I don't own this game or any CN cartoon in it. Review please i don;t mind the criticism.
Chapter 16: Junkyard Scrambles
A week passes with no orders or calls for help from others. Holden is glad for this, since he's finally able relax a bit and to open all the C.R.A.T.E.S. he had acquired. He really didn't know he had picked up so many. As he opens the C.R.A.T.E.S., he recovers some important KND equipment. One turns out to be a S.C.A.M.P.P. which is then sent to Numbuh 3 at Mount Blackhead.
There is also one box that only contained gun parts. It was later discovered that the parts were to upgrading the Recon rifle. Holden hoped that he would get a few pieces of new armor, but most of it turns out to be substandard to his needs, expect for a pair of freezer pants, a bridged tee shirt and a pair of bridged shoes. Holden feels like a jumbled mess.
Suddenly, Holden receives a call on his com and he answers. Dexter appears on the other end and he replies hastily, "I have a task for you that is rather urgent. You and Coop will be attempting to break Megas out of its fusion matter prison. Coop has a few ideas and would like someone to help with them."
Holden closes his eyes. Well I hope that this trip isn't going to be anything like the last one, Holden thinks.
Holden opens his eyes and replies and says inquisitively, "Anything else I need to know, Dex?"
Dexter frowns, hits a machine near him with his wrench and then replies, "There is no other Intel that I can give you. You and Coop are on your own on how to free it. Good luck my friend." Then the com goes dead.
Holden looks at the floor and wonders what Coop is planning to do for freeing Megas. Holden knew he doesn't have time to waste. Holden runs up the stairs to his room, gathers up his gear, and checks that he has everything, so he wouldn't make the same mistake from the previous week.
Meanwhile, Coop is busy fixing up a busted car. He is hungry for a Philly Cheese and he has a package left in Megas, but the poor guy is still stuck. Coop also has an overdue game that had been left in there also, but he wasn't enough of a fool to go and get it now. Next to him is Jamie who is looking sullen, having not been in a serious robot fighting match in some time. On the other side of Coop sat Kiva. She previously had sent Megas back to prevent its capture, but Coop had managed to acquire it.
"Coop. we need to figure out how to get Megas out of there now. We don't have time to waste on these projects." Kiva says, giving him a stern look.
"Chill Kiva. Dexter is sending someone over to help us solve this issue." Coop replies, slamming down the truck of the car he was gutting for parts.
Jamie looks up to see someone approaching and replies in a whiney voice, "Looks like that help is here now. He doesn't look like an egg head. What good is he going be to us?"
The person approaches and Coop shakes hands with them and then asks, "So you're Holden huh? Dexter said you might be able to help me, but I need you to fetch three items out of Megas and try to persuade Goat to move out of the infected zone since he refuses to leave his trailer for any reason."
Holden sighs and wonders when the actually work to start freeing Megas was going to happen, but he responds in an inquisitive tone, "Well what items do you need me to get you."
Coop throws a dirty rag down and then says, "I need you to get a video game that was left in Megas. It's overdue."
Jamie snickers for a few moments and eventually replies, "Overdue is an understatement Coop. You had it the day before the war started."
Coop frowns, holding back his firey remarks against his friend and continues, "The next item is one of Megas' hard drives. It's completely broken and I'm not that great with computers…if you know what I'm getting at. And third is that package of Philly Cheese. It's probably still good, so once you finish with getting those items, then we can deal with freeing Megas."
Holden rubs his eyes and replies a few moments later, "Alright, I'll see if I can deal with Goat."
He walks over to the telepad and soon enough enters the Junkyard. As soon as Holden leaves their sights, Coop's scanner starts blasting loud music, causing Jamie to fall off the car he is sitting on and onto the ground.
"Looks like things just got interesting. Fusion Wilt seems to be back." Coop says with a semi smile on his face.
Kiva shakes her head and replies in an exasperated tone, "Shouldn't you have told Holden about that?"
Coop frowns and says in a sheepish tone, "…I sort of forgot that part. I also forgot to mention to him that you disabled all the gooby traps already."
Coop hesitantly wonders if he should go in and try to back Holden up, but unfortunately Coop turns a small TV on and gets distracted by a movie.
The beginning of the Junkyard still remains the same as when Holden had previously entered in the Future, lots of fusion matter and the same positioned platforms. Holden arrives to the central area where Goat lives to find it fusion matter free. He enters the small fenced area and spots a middle aged gentleman, reading what looks to be magazine and he's wearing sunglasses.
