Mosquito Bomber begins her bug infestation with spreading the insects around the recently-opened Wario Park...
DISCLAIMER: Contra belongs to Konami, whereas Bomberman still remains a property of Hudson Soft as of March 1, 2012. WarioWare, on the other hand, is owned by Nintendo. Any songs "used" throughout the course of this fanfic are properties of their respective owners, in addition to certain other game/movie/TV show franchises that might be mentioned (indirectly or otherwise).
Chapter 2: Insect inside
[Fight BGM: VS Hive Mecha (Metroid Prime)]
Mission 1: Bug invasion
Reports from the Diamond News Network, or DNN, indicated an infestation from an unnaturally large swarm of mosquitoes, flies, and hornets. This swarm was led by none other than Mosquito Bomber, who openly introduced herself as one of the five Neo Hate Bombers - or "Chaotic Bombers." The Four Contras, along with Blaze Bomber and their friends, are obviously going to need more than just a repellent to counteract the infestation.
July 7, 20XX
10:41 AM
"Give yourselves in, Contras," said Mosquito Bomber, "and my hornets will sting you and your friends to death peacefully!"
Blaze Bomber retaliated by burning down the hornets with a stream of fire from both his hands. "Not while bugs hold an obvious vulnerability to fire!"
"Ah, the Pyro-Maniacal Fiend himself. Hmph! So 'noble' of you to sever your ties with the Hate Bombers!"
"I never was one to begin with, and I already threw away that dreaded title ever since the Contras set me free on Dinosaur Land. I hated the idea of killing innocent people! I'm a Brother in Flame now, and an honorary Contra."
Penny stepped forth next, spraying some repellent around herself. "Leave this park now. You and your bugs don't belong here!" Then she gave the repellent to 9-Volt, Phoebe, Cheerful White, and Cute Pink to use on themselves.
Mosquito Bomber eventually caught a quick sniff of the insect repellent, and gagged. "BLECH! What IS this stuff?!"
"It's insect repellent," said Bill, spraying some of Penny's repellent on himself and the rest of us Contras. "We never leave for a summer trip without it. Now, you mind telling us where the other Neo Hate Bombers...erm, Chaotic Bombers...whatever - are hiding?"
Mosquito Bomber coughed a little more to get rid of the repellent's stench from herself. "You wanna know? You'll have to do more than just protect yourselves with that yucky repellent!"
Despite her threats, it came clear not a moment too soon, that she's weak against insect repellents. In accordance to that, she was like a polar opposite of any other Pretty Bomber-like character we might have seen in some Bomberman games to date. While she adores bugs and dirty places, she hates repellents, pesticide, and even clean areas...or, so our theory goes.
"Okay, Contras - especially Bill and Lance - let's see if you can handle more of what I've in mind! I call upon all the other insects I can muster: bees, wasps, cockroaches, and even spiders!"
"Ewww!" Cute Pink shrugged. "I hate cockroaches and spiders!"
"Don't worry, Pink!" said Cheerful White. "I won't let 'em get near us! We've got our cartoon bombs, and they got nothing on us!"
"He's right!" said 9-Volt. "I may be afraid, but Phoebe taught me how to be brave; that way, we're both able to stand up to such nightmarish incidents together!"
The pink-clad Bomber-girl took a big gulp of courage, remembering that she's one of 9-Volt's bodyguards. "...Okay! I'll do my best to blast those bugs for spoiling our fun!"
As for us Contras, Bill and Lance got out their M16 machine guns, each modified with holy power sometime after Dinosaur Land was saved. In addition, the rifles (along with my Contra Rifle and Ami's Bomberman Watch) were upgraded with 3-hit barriers, which if turned on could protect us from mortal damage for 3 hits. Once the barrier had taken enough, the feature would automatically shut off for about five minutes to recharge. The "one-hit-and-you-lose-a-power-up" restriction still applied to the Contra Rifle and the modified M16s, but that was nothing more than a small price to pay as long as proper care was given to our holy-powered gadgets.
Penny and Blaze Bomber wasted no time tossing two Flamethrower power-ups to Bill and Lance, thus giving them the firepower (no pun intended) essential for destroying Mosquito Bomber's insect minions. Ami and I, on the other hand, used what was left of Penny's insect repellent to spray Mosquito Bomber, whilst making sure to box her in so she wouldn't fly away so easily. It didn't stop her, but it disrupted her concentration on the bugs, giving our friends the advantage to take them out. Even when the Insectoid Queen summoned more mosquitoes with her Mosquito Bombs, they didn't last long due to the repellent. She was eventually forced to surrender.
[End BGM]
"Aack!" coughed Mosquito Bomber. "That...blargh...wasn't fair! Nobody said anything about insect repellents coming around me!"
"I guess Purple Basilisk should've done his homework," said Lance, "while he was designing you and the other Chaotic Bombers."
"Okay, okay! I'll tell you where the others are! Just don't spray that despicable substance on me anymore! I only heard what Trigger Bomber, the Trigger-Happy Maniac of the Chaotic Bombers, was supposed to do before I warped out to stir up trouble in your city. He was gonna go to Metro City and recruit the remnants of the Mad Gear gang to cause their own kind of chaos...in city hall, no less."
"So that's it, eh? What's Purple Basilisk's scheme to killing us, much less me and Bill only?"
