Megas WBM (War Battle Machine)
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Chapter 10: Watchmen?
Saturday September 18th, 2004; 1:00 pm
Of all the times Perseus was wishing he was doing something better, this was it. He was heading to New Jersey again after having watch over his snobby, very Greek, upper crust baby cousin Jasper Burton while his parents attended a fundraiser for George W Bush. Calling Coop on the way, he found out that he was currently engaged in a battle with a mech and so he decided to watch before continuing on.
"F- My life..." Perseus said to himself as Jersey City came into view.
For Perseus, of all the relatives that Perseus had, Jasper Burton was a pain in the ass because he acted like he was a prince of all things, wore nice clothes no matter what, lived in penthouse in New York City not far from Trump Tower, and to top it all off, he'd been trying to get his hands on his mech Megas WBM ever since his battles against the Glorft, Magnanimous, and other monsters from space.
"Hard enough that I have those damn politicians after Coop and I because I don't need a rich cousin of mine after me as well Dog-gone it! Thank the lord that it was only today...though it was nice to see New York and get some good Pizza from Lombardi's...thanks to him as I don't really blame him for his parents not being around a lot causing him to be raised by the servants, but could he take a lesson in humility for once?" Perseus thought to himself.
He then proceeded to land outside of Jersey City and saw Coop engaging a mech that was black with red details and had cannon for a right hand. Inside the mech, Kiva was doing her usual thing; keeping Coop from destroying Jersey City again.
"Remember, don't disrupt its reactor..." Kiva said sternly.
"Yeah, whatever Kiva I know what I'm doing. Besides, this isn't my first BBQ." Coop said.
Megas then charged forward towards the enemy dodging the shots which it then cleaved the enemy robot in half leaving the lower part still standing while the upper half traveled with Megas. This had consequences for Coop unfortunately as a bright light pulsated from the destroyed mech.
"Um Coop, this may be your last." Jamie said in concern
After pulling down a shade, Coop asked Kiva something while covering his face to avoid the brightness coming from the enemy robot he was fighting as he then spoke to Kiva seconds later.
"Um, what's happening Kiva?"
Kiva then shouted, "You just ruptured the matter anti-matter reactor/propulsion system! It'll expand and pull the Earth into a spatial void!"
"Ain't nothing going void on my watch!" Coop said.
He then directed Megas to the sky while the lower portion almost collapsed on a store that sold livers, cough syrup, and homework stuff had Perseus not stopped it from hitting the store much to the disappointment of the kids nearby.
"I swear I'm going to kick his ass one day." Perseus said to himself.
Coop on the other hand was trying to get the soon-to-explode robot away from Earth. After getting some distance, Coop threw the upper half of the robot away which seconds later exploded. At first it wasn't bad, but then Megas was hit by the shock waves. It then quickly ended with everyone fine and okay.
"Well, took care of that. Who's up for some ice cream with chucks of bubble gum in it?" Coop asked after dusting his hands and looking at his guests.
While Megas returned to Earth, up in space a swirling vortex appeared and bursts of energy began to appear. It seemed that Perseus' foresight of a familiar foe returning were about to unfortunately come true.
In null space on an alien ship, a familiar alien turned around in the bridge and saw the opening in null space; Warmaster Gorrath of the Glorft as he then walked over to his second-in-command to determine what was going on.
"Commander! What's happening?" Gorrath asked.
"A rift in null space has opened!" The Glorft Commander shouted.
"A rift? Are you sure? A gateway to normal space?" Gorrath asked.
The Glorft Commander nodded and replied, "It appears so Warmaster, there is no doubt about it."
Gorrath began to chuckle and spoke, "At long last, freedom from null space! Mark exit coordinates and take us out Commander!"
"As you command Warmaster!" The Glorft Commander shouted.
"Are the modifications to the ship completed?" Gorrath asked.
"Yes they are Warmaster!" The Glorft Commander said seconds later.
Gorrath looked onward towards the main screen and spoke, "Then prepare to implement my plan. I will destroy that pathetic planet and its people once and for all! Vengeance will be mine! MINE!"
