Chapter 24- Bubble 'n Sque- err... Skull!
"Dude, what's goin' on?" One teenage boy asked his friend from the audience.
"I dunno, man," replied the other boy, "I heard that one of the 'bots needs some special stuff to fight."
"Wuss!" The first boy laughed.
Suddenly, the audience's random chatter turned to silence as Tengu Man hovered above the open-sky stadium, holding a gigantic straw bag of sand almost seven times his size. "Let 'er rip, Tengu!" Came the voice of Rock from outside the arena walls.
Tengu Man nodded and hoisted the bag onto his shoulders. Bearing his Tengu Blade, Tengu Man sliced the bag open, spilling a rainstorm of sand into the arena. The bag deflated as the sand rushed into the center of the arena, creating a large mound in the middle. When the bag was empty, Tengu Man neatly folded it up in the air and tucked it under his wing. "Ready, Wave Man!" Tengu Man hollered down into the arena.
Wave Man vaulted himself from behind the arena wall and into the ring, bearing his sharp Wave Harpoon in his cannon arm. Quickly jabbing his harpoon in the ground, Wave Man summoned a rush of water from the ground, flooding the inside of the arena, enveloping himself underneath the rising waves until the water entirely covered the arena except for the large mound of sand in the middle, creating a small island. Wave Man floated to the surface and backswam to the ring walls. He again vaulted himself out of the water and behind the arena walls. "Done" He called back at Tengu Man.
Tengu Man nodded again and sped away in the air, disappearing from the stadium. He was soon replaced by Beat, carrying Skull Man by his shoulders above the ring. Beat slowly began to descend into the arena as Rockman and Blues appeared on the stadium's giant viewscreen. "Sorry about the delay," Rockman said, "But it'll all be worth it!"
"Coming into the ring now," Said Blues as Beat let Skull Man down onto the sand island, "some call him the bastard child of Skeletor, and he sure as hell is one big bastard in combat, Skull Man!" Blues announced as the crowd roared and Beat flew away and out of sight.
Suddenly, Tengu Man reappeared over the stadium, carrying Bubble Man by his shoulders. Tengu Man released Bubble Man in the air, letting the green robot plunge into the water below. "And arriving just now," Rock announced, "He may not be the best at land fighting, but when he's underwater, he's unstoppable! Let's hear it for Bubble Man!"
Bubble Man resurfaced, swam to the sand island and walked up to Skull Man. "Show off," Skull Man snorted.
"Just shut up and fight!" Bubble Man said.
Without a second more, Skull Man lunged at Bubble Man with his arm cannon poised beside his head. Bubble Man only leapt backwards back into the water with a splash, submerging himself completely. Undaunted, Skull Man dove into the water after his foe. The water remained rippling from the two robot's entry and the whole stadium was silent.
Suddenly, Auto leapt over the walls of the audience barricades and plopped himself down beside Rock, Blues and Roll behind the arena wall. "I never got to announce the ro-battle!" Auto whined, looking into the small television monitor that displayed the battle inside the arena.
"Remind me to tell Doctor Light to uncross his neuro-circuitry," Blues quietly whispered to Rock.
Suddenly, Skull Man shot up from the water and landed on his back with a hard thud upon the sand island. Skull Man moaned loudly and rolled onto his stomach, rubbing the back of his head. Bubble Man slithered back onto the island, laughing. "Had enough, Skull boy?" Bubble Man taunted.
"Fuck off," Skull Man growled, staggering to his feet.
No sooner had Skull Man stood up again, Bubble Man tackled him from behind and they both plunged into the water again. Skull Man managed to writhe free from Bubble Man's grasp around his waist and speedily swam upwards towards the surface of the water. When his head emerged, Skull Man put his face into the water and scanned the flooded arena for signs of his foe, but he found not so much as a trace of his quarry.
