Burnout: Summer Rush
By RichieD.
(A/N and Disclaimer: Numbuh 5 and staying alive. Hmm, still a little low on the review side though. Aw well, am continuing regardless. Only a couple more loose end to tie up before we really get down to the nitty gritty, but that doesn't make this one any less entertaining. As said in the previous chapters, the character of Shorty is mine, the character of Binks/Stealth XL is MHZ, The pink puffball is Nintendo and Hal Laboratories, and any others belong to Cartoon Network and/or their respected creators.)
"The city of Townsville…" sprouts the always charismatic voice of the Narrator "…has a change in plans for their upcoming benefit concert to save the Townville Lake. What started off as a normal event featuring the likes of Puffy AmiYumi has now turned into a battle of the bands. And of all people to challenge them, it came from none other then Bloo of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Apparently with a band of his own called the Foster's Rockers. Of course, having watched over the city and subsequently their place of business. I can say for a fact I have NEVER heard of such a band. But then again, what do I know? In any case, Bloo seems to have a bit of a grudge against the Puffy. Plus in the far reaches of outer space, Betty and her crew were rescued by some pink thing that looked to be in trouble but managed to handle the situation with out any help. So what results will this bring? Good question, and I asked it ha ha! –Ahem- anyway time to get back to the action. And as much as it probably won't happen, two to one says the day will be saved. Any takers? No? Alright start the story then.
-Intro Here-
Moments after the startling proposal at Puffy's practice session from Bloo, those that witness it quickly spread the word through town that the concert was now gonna be a rock-off! The fact it was it came from a relative unknown made the concert all the more exciting. After all what better why to draw in the crowd then through a competition? And as hoped by Puffy, this brought in more ticket sales to the benefit faster then they expected climbing into the millions and beyond. However, not all were pleased with this as indicated by the following exchange after Bloo threw down the gantlet.
"BLOO!" Mac cried as the blob rejoined his friends and was greeted by dozen of angered glares "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!"
Chapter 5: Special Assignment: Baby-sit of the Vacuum.
"What?" Bloo asked, oblivious to the what he just gotten his friends into "All I was doing was standing up those J-Pop menaces. Obviously you guys were too brainwashed by their charms to show some guts, so I took it upon myself to challenge those evil masterminds and put them in their place."
The others look at him like he was crazy (though that wasn't especially hard considering his past antics) before Frankie asked "Okay what exactly is running that that fantasy world you call a brain this time?"
Bloo look at her with some annoyance then sighed "Ugh, look. This whole "Japanese rock star" thing is all part of Japan's big plan! They've had this plan going on ever since the end of World War 2! The Japanese wanted revenge on America by taking control of the country. So they hatched this big plan in order to subdue us from right under our noses! First they use their fancy pants gizmos, oddball anime, weird game shows and now these rock stars to keep us off our guard. Then they try to teach us Japanese in our schools as a language/culture course, next to French and Spanish. Soon Japanese will try to run for American governors and even President! Soon before you know it, a big, red sun will replace our stars and stripes! WE MUST STOP THEM NOW BEFORE IT"S TOO LATE!"
(ed-I apologize for any Japanese, Canadians, and so-called "rednecks"(and possibly any scuba ninjas) out there who are reading this who might find it offensive. I do not mean to bring this out as offensive, merely just for humor at Bloo's paranoia and stupidity. This is just part of the story, not social commentary and I do NOT stand by this. I will not tolerate any reviews or messages that flame me about this
Bloo huffed for a moment from this rant while the others looked at him blankly until Mac spoke up "Well Bloo, I gotta say. As long as I've been with you, I've heard some very crazy theories from you before and seen you jump the gun more then I can count. But THAT takes the cake. You've pretty much made the term "crazy" into a art form."
"Boy I'll say." Frankie adds, the other three friends nodding in agreement. "Talk about paranoid to the fullest extreme."
"Am I, guys?" Bloo say his eyes darting back are fourth "Am I?"
"YES!" They all shouted knocking him off his feet.
"In any case, why did you get us involved in challenging those rockers like that? All so you can settle your own vendetta!" Mac said.
"Well one, I obviously don't know spit about playing a guitar or any type of musical instrument for that matter. So its only obvious I include you guys. I mean you take band in school right, Mac?"
"Yes, but I can only play the triangle! I know less then you do about this rock stuff!"
"Oh…wow Mac. I knew you were a nerd in school, but…wow." Mac gritted his teeth at these words but Bloo didn't seem to pay much mind "Anyway, am not settling a vendetta I'm merely taking down a personal, hostile event of my own hated people."
Mac rolled his eyes; his imaginary friend pretty much just described the meaning of the word without realizing it, the dope.
"Co Coco, co cococo co co coco cocooc cocococo, cococo coco, coco co co!"
"I'm sorry, Bloo, but Coco's right." Wilt said. "To quote her, 'once again, you have forcibly involved us in another one of your half-baked schemes, that will eventually crash and burn to the ground, and possibly end up with us in tears."
