GrimmFall: Toonami Rebirth

Episode 6

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"…T…"

Reactor System Rebooting

"..To?"

Visual Sensors Activating

"TOM?"

TOM's visual sensors finally reboot, allowing him to see a charred and scorched ceiling as he let out a groan. "Anyone get the ID number of that freighter?"

"TOM, are you all right?" SARA asked, her voice finally clear.

TOM stood up, rubbing his head. "I am fine. What happened?"

"You were caught in an explosion caused by the intruder. The room collapsed and you fell into the sub-basement floor."

"That explains a lot. What do you have on whatever caused the explosion?" TOM looked around, seeing he was in some sort of storage room.

"Whatever the source of that radiation is I can confirm it is definitively alive and it is still moving." SARA explained. "Its heading to the vault where the human life sign is. That much radiation can kill any living being if they are exposed."

"Great. So if I go now I'll leave someone to die." TOM sighed as he opened the door. "You get anything on the files you downloaded?"

"Yes. I can confirm that DexLabs hosts a great deal of advanced projects, including the studying of the remains of some sort of comet emitting a highly advanced form of radiation. I believe that's what the intruder is after."

TOM stepped out into the hallway, looking around and seeing that he was alone. "A comet emitting radiation?"

"It's not just any form of radiation, TOM. This kind of radiation is non-lethal to humans and actually gave them special powers."

"You mean like the Hulk?" TOM asked, stopping for a second.

"In a way."

"Wow, I am in dimension that could be paradise for Marvel fans." TOM chuckled. "Do they have a Hulk?"

"Close, it's called the Infrangible Krunk."

TOM laughed a bit. "Okay, you have got to show me this stuff when we're done."

"Anyways, five children were affected by the radiation which came in multiple colors, giving them different abilities. These children became a team of elite heroes, or Hunters as the people of this world calls them before an incident led to them disbanding. The remains of the comet were confiscated and sealed away for study. It's possible that DexLabs has been charged with studying the remains of the comet." SARA explained.

"A rainbow comet granting super powers to kids." TOM mused as he came upon an elevator. "Sounds like one of the shows Moltar hosted in the old days."

He stepped into the elevator and pushed the button to third sub-basement floor. "Except the hero teams on those shows didn't end in horrible tragedy."

"Do I need to know?" TOM asked as the elevator went down.

"Not at this time."

The elevator doors opened and TOM stepped out into lobby like room with a door on the other side of the desk. "I am outside the vault. How long do I have?"

"Not long. The intruder is getting close."

"Just my luck." TOM said as he came upon the vault door. "I'm at the door. Can you access it remotely?"

"Already on it."

The vault door finally opened and TOM walked in, taking a moment to take in the laboratory that was inside. In the very center of the lab was a massive glass tank and inside were several stones glowing a multitude of colors ranging from blue, purple, green and red.

"I'm in but no one seems to be here." TOM walked up to the tank and looked at the stones. "I found the meteorite you were talking about earlier."

"They could be what we need to power the Absolution."

"Great, so we can robbery to breaking and entering." TOM sighed as he looked around, spotting a large console next to the tank. "Well, I got an idea how to get them out."

CRASH!

Just before he took another step the lab shook and TOM was thrown off his feet as the east wall was suddenly blown apart. TOM rolled onto his back and jumped to feet, watching as a large hulking figure stepped through the burning hole, grinning at the tank with comet pieces inside with green glowing eyes. It seemed to be a man with hard, yellow, scaly skin. He only had three fingers on each hand and two toes on each foot. He was wearing an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt and a pair of board shorts, as well as a pair of flip-flops.

Finally he had a short, red Mohawk for hair despite his armored skin.

"Finally, I found it." He spoke, his voice deep and growling as he looked up on the remains of the comet. "With this I will be unstoppable. I'll turn the world into a paradise…For me."

"Uh…" The creature stopped, looking at TOM who pulled out a blaster and aimed at it. "Not to interrupt your villainous rant but I can't let you take that."

"A robot?" The creature laughed. "Is this the best DexLabs can do? This will be too easy."

He held out a hand and fired a blast of yellow light at TOM who jumped to the side, dodging the blast that hit and scorched the wall behind and fired back at the creature with his blaster. The blaster bolt hit the creature in the chest, scorching his yellow armored skin and made him step back but aside from that his only reaction was to grunt in displeasure.

"Is it too much to ask for a blaster that actually works?" TOM muttered, seeing how little effect his weapon had.

"TOM, keep your distance. Your body will provide your core protection but it's not designed to handle such high levels of radiation." SARA advised.

"Yeah, good call." TOM muttered as dodged another radiation blast.

TOM took running, dodging more blasts of radiation as he ran around the giant glass tank, taking note to see Duke Nukem's blast having no effect on the glass. "Must be special kind of material to keep the radiation contained, inside and out."

"Scanning…It appears to be some form of transparent material with no chance of ever cracking and releasing the radiation."

"And it's a good shield against the big guy." TOM mused, watching as Duke Nukem started banging away at the glass. It seemed the mutant was much stronger than an ordinary human as the glass slowly began to crack. "SARA, he's breaking the tank."

"If he breaks the tank the radiation will leak out."

TOM looked up at the ceiling and aimed his blast, firing several times before pieces of the ceiling broke off and fell on top of Duke Nukem, cracking on impact and seemingly knocking the mutant out as he staggered and fell forward down onto the floor.

"That had to hurt." TOM mused as he stepped out, holstering his blast.

Duke Nukem's eyes shot open, glowing angry yellow as he stood up, bolts of radiation crackling around him as he glared at TOM.

"Or not…"

Duke Nukem out an infuriated roar as he gathered radiation in his hands and brought them together above his head, combining to form a giant sphere the size of a school bus.

TOM stepped back, the sheer light from the sphere blinding him. "SARA, I might need an escape plan here."

"Abra Kadabra!" A voice shouted.

Suddenly the flood behind Duke Nukem vanished and he fell in with his radiation sphere falling with him. The mutant had time to let out one last roar of fury before he vanished into the dark and the floor returned.

"That was a close one there. Uh boyo?" TOM stared in surprise, seeing a small red haired man standing a few feet away from where Duke Nukem had been standing. He wore a formal white shirt and tie with a green jacket, pants, shoes and hat. His overall appearance made him resemble a leprechaun.

"Luckily you held him off good and gave me time to get here."

"Uh…Who are you?" TOM asked when he finally found his voice.

The man took off his hat and offered a bow. "O'Reilly is the name and magic is my game."

"Magic?"

"Well, it's more like the magic I am allowed to use with my own Semblance but its close enough." O'Reilly put his hat back on. "Now then how about you answer something now that I have answered your question?"

"Uh…okay?"

"…What do you think you are doing breaking into my family's home and corporate business?" O'Reilly asked, suddenly becoming serious.

TOM stiffened, realizing he was busted. "Look, it's nothing personal but I need those comet pieces you got here."

"Oh, you do huh?" O'Reilly asked with a smile. "Well I have only one thing to say…Abra Kadabra!"

TOM was suddenly lifted off his feet and was left floating in the air, his arms and legs completely immobilized. "Wait! Let me explain!"

"Don't worry; you'll get plenty of time to explain." O'Reilly said, snapping his fingers which resulted in TOM's system suddenly shutting down. "My papa will be wanting to speak with you when he comes out of the safe room."

"TOM?"

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"…TOM?"

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"TOM?"

To be Continued