Act One, Scene One
"I got your back, KP!" Ron yelled after his friend.
Kim charged the massive, grey monster smashing every kiosk in the mall. The blocky creature hoisted a cell phone booth before hurling it through the plate glass of Club Banana. She flip-flopped several times before hand springing with all her strength. Ron stopped in his tracks and admired the redhead's grace as she practically flew through the air. Kim swept out her leg and landed a devastating kick to the creature's jaw.
"That's for wrecking my favorite store!"
The massive thing seemed to be made of concrete! The monster staggered back and dropped to a knee.
"OW!" she exclaimed as she landed gingerly. Her leg throbbed with pain.
It narrowed its eyes on Kim and growled menacingly. The polished floor cracked with each step of the monster as it approached slowly. Kim stood her ground on guard, but obviously favored one leg.
Ron reached deep in his pocket and pulled out his prized possession. The small, pink, fleshing thing stood up in his hand and gasped.
"Rufus!" Ron called, "Kim's in trouble!"
Ron quickly handed his naked mole rat several packets of Diablo sauce and threw him at the creature. Rufus squeaked as threateningly as he could, and landed on the thing's shoulder. The little rat tore open two packs of the sauce and squirted them directly into its eyes. The monster howled in pain and flailed its arms about, before rubbing its eyes. Naturally, it only rubbed more of the hot sauce in its eyes.
"Boo-yah!" Ron yelled triumphantly and raised his fist over his head. "Way to go, Rufus!"
Rufus squeaked something that almost sounded like "Thank you!" and took a bow.
A guttural growl rumbled from it and the creature blindly charged. Kim dove and rolled to safety. The thing charged passed her, racing directly toward her friend. Ron's eyes widened in panic and Rufus braced for impact. Ron tried to run in every direction at once, which meant he completely froze.
"Ron!" Kim yelled. She pulled her grappling hook launcher from her belt and fired. The line shot across the thing's legs went taught and wrapped them tightly. Gravity did its thing, and the creature crashed to the ground. Ron's hair flew back as the monster's breath rushed out of it.
"Whoa, dude! What have you been eating?" Ron said, holding his nose and waving has hand in front of his face. "Someone needs a mint!"
"Yeah, mint!" Rufus agreed. "Bleck!"
"Ron! Give me a hand before this whatever-it-is wakes up!" Kim ordered.
Ron nodded and helped tie the creature down as Middleton Police arrived on the scene.
Unbeknownst to the teens, their encounter with the monster had been taped. A shadowy man sat at the monitor running and rewinding the fight. His keen eye analyzed every detail: Kim's acrobatics, Ron's on-the-fly tactics, and the little pink weapon. The man sat back, and touched his fingertips together thoughtfully.
A middle aged woman slid open the door to the dark media room and quietly entered.
"Sir, what shall we do about Cinderblock?" she asked with a slight bow.
"Cinderblock has fulfilled his purpose," he spoke in a careful, measured, passionless voice. "The data gathered shall prove most interesting."