Hello people. Sorry for the long wait. Class is gonna start back up for me soon, I also have work and Cross Country practice starting up, so we'll be getting updates less frequently. Don't worry though; I plan to continue all my stories. So let us continue.
Part 2
Rex rode on his Rex-Ride, with Jazz hanging on to him, and Danielle flying alongside them. The group rode up a hill before they came to their destination, Amity Park's Axiom Labs. Rex withdrew his ride as Jazz got of.
"So this is Axiom Labs?" Rex asked.
"That's it." Jazz confirmed.
"What are waiting for then? Let's get going!" Dani stated as she flew right towards the main gate. As soon as she touched it though, she was zapped by a surge of electricity that blew her back slightly.
"Dani!" Jazz exclaimed as she and Rex ran to her.
"You okay kid?" Rex asked.
Dani groaned a bit as she got up. "Now I know how a fly in a bug-zapper feels."
Jazz walked up to a control panel near the main gate and began to type away a bit. "Anti-Ghost shield." She figured out. "Looks like whatever ghost is inside didn't want Danny getting in here."
"Can you turn it off?" Dani asked.
"It might take some time but…" Jazz tried but Rex walked up.
"Allow me." He moved her a bit to the side and placed his hand on the control panel. A blue grid-like pattern formed on his hands and spread to the panel. A green shield covering the entire building became visible only for it to dissipate a few seconds later.
"Done." Rex said with a proud smile.
"Wow. Awesome!" Dani exclaimed.
"How'd you do that?" Jazz asked.
"I got these little machines called Nanites inside my body." Rex began to explain. "That's how I'm able to build my own machines, and it also lets me 'talk' with technology."
"That is so cool!" Dani stated with a fan-girl-like smile.
"Yeah it is pretty cool." Rex agreed in a somewhat smug fashion.
"So what's your name?" Jazz asked.
"Uh… it's Rex, I just told…"
"No I mean you're hero name." Jazz said. "Like 'Gizmo-Boy', or 'Metal-Maker'!"
"Eh… no. Just Rex will do."
"Well I think you need a name." Jazz insisted. "But we'll work on it later." She took out the Fenton Anti-Creep stick. "We got a lab to disinfest!"
"And you're gonna do that with a baseball bat?" Rex questioned the bat Jazz was holding.
"Yep, but it's a bat with the word 'Fenton' on it." Jazz replied before she ran inside the open gate.
Rex looked towards Dani. "Is she always like this?"
Dani rolled her eyes. "You have no idea."
The group was walking through the empty halls of the lab, but surprisingly, they encountered little resistance so far.
"I thought this place would be crawling with ghosts." Rex stated in a questioning tone.
"There's definitely a ghost here." Dani confirmed as blue mist came from her mouth.
"Well whatever ghost here is going to cause trouble; we Ghost-Getters will handle it!" Jazz said enthusiastically.
"'Ghost-Getters'?" Rex questioned.
Dani sighed. "Jazz, how many times do we have to tell you, that name is never gonna catch on."
"Never say never." Jazz replied.
Before anything else can be said however, a multitude of guns popped up ahead from the ceilings and the walls and aimed at the three before opening fire with blue ecto-rays.
Rex quickly formed his Block Party to protect himself as well as Jazz and Dani from the blasts. Once that was done Dani flew above Rex and sent an ecto-wave forward with a swipe of her leg, cutting off the guns from the ceiling. Rex rushed forward and formed his Smack-Hands and tore off the guns on the left wall before punching the right wall, causing it to collapse with the turrets.
"Okay, what was that about?" Rex questioned.
"Those we're the lab's anti-ghost defenses." Jazz stated.
"Then why we're they shooting at us?" Dani asked. "I mean yeah, I'm a ghost, but you guys aren't."
"Someone took control, most likely." Rex guessed.
"Yeah that would…." Jazz's eyes then widened. "Oh no."
"What?" Rex asked.
"There's only one kind of ghost who has this kind of thing for technology." Jazz stated.
Dani slapped her forehead. "Oh don't tell me."
Before Rex could ask what the two girls we're talking about, a familiar and maniacal cackle was heard all throughout the lab. A large screen lowered from the ceiling, which showed the face of the one ghost who could control all this.
"That's right naïve fools! I, Technus, have returned!" He then gave another cackle.
