Mole Man's Tale Of Woe
"My real name is Harvey Elder," Mole Man told Todd as they shared a bite to eat. "I come from the world above. A world filled with cruelty and hatred for people who look like me."
"I hear ya," Todd nodded as he munched.
"I came from a small city that was filled with petty ignorant fools who cared only about themselves," Mole Man continued. "A town that I will forever curse. A town called Bayville."
"You're from Bayville?" Todd asked. "Why am I not shocked?"
"For all my young life I was mocked at, rejected by my peers," Mole Man told him. "You can't imagine what my existence was like growing up there!"
"Wanna bet?" Todd raised an eyebrow.
"I could go on and on…" Harvey started.
"And believe me he can," The Female Moloid said.
"On the day of my graduation, which should have been the happiest day of my life, I was the valedictorian. But I was humiliated beyond belief…" Mole Man sobbed.
"They threw tomatoes at him while he gave his speech, filled his car with shaving cream and set fire to his diploma," Another Moloid said.
"On that day, on that terrible day I left Bayville forever!" Mole Man said. "But before I left I uttered a curse. I cursed the name of that horrible school forever! I wished that Bayville High would forever live in infamy and be known as a place of disaster and chaos! And that all that attended it would suffer! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"You know this explains a lot," Todd grumbled.
"But I digress," Mole Man glared at her. "I decided that the only way to get any respect was to make my name and become famous. So I decided to search for the legendary land at the center of the Earth. Of course if I had known I would have ended up in a suburb under the crust I would have simply moved to Jersey."
"I considered that too once," Todd said.
"I decided to find my own way to the center of the world without any help from the legendary Explorers Club," Mole Man continued. "After they threw me out. But luck was with me. Just when I was down on my luck and drowning my sorrows at the local bar, I happened to overhear a conversation by two monster hunters. I followed them at a discreet distance as they traveled to a secret island in the deep ocean, which I called Monster Isle…after I was abandoned there. It seems my uh…companions didn't appreciate my company."
"They didn't like him spying on them," The Female Moloid told him.
"And worse, they were fighting this really cranky guy who wanted to rule the world with this ancient technology," Mole Man kept going. "Well long story short…"
"Too late," Beffle said.
"The evil monster was defeated and I was left alone," Mole Man continued. "However in the blast an avalanche occurred trapping me below the surface of the earth and destroyed the majority of my eyesight."
"Which explains his fashion sense," Another Moloid spoke.
"However I discovered a tunnel leading down to this underground paradise," Mole Man continued. "And I discovered how to use the technology of the ancients to my advantage! With it I was able to conquer the Moloids and became their king!"
"Conquer smonquer," Beffle said. "He gave us cable and TV. That's the only reason we follow him."
"Hey give me a little more credit!" Mole Man snapped. "I can do more than that! See this stick? Watch!" He raised it and flames came out.
"Whoa!" Todd said. "It's like a flame-thrower!"
"That's not all it can do!" Mole Man said proudly. "Watch this!" His staff then set out electricity. "And this!" It created a burst of light. "And…" Then the earth shook.
"Nice earthquake boss," Beffle said.
"That wasn't me," Mole Man blinked.
"I think I know who it was," Todd pointed. "Sounds like my friends have found me! Hey guys! Over here! Freddy put that lizard down!"
"I told you this was the right way," Althea said to the Misfits. "The X-Geeks are gonna feel so silly wandering around the tunnels with no direction."
"Who are these people?" Beffle asked. "Man some of them are ugly!"
"What?" Fred glared at him.
"It's not what you think Freddy," Todd told him. "Mole Man these are friends of mine. The girl with the black and blue hair is my girl Althea. That's Freddy, Lance, Pietro and his Sister Wanda and that's Xi right there."
"Hey this one's kind of cute," One of the Moloids looked at Xi.
"How'd you guys find me?" Todd asked.
"You dropped your watch a ways back there," Althea handed it to him. "We then tracked you to here."
"There was this weird fork in the road," Fred said. "One went left and the X-Geeks went right."
"Okay could someone tell me what's going on here?" Lance asked.
"Sure," Mole Man said. "Let me tell you my tale of woe…"
"Here we go again…" Todd sighed.
Next: A nice little underground battle coming up.