Mechanirassic Park!
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Chapter 7: Invasion's End
Topeka, Kansas
The Invisible Woman, the Thing, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four, alongside Talon, Sunfire, Dazzler, and Rictor of the West Coast Misfits, and Hi-Tech and Vorona of the GI Joe Team, were all agape at the sight. Two more large robotic "dinosaurs" had appeared: one modeled after a Triceratops, and the other modeled after a Pterodactyl.
"Hey, all we need is a Tyrannosaurus, Saber-toothed tiger, Mastodon, and we got all we need to make a Megazord!" Johnny quipped in an attempt to lighten things up. "Eh? Eh?" He looked around with a grin on his face, but the others just frowned at him.
"Not the time, Matchstick..." Ben groaned as he facepalmed. "Wotta revoltin' development..."
"Wonderful! Just wonderful!" Rictor groaned, throwing his hands up in the air.
If our miysterious dino-builders wanted to build robotic weapons based on dinosaurs, why use a pterodactyl? Those aren't dinosaurs. Sue thought, then mentally shrugged. I'm guessing our mysterious builder got their knowledge of dinosaurs from Power Rangers after all.
"Not a problem." Alison piped up in an attempt to be helpful. "We still got the fancy gun that Hi-Tech has. We can deal with the Triceratops by having Rictor destablize the ground, Hi-Tech blasts it with the cannon, and we then tear it apart."
Vorona smiled. "Dazzler is right. We can take care of the triceratops easily. It's the pterodactyl we have to worry about."
"See? We got this!" The blonde New Yorker grinned.
"Indeed." Shiro nodded. "The only air power we have is Human Torch here and myself." He jerked his thumb at the Torch, then glanced at Vorona. "Unless the helicopter is available." The Czech sniper shook her head.
"Unavailable, I'm afraid. It's almost out of fuel."
"Nuts." Hi-Tech grumbled. "Now that we can shut them down, that extra air power would have been very helpful."
"We'll just have to make do with what we got." Sue said. Her communicator beeped. The blonde woman blinked and noticed her communicator was beeping. She activated it. "Reed?"
"Sue!"
"Did you find a way to shut down that portal?" She asked.
"That would be really nice right now!" Athena snapped. "We got two more of those robosaurus monsters out here, and one can fly!"
"We are working on something that should close the portal." Reed said. "I take it you can shut down those other two?"
"Let's hope so." Hi-Tech nodded. "Sue and I built this gadget to shut down their protective forcefields." He held up the gun.
"Very good. Director Parvati has sent a science team to help me build a device that can stop these robotic menaces, and we should be done soon." Reed announced.
"Dr. Richards, what the hell is this thing?" The voice of Director Parvati could be heard snapping over the line. "I've been doing science since I was 12 years old, and I have no idea what this is!"
"Ah." Reed smiled sheepishly. "I have to help the Director and her science team with something. I wish you luck."
"Wasted away agaiiiinnnn, in Margaritaville!" Erickson was heard drunkenly singing.
"And for God's sake, somebody get Erickson something to sober him up!" Parvati could be heard snapping, making Reed smile embarassingly.
"Nice ta see ya acting human for a bit, Stretcho." Ben chuckled.
"Ben, be nice." Sue ordered him. "You know he can't help that."
"Huh?" Rictor looked at Alison in confusion.
"They say Reed Richards is autistic." Alison told him.
"He's on the spectrum, yes." Sue confirmed. "Diagnosed as a child."
"Oh." Alison blinked.
"Yeah, sorry about that, Suzie-Q." Ben apologized.
"The robotic dinosaurs are coming here." Vorona said, cocking her sniper cannon. "I suggest we concentrate on them."
"You think they're aware we destroyed his friend?" Alison asked.
"Maybe." Hi-Tech glanced at the slagged remains of the stegobot. "If I could examine the remains, then maybe I could learn more about these things. Including if they're all linked together." Besides, my powers ended up being utterly useless here. How ironic.
"No time at the moment, I'm afraid. Here they come!" Sue announced. The tricerabot roared as its crown's horns glowed a bright hot pink.
FWASH!
The robotic triceratops fired a pair of laser beams from the horns, but they slammed into one of Sue's forcefields.
"Fire it! Fire the gun now!" She exclaimed.
"Yes, ma'am!" Hi-Tech aimed and fired the gun at the robotic triceratops.
FWOOM!
He gun fired another blue pulsing blast of energy. The energy pulse slammed into the robotic triceratops, and the same blue and green energy effect occurred.
"Forcefield is down!" Sue announced. She noticed the pterodactyl dive-bombing towards them. "Hi-Tech, blast the pterodactyl!"
