Author's Note:
So I noticed from people abbreviating Virtual Boy as VB that the initials for Virtual Dude is VD... did not think that through. Anyway, last chapter Rigby damaged his eyes and needed glasses, but he hated them so much that he followed an unknown man who said he knew someone who could fix them. Seems legit. I don't own Regular Show or its characters, I'm not that creative.
Rigby followed the strange man down a series of alleyways until they reached a set of stairs that led to a steel door, "Right this way" the man said as he pushed open the door.
Rigby looked through the door and saw another set of stairs that led down into the basement, it was too dark for him to make anything else out. He took a deep breath and made his way down the steps, when he reached the bottom there was yet another door. The short man approached the door and pounded loudly on it. After a few seconds a slot in the door opened revealing a pair of tired eyes. Rigby's escort looked up at the man, "Found you a volunteer".
"Ah, very good Fritz" the man said before closing the slot. Then Rigby heard the sound of the door unlocking before it suddenly flung open. On the other side was a tall man with shaggy black hair wearing a white lab coat, "Come on in".
Rigby followed him through the door. Once he was inside he heard the door slam behind him, causing him to jump. Once he calmed himself he took a look at his surroundings. The room had a cement floor and stone walls, it was filled with strange machines and surgical supplies. As he stared at the décor he started to have second thoughts.
The man in the lab coat walked up to Rigby, "Let me introduce myself, I'm Dr. Shelley" he held out his hand.
Rigby looked up at his hand before shaking it, "Uh, Rigby".
"Pleased to meet you Rigby" He let go of his hand, "now what can I do for you?"
"Uhhhh" Rigby said awkwardly as he scratched the back of his neck, "I heard you could fix my eyes?"
Dr. Shelley clapped his hands together, "Eyes, I can do that. Absolutely". He place his hand on Rigby's shoulder and led him to a table, "Rigby, what if I told you I can not only fix your eyes, but make them better than before?"
Rigby stared up at him in disbelief, "Really… how?"
"With these" he grabbed a white cloth and pulled it off the table, revealing two round metal devices, "Optical implants".
"Whoaaa".
"Indeed" Shelley said before picking up one of the implants, "I'll replace your flawed eyes with these, and not only will you see perfectly, you'll also have an array of other amazing features".
"That's awesome" Rigby cheered, but his excited demeanor quickly faded, "Are there any risks?"
Dr. Shelley shook his head, "No, I could do this operation in my sleep".
Rigby rubbed his chin, he felt that this was too good to be true, "That guy said you'd do it for free. What's the catch?"
"No catch" Shelley said while waving his hand back and forth, "I've needed to test the implants out so you'll actually be doing me a favor".
Rigby grinned from ear to ear, he was excited to get his new eyes and not have to wear the glasses anymore, "Awesome, let do this".
Dr. Shelley nodded, "Great, now just come over here and lay down on the operating table". Rigby walked over to the table and laid down, Dr. Shelley then approached him and place his hands and feet into leather straps. He firmly tightened them before looking at Rigby, "Are those too tight?"
"No" Rigby said while Shelley moved a large machine over to the table and positioned it over his face, "Is this where you give me to anesthesia?"
Dr. Shelley walked over to the other side of the machine where a small control panel was located, he looked over at Rigby, "Anesthesia?". Shelley activated the machine and suddenly two metal claws appeared and began the process of removing Rigby's eyes. Rigby yelled in pain and the machine detached his eyes and started to connect the implants wiring to his optic nerves. The claws them inserted the mechanical eyes before retreating back into the machine. Dr. Shelley then deactivated the machine before walking over to Rigby, "And done, your new eyes should be sending information shortly".
A few seconds later Rigby's sight returned, and just like Shelley promised him everything seemed crystal clear, "Wow, I can… I can see. I can see perfectly".
"Excellent" Dr. Shelley said before walking back to the machine, he took Rigby's old eyes and placed them in a jar. He then walked over to Fritz and handed the jar to him, signaling him to take it somewhere. As Fritz ran off Shelley walked back to Rigby, "I'll give you a few minutes to get adjusted to your implants then I'll show you how to use to extra features".
Rigby continued to look around the room in amazement of his new and improved vision, "This. Is. Awesome. I can't wait to show Mordecai this".
