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Chapter 8: Resurrection
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Roger
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I saw the monster in front of me; I was witnessing a very frightening view of its dangerous overbite. I pulled back the right joystick and pushed forward, punching the whale-like creature. At the same time it lurched towards me. My attack was ineffective; it dodged my blow. Quickly the whale lifted itself up and slithered onto the Big O's right arm. Its mouth swelled like a snake and engulfed a shoulder. Its teeth punctured through the metal, severing wires and causing electricity to circulate throughout the upper portion of the Megadeus. I cringed as I felt a portion of that electricity enter the cockpit. I fought the stiffness that tried to plague me and with one of my hands I lifted up a cap on a joystick to press a button. Big O's other free arm punched the snake, causing it to back off in pain. It slid back, gathering electricity from the air as its mouth was raised to the sky. The turbines responded by sending huge amounts of electricity. The snake glowed bright yellow, a Chinese dragon show with fireworks building on its inside.
"So now I understand how this dam could provide such a huge power supply. Hello, God. Your almighty power is manmade. That figures."
The monster swished its tail, leering at me. It rose up again and opened its mouth. "Well, my friend. Rest in peace!" I yelled, punching my right arm again.
"What the--" Something happened that I could not have predicted. The monster's mouth had stretched far enough to harvest a large elliptical energy shield that glowed with a big concentrative power. I heard a clang. It was like punching into titanium. The Big O shifted backwards with force. The energy shield disappeared; its mouth widened vastly. I could not see anything in front of me other than the fleshy red of its mouth in preparation for a single huge gulp. The punching bag tonsils dangled threateningly as it became closer. This could not be good. I was going to be swallowed alive! Salivary glands oozing acidic juices and digestive muscle distending, deeper and deeper slid the Big O. I was shocked at the massive strength this whale had. The monstrosity had put all its strength into imprisoning the Big O in a tough fleshy confinement. I tried to make my Megadeus push it off but the thing wasn't gonna go without a fight. Electricity coursed throughout my entire machine as power transferred from the monster to the Big O. The surge locked my muscles, preventing me from any easy maneuver to get rid of the thing. I wriggled in a painful resistance. And then the blue electricity stopped. The pink tongue of the monster slid out and grabbed Big O by the arm.
"Alright then," I gritted my teeth as I managed to press a black switch. A small platform with controls elevated itself. I was about to continue on but then I glanced at the fuzzy television screen and saw the old man apparently nearby rowing out in a full body swimsuit. Was he crazy! "If I fire my Chromebuster now I'd..."
The blue electricity fired again, causing the ripping pain to re-emerge. I felt my body weakening as the electrocution continued. "What's the old man doing out there?" I cried. I saw the elderly person manage to row himself to the side of an intake tower building. He glanced at the monster and then climbed up the metal bars of the tower. The tower that led to the turbines. My mind had a light bulb go off. "Now I get it! He's shutting it down!"
The ringing of power died, the lights flickered off. The blue zigzags faded away to my relief; at the same time the monster's determination diminished, too. The moment the power disappeared the monster seemed to almost let go of the Big O; its role as the predator was over and it now faced extinction. The old but still strong man's quest was successful; he would finish what he started those forty years ago.
"Now, Big O!" I yelled as I fired a laser from my Megadeus's right arm. It ripped the monster's tongue right off. I pressed a button and Big O's 'gun' transformed into a hand. I then smacked two of Big O's fists together, harnessing the magnitude of the Megadeus's power cells (and then some that was absorbed from the electrocution) to finish the monster. The stream of energy that resulted bombarded the whale right on. The force caused the monster to relay back. The energy tore through the science experiment's mix of wires and flesh; the thing was totaled as the power traveled through it, burning everything in its path. The monster had lost its head and half its body length. The dying remnants of its electric body sparkled as it sank into the water of the lake. Darkness and peace moved across the still, bubbling waters.
The next step in Genesis began; the lake started to turn bright white. Without notice, a large stalk of electricity burst from the water shooting to the sky, piercing through an invisible target then dispersing towards Electric City in multiple cells. And then another bright light and hum, this time coming from the congregation of old buildings. An eerie orange glow rose from the skyscrapers. At first I thought the monster had made his revenge by causing a great fire, but it was much more worse than that. The people were right. God could do the unspeakable.
Electricity traveled through the architectures of civilization, enlightening the archaic lamp-lit society. Wires and transformers which haven't been used in forty years were now finally brought back to life.