"Si!" Eduardo said. "We no know how to play instruments."
"Don't worry, guys." Bloo tried to reassure them. "We'll have at least two weeks to practice. Am pretty sure we can have this music thing down by then. I mean really if those hacks on stage can do it. Then we'll become rock stars in no time."
"For your sake, we better be!" Frankie said grudgingly "Otherwise I know what I can do with the leftovers of "IT" I have in the freezer."
"I-I-I-It?" Bloo say voice shaking, his once determined demeanor beginning to deteriorate. "I-I-I-I thought I ate it all?"
"Oh no, seeing how you loved my first ten or so batches, I whipped up some more just for special occasions such as this." She said with bit of faux cuteness in her voice "So trust me when I say, there plenty more where IT came from. Oh well its lunchtime, time to head back. Come on guys, we'll try to work out a schedule so we can at least be somewhat prepared for what's to come before our big "rock off" "
Frankie led the others back to the bus as the crowd had begun to thin out as well since Puffy had finished practicing. However Bloo remained, standing there in constant fear of "IT". He still could remember the absolute horrid taste in his mouth and the entire night Frankie cooked it. Trying as hard as he could to get sent to his room with no supper but all for naught thanks to a grudge seeking Eduardo and Frankie who would be cleaning the house for week thanks to his crazy plans to attract Mr. Harriman. To say it was a punishment was being too kind, it was torture!
"Bloo! You coming or not?" Mac calls to him snapping him out of his dazed "Uh be right there he said." Then put on a very fierce determination once more with this new threat on the horizon, He then turn to a nearby poster of Ami and Yumi on a tree and glared darts at it.
"Okay Puffy, if that the way it gonna be. Then now…. its personal!"
Bloo then made to reach the poster and tear it down and into a thousand pieces.
-PRICK-
"GAH! MY HAND! SPLINTER! OWIE! OWIE! OWIE! OH THE PAIN! OH YOU ARE SO GOING DOWN NOW PUFFY! OWIE! OWIE! OWIE!"
From their view from the bus, the Fosters all sweatdrop as they watched Bloo run around in a panic just from the tiny piece of wood in his hand (or stub –shrug-).
"We are so doomed, aren't we?" Mac asks
"Like the dinosaurs when the meteor hit." Frankie groaned
(-Eyecatch-: Ami and Yumi are practicing on a corner with an open guitar case in front of them, just doing what they do best, until Bloo comes by and takes a coins from their briefcase. When the girls exclaim, Bloo just turns and sticks his tongue out at them. That is until he turns around and finds Shorty glaring at him while popping her knuckles. Bloo, smiling nervously, quickly backs up and puts the coin back in the case.)
It was hard to tell how many hours had passed after the little run in with Mr. Bright and Mr. Moon. But eventually after a long but patient wait (well at least in Betty and X-5's case. Sparky had pretty much gotten cabin fever in just the first ten minutes, mostly complaining about his stomach :P). The Galactic Guardians had finally rescued the crew of the M2 and towed them to a nearby satellite station for repairs and refueling.
However the pink puffball that saved them was nowhere in sight by the time the Guardians had come to save them. Making Betty wonder who or exactly what the thing was "I didn't even get its name. Well whatever it was I hope we get to meet again." Betty thought to herself before being informed that the repairs on her ship were finished. Allowing the crew to help her get back to Moosejaw Heights before her mom could suspect anything.
A few days passed with little to no Galactic Guardian activity much to the pleasure of Betty who was able to spend some much needed time with Noah (much to the chagrin of Penelope who was trying hard to make her move on him during her absences. Hehe.) Eventually word of the upcoming concert and subsequent rock off reached the ears of the small suburbs, exciting all those interested, Betty's friends no exception. So a trip was planned among the parents, hotel stays were reserved and everything was set to go. And while she was excited about the concert, Betty was also looking forward to visiting a friend she had met at a Christmas party last year. And despite the…flaws of his blue imaginary friend who seem to be a polar opposite of him, Betty could look past that and see that this boy was extremely sweet and maybe something more .
However, just when she was starting to get used to the taste of normal life, a simple knock on her door one particular day brought all that to a screeching halt.
"I'll get it mom." Betty said as ran to and opened the door…and almost wished she didn't.
"YOU!"
"PUYO!" The knocker who happened to be none other then the M2's savior greeted as he stood before Betty.
"Wha…But…How!" Betty stammered, her brain temporarily on overload. But was brought back to her senses when her mom called "Honey, whose at the door?"
The puffball once again made to shout out its greeting but Betty quickly covered his mouth. "Don't you DARE say a word!" She orders the puffball before pushing him into a nearby bush just as her mom came to the front.
Betty quickly closed the door and faced her mother. "Um, I guess they had the wrong house, because by the time I got there, they left. Rude, huh?"