Mordecai balanced himself on the ladder while he finished screwing in the new light bulb into the lamppost. When he finally finished he climbed back down, when his was back on the grass he wiped the sweat from his forehead. Then suddenly he heard a voice behind him.
"How's it going Mordecai?"
"Rigby, where have you been" Mordecai scoffed angrily as he started to turn around, "I've been changing these all by mysel… Ahhh". Mordecai yelled in shock when he finally noticed Rigby's eyes, they were a chrome color with a reddish glass lenses in the center, "What happened to your eyes?"
"Oh, my eyes?" Rigby said nonchalantly, "They weren't working for me so I got an upgrade, pretty sweet right?"
Mordecai threw his hands into the air, "No, they look creepy. And what do you mean 'upgrade'? What did you do?"
"Pff, what do you think I did. I got eye implants" Rigby said while rolling his metallic eyes.
"Are you nuts?" Mordecai yelled as he grabbed his head in shock of Rigby's stupidity, "You can't just remove your eyes and replace them, that's insane".
Rigby ignored Mordecai's concern and just shook his head, "Oh really? Is it insane that my vision is ten times better than before?"
"No, it's insane that you'd remove a part of your body".
Rigby walked up to Mordecai and started to pat him on the back, "You need to relax Mordecai. You should take a break, your core body temperature's kinda high".
His comment caused Mordecai to raise an eyebrow, "How could you possibly know that?"
"Oh, I didn't tell you? These bad boys got infrared" Rigby answered while pointing to his eyes, "Yeeeaaah-uhh".
Mordecai let out a loud defeated groan, "Fine, let's take a break".
Back at the coffee shop Eileen was cleaning off one of the tables when she heard the door open. Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed Mordecai and Rigby walk down the steps to their table so she hurried to finish the table, "Hey guys" she said as she turned towards them. "Are you going to get something this time Rigby?" she said jokingly before letting out a loud scream when she noticed Rigby's eyes. "Rigby, your eyes".
"I know, pretty cool right?" Rigby said, "I got robot eyes".
"Oh Rigby, I can't believe you'd do something so drastic" Eileen said with a worried tone in her voice.
"Just say stupid Eileen, you don't have to sugar coat it" Mordecai added.
Rigby glared at Mordecai, "There not stupid, these things are amazing. They got night vision, which is great because my night vision never fully developed so now I can see in the dark like the rest of my family".
Eileen simply shook her head as Rigby tried to defend his decision, "Rigby I know you didn't like your glasses but this seems a little extreme".
Rigby turned towards Eileen, "Look you guys can argue all you want, but you won't be able to convince me that getting these was a bad idea".
"Ok" Eileen said disheartened, "I'll get you guys your coffee then".
Eileen ran back to the counter and soon returned with two mugs of coffee, "Here you go" she said as she placed them on the table.
"Thanks" Mordecai said as he lifted up his cup and took a drink. His face cringed as he sipped from the cup, "Hey, I don't mean to be rude but this is a little on the cold side".
Eileen slapped her head against her forehead, "Oh no, I forgot to brew a new batch. That's been sitting there all day, I'll go brew a fresh batch real quick for you". She was about to turned to run back to the counter when she heard Rigby say something.
"No need, watch this. Bam!" suddenly red beams of light shot out of his eyes to Mordecai's mug. When he was done he threw his arms into the air, "Ah yeah, laser eyes".
Mordecai stared in disbelief at the now steaming cup of coffee in front of him, "You're kidding me".
The duo entered the house and made their way to the couch, "Dude, I'm so happy we finally got all those lights changed" Mordecai said as he flopped onto the couch.
Rigby sat down next to him, "Tell me about it, I thought it'd never end".
Mordecai grabbed the remote and turned the TV on and started to surf through the channels, and then suddenly they heard someone coming down the stairs. They looked back and saw Benson walking to the door carrying a box. "Hey Benson" Rigby said.
"Hey you two" Benson said without looking back, "Did you guys finish changing the light bulbs?"
"Yeah" Mordecai answered, "Every last one".
"Good, glad to hear that" Benson then continued to walk to the door.
"What's in the box" Rigby asked.
Benson stopped and looked over at him, "I'm not telling you guys".
