Last Experiment Standing Episode 14: Perchance to Dream
Written by DJhero523 and dinoboygreen
Last time on Last Experiment Standing:
All sorts of secrets formed as the contestants split into two-on-two battles to create the tallest tower. The Plasma Quartet wanted to frame Clyde for stealing the ExperimentZ's instruments. Well, all except for Thresher, who secretly tipped off Richter and Melty who were eavesdropping on the Plasma Quartet at the time. Ultimately, the plan backfired and Yang was exposed for the weasel that he was; leaving Heat, minus a Schwarzenegger accent, to hitch a ride on the Boat of Losers. Who will be next to leave in this, a most nightmarish of an episode? Find out here, right now on Last! Experiment! Standing!
We open to the Plasma Quartet (minus a leader), pondering their next move.
"Oi, time to face facts guys." Thresher said. "Working with Yang wasn't our best idea."
"True, but I'd like to point out that with Yang's help we could've made it to the finals." Plasmoid pointed out."
"I don't know." Hammerface said. "Before we came here, I was looking through the previous episodes of this series just to get to know what's going on. There was something about Yang that didn't sit right. Like he was controlled to frame Bonnie and Clyde."
"Yeah, but by who is anyone's guess." Plasmoid said.
After the meeting, Hammerface and Thresher met with Melty and Richter unseen by the others to propose and important decision.
"Alright, this better be good you two." Melty said.
"Oi, it is. Me and Hammerface think Yang was forced to frame Bonnie and Clyde unintentionally," Thresher said.
"You sure on that? He seemed pretty interested in doing it to me," Richter pointed out. "I mean he actually took it seriously, right?"
"Yeah, but we suspect someone around here has brainwashed him with one of Angel's recorded songs to turn him evil, thereby doing all the dirty work for him/her," Hammerface explained.
"Interesting," Melty said, intrigued. "So what's your point?"
"We're thinking about merging our alliances until we can figure out who it is." Thresher said.
"Alright, but don't think we're not suspicious of you." Richter said.
"After last night, we're not that surprised." Hammerface said.
Suddenly, a loudspeaker blares from a distance.
"Alright campers! Time to see to your next challenge!" Chris shouted.
The experiments walked down to the bonfire sight where Chris explained the next challenge.
"Okay, this challenge is a more 'mental' one. Your task this week is a two-player each mission to beat the worst fear of one of your fellow experiments." Chris announced.
"Oh no, don't tell me-" Spooky said with a growing sense of fear.
"That's right, guiding you through this is this week's guest experiment, Remmy!"
And there he was behind Chris, experiment 276, or Remmy as he's often called.
"Greetings, fellows. Time for a challenge to send shivers down your spine and boil your blood!" Remmy said in his best Peter Lorre impression.
"How do you know him?" Sparky asked Spooky.
"Let's just say we've crossed paths." Spooky simply said.
"So how exactly will this work?" Chopsuey asked.
"Simple, Remmy will transport one of you into the other's mind to beat his/her inner fear. It'll be kinda like bonding, only a tad more dangerous." Chris explained. "And to up the suspense, I gave permission to Remmy to magnify your teammate's fears. As for the rules, they're a little bit different today. Everyone gets immunity except for the team that comes in last. The members of that team must compete in a tiebreaker to see who stays and who's eliminated."
"So, basically this is just therapy, but in a weird, twisted way?" Angel asked.
"Yeah, kind of," Chris replied. "Anyway, time to announce the teams! Clyde and Plasmoid, Yaarp and Felix, Thresher and Yang, Sparky and Spooky, Richter and Melty, Angel and Chopsuey, and Splodyhead and Hammerface! Choose which member's fear will be conquered."
With such the order was for Sparky to go into Spooky's mind, Thresher into Yang's, Angel into Chopsuey's, Splodyhead into Hammerface's, Felix into Yaarp's, Melty into Richter's and Clyde into Plasmoid's .
["This'll be easy." Spooky said to himself. "After all, I'm the king of fear. Fear is in my name for crying out loud! But I better be careful. Don't want to end up cocky like Heat."]
To show the team's progress, Chris installed a Remmy-Cam that recorded the events. The challenge started with Thresher and Yang, the heat in Yang's skull extraordinary.
"Oi, how do you stand being such a hothead?" Thresher called out.
"Very funny, squiddo. And if you must know, I deep-freeze pills made by Jumba to keep my head from erupting." Yang replied.
"How do we find your worse fears, anyway?" Thresher asked Remmy.
"Simple, I'll just open the back door of his mind. It's where all his deep dark secrets are hidden."
