Chapter 3
(Sam POV)
"This is getting really crazy!" shouted Chris.
The red Pincher Bot continued to fire electric beams at us so we jumped quickly to avoid them. It was only a matter of time before one of the beams hit Chris or me.
"You've once said that the Pincher Bots need a lot of energy to function," I said. "How about cutting its power supply?"
"Their power cells are located in their bodies," said Chris. "To destroy the power cells, we must first get pass its shield."
"In that case, forget it!" I shouted.
"Come on guys!" shouted John. "Try harder! I know you can do it."
"You will know what's the situation if you're participating in this competition instead of being in the cheering team!" shouted Chris.
Another electric beam was shot at me and it blasted my weapon into pieces. Luckily, it didn't hit my body. Chris fired at it but the beam was blocked by its shield again. Then it returned fire at Chris so he and I quickly ran behind a machine to find cover.
"Have you thought of any ideas yet?" asked Chris.
"That's it!" I exclaimed. "Last time Danny destroyed its weapon with his teddy bear, maybe we should try something similar."
"Like what?" asked Chris. "Perhaps we should go to the toy shop to buy a teddy bear right now."
"I didn't mean that," I said. "Perhaps we could try throwing some objects at its weapon. That may work."
I grabbed a broom from the floor and threw it at the bot, but it generated its shield quickly and blocked it.
"Last time Cathy and I were distracting it when Danny threw the teddy bear," said Chris. "So it didn't react to Danny's attack."
"Right," I said. "You distract it while I throw things at it."
Before Chris could start a diversion, the red bot swung its clamp at us and we were sent flying to the other side of the hall. Then it fired electric beams at us like mad. We were terrified and ran as fast as we could to avoid the beams.
"Sam, behind you!" shouted Chris.
An electric beam almost touched me before it suddenly disappeared. I turned around to see that the red Pincher Bot's weapon could now only emit electric beams within a few inches. Chris saw it as well and ran to me.
"What's wrong with it?" I asked.
"I believe that it has already used up most of the stored energy in its battery," said Chris. "The voltage of the electric beams is too low to hit us."
"In this case, it's time for our counter attack," I said.
The red bot flew away from us.
"Is it escaping?" I asked.
"No," replied Chris. "I think it's heading to the recharging unit."
"Let's bust it!" I shouted.
Chris fired at the red bot. It tried to generate a shield to protect itself but the shield's power was too weak to withstand the gun's power.
"Its shield is about to go down!" I shouted.
Chris finally blasted open its shield but it used its strong clamp to dodge the laser beam.
"Chris, keep it occupied," I said.
I ran to the back of the bot and kicked it from behind. Its armour broke, revealing the power cells inside.
"Here!" shouted Chris.
Chris threw me his weapon and I blasted its power cells into pieces. The red bot lost all of its energy and fell onto the floor. Chris and I high-fived.
"There is the central computer," said Chris, pointing at a corner.
We ran towards it and Chris tried to access the computer.
"Hello!" said a voice behind us. "Anyone remember me?"
I turned around and saw that John was still stuck in the clamp of a fallen Pincher Bot. I rushed to him and helped him out of there.
"It's the second time," said John.
"I'm sorry, John," I said. "But …"
"Can you help me with this?" asked Chris. "I can't access the computer. Gluten locked it with a password that is ten characters long."
"Try 'PincherBot'," said John.
Chris typed in the word and said, "No, that's not it."
"Try 'CathySmith'," I said.
Chris typed in the word and said, "Still wrong, and I've only had one attempt left!"
We were thinking hard when Chris said, "I know, 'Rhapsodian'!"
"Try it!" I said.
'Chris was really smart to think of that,' I thought.
Chris typed in the word and we logged in successfully.
"This is the central computer controlling all Pincher Bots," said Chris. "And Gluten's spaceship is now stuck in the Earth's atmosphere. It seems that Danny has managed to damage its engines."
"Right," I said. "If you can disable all the Pincher Bots on board the spaceship, it can help Danny a lot."
Chris pressed a few keys and said, "Bingo!"
(Danny POV)
Elton and I were in our battle positions when suddenly all the Pincher Bots around us fell down.
"What!" snapped Gluten. "What happened?"
"It looks like you plan has failed," I said.
"Not so fast," said Gluten.
He started to cough out sticky stuff at us so we ran at different directions. We fired our blasters and him but his skin absorbed the laser bolts and he didn't get hurt.
"Still using the old MBC gadgets?" Gluten laughed. "Let me show you my powers!"
Gluten raised his two hands and created two large orange energy balls above him (as seen in episode 'The Sticky Situation'). Then he threw them both at me. I ducked and rolled to avoid the energy balls. Elton continued to blast him from behind. Gluten turned around and coughed out more sticky stuff so Elton ran quickly to avoid it.
'He has become nearly invincible,' I thought.
"I don't think so," Elton said to me. He read my mind again!
