MONSTER BUSTER CLUB

Season 3 Episode 4

Rhapsodian Hunt (Part 2)

Chapter 1

(Cathy POV)

When I woke up, I saw that I was stuck in a small green container. There was no doubt that Gluten had vacuvated me before bringing me to this strange room. I could see that Elton's and Grandpa's containers were put on a shelf opposite to mine. So Gluten had already captured Grandpa long ago! Then he transformed into Grandpa's shape and secretly went into the clubhouse.

The door opened and Gluten walked into the room, accompanied by two Pincher Bots. Then he inserted a device into the bottom of my container. The device was attached to a microphone.

"So," said Gluten. "Do you like this place?"

"Stupid question," I replied. "Think about it yourself!"

"Maybe I should change my question," he said. "Do you know where you are and why you are here?"

"I don't care," I replied. "Now let me go!"

"No so fast," he said calmly. "You're on my spaceship. Once we've arrived at the Rhapsodian labour market, I'll let you go under some circumstances."

"And what will that be?" I asked.

"You will work for someone else for the rest of your life!" he said.

"Never!" I shouted.

A Pincher Bot moved its arms in a strange away and Gluten looked at it.

"Two minutes until planned departure? Right," said Gluten. "Proceed. We'll be taking off in two minutes."

'That must be the way the Pincher Bots communicate,' I thought. 'By moving their arms around.'

"You heard it, Rhapsodian girl," said Gluten. "Enjoy your last two minutes on Earth. Your friends won't save you in time."

Gluten and the two Pincher Bots walked out of the room.

'Two minutes,' I thought. 'Danny could get me out of here in two minutes, if he wasn't stuck to the wall. Unfortunately, the same happened to Chris, Sam and John. That means nobody's coming for me! But how could I get out of this place on my own?'

At that time, I only hoped that someone was coming for me. I was sure that my teammates in the clubhouse could track down my position by using the tracking device in my v-com, but could they get here before the ship took off?

I counted as time slipped through my fingers. After one minute, nobody came. After two minutes, the door opened.

'Finally!' I thought.

But it was only Gluten coming in. He walked to the window and opened the curtains. I could see the outside and that the ship was slowly taking off and going through the clouds to the outer space!

Gluten then took Elton's container and walked away with an evil smile.

'Danny has saved me for a lot of times,' I thought. 'I owe him too much. I only wish that he could save me once more. But now I'll never see him again!'

Tears fell from my eyes as I sat down and cried.

"I love you, Danny," I whispered. "I hope you'll always remember me."

(Sam POV)

"Errr …" Danny cried as he struggled to get out of the sticky stuff.

"Calm down, Danny," I said. "You're just wasting your energy. There ought to be some better methods.""

"Calm down?" cried Danny. "Can't you hear what Gluten said? He's already captured Mr. Smith long ago, then the sent his Pincher Bots to catch Elton, and now he's got Cathy too!"

The hologram of the Galactic Commander appeared. He looked around and saw us stuck onto the wall.

"What is going on here?" he asked.

"We're in a bit of situation here, Commander," said Chris. "So it would be best if you could send some reinforcements here."

"The walls of the clubhouse are specially designed that they can be unstuck to anything inside the clubhouse," said the Commander. "Just hit the blue button below you, Chris."

Chris kicked hard on the button and the wall was instantly covered with a layer of energy shield. The sticky stuff got off from the wall and we fell onto the floor. Our hands were free and we quickly got rid of the tiny bits of sticky stuff left on our bodies. Chris rushed to the computer to track down Cathy's location.

"Oh no!" cried Chris. "Cathy's going to outer space!"

"Cathy is … what?" exclaimed Danny.

"I think Gluten took her on his ship and has just taken off," said Chris.

"Then we're never going to make it to her," said Danny.

"Commander," I said. "Can you intercept that ship?"

"I'm sorry," he replied. "But I've currently got no spare ship in my hangar. By the way, can you tell me what happened first?"

Chris and I explained to the Commander what happened from the capture of Elton to the current situation.

"Hey guys!" shouted John. "I've found something."