"Why don't you go and take a flight or something, all the way to Metro City and ask Trigger Bomber? He might know..."
"Maybe we will," I said. "But not before we turn you in."
[Boss BGM: Boss Theme (The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)]
Suddenly, Mosquito Bomber got up with hostility, bringing out a Smash Ball. "Not so fast! I don't plan on letting you live just because you beat me fair and square! Behold the power of Masked Mosquito!"
With that, the Insectoid Queen broke the Smash Ball and absorbed its power, mutating her into a masked humanoid beast with a large sword and shield, standing at about 10 feet tall. 9-Volt and Phoebe instantly recognized that form as Odolwa, the Masked Jungle Warrior boss of Woodfall Temple from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Then Mosquito Bomber swung away at us with her sword, stripping Bill and Lance of their Flamethrower power-ups in the process. Fortunately, the 3-hit barriers we had not only protected us from a potential fatal wound, but also shielded our friends from taking damage as well. Being in a jungle warrior-like form, the Chaotic Bomber was greatly susceptible to fire, which meant Ami, Cheerful White, and Cute Pink didn't have to worry as long as their bombs (especially Ami's Fire Bomb) inflicted the usual fiery damage.
Mosquito Bomber grew mad, and summoned the mosquitoes, spiders, hornets, and moths with an incantation to aid her. Recalling from the boss fight against Odolwa in Majora's Mask, 9-Volt and Phoebe instructed White and Pink to draw the bugs' attention with lit fuses on their cartoon bombs. The Bomber-kids did so, obviously resulting in the bugs getting blown up by the bombs. With almost no bugs left in Diamond City to command, Mosquito Bomber was about to summon a large group of red ants, but we had had enough of her. Thanks to our efforts and well-planned teamwork, it didn't take us longer than a minute to finally bring her down. The flames from the bomb blasts eventually reduced Mosquito Bomber to a pile of ashes, killing her in the end.
[End BGM]
"These bugs were hardly a challenge, even in large numbers," said Ami, "but we defeated Mosquito Bomber."
"So how do we get to Metro City?" asked Phoebe.
"I know what we can use at Crygor Labs to get there," I answered, "but I need you, 9-Volt, and 18-Volt to stay at 9-Volt's house with his mom until this is over. Cheerful White and Cute Pink will still accompany us Contras, though."
"But-" 9-Volt was quickly interrupted before he could say something.
"I know you want to be a brave person alongside Phoebe when you two grow up," said Ami, hugging 9-Volt affectionately, "but this is a potentially dangerous operation only we 'trained professionals' can handle. You've seen The Incredibles, right?"
"I think so. Why?"
"Remember what Mrs. Incredible, formerly Elastigirl, told her two kids, Violet and Dash? The bad guys in reality aren't like any of what you might have seen in a kids' cartoon. In our case, that goes double for the Mario and I think even the Bomberman games you and Phoebe enjoy playing."
"Ami's right," said Bill. "Lance and I have seen worse - much worse, but we'd rather not talk about it right now. The alien scumbags, whether they're working for Red Falcon or Purple Basilisk, don't care who they kill as long as they get what they want, even if it's endangering an innocent child to blackmail us good guys. In the case of Metro City, who knows if the Mad Gear gang is still active over the years beyond what any of us had seen in the Final Fight series?"
"But we're gonna find out what Purple Basilisk is really planning," added Lance, "and stop him. He couldn't have set up such attacks like that bug infestation just for petty reasons."
"I hate to interrupt," I spoke up, "but I have an idea. Ami and I will stay put just in case Arctic Bomber causes trouble, given her sudden unhealthy obsession with getting rid of Ami and making me into her personal 'Pin King'. And chances are - if she really is back from the dead again - since you and Bill helped Mona stop her from picking on 9-Volt five years ago during the Alien Wars, she probably knows where he and his mom live. We'll alert the WarioWare staff to the situation while we're at it."
"Yeah," said Ami. "If that self-centered 'Bowling Queen' thinks she can bribe us into submission with that tactic, she's got another thing coming. In fact, I think she only did it randomly at the time because she couldn't find any other armed soldiers or police officers defending Diamond City to pick on!"
9-Volt became scared upon hearing about Arctic Bomber, but Phoebe calmed him down with a warm hug. "I won't let her near you, 9-Volt," she said, kissing his cheek affectionately, "don't worry. If she ever does show up, we'll teach her a lesson once and for all that she'll never forget."
"I hope so," replied 9-Volt, giving Phoebe a little smile. "Thanks, Phoebe."
"We'll call you guys if something's up on our end," I said. "Good luck."
"You too," thanked Bill. "We can't promise anything right now, but we'll be back to catch Arctic Bomber if we can."
And thus, we temporarily parted ways to deal with our objectives at hand. Bill, Lance, Cheerful White, and Cute Pink got onboard the Contra Cruiser and flew off towards Metro City, all the while hoping there won't be as many Mad Gear members to deal with like from the days when Mike Haggar was still the mayor. Though it may not change the fact that the remaining thugs aren't any less dangerous because they had aged over the years, the two Contras were confident they and the young Bombermen would survive to the end of the upcoming conflict.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Mosquito Bomber's down, but Trigger, Siren, Boxer, and Warlock Bomber remain in the fray. Without further ado, see you next chapter!