Megas WBM (War Battle Machine)
Disclaimer: I don't own Megas XLR franchise; it belongs to Cartoon Network and its creators. I do own the things I created; enough said.
Chapter 3; Mecha Megas times two
Saturday July 31st 2004; 12:15 pm
It had been four weeks since the battle with Ender and things were fine with Perseus for at the moment, he was working on his car's engine with his best friend Alex Black playing with a remote controlled plane at his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Alex was Perseus' best friend since childhood and former fellow Marine. He had short black hair, stood around 6'1 making him taller than Perseus, and had blue eyes that could make ladies gaze dreamily at him. Currently he was wearing a blue t-shirt with khaki shorts and gray walking shoes.
"Perseus are you done yet?" Alex asked.
"Not yet, I got to finish this last minute stuff before Coop, Jamie, and Kiva come so we can do more training" Perseus said to his friend over his shoulder while working.
"Man, we are always training. Do we do anything fun these days aside from a potential deployment? It is cool that you have a robot-car like Coop, but isn't there anything cool we do irrelevant?" Alex complained.
Perseus poked his head up and spoke, "Chill out man, besides I like training because it allows me to get more control of my robot. Plus it isn't like the Glorft have a new pair of death machines made specifically to kill us."
Alex had no idea that the Glorft were doing just that right now…
Up in null space…
Inside the Glorft mother ship, war master Gorrath was standing on a platform while looking over a pair of new mechs that his engineers had just built with the chief engineer explaining the new robots to war master Gorrath.
"War master, we've taken our own technology and combined it with what we now know more about the earthling's modifications to the prototype and the other earthling's modifications to our previous mech that was sent to recapture the prototype. The end result is a pair of new mechs whose complete and only purpose is to recapture both mechs and if that fails, destroy them completely so we have a clear shot at conquering earth. Also, we've named these units the Avatar III and Avatar IV production-type mechs." the Glorft chief engineer said calmly.
"Excellent work chief engineer. Take us out of null space and prepare for an attack!" Gorrath shouted.
"Sir, all we need now is for you to select a pair of pilots." The Glorft Commander said calmly.
Gorrath narrowed his eyes and spoke, "I'll take care of this myself and you commander are coming with me! It is time for some payback that filthy monkey did to me!"
"Me? But sir-"he didn't finish when Gorrath walked up to him and the Glorft Commander said, "Not the face!"
"What are you afraid commander? A pair of filthy monkeys?" Gorrath asked annoyed which the Glorft commander said nothing and with that said, both of them proceeded to board their mechs and headed to earth.
Back on earth…
Perseus was just finishing up his daily car repairs and going to tell Alex that they were going to head to the abandoned Packert automobile planet near Detroit aka the motor city or was the motor city for testing when his sister Anna rudely called him from the shed door that connected the moveable shack to the outside.
"Hey bro, I just got off the phone with Coop, he said he's going to be late by 30 minutes because of turbulence and you got another phone call from another US congress person again."
Anna looked like her older sister except her hair leaned towards more black-brown and was shorter than Laura by around 5'6 and was sporting a yellow t-shirt, purple sandals, and jean shorts or jorts as Alex called them and wore her hair in a pony tail.
"Ugh what do those pencil pusher, arrogant, selfish ass wipes want with Coop and I now of all times..." Perseus said bitterly.
Ever since he got his robot, the US government was trying to get their hands on his robot and Coop's robot and both of them were trying everything they could to get those politicians off of their backs. The US Marine Corps were also part of the issue as if he didn't give in, he'd risk getting imprisoned so he was stuck on what to do.
Just then, a young man in his late teens with platinum blonde hair, hazel eyes, and wearing a pair of blue jeans, a baseball cap, a white T-shirt, and a football sports letter jacket walked by the Burton residence.
Upon seeing him, Anna asked her brother and his friend inside the house to ask him something huge which Perseus knew he wasn't going to like at all though Alex saw the move coming.
"Bro give me the keys please." Anna asked.
Perseus frowned and spoke, "Why should I sis? Do you realize how many hours I broke my back to get this car? Plus it is now the control unit of the robot I own and it reminds me of the time Coop's friend Jamie asked the same thing and look how that turned out."
"Come on please! This is my only chance to hang with Jasper Thunderstone! Come on help me out and have you always been there for me?" Anna asked and Perseus thought back to when he could, but couldn't because of school and work from the movies to even his own birthday and her birthday.
