Author's Note: Thanks guys for all the feedback! Now on to the second chap- I mean, episode. The first one had a lot of reference to Metal Gear Solid, but this time, this episode lampoons the ever popular movie, Independence Day and a bit of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion! Enjoy! Oh yeah, I know the 4th of July is months away, but just go along for the heck of it, okay :)

Legal junk: I don't own Megas XLR, but Cartoon Network does and Jody Schaeffer & George Krstic created it. But this fic belongs to me. Clear? Good.

Eps. 2: Independence Shenanigans

I

"YEEEEE-HHAAAAWW!" Coop shouted joyfully as MEGAS barreled through space. Jamie was smiling throughout the journey while Kiva still hadn't got a clue why the guys were so happy about celebrating the 4th of July.

"C'mon Kiva, don't tell us you're not at least a bit excited about it." Jamie said to her.

"Independence Day kinda lost its meaning in the future Jamie, since the whole world is conquered by the Glorft. We will celebrate an Independence Day only when the Glorft is destroyed once and for all. And until that time, we just have to continue fighting."

"Well, since you're in the past now and we're not under occupation from anyone else," Coop said, "Why dontcha take a load off and try not to think about the Glorft for once?"

"I can't." Kiva shook her head, replying somberly. "The Glorft are very experienced combatants, and I have to study every battle tactics there is including the ones used in the Revolutionary War."

"Oh yeah, the war… thing." Coop replied. He had forgotten all about it after he graduated from school.

Jamie scoffed at Coop's lack of historical knowledge. "Pfft, c'mon Coop. Don't you remember all those stuff we learned in school?"

(Jamie's alternate history) II

"The Revolutionary War was fought and finally ended in… uh, whatever year when the Declaration of Independence is signed." Jamie narrated. In Jamie's story, he made himself as George Washington, while the Declaration of Independence signers were all hot chicks wearing some kind of a revealing dress despite the fact it was in the 18th century. "Oh, Jamie…" The girls giggled and chuckled giddily as they watch Jamie wrote his signature on the Declaration. He then got up, and put his arms around the girls and with them, walked out to the river just within a walking distance from the building they were just in.

They boarded the boat and crossed the Delaware. Jamie was holding two girls on each side while others rowed the boat across the mighty river. At the other end of the river, redcoat wearing girls greeted them, and together they all went into a log cabin not far from the river to have some 'quality' time. Back to present day Jamie, he had a dirty, satisfied-like smirk on his face while Kiva and Coop looked at him with a doubtful, questioning, and incredulous look.

"Dude… I don't think it went like that…" Coop said to him.

"That's not even remotely close to what I have learned in military history class." Kiva shook her head.

"No wonder the history teacher hated you, man." Coop added.

"Hey…" Jamie replied, trying to relax by putting his hands behind his head and kicked back, "A guy can dream, can't he?"

Suddenly, a loud, rapid beep went on, and alerted Coop. "Well, we're finally home, and just in time for the fireworks too." Coop then brought MEGAS into Earth and piloted it to enter United States airspace and finally into Jersey. But things wasn't as peaceful as it looked. Back at the moon, where the astronauts landed on the surface for the first time, the landing spot was vibrating so strongly that the footsteps long left by the astronauts began to dissipate.

The flag fell down, some loose metal and materials fell down, and finally large, huge shadow began to envelop the land. The shadow was so huge that it blanketed the whole area. Later, it was revealed that the shadow was actually being cast by a large alien spaceship that was about the half the size of the moon. It was half spherical in shape, with two giant antennas rising in front of it. It almost looked like a giant bug. Inside of the massive giant superstructure in the bridge, a huge monitor displays the planet's visual and its vital stats.

Land Mass: 29.2 percent
Water Mass: 70.8 percent
Sentient Beings: Exists
Intelligence: Questionable
Military Power: What Military Power?

"Sir, we've reached the planet Earth. Should we extract their water now?" one of the Bridge Commanders said. The aliens were humanoid, but ugly and repulsive looking.