Back on Earth, Coop was in his basement looking at his bratty cousin Skippy. He had brown hair and dark blue eyes which he wore a black baseball cap, a white shirt with red accents, blue jeans, and red shoes with white accents. Skippy glared at Coop as he didn't want to be with Coop which Coop shared the same idea.
"He's back? Come on mom I got better things to do!" Coop shouted towards the upstairs.
"It's just for a couple of hour's sweetie while Aunt Ester and I go shopping in the city. Now be a nice and responsible adult for once in your life and watch your cousin Skippy instead of having your friend Perseus having to be your personal butler!" Coop's mother shouted back.
"Responsible? You nearly got earth sucked into a black hole Coop." Jamie said.
Kiva just looked at the two as Coop spoke, "Hey that was spatial void thank you very much and it was an accident okay."
Jamie got up and walked to Skippy which he spoke as he glared at him, "You again?"
"You again? Besides, don't you have your own house dork?" Skippy asked seconds later as he sat up.
Skippy then ran over to Kiva and spoke, "Hey, who's the chick?"
"The name's Kiva kid." Kiva said sternly.
"Hey Kiva, why don't you tell us a bit about the future?" said Coop.
Kiva smirked and spoke to him, "In the future, little boys like you are used for target practice by chicks like me."
This scared Skippy a bit as he ran while Perseus snickered at the remark as his Grandma Burton could do something like that which made her respected in her day when females weren't seen on an even playing field as men.
Jamie then noticed Skippy in his seat and spoke, "Hey that's my seat! Get out!"
"Make me." Skippy said arrogantly.
Jamie then though of himself sending Skippy off to an alien planet before setting down on the steps nearby Coop then sat down and started to eat the pizza he ordered along with Perseus when a few minutes later, both discovered the last slice was taken by Skippy. This didn't bother Perseus due to fights he used to have with his brother Luke over the last slice
"You're not missing anything, the pizza down near my home is way better than this..." Skippy said.
Coop then was distracted by the sounds of his video game he was playing earlier and grumbled, "Man, I almost broke the state record."
"Like that's hard. I did that a hundred times." Skippy said.
Coop shrugged it off and tried to play his game when Skippy grabbed a remote to keep pausing the game further agitating Coop. Coop was then able to regain control and resume playing when Skippy moved in front of the TV prompting Perseus to get up and move him.
"This so boring, I've never been this bored in my life and this has to be the most boring place on the planet." Skippy said.
"Then…let's…how…you…like…..it off the planet." Coop said in anger.
The group then went outside and fired up the Megas mechs which Jamie went to Perseus' mech to get away from Skippy while Skippy went with Coop in his mech. Both mechs then lifted off and headed for space.
Jamie and Kiva were freaking out over the antics of Perseus and Coop which Coop hoped this would shut up Skippy which he spoke to Skippy as the Megas duo rocketed into outer space.
"Now how's that, pretty cool huh?"
Rather than be impressed by the two Megas mechs that Coop and Perseus had, Skippy looked bored and spoke to the two as the two mechs kept flying in outer space away from Earth.
"If I had a giant robot, it'd be way cooler than this or that other lame one."
Perseus just nearly pressed a blaster at that remark as for him, his mech was a piece of hard work and pride that for someone to insult his work, he made him want to smack the brat in a Three Stooge-like fashion as at times, he had a short-fuse temper.
Kiva then spoke to Coop, "I'm not sure bringing Skippy up here was a good idea."
"Yeah, shouldn't he be in the back?" Jamie asked from Perseus' mech.
"Relax, nothing's going to happen to Skippy okay?" Coop said.
"That's because nothing is happening. This is still boring." Skippy said.
Coop mocked Skippy by copying him. As they were approaching the moon, Perseus saw where they were heading and tackled Megas to the side which both mechs made a crash on the moon in a crater. Everyone was a bit annoyed with Perseus' impulsiveness.
"Perseus, what the hell?" Coop asked.
Perseus looked around and pointed while speaking, "We almost landed on the landing site of Apollo 11."
"Apollo 11 wasn't that the first Apollo moon mission?" Skippy asked.
