Trouble in Oranos

Trouble in Oranos is the 31st Episode of the 3rd Season of the SpongeBob and Friends Adventures Chronicles series. In the AUU, Oranos has been the go-to prison planet for all criminals and super-criminals for centuries, and some of them from the Villains Act. Escapes are so rare that the Wardens of all prisons actually look forward to enjoying the misery of the criminal that fails effortlessly in an escape thanks to it's security and the planet's harsh cold climate. The Lodgers and the Heroes Act were just dropping off a recently-dethroned tyrant from the Gamma Universe named King Jall to Oranos until they heard that the particular prison they were sending him to was sabotaged. Thus they meet with Warden Croker, who insists that it was merely a prison riot that went wild and was quickly quelled, being expected from a prison with only laser cells. The entire prison's security system went haywire, so the prison was forced to resort to the emergency-neutronium cell barriers until the laser-cell system is repaired. Croker reluctantly decides to accept the help of the 'nosey' Shell Lodgers and Heroes Act about investigating this. Xandy feels suspicious on how unwilling Croker was at first about this until they discover from Croker's daughter, Warden-in-Training Chokera, reports that the military base near their prison was attacked, and the soldiers were turned into frozen solid corpses. The Lodgers find on the security cameras that it was attacked by tribal mantis-like ants with ice breath, but Croker insists that it was another holographic hoax set up by an Anti-Prison fanatics deciding to become extremists. The Soldiers were clearly attacked by a race of ice inspects, ant-mantis like in origin, in a near-tribe-like attire. That's almost hard for even the most talented anti-prison extremeists to come up with. The heroes knew that Croker was hiding something, and they end up accidentally discovering an underground colony of the same mantis-ant creatures that name themselves the 'Cryonoids', matriarchal creatures that had lived under the ice of Oranos before it was terraformed, with an entire caste system of workers sabotaging prisons, soldiers attacking bases with their ice breath and razor-sharp claws, gatherers used a special gas to brainwash those who survived an attack into mindless slaves, and shamans/charwomen replenished the soldiers' and gatherers' abilities. They are captured and brought up to the Matriarch, Matriarch Nigerian, and she reveals that they are attacking because the prisons' violent prisoners are making their agricultural system difficult since their food's growing source, a nectar-filled plant sac called the Feeding Egg, was cursed by an anti-war charwoman who wanted to prevent a terrible war, made the plant into reacting badly to violence and sin. Since prisons mean violence and sin, the Egg is having trouble growing the Cryonoids' food, and if it doesn't get replenished, it will explode and cause the Cryonoids to die of starvation. Thus Nigerian has been forced to have her subjects try and scare the prison system off the planet to save the Egg by any means necessary, and is making the united tribes go through this because, while she has no compassion for the prisoners for being violent and sinful, she wants to force the settlers to leave through breaking their systems and even harming their forces until this gets noticed by what she calls 'The Ruling Outsiders', which is the AUU Grand Council, to close down the prisons and build them somewhere else. When the Heroes go to Croker, he locks them up and reveals that he doesn't want Oranos' prisons closed down since there is no other place to rebuild them, and he'll even have the Cryonoids killed if it means the prisons survival. Little do they know that Chokera has been secretly installing AFT systems for all prisons on Oranos, that way they can fly and decrease the pressure the Feeding Egg has been taking, and allow the Cryonoids to survive. The Lodgers soon have a debate about which side they should be on: the Cryonoids or the Prisons. If they choose the Cryonoids, they risk prisoners escaping (Still unaware of Chokera's plan), and if they choose the Prisons, the Cryonoids die. So the Lodgers and the Heroes Act will need the assistance of Chokera, and the general of the Cryonoid soldiers, Prince Maglus, to stop Croker from making things worse on Oranos.

Chapter 1: Planet Oranos
Outskirts of Equestia's edge. Planetary Space Cutaway Present Lodger Van Oranos
 * Sopony in her outfit is seen on the run, as omnimous creatures are heard following her.
 * Sopony: "Whatever you are doing Lougers, I hope your trip doesn't take long."