"Vorona, get ready!" Hi-Tech ordered. The robotic flying machine screeched and fired a pair of missiles at them from under its wings.
"We got the missiles! Just blast that thing! Flame on!" Johnny Storm took to the air, Sunfire right behind him. The two used fire and plasma to intercept the missiles.
FWOOM!
Hi-Tech's gun fired another blue pulse, hitting the pterodactyl.
"Let's go, Sunny! Yahoo!" Johnny whooped.
"Do not call me Sunny!" Sunfire grumbled, but obeyed. Athena Logan was hit with a bolt of inspiration.
"Grimm!" She yelled at the thing. "Fastball Special!"
"Whuh?" The orange rock-like man blinked in confusion.
"Throw me at it!" She exclaimed.
"You sure that's a good idea?"
"I'm the daughter of Wolverine. I can handle it." She smirked.
"Alright, kid. If that's what ya want..." Ben picked up the girl and tossed her at the pterodactyl. The robotic pterosaur screeched, and then fired sonic waves from its mouth.
EEEEEEEE!
"AGH!" Johnny and Shiro screamed, covering their ears.
"SHUT! UP!" Athena roared angrily she flew towards the robotic dinosaur, her claws popped out of her fists with the trademark SNIKT sound. The clone of Wolverine grabbed on to the Pterosaur's neck and sliced off its head. "DIE ROBOT DINOSAUR! DIE!" She started tearing into it with her claws.
"...die, robot dinosaur?" Shiro repeated in disbelief.
"It's German." Johnny joked. "It means The Robot Dinosaur. The."
Shiro frowned. "You still watch that show?"
"Only the old episodes." Johnny shrugged. "It hasn't been that good in years."
"...we should help her with the pterodactyl."
"10-4, good buddy!" Johnny grinned and gave Shiro a jaunty salute and flew after the headless robot.
"We are not friends..." Shiro grumbled as he joined the chase. The Japanese mutant could have sworn he heard Athena laughing madly as she went claws out on the dinosaur.
"RAAAAAAHHHHH!" Athena roared as she continued slashing at the dinosaur. Both Johnny and Shiro went agape at the sight of the young woman trying to tear apart the roaring robotic dinosaur.
"You know, maybe she doesn't need our help." Johnny grinned nervously. Shiro sighed. Back on the ground, the triceratops robot continued it charge, its horns firing lasers, and mortar launchers on its back firing projectiles at the heroes, making them scatter.
"Rictor!" Sue yelled. "Now!"
"O-okay..." Rictor aimed his hands at the ground. Please don't stomp me, Mr. Angry Robotic Dinosaur... The Mexican mutant activated his powers. The sonic vibrations he generated traveled through the air, and caused the ground underneath the mechanical menace to buckle and shake. The robotic dinosaur stumbled and struggled to dig its way out.
"RAAAAAHHHH!" The creature roared, its horns firing more energy beams at the heroes. However, Sue's forcefields would block them. The dinosaur then fired some more mortar bombs, but they got dodged.
"YEOW!" Hi-Tech yelped as he dodged a mortar, but his gun got damaged. "Aw, crap!"
"Hi-Tech!" Alison ran to him, firing lasers at the triceratops and its mortar bombs in the process. "You alright?"
"Yeah, I am. But this gun is trashed." The Joe electronics expert sighed. "If another one of those things show up, we are screwed."
"Maybe you or Sue can fix it!"
"Hope so, Blondie." Hi-Tech sighed.
"Ughn!" Thing grunted as he got blasted by the triceratops.
"Mr. Grimm!" Vorona exclaimed. She aimed her sniper cannon at the dinobot. "You should have stayed extinct!"
BLAM!
She blasted off one of its horns, making the creature roar with rage.
"Yup, you just made it mad, Vorona." Hi-Tech winced.
"Like I care." The Czech woman retorted.
"Lemme give ya a hand by takin' that thing's..." Ben stopped when he heard a whistle. "other...horn?"
"GANGWAY!" Johnny Storm yelled out. "SHE'S COMING DOWN!" He glanced at Sunfire. "That girl is crazy!"
"Not surprising, considering her father." Sunfire responded.
Johnny blinked in confusion. "Her father?"
"Wolverine."
Johnny jaw went agape. "Wolverine. WOLVERINE. The X-Men's Wolverine. Bad temper, claws, hairy, beer-drinking hockey-watching Wolverine."
"Yes."
"...a woman on this planet willingly conceived a child with that man. At least, I hope it was consenting!" Johnny yelped.
