After some writer's block, here's chapter 9 for all of you to enjoy! I'm really starting to get into the groove of these so-called "fillers" and devolping the personalities of the lesser-known O.W.C.A. agents is actually pretty fun, which may mean faster updates! Unless father ups the early SAT preparation or something. :P
Disclaimer is on the first page, and remember, check out the PnF fanon wikia and add to it if possible! The link is in the previous chapter, which was given a slight modification in light of the plot twist in "Happy Birthday Isabella", which will remain unspoiled (Though chances are you've seen the episode already).
And in case it wasn't obvious, the disclaimer is on the first page, enjoy!
Whether you live in America, Europe, Canada, South Africa, Japan, or China, you can agree on one thing:
Females are predictable (This is not meant to be sexist in any way and if you are female and are reading this, I am sorry for offending you if you have been offended).
As a result, Perry and his colleagues found it easy to follow Stacy's cousins as they, like her and numerous other females around the globe, even the ones who live in the impoverished districts of the world, are always attracted to the various trinkets designed for their gender.
And this all happens in the uncivilized district of the civilized world known as the mall, for humans, heaven, for animals, hell, even if you're one of the security hounds.
Perry and his colleagues, having followed Stacy's cousins for four hours, would be in the hell of the mall, whilst Stacy's cousins were in the heaven of the mall. They were enjoying the attention they were getting with their new robo-pals, what with the fact that they were customized to fit with their interests, which sadly, included those accursed chibi animals that everyone finds cute for some horrific reason, as this was the form that the robots took.
But Perry and his colleagues, having to avoid the crowd yet having to be within hearing and seeing distance of the spectacle, were most certainly not. It wasn't because of the spectacle itself, but more of the fact that the crowd made it difficult for them to observe the robots, and the fact that twelve of Stacy's apparent thirteen cousins had these robots meant that the crowd would be twelve times larger than if only one person had been present, and mall security, sadly, kept on getting squashed by additional rushes of the crowd, not even having the opportunity to apply any crowd-dispensing items. These little robo-pals were just that popular.
Perry and his colleagues, whenever they could, took a profile picture of the robo-pals whenever they could get a clear shot so as to have a reference to study the profiles of the robots. The cameras they used with their fedoras didn't have a flash, so if anyone was at the back of the enormous crowd, they didn't notice the taking of the pictures.
But even so, it was all very tedious, and the agents were starting to ache from the sounds of the squeals of the girls and the general chaos that they were having to follow.
"Alright, I'm exhausted, we've been here for four hours, and we've barely been able to make any headway with pictures, these stupid crowds just won't quit! What's so great about those robots? From what we've seen, they're just stupid super-deformed animals, how can criminals use something like that? Huh? Someone tell me that!" Randy complained.
"Calm down." Perry said crossly. Despite his concerns for his secret identity, he, like the others, was extremely annoyed.
"I can't believe that we're being annoyed by a simple stakeout," Elena muttered "And I thought my nemesis was annoying."
"We aren't making any progress this way, we have no intel on these robots other than the fact that they were manufactured by a suspicious company that has ties to the yakuza and has contacted the so-called 'S.A.F.'." Terry said, summing up the situation nicely.
"Joy, we have absolutely NO clue at all at what we should be doing!" Randy complained yet again.
"We'll make some progress Randy, we just have to be patient." Terry replied.
"Something else, how come we can't contact the Prime Minister or Major Monogram?" Randy asked.
"Those robots probably have some sort of specialized blocking system designed to make sure that we can't contact anyone with our equipment. It won't block out convenient cell-phones, and we can't use those to contact the Major or the Prime Minister." Elena said.
"Wait, they're leaving!" Carrie said.
The agents looked out from the corner and saw Stacy's cousins finally leave the crowd, with the mall security finally holding back the crowd.
"Hopefully we can analyze their behavior and those robots better now." Perry muttered.
"Unless there's another crowd after them." Elena pointed out.