After a long contemplation, "Yes." the person who was obviously has a higher ranking than he is replied. "Begin the extraction process now."

"Yes, my Supreme Overlord Shimrra." The bridge commander replied, and he then alerted the people in the Extractor Department his command.

(Opening Theme) III

It was already dark, and Coop got a nice spot at a nice location in the city park to watch the fireworks display. But to the unfortunate people below, MEGAS blocked their view. So there were people mumbling angrily, children crying and soda cans were thrown at MEGAS' legs.

"Hey!" Coop shouted from above, "Don't throw stuff at my car!" He then brought his head back and in and shook in disbelief, "The nerve of some people! I just want to watch the fireworks!"

"Coop." Kiva said, "You do realize you're blocking their view, right?"

"Oh, come on!" he whined, "There are plenty of good spots in the park, why do they have to go here?"

And just so suddenly, all three of them could see the water from the sea rising upwards rapidly to the sky. The rising water looked like a pillar as if it was sucked by a giant vacuum in the sky.

"Whoa, that's new to me." Coop said, after slurping his Big Glug.

"Must be some kind of a new fireworks technology." Jamie replied.

Kiva just rolled her eyes in disbelief, and felt her intelligence was insulted by the comments made by the primitives in front of her. Without hesitation, she quickly switched her holo-screen on and began analyzing the bizarre phenomenon occurring in front of them.

"Guys, it's not fireworks. It's a pillar of seawater rising towards the sky." Kiva explained. "I think we gonna have to check it right away."

"Aww, come on Kiva." Coop whined again, turning his body around to look at Kiva at the backseat, "It's nothing. It's your paranoia towards the Glorft that made you think all these crazy things."

"Uh… Coop," Jamie tapped his shoulder, "I think the redhead has a point." He pointed towards the sea. Coop then turned around and looked where Jamie pointed earlier.

"Whoa!" he shouted in surprise, as he saw a giant, clear tube descending from the sky, sucking all the seawater below it. And there was not only one, but hundreds of them. Coop sighed in annoyance, and he then shifted the gear, "Always at a time when I'm trying to relax." MEGAS' jets powered up and let out a powerful scream. At the other side of the city, a kid was in awe as he watched MEGAS took off to the skies as he slurped his slushie. "Cool…"

IV

Coop continued along the tube that carried the sucked water as he, Jamie and Kiva in awe of its massive size. You could fit a skyscraper in those tubes. The journey continued all the way to the space, where they finally saw what was sucking the water all along.

"Sir," the alien bridge commander alerted his Supreme Overlord, "There seems to be a spaceship coming towards us."

"Recheck it again." Barked the Overlord, "It's probably one of those primitive satellites the pathetic beings on this planet made."

"We've crosschecked it, and it is a confirmed spaceship in a shape of a bipedal robot."

"What?" the overlord asked again in disbelief. First contact with the native beings was usually hostile and he didn't want to take any chances, "How many of them?"

"Just… one, Sir." The bridge commander replied, in disbelief himself.

"Madness! What kind of defense force do they have? Pathetic!" Suddenly the holo-screen in front of them was switched on automatically, producing static noises and fizzing picture.

"Sir, it seems that the pilot wants to open communications with us." The Bridge Commander said.

"Patch him through."

"Yes, my Overlord." The Commander then twist a knob in front of him until the screen was made clearer, revealing Coop's face.

"See, I told ya it's not the Glorft." Coop said to Kiva, and then he turned around, facing the screen. "Yo, the heck you guys doing stealing our water?" he asked.

"Insipid life form." The Supreme Overlord mocked, "Do you realize who you are talking to? We are the Xuuzhan Gong, eradicator of planets. By taking away your precious water, we will render your planet uninhabitable and ultimately terraform your planet to our liking."

There was a long, bothersome pause, "Huh?" Coop finally replied, confused thoroughly by the explanation.

Kiva slapped her forehead and she then tried to explain it to Coop, "It means he wants to kill us all by stealing our water."