"Yes it was and the Neil and Buzz would've been pissed so, watch were you're going to land Coop." Perseus said.
Coop just shrugged and replied, "And you thought they rigged the whole Lunar Landing thing."
"This doesn't prove anything." Jamie said.
"Interesting, the Moon is bigger here and smaller where I'm from and no one knows why." Kiva said calmly.
"Let me guess; the Glorft? Or was it due to mankind?" Perseus asked.
Everyone rolled their eyes and went to exploring the moon. Skippy on the other hand was bored as usual so Coop decided to kick things up a notch; by flying like one crazy son of a bitch on a sugar rush.
"You want cool? I'll give you cool!" Coop shouted.
"Big deal, my mom's minivan goes way faster than either one of your robots." Skippy said.
"But could it do this?" Coop asked.
Coop then directed Megas into a canyon which Perseus spoke, "Oh great, Coop decided to go all hotshot flying in the Grand Canyon on the Moon like in the movie Independence Day?"
Grumbling, Perseus followed him which Coop acting crazy was driving through rock formations while he dodged the debris that followed further making him wishing that Jasper was with him boasting his mouth off.
Coop looked at Skippy hoping this would work, but instead Skippy was still bored and spoke, "I need to go to the bathroom. This is worse than your house, there's nothing on the moon."
Then Coop drove Megas through a rock face which he was still cheering, but then he stopped for a reason which Perseus did right after him. Jamie was a bit queasy and Perseus just handed up a British Airways bag.
The reason for the end of a joy ride was that the Megas duo found: green and brown mechs moving around which was none other than the infamous and very dangerous aliens known as the Glorft.
"No, no, no, no, no! It's the….Glorft?!" Perseus shouted.
Both mechs and their crews were looking at real Glorft mechs doing something on the moon. While Perseus and Coop were familiar with the aliens, Skippy wasn't familiar with them.
"Now that is cool!" Skippy shouted.
As a Glorft ship flew nearby Kiva in shock spoke, "No…..the Glorft are back!"
"What? I thought Perseus and I wasted these slugs?!" Coop asked in fear.
"Well, it looks like they're not bothering anyone. Who's up for going home?" Jaime asked.
"We need to get closer to see what they're up to." Kiva said.
Coop nodded and spoke, "Right!"
Coop then activated the Active Cameo on Megas which after trying a few times, turned it off as he didn't have the right cameo. Perseus on the other hand did as he activated his Active Cameo that he nicknamed Chameleon which was a gray, black, and silver color pattern.
Once everything was squared away, both mechs went to work as during the walk to the Glorft site, Kiva told Skippy about the Glorft which Perseus helped by showing the scars he had from being tortured by the Glorft making him scared a little.
One by one, any Glorft mech that the Megas duo found was destroyed quietly which reminded Perseus of the days of the Ninja as the shadow warriors would do stuff like they were doing. After taking time to smash and bash Glorft, Kiva decided to get their attention.
"Are you two done? We need to figure out what the Glorft are up to." Kiva said.
"Oh okay, right." Coop said.
Both mechs proceeded to an area of the Glorft side carefully. After arriving at the base of a massive structure, both continued on past a barrier which Kiva noticed something and spoke about it quickly.
"Strange, I'm picking up atmosphere in this area."
Coop put the roof of his car down as did Perseus which Jamie spoke, "We, what's that smell, rotten eggs?"
"Well, that's what the Glorft must smell like." Coop said.
"Or the smell of sulfur as it's used to create gunpowder." Perseus said seconds later.
Coop looked up and spoke, "I wonder what these chumps are up to?"
"Looks like to me a giant engine." Skippy said.
"An engine, yeah right..." Jamie said skeptically.
Coop just laughed and replied, "I know a thing or two about engines and that's way too big to be an engine."
"Wait guys, I'm getting something." Kiva said while getting everyone's attention.
Over on each video screen of each mech, a familiar voice rang out as an image of two Glorft appeared to be working very heavily on something as another one sat nearby near the one standing.
"Is they Hyper Thrust Fusion Engine online yet?!"
"The engine is online Warmaster!"
"Well at least the Glorft don't know we're here." Jamie said.