"Ah, what" Rigby groaned, "Why?"
"Uh, because then you'd guys will start bugging me about keeping it so I decided it'd be better to not even tell you in the first place" Benson explained.
Rigby then focused on the box and used his new eyes to glimpse at its contents, "Dude, it's a neon Crimson Steer sign".
"What, you mean the energy drink that sponsors all those awesome stunts?" Mordecai asked.
Rigby looked back at Mordecai, "Yeah".
"What" Benson's blurted out in confusion, "How did you know?"
Rigby turned his sights to Benson and pointed to his eyes, "Oh, just a little thing called x-ray vision".
Benson leaned closer to get a better look at him, "What on Earth did you do to your eyes Rigby?"
"He got implants" Mordecai answered before Rigby could explain himself.
"Oh" Benson said before continuing his walk to the door, "Well anyway it doesn't matter, because I'm throwing this piece of junk away" he finished as he exited the house.
"Benson wait" Mordecai yelled as the two got up and ran out after him, "You can't just throw that away".
"Yeah, it would look so cool in our room" Rigby added, "Please let us have it".
"No" Benson answered while still looking forward, "The power cords starting to fray and it's a potential fire hazard, it has to go I'm sorry".
"Come on Benson" Mordecai pleaded.
"Guys, I'm sorry but my hands are tied" he replied, "When I found it in the attic my first thought was to give it to you guys, but with the cord the way it is it's way too dangerous". Benson looked back at the two, "The next time I find anything that needs to get thrown out you guys can have first pick, ok".
Mordecai stopped and looked down at his feet, "Ok".
"Ok, good bye" Benson said as he continued to walked towards the dumpster.
Mordecai and Rigby then walked back to the house defeated, they staggered to the couch and sat down. They both watched the TV for a few hours before it started to get dark. "Hey Mordecai, you know what I'm thinkin'?"
Mordecai looked over at Rigby, "That we should go to the dumpster and get that sign?"
"Exactly" Rigby yelled as he jumped up onto the couch, "I mean, it would look totally awesome on our wall".
Mordecai suddenly shot up from the couch, "Yeah, and the cord can't be that bad. We'll just tape it up and it'll be as good as new".
"Let's do it" Rigby jumped down from the couch and ran to the door, Mordecai soon followed. They ran outside and walked all the way to the dumpster by the snack bar. Mordecai opened the lid and gave Rigby a boost inside.
Mordecai stood by the dumpster as he heard Rigby rustling around inside, "Do you see it?"
Suddenly Rigby emerged from the dumpster with the box in his hands, "Found it". He sat it on the ground and opened the box, and the light seemed to be in good condition.
"Ah yeah" Mordecai said as he closed the box and carried it back to the house. They walked up stairs to their room and sat the box on the floor. He pulled the sign out and hung it up above the dresser, "Dude, this is gonna look so cool".
While Mordecai was hanging it on the wall Rigby was taping up the frayed wire with masking tape , "Enough talk, lets light this thing up". Rigby took the cord and reached for the outlet behind the dresser, he maneuvered it around until it finally plugged it. Rigby instantly felt a surge of electricity course through his body and he fell back onto the floor.
"Rigby" Mordecai ran up and knelt down beside him, "Are you ok".
Sparks shot up from Rigby's closed eyelids as he let out a quiet moan, "I think I'm fine". Mordecai helped him up, he rubbed his eyes as he tried to regain his balance, "Stupid thing zapped me".
Mordecai pulled the cord out from behind the dresser and examined it, "Dude, that's because you wrapped it with masking tape. You were supposed to use electrical tape".
Rigby continued to rub his head, trying to lessen the headache he had, "Sorry, I'm not an electrician". Rigby lifted his head up and finally opened his eyes, as soon as he did bright red lasers shot out. Mordecai jumped out of the way as they hit the dresser, causing it to explode. Rigby panicked and turned his head leading the lasers along the wall, leaving a burnt trail behind it.
"Rigby stop" Mordecai yelled from the ground while he covered his head.
"I can't" Rigby screamed, "They won't turn off for some reason". The lasers hit the window and shattered the glass.
Mordecai shielded himself from the falling shards, "Close your eyes".
