Chapter 12: Round 3

Myrna had turned into a gigantic dark dragon, twice as big and twice as powerful. When Round 3 began, she blasted the Dark Gundam robot with a huge breath of electric fire. The robot suffered immense damage from the attack, and Charles started to see the systems shutting down.

"Man, this is not good," he muttered, as he tried to get his robot back in order.

Robo-Bentley tried to hit Myrna, but she held Bentley in front of it, meaning to use him as a shield. They didn't want to harm their best friend and team member, so they sent the missiles in the other direction. She laughed victoriously and shouted, "YOU'RE DONE FOR, TTC!"

She was about to send another gush of electric fire at Robo-Bentley. Just then, two blasts hit her from behind her back. She turned around and growled. It was Goku from the Dragon Ball Z planet!

"What's Goku doing here?" asked Amy.

"I called him on my cell phone," answered Bert. "It's a good thing the cell phone coverage reached his homeland."

Goku came down and forced Myrna's paw open to grab Bentley. Then, he teleported to the Safe Zone and brought him back to Rufus, Minora and Creampuff. He said to Bentley, "Better stay here--you're gonna get hurt somehow." Then he went back to the battlefield.

Bentley was shocked to see the legendary Sayian warrior come to his rescue. Minora saw him and asked, "Bentley, where have you been?"

"Myrna just captured me while I was in the Battle Zone," replied Bentley. "But then, Goku came and brought me back here."

"You must've been real lucky--had you stayed in there, you would've turned Vanessa into a widow by now."

Meanwhile, back in the Battle Zone, Goku helped the TTC fight Myrna. Another blast hit her--this time, it was Godzilla who joined in the melee. The TTC were surprised. PowerPaws said, "What's Godzilla doing here? And why is he helping us?"

"I have no idea," said Bert. "It probably has something to do with Charles being in Tokyo while he was coming to help us."

Inside the Dark Gundam robot, Charles decided to go for the Sole Reaper Society. He became Sole Reaper Charles, with his Banka Sword. With a loud cry, he shouted, "BANKIA!" The Spirit Pressure took Myrna by surprise--she was getting held down by it.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD--," she muttered, confused. She was shocked to see so much Spiritual Pressure.

Bright Eyes said, "Guys, look!"

She was pointing at Charles, who had enveloped himself in a tornado of wind and water. When it cleared up, he was in his Second Form with a Black Sword. He shouted again, "KENTABATONATENAL SHADOW SWORDS!" Then the Shadow Swords appeared behind Myrna. The demon dragon looked around, even more confused than she was before. Round about her were Shadow Swords of the same size and color, and she only had to guess which one is real and which one is not. When the fake one hit her, she was immediately caught off guard, but the five real ones slashed her in the back and she screamed.

She growled, "Why, you two-timing, big-winged son of a--"

With a swipe of her clawed hand, she knocked Charles down and he fell into the water. His Sole Reaper powers had thus been disabled. Bunnie screamed out in horror. Once again, Myrna looked back at Robo-Bentley and grinned evilly. She said, "Now, what are you going to do without your dumb old Charles Roberts?"

"I'm so disappointed in you, Myrna," said Alexandra angrily. "Don't you realize that you've beaten the world's greatest hero? My son's team needs his help to restore peace and order in the United States of Canerica--and yet here you are, waging war against its innocent inhabitants, just because you're jealous of my popularity!"

"Don't forget that I'm after Bentley, too," replied Myrna. "As of right now, he'll bring forth one of Belladonna's most cherished creations. Do you remember the rocket that struck him and knocked him up nine months ago? She launched it, and it went on to collect all the DNA samples from every source it can find."

Vanessa said, "Bentley, well, he--he told me that the baby he was carrying is a mixture of hillbilly, millionaire, cow, robot, and lion DNA."

Myrna scoffed. She said, "DNA from a lion? I don't think so--the rocket never did reach the Miami Zoo."

Everyone gasped. Vanessa asked, "Then...where did the last ingredient actually come from?"

"A fire-breathing dragon, who lives in the deepest bowels of a cave in the heart of merry old England. It had somehow been injured, and the rocket collected a sample of its blood."

