MONSTER BUSTER CLUB

Season 3 Episode 6

Bugs Attack

Chapter 1

(Danny POV)

"And so," said Principal Rollins via the radio broadcast. "I'll be on my day off. Your temporary commander officer is …"

"Cathy," said Cathy. "Please be Cathy."

Cathy knelt down and pressed her hand against the other. Then she looked up and closed her eyes.

"Wow, Cathy's a real prayer," I joked. Chris and Sam giggled.

'Even though I knew her for a long time,' I thought. 'She's still a Rhapsodian. That's absolutely not a normal human would do.'

"Mark!" Principal Rollins finished off the sentence.

Somehow, I could feel the disappointment in Cathy's heart. Sometimes she's just too optimistic. A little failure would bring her into deep emotion. But still, that's a personality in her I've always liked.

"Oh, why didn't she choose me?" asked Cathy.

"You know," I said. "A human school needs a human principal." Chris laughed again.

"What?" exclaimed Cathy. "She knows that I'm not human?"

"No," said Sam. "It's just one of Danny's jokes."

Cathy looked at me. From her eyes, I could tell that she was a bit crossed. Perhaps it was the phrase 'I'm not human' that attracted the pupil's attention. They all stared at Cathy.

"Nothing's happening around here," Sam said quickly. "We're just rehearsing a play about … non-humans and …"

"Yeah," I interrupted her. "And don't forget to come and support the Danny!"

The crowds smiled and walked away.

I looked at Cathy and from her eyes I could see that she was a bit crossed with me.

"Why are you so happy?" asked Cathy. "I'm sure you don't want Mark as Principal as well."

"Of course I don't," I said. "But who cares? A Principal on vacation implies that we won't get detention in this period."

"What did I just hear?" asked a voice behind me.

I turned around and saw Mark.

"I'm the Principal now," he said. "So I'm warning you. I can give you detention whenever I want!"

"You wouldn't dare," I said firmly.

"Try me!" he shouted.

'It is pointless to argue with him,' I thought.

"Let's go guys," I said. "I don't talk to undisciplined Principals."

And so we walked out of the school.

As we went across the park, we saw some people screaming and running as if a terrible disaster had just occurred.

"What happened?" asked Cathy.

"I don't know," I replied. "Looks like an earthquake."

"What's an earthquake?" asked Cathy. "Oh … earth-quake. We only have Rhapsodiaquake."

"But I can't feel the ground shaking," said Chris.

"That's because it's not an earthquake," said Sam. "Look!"

The next moment hundreds of bugs flew quickly from our right to our left, almost touching us. I looked around and saw many groups of bugs flying around like mad. So that's what made the crowds panicked.

"I bet Earth bugs won't act like that," said Chris, taking out his a-scanner. "That's it. They're alien bugs all right."

"MBC, power up!" we shouted as we transformed into our MBC uniform.

One group of bugs flew right at Chris and knocked him over. Sam rushed to him and pulled him out of danger.

Cathy and I repeatedly fired my blaster but the bolts just went through the gaps between the tiny bugs. They were quick to react to the laser bolts. Very occasionally, one would get shot. But that amount was incomparable to the millions of alien bugs in the park.

Another group of bugs flew at Cathy but she quickly grabbed a tree branch and swung across the lawn. Then I saw another group trying to attack Chris, and I remembered that bugs were especially liked to suck his blood!

"Chris!" I shouted. "Get out of here! The bugs love you!"

"The bugs … What?" he said.

"Let's see how can you match with the Double-X," I said.

I fired my weapon and the beam shot through the air. The bugs positioned themselves in an arc surrounding the beam, and then they all flew towards me.

"Danny, watch out!" cried Cathy.

She fired a purple bubble, keeping the group of bugs inside. But I only had one second to run away before the bugs broke the bubble. Although I was a good athlete, I couldn't match with their speed. They knocked over me and I dropped my weapon. Chris fired his vacuvator but the beam caught nothing. I got up and saw three groups of bugs flying towards Chris. Cathy and Sam were dealing with another two groups.

"Run! Chris! Run!" I shouted.

(Chris POV)

I heard what Danny said but at that time I was surrounded by alien bugs. Where could I run?

Instead of running away, I fired my Double-X, hoping to gain some time for my retreat. But the group of bugs behind me pushed and knocked over me. Before they returned for a second attack, a purple bubble surrounded them and I saw Danny nearby with his trademark grin. I had no time to thank him so I just got up and ran away from danger.

