I don't own fusionfall. I do own the New KND Weapon C.A.O.N.E.S.T.S. since it is my idea.

Chapter 52: Monkey Mountain

Holden rubs his eyes and leans back in his chair in the conference room in Dexlabs with a large yawn. On the table in front of him were the last of the status and situation reports from the last week November and the first few weeks of December. Dexter had woken up the follow day after the battle with Tessa in a bit of pain, but he wasn't going to be inventing or be able to do anything strenuous for a month.

Dexter must have been delirious on his pain meds at the time when he made the decision that for the next month, Holden was to be the leading Dexter's end of the war and give everyone assignments and other things to do as intelligence came in. Dexter then put Max and the Professor in charge of Dexlabs to make sure everything ran smoothly with making equipment and that other actives were being done.

After Dexter had sorted everything out, Kevin and Gwen decided to take it upon themselves to talk to Tessa and make her follow the truce that everyone agreed to when the war began. Tessa had been furious and nearly destroyed her hospital room at having to do such a thing. She eventually agreed to follow the truce, because she wouldn't have to work with Holden on anything.

The biggest situation that occurred in the last three weeks though, was a Fusion Megas suddenly appearing in the weakened area of Downtown Townsville. Luckily, Coop had just finished getting Megas free from its fusion matter prison and he got Downtown as fast he could to help Lance, Octus and Ilana, who were using the Sym-Biotic Titan to fight the fusion. The combined power of each giant robot was enough to beat the fusion into a large pool of matter at the sunken mall.

Holden sighs as he puts down a report.

I need to sleep. How does Dex manage to stay up so long? Well time to test out that new weapon, then I can sleep, Holden though as he stands up, takes the new rifle that is next to his chair and leaves the room.

Hoagie had made the new weapon from a combination of 2x4 tech and Dexlabs parts. It used to be part of an old medical system that the KND use to call C.A.O.N.E.S.T.S. (Caffeine Addicted Operative Needs Extra Soda Transfusions Stat). The weapon still retained the name for the old function. The weapon looks just like a normal rifle, expect it was made from old plastic sheets with Dexlabs components. This made it even lighter then before and thus easier to carry.

The old function of the weapon was still intact, but Holden had been trying to lay off the caffeine, so he decided to disable that function. Holden enters the firing range and sets up a few targets. After firing fifty shoots at the various targets, Holden has a satisfied smile on his face and leaves the room and walks down the hall to the staff lounge.

Holden yawns. He felt too tired to take up Mrs. McPherson's invitation about using the guest room in the house above the labs. The door to the staff room opens and Holden approaches the couch and lays down on it and instantly falls asleep.

The door to the staff room opens suddenly and someone runs into the room. This sudden noise causes Holden to wake up and roll of the couch and to hit his head on the small table with a dull thud. Holden stands up, gingerly rubbing his forehead and looks up to find that Numbuh 5 is the person who intruded upon his sleep.

Holden yawns and says in a groggy, bewildered voice, "What's happening, Abby? Did Fuse decided to attack again? What time is it?"

Numbuh 5 shakes her head and replies, "Fuse isn't attacking. Numbuh 5 needs you to come to Monkey Mountain with her and help out with something."

Holden looks up at the clock at the wall with sleepy eyes to find it was two thirty in the morning.

Holden groans loudly, rubs his eyes and replies, "Abby, I barely went to sleep an hour ago. What's happening there that is so important?"

Holden then yawns. Numbuh 5 has a serious look on her face.

She puts her hands on her hips and replies hastily, "Fusions Numbuh 3 and 4 stole some important KND, Plumber, and Dexlabs science tech that's used for scans and such from a base run by Mojo's minions that's near Monkey Mountain. Numbuh 5 was going to go on her own, but Numbuh 1 ordered me to get backup and he recommended that I come and get you, since you're going stir crazy being cooped up here in Dexlabs for the past few weeks."

Numbuh 5 hands Holden a bottle of soda which he gulps down.

Holden yawns again and replies, "I'm gonna be useless because I'm so tired."

Numbuh 5 grabs the C.A.O.N.E.S.T.S. off the table, goes over to the fridge, takes out a two liter bottle of cold soda and inserts into the back of the weapon.

Numbuh 5 then replies with a smile on her face, "You won't be once Numbuh 5 pumps you full of caffeine."