Just as Skull Man poked his head back out of the water, two blasts of plasma energy smashed into his chest, blowing him out of the water and back onto the land. Skull Man weakly picked himself up again and stood in the center of the island, looking quickly in all directions searching for Bubble Man. Suddenly, Bubble Man burst up from the water from behind Skull Man, readying another tackle. Skull Man quickly spun around to face Bubble Man just as his opponent smashed into him. Just before they plunged back into the water, Skull Man managed to point the barrel of his arm cannon into Bubble Man's chest and let loose a blast of plasma. Bubble Man screeched as he was blown backwards and back into the water with a splash. Skull Man stopped himself from falling back into the water, braced, and went back to the center of the island and continued to search around for Bubble Man. Suddenly, Skull Man took a running dive into the water and the arena was silent once more. Suddenly, Bubble Man's body was thrown from the water and onto the middle of the island with Skull Man following him by foot. Bubble Man groaned and lay on his belly, rubbing the side of his head as Skull Man approached. Skull Man swiftly threw himself upon Bubble Man, driving his elbow into Bubble Man's back. Bubble Man yelped as Skull Man's large hands wrapped around his chin and began to stretch his head backwards.
"What's he doing?" Rock asked Blues, "A submission hold?"
"It's called the Crippler Crossjaw, I think," Blues mumbled, "Those old barbaric twenty-first century wrestling shows..."
"It's called the Crippler Crossface!" Auto suddenly shrieked joyfully, startling the three siblings. "I watch those old WWE archives off the internet every day! The hold was made by Chris Benoit, one of my all-time favorites!"
Blues sighed as Skull Man continued to torture Bubble Man. "Dr. Light's to blame for him, you know," Blues said to Roll.
"I know, I know," Roll muttered regretfully.
Suddenly, Bubble Man's helmet eye let a large bubble dribble out of it and onto Skull Man's hand. Skull Man yelped and released Bubble Man, holding his hand and rubbing it. "Like my Bubble Lead?" Bubble Man snickered, kicking Skull Man off of his back. As soon as the two robots got back to their feet, Bubble Man threw a punch at Skull Man's face. Before his knuckles could connect, A large holographic skull floated up in front of Skull Man's face and Bubble Man's fist, stopping the punch upon impact. With Bubble Man's attack halted, Skull Man rammed his shoulder into Bubble Man, bowling the green robot over and into the water once more. Skull Man willed his Skull Barrier to deactivate as he dove into the water after Bubble Man. The faing sound of the splash in the water was all the sound left in the stadium. Silent minute after silent minute passed without a sign of life from either submerged robot.
Suddenly, the water erupted in loud booms and turbulent waves, echoing in a string of ear-blasting underwater explosions. The audio assault was ceaseless as the once calm and silent water turned into a violent warzone. When the loudest boom of them all exploded from underneath the surface, the dismembered torso of Skull Man shot out of the water and into the sky and into the water. Skull Man and his remains lay on the island, with Skull Man trying to roll himself over onto his back with whatever remained of his right shoulder. Bubble Man walked haughtily back onto the island towards Skull Man, snickering cruelly. "Still alive, huh?" Bubble Man howled in laughter as he morphed his arm cannon back into a hand. Skull Man could only manage a groan as Bubble Man picked him up by his sides with both hands and held Skull Man's face to the Bubble Lead module on his helmet. "See ya'!" Bubble Man laughed.
Suddenly, a large holographic skull whooshed past Bubble Man's face with a horrendous scream. Bubble Man shrieked along with the skull as he dropped Skull Man back onto the ground and fell over. Upon hitting the sand, Bubble Man immediatley curled up into a ball and began to twitch, mumbling incoherently.
Rock blinked in disbelief. "Who won?" he asked.
"Looks like Bubble Man's scared shitless!" Blues inferred.
"What about Skull Man?" Auto asked, "He's still alive!"
A few more silent minutes passed before the crowd began to turn ugly. Roars of boos rained down from the stormy audience as Skull Man lay motionless and Bubble Man rocked gently back and forth. "Uh, sorry about this, bizzare, turn of events," Rock suddenly spoke, taking a microphone into his hands, "I guess that's the match. Err, we'll have to decide just who won this battle after all sometime in the near future."
The crowd cooled down a bit, still uttering small echoes of displeasement.
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The Asylum's note:
Uh.... what happened? Who won? Skull Man or Bubble Man? Skull Man was dismembered and Bubble Man was scared shitless! Well, I think either one of them just won, because they made their opponent unable to continue.... But we can't have two winners! Someone has to win! But.... who?
Well, it's obvious that I can't figure this out. Maybe you, the reader, can...?
PS- Yes, Chris Benoit is my favorite wrestler after Austin left. How could you tell?