"Ooh… I knew that." He said back, "Well, you can have it, for all we care." Suddenly, there was a sound of a screeching turntable, stopping to a halt.

"WHAT?" Jamie, Kiva, and the Overlord asked him in shock.

"The water in The Jersey area is dirty anyway." Coop shrugged, "They're doing us a favor." Coop replied, smiling at Kiva and Jamie.

"Sir," the Bridge Commander suddenly interrupted, "I have troublesome news to report. The water extraction device is overheating, and it is on a verge of malfunctioning due to a lot of pollutants being clogged up in the tube."

"WHAT?" the Overlord shouted angrily in disbelief. In the room where the filter is stored, there were a lot of junk can be seen trapped in the filter, such as rusty cars, trains, skeletons with their legs encased with cement, jet planes and even ships. The malfunction alarm was blaring furiously. And then, the whole room exploded, taking a part of the spaceship along with it.

Coop, Jamie and Kiva looked at the explosion in incredulous disbelief. Soon, Jamie and Coop started to laugh and began to mock and point fingers at the so-called fearsome Overlord.

"Sir, we just lost Sector 42." The Bridge Commander said.

The Supreme Overlord was furious with rage. He grinded his teeth as he looked at Coop murderously. "YOU SHALL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THAT YOU'VE DONE! If we can't destroy your planet by damaging your ecosystem, then we will destroy it by military means!" he turned around and pointed to the Bridge Commander. "YOU!"

He stood nervously and replied, "Yes Sir?"

"Call our pilots for a strategic offence. I want that robot to be destroyed, AND THEN WIPE OUT ALL THE INHABITANTS ON THIS PATHETIC LITTLE PLANET!"

"Y-Yes Sir, Supreme Overlord Shimrra Sir." He then quickly turned around, and pressed a button in front of him, "Attention all pilots, battle stations!"

V

A huge door at the side of the spaceship opened up, and letting loose a mass amount of spaceship out. It looked like a swarm of bees that just got out from their nest. This was Coop's first battle against multiple fleets of combat aircraft, rather than the usual giant robots he used to battle against.

"Okay…" Coop said, trying to assess the situation. "No worries, it's just like swatting a bunch of flies."

"No it's not." Jamie scoffed, "More like a guy fighting against a swarm of hornets."

"Correction," Coop replied back, smiling, "Swatting, some flies." Coop then pushed the 'MOM TOLD ME NOT TO PUSH THIS' button, and MEGAS' left hand retracted and out come a gigantic fly swatter. He could've thought of putting a can of repellant spraying acid that'd melt away the fighter, but nooo... The music began to play, and MEGAS and the fighter squadron began to battle in space. It kinda looked stupid, but funny-stupid sort a way, but Coop did manage to destroy some of the fighters ever increasingly swarming around MEGAS, shooting green laser projectiles at it.

"OH NO, YOU DID NOT SHOOT THAT GREEN POOP AT ME!" Coop shouted angrily as he desperately try to fend of the ever increasing attacks. But try as Coop may, his attacks didn't do justice. At this time, there were a lot of scorch marks dotting MEGAS, destroying the hatches that housed some of MEGAS' weapons.

"Give up yet, you pathetic excuse for a sentient being?" the Supreme Overlord mocked.

"Oh no, I ain't finished yet!" Coop shouted back. "WWWWWWAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!" He then head butted a large red button in front of him that read 'DEUS EX MACHINA'.

"Coop, what're you doing?" Kiva yelled in panic, "That weapon hasn't been tested yet!"

"You try think up of a better plan!" Coop replied in back in desperation.

"That's it!" Jamie said in a fearful tone, as he pushed his beanie down to cover his face, "We're all gonna die."

MEGAS began to glow a bright red glow, and lights began to shoot up from many places from its body. The whole space was then brightened up in red color, almost matching the bright intensity of the sun. And then, silence. The bright red glow began to dim slowly, and finally revealed MEGAS in his battered, yet still functional state.