What Thresher saw as he opened up the door was a strange sight: inside Yang's mind was a vast jail, his main emotions trapped inside the bars.
"Oi, and I thought Chef Hatchet was a maniac." Thresher thought to himself.
"Hello, Thresher. It's wonderful to see you." said a yellow version of Yang.
"Um, hello, Yellow Yang."
"Oh, please. Call me Yang's happiness. Do you mind talking to the warden? He's a great warden, but he's been cooping me and the other's up for years with his partner."
"Who's he?"
"He's sitting in a desk chair right at the end of the cell hall." Meanwhile, Sparky was having problems of his own as he kept going into Spooky's mind, which one could describe as if all the original Tim Burton movies got together and went crazy.
"What exactly is your fear anyway? I mean technically you're supposed to be able to become fear, so what is there to fear?" Sparky asked
"You know that saying that there's nothing to fear but fear itself?" Spooky replied.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well, that's my fear!"
Unsure of what was to come, Sparky saw a small mansion on the top of a hill and walked up to it. As he approached, as pair of red eyes watched his every move.
"Heh, heh, heh. That fool knows not what awaits him when goes in." the creature snickered.
Meanwhile, Felix was already over his green head as he saw the terror before him: Yaarp's fear, which one can only be described as if an entire orchestra's instruments grew legs, merged together and was carrying Yaarp in a dress.
"Um, Band Kong?" was all Felix could say.
Though a confusing fear, Felix had a good idea of how to get rid of that oversized marching band. First, he grabbed the nearest plane he could find.
["If I knew anything about giant monsters that climb up buildings with damsels in distress, is that they always succumb to planes." Felix said confidentially.]
As the challenge continued, some fears were conquered, while some failed.
In the end only three minds remained: Yang, Spooky and Yaarp. And Felix, Thresher and Sparky were all facing hard times.
You see, after Felix found the airplane, he flew high into the air and divebombed the monster.
Band Kong soon retaliated, however with a well-aimed blast from its trombone cannon, nearly blasting the right wing to pieces.
["I wish Yaarp was making that up, because I think I lost what was left of my sanity there." Felix said, facepalming himself.]
Meanwhile, Sparky had made it into the mansion, opening the door to find a darkened room, only lit by the opened door.
"Um, hello? Anyone there?" Sparky called out.
"Yes…" a voice hissed back.
"And I'm afraid there's no turning back."
"What do you mean?" Sparky asked nervously.
"I mean you're in my world now, and with Remy at my side I'll conquer this mind." It answered.
"What does Remy have to do with this? Show yourself!" Sparky demanded.
"As you WISH!" the voice screamed.
And in a flash of light a creature emerged: a shapeless, black vapor venting demon with an army of skeleton soldiers standing on either sides.
"Um, I think you're on the wrong set. The Rise of the Guardians is the next stage over." Sparky taunted.
"SILENCE! You are no more than a firefly compared to me!"
"And just who is 'me'?"
"I have many names, a few of which Voltaire sang. But more importantly I am Fear, a beast that many dread to see." Fear said sinisterly.
"So Spooky wasn't kidding. Fear is his fear."
"And my most trusted ally." Said a familiar voice, appearing behind Fear.
"Remy! You son of a b*tch! You've joined that Boogeyman stand-in?!"
"Correct, I have made a deal with him. You see I can control what is real in the mind and what isn't. So in exchange for him to be released, I get back at this treacherous green slime by controlling his mind." Remy cackled.
"But why would you release him? If he's released, he'll cause a never ending wave of fear wash over everyone on Earth!"
"Exactly! And since I was meant to strike fear into the hearts of enemies, this is a perfect opportunity. Or at least it was until Spooky stole my spot as the true experiment of fear!"
"Shall I torment him with his fear, Remy?"
"By all means." Remy replied.
And with a snap of the fingers, a giant electric transformer dragon flew and crashed into the mansion. With an electric roar, it charged at Sparky.
Meanwhile, Thresher continued his way down the surprisingly long hallway, accompanied by yang's happiness that he released from her cell.
"Oi, I've seen highways that are shorter than this." Thresher grumbled. "So, how long has the warden locked the lot of you here?"
"Almost ever since the battle with the Leroy army in 2008." Yang's happiness replied.
"Oi, I know. It wasn't a pretty battle. "
"Ever since then, the warden ordered a protocol called 'Project Lockdown', which was meant to keep all emotions hidden away from any of the public."
"But why would this warden do that?"
"He never explained, only saying it's for the best. And what's worse is his deputy, who gives out most of the commands."