"Are you Goat?" Holden asks, hoping to get this over quick. He really didn't want to get delayed today.
Goat sits up and replies in a gruff voice, "Yeah, did Coop send you to get me out of here? 'Cause I already told him that I'm staying put."
Holden frowns, but has an idea and responds, "Well, Goat, if you stay here, there is a high chance that your home is going to be a target. Coop is only trying to look out for your well being. Enough people have been lost in this war."
Goat quickly thinks for a second and then stands up. "Alright, but this place better be in one piece when everything is done." Goat leaves after taking a few things from his trailer.
"Coop, I've taken care of Goat, he should be heading your way."
Coop pops up on the com with a grin on his face. "Great job! I can see him from here."
He hangs up and Holden walks deeper into the Junkyard towards Megas. Holden spies a ramp that's used to get to the top Megas, but in many spots it's damaged, and destroyed by fusion matter. Megas only has one Terrafuser on its body now, so it is possible to destroy all the matter, but it would take time.
Holden suddenly has a very bad feeling about being out in the open. Suddenly, something impacts the dirt in front of him. Holden looks up and stops on top of Megas, stood another Fusion Wilt. It aims and starts firing at Holden as he dives for cover behind a junk pile.
"Coop, I got a situation here. Mind sending me some help?" Holden frantically shouts into his com.
Unfortunately, all Holden hear from Coop's Nancom is the sound of a movie. Holden lets out a sigh. He was on his own. Holden peaks out from behind the junk pile to see if he can get a clear shot, but Fusion Wilt has a lot of cover on the top of Megas. It was hard just to see what the fusion was doing.
"Sorry about this, but I have orders to get this gooby trap set up." Fusion Wilt's head pops out from behind one of the thrusters to say this.
Holden takes this opportunity and fires once on the fusion. Holden manages to hit the gun that is graphed to the stub of its arm and it falls on the hood of the car that is the cockpit of Megas.
"My job is done, see you in my lair." With an evil laugh, the fusion disappears, leaving Holden no choice, but to hurry and get the trap deactivated.
When he finally reaches it, Holden barley has enough time to disarm it. The clock blinks at one second. Holden plops down on the top of Megas, ready for nap after the sprint that he had just done, but that could to wait. Holden examines the gun that was dropped by the fusion.
On the side of the gun, it read "Lord Snotzax". Holden takes out his com and places a call to Wilt and Eduardo, but unfortunately they don't reply.
Holden sighs and then tries Frankie, who picks up with a smile and replies, "Hey Holden, is something up? You look beat"
"Frankie what do you know of a Lord Snotzax? Fusion Wilt has the name written on the gun he was using." Holden says with nervousness in his voice.
Frankie's eyes widen and then she slaps her forehead saying in annoyed voice, "That's the name of Wilt's alter ego from a game that Mac, Goo, Bloo, and he used to play when they were bored. I guess his fusion took on some of that alter ego's personality."
Holden heaves a sigh at the news. So the first fusion and second are based off a weird alter of Wilt.
"Thanks Frankie. I need to go track this thing down." And with that he hangs up.
Holden soon discovers that the fusion has left some foot prints, which he follows to the lair. Upon entry into the lair, Holden finds that the place smells terrible. Holden wishes for a set of nose plugs, but he insistently presses on. He finds in a small room a few meters away, Fusion Wilt, but it appears like he is reporting in to someone. Holden presses a button on his com and records the conversation for Dexter to hear later.
After the fusion finishes talking, it turns around and exclaims loudly, "I know you're out there. Did I make you wait? I'm sorry."
Holden walks out from his hiding place and fires two shots from his pistol. The leg and other arm of the fusion take damage and this causes the fusion to collapse to the ground. Unfortunately, it stands back up on its shaky legs and uses an Eruption attack.
Holden jumps backwards a little too late and his arm is grazed by the fusion energy. This is a brand new pain that Holden couldn't even begin to describe, but he ignores it and fires five more shots on the fusion. The fusion is hit in the head twice and the fusion collapse with a soft splashing sound. Holden quickly uses Papas Fritas from his Eduardo nano to heal his now burned arm.
Holden realizes he had gotten lucky, if he were any slower when he was jumping back, he would have been dead. The fusions are getting smarter. Holden thinks to himself as he slowly makes his way out from the lair.
