Friday, April 14, 2006

SUPER ACTION DOUBLE LENGTH WEBISODE HAPPY FUN TIME!!

Episode #158 Chapter 14, part 14 Reunion part 13 --The Athena-- --Level 3-- Justin: (steps out of the assault bolt, clips a small headset to his ear) What’ve we got, Jim? Jim: Everything’s in lock-down. The whole ship’s been alerted and all the doors are shut tight. But we can easily fix that. All of a sudden, the doors to all the rooms and corridors open up. Justin: You’re a genius, James. Jim: I can’t unlock the way to the Zilders’ room. The security codes are triple encrypted. It’ll take forever. Justin: We ain’t got forever. Jim: Maybe you can unlock it from the security room. Justin: Where’s that? Jim: Level 5. Two levels up. Justin: On it! Justin runs to the end of the hall, around a corner, and makes his way to the elevator. He’s about five feet away from it when the doors open and several armed crewmen step out. Justin: Slag! (quickly runs the other way) Crewman: There he is! Open fire! Justin: (hides behind the corner just in time as a swarm of bullets hit the opposite wall, takes his pistol out of the holster) Gumdrop: (pops his head out of Justin’s pocket) You know how to use one of those? Justin: How hard can it be? Justin quickly leans around the corner and fires three shots. Then three men drop to the floor screaming in pain. All of them shot through either the leg or the shoulder. Gumdrop: 0.0 Wow. Justin: (smugly) And you thought I only used blades. Still that doesn’t even the odds enough. (unclips something from his belt and tosses it into the hall) The men watch the object as it bounces towards them. In an instant, the whole corridor fills with smoke. The sound of all the men coughing is quickly followed by the sound of punches, kicks, and bodies hitting the floor. As the smoke clears, all the crewmen are down and Justin stands over them. Gumdrop: Side effects may include watery eyes, dry scratchy throat, and WE JUST KICKED YOUR BUTTS! Justin: Jim, lock down all the doors except for the ones that’ll lead me directly to the security room. I want to have as little distractions as possible. Jim: You got it. Justin: (steps into the elevator, presses a button) Going up. --Adrien’s Chamber-- Aisha: (lunges at Adrien) RAAAAR! Aisha lets loose an onslaught of slashes, swipes, and kicks at Adrien. All of which he blocks or dodges. She spin kicks straight for his head, but suddenly Adrien vanishes. Aisha: Nya? Where’d he... Adrien: (behind her) Right here. (pushes her into the wall) Aisha: Oof! Adrien: (gets in a fighting stance, beckons her with his hand and an arrogant smile) C’mon. Let’s have some fun. Aisha charges at Adrien and the two fight like characters in a Capcom game. Each exchanging punches, kicks, sweeps, and blocks. --Level 5-- More crewmen are waiting in front of the elevator, guns drawn. “ding!” Crewman: Get ready. The elevator doors open up and the men cock their guns....... but there’s nothing there. The elevator is empty. Crewman: Huh? ???: Ahem! All the men look down. Gumdrop: (singing) “Mai-ya hee! Mai-ya hoo! Mai-ya haa! Mai-ya ha ha!” Crewman: What the hell... “WH-POW!” A pair of size 12 feet swing out from the elevator ceiling and hit the man in the face, sending him and all the other men down like bowling pins. Justin: (lands on his feet) ‘Sup? One of the men gets up. But before he can raise his weapon, Justin spin kicks him and sends him flying into a broom closet. Justin: Huh? (sees a broom handle fall out of the closet) Hmm. (notices that the other men are starting to get up, picks up the broom, to the man in the closet) Mind if I borrow this? Thanks. (breaks the sweeper off the broom) “crack!” Justin: Let’s dance. Using the broom handle as a bo staff, Justin twirls and thrusts his new weapon and proceeds to mop the floor with the crewmen. Pun intended. Cracking skulls, knee-caps, and just generally beating the ever-loving-crap out of them. Justin: HIYAA! HWAA! YAA! --The Outlaw Star-- Gene: What’s all that noise? Melfina: Is Artukei alright? Jim: Let me see if I can get a visual. (taps into the ship’s cameras and gets a picture on the Outlaw Star’s screen of Justin kicking ass with his staff. Justin: HAA! HIYAA! Gene: 0.0 Who the heck is that? Suzuka: It’s.... Artukei. Gene: No way. Just about an hour ago, I was talking bedside with a wimp. Where’d this guy come from? Soon, all the men are out cold and on the floor within thirty seconds. Gumdrop: (dancing) “Numa numa yay! Numa numa yay! Numa numa numa yay!” Justin: Gummy, come on! Gumdrop: Huh? Oh, right! (runs up and