Chapter 2
The Truth Behind ROB's Identity! Onward to Cybertron!
The towering robot that just transformed from a truck bowed down before ROB and said "It is my greatest joy to see you again, King ROB!"
ROB, however, looked confused and said, "Why do I have a feeling of reminiscence when I see you? Who am I exactly?"
The robot lifted his head to look at him and said, "It seems that you have lost your memory, my lord. Such a pity to befall upon the great ruler of Cybtertron! I am your loyal servant Optimus Prime. I have always fought and ruled the planet by your side!"
"Cybertron… Optimus Prime…" ROB said quietly to himself. "Words like these make me remember something from the past, yet I cannot comprehend their true meaning."
"You must remember, my lord! Cybertron is in a ruined state thanks to the Decepticons!" OP told him. "Do you remember the war that we fought against them? It was a war that went on for years and never came to an end. Finally, you came to the decision that we should request the help of warriors from another planet in order to settle this matter. But on the day the Insta-Transporter was finished, the Decepticons attacked again and you were thrown into the transporter during the chaos. That was the last we ever saw you since the transporter was destroyed and we couldn't get it fixed until now."
ROB held his hand over his head and began to look like he had headache. "This feeling… This pain… Augh!"
Luigi stepped out from the bush and said, "I think I better tell the others about this…" And he took off in the direction of the hotel as fast as his legs could carry him.
ROB continued to suffer in pain from trying to recollect his lost memories and OP tried his best to encourage him. Images of ROB's past started to go around his head. In these memories, he saw destruction, explosion, destroyed bodies and cities, and an evil face looking at him and laughing.
"I am going to take over this whole planet and then the entire galaxy! Hahahaha!!!"
"Stop it… Stop it… STOP IT!!!" ROB shouted as loud as he could, and then he lifted his head and a jolt of electricity burst out from around him, and then he suddenly calmed down.
"Your majesty… Are you all right?" OP asked him with concern.
"Optimus Prime…" ROB started to say. "I must thank you… for everything…"
At the same time, Luigi came running back with the other Smashers up to the two robots. "There they are!" Luigi said.
"What-a eez happening here?" Mario asked. They all came in front of ROB and stopped to ask him questions. "ROB! What-a happened?"
"Are you all right?" Peach asked him, patting him on the head.
ROB slowly turned to them and remained silent as everyone watched him. The robot slowly lifted his head to face them and spoke out, "My friends… I have good news to report. I have remembered… everything…"
"Really?" Yoshi asked. "That's great! You finally got to remember your past and everything!"
"Congratulations!" Peach said.
"And who's this big guy?" Bowser asked, pointing to Optimus Prime.
"I have many things to tell you," ROB continued. "Please, listen to me."
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Everyone was now seated at the benches lying around the sidewalk and OP was back in his truck form to hide himself from other people. "I am in fact the king of a faraway planet called Cybertron," ROB explained to the Smashers. "It would take approximately 2 million light years to reach that place from this planet."
"That's pretty far away…" Luigi commented.
"What's a light year?" Yoshi asked.
"The distance of light traveled in a single year," ROB told him, and then he returned to his original topic. "Cybtertron is a planet of mechanical life. Asides from the natural sceneries, all life forms there are artificial."
"So you mean everyone who lives there are robots? Cool!" Diddy exclaimed.
"That would make you the king of robots!" Bowser said. "You sure are a big shot and none of us knew this! I bet that planet must be a wonder to look at!"
"Things are not the case all the time," ROB said, starting to sound sad. He looked up at the starry sky and said, "There are a group of evil robots called Decepticons. It is led by their powerful leader Megatron and under his rule of iron fist, he managed to strike fear and take over several places. He is aiming to bring me down from my throne and take over the whole planet, as well as the entire galaxy."
"Oh man… We're in for a robot invasion…" Luigi cried in fear. "I hope they don't come anytime soon…"
"We fought a long war with them, but neither side was strong enough to take out each other," ROB continued. "Megatron is one of the most powerful beings on the planet and I am the only person strong enough to stand up against him."