"It's not quite like that, Mr. Storm." Shiro sighed. "It's...complicated."
"Considering you guys, I bet it's crazy."
"Yes."
Alison looked up.
"Uh, guys?" The blonde pointed up. "Athena's got a gift."
"DEATH FROM ABOVE!" Athena yelled as she slashed at the careening, heavily damaged pterodactyl robot, then moved it towards the roaring triceratops robot.
"Ohhhhhh, hell..." Ben winced. Hi-Tech watched, completely agape.
"Well, credit to her for being creative. I'm sure wherever he is right now, Logan is smiling."
The Xavier Institute
Two of the X-Men were sitting in front of the TV, watching a hockey game. Well, one of them was.
"YOU STUPID GOALIE!" Logan, the Wolverine, yelled angrily as he watched a goal being scored. "DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOUR JOB IS?!"
"Logan, what was that about?" Ororo "Storm" Munroe blinked, looking up from her tablet.
"Can you believe that guy?!" Logan explained, gesturing at the TV. "Look at him! He is no damned rookie! He's in the NHL! How do you get into the NHL and be this terrible a goalie?!"
"Perhaps he is just having an off night." Ororo suggested. "We all have them, my friend."
"Yeah, yeah." Logan grumbled. He then suddenly smiled.
"Logan?" Ororo blinked in confusion. "Why are you smiling?"
"Just got a feelin', Ro." Logan smirked. "Ya know the kid o' mine in California?"
"Yes, Athena." Ororo nodded. It then hit the white-haired Kenyan. "She just did something crazy, didn't she?"
"Crazy and incredible, Ro." Logan smirked proudly. "Crazy and incredible."
Topeka, Kansas
"She's going to kill herself!" Rictor exclaimed.
"This is Athena Logan." Vorona reminded the Mexican mutant. "Considering who her father is, I can imagine this would only annoy her."
"Oh, yeah." Alison nodded. "Remember that time she got kicked by that donkey? She gave it a roundhouse right back."
"RUN!" Sue exclaimed. The heroes scattered as the whistling sound grew louder.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Athena cackled as she rode the robotic flying dinosaur towards its compatriot. "EAT THIS, YOU STUPID ROBOTS!"
"Come on, kid!" Johnny yelled as he and Shiro grabbed the clone of Wolverine and yanked her off the pterodactyl.
KABOOM!
The winged metallic monster crashed into its compatriot. The collision caused them to erupt into an explosion that consumed them both. The sound was like that of a shotgun blast, and the explosion ensured the metallic monsters were reduced to slag. Johnny and Shiro watched this from up in the air.
"Wow."
"Impressive." Shiro agreed with a nod. The two fiery youths then landed next to the other gathered heroes.
"We'd better go help Reed." Sue said.
"If we patch our teleporter with your beacon, we can zap right to Reed's location." Hi-Tech suggested.
"Good idea." Sue nodded.
"You think that Doc Richards has taken care of the source of these things?" Alison wondered out loud.
"I hope so." Rictor sighed. "I don't think I can take another one of those metal monsters."
"Especially not without the fancy forcefield-killing gun." Ben reminded. "That thing's trash now."
"Maybe Reed can fix it." Johnny piped up hopefully, holding up the pieces.
"Okay, that's got it." Hi-Tech tapped on his Joe-Com. "Sending coordinates to the Joe-Coms."
"Ben, Johnny. You should be getting the coordinates on your communicators." Sue said.
"Got'em." Ben and Johnny answered in unison.
"Same here." The Joes and West Coast Misfits confirmed.
"Let's go." Vorona nodded. With that, the heroes vanished in a flash of light and a FWASH sound. Back at the lab, Reed, Parvati, and a science team were working hard on their machine.
"Are you sure this thing will work?" The Indian-American woman asked, gesturing at the object. It vaguely resembled a small futuristic howitzer cannon, with triangular tank treads. The cannon also had a vertical ring attached to it, near the end of the cannon.
"I'm certain." Reed nodded.
"I'm praying it does myself." Erickson groaned as he sat back on his chair, holding an icepack to his head.
"How you feeling, Henry?" Parvati asked.
"A little better...I think..." Erickson frowned as pulled his flask out of his jacket and frowned when he noticed it was empty. "I normally don't drink like this."
"We also normally don't get attacked by robotic dinosaurs from another dimension, either." Parvati sighed.
"We must hurry and get the device to the portal." Reed reminded. He glanced at the scientists. "Thank you all for your help." They all murmured in response.
"Right, let's do it." Parvati, Reed, and Erickson pushed the cannon towards the portal.
"Let's hope this works." Erickson said.