jumps in his pocket) Justin: The security room should be around here somewhere. --Adrien’s Chamber-- Aisha: (deals out a left cross) HAA! Adrien: (dodges and throws a right hook) Aisha: (blocks) How can he be this fast? It’s like he’s predicting my every move. YAA! (high kicks) Adrien: (grabs her leg) Give it up, girl. You can’t beat me. And neither can your foolish friends. Aisha: You know, I really can’t stand bastards like you. HIYAA! (kicks him in the chin with her other foot, causing him to let go, and backwards somersaults back onto her feet) Adrien: (holding his chin) You’ll pay for that. Aisha: How many times have a heard that one? So far, I haven’t seen anything worth selling! (beckons him) Adrien: You impudent little...! ???: (on the PA) Um, hello? Testing 1 2 3. Adrien: What? Aisha: Is that...? Gumdrop: (like a robot) How are you gentlemen? All your base are belong to us. Adrien: What the hell!?! Gumdrop: You have no chance to survive. Make your time. Ha ha ha! Aisha: (smiling weakly) Heh heh. Adrien: (glances at Aisha) You think they’re doing well, don’t you? You really think they have the upper hand? (smiles sadistically) Trust me. These little victories are meaningless. Their time is quickly running out. Aisha: Shut the hell up!! YAAAAAAA!! (her clothes rip off her body and she transforms into her full beast form) Grrrrrrrr! Adrien: What in the world!? Aisha: (leaps at Adrien) RAAR!! --Security Room-- There’s an unconscious guard propped against the wall. Justin’s sitting at the computer terminal and Gumdrop is standing on the console next to a mike. Gumdrop: Sweet! I’ve always wanted to do that! Justin: (staring at the screen) Just as I thought. That tower in the Zilders’ chamber is offsetting their powers. Jim: But its computer isn’t hooked up to the rest of the ship. It’ll have to be shut down manually. Justin: Like I can get to it. Just like you said, it’s all triple encrypted garble. I need Adrien’s passcode in order to unlock the corridor. Jim: There has to be some other way in there. Justin: (looks at a layout of the ship) Hmmm. (looks around the room and notices a small vent) .... Jim, pull up a layout of the Athena’s duct system. See if they connect this room to the Zilders. Jim: .... Yes! They’re all connected! But.... the duct is only eight by twelve inches. How are you going to get in there? Justin: I’m not. (looks over at Gumdrop) Gumdrop: .... what? Justin: (bends down and removes the grate from the duct) Jim, I’m going to hand you over to Gumdrop. Guide him through the duct system. Jim: Uh.... OK. Justin: (unclips the headset and hands it to Gumdrop, then picks him up and puts him inside the duct) Listen to Jim, Gummy. Go where he tells you to and do whatever he says. This is no time to mess around. This is a matter of life and death. Gumdrop: (holding the headset, it’s too big to fit on his head) Hey... Justin... when have I ever let you down? Justin: (raises an eyebrow) Gumdrop: I mean when it’s life or death. Justin: .... (grins) Get going. We’re all counting on you now. Gumdrop: (salutes) Mission accepted. (runs off and starts singing the Mission Impossible theme) Justin: *sigh* Good luck, buddy. (looks back at the computer console) .... 0.0 *gasp* (sees the corner of a leather bound book under some papers) ... can’t be. (brushes the papers off) .... King James? Justin touches the corner of the book and it glows with a golden light. When the light fades, a golden cross is lying in it’s place. Justin picks up the golden cross and it morphs into a long, elegant, broadsword. Justin: Yes. Gumdrop: (wandering through the air-ducts) Jim: Now, the Zilders’ holding cells are one level up. You’re going to have to find a vent leading up. Gumdrop: OK. (looks around and sees one not far off, runs up to it and looks up) ..... um... this might be a problem. Jim: Can’t you climb up? Gumdrop: No fingers, dude. Jim: *sigh* Aw, man. Gumdrop: Hey, we can do this. We just need to think. Now let’s see, what would MacGuiver do? (pulls out a piece of gum and starts crewing) Mmm... mmmm.... Jim: What are you doing? Gumdrop: Chewing gum I found in Justin’s pocket. Helps me think. Jim: *groan* It’s official. The rescue is a bust! Gumdrop: Mmmm..... Brainwave! (spits out the gum, puts it on both his front paws, loops his arm through the earclip of the headset and starts climbing the duct) I told you it helps me think! Justin: (running down the hall, King James in hand) The layout said that the Captain’s quarters are on the 9th level. If I can leave freeing the Zilders up to Jim and