Holden arrives back at Megas to search the car like cockpit. After several minutes of searching, Holden finds the game and the hard drive under the driver's seat. As for the package of Philly Cheese, it takes Holden ten minutes of searching, until he finally checks the glove compartment. Holden is surprised at how messy the inside of Megas really is. How did Coop fight in it with so many controls all around him and so much junk strewn about?
It wasn't any of Holden's concern really. After a short trip back through the Junkyard, Holden makes it back to Coop, who still sat mesmerized by his movie.
"Well, you got me the items, but what took you so long?" Was all Coop says after eating a bit of popcorn.
"I had to face another Fusion Wilt. I was calling for back up because I was pinned down, didn't you hear me?" Holden says in an angry tone as he places the items Coop wanted down on the table.
Coop has a stupefied look on his face. "Sorry man, I should have told you about him. I had a scanner set up and everything."
Holden slaps his own forehead, then responds, "I also saved Megas from an extra dose of fusion matter."
Coop immediately grabs the package of Philly Cheese and cooks it up. He looks over the hard drive intently, while eating the sandwich with the cheese dripping out of it.
After several minutes, Coop replies, "Well, I'm going to have to ask when you're done here to take this to Ben's grandfather, Max. He's Downtown right now near the park, but that can wait, because I think we can finally start working on freeing Megas."
He hands Holden a blowtorch and Holden gives Coop a skeptical look.
Coop noticing the look replies in an upbeat manner, "What's with the look? It's not a normal blowtorch, dude. I decided to make a few changes to it. It's now a fusion burner. We have the fuel for it and the boards are all set up so we can work safely. We just need to test it out."
Holden instantly knows what the next part is and says in an annoyed tone, "As by "we", you mean me."
Coop nods and replies, "Sorry man, but thems are the ropes. I'm not so good without fighting with Megas. Good luck in there."
Holden sighs and re-enters the infected zone and makes his way back toward Megas. Before Holden can get a chance to get half way to Megas, something green flies past Holden and hits Megas' arm. A small Terrafuser appears on its surface and some fusion webbing spreads across it. Holden looks around and spots a Fusion Coop standing on a pile of junk. Under its arm is a set of game controls that were used in for Megas in combat. In its other hand appears to be a Fuse Launcher. The fusion immediately turns around after being spotted and Holden, using one of his nanos speed powers, sprints after him.
After a lengthy chase, Holden almost manages to catch up to it, but not before it enters its lair. Holden takes a deep breath and enters to finds that the lair is very small and compact. Holden can hear the running foot steps and knows the room where the fusion of Coop happens to be is just ahead. As Holden gets closer, the fusion turns and attacks him with fusion matter shaped nachos.
Holden fires three times and then hides behind a set of rocks for cover. Then the Fusion Coop aims the Fuse Launcher at the rock Holden is behind. Holden stands up and quickly fires on the launcher causing it to explode and reducing the fusion to a steaming pile of matter. From this matter comes a Megas nano that then disappears.
A disappointed look spreads across Holden's face. He was planning on taking the Fuse Launcher and giving it to Dexter so it could be analyzed and maybe they could learn something about Fuse in the process. The controllers from Megas are at the back of the cave and he picks them up and leaves test out the fuse burner.
When Holden arrives at Megas, Holden decides to use the burner on the small Terrafuser that had just appeared on the arm.
After ten minutes, it disintegrates and Holden frowns, sighs and the replies to himself warily, "This is going to take forever. There has to be a better way to free Megas then this."
From the way things are looking, it would take weeks, maybe months to free Megas. Holden exits the Junkyard even more disappointed then he was before and hands Coop the controllers.
"Megas lost these months ago! How did you find them?" Coop exclaims excited looking like a kid in a candy store.
"Your fusion had them. He was sporting some kind of a Terrafuser weapon." Holden says tersely.
In respond to Holden's comment, Coop's eyes widen, "Did he use it on Megas? I hope this doesn't set my work back at all man."
Holden frowns and states, "He got one shot off on it and I already took care of it with the fuse burner. If this is the only one, Coop you best get started. You are going to be there awhile."
Coop hands Holden the hard drive and replies, "Get this to Max triple time. Townsville Park is in rough shape through so be careful out there."
He and Holden shake hands again and then Coop says in an appreciative tone, "Thanks again for your help. We'll see you around."
Holden nods and responds, "Count on it Coop."
Holden leaves with a sigh of relief and catches the Slider Downtown.