"Who's that?"
"Sh! Quiet, Thresher. We're coming close to the warden. He's sleeping now, but he's a light sleeper."
As they sneaked up behind the warden, they got a good look at his face: a black Yang in a sheriff's hat and carrying a giant nightstick.
"That's him. Yang's anger." Yang's happiness whispered.
["That has to be the strangest version of anger I've ever seen."]
And sleeping standing up against the wall next to Yang's anger was a bat-winged, saber-fanged version of Angel.
"Oi, I'll go and get the keys from around Angeryang's belt. When I get them, you release the prisoners and cause a mutiny." Thresher whispered.
"Don't you mean Yang's anger?"
"Well, I'm combining the emotion with Yang, you see to- Ah, no time to explain, just sneak next to the deputy and tie her up."
Thresher extended one of his tentacles, attempting to grab the keys, though the spherical shape of their ends left a lot to be desired. But he did, with the help of a broom near the end of the wall, grabbed the keys and snuck away to signal Posiyang (positive Yang).
As Posiyang approached the deputy, she covered her mouth and tied her with a nearby rope, unable to speak.
But the noise was loud enough to wake the warden, Thresher deciding to make a break for it.
He dashed to each cell, unlocking as he went.
Posiyang only had to yell out one word to have the other emotions gang up on the warden: "CHARGE!"
And with that, the warden was tied up too.
Meanwhile, Felix was running out of fuel in his plane, Band Kong climbing up a giant building, dressed Yaarp in one of Band Kong's cymbal hands.
"Save me! HELP!" Yaarp screamed.
Thinking quickly, Felix turned the plane and charged straight at Band Kong, parachuting out of the plane. This was enough to set Band Kong off balance, dropping Yaarp right into Felix's lap and toppling the musical leviathan. It soon crashed down to the street below, sounding like a dying orchestra as it tumbled in the air.
Meanwhile, Sparky was in hot water as the electric dragon charged at him. It missed very narrowly, crashing into the door. Thinking fast, Sparky made his way up to the ceiling, attacking not the dragon, but Remy and Fear. Remy dodged easily, but Fear was not so lucky; getting hit by almost every bolt of lightning.
["I figured that either Remy or Fear was controlling that *shudder* beast, so if I got rid of Fear or Remy I'd take down the dragon."]
The dragon came back fast, though and absorbed the next series of bolts. It then proceeded to sap Sparky of his electricity, narrowly succeeding. Sparky plummeted towards the floor, but luckily his arm flopped a book onto the floor that activated the switch on the floor.
"You idiot! You've activated the self-destruct switch! Now all that's in this mansion will be sucked out, taking us with it!" Remy shouted.
Sparky, with what little strength he had left, crawled out the back door as Remy, Fear and the dragon were sucked out with the mansion out of Spooky's head. The last thing he saw was a spatula that transported him out of Spooky and back into the real world.
Sparky awoke to the sound of Thresher's voice.
"Oi, wake up." Thresher said.
"Ohh… My head."
"That was some fall you had back there." Richter said.
"What happened? Where's Remy and Fear?"
"In order: You skyrocketed out of Spooky on Jumba's mind spatula and fell to the Earth." Melty began.
"You were lucky you survived the fall." Thresher added.
"And while I have no idea who Fear is, Remy was found and cuffed by Chef Hatchet on accounts of treason." Melty went on.
"Though since Spooky 's fear wasn't technically conquered, he lost the challenge. The bonfire ceremony is about to start, so you better get up." Hammerface said.
At the bonfire ceremony, they awaited the elimination.
"The last experiment who's not going home tonight is… Yang."
"What?! I How could I lose?! Sparky defeated Fear and Remy, we should've won!"
"Yeah, but fear doesn't count as a fear unless there's a name for it. And Fear doesn't count as a name." Chris said.
"But don't worry, Remy won't be coming back for a long time," Chris explained. "So! Since Spooky and Sparky lost, they must compete in a tiebreaker. The loser must go home!"
The tiebreaker turned out to be a pretty easy one. The two experiments had to run from the start line, grab a slug at the end, and bring it back. Sparky won easily, mostly because Spooky couldn't handle carrying the slimy creature. Therefore, Spooky was eliminated.
As Spooky waved farewell to his friends as he rode on the Boat of Losers, all Thresher could think was, "What was with that Angel demon? And why was she giving the orders despite being a deputy? Oi, I better talk to Richter and Melty about it tomorrow."
"And with that, the next episode comes to a fear-inducing close. Who will go home next time? Find out next time on Last! Experiment! Standing! Mclean out!"