Gummy, I can free Aisha. (rounds a corner, and stops dead in his tracks) What the...!? The hallway is filled with giant robot sentry drones. They each stand at least seven feet high, have blasters mounted on their right arms, and look kind of like the robots from “Castle in the Sky”. Justin: You boys get lost on the way back to Cybertron? Without saying a word, the robots raise their weapons and aim at Justin. Justin: Looking for something worth fraggin’? (raises King James) Me too. Guess we both got lucky. (charges at the drones) HAAAAAAAAA!! --Adrien’s Chamber-- A white tiger-like beast has a bloodied and bruised Adrien pinned to the ground. Adrien: Uhn! Uhhh! Aisha: GRRRRR!! Adrien: UH! (kicks Aisha off) Aisha: (lands halfway across the room) ROOOOOOAAAAAAR!! Adrien: (gets up) That’s it. No more games. You want to take it up a notch, little lady? Fine! I’ll pull out all the stops! Aisha: (leaps towards Adrien) RAAAAR!! Adrien: (holds out his hand and Aisha stops in midair) Aisha: 0.0 !!! Before she can even think, Aisha is sent flying upwards and is slammed into the ceiling. Then, with breakneck speed, she’s sent plummeting back down and embeds herself in the floor. This agonizing cycle continues; getting flung up and down and crushed several more times by unseen hands. Finally she rests in her custom impression on the floor. Battered and exhausted, she slowly transforms back to her humanoid form. Aisha: uhhh.... (weakly raises her head) ... what are you? Adrien: Your future king. (presses the PA button) Lieutenant. LT: Yes sir. Adrien: It’s time to exterminate these pests. --The Zilders’ Cells-- Gumdrop: (pops off the duct’s grating) I’m in! Jim: Good! Now all you have to do is shut down the tower. Do that and we’re home free! --The Outlaw Star-- Gene: Hah! I can’t believe the furball did it! Jim: Once the Zilders are free, getting Aisha out of there will be a snap. “BOOM!!” Gene: What the hell was that!? Did something hit us? Suzuka: They shot at us! Melfina: But we shut down their weapons! Jim: (looks at his computer) Oh no! Why didn’t I see this before?! They have a secondary defense grid! Gene: What!? Gilliam: Gene! Gene, someone is hacking into me! I can’t... get...ermm... (shuts down) Gene: Gilliam! That’s it! I’m retracting the assault bolt! “WHRRRR... vooooooom...” Gene: The hell? The bolt won’t retract! Jim: Gene! That shot that they fired at us was a magnetic trap! The bolt’s bonded to the Athena! Gene: You mean we’re stuck!? Jim: -_- Basically, yeah. A giant cannon rotates and aims directly and the Outlaw Star. Gene: Aw crap! Fire missiles! Melfina: (looking at the starboard display screen) Weapon systems have been deactivated! Gene: No! No way am I going out like this! (starts trying to push away from the ship with the grappler arms) Jim: I don’t think that’s gonna help. (typing) I’m gonna disable the cannon. The cannon starts to charge up. Gene: Jim! Jim: Almost.... got it. The cannon is about to fire. Suzuka: ........ Melfina: ........ Jim: (typing and sweating) Gene: JIIIIIIIIIIM!!! --The Athena-- Justin: YAAA!! Justin continues to fend off the robots as he tries to get to the ninth level and save Aisha. Slicing up robotic limbs and torsos and deflecting laser blasts left and right, he turns the cybernetic army into scrap piles of titanium sushi. When suddenly... “RRRRRUUMMMBBLLLLLLEE!!!” Justin: Whoa! What the Heifong was that? (puts his hand to his ear) Jim, what’s.... frak! --The Zilders’ Cells-- Gumdrop: (at the base of the tower, standing on the computer’s console) OK Jimbo, what next? ........ Gumdrop: Hullo? (yelling into the mike) HELLOOOOO!?! ........ Gumdrop: Heck of a time to take a break, Jimmy. Now what do I do? (looks up at the tower) *sigh* Well... (jumps down and opens a panel on the side of the console) You know what they say. “Any problem can be solved if you take it apart from the inside.” (climbs inside) --The Combat Room-- Adrien: (steps inside a now fully operational combat room) Lieutenant, report! LT: Sir! The threat of the Outlaw Star... has been neutralized. Adrien: Good. What about the boy? LT: (brings up camera feed of Justin fighting the robots) One swordsman against thousands of drones. He’s good, but he won’t last long. Adrien: Excellent. No-one can stop me now. No man, no woman, no ship can stand in my way of ultimate glory! “beepbeepbeepbeepbeep!” Adrien: What is it now? Crewman: Captain, there’s an abnormality in the distortion tower. Adrien: What!? (looks at a screen showing feed from the Zilders’ cells, the light from the tower is