-The Asylum(Chill Man)
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"Dude, what's goin' on?" One teenage boy asked his friend from the audience.
"I dunno, man," replied the other boy, "I heard that one of the 'bots needs some special stuff to fight."
"Wuss!" The first boy laughed.
Suddenly, the audience's random chatter turned to silence as Tengu Man hovered above the open-sky stadium, holding a gigantic straw bag of sand almost seven times his size. "Let 'er rip, Tengu!" Came the voice of Rock from outside the arena walls.
Tengu Man nodded and hoisted the bag onto his shoulders. Bearing his Tengu Blade, Tengu Man sliced the bag open, spilling a rainstorm of sand into the arena. The bag deflated as the sand rushed into the center of the arena, creating a large mound in the middle. When the bag was empty, Tengu Man neatly folded it up in the air and tucked it under his wing. "Ready, Wave Man!" Tengu Man hollered down into the arena.
Wave Man vaulted himself from behind the arena wall and into the ring, bearing his sharp Wave Harpoon in his cannon arm. Quickly jabbing his harpoon in the ground, Wave Man summoned a rush of water from the ground, flooding the inside of the arena, enveloping himself underneath the rising waves until the water entirely covered the arena except for the large mound of sand in the middle, creating a small island. Wave Man floated to the surface and backswam to the ring walls. He again vaulted himself out of the water and behind the arena walls. "Done" He called back at Tengu Man.
Tengu Man nodded again and sped away in the air, disappearing from the stadium. He was soon replaced by Beat, carrying Skull Man by his shoulders above the ring. Beat slowly began to descend into the arena as Rockman and Blues appeared on the stadium's giant viewscreen. "Sorry about the delay," Rockman said, "But it'll all be worth it!"
"Coming into the ring now," Said Blues as Beat let Skull Man down onto the sand island, "some call him the bastard child of Skeletor, and he sure as hell is one big bastard in combat, Skull Man!" Blues announced as the crowd roared and Beat flew away and out of sight.
Suddenly, Tengu Man reappeared over the stadium, carrying Bubble Man by his shoulders. Tengu Man released Bubble Man in the air, letting the green robot plunge into the water below. "And arriving just now," Rock announced, "He may not be the best at land fighting, but when he's underwater, he's unstoppable! Let's hear it for Bubble Man!"
Bubble Man resurfaced, swam to the sand island and walked up to Skull Man. "Show off," Skull Man snorted.
"Just shut up and fight!" Bubble Man said.
Without a second more, Skull Man lunged at Bubble Man with his arm cannon poised beside his head. Bubble Man only leapt backwards back into the water with a splash, submerging himself completely. Undaunted, Skull Man dove into the water after his foe. The water remained rippling from the two robot's entry and the whole stadium was silent.
Suddenly, Auto leapt over the walls of the audience barricades and plopped himself down beside Rock, Blues and Roll behind the arena wall. "I never got to announce the ro-battle!" Auto whined, looking into the small television monitor that displayed the battle inside the arena.
"Remind me to tell Doctor Light to uncross his neuro-circuitry," Blues quietly whispered to Rock.
Suddenly, Skull Man shot up from the water and landed on his back with a hard thud upon the sand island. Skull Man moaned loudly and rolled onto his stomach, rubbing the back of his head. Bubble Man slithered back onto the island, laughing. "Had enough, Skull boy?" Bubble Man taunted.
"Fuck off," Skull Man growled, staggering to his feet.
No sooner had Skull Man stood up again, Bubble Man tackled him from behind and they both plunged into the water again. Skull Man managed to writhe free from Bubble Man's grasp around his waist and speedily swam upwards towards the surface of the water. When his head emerged, Skull Man put his face into the water and scanned the flooded arena for signs of his foe, but he found not so much as a trace of his quarry.