 * Xandy: (A Heroes Act dropship and the Shell Lodger Van is seen driving off towards the planet known as Oranos, carrying a Blue Heron-like bird in a royal outfit inside it's compartment cell)... Well, King Jall, it seems that your cruel tyrannical dictatorship has FINALLY come to an end.
 * King Jall: "..... How could I possabily failed? I, had everything! The best geniuses created my defences. I had the strongest Va Starbots in my disposeal from my Benufactor days. I had control of the findest wizards in the world. I kept myself obscured from the socialist Grand Council. I had the strongests warriors on my side! I listened to the peoples demands just to keep rebelions from rising! I, I don't know what went wrong! I had a tight-knit rulership! I kept all my enemies close! How could it all unraviled like this? Who's respondsable for exposing and ruining everything? You heroes weren't even an issue until you came from nowhere and just arrested me on the spot?! Who done this to me?"
 * Vancer: Look, dude, you've been taxing people out of house and home with no TRUE concern for their well-being. Not even the nicest of acts can make up for that. Why SHOULDN'T the people call and report you?
 * King Jall: BECAUSE I WASN'T ALL BAD, WAS I?!? I made up for it by giving them nice condos in the hills!
 * Miami: You were a benefactor for the Villains Act, and had an entire armada of Starbots in the catacombs of your castle. Do you HONESTLY think that your Blue-eye royal guards can hide that from US? Does that qualify as 'not all bad'?
 * King Jall: Look, I was only a benufactor to earn protection, I otherwise had NO love with that conquest nonsense they were doing!? And after all things I did for them to at least make them live in content with putting up with a no-nonsense ruler like me, they just turn on me like that? Maybe I wasn't exactly perfect, but at least I wasn't a warmonger or steriotypical "Tyrant", I at least put that money to good use and gave Condos to everyone!
 * Clifton: Look, pal, YOU betrayed THEM! And those nice things weren't exactly out of remorse, but just an anti-rebelion measure. And maybe you weren't a completely traditional tyrant, but your still a waste of political space. They did the right thing by telling us. You simply cannot be forgiven for your crimes, and must pay the price for it. I'm sure your brother would agree, too.
 * King Jall: YOU LEAVE MY BROTHER OUT OF THIS, OR SO HELP ME, I WILL-
 * Clifton: What? Execute me? You can't tell anybody what to do anymore. Taxation without representation is a crime punishable by life imprisonment.
 * Nanobyte: Yeah, so you'd better quit your whining. And don't bother trying your hardest to escape, Oranos has been this UUniverses' BEST prison since the Exo-Wars.
 * King Jall: Oh, alcourse, that frozen iceball of a planet. What a good place of misery for prisoners to be. I hear that place has been getting corrupt and cruel since that jerkoff Naroudan took over.
 * Miami: Watch what you say, Jall. Croker may be a bad influence on prisoners, but he at least has a daughter that treats prisoners right and has the guts to stand up to her own father.
 * King Jall: Honestly, all this because of a few taxes here and there? Honestly, ever since that Foulcheese debacle, you people have no respect to iron-fisted rulers anymore! And I least I didn't left those people in poverty longer then a few moments, I gave them into condos for petan's sake?! Ok, maybe my methods are abit offy, but at least I wasn't a socialist?! That money was used to make my people's millaterry stronger in defensive terms, and my socialist brother is gonna end up ruining it for them!? IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE AN OUTSIDE FORCE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HIS IDIOTIC BEHAVIOR AND- (Clifton presses a button and the cell shuts in metal lockdown, blocking out his dialogue)
 * Clifton:... Sheesh, villains these days are annoying when we transport them like this.
 * Aurlena: Tell me about it. I remember this Gryban punkster thug named Syvar Alloy who worked for a VA criminal syndicate as an engineer, and not only was he good at marksmanship, but he was annoying as hell! I can still hear him right now...