flickering and the console at its base is starting to smoke) What’s going on!? Gumdrop: (stumbles out of the computer, smoking slightly) *cough, cough* Fire in the hole! *cough, cough, cough* Wait, why am I even coughing? Adrien: What is that? Crewman: I don’t know sir. There’s no energy signature so it’s not a drone. It looks like an animal.... but it’s not generating any heat. Adrien: What in the galaxy? Crewman: Sir! The computer’s overheating! It’s going into meltdown! Adrien: WHAT!?! NO!! The computer terminal explodes and the tower’s light fades out. Gumdrop: (staring at the flaming pile of scrap) .... wow. Do NOT go in there. Woo! The Zilders stir and start to become more alive. Their antennae perk up and start hovering in their cells. Soon several of them teleport out of their cages and into the room and fly around, squealing with joy. Gumdrop: (watching all the Zilders fly around) Cool. WHAA! (suddenly something picks him up and holds him tight) Ozz: Eeeeee! ^.^ Gumdrop: Ozz! ‘Sup ferret? Ozz: For once, I’m glad to hear him call me that. Oh, if only you could hear our voices Gumdrop! My brothers and sisters and I are eternally thankful! And I’m Justin will... Justin! Justin: (still battling the drones) Haa! *pant* Yaa! *pant* There’s too many of them. I can’t keep this up forever. I hope Gumdrop... “JUSTIN!!” Justin: 0.0 ..... ozz? “FLASH!” Ozz: (appears above all the robots) Justin: .... OZZ!! Ozz: I hope I’m not crashing a party. Justin: Crash away, pal! Ozz: (floats down between Justin and the robots and, like a hurricane, shoves them away from Justin, making them careen down the hallway in all directions, turns toward Justin) Didn’t seem like your crowd anyway. Justin: (almost crying) Damn, it’s good to hear your voice again, buddy. (goes to hug him) Ozz: (stops him) There will be plenty of time for that later. (grabs his hand) C’mon! (teleports them to the Zilders’ chamber) Justin: (looks up and sees all the Zilders free, smiles brightly) He did it. Gumdrop... “WOO!!” Gumdrop: (riding on the back of a Zilder) This is better then “Adrenaland”! Woo hoo!! Justin: Wayta go, you little twerp! I knew you could do it! (sees the headset on the floor, picks it up) Jim! Jim, we did it! Are you there?..... Jim? (nothing but static) .... that rumble. It must’ve been..... (clenches his fist, throws the headset down) NO! The Zilders stop flying and look at Justin. Justin: (holding his head) Why did I have to be so self-righteous? Why did I insist on going alone? Ozz: (pats his shoulder) Don’t think about it. There’s still much we have to do. Justin: ..... Right. I’m gonna make Polluck pay for what he’s done. Ozz: We all are. Justin: Is this all of them? Ozz: (nods) Most of them. Justin: Most? Ozz: ..... There was one. He tried to stop them by destroying one of the ship’s engines. I haven’t sensed him since. Justin: Funny you should mention that, because that’s exactly... “blip! blip! blip!” Justin: Huh? (looks up and sees that some of the Zilders are teleporting out) Where are they going? Ozz: They’re free again. They’re going back home to Zild before this gets any worse. Justin: What? No! They can’t! Ozz, call them back! Ozz: What? Justin: We need them! Stop them from leaving! Ozz: (nods, flies up) Uh... everyone stop! Listen to me! The Zilders all stop and look at Ozz. Ozz: Don’t run away! We have to stay! We have to fight! The other Zilders start to talk amongst themselves. Ozz: I know. I know. It’s not our way. But until this day, we’ve never had a reason to fight. We’ve never had an enemy such as this. One that threatens our lives, our home, our friends, our future! And the atrocities committed against us... warrant retaliation! For our families! For our future! For the memory of our fallen! For the honor of our race! I will fight. What of the rest of you? The other Zilders look at eachother. Ozz: Yes. Stay and you might die. Go home and you shall live. But if we leave things as they are..... I’ll be damned... Justin: 0.0 Ozz: ...if I let these actions go unpunished... and not stand up for my brothers and sisters. (flies down next to Justin) I will fight... to the end. What say the rest of you? The Zilders look at themselves for a moment. Then one by one, they float down and gather in front of Ozz and Justin. Gumdrop: ..... OK. What just happened here? Ozz: (turns to Justin) We’re in. What’s your plan? Justin: (grins) It’s simple really. (takes a can of soda out of his pouch, opens it) Take a hit... pass it down. (hands it to a nearby Zilder) Zilder: (sniffs it) Zzz?

Comments (0)