VI

Jamie slowly lifted his beanie up, and looked around. Coop was still next to him, and Kiva was still behind him. "We're alive…" a relieved smile carved slowly on his face, "WE'RE ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! WAHAHAHAHA!"

Coop slowly opened his eyes, and to his relief, the mothership was gone. Kiva shared the same sentiment too. Then suddenly, there was a loud knocking sound and MEGAS was thrown away. Coop quickly turned his steering wheel around to stabilize MEGAS, and looked up. He saw a mech robot holding a sword. The monitor on the dashboard lit up, revealing the Overlord's ugly face.

"You listen to me—"

"No, you listen to me you ugly jerkface that kinda looked like some alien dude in a book based on a popular sci-fi movie!" Coop began to rant as he revved the engine.

"You read books?" Kiva asked incredulously.

Coop continued on, "You tried to take water off my planet, made me use a dangerous weapon that I haven't tested yet and worst of all, you're making me late for the fireworks show! And I don't like it when people make me late for the fireworks show!" So Coop took out a videogame controller that looked exactly like the Nintendo Revolution controller, only that it wasn't named it so as to avoid copyright infringement.

"Coop, where did you get that?" Jamie asked as he pointed to that thing, "That thing isn't supposed to be out yet."

"Remember the road trip a few months ago? The one with the plastic bag got stuck on the car's radio antenna?" Coop replied, and he began to reminisce.

Coop was in LA at that time, attending a videogame conference to check out all the latest games. The controller quickly got Coop's attention, and he decided to steal it. Don't even think of stealing folks, it's not cool. He stepped forward, but a large nerdy guy blocked his way and said, "Sorry, this prototype controller is for display only."

Coop was determined to get his hands on the controller. Quickly he pointed away behind the nerdy guy and shouted, "Hey, they're announcing the new Legend of Celda game!"

"Huh?" the nerdy man replied and quickly turned around, "I'm not going to miss this!" Coop smiled a smirking smile, and he quickly took off with the controller.

"YOU STOLE THAT THING?" Kiva shouted angrily.

"Hey, I was planning to give it back, don't worry about it." he replied back nervously. Kiva shook her head in disbelief, and sat back. Coop pushed a button on the controller, and the energy sword materialized in its hands. The fight was severely brutal with both robots wouldn't want to give the other the advantage. The both of them went into a lock, and they began to exchange some repartee.

"My ship may have been destroyed by the likes of you, but I will promise you that you will be destroyed by my sword!" The Overlord said angrily at Coop.

"I. DARE. YOU!" Coop replied back, and the battle was getting more and more intense. As Kiva monitored MEGAS' progress, the monitor alerted a presence of a comet. It was large enough to destroy the enemy robot. "Coop, bait him to go to this path. When I give the signal, kick him away and run as far as you can!"

"Run?" Coop protested as he flailed his arms with the controller, "Where's the fun of that?"

"Just trust me!" Kiva replied back, and Coop finally agreed. He brought MEGAS to the coordinate where Kiva pointed out earlier and they resumed their battle there. Seconds passed by, and the comet was within range, "Coop, NOW!" and MEGAS kicked the mech away and fled.

"PATHETIC!" screamed the Overlord, "Why do you flee? Not that it mattered because I will return back with an—" realizing something was amiss, he turned around and saw the flaming comet heading towards him, "Oh no…" The comet struck a direct hit and disintegrated the mech.

VII

Everyone inside MEGAS was satisfied with the outcome and Coop and Jamie gave each other the 'rock on' sign. "Finally, it's over. And hey, we still have time to watch the fireworks too." So Coop sifted the gear again and flew back to Jersey. Little that he knew, all the debris from fighters and the explosion from the mothership rained a fiery rain onto Jersey, destroying everything on the ground, including the Pop TV headquarters. And all the water that the aliens stole disintegrated without a trace, leaving the sea around Jersey area shallow than usual, thus making cargo shipment impossible.

"Coop, you do plan to return back the controller, right?" Kiva asked him.

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