 * Alloy: (Appears as a lion-like squirrel in a punkster appearance and all the Heroes Act heroes were seen with twitching eyes) Hey, Lame-oes Act! Your Hydrocabiais friend must have a bit of a bad-side to her since she nearly doomed these worlds for peace. (Chuckles) Better watch out, she could be evil out of nowhere. (Laughs) And what's up with the ninja lady always wearing a mask? Just cuz' she's a ninja it doesn't mean she HAS to wear it all the time. Is she too afraid that someone will go 'DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN' at the sight of her pretty face? Huh? (Chuckles) And what about that dame with the big hands? I bet she picks up guys wherever and whenever she likes with them. In fact, how does she use datapads, or computers for that matter? (Laughs) Oh, and don't get me started on how I think that insects look UGLY when they're much bigger-
 * Xandy: SHADDAP, SHADDAP, SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAP!!!
 * Alloy: Oooooh, I think she's going bad-side now! Someone call the Grand Council! (Laughs until Xandy locked-down his cell)...Yep, if there's one thing I like to do, it's annoy heroes.
 * Xandy: YEAH, he was so annoying, he almost made me rip my hair out.
 * Magnum: Not to worry, that's why we installed the sound-proof barrier so nothing can be heard in or out of the cell.
 * Telthona: Well, I guess calling the Lodgers to help really did things for us. That Starbot armada was too big for even us to handle. I'm telling you, you need a lot more heroes than us.
 * Nanobyte: Yeah, it's a miracle I survived that mission without being squashed by anyone.
 * ???: (On communications) This is Dodo, how's transporting Jall doing?
 * Magnum: (On communications) This is Magnum, it was a rough start and Jall seemed to put up a big fuss, but luckily he won't be a problem as soon as we drop him off.
 * Vancer: (Takes the communicator) Yeah. You might say we're sending him straight... To 'Jall'! (A rimshot was heard as Vancer laughed as almost everyone was unamused with the exception of Xandy and Hudson)...
 * (Vancer): (He continued his laughter for a while)... Ahem. Anyway, he's fine.
 * Mr. Dodo: Jolly good. Be sure he's well-restrained as soon as we touchdown on this place. And be sure your reptile friends are kept warm because our computer says this place can go about -89 °C, just like with a certain frozen continent we recognize in our worlds. We all know how a temperature like that can sneak up on you.
 * (Magnum): We've handled operations on snowy planets before, and we pack certain equipment for these kinds of situations. Trust me, we'll be fine.
 * Private: And... Uh... What prison did you say we had to bring Jall?
 * (Magnum): The Croker Penal Colony, the most prominent prison on the planet.
 * Mushu:... And you're sure it's a good idea to bring him there since we've heard before that Croker is a bit... Mean... To the prisoners?
 * (Magnum): Well, again, his daughter makes up for the cruelty of her father. But remember, we need to tread carefully when flying to the prison because it's security systems are really nasty, especially since Chokera was kidnapped.
 * Icky: "Oh, your just exaggerating. They can't be that bad-" (They suddenly stop as they approach a satellite, which scans the two ships, recognizing the Heroes Act dropship, yet not recognizing the Shell Lodge Van)
 * Computer Voice: Warning! Warning! Unidentified ship detected. (Several large gray-and-red robotic drones came out and pointed their weapons at the van)
 * Max Cat: (Hacks hairball) Oh, geez, (Coughs), I hair-balled myself.
 * Donkey: Oh, that is NASTY!
 * Dodo: Not as nasty as THOSE robots that want to shoot us down!
 * Xandy: Don't worry, Lodgers, we'll negotiate with them. (Turns on communications) This is the Heroes Act dropship, do not open fire! These are friends! I repeat, these are friends that had helped us bring in King Jall!
 * ???: Those weren't the same when you repeated them--(A slap was heard) OW!
 * ???: Don't mind him. This is just a precaution. Ever since the kidnapping of Warden-in-Training Chokera, we've deployed several top-notch Desolator Space Drones to eliminate any intruders.
 * Zosimo: And WOW, I never thought I'd see one of them. They're pretty damn good at combat.