"Why am I not surprised?" Dani shook her head.
"Just who the heck is this guy?" Rex asked.
"Technus." Jazz answered. "He's a ghost who can control and manipulate tech. He's one of Danny's most dangerous enemies."
"And he's also totally outdated." Dani added.
Technus' eyes lay on the only non-Fenton present. "So the rumors are true, the Phantom-Child's made himself some little friends."
"Got that right." Rex confirmed. "The name's Rex, now show me what you got." He challenged as he raised his Smack-Hands again.
Technus smiled. "Aw eager to meet your own destruction, I like that. Well then 'Rex' why don't you come and get me?"
He cackled again as the walls surged with green electricity, implying Technus has now taken control of the entire building. The three looked around as small compartments in the walls opened and out came several black and green humanoid robots with red eyes, all with Technus' face on them, as they we're now controlled.
"Robots?" Rex had a large and eager grin on his face. "I love smashing robots!"
"Come on then, these robots aren't gonna smash themselves." Dani stated as she flew forward with ecto-charged fists and began blasting away.
Rex had an amused smile. "I like that kid." Rex charged forward as well.
"Hey, guys wait for me!" Jazz called out as she ran after them.
In the central control room of Axiom Labs, Technus himself was busy trying to get into a large metal sphere that was hooked by several wires in the walls all around the large chamber. Once he tried to touch it, it zapped his hand.
"Ugh!" Technus grunted in annoyance. "These humans have upgraded their security. No matter, I'll get in to the main Cybertron system, and once that is done, I'll control every computer on the planet! And all shall bow before Technus!" He laughed again before he heard several muffled explosion sounds from the door at the far edge of the room.
Two seconds later, the door was blown all the way to the other side of the room, forcing Technus to go intangible to avoid getting smashed. He looked to the dust cloud in the doorway to see Rex and Dani both walking out of it as the dust cleared, with Jazz right behind them.
"Those we're the best you got?" Rex questioned pointing his thumb behind him to the hallway filled with torn robots and holes. "Dude, I barely broke a sweat."
Technus growled. "You child, are the most arrogant…"
"Talk about the pot calling the kettle black." Dani interrupted.
"It's over Technus! You've lost!" Jazz stated, trying to act tough, but it didn't work.
"I've lost, have I?" Technus said with an eager smile. He spread his arms out as a glow formed around his body, the same glow appeared around nearly every form of computer, console, or technology in the central lab before they broke from their locations and flew directly towards Technus.
Rex covered his eyes with his arms, as did Dani and Jazz as a massive orb of technology formed around Technus from the rapidly spinning tech that began to condense around him and it all exploded in a flash of light. When the light subsided, the three could only look in surprise at what stood before them.
Technus was now in a large, twelve-foot tall, black and green robotic-body. He had four crab-like legs coming from his large body. Two large arms, accompanied by four mechanical tentacles from his back, and a black computer screen serving as the head with Technus' face on it.
"So then children? Any last words?" Technus questioned as he cracked his robotic fists.
Rex's smile still persisted as he drew his Blast-Caster. "Thrill me." He snapped the whip at Technus' chest, forcing him back a bit. This gave Dani the opening to fly forward and blast several ecto-beams straight at Technus, forcing himself to cover with his arms.
His tentacles whipped up and opened fire with a series of green lasers; one laser hit Dani and knocked her down. As they came for her, Rex stood in front and formed his Block Party shield in his right hand to deflect the lasers. In his left hand, he formed his Slam Cannon. It loaded up from the metal floor and fired at Technus knocking him back.
Technus growled as he straightened himself, but he felt a small sensation in his right-back leg and looked to see Jazz trying to hit him with the Fenton Anti-Creep stick repeatedly. He smiled evilly as one of his tentacles wrapped up Jazz and picked her up.
"Let me go!" Jazz exclaimed as Technus' tentacle held her.
Rex and Dani both glared at Technus as he held Jazz in front of him. "What will you do now? You hero-types wouldn't do anything if it endangered a innocent bystander, would you?" He taunted as one of his other tentacles formed a buzz saw at the tip and held it close to Jazz's neck.
Rex whispered a bit to Dani. "I'll get her, you hit him hard."
"With pleasure." Dani whispered back.