"You mean you're also very strong?" Yoshi asked.
"However, I noticed that during the battles that I fought alongside you, I have not fought with full power at all due to my lost memory."
"The power of the king is indescribable in words," OP said in his truck form. "He is able to destroy a small island all by himself if he goes at full power."
"That's scary…" Luigi said.
"But-a how did-a you end up-a here?" Mario asked ROB. "You live so far away and yet-a you made-a eet to theez planet."
ROB sighed and said, "The battle with the Decepticons seems to be coming to no end, and thus we came to the decision to bring in warriors from other planets. We have technology that far exceeds this planet, and therefore we are well aware of the existence of other life forms out in the galaxy. We laid our eyes on this planet for we have reports that there exists many powerful beings here, and thus we invented a device that can instantly warp people to the desired location, the Insta-Transporter."
"And then?"
"Right when we were about to step through the portal to search for capable warriors," OP continued the story himself, "the Decepticons attacked us without a warning. In fear of the destruction of the Insta-Transporter since it took a long time for us to build, the king protected if with his life, but alas… During the chaos and struggle, he was thrown into the transporter himself and then the device was destroyed by the Decepticons afterwards. That was one and a half year ago and we have never seen our king ever since, until now…"
"What a sad story…" Peach said while wiping off tears from the corner of her right eye.
"I somehow lost my memory after arriving and crashing into this planet, and eventually my power ran out and I know nothing afterwards… until you people found me," ROB said.
"I am very grateful of you people for taking care of our king while he was in a bad condition," OP said to the Smashers. "We surely must thank you with all our hearts."
"You don't-a have to do that!" Mario said. "We're happy that-a ROB eez able to find out his past at-a last!"
"Yeah, it's good to hear that you have a place where you can trace back to at last!" Bowser said. "By the way, how's the fight with the Decepticons going?"
ROB turned to OP and said, "What of the war now? Fill me in with all that happened while I was gone."
"I will tell you everything I know, your majesty," OP told him. "After you were gone, we continued fighting against theDecepticons. Seeing that the king is gone, the citizens all chose me to be their temporary leader since there was no one else capable and you once even said that you would like me to be the heir to the throne of Cybertron. Under my lead, I was able to defend the people from the Decepticons, but even so, we could not put an end to them."
"Megatron… Just how much destruction do you plan to cause until you have enough," ROB said with a slight tone of anger.
"As days passed, it appeared that the Decepticons have created their own version of the Insta-Transporter," OP continued.
ROB shot his head up with surprise upon hearing this. "What did you say?!"
"They, too, are tired of constantly fighting against the army, and thus they have decided to bring in capable fighters from other planets in order to support them, and that they succeeded… They have brought in apparently two groups of powerful beings from this planet. One of them is called The Faggots and the other was called AP Flums."
"AP Flums?!" Yoshi said in shock. "That website of the same name?!"
"Yeah, can to think of it…" Luigi said. "I do remember Ness surfing through a website called that name. According to him, that place is just as bad as Gamfax."
"I have heard of da Faggots too," Mario said. "Eet eez a criminal organization formed by a man called Lord Woo Fagfort, but most people call him Masta Fag instead."
"Oh yeah, I heard of that too," Bower said. "They say he is the Lord of all Fags."
"And what's-a more," Mario continued. "Masta Fag wuz rumored to be a memba of Gamfax, but-a however, I do know that-a he wuz a memba of AP Flums too! Eet would-a be no surprise if actual members of AP Flums came along with him since they have close ties in da past."
"This Master Fag has powers that we have never seen before, and his subordinates all have incredible powers too," OP said. "We were no match for them, but because of our determination to press on, we still stand equal hands with them. Eventually, we thought that we must find our king in order to settle this once and for all, and thus we rebuilt the Insta-Transporter. And that was when I volunteered to come and look for you."