Coop then impulsively called the Glorft which Perseus did the same which a second later, they were looking at the Glorft including Gorrath the alien scum that both they had smoked a while back.
"Just what the heck are you space chump squids do you think you're doing with some big ass moon engine?!" Coop shouted.
Jamie freaked out at this and spoke, "What the heck are you doing Coop and Perseus?!"
The Glorft known as Gorrath looked up after hearing the noise and spoke, "You two…"
"Oh, it's us alright squid!" Coop shouted.
"Remember us Gorrath?" Perseus asked.
"You two thought you could defeat me?! You both think you can defeat the Glorft?! Never you wretched meddlesome apes!" Gorrath shouted.
Coop looked at Gorrath and spoke, "Well, uh you ain't' so tough yourself squid..."
"Nice comeback..." Skippy said off-screen.
"Skippy do humanity a favor and shut the hell up now." Perseus said.
Gorrath looked at the human duo and spoke, "We should thank both of you for sending us into Null Space. We were able to repair the Karajor with parts we were able to plunder along the way and we're much…much…stronger now…"
"Nice going you two..." Jamie said.
"Hey now…how were we supposed to know that this would happen?" Coop asked defensively.
Gorrath then continued to speak, "As a token of my appreciation, please accept the destruction of Earth as I slam your very moon into it!
On the Karajor, Gorrath turned to his right and spoke, "Initiate the Start-Up Sequence!"
Back outside on the moon, two Glorft mechs inserted a sphere into a giant pillar that started to power up as indicated by a meter on its exterior which the two mechs flew off as other Glorft mechs in the area did the same.
"Start up sequence initiated!" The Glorft Commander shouted.
On Megas, Kiva spoke on the engine, "Coop, Perseus we got ten minutes before it fires up!"
"How do we stop it?" Perseus asked.
As if he heard him, Gorrath responded arrogantly, "Nothing can stop me this time!
"I won't count on it you dirty s-"
Coop's rant against Gorrath was cut off as the Glorft war monger cut off communications with the two human controlled mechs preventing Coop from continuing his rant against the Glorft.
Gorrath growled and turned to the Glorft Commander who spoke, "We've lost the signal to the two mechs Warmaster."
"Did you locate the position of the two earthlings?" Gorrath asked while being very annoyed.
"Um there wasn't enough time?" The Glorft Commander asked nervously.
"You incompetent fool!" Gorrath shouted.
The Glorft Commander cowered and shouted, "Not the face!"
Gorrath then turned away and spoke an order, "All units! Track down and destroy the two Earthling mechs!"
Back in Coop's mech, Coop was wondering like Gorrath why the communication line went dead as he got mad along with Perseus though the latter was more interested in finding out what else Gorrath had in planned for Earth.
"Yo squid you there!" Coop shouted.
Coop then pressed a series of buttons on his control panel only to get various channels on his screen that he used to talk to Gorrath. In his mech, Perseus was doing the same vice-versa.
"Aw man, I was just about to get some good digs in!" Coop shouted.
"We have more pressing matters to worry about." Kiva said sternly.
Kiva then looked at her screen and continued to speak, "The entrance to the main generators of this engine is located through the door to our left."
"Got it." Coop said.
Kiva tried to tell Coop something, but Coop didn't listen as he tried to bash the doors down only to get knocked back while Perseus stood nearby embarrassed by this bad and stupid move.
"Dumb ass..." Perseus said.
After Coop got his mech back up, Kiva spoke again, "That door is 30 meters of reinforced Tritainium alloy with Electromagnetic shielding."
"Oh? You think they would have a warning sign or something..." Coop said.
"Wait, there's an opening above the door." Kiva said while looking at her screen.
Jamie looked at what Kiva was pointing at and replied, "That area? You'd have to be small to fit. Add to the Glorft out there, I'm not going."
"I could do it." Skippy said all of a sudden.
"Yeah send the kid Skippy should do it." Jamie said.
Kiva nodded and spoke, "He might be our only choice."
"No way, he maybe a snotty last-pizza stealing punk, but I'm his babysitter and as such I'm not anything happening to him!" Coop shouted.
