Family
Chapter 84 Helping Hand
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
As things went by in the land of Ooo, with villains and scammers planning for the future, Slash the android laid on a large log in the middle of some woods several miles away from the volcano he had battled the heroes. The android was in bad shape, his chest was dented, his right arm was broken with wires sticking out, and his left leg was twisted and stiff. As bad as these problems there was something else on the android's mind. Slash was thinking about all the things the heroes had said to him over their past fights. The heroes would be faced with impossible odds and yet they somehow managed to pull through and win. It just didn't make sense to Slash. Then the android thought about his creator Xana and how he treated him. Xana dubbed Slash as a failure and during the last couple of battles, he had taken control of the android and used him to attack the heroes. Slash's will had been overridden and he had been reduced to a puppet.
Now Slash was heavily damaged and in the middle of nowhere. The android had tried to contact Xana and Sylvester with his built in communicator, but he couldn't reach either of them, so Slash just waited to be retrieved. After several weeks nothing happened. It appeared that Xana had no more use for Slash and had dubbed as useless garbage. This both sadden and angered Slash, who just looked up at the sky. The android decided to just let his power cells die and let his body rust, but fate had something different planned for him.
BMO and his new robot friend Neptr were traveling though the woods. The two robots were off to the MO factory to visit Moe and the other MO robots. BMO decided to take a different path to the factory and go though some woods. BMO and Neptr soon came across a clearing where they found Slash laying on a log. The android starred at the two robots, but didn't regard them as a threat. The robots approached Slash and looked at his damaged body and they immediately realized he was a machine.
"Who are you?" Asked BMO.
"I am an android...and I simply wish to no longer function. Leave me alone." Said Slash as he looked at the tiny robot.
"Why do you wish to cease functioning?" Asked Neptr.
"My creator mistreat me and then...he abandoned me. I have nowhere to go...and no one I care about. There is...no reason for me to continue functioning." Said Slash.
Both BMO and Neptr exchanged a concerned look and then got a few yards away from Slash to have a private talk.
"This is terrible. I cannot stand to see anyone like this. It reminds me of when Finn got his heart crushed by Bubblegum, right before he met Phoebe." Said BMO.
"But what can we do?" Asked Neptr.
"Well first we're going to need some help getting this guy to the factory so he can be repaired." Said BMO before he ducked behind a bush and made a phone call on his built in communicator.
Thirty minutes later a large shadow appeared over the clearing and all the machines looked up to see a flying lumpy space car descending from above with Brad, Braco and Banana Guy in it. BMO had called Banana Guy and told him the situation. Braco and Brad happened to be at Banana Guy's house working on the lumpy space car and trying to help Brad deal with his emotional baggage. Brad was simply glad to be away from LSP. The car landed and the three guys got out to stare at Slash. None of the newcomers had ever participated in any of the heroes past battles and so they had no idea who Slash was.
"This is quit a find." Said Banana Guy.
"This guy is quit advanced, though he looks like his been severely damaged." Said Braco.
"His an android, whose been abandoned by his creator and now he wishes to cease functioning." Explained Neptr.
"Sheesh and I thought I had problems. I kind of wish LSP would just leave me." Said Brad.
"Your relationship is unhealthy Brad, you should really end it and maybe your emotional baggage would be gone." Said Braco.
"Trust me man I've tried, but LSP is both nuts and persistent. Also she kind of freaks me out a little bit." Said Brad.
"Guys we need to get this guy fixed up!" Said BMO getting the others attention.
"Ok, but I don't think we have the necessary tools for the job." Said Banana Guy.
"Bubblegum, probably has the right tools." Said Braco.
"No, I know a place that has the right tools and it isn't to faraway. Let's load this guy into the car and I'll navigate us there." Said BMO.
Braco and Banana Guy walked over to Slash and grabbed him.
"Let me go. I wish to no longer function!" Protested Slash as he tried to feebly attack with his good arm, but the android's power cells were low and the arm could only move a little.
The android was dragged to the back of the car and placed in the back seat. Braco picked up Neptr and loaded him up, while everyone else squeezed in. It was tight, but everyone managed to get in. The car took flight and BMO directed them to the MO factory. They soon reached the factory. BMO went inside the factory and came out with a few larger MO robots and a cart. Slash was loaded onto a cart and taken to a lab to be repaired. The robots put Slash into sleep mode as they repaired him. A few hours later Slash was completely repaired. The android woke up on a strange metal bed with BMO, Neptr, Braco, Brad, and Banana Guy looking at him. Slash just gave them a glare.
"Why did you drag him here to be repaired? You do not know me and I wished to be left alone so I would cease to function."
"You needed help and as to why I helped you, it's because I live with people, who help complete strangers out everyday. If I didn't help you I would be a shame of myself." Said BMO.
Slash looked down at his repaired body. The android was both confused, why a group of strangers would go out of their way to help him. Before Slash could ask any more question a door opened and in walked a large MO carrying an extremely old cheery man with cybernetic MO attachments on his body. It was Moe.
"Hello papa." Greeted BMO.
"Hello BMO, just came by to see how our patient is doing." Said Moe.
"I'm fine, but I wish to cease functioning." Said Slash.
"Now why would you want to do that?" Asked Moe.
"My creator abandon me and dubbed me as worthless." Said Slash.
"Well your creator must have a few screws missing, because you are by far one of the most unique machines I've seen." Said Moe.
"You think I'm unique?" Asked Slash.
"You are and if the guy who built you can't see that, then he must be a complete fool." Said Moe.
"But I failed in the tasks I was assigned, doesn't that make me a failure?" Said Slash looking confused.