"A lot sure has happened while I was gone…" ROB said sadly. "How can I face myself after disappearing from the planet I should be protecting?"
The truck head tilted to ROB and OP said, "Please, your majesty, you must come back and support us. Only you can lead our planet to peace and liberation. Do you know any strong warriors that can lend us their assistance in this war?"
Bowser raised his hand and said, "The strong warrior you're talking about is right here!"
"Me too!" DK said, raising his hand. "I don't understand everything going on, but I can tell that it is about helping a friend in need! I will lend my powers to fight the enemies!"
"Count me in too!" Diddy said, jumping up and down with one arm raised.
"We will help-a you!" Mario said, pounding his chest. "ROB eez a part-a of uz and we must-a help our comrades!"
"I agree," Yoshi said. "We should be helping our own people!"
"It is my honor to assist my own people," Lucario said.
Luigi looked at everyone and said, "Um… Looks like I'll be staying here with Peach until you guys come back…"
"I'll go too!" Peach said, shooting her hand up into the air all of a sudden. "I'm willing to help end this madness too!"
Luigi was surprised at her decision however. "What?! You're going too?!" He looked at everybody again and then sighed while raising his hand. "Oh well, guess I have no choice… I don't want to be the odd one out…"
"You guys… How can I drag you people into this…?" ROB asked. "You have faced many hardships in this planet already, and you will only encounter more if you try to stay beside me."
Bowser went up to him and patted him on the back and said, "Don't say that! That was nothing at all and we actually enjoyed the stuffs we went through! I'm sure your situation won't be any different!"
"Do not-a worry about theez!" Mario said to ROB. "Allow uz to help-a you end-a da war once and for all! You can count-a on uz!"
ROB, seeing that all the Smashers were more than determined (except Luigi) to help him, he was moved to tear and felt like crying, but since he is a robot, he has no tears. Hoho, robot joke!
"Thank you very much," ROB said.
"I must really thanks you brave warriors for being willing to help us!" OP said happily. "We will go to Cybertron tomorrow! Please have a good night rest tonight."
"Okey-dokey! Let's-a get ready to help- our friend!" Mario said, punching the air.
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The next morning, the Smashers had all stepped outside the hotel after having their breakfasts. "How about our bags?" Luigi asked Mario.
"I told-a them to reserve eet for uz already, so don't-a worry," Mario assured him.
"Where's Mr. Truck went?" Diddy asked, looking around the place.
"There he is," ROB said, moving over to a truck parked at the side of the sidewalk.
They all went over to OP and he said, "Looks like you all are here. Let us go to the where the entrance of the Insta-Transporter is."
"I can't wait to get started!" Bowser said with delight. "Where did you hide it anyway?"
"Follow me," OP said, and he drove off towards the beach while the others followed him.
Luckily, it was pretty early in the morning and thus there was barely anybody at the beach, so OP had no problem driving down onto the sand. The Smashers followed him all the way behind several large rocks and it was there that they found a portal. It was a portal glowing with blue light and had a vortex swirling into the center of it. Pretty typical portal you see in science fiction movies.
"This is the Insta-Trasporter?" Peach asked.
"Yes, and it will bring us to the castle right away," OP said. "Time is precious, so let us go now." After saying this, OP went into the portal first and he disappeared into the center of the swirling vortex.
"Let us go then," ROB said. "It's time to return to my planet and end this once and for all." He stepped into portal next.
Mario turned to his comrades and they all nod their heads. Taking a deep breath, they stepped into the portal one by one and disappeared into it. Luigi was the last to enter however. "Why must I always get involved in situations like this…?" he mumbled, and then he stepped inside. "Whoa…"
TO BE CONTINUED
I'm sure this chapter gave you a large amount of information you need to know about ROB. All members of The Faggots and AP Flums will be my OC. Speaking of which, AP Flums made a slight appearance in Rise of the Negativities already, but barely had a role.