Numbuh 5 hands Holden the weapon and presses a button on the side of it. A little tube snakes out from the end and a little sterile IV pokes into Holden's arm and a flood of soda enters his veins. Holden's eyes open wide from the cold jolt of caffeine as Numbuh 5 pulls him out of the room to the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. outside the building.

A half hour later, the duo arrives at Monkey Mountain. The low sounds of howling are heard coming from the jungle behind them.

"Hey, you two wait up!" A voice shouts from behind them.

Holden turns and spots Juniper running down the hill from the jungle with a pug in kilt and a preteen boy accompanying her.

The boy has a hyper look on his face and he says really fast, "Jun can I go with you? CAN I CAN I?"

Juniper slaps her forehead and replies, "Ray-ray, its too dangerous in there for you to come along. I can retrieve them with the help of my friends. Just stay here with Monroe, please."

The dog looks up at Juniper and replies in a Scottish accent, "Lass, I'm not a babysitter, what do you expect me to do?"

Juniper pinches the bridge of her nose and responds in an annoyed voice, "I don't know Monroe; maybe you should tell Ray-ray a story from your younger days."

Monroe sighs and then states with a shout, "That accounts for a lot of history lass. What do you suppose I tell him about?"

Ray-ray crosses his arms with an angry look on his face.

Juniper bends down and looks Ray-ray in the eyes and replies in a gentle voice, "Ray-ray if this wasn't anything to do with Fuse, I would allow you to come with me, but this is just too dangerous. So please just go back to Mount Blackhead with Monroe."

Ray-ray looks at Juniper, nods, and says in a low voice, "Alright Jun. I'll see you later then."

He gives her a hug and he and Monroe disappear back up the hill.

Juniper walks over to Numbuh 5 and Holden and replies, "So what are you two doing out here?"

Holden yawns loudly and comments, "We're here to recover some Plumber, Dexlabs and KND tech. What brings you out this way Jun?"

Juniper frowns, takes out two weird looking small objects from her com and replies, "I've been trying to recover these weird alien totems. They possess a large quantity of magic. Ben found this first one out by a crashed Ectonurite ship in Nowhere. He thinks it has the power to transfer the power of an Ectonurite to people or in this case to Fuse."

Holden nods and replies, "I got his report on that ship. He told me that he confirmed that they and Fuse are in an alliance. So what's the other totem?"

Juniper closes her eyes and replies, "It's a totem belonging to an alien race called the Viktors, which is a race of robots from what Ben told me. I've managed to locate a third totem here at Monkey Mountain, but I think a fusion already has it and is trying to either absorb the power or is going to send it to Fuse."

Numbuh 5 pulls her hat down a bit, nods and replies, "Numbuh 5 thinks this totem stuff is related to the tech theft over at the base. Let's go!"

Numbuh 5 marches off towards the zone entrance while Juniper and Holden running to catch up to her.

Once on the other side of the barrier, the heat of the semi active volcanic mountain that Mojo owned could be felt. Holden wipes sweat form his brow. As his eye lids droop, Holden hits the button on his weapon for a quick dose of caffeine.

"We need to make this fast. I don't know how long I can last." Holden hissed.

Numbuh 5 groans and states, "That was horrible man. Have you been hanging around with one of them Thromnambular skulls?"

Holden slaps his forehead at the sudden realization of the rhythm.

Juniper's bracelet starts to flash with a small pulse of light and she replies with a smile, "I have a lock on the totem. Those fusions can't be that far away."

Juniper slowly walks off towards northeast around the base of the volcano. Numbuh 5 runs after her, while Holden slowly trudges behind them. As they close in on their intended destination, a huge ball of fusion matter slams into the ground and forms a small crater.

Holden looks around and spots Fusion Numbuh 3 on top of a rock outcropping with a T.H.U.M.P.E.R. (Teddy Hurling Ultra Microwave Powered Ejection Rifle) made from fusion matter in hand. Numbuh 5 draws her Cookie Dough Pop guns and fires a few shoots at it and hitting the rocks a few times as well as the fusion's lower body twice.

Holden raises his rifle and as he aims, he blinks rapidly and the fusion in the distance becomes distorted. He fires four shots at the fusion, but unfortunately, the shoots sail past the fusion. Juniper summons nano Bubbles and uses the jump skill Bunny Hop to jump onto the large dead tree and then into the air before she dive kicks the fusion from the outcropping and onto the ground below.