But danger was not over yet. The group of bugs broke the purple bubble in less than a second and chased after me. I ran and hid under a long bench, but I forgot that the bugs had extraordinary strength before they lifted up the whole bench leaving me exposed. I got up quickly and ran to my teammates, who were firing at the bugs and giving me cover.

"This is not going to work," I said. "Our gadgets didn't have much use against them."

"And we're impossibly outnumbered!" cried Danny.

"In that case, let's retreat," said Sam.

"Where on Earth are we going to retreat to?" asked Cathy.

"The clubhouse, of course," said Sam. "Ready your guns and follow my lead."

"Are we going back by our pods?" I asked.

As soon as I said that, the bugs positioned themselves in a way blocking our path to the nearby entrances to the MBC tunnels.

"Great one, Chris!" exclaimed Danny. "I told you that the bugs love you. They're listening to every word you spoke."

"Is that a polite way to tell me to shut up?" I asked.

"Incoming!" cried Cathy.

A huge group of bugs flew right towards us as we dived to the side to avoid them.

"If we can't reach our pods," said Sam. "We'll have to go on foot."

"We'll never make it before the bugs do," said Danny.

"Why not call the MBV?" I asked.

I pressed a button on my v-com and after a few seconds the MBV came to us. I hopped into the driver seat while Danny controlled its machine gun. As soon as everyone was inside, I hit the acceleration button and the MBV went like the wind.

But danger was still not over yet. The bugs could fly so quickly that they could almost caught up with the MBV.

"Keep firing!" said Cathy.

"I'm trying!" said Danny. "But they're coming in too quickly and it's hard to aim at them."

"Can you drive faster, Chris?" asked Sam.

"I will try," I replied. "But it'll still need some time to accelerate."

When the MBV made it to full speed, the gap between us and the bugs finally grew larger and larger. It seemed that they've slowed down to catch their breath, but they're still tracking us.

"Woo!" cried Danny. "The bugs have given up, thanks to the Danny's excellent shooting ability."

"Well, you aren't the one driving," Sam and I said in unison.

Danny was surprised, so did Sam and I. Cathy clapped her hands and laughed.

"Woo!" she said. "I didn't know humans could do this."

'I couldn't believe it,' I thought. 'So Sam and I were thinking about the same thing at the same time. At least I found something we have in common. And that'll give me better chances …'

"Chris!" shouted Danny. "You've bypassed the clubhouse! Turn around!"

What was I thinking? I had lost my mind when I thought about Sam. I turned the vehicle around and saw the bugs accelerating towards us.

"Quickly!" cried Sam. "Into the garden!"

I did as Sam instructed as the MBV went into the garden.

"Hop out of it!" cried Sam.

We got out of our seats and rushed to the door of the clubhouse. The bugs were right behind us. Cathy fired her blaster to provide us some cover, but two groups of bugs were going to hit right on her.

"Cathy! Run!" shouted Danny.

Then Danny quickly grabbed her by the stomach and pulled her into the clubhouse. Sam closed the door before any bugs got in.

"Phew! That was close," said Sam.

"So what do we do now?" asked Danny.

"We'll just need to find out more about the bugs," I replied.

"Such as their weaknesses?" asked Danny.

"Exactly, if possible," I replied.

"How about the Rhapsodian insect repellent?" asked Cathy.

"That might work. Go and find it, Cathy," said Sam. "Meanwhile, we're going to …"

"The bugs were all over the MBV!" shouted Danny. "And on top of the clubhouse as well!"

"They couldn't do any damage to them," I said. "That's because …"

The computer suddenly beeped and I found that there was a transmission sent from the MBV. I viewed it and a large insect appeared on the screen.

"Cathy, we need an insect translator here," said Sam.

"Why do you need that?" asked the insect.

"You speak our language?" I asked.

"Of course I do," it said.

"What do you want on Earth?" asked Cathy.

"I'm the General of the largest insect army in the galaxy," it said. "And we're here to conquer Earth. If you cooperate I might let you live, but if you don't …"

"Not so fast!" shouted Danny. "You won't get pass the Danny!"

"Very well boy," it said. "If you want to fight, open the door and come out!"

"We won't fall into your trap," I said.

"Then maybe you can sit and wait till we destroyed the whole town!" it said. "I'll have my best soldiers guarding your clubhouse!"

The insect general ended the transmission. I switched to view the security cameras across Single Town.

"The general was right," said Cathy. "The bugs did cause damage to all over the town."

The bugs disturbed everyone they saw, knocked down trees and telephone poles and lifted up cars on the road.

"We've got to stop him before it's too late," said Danny.

"But how?" said Cathy. "We're stuck here."

We all sighed and continued to watch the security cameras.

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