Betty's mother raised an eyebrow and said, "Well, as long as you didn't buy anything from them. Can't have any dead weight in this house, you know."
"Yeah, really." Betty chuckled nervously "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean my room before we leave for Townsville. VERY Quickly. Don't want to leave a mess you know." And with that, Betty rushed back to her room with the hope of climbing out her room window sneaking to the front and grabbing the puffball. Imagine her surprise when she found him not only in her room, but laying on her bed.
"H-H-How'd you get here? No wait better question, WHO are you? I appreciate you saving our ship and all but you can't just appear out in the open like that. Unlike Townsville, this place isn't used to seeing strange things such as aliens" she said in flustered. "And I doubt their ready now, I gotta call the Galactic Guardians and…" As if on cue, her Galactic Bracelet started beeping. "Ugh, why didn't this thing come with a Vibrate Mode?" Betty thought to herself before she answered.
"Atomic Betty, reporting for duty!" she saluted to the holographic projection of her fish like commanding officer, Admiral Degill. "What's the trouble?"
"The trouble is your little friend, I'm afraid. Which as I see arrived right on the dot" the Admiral explained. She Betty quirking an eyebrow, the admiral explained "Shortly after we rescued you and your crew, we had a little run in with your friend there and brought him in for questioning. Though sadly all he can say is "PUYO" whatever that means. Though a scan gave of his form gave us name, Kirby from the Planet Popstar."
"Popstar?" Betty questioned, the mention of the name seemed to have excited the being known as Kirby since he was now bouncing on the bed and saying "PUYO" happily.
"Hey calm down! My mom and dad'll hear you!" Betty said franticly, cutting away from the conversation for the moment to quiet him, once Betty succeeded she continued
"Sorry about that. Anyway, I've never heard of this planet Popstar."
"Yes well it seems it out of our nebula." Degill states "An uncharted territory that's out of the Galactic Guardians jurisdiction, and as such we are trying to contact one of the planets to learn how Kirby fits into all this."
"Ooookay and he here with me, why?"
"Oh that, well once we got him here, he got hungry and…how should I put this. DEVOURED everything in the headquarters pantry, in one single swallow I might add. Obviously he not safe to keep around here, so I thought of the next best thing."
Betty pretty much figured it out two seconds before he answer her question "Oh no, No! No! No! No! No! No! No! He can't…"
"I'm sorry Betty, but I believe he is better left in your care for the time being until we can go shopping at Star-Mart again and get in contact with Popstar. Beside you are one of our best, this should be a piece of cake."
"PUYO!"
"Quiet you! And Admiral, I…"
"Good luck, and keep us posted!" Degill said quickly and the hologram clicked off.
Betty stared in shock at her wristwatch wondering what just happened. Then let out a huge frustrated grumble "I…DON'…BELIVE…THIS!" After that brief outburst (which was rare since it take a lot to get Betty riled) Betty clamed herself down and begin thinking "Okay alright, I got a trip to Townsville coming up soon and a pink alien that eats up anything. How the heck am I supposed to care for YOU while am on vacation!" she said to Kirby. " Not to mention how I'm supposed to keep you out of mom and dad's sights during the…Kirby? Kirby!"
It looks like during her stressing that she didn't notice that Kirby wasn't in the room anymore.
"ROWR!"
And the sound of their pet cat Percy howling out the hallway was defiantly a clear sign on something bad happening
"KIRBY! NO!" Betty yelled quickly rushing to the bedroom door and hoping like heck she was going to stop that infinite black hole that was Kirby's stomach.
T.B.C.To Be Continued which of course have just flashed on screen.
"Of course, no day saved yet again. –SIGH- I've pretty much accepted this but hey at least we know who the pink thing is. And wow, something that can devour a stuck of food in one bite, man I wouldn't want him as a houseguest. Y'know, better Betty then me, heh heh." A sound of footsteps enters wherever he is and whispers are then heard in the room. "Eh? What? I still have it on? Uh oh." The narrator says uncomfortably as the scenes cut to Betty whose looking very dishelved and very annoyed at him right now.
"Uh um, I meant that in a good way. You know, take one for the team and all that. It was in no way an insensitive remark toward you. Why if I could, I would take him off your hands until next time. But you know work calls and…"
The narrator stops when he notices the sly look on Betty's face directed toward him.
"Oh…crud."
-Outro here-
Next Chapter:
Bloo: Sheesh I don't know what everyone's problem is. So I got them involved in a battle of the bands like contest and were sure to face certain defeat at the hand of Puffy AmiYumi, my arch foe who most be destroyed! –Ahem- But anyway, they say practice makes perfect and these two music savvy imaginary friends seem to be just what the doctor order to help beat those rock stars. Oh and Mac telling me something about his little "girlfriend" coming by for a visit with a new imaginary friend. But there's no time for that, DESTINY AWAITS!
Next Chapter: Fosters Rockers Jam Session.
Bloo: Look out Puffy! YOUR GOING DOWN!