"I am not a praying man myself, but if any of you are, feel free to do so." Reed said. "Maybe whatever divinity does exist out there will help us." He held up another one of his forcefield-disabling guns. "I also built another one of these. If any more of these monsters go through, this will disable its protective forcefield."
"Great." Parvati took the gun. "Never hurts to be prepared."
"Let's just shut this thing down so we can forget this day ever happened." Erickson groaned.
"You got it." Parvati nodded.
"Activating portal closer...now." Reed pressed a button on the console of the cannon. A green ball of energy started to grow in front of the cannon's nozzle. When it reached the size of a basketball, it shot out a quartet of beams, hitting the edges of the portal.
"Is it working?" Erickson asked.
"It should be..." Reed looked at the readings on a screen at the cannon's control panel. "Ah! It is having an effect! The portal is shrinking. Erickson squinted, and saw the portal was shrinking.
"Oh. Doing it a bit slowly, isn't it?"
"I'm afraid we didn't have the time to modify this machine to shrink it any faster." Reed told the man apologetically. A stomping noise could be heard...from the other side of the portal. "Oh, dear..."
"Ahhh, crap." Erickson groaned.
"Ohhhh, helllllll..." Parvati grumbled, pointing her weapon at the portal. The stomping noise grew louder. And then a head pointed out of the portal. It was an angry head, covered in shining pitch-black metal. The eyes glowed an evil crimson, and its mouth was glowing a radioactive blue. The mouth glow revealed a set of fangs, sharp and gleaming, each the size of beer steins.
"Tyrannosaurus rex..." Reed whispered.
"We're going to die." Erickson whimpered. "We're gonna die we're gonna die..."
"Like hell we are!" Parvati growled. The robotic T-Rex roared and much like Godzilla, fired a beam of blue energy from its mouth. The energy beam lanced towards the three, Reed moving to get Erickson and Parvati out of there, but.
BWAM!
The beam seemed to collide with an invisible wall of force. Reed turned and saw a smiling Sue.
"Sorry about the surprise entrance, dear. But I could not resist."
Reed smiled. "I quite like this surprise."
"Uhhhh..." Erickson fainted, but was caught by Hi-Tech and Vorona.
"Heh, little guy needs a break." Ben chuckled.
"EAT FLAMES, GODZILLA!" Johnny Storm yelled as he and Sunfire rained flames on the monster.
It's Gojira, you fiery fool. Sunfire mentally growled at the Fantastic Four's youngest member.
"This'll help!" Parvati fired the forcefield-disruption gun at the robotic T-Rex. The robotic dinosaur's forcefield went down, allowing the boys' flames to hurt the dinosaur.
"Hold it back!" Reed yelled. "The portal is closing! Don't let that thing through!"
"You got it!" Alison fired some energy beams at the robotic dinosaur's face. Ben added some rubble he found.
Maybe my vibrations can shake something loose in it and shut it off... Rictor fired some vibrations at the mechanical monster. The dinosaur roared at the onslaught and shook its head.
BOOM! BOOM!
One of its eyes got blown out by Vorona's sniper cannon. The portal got smaller and smaller until...
SNOK!
The portal closed, severing the robotic T-Rex's head. The creature let out one final roar as the glow in its eyes and mouth faded.
"I...I think we got it." Rictor blinked.
"Good." X23 nodded.
"I don't sense anything from it." Hi-Tech reported. Ben walked over and gave it a slight kick.
"Yup. It's dead."
"Is it over?" A dazed Erickson mumbled as he woke up.
"Yeah, it's over." Vorona told him.
"Now, we got one other problem left." Sue walked over to the robotic T-Rex. "What do we do with this thing?"
"You know what? You can have it." Parvati told them. "Do what you want to it. Melt it down, display it as a trophy, I really do not care. Just ensure I never see it again." Erickson blinked.
Huh. The balding man thought. I'd have thought she'd want to keep that thing, considering the potential tech in it. But considering today, I can't blame her for wanting to get rid of it.
"Perhaps we should take it." Reed suggested. "I can examine it and see if any of the tech in it can be used to help humanity."
"You'll have to run it by General Whithalf in Malibu." Vorona told the imaginaut.
"I don't know about you guys, but I want to go home and have a nice hot bath." Alison sighed.
"Yeah, I wanna go relax, too." Rictor agreed. "I need to do something safe, like fight Calamity Ganon in Breath of the Wild."
"I think we all deserve a rest after this." Hi-Tech smiled.
Well, well, well! Looks like our heroes managed to save the day! What insanity will happen next? Who will get the robotic T-Rex's head? What will they do with it? Find out in the epilogue!