Rex formed his Punk Busters and stomped hard on the floor, creating a smokescreen that filled the chamber. This blinded Technus. "What?! Where are you!?"
"Over here!" Rex flew through the dust on his Boogie Pack, with his goggles on, he formed his BFS in his right hand and sliced all of Technus' tentacles off, this freed Jazz, who fell, but was caught bridal-style by Rex.
"And this is why you don't go after super villains with baseball bats." Rex told her.
"So I've been told." Jazz replied.
The dust cleared, and Technus would have attacked back, but he didn't get the chance as Dani flew forward, covered in ecto-energy as she slammed her elbow hard into Technus's chest, sending him crashing into the wall.
Rex set Jazz down before flying back up to the recovering Technus and flying high up above him. He formed his Punk-Busters again as he withdrew his Boogie Pack and let gravity do it's work. His large metallic feet slammed hard onto Technus' body, completely destroying it.
Technus rolled out of the debris. As he rolled he uttered the word "Ow!" repeatedly till he came to a stop. He groaned as he tried to get up, but found himself staring at a pair of feet and looked up towards Rex, with crossed-arms, starring down at him, with Dani and Jazz at his sides.
"You finished yet?" Rex questioned.
"Not yet." Technus replied with a sly grin. "You're not the only one good with machines child."
Tehcnus flew right into Rex, much to the group's surprise. Rex held his stomach a bit as he groaned. "Okay, that feels wrong."
"Rex!" Dani exclaimed as she and Jazz rushed to him and he fell on his knees as a green grid-like pattern spread all over his body.
Within his body, all of Rex's nanites began to turn green as Technus was now trying to take control. His face formed on one nanites. "Now this is power! I've never felt machines like these before! With this kind of power, nothing will stop me!" He laughed again, but soon felt something strange.
Rex's eyes began to glow blue as he tried to get up, the green lines on his body turned to blue as his own body began to glow.
"What's happening to him?" Dani asked.
"I think, he's resisting Technus' control." Jazz guessed.
"What?!" Technus exclaimed as he felt himself loosing control of these nanites. "Impossible! No machine can resist Technus!"
Deep within Rex's body, his Omega-1 Nanite was working as it was glowing immensely to purge Rex's nanites of the infection in his body.
Rex's eyes burst open to reveal a blue glow. "Get OUT!" Rex exclaimed as he let loose blue energy and Technus was blown out of his body. He screamed as he was flown all the way to the other side of the chamber and slammed into a wall.
Rex regained his breath as he held his knees for some support, Jazz and Dani both helped him up a bit.
"You alright?" Jazz asked.
"I'm fine." Rex dismissed. He straightened himself up as he walked towards he befuddled and weakened Technus.
"How…?" The tech-ghost questioned. "How is this possible?! No machine has resisted me before! How could you resist me!?"
Rex smiled as he formed a smack-hand in his right hand. "I don't take orders from tools like you." His smack-hand spun rapidly as he slammed it hard into Technus, leaving a large impression in the ground, with the unconscious ghost inside.
Jazz quickly ran up and took out a Fenton Thermos and sucked up the defeated Technus inside.
"That takes care of him." Jazz said as she closed the lid.
"How did you do that?" Dani asked Rex. "Technus can take over any machine, how did you get him out?"
"He's not the first 'genius' to try and control my nanites." Rex answered. "After so many tries, they've built up a resistance to outside control. No one tells me what to do."
Dani smirked. "You're awesome, you know that Rex?"
"Yeah, I know." Rex replied with his own smug grin. "You're not so bad yourself kid."
Jazz took out a Fenton phone. "Danny, you there? Rex, Dani, and I just cleared out Axiom Labs. We're all set here."
"Good." Danny replied on the other side of the line. "We're getting things under control here to, meet us back at the house in just a bit."
"Got it." Jazz replied as she hung up.
"So now what?" Dani asked.
"Danny and the others are finishing up at their spots, we're meeting at the house later." Jazz replied.
"Nice." Rex stated. "Lets see if we can clear up anymore ghosts on the way." He said enthusiastically as he formed his Rex-ride again. Jazz got on and he sailed on, with Dani flying close behind him.
Done.
Episode 3 will continue. As I said before though, with class, work, and cross-country, not to mention my other stories, updates will be less frequent. Thank you all for your patience. I'll see you later with more of Episode 3 coming up.