Vanessa's heart immediately froze. Not only her husband's unborn child was half-hillbilly, half-millionaire, half-cow, and half-robot, but it was also half-dragon as well! She was completely shocked and surprised. Myrna continued, "And now that you've learned of the baby's true origins, I think it's time you carried that dirty little secret to your graves! SO LONG, SUCKERS!" She laughed evilly, as she prepared to power up her breath of electric fire until it turned a bright red color. It was truly the end for our heroes. Or is it?

In the little house in the Safe Zone, Bentley was getting the worst of it. The contractions were getting stronger and more painful--he cried out so loud, his shouts could be heard for miles around. Rufus tried to calm him down by offering him peppermint leaves to chew on, but Bentley pushed them away. A surge of rage was evident in his black eyes.

"That's it!" he shouted. "I've had enough! This baby is causing me enough trouble for just one day!"

Creampuff asked, "Do you want to try to push it out?"

"NO! I don't know how! I wasn't born to have children in this way like you do--my only sole purpose was to be a father. But now this--this one--" Here he grimaced a little, before continuing, "I think it doesn't want to remain hidden inside me much longer than that, so..."

Bentley spied a small swiss army knife in the corner of the room. He grabbed it and aimed it towards his stomach. Minora said, "Uh, Bentley...you're not going to commit suicide, are you?"

"Of course, not," replied Bentley. "The only thing I could only do to ease the pain is to to give myself a self-serve C-section."

"You're crazy!" shouted Rufus, Minora, and Creampuff.

"Crazy? I don't think so. Determined? There's only one way to find out..."

He took a deep breath, and he began to jam the knife into his belly. Blood seeped out as he slit his stomach from the top to the bottom, and by the time he was finished, he gave out an even louder scream. A flash of bright light emanated from the inside of his stomach, covering the entire room and blinding the three. Soon, the light faded away--the next thing they heard was a tiny cry that sounded like a cross between the voice of a human baby and the voice of a baby alien.

Bentley lay back on the ground, the scar on his stomach miraculously healed. When he looked up, he couldn't believe his eyes. There it was--the baby that he had carried dutifully (and unwillingly) for nine whole months! Its fur was a grayish purple, its eyes were a bright yellow color, and it had small black wings like a bat. And it looked just like him, with its bent nose and ears and an black-and-brown bushy tail.

The newborn infant hovered over Bentley, and perched itself on his stomach, cooing curiously. Bentley whispered weakly, "Oh...it's you...you're that little kid who's been inside of me all along..."

Rufus picked up the baby and looked at it for a while. He said, "It's a boy, Bentley--and a healthy one indeed. Even though he looks more like you, he has Belladonna's eyes and her wings."

"And her fur," added Minora.

Bentley smiled. His third child had finally been born, just nine months after he was truck by the rocket that carried the newborn's genetic traits. Creampuff asked, "So, what are you going to name this little guy?"

"Maurice Raccoon," Bentley replied. "After my director."

"Well, for me," said Minora. "I'm going to name my daughter after my mom--Margaret Raccoon. What about you, Creampuff? What will you name your son?"

Creampuff smiled, before replying, "Delbert Snooper II. Or, I'll just call him 'Delby', for short."

Suddenly, they heard a roar of evil laughter from afar off. Rufus said, "Oh, no--the TTC is in trouble. It looks like they're starting to lose the battle. We'd better hurry and help them out just as soon as we can."

Bentley halted him, saying, "No...but I will."

"How are you going to do that?" asked Minora. "You've just had a baby, and--"

"Oh, thanks for reminding me, Minora--maybe I can bring Maurice with me. He's half-dragon, after all, and I'll bet than he can beat Myrna with just one hit."

Maurice giggled excitedly, spewing out a small puff of fire and smoke. Rufus looked at Bentley and the baby for some time, then he said, "All right. You can go--but please don't die. The whole world's depending on you to extinguish this great evil that's overpowering your friends. They're slowly falling away, but you're their only hope. Good luck."

Bentley nodded, before running off into the jungle, with little Maurice flying after him.