Chapter 18: The Thunder Tower

Poo led the four of them, Kumatora and Duster still under the disguises of the pigmasks, down into a tunnel and to the left, showing them an entrance where two Pigmasks in blue were standing guard, each of them holding onto a laser gun ready to fire at whoever attempted to step foot into the tower.

"Okay, Mister Lucas." Poo whispered into Lucas' ear. "Just remember what I told you to say to them, and you should be inside in no time."

Lucas nodded his head and had Kumatora, Duster, Poo, and Boney march up to the entrance in front of them. The two Pigmask generals quickly pointed their guns at the group at first, however, after a moment, one quickly oinked at the other one waving his hand down.

"Commander!" The Pigmask on the right squealed, giving Lucas a salute. "What brings you here on this fine day?"

Lucas quickly started, giving the firm tone that Poo told him to use. "I was passing by the factory for Mr. Fassad for my usual check-up, the captain over there told me I should come here when I was done, making sure everything is going smoothly here! He told Poo right here to guide me here!"

The same Pigmask quickly nodded his head, giving the salute again. "Yes, of course Commander! I'll let you in and your team in." The door to the towers opened, and the group began to go inside, well, everyone except Poo, who the Pigmasks halted.

"Except you, YOU need to go back to the factory! Or did you forget?!"

"I did not," Poo replied, Lucas could sense the boy's bitterness as he bowed to the Pigmask. "I was just getting the commander here as ordered. You must walk me back now!"

Giving Poo one last reluctant look, Lucas turned his attention towards the massive tower, he quickly glanced at a floor plan on the side and groaned, fifteen stories high and massively tight security, hopefully being in the commander uniform could get them through this. And, to make up his promise to the boy, he wanted to see if he could find information about this Paula or Jeff he was friends with.

"Well done kiddo." Kumatora said from behind her mask. "Keep it up and we'll be at the top in no time."

"Yes, let's get going Lucas." Boney barked.

Lucas nodded his head and began to walk down the hall, he watched a few green Pigmasks and a handful of unrecognizable people in lab coats furiously mashing away on those weird computers he had seen in people's houses...what on earth was going on here?

However, as Poo had told them, nobody really paid any mind to them. They were only stopped a few times by Pigmasks who wanted to salute to Lucas, or tell him about special projects they were working on.

"Yes, Commander, the project is coming along perfectly." One Captain had said to Lucas. "The Andonuts family is working hard on that next upgrade to your kit, and the draining of the Polestar Girl's PSI is weakening her severely. His Majesty's wishes will be granted soon, however, we just need their locations first."

"Yes, you keep working on that." Duster had said before Lucas could speak. "The commander is on a tight schedule today."

Lucas also noted that just about everyone looked exhausted, almost as if these people had no time for fun and happiness, it was just like a robot army furiously mashing away. It was almost creepy when he stopped and thought about it.

Eventually though, the gang found themselves on the twelfth floor, which would be leading to the outside construction that would take them to the top of the tower. Lucas gulped as he saw who was there though, it was none other than Fassad.

However, Fassad merely wished them a good day as he munched on a banana and walked by them. He even handed Lucas a Donut, though, it looked quite foul and was probably made on slave labor.

"Phew, that was almost a disaster." Kumatora said, "Good thing we-"

"NOT SO FAST!"

"Son a bitch."

The four of them turned around as Fassad stood behind them, this time with a handful of Pigmasks holding onto laser guns.

"Nwehehehe." Fassad chuckled, giving them a slow, sarcastic clap. "Clever, very clever, using our fabled commanders' discarded clothing to try and trick us into thinking you're doing a checkup for his highness. But your plan is done in vain. This is the end for you Lucas!"

"Welp, now is as good a time as any." Kumatora said. "NOW!"

Duster quickly threw a smoke bomb against the ground, which exploded, then Lucas heard Kumatora launch out a PK Fire and some explosions go off.

"Go, Go, Go!" Kumatora motioned to Lucas and the four of them scrambled up the ladder in order to go up.

The four of them excited the top, and Kumatora quickly slammed a hatch opening down, which did something as they heard a loud thud followed by a scream.

"Well, might as well get these stupid things off." Kumatora yanked off her Pigmask outfit and Duster took his off as well. Boney also shook off the animal Pigmask on his head.

"Much better, now I don't feel like the scum of the earth." Duster muttered.

"Damn, it looked kinda cute on you though." Kumatora replied, making Duster and Lucas look at her. The princess blushed a little.

The four of them heard the pounding on the hatch, and the muffled shouts of Fassad and they began to scramble up, only to find themselves entering a hodgepodge room of all sorts of stuff.

There were teddy bears, photos of what looked like Poo and his friends, a jack-in-the box, trains, weird looking thin clubs, a freaking swimming pool, and some weird looking robot in a maid's outfit. She was standing in front of a green yo-yo in a glass case.

Curiously Lucas reached for the Yo-yo, only for the robot to slap his hand hard.

"Hi, I'm Little Miss Marshmallow!" the robot said. "That toy is our King's Favorite toy. He stole it from his best friend long ago. Please do not touch it!"

"Or else what?" Kumatora asked sarcastically.

Little Miss Marshmallow twitched and her hands transformed into drills and another missile launcher. Quickly reacting, Lucas pulled out his stick and, using Offense Up α! He swung his stick at the robot maid, launching the maid into the pool where it short circuited and exploded, the explosion made a big enough boom that the glass surrounding the yo-yo shattered

Seeing as how the Yo-yo wasn't this false king's anyway, Lucas decided to look at the green yo-yo, which had a strange label on it.

Onett Drugstore: Property of Ness

Lucas recalled the name Ness from Poo. But quickly disregarded it as they heard shouts from Fassad. He turned to his friends, and dog, and they continued their climb up the tower.

That's all for today's chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it.

I apologize for not posting a chapter last month, things got really out of hand with school starting back up and also having a job as well. I'll try to make up for it by giving you all a second chapter this month, that time we'll focus on Mr Generator, Learning PK Flash and the meeting of the Masked Man and stuff like that.

I'm not entirely sure how I want to do the sunflower field scene, since it's kind of just walking and hallucinating. I know it's supposed to be a sentimental sad moment, but how I do it might delay the chapter after next a little longer.

Thank you for being patient with me. I'll finish this story, I promise.