Chapter 4

Mabel was stomping about the halls of the temple, when she heard Megatron talking with Starscream.

Megatron: Everything is in place?

Starscream: Yes, Lord Megatron. Once Steven is defeated, you can step up as leader.

Megatron: He humiliated me that day when I was the one who revived him. Now, on the eve of his victory, I will do the same to him.

Mabel: No, you won't!

Mabel crashed into Megatron, and whipped her tail to cut up Starscream. She grappled with the two of them, crashing and bashing them about. Steven ran in to see the disturbance.

Steven: What is going on?!

Mabel: Steven! These two are planning a revolt on you! Megatron was going to do something to force you off your throne, so he could take it himself.

Megatron: It's not true! It's not true!

Steven: I don't care! I have more important things to deal with than some stupid conspiracy. Megatron if you try anything I will drop you faster than the Allspark drops an energy pulse. Kapeesh?

Megatron: Yes.

Mabel: Fine.

Lord Business: Steven.

Lord Business contacted Steven.

Steven: What is it?

Lord Business: We've got a slight problem. We might have had a perfect lock on the master builders, then they got away.

Steven: You don't have to call me every time that happens. Call me when you actually find one.

Lord Business: Gotcha.

The transmission closed.

Steven: You two. Play nice. I mean it!

He walked out while Megatron and Mabel eyed each other with hate.

In the base, the Master Builders had told the Resistance of Steven's alliance with Lord Business.

Garnet: If what you say is true, why haven't you tried to steal this, Kragle, yet?

Metalbeard: The last time we tried to storm Lord Business' office, we used every plan we could conceive. The result, was a massacre to terrible to speak of.

He fired multiple cannon shots from his wrist cannon.

Metalbeard: Now I'll tell you me tale of woe.

Vitruvius: Oh, boy. Here we go again

Metalbeard: I arrived at the foot of the Octan tower, with me hearty master builder crew. Only to find the Kragle was all the way up on the infinitieth floor, guarded by a robot army, and security measures of every kind imaginable. Lasers, sharks, laser sharks, overbearing assistants, and strange and dangerous relics that entrap, snap, and zap. And there be a mysterious room called, the Think Tank! I barely made it out of that room with just me head. And organs. I had to replace every part of my once strapping pirate body, with this hunk of junk you see before ye.

Amethyst: Not really seeing how that was necessary, but ok.

Ben jumped next to Amethyst.

Ben: Hi! I'm Benny! But you can call me Ben. And I can build a spaceship! Watch this!

He began pulling pieces put of nowhere, assembling them into a spaceship.

Pearl: Woah. Woah. That's ok. We've got a spaceship.

Ben stopped.

Ben: That's ok. I didn't want to build a spaceship.

He kicked the unfinished ship, breaking it apart.

Garnet: So, Wyldstyle. Are you a DJ or something?

Wyldstyle: No. Why does everyone keep saying that?

Emmet: It sounds like a DJ name.

Amethyst: True Dat.

In another part of the world, Lord Business' office was buzzing with activity with robot soldiers and workers looking for the base of the resistance. They only got a photo of Emmet's face to work with.

Robot: Lord Business! We're doing a facial scan for the Master Builders, but this one's face is so generic, it matches every face on our database!

Lord Business: Diabolical. Velma, have Bad Cop meet me in my office in 23 seconds.

He began walking through his building, addressing all the robot soldiers.

Velma: Bad Cop is waiting for you in your office.

Lord Business: Good. Cancel my 3:00. This next meeting might run a little...deadly.

He walked into a small hallway, walking onto buttons that locked his mecha legs on. He stood in place as a metal piece locked onto his chest. He pulled out a computer console as his helmet slid on his head. He pressed a button that lit up his mecha legs.

Light up sequence initiated.

He lit the helmet on fire with a press of a button.

Flame sequence intitiated.

He approached the door to his office.

Initiating dramatic entrance in 3...2...

He kicked the doors down to find his rignt hand man, Bad Cop.

Lord Business: Bad Cop.

Bad Cop: Lord Business. I know the Master Builders got away...

Lord Business: Why so serious? You've done a great job capturing Master Builders over the years. But you did let the Master Builders who knew of our plan get away. They might have made it to the base of the resistance by now, and told them my plan. It was the one thing I asked you to take care of.

He grabbed Bad Cop and carried him to the window.

Lord Business: It makes me just want to grab the nearest person to me...and throw him into the endless abyss of nothingness!

Outside the window was a massive portal into an endless abyss.

Lord Business: I want to do it so bad!

Bad Cop: Please don't sir!

Lord Business: It's not just that I'm mad. I'm scared. We've seen what Steven can do. What could happen if he gets mad?

Bad Cop: I'd prefer not to think about it.

Lord Business: Now go and find those Master Builders!

Bad Cop: Yes sir.

Bad Cop ran out. Lord Business got a transmission from Steven.

Steven: Lord Business, please tell me you have something for me.

Lord Business: Steven! Uh. Well. I. I don't not have anything. He he he.

Steven: The nervous laugh is not very reassuring. I have some new tech that me, Mabel, and Ferb plan on using. I won't say what, but we'll be gone a while. And you're the only one I can trust to watch things.

Lord Business: Me? What about Megatron?

Steven: Like I said. The only one I can trust.

Lord Business: Oh. I see. You can count on me, Steven.

Steven: If you fail me, you're as good as dead.

The transmission ended.

Lord Business: In charge. Not bad.

At Steven's fortress, He, Mabel, and Ferb were in a secret chamber.

Steven: Thank you for coming.

Ferb: Did you really leave Lord Business in charge here?

Steven: Everyone else is across the Universe right now. Lord Business was the best I could do on short notice. And Megatron I don't trust anymore.

Mabel: Yeah. You shouldn't.

Ferb: So. What is this under the cloak?

Steven: Something designed by the computer program, Skynet. Time Displacement technology. Thanks to some of Shockwave's enhancements, we have a fully working, full power time machine.

Mabel: Really?!

Steven: My first idea is to test it's potential. We're going back to the time of Vikings. And dragons.

He revealed the device as a massive pad. The three stepped on and Steven pulled out a remote and sent them out of the building. There was some gunfire and attacks heard from the upper room. A group ran in and grabbed a spare remote getting warped out to follow Steven.