"Kill me." Randy moaned.
Meanwhile, at Y. Inc.'s laboratory, Gri was watching Messer, an Illacme Plenips millipede work with some of the other scientists, going over lab data collected from the performance of the robots.
"Messer, how's the project going?" Gri asked.
"Very well, the military and Aum models seem to be working well in tandem." Messer said
"Okay goo-… Wait, YOU PUT THE MILITARY ROBOTS INTO THE PUBLIC'S HANDS? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Gri cried out in alarm.
"Calm down Gri! Allow me to explain!" Messer replied
"Go on then." Gri muttered.
"You see, names were given to the three builds of the 90 robots we created, all of which were built in equal divisions. For public usage, PD, standing for "Public Domain", for criminal usage, "CU", standing for what I just said, and AS, standing for and used for Aum Shinrikyo." Messer said.
"I know that Messer, what I want to know is why you put the 'CU' build into public hands." Gri grumbled.
"I had a minor background check done on the people who we were planning on choosing to test out the robots. 30 random people received the quite harmless 'PD' build, but the 60 chosen for the 'CU' and 'AS' builds were carefully selected through a background check to see if they had a sibling or lover close enough to them so as to give them an individual build." Messer explained.
Gri finally understood in that instant.
"The 'AS' build is intended to be snuck into the shipments carrying the 'PD' builds and will send subliminal messages to those unfortunate enough to receive one. This will slowly brainwash them into following Aum Shinrikyo, and revitalize the organization, as requested." Messer said.
"And let me guess, you're intending for the people with the 'CU' build to be brainwashed with the people who received the 'AS' build." Gri hypothesized
"Correct, you see, the prototype 'AS' build's brainwashing function is much more powerful than the final model, and is designed to resonate with the signals produced specifically by the 'CU' model, since they ARE designed to be part cell-phone. This will ensure that the person stuck with an 'AS' prototype build will be brainwashed 7 times as fast as the final model, and take the people stuck with the 'CU' model with them." Messer confirmed.
"Okay, but how does that test the 'CU' model?" Gri asked, "I'm still a bit confused on that aspect."
"As you know, we've recently completed the 'Pocket Dimension Training Grounds', designed to help train our new recruits in order to save space and render conventional simulators obsolete. We intend for those who received a 'CU' model and were brainwashed by the 'AS' model, to be sent to these training grounds, in order to show off the fighting aspects of the robots we're selling." Messer answered.
"You intend for the RECIPIENTS to use the 'CU' model? Why?" Gri asked in alarm.
"Don't worry, you know the 'Instant XP' formula that we use during emergencies and experiments right? I intend to use that on the recipients so that they'll instantly have the skills of a hardened criminal field agent. There's no true need to worry on that respect." Messer replied calmly.
"What about security measures?" Gri hissed.
"We had the robots spread over Japan, with checkpoints set up in the bases we possess in the city, all of which have been informed over who received what robot, and instructions on what to do once the recipients get there." Messer replied.
"Has the brainwashing taken full effect?" Gri asked
"I would say that at this point in time, what with the strengthened brainwashing effects and basic math, since the final model takes two weeks to fully brainwash someone, and the prototype is 7 times faster to take only two days, and at this hour, I would say that the brainwashing process has been completed." Messer answered
"Okay, one last question, will this base receive any recipients?" Gri asked.
"We have three bases in Tokyo, and there are two groups of recipients here. One is a high school couple on the other side of town, and the second group is a rather large family of teenage girls, numbering about thirteen, with twelve of them having received a robot, and half being a 'CU' model, and the other half an 'AS' model, so yes, we will receive those recipients in an hour at most, and judging by distances, it'll be the second group." Messer answered.
"Then I'll make the preparations." Gri said, leaving the room in silence.
"Where the heck are those girls going? That doesn't look anything like a house." Terry commented.
Indeed, Stacy's cousins were now walking through a dark alley that was seemingly ending at a rundown warehouse, and just as Terry stated, it most certainly wasn't a house, it was more of a cliché.