Rigby did just that and when he did the lasers stopped, he then stumbled around with his hand held out, "Mordecai where are you?"
Mordecai got up from the floor and walked over to Rigby, "I'm right here".
Rigby turned towards his voice, "What's going on, why can't I turn the lasers off?"
Mordecai rubbed his chin as he pondered on an explanation, then he looked over at the sign hanging on the wall, "The sign. When you got electrocuted while plugging it in it must've fried something in your eyes, causing the lasers to go off".
"Ah what" Rigby whined, "So I can't open my eyes until I fix them, lame".
"I know, we need to talk to Skips" Mordecai said.
"Why, Skips isn't good with technology" Rigby said as he bumped into Mordecai's bed.
"It's our best bet dude" Mordecai retorted as he walked over to Rigby, "Take my hand".
Rigby turned to Mordecai's direction, "I'm not holding your hand dude".
Mordecai reached over and grabbed Rigby's hand, "Stop being a baby, we can't have you walking into things the whole way to Skips".
"Fine" Rigby groaned as Mordecai led him through the hallway, "Let's fix this as soon as possible".
Mordecai knocked on the door, shortly after it opened. Skips looked out and as soon as he noticed who it was he knew something was up, "What happened?"
"Hey Skips" Mordecai said awkwardly, "Sooo, Rigby got these cybernetic eye implants because he didn't like his glasses and now they won't stop shooting lasers out of them".
"I see" Skips nodded, "Well technology and computers aren't my specialty I think I might know someone who can help" he skipped over to his phone and processed to dial a number.
It rang twice before he heard a voice on the other end, "Hey Skips, how's it going?"
"Techmo, would you be able to come over here. I sort of need your help on something?"
"Sorry I can't, I'm at the New Tech Convention in Tokyo right now" Techmo explained, "But maybe I can still be of service, what seems to be the problem?"
"Well Rigby has computer eyes that are shooting lasers out uncontrollably" Skips elaborated.
"Oh that's not good" they heard him say through the phone, "From my experiences with optical implants once the lasers start acting up they're pretty much done for".
"Come on" Rigby cried out, "You mean I'm gonna have to go back to Dr. Shelley and have him replace them?"
"Wait, did you say Dr. Shelley?" Techmo asked, he sounded extremely concerned, "Was he a tall guy with black hair, has a short assistant who hunch's all the time?"
Rigby froze for a second as everyone looked at him, waiting for his answer, "Uh, yeah".
"Oh boy" Techmo groaned, "That's not good. He use to work at one of the biggest augmentation companies in the world, but then he got caught selling implants illegally under the table and was fired. People said he went crazy and disappeared after that, no one's heard of him in six years".
Mordecai glared at Rigby, "You got eye implants from a mad scientist?"
He moved his head towards his voice, "How was I supposed to know, his secret basement lab looks so professional".
"If what I heard about Shelley is accurate then the implants he gave you are probably faulty" Techmo warned over the phone, "If the lasers are on the fritz then it's only a matter of time before the whole implant overheats and explodes".
"What" Rigby yelled out in horror.
"We don't have much time" Skips stated, "Rigby, do you remember where his lab is?"
"Yeah, but I can't you to it with my eyes closed" Rigby answered.
"Don't worry, I think I have something to help with that" Skips opened one of his dresser drawers and rummaged through a bunch of random items before pulling out a pair of sunglasses. He skipped over and handed them to Rigby, "Here, these glasses have lenses made out of a special crystal. They should be able to stop the lasers".
Rigby put the glasses on and slowly opened his eyes, let Skips predicted the lenses were able to stop them, "Hey, they work".
Skips nodded his head, "Good".
Mordecai then looked over at Skips, "Skips, I just want to say that it is so cool that you just had these lying around".
Skips turned to him and smiled, "Yeah I know, I have a lot of interesting things lying around here".
Author's Note:
That's the end of chapter 2, and like always I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read and I'd especially like to thank everyone who left a review of last chapter. If you didn't notice Crimson Steer is a parody of Red Bull. Also I've noticed that this is more than could fit into a single episode, which sucks because I was trying to write this like a possible episode. I don't know how they come up with full stories for an eleven minute show, it's crazy. Anyway thanks again for reading and if you'd like check out my other stories, you know, if you feel like it.
