Johnny Test versus Dexter, Boy Genius
Part 10
By Neoraichu
This story is based on Johnny Test and Dexter's Laboratory.
...
Susan, Mary and Bling-Bling Boy finally managed to load the collapsing missile launcher with their hand-built super missiles. There was a dozen of them, and no two were exactly the same (as they were all made from spare parts they brought with them).
"Wow," panted Bling-Bling Boy, "That was a lot of work."
"I hope it isn't for naught," sighed Susan.
"We better fire them at the right moment," added Mary.
"But how much longer can Dexter hold out waiting for the right moment?"
"I don't know. I just wish I knew where Johnny was."
"Me too."
...
Meanwhile, Johnny returned to his room along with Dukey and Dee-Dee. Johnny went to the couch with Dukey to browse the available Speed McCool movies while Dee-Dee made two bags of the Hotel Popcorn with Butter Sauce.
"So many movies," muttered Johnny, "so little time."
"Just pick whatever you want, Johnny," said Dee-Dee from the kitchen, "I'm sure I'll like it."
Johnny glanced over his shoulder as he commented, "That's nice of you. I wish my sisters were as nice as you, Dee-Dee."
"I'm sure they're nice in their own way," mused Dee-Dee.
"I still wonder what it would be like to have brothers," he replied.
"Oh, brothers aren't all they're cracked up to be. I'd rather have a sister in the family."
"I guess you can't help what your family is and who they are."
"I suppose you're right."
Johnny settles on the Speed McCool classic, 'The 12 Battles of Christmas: And A Cartridge in a Fair Tree'. He had only seen it three times before now. There was just the matter of waiting for Dee-Dee to bring the popcorn.
Dee-Dee came in from the kitchen with two bowls of popcorn as a particularly loud explosion took place somewhere outside.
"I hope everyone's all right," mused Dee-Dee.
"I'm sure they're all fine," replied Johnny, "It's not like they've tried to call me or anything."
Just then, his phone rang... and rang... and rang some more.
"Are you getting that?" asked Dee-Dee.
"Oh fine," he muttered as he picked up.
There was a noise on the phone that blew Johnny's hair back.
"Oh calm down already," said Johnny, "do you really need my help?"
He waited and listened. There was loud chatter on the other end.
"Okay okay," he whined, "I know you're family. I just got in..."
He listened to someone on the other end.
"Fine fine," he sighed, "I'll be there in a few minutes... Yes, I'll being Dukey too."
Hanging up the phone, he turned to Dee-Dee and said, "Well, family crisis calls. I'll try to be back as soon as I can. Feel free to watch the movie by yourself." He glanced at the dog and said, "Come on, Dukey. Susan and Mary need us."
Dukey got up and followed Johnny to the door. Oddly enough, Dee-Dee was still with him.
"You don't have to come," said Johnny.
"That's all right, Johnny," she replied, "I want to come with you."
"Thanks, Dee-Dee. Thanks a lot."
...
Meanwhile, Hugh, Lila, Mom and Dad were downtown having dinner and sharing stories about their children.
"...and then Johnny burned down most of the house with a flaming poot," finished Lila.
"I was so upset with the girls about violating the human mutation ban that I banned them from their own lab for a month," added Hugh.
"I'm really glad I have so much house insurance against child-related disasters."
"Even if it is costing us a fortune every year."
"It costs a lot less than trying to repair the house without it."
"I'm glad that Dexter and Dee-Dee aren't like that," said Dad.
"Well, they do have their moments," said Mom, "like when they don't get along."
"That doesn't sound so bad," said Lila.
"Well Dee-Dee is a delicate flower," said Dad, "and Dexter yells at her way too much. I hope he isn't going to scar her psyche in later life."
"Johnny yells a lot, too," said Hugh, "but I don't think it does anything real bad."
"It's very nice to have some time away from the kids," said Mom.
"I know just how you feel," said Lila.
"This is a real nice restaurant," said Hugh, "Do you eat here often?"
"Oh no," said Dad, "We only eat here on special occasions when we don't have the children with us. It's too pricey to eat here normally."
"I can understand that."
"Honey," said Lila, "You think that fast food from 'Windy Burgonalds McKing' is too pricey to eat there normally."
Mom and Dad giggled as Hugh said defensively, "Well, it is!"
Lila just sighed quietly.
...
Dexter realized he was losing to his old enemy, Mandark. The odds were greatly stacked against him. He began to consider more and more drastic measures against his rival. His fingers played over the keyboard of the Dexbot at a furious pace.
"Your doom is coming soon," mocked Mandark over the radio, "I shall finally defeat you, Dexter!"
"If you think you can make me give up," he replied, "then you are the crazy one, Mandark!"
"I'm past the point of letting you surrender! Now I shall beat you and humiliate you in front of everyone! Even Dee-Dee will see I am the superior one, and she will come to me!"
"I am DEXTER, BOY GENIUS, and I will find a way to beat you yet again!"
"Keep telling yourself that, fool!"
"I would rather I show you," said Dexter with a slight gloat.
"What have you done?" replied Mandark as he apparently noticed that something was wrong. There was suddenly explosions going on outside that weren't on the Dexbot or the Mandark Robot.
"I hacked your exploding drones and set them to destroy your laser cannon drones. You left a weakness in the programming firewall that I easily took advantage of."
"You may have won a temporary reprieve, but the laser cannon drones are far more numerous. Even if every exploding drone took out a laser cannon drone, it will still leave you vastly outnumbered."
"I know my new friends will help me any time now... LIKE NOW!"
A strange missile arose from the open hotel roof and began spraying Mandark's Robot with something like a super-hot flamethrower.
"AH HA-HA HA-HA HA-HA!" he laughed, "My Mandark Robot is heat treated! That might make me a little warmer for a while, but it won't stop me!"
"I'm sure it's just the opening stratagem of their overall plan to beat you!"