"Hahahaha! With Sam out of the way, it's finally my chance to shine as a main character!" Narancia cackled, gleefully tapdancing as any italian should. "And it must stay that way forever." Narancia resolved that there was no way he was going back to being a secondary NPC ever again. The heroes couldn't be allowed to find that pocket-watch. "Unfortunately, it looks like we're stuck in hell for the time being. Guess it sucks to be us."
"Guess again!" Livingness the Youth declared, appearing in a puff of flames in front of the villainous group.
"Wait, what? Didn't you go with your cousin, the lead singers of My Chemical Romance and Green Day and the zombified greatest swordsman to ever live on a quest to do exactly what we're doing now?" Xandus asked, confused.
"Haha, lol no. That never happened."
"I swear it did."
"Yeah, well, you know what, we got bored. I mean, there's more to life than revenge, you know? Also, an infinite distance is an awfully long way to travel, especially when you forget your stash, so..." Livingness composed himself. "Anyway, yeah. I'll teleport you villains to the surface, but from there on out you'll have to find your own way to the end of the universe."
"Oh, so it's kind of like that movie?"
"Yep, exactly like that movie. It's for that reason I opt we call this series of events
The Cannonball Run arc
."
"Oh, right. See, I was thinking of Rat Race..."
"Oh, that's the one with Rowan Atkinson in it? Man, I loved that film! The thing is,
The Rat Race arc
doesn't sound quite as punchy or exciting, so... Anyway, good luck destroying the soul of my nemesis. Off you go then!" And with that, Livingness waved his hands and Maddawg, Xandus, Sho, Grimm, Narancia and the rest of the gang found themselves on the surface of Planet Eris once again.
"'Kay, so, onwards to adventure!" Sho declared.