Just as Skull Man poked his head back out of the water, two blasts of plasma energy smashed into his chest, blowing him out of the water and back onto the land. Skull Man weakly picked himself up again and stood in the center of the island, looking quickly in all directions searching for Bubble Man. Suddenly, Bubble Man burst up from the water from behind Skull Man, readying another tackle. Skull Man quickly spun around to face Bubble Man just as his opponent smashed into him. Just before they plunged back into the water, Skull Man managed to point the barrel of his arm cannon into Bubble Man's chest and let loose a blast of plasma. Bubble Man screeched as he was blown backwards and back into the water with a splash. Skull Man stopped himself from falling back into the water, braced, and went back to the center of the island and continued to search around for Bubble Man. Suddenly, Skull Man took a running dive into the water and the arena was silent once more. Suddenly, Bubble Man's body was thrown from the water and onto the middle of the island with Skull Man following him by foot. Bubble Man groaned and lay on his belly, rubbing the side of his head as Skull Man approached. Skull Man swiftly threw himself upon Bubble Man, driving his elbow into Bubble Man's back. Bubble Man yelped as Skull Man's large hands wrapped around his chin and began to stretch his head backwards.
"What's he doing?" Rock asked Blues, "A submission hold?"
"It's called the Crippler Crossjaw, I think," Blues mumbled, "Those old barbaric twenty-first century wrestling shows..."
"It's called the Crippler Crossface!" Auto suddenly shrieked joyfully, startling the three siblings. "I watch those old WWE archives off the internet every day! The hold was made by Chris Benoit, one of my all-time favorites!"
Blues sighed as Skull Man continued to torture Bubble Man. "Dr. Light's to blame for him, you know," Blues said to Roll.
"I know, I know," Roll muttered regretfully.
Suddenly, Bubble Man's helmet eye let a large bubble dribble out of it and onto Skull Man's hand. Skull Man yelped and released Bubble Man, holding his hand and rubbing it. "Like my Bubble Lead?" Bubble Man snickered, kicking Skull Man off of his back. As soon as the two robots got back to their feet, Bubble Man threw a punch at Skull Man's face. Before his knuckles could connect, A large holographic skull floated up in front of Skull Man's face and Bubble Man's fist, stopping the punch upon impact. With Bubble Man's attack halted, Skull Man rammed his shoulder into Bubble Man, bowling the green robot over and into the water once more. Skull Man willed his Skull Barrier to deactivate as he dove into the water after Bubble Man. The faing sound of the splash in the water was all the sound left in the stadium. Silent minute after silent minute passed without a sign of life from either submerged robot.
Suddenly, the water erupted in loud booms and turbulent waves, echoing in a string of ear-blasting underwater explosions. The audio assault was ceaseless as the once calm and silent water turned into a violent warzone. When the loudest boom of them all exploded from underneath the surface, the dismembered torso of Skull Man shot out of the water and into the sky and into the water. Skull Man and his remains lay on the island, with Skull Man trying to roll himself over onto his back with whatever remained of his right shoulder. Bubble Man walked haughtily back onto the island towards Skull Man, snickering cruelly. "Still alive, huh?" Bubble Man howled in laughter as he morphed his arm cannon back into a hand. Skull Man could only manage a groan as Bubble Man picked him up by his sides with both hands and held Skull Man's face to the Bubble Lead module on his helmet. "See ya'!" Bubble Man laughed.
Suddenly, a large holographic skull whooshed past Bubble Man's face with a horrendous scream. Bubble Man shrieked along with the skull as he dropped Skull Man back onto the ground and fell over. Upon hitting the sand, Bubble Man immediatley curled up into a ball and began to twitch, mumbling incoherently.
Rock blinked in disbelief. "Who won?" he asked.
"Looks like Bubble Man's scared shitless!" Blues inferred.
"What about Skull Man?" Auto asked, "He's still alive!"
A few more silent minutes passed before the crowd began to turn ugly. Roars of boos rained down from the stormy audience as Skull Man lay motionless and Bubble Man rocked gently back and forth. "Uh, sorry about this, bizzare, turn of events," Rock suddenly spoke, taking a microphone into his hands, "I guess that's the match. Err, we'll have to decide just who won this battle after all sometime in the near future."
The crowd cooled down a bit, still uttering small echoes of displeasement.
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The Asylum's note:
Uh.... what happened? Who won? Skull Man or Bubble Man? Skull Man was dismembered and Bubble Man was scared shitless! Well, I think either one of them just won, because they made their opponent unable to continue.... But we can't have two winners! Someone has to win! But.... who?
Well, it's obvious that I can't figure this out. Maybe you, the reader, can...?
PS- Yes, Chris Benoit is my favorite wrestler after Austin left. How could you tell?
-The Asylum(Chill Man)
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