Elton tried to kick Gluten but Gluten grabbed him by his arms and threw him to the other side of the room.
"Elton!" I shouted.
I heaved a table and then threw it at Gluten. To my surprise, he used one arm to punch the table and it broke into pieces. Then Gluten generated two energy balls again and threw them at me. I ran to avoid them and they hit the wall. But Gluten reached out his leg and kicked right on my chest. I fell onto the floor and he walked towards me.
"Surrender, human boy," said Gluten.
"He won't!" shouted Elton.
Elton fired his big gun at Gluten and the blue laser beam hit right onto his chest, but that didn't stop him. Gluten generated two energy balls again and pushed them to Elton. Elton was too slow to react and the balls hit right on him. Elton fell onto the floor and didn't move.
"Elton!" I shouted.
"You're alone now!" said Gluten.
I changed my blaster to fire sonar waves at Gluten, but they didn't hurt him. Then I fired a purple bubble to trap him in, but he broke the bubble with his arms easily and walked towards me.
"Do you want to do this in the easy way or the difficult way?" he asked.
"What's the difference?" I asked.
"Actually, you don't have a choice," he said.
He coughed out some sticky stuff and I was stuck to the wall. He picked up the blaster I dropped and changed it to a vacuvator.
"It's over," he said. "On a second thought, I'd rather let you be my servants than killing you, so you'll be coming with me."
'Elton, wake up!' I thought. 'I need your help right now!'
But Elton was still lying on the floor when Gluten aimed the vacuvator at me. I had to face him alone, but I didn't even a weapon. To make things worse, he was invincible to all attacks! I was hoping that Cathy managed to escape and could save me. I was hoping that Chris and Sam secretly got onto this ship and could save me. But I knew that those weren't going to happen.
'Danny, think of something!' I thought.
I struggled hard and finally one of my hands was free from the sticky stuff. I hid my hand behind my back so that Gluten couldn't see it, but Gluten's vacuvator was too far away for me to reach.
"Any last words?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said. "I have a present for you."
Quickly, I took out the Rhapsodian puzzle stick. I rotated the back of the stick to make the other side in the shape of a pitchfork. With one sudden strike, I drew Gluten's vacuvator towards me with the stick. The vacuvator was flying in the air when Gluten made a forward jump to try to catch it. I threw the puzzle stick at his legs to trip him over. Then I caught the vacuvator with one hand and aimed at Gluten, who was now lying on the floor.
"Remember!" I shouted. "I'm the Danny!"
I pulled the trigger and Gluten was sucked into the small green container. I changed the vacuvator to a blaster and blasted the sticky stuff around me into pieces to free myself. Then I ran to Elton.
"Elton!" I shouted next to his ear. "Are you alright?"
"Danny, you don't have to shout!" replied Elton.
"Don't tell me that you pretended to be unconscious," I said.
"I didn't," said Elton. "The energy balls really did stun me."
"Alright, I trust you," I said. "Now lead us to Cathy."
I followed Elton through the corridors and finally went into the room where Cathy and Mr. Smith were in. Then I rescued them from their containers. As soon as Cathy was free, she hugged me, which made me really surprised. Mr. Smith and Elton stared at us. I was embarrassed but if I let go of her, I might hurt her feelings. Finally, she pulled away.
"Danny," said Cathy. "I … I …"
"What?" I asked her.
"She was going to say …" said Elton.
"No!" Cathy yelled and covered Elton's mouth with her hand.
"I just want to thank you for saving me," she said.
I knew she was hiding something but she would never say.
(Cathy POV)
'My dream came true,' I thought. 'Danny really came to rescue me and I owe him even one more time. But who cares? It's always nice to have someone protecting me all the time.'
We piloted the ship back to Earth and walked into the clubhouse.
"Cathy!" exclaimed Sam. "I'm so glad you've made it safely back to Earth!"
"Thanks to the Danny," said Danny. "All the Rhapsodians are safe."
The hologram of the Galactic Commander appeared.
"Great work, MBC," said the Commander. "Gluten is now on board my ship and I assure you that he will receive the suitable punishment of what he has done on Earth. You've all worked great as a team, too bad that Elton has to leave tomorrow."
"Elton, are you sure you want to go?" asked Chris.
"Not really," replied Elton. "But I really have some important things to do, and I'm going to have detention if I stayed on Earth."
"Don't worry," said Danny. "The detention teacher (Gluten) is already having detention."
We all laughed.
On the next day, we accompanied Elton to his spaceship.
"I'll miss you all," said Elton. "But remember, I'll always be here when you need me."
We said goodbye to him and watched as his spaceship took off, flew up into the sky and disappeared into the distance.
End of episode.
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Thanks to marshall for your suggestion, but I'd like to write out what Elton said before he left. Still, I thought your idea was great!
I'll be on vacation starting from 30th June and I'll resume writing on 9th July. Please be patient while you wait for the upcoming episodes!