It lands between Holden and Numbuh 5, who both fire twice on it. This time, Holden manages to hit the fusion with both shoots to its lower body, while Numbuh 5 hits it in the head. The fusion melts slowly and a Numbuh 3 nano appears clutching the huge Rainbow Monkey doll that is left in the goop before it goes over to Numbuh 5 and jumps happily into her com.

Juniper looks around from her vantage point and spies in the distance, a fusion lair with a few cables leading out of it and up to the summit of the volcano.

Juniper jumps down from the outcropping and lands next to Holden and Numbuh 5 and remarks, "They have cable going to the summit. What are they using them for?"

Holden yawns, scratches his head, and responds sleepily, "Geothermal energy. They are…oh forget it! I'm too tired to explain. Let's just finish this up already."

They slowly walk over to the lair and enter.

Once inside, they find the cable stretching down the rock passageway leading them to their destination. Juniper's bracelet pulses faster and faster as they get closer. The room with the equipment comes into view with two fusions ahead of them setting up the totem on a pedestal with what appears to be electros and a transfer wire leading from it to the base of something else.

Juniper gasps at the sight of the other fusion. Numbuh 5 places her hand on Juniper's mouth to prevent them from being heard.

Numbuh 5 takes her hand off and Juniper smiles at her, blows the purple streak of hair out of her face and replies softly, "Thanks for the save Abby. Looks like another fusion of me is at work. Any ideas on what to do guys?"

Holden's eye lids droop and Numbuh 5 elbows him in the gut and forcing him to stay awake, while pressing the little button on his weapon to inject more soda into him.

Numbuh 5 frowns and replies, "Numbuh 5 will do her best with the Fusion of Numbuh 4."

Juniper smiles and states, "I'll take on my fusion. Holden, you provide a distraction for us please."

Holden yawns and takes a Grape Grenade from his belt and throws it into the room. The fusions that are in the room look at grenade and laugh hysterically. Holden slaps his forehead, realizing he forgot to take the pin out. Numbuh 5 and Juniper both smile and rush at the distracted laughing fusions.

Juniper starts to chant quickly and from her hand, a bolt of electrical energy flies from it and zaps Fusion Juniper and some of the surrounding devices. Numbuh 5 jumps into the air and fires off ten shots at Fusion Numbuh 4. The fusion's legs get disabled and it falls to the ground. The fusion stands back up slowly and fires three shots from its fusion mustard gun. Numbuh 5 is hit in the left leg and she tumbles to the ground. The fusion slowly walks over to her, kicking her guns out of her reach.

Holden enters the room and fires ten times at the fusion. The fusion of Numbuh 4 starts to dodge, when Numbuh 5 grabs its ankle to prevent it from moving. Six of the ten shots fired hit the fusion in the upper torso and it slowly melts away. Juniper slides up behind a console next to them and grabs one of Numbuh 5's guns that happens to be there and throws it to her. Numbuh 5 slowly pushes herself off the ground and fires on the other fusion.

The fusion turns to look at Numbuh 5 as its arm is torn off by the shot. Juniper jumps over the console at the fusion and clotheslines it. The fusion falls to the ground and Juniper punches it with all her strength. The fusion slowly collapse leaving nothing, but the item behind. The two items on the floor briefly shine, before the nanos of Numbuh 4 and Juniper appear.

Both float to Juniper's com and vanish. Juniper walks over to the pedestal and picks up the totem from it.

She then replies after reading what was on it, "This is the Totem of the Loboan. I better get these totems to Ben as fast as I can. Since I'm headed back Downtown, I'll make sure Holden arrives back at Dexlabs without falling asleep."

Numbuh 5 smiles and replies, "Thanks Jun. I'll make sure this equipment gets back to where it belongs."

Holden yawns as Juniper takes his arm leads him out of the lair.

A half hour later, Holden arrives back in the Dexlabs staff room to find the couch taken up by Rex and Noah.

Rex stands up and replies with a grin, "Holden want to come shoot some hoops with us? It will do you good to get out of this place."

Holden yawn and says testily, "I'm in no mood for basketball at this hour, Rex. Just go away. I'll play some other time."

Rex opens his mouth, but Noah grabs his arm, shakes his head and replies, "Not a good idea man. We should just let him be."

Rex frowns, but nods and they both leave the room. Holden lies back down on the couch and finally falls asleep.

Holden being a liability due to lack of sleep. Idk where that idea came from, but it works. Also felt the sym-bionic Titans needed a mention even if it was brief.