"You might have been built to do a certain task, but maybe there's something else your meant to do." Said Moe as he gestured for the Mo carrying him to walk out of the room and for the others to follow them.
Slash stood up and followed them outside where he saw large room that seemed to contain a large room of MOs just walking around and do various things. The android just starred at the scene in wonderment.
"I built all these MOs and I gave them all task, yet I gave them the desire and free will to be more then what they are. I may have built them, but they can be whatever they want and that is what makes them truly unique. The MOs are both my creations and my family. My doors are always open to all." Said Moe.
"Your offering me a home here, yet you don't really know me. For all you know I could be a killer or a villain." Said Slash.
"My son BMO wants me to help you find a place where you'll belong and be happy. Whatever you were in the past doesn't matter to me, here you can restart your life and find a new purpose. It's your life and you have the will to decided what to do with it." Said Moe.
Slash thought about this. His was being offered a new home and life with people and machines, who seemed to care about him. Perhaps it was time to start all over again.
"I will stay."
"That's good, now what's your name?" Said Moe.
The android thought for a moment. The name Slash didn't sound right anymore. The name Will sounded good, but it could be longer. Finally the name came to the android.
"You may call me William." Said the newly named android.
"Nice to meet you William, I'm Moe and welcome to my factory." Said Moe.
A little, while later BMO and the others were fixing to leave, when William approached them.
"I want to thank you all for saving me. I would have eventually been nothing but rusted metal if you haven't come along and for that I am grateful." Said Slash.
"It was no problem." Said BMO with a smile.
The group waved goodbye as they loaded up in Brad's car and took off. Slash watched them go before he went back inside the factory to begin his new life.
In a small pocket dimension someone else was getting help. Dimentio stood on a black tile floor with the Righthand of Wraith before him. The jester carefully pulled the cloth from the hands Palm to reveal a large red eye in the center of the hand.
"Show me the thing I hate most in this world, so I may conquer it and harness your power." Said Dimentio.
The eye of the hand glowed a fired a beam at jester covering him in red light. A shadowy form rose up from the ground and began to take shape. The shadows turned into a handsome man with well trimmed brown hair, dressed in a white dress shirt, black pants, a short red cape, and a sword by his side. The man smiled at Dimentio.
"Hello Dimentio I see you look as ridiculous and pathetic as always."
"Prince James. It makes sense your the thing I hate most, after what you did." Hissed Dimentio as he clenched his fist.
"Ah I still see your still mad and jealous that I married Princess Beverly. I know you loved her and it made you mad that I was the one she married. Face it Dimento, your just a jester and I'm a rich prince. It was obvious who Bella was going to marry." Said James with an arrogant smirk.
"Your only partially right Prince. I did love Beverly, but it wasn't the kind of love that created a romance. The love we had created a deep friendship. Beverly and I knew each other, when we were children. When we were older I pledge my loyalty to her and she accepted saying I was her most trusted and dearest friend. Years later, you and your family came along and you and the princess got married. I was first sadden, but then I got over it as I realized, Beverly was marrying a rich and handsome guy and that seemed to make her happy. If there was anyone who deserved happiness it was her. The princess was kind and pure hearted and if you had truly valued her and been loyal to her, you would have both lived long happy lives. But as the months went by I began to suspect that things between you and the princess weren't good. I began to see various bruises on Beverly's body and whenever I asked her how she got them, she would tell me she either fell off a horse or fell down some stairs. I had a feeling she was lying and I had a suspicion that you were the one inflicting the bruises. Then I secretly began to shadow you and watched your every move. I followed you to the local inns where I watch you pleasure yourself with the company of other women. You were married to the most beautiful women in the kingdom, but you betrayed her with your lust. I was going to tell the royals about your dirty secret, but then Beverly received a sever blow to the head that caused her to die. You didn't really seem to care about her death." Said Dimentio.
"Beverly's death was tragic, but it was for the best. She was pretty, but she could not satisfy my appetite. I'll admit I did hit her around when I was in a rage and had a little drink. The relationship was quit dull and it was going to end one way or another." Said James with a shrug.
Dimentio looked at the ground and then he started to laugh insanely. James looked at the jester in confusion.
"You know it's funny that your trying to defend your actions. Your a pathetic illusion of a man, whose long dead. I killed him with my own hands after I cast a little curse on him that made his outer appearance appeared as ugly as his inner appearance and the whole world saw him for what he truly was. James believed he was being punished by the heavens for his crimes and so he went into a church and in front of a large crowd of people confessed his sins. The people booed and hissed at James as they chased him out of the church and into the town square. I showed up and I stabbed the prince in the heart and killed him. I was proclaimed as a hero and a true man of honor, while James was consider a vile creature and had his carcass burned to ashes. So you see my dear little shadow, your not worth hating, because I beat the real thing." Said Dimentio as he walked towards James.
The prince had a look of fear on his face, which quickly turned into anger as he pulled out his sword and charged at the jester. James swung his sword at Dimentio's head, but the jester caught the tip of the blade with his fingers and snapped the fingers of his free hand making the sword turn into a bunch of paper butterflies. The prince stepped back with a look of terror on his face as Dimentio pointed a finger at him and fired a fireball at him. The fireball hit James and he let out a scream as he disintegrated into ashes. Dimentio blew on his finger and walked over to the Righthand of Wraith and placed it on his righthand, he then pulled out the crystal and stone he got from the remains of Archie and Bella Noche. The jester put the items on the hand and they became fused with the wood. The hand glowed brightly and Dimentio laughed with glee. He was another step closer to achieving his goal. Now all he had to do was wait for a few more deaths of powerful beings and locate the other hand and everything would come together.
To be continued.
