"Uh-huh. Ok, thanks Rhys." Said Gen as she put down her phone. 

"Maybe I'll go shopping for a while." Gen thought to herself. 

As Jeff walked into the cave he heard more voices than usual. He peeked around the corner and saw the gang facing an evil Laughing Matter. He thought for a moment and then jumped out in front. 

"Hwah! How unfortunate for you! I, Jeff, headmaster of the Hero Society, came at the perfect moment in these people's time of need. I shall boldly protect these peasants and stop you in the process. Behold! Parsley splash!" Said Jeff. 

He threw some Parsley at evil Matter but it just rolled off him. Evil Matter looked confused and couldn't muster a word. 

"Crap! I should've known you were immune to my most famous attack!" Jeff exclaimed. 

"Who's this guy and why is he chucking spices?" Asked Tekashi. 

"That's Jeff. He's a master detective and the leader of the Hero Society. Oops. I shouldn't have told you the second thing. Keep that close to the chest, alright?" Said Theo. 

"Um, Ok." Said Tekashi.

Evil Matter snapped out of confusion and looked at his wrist. 

He smirked and said "Finally. They are here. It's time for you all to meet your doom." 

Home Part III will continue in the series 'Thorn and Hip'.