 * Nanobyte: Oy, Zosimo, we don't need another one of your enthusiasm on war machines. They get old pretty fast.
 * (Mr. Dodo): Anyway, Xandy is right. We are the Shell Lodge Squad, here to assist in the confinement of King Jall.
 * ???:...Very well, then. Proceed. (The Desolators return back to the satellite, and the ships descend towards the planet)
 * Icky: "...... SERIOUSLY!? FIRST THE SUPERIORS WON'T TELL US ABOUT THEIR SECRETS, NOW THE ALTERNATES SIC THEIR ROBOTS ON US FOR NOT REKINDISING OUR ICONIC SHIP!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE MORONS!?"
 * Gilda: "Chill Icks, they OBVIOUSLY didn't program the things to rekindise us on account that we don't visit here too frequintly."
 * Icky: "BUT STILL!? YOU THINK THING PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE APPREISATIVE WE STOPPED AN UBER-NASTY VILLAIN EMPIRE?! SERIOUSLY BROS AND SISTERS!? UGHHHHHHHHA!?"
 * Lord Shen: "Prehistoric One, I am ordering you to cool down or I will ask Boss Wolf to take you to the anti-anger chamber again!?"
 * Icky: You mean the adult version of a time-out?
 * Lord Shen: Yeah, that! You know what that thing can do....And so do I, sadly.
 * Icky: Yeah, hurts doesn't it? It pumps you up with psychoactive gases that make you feel happy and crazy!
 * Kowalski: I'm amazed it actually works.
 * Icky: Yeah, sure. I mean, sure I was left with nightmares for a while, but it relatively doesn't change a guy, right?...(His eye twitches)
 * Lord Shen: Right. So you'd better stop whining, or you'll have to go through worse pain than by sitting all the way through watching the Felix the Cat Movie... AND The Magic Voyage. Though the Producer doesn't see it as truely bad since he grew up with the movie, it just didn't really aged well these days.
 * Icky: Okay, you've made your point! (The two ships head down to the planet
 * Dodger: (The two ships look out the window to see a snowy wasteland similar to Antarctica, and several small cruisers carrying specially-suited troops were seen cruising by)... So, THIS is Oranos, huh?
 * (Xandy): Yep. The perfect place for a prison planet. It's cold and harsh, and no person would make it through this cold alive, making it difficult for prisoners to get off alive. Those who collapse in the cold are sent to healing tanks and recovered, and thrown back into their cells. I mean, sure, there's the issue with those that adapt to cooler climates, but luckly, we thought ahead and have many well-armed protols and cold-proof robots just for them.
 * Sparx: Clever.
 * Trixie: "But seemingly inhumane, even onto the scum of socity."
 * Icky: "That's because we're used to over-the-top punishments to demons. Mortal villains here were the ones who gave the worse shit to these people awhile back, what did you expect?"
 * (Aurlena): But as you can tell from the disappearance of 4 prisoners, it's not impossible to escape, but only 95% of the prisoners here aren't lucky enough to make it. I think King Jall will never be bothersome anymore in a place like this.
 * (Magnum): And we appear to be heading straight for the Croker Penal Colony. It's straight ahead. (They fly towards a large foundation, but they find that it's a near wreck.) WHAT THE?!
 * Spongebob: "..... Uh, aren't these prisons SUPPOSE to not be a complete wreck?"
 * Miami:...Oh, boy, I have a very bad feeling about this.
 * The Ships land and the Lodgers and HA Heroes came out.
 * Cloakblade: What the deuce happened here?!? (They see ice crystals all over the place)
 * Magnum: Hmm...looks like this place was attacked by an ice supervillain.
 * Zosimo:...I hope it wasn't Iscanda Dollgux, she's proven to be too formidable with her ancestor's line of freeze-based weapons.
 * Magnum: No...I sense something different. I'm sensing that this was not the work of someone as formidable as that white furry chiller. It's got to be something different. In fact, even Iscanda couldn't do attacks at THIS kind of degree. (They suddenly approach a trooper who was frozen solid while wielding an assault rifle)...
 * Private: (Faints)
 * Po: Whoa!