Stacy's cousins, without stopping to look up at the warehouse, unceremoniously opened the door and entered. Just before it closed, Perry and his teammates quickly ran forward and silently slipped through the door just before it closed by way of automated mechanism.
However, in their haste, they had forgotten one thing: To check over their communicators and have a backup plan.
Perry and his teammates quickly snuck behind some barrels to hide and continue to look, but then, suddenly, they felt a small bit of pressure on their backs and they turned around…..
To see a group of three lobsters, two of which were holding two guns whilst the third had one, pressing the weapons against their backs.
"Security breach!" one of them cried out.
In no time at all, more lobsters, as well as several hornets, had surrounded the O.W.C.A. agents, each of them holding what seemed to be a normal looking gun, but yet seemed like more sinister weaponry. The number of arthropods vastly outnumbered the O.W.C.A. agents and the amount of armed weaponry was enough to convince the O.W.C.A. agents not to try anything. In silence, they were led to the main room of the warehouse, where Gri and Messer were sitting, bemused by the O.W.C.A. agents' attempt to break in.
"Did you know about this?" Gri asked Messer.
"No." Messer said.
The lobsters quickly tied glowing red ropes around the O.W.C.A. agents before they could react. The O.W.C.A. agents found that they couldn't move whatsoever, not even struggle. They were trapped.
"Well, well, well, and cutting the cliché villain crap, hello and good-bye." Gri said deadpanned, directing his attention to a European Lobster.
"Rex, kill them." Gri commanded.
"Alright boss. Men and women, aim," Rex began-, but he was cut off by Messer.
"Wait Rex! Gri, why don't we use these O.W.C.A. agents in the experiment I mentioned earlier?" Messer asked.
Gri looked at Messer for a moment, then at Perry and his teammates.
"I don't know…" Gri said thoughtfully.
"It'll save us some cash." Messer said
"Alright let's do it!" Gri said, springing to life as he turned to the scientists.
"Inject the girls with the 'CU' models right now! We've got ourselves some test subjects!" Gri said.
The scientist obeyed, and after a few seconds of going over the models, six of Stacy's twelve brainwashed cousins stepped out of the shadows after somehow getting there quickly somehow. The scientists quickly took out the syringes with the injection formula and unceremoniously injected the six with it.
"Alright O.W.C.A. agents, before you have time to fully digest all what's happening here, you will be sent into a special pocket dimension ground designed by our scientists and engineers where six of these teenagers who have been injected with a special substance designed to instantly give them fighting skills on par with your own fighting skills and thus be forced to fight them in a complex layout wherein you will either be killed by them in order to test out the fighting models of the robots we made for the Yakuza or you somehow kill them, in which case, there'll be bugs to work out." Gri explained.
The O.W.C.A. agents, quite understandably, were shocked.
"So, yeah, nothing else to be said." Gri said.
Messer then proceeded to press a remote, causing Rex and his subordinates to back away as two separate pink spiraling portals opened up. Stacy's 'CU' cousins entered one of them in silence.
"Rex, you know what to do." Gri said.
"Okay boss." Rex said as he pulled out an enormous (For his size) mace.
"Before I slam this thing into you guys, let it be known that the 'Neuron Paralyzer Ropes' that you're tied up in are probably going to keep you safe and unharmed. You okay with that? Great, and good-bye." Rex said as the mace's head grew in size.
Perry, Randy, Terry, Elena, and Carrie shut their eyes as the mace slammed into them, destroying the ropes restraining them, which at the same time protected them from getting completely gutted by the weapon, as they flew into the pink swirling portal.
"Good luck to you all." Rex said sarcastically as the portals closed.
Stacy's cousins are under the control of the S.A.F. (Except the small one), and Perry and his teammates are going to have to fight them if they want a chance to live! What will happen? How will the battle go?
I honestly don't know at this point. :P
-AuthorD