"Okay fine, but remember have it back in 30 minutes okay, don't touch any of the fancy buttons okay, and one last thing, Megas mark 2 is useless without the car head and Kiva isn't one to talk kindly to either control unit being absent because the Glorft could attack any minute okay." Perseus said as both siblings headed to where the car was in a custom made shed that could be easily taken up and down.
As the duo was heading to the car with Alex in tow, Jasper called them out, "Hey Anna you going for a ride with your brother?"
"No and don't you want to take a ride around town in a convertible?" Anna asked back.
"Fine then and I would like to see how that hunk of junk can move," Jasper said mockingly which she said nothing as both got into the car and Jasper was surprised to see the set up.
Jasper looked at the dash and asked, "What kind of brother has a weird set up?"
"Well, it's complicated." Anna replied and with that said turned on the ignition and left the shed with Perseus looking on with his friend.
He knew that she was a good driver, but hoped she would return it on time. Five minutes later, Coop, Jamie, and Kiva arrived in Megas for some training as Perseus and Alex stood outside.
"Alright let's get to some more training, the Glorft are aces in atmospheric combat. Perseus, where's the car?" Kiva asked while walking up to Perseus.
"My sister has it and she should be back soon I hope." Perseus said nervously.
"Oh great I just hope the Glorft don't attack." Coop said calmly.
Jamie looked around and spoke, "Well given their desire to kill, it seems likely."
Meanwhile, Gorrath and his commander had landed in Jersey City and to their surprise; the prototype along with the former mecha Megas were nowhere to be found which angered Gorrath.
"Where are those that filthy monkeys!?" Gorrath shouted from his copy Megas mark 2.
"Sir, Maybe they retreated and-"
The Glorft commander didn't finish when Gorrath came up to him in his robot against his robot with him cowering and saying the usual "Not the Face!" expression annoying Gorrath.
Gorrath got irate and shouted, "Then where are they!? Look for them or I'll destroy this planet in order to find them!"
"Scanning sir, I just found them." The Glorft commander said nervously.
"Then let's go then! We'll crush them one fell swoop and then, this world will be ours!" said Gorrath as the duo left, but not before leaving a bit of low damage to the city in an attempt to lure the robots in Jersey.
Back in Michigan twenty minutes later, Anna had just returned with Jasper and the car when Jasper saw Coop's robot and asked out loud, "Why is there a blue one? Is he a collector or something?"
"Nah that's his Jersey friend Coop. He must be here along with Kiva and Jamie for some training," Anna replied while getting out of the car along with Jasper.
"Hey, sister you're back good. Kiva was starting to get all antsy on me." Perseus said as she handed him the keys.
Just then, jet engines were heard and they weren't normal. Kiva knew them as Glorft engines which meant the Glorft were here and not for a friendly visit which a battle was all, but unavoidable to those present.
"Ah, crap Glorft?" Perseus asked annoyed.
Kiva which she responded with a nod which was yes. Coop immediately headed into Megas along with Jamie with Kiva following in order to get ready for the fight against whatever the Glorft was ready to throw at them.
"Alright sis stay in the house while Coop and I deal with the Glorft okay.." Perseus said sternly.
After he spoke, he then backed the car into the shed so the car was lined up to become the head unit of his robot. The shed then was pulled back so the mech could rise without destroying it. Then all of a sudden, his younger sister came into the car along with Alex and strangely enough, Jasper as well.
"I want to see the action for myself okay." Anna said while getting into the backseat of the robot.
Once everything was set in place including Alex manning the holo-console belonging to the Megas WBM much like how Kiva did the same in Coop's mech, both robots headed to where the Glorft where. Soon enough, they found them near the abandoned Packert plant. Both were surprised to see the copy robots, but none so more than Coop.
"You guys stole my design again! What is up with you guys!?" Coop shouted.
"There you are monkeys. Ready to die?" Gorrath asked mockingly.
"What the hell is going on here?" Jasper asked while rubbing his head in confusion.
Kiva then came on Perseus' channel and explained the situation and after explaining, the two robot sides took their stances, but then Perseus came on with a rant that both surprised and amused his allies including Alex.
"Alright tentacle breaths. You copy mine and Coop's designs, almost destroyed Jersey City again, and now you want to destroy my home? We guess what? You're going down!" Perseus shouted.
"I'd like to see you try." Gorrath said smugly.
Just then Jasper looked over Perseus' shoulder and pointed to a button and asked, "What does that do?"
He pressed it and ignored Perseus' warning which the pentagon-shaped button said Chaos guns that was near the radio of Perseus' car/cockpit causing a grinding, almost train-noise rattling light sound as the weapon was activated.