I ran to him to see that he was viewing the security cameras.

"There are still some Pincher Bots stationing in the power station," said John. "Maybe Gluten left something there so that the bots have to guard it."

"Right," I said. "So we'll go in there again and find out where Gluten is heading to."

"That won't be fast enough," said Danny. "Gluten's already leaving!"

"If only we could find a way to get Gluten back on Earth …" said Chris.

"That's it!" shouted Danny. "You're a genius, Chris!"

"What are you going to do?" I asked. "Are you going to imitate the Rhapsodian dance moves like Cathy and Mr. Smith did?"

Danny ran and searched his backpack. He took out something and held it in front of us. It was the Rhapsodian puzzle stick!

"Cathy mentioned that only Rhapsodians are able to solve this puzzle stick," said Danny. "As I've done it before, I'll probably remember how to do it again. So if …"

"If you can solve the puzzle stick outdoors," Chris interrupted him. "Gluten will probably think that you are a Rhapsodian and will come back to get you."

"Exactly," said Danny.

'If Chris didn't read his mind,' I thought. 'He must be really smart to think of something like that.'

"It's a risky plan," said John. "What if you get caught by Gluten?"

"No one can catch the Danny," said Danny.

Before Chris and I could say a word, Danny rushed out of the clubhouse with the puzzle stick so we followed him. After a few minutes, he solved it.

"I did it!" he shouted.

(Cathy POV)

Gluten opened the door and walked in.

"It looks like you have another Rhapsodian friend on Earth," he said. "But don't worry, we're going back to get him!"

'Another Rhapsodian on Earth?' I thought. 'Who could it be?'

I had no idea what Gluten was talking about, but I was really delighted and we were going back to Earth. I finally had a chance to escape!

(Danny POV)

Ten minutes passed but there was still no sign of Gluten's spaceship.

"I don't think the plan worked," said Chris.

"Be patient, Chris," said Sam. "Gluten will be coming …"

Sam wasn't able to finish that sentence when a huge clamp swung towards her and sent her flying across the lawn. She hit the wall of the clubhouse and fell onto the grass.

"Sam!" Chris shouted and dashed towards her. "She's unconscious!"

"Pincher Bots!" I shouted.

John and I took out our blasters and fired at the bots. Everything suddenly went dark and I looked up. A large spaceship was hovering in the sky and two of its doors opened. Three Pincher Bots flew out from one door and Gluten popped his head out from the other door.

"You are coming with me, Rhapsodian boy!" he shouted.

I knew he was referring to me and I jumped to avoid the sticky stuff coming out from his mouth. The three Pincher Bots were coming towards me. The rest of the bots, which I thought were the remaining bots from the power station, were also coming at full speed!

"John, could you …" I said.

I turned around to see that John was stuck to the wall of the clubhouse by some sticky stuff.

"Don't you touch my brother!" shouted Chris.

Chris fired his big gun and blasted a bot into pieces. He was covering for me while I ran to the spaceship. Gluten was holding a device that looked just like an a-scanner.

"Wait a minute," he said. "You're not Rhapsodian! I won't be fooled by your little trick. Start the engine! We're leaving!"

He was probably scanning my brain and saw that I was human. The door closed behind him and the ship was taking off. I ran to the other door and quickly jumped through it. I signaled Chris to come to me, but I only saw that a huge clamp picked him up before the door closed and the ship flew away.

'With all of these doors closed, it's impossible to get off from the ship and save Chris,' I thought. 'I'd better be looking for Cathy.'

(Chris POV)

The spaceship was flying away from Earth and Danny was all by himself. But we had a real situation outside the clubhouse. I couldn't free myself from the clamp of the Pincher Bot! I struggled hard as the other bots slowly came towards me.

I pressed a button on my v-com to call for the MBV. It arrived quickly and crushed several bots into pieces. But before I could control its guns to fire, the bot that was holding me pulled my v-com out of my wrist and dropped it onto the grass. I've now lost control of the MBV.

'So the advanced model of the Pincher Bot is smarter after all,' I thought.

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