 * Crane: Well, that's spooky!
 * Spyro:...Hmm...perhaps this guy is still alive. Maybe he knows what happened. (Softly breathes fire on him as it melts away the ice, freeing him as he slumped to the ground moaning)
 * White Rabbit:...Uh, sir, are you okay? What happened here--
 * Trooper: I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE RECON SYSTEM FOR A WEEK, AND ALREADY I AM FREAKED OUT BY WHAT I JUST SAW!!! BUGS EVERYWHERE!! SNOWY-WHITE BUGS WITH THEIR ICY BREATH AND THEIR SHARP CLAWS!!! THIS DEFINITELY WASN'T IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION!!!
 * Tigress: Bugs? What do you mean bugs?
 * Trooper: Bugs attacked this place! Nasty creatures! At first, I thought it was that crazy bimbo Iscanda trying to freeze her way to freedom, and then...I saw one face-to-face! It was HUGE!! And it vomited it's freezing breath at me right as I tried to fire at it! It was horrible!! HORRIBLE!!!
 * Icky: "..... Don't ya hate it when a simple transport of a clished tyrant turns into "Attack of the Elemental Bug people" adventures?"
 * Iago: "TELL ME ABOUT IT!? Last time we were taking a dictator to a prison planet, we had to deal with Fire-breathing Crocadiles!"
 * Icky: "Or when we were transporting a dark queen and had to deal with Lightning Snakes."
 * Lord Shen: "DON'T, EVEN GET ME STARTED ABOUT WHEN WE TRANSPORTED A CORRUPT PRESIDENT TO A PLANET THAT SUFFERED FROM LAZER SHOOTING LAND SHARKS!?"
 * The Heroes Act stared surprised and confused at the Lougers.
 * Xandy: "..... Wow, you guys are no strangers to this sort've thing."
 * Icky: "If you thought your universe was crazy, HA?! Take a walk in our universe then we talk about it?!"
 * Magnum: "Well, in reference that we once came to celebrate your version of Kraanmas last year while it suffered both a curse of grouchiness and an attack by a wind immortal, I'll have to take your word for it."
 * Sparx: Yeah. And FYI, our 'Kraanmas' is called 'Christmas', after a guy named Je--
 * Lord Shen: Let's not talk about holidays right now. We've had about enough of those for a while since we've spent Halloween doing crap. I took Kairi and her family to Marenia's first Halloween, Fluttershy had her first chance to show her scary stuff, three of you got to deal with a House of Wax parody and had to be rescued by the North Wind, and B.O.B stuffed his face with candy. I'm just glad we quickly got rid of the candy from Gobstopper that Icky took and gave them to the kiddies who'd enjoy them the most.
 * SpongeBob:...Say, do you guys have a Halloween-themed holiday to celebrate?
 * Xandy: That depends, what's Halloween?
 * SpongeBob: A holiday where everything is horror-themed, and at the end of the month kids go around in costumes and ask for candy.
 * Xandy: Oh, yes, a horror-themed holiday. We call it Grim Night. We celebrated it on Planet Istouto this year, because I thought we'd spend it acknowledging a special kind of urban legend called...THE PIXXART! I hated the stories about that creature as a kid. It was said to be a supernatural abomination that haunted virtual reality, turning it into reality, making death easy for you. And so as a 6-year-old, I used to fear being in a virtual environment until I learned at age 10 that it was just an urban legend which was said to originate from a glitch in the virtual systems. It's how I was able to get over other urban legends like with the Hydroabiais Forbidden Zone back on Carbungia.
 * Zosimo: I liked the legends about the Pixxart even as a kid. I watched all the movies centered around it, and I'll DEFINITELY look forward to the rumors of another one coming soon.
 * Kowalski: A creature that warps virtual reality?...WOW, you Alternate UUniversals have incredible stories to tell. I can't wait to tell a story like that to other geniuses next Halloween.
 * Lord Shen: Look, if we're done with holidays here, we'd like to move on and talk to Warden Croker. He's sure to know what did this.