A pair of cannons emerged from each knee, back fins, and lower arms of Perseus' robot and then locked on to the Glorft commander's robot as the cannons began to charge with a rather eire hum that spoked out a few as everyone on the good guys could only mutter one thing.
"Oh boy..."
The cannons fired and missed the two mechs causing the beams to obliterate nearly half of the Packert Plant shocking everyone who saw it near or far away, but nearly drained the power supply. Gorrath saw this chance and tired to capture Perseus' robot, but Coop beat him to it and began just wailing on him.
As Coop was doing so, Perseus, Anna, Alex, and Jasper just watched in surprise while Perseus was working on fixing the power issue which Gorrath's second-in-command slammed the still mech to the ground leaving everyone vulnerable.
"So this is what it is like huh? Pretty intense..." Jasper said.
"I told you touch nothing, but you're a high school jock...idiot..." Perseus replied annoyed.
Meanwhile, Coop was busy beating the crap out of Gorrath with his combos and other tricks he learned from his last encounter and after a lot of physical beating, Coop did the signature double duce and used one of the arms to decapitate the copy robot.
Then like a miracle, Coop saw Perseus get back up and together, Perseus and his childhood hommie Alex used Rocky-style boxing on the copy Megas WBM managing to ding up the mech before the both together unleashed a pair of cool energy swords to disarm the enemy mech with ease.
"And that's how we home boys get the job done." Alex said while fist bumping Perseus.
As Gorrath was flying, he called for reinforcements, but was shot down by his XO who reminded him that they were in no condition to fight. Both left, but not without mocking them both and leaving a parting gift, a pair of bombs.
"Oh No! Coops, Perseus get both away from those mechs because they're both rigged to blow and level this town!" Kiva shouted from Coop's mech.
"No, I will not leave my home town to be destroyed." Perseus said with concern.
"Perseus' is right Kiva, he's my friend and besides, his hometown deserves not to be wrecked unlike my home." Coop said seconds later.
Then Alex got an idea; he pressed a button above the glove compartment where he was sitting in Perseus' car/cockpit and fired a pair of EMP torpedoes that fired from the mech's shoulders shutting down the bombs for good much to everyone's surprise.
"Whoa, nice shooting." Jasper said.
Alex smiled and spoke, "I think this town has had enough destruction for one day. Besides, who knows what we can use with these two mechs."
Sighing, Perseus got out of the car and asked Anna, "Was this all worth impressing some guy?"
"No, but I'll admit it was scary, but cool and can we do it again?" Jasper asked which earned him a big no from everyone.
Coop flew next to him and got out and said, "Man what a day. They weren't even trying for some reason."
"It was so they could try to bomb and destroy you both though I'll need to keep an eye on two more Megas mechs which it'll be fun." Kiva said sarcastically.
"Can we just all head home please?" Jamie and Alex asked together from each car.
Coop signed and spoke, "Fine then, now who's up for pizza?"
Then Anna spoke, "Hey guys, want to head to Louisville, Kentucky and to Waverly Hills Sanatorium first? Also, anyone want to find out who's courage will last the longest?"
Coop and Perseus looked at each other and then thought it was a good idea and both mechs headed there after Jasper called his folks he'd be home a bit later along with Jamie starting to whimper much to Alex's humor.
"Hey Kiva, I'll bet you twenty bucks that Jamie will pee himself while we're at the Sanatorium you game?" Perseus asked from his mech.
"You're on Perseus." Kiva replied with a smirk.
Then the two mechs headed towards first the Sanatorium, but first secured the two downed copy Megas mechs away from prying eyes.
Several Hours later...
The two Megas mechs returned to their respective states while Jamie on the other hand was shaking in Coop's car while Kiva was smiling at the bet she won that Jamie would freak first while Coop rocked out to music.
What would become of the two copy megas mechs would be decided on a different note as far away, Gorrath gave an order that he'd not want to issue; no more production of the Avatar Mech Project that shocked many, but his gaze silenced them as he soon was alone in his chambers.
"What makes you two monkeys so unbeatable?!"
A/N: Sorry if there wasn't any good action, it was something I threw together quickly before I got Junk in the Trunk from iTunes. The next chapter will have the two robots dealing with a certain junk man. The plot of this chapter is loosely based on the Dude, where my head episode and the political problems dogging the duo Megas pilots will be a recurring theme in this story.
Take care, R & R to tell me what you think, and no flames.