In his rage, Coop accidentally hit the button called "Eject Skippy" that launched Skippy out of the car unit of Megas while everyone was shocked at this as Perseus did a double facepalm at Coop's stupidity.
"You're the best babysitter ever..." Jamie said while sliding into the passenger seat.
Skippy just floated in the low gravity of the moon before falling into the same black tower and landing perfectly fine unharmed which he stood up after which he thought the structure was cool.
Coop looked at where Skippy flew and spoke, "Great, my aunt is so going to kill me."
"Um, not before those guys do..." Perseus and Jamie said together.
For a few tense moments, the two Megas mechs and the Glorft Army stared each other down before the Glorft mechs deployed their missile racks as both Megas mechs pulled up the collapsible roofs on their car heads for the coming action.
The Glorft were the first to strike as a pair of Glorft Mechs fired a pair of missiles at the Megas duo which both caught the missiles and hurled them back destroying four Glorft mechs. Both Megas mechs then dodged two missiles fired at them and then the duo decided to pull out a few new tricks.
Coop in his mech pulled a toy game gun while Perseus did the same, but the difference was that his was shaped like an assault rifle while Coop's was like a pistol. Then both pilots/drivers started to shoot up Glorft mechs like crazy though Coop's was one shot at a time in contrast to Perseus who's was three shots at a time.
After taking out a few dozen Glorft mechs, both pilots ran out of shots which both saw on their respective screens the problem each had and quickly solved it like how anyone who played arcade gun shooters before resuming destroying Glorft mechs like crazy.
On the other hand, Skippy was walking inside the massive Glorft structure when he came to an opening that had a pedestal at the center. Walking up to it, he saw a sphere-like thing on the pedestal and picked it up.
"Cool..." Skippy said.
Then a Glorft Guard walked up behind Skippy which Coop's cousin turned around and was disgusted by its appearance as for him, it was the first time he had seen an alien Glorft up close and personal.
Skippy grimaced and spoke, "Ew, what's that on your face?"
The Glorft Guard tried to smash Skippy, but Skippy was able to dodge the attack and started to run despite being a bit chubby like Coop though to a lesser degree. Outside on the other hand, the massive Glorft engine continued to get ready to fire as the Megas duo fought on.
A pair of Glorft mechs fired missiles at them which both Megas mechs dodged with ease during which both each knocked a Glorft mech aside before both charged and smacked another pair aside like pins.
"We need to find Skippy! Kiva any luck?" Coop asked.
Kiva worked on her holo-computer and spoke, "I'm looking for him and I got a lock on him. He's in the same tower you launched him into."
Then a group of Glorft mechs got in front of the structure in question which both Megas mechs unleashed hell like no other with Perseus shutting Jamie up on wanting to leave by glaring harshly at him.
Then, both Megas mechs flew into the air and Coop launched a flying fist that destroyed two Glorft mechs before it returned to Coop's mech. Perseus on the other hand deployed arm Gatling guns that shredded more mechs as Coop let lose a few missiles that downed a dozen Glorft mechs.
Skippy on the other hand was corned at a door and was just about to get clobbered when the large door gave way which he ducked out of the way in time. The Glorft guard was crushed under the massive door before collapsing dead before Coop using his mech picked up Skippy.
"You came back for me..." Skippy said in relief.
"Hey, that's what families do..." Coop said.
"Uh guys, I hate being the one to spoil the reunion, but the Glorft are ready to fire the engine!" Kiva shouted.
On board the Karajor, Gorrath ordered the engine to be fired which nothing was happening only a loud error noise was received. Gorrath repeated the order twice only for nothing to happen.
Skippy on the other hand in Coop's mech spoke up, "I think they need this."
Kiva looked at the device Skippy had and spoke, "That looks like a Glorft Firing Key."
"Looks like whooping alien ass runs in the family..." Coop said.
"So does fat..." Jamie said from Perseus' mech.
Coop grabbed the device and spoke, "Better let a responsible adult hold it."
Gorrath came on the comms and Coop spoke, "Okay you slimy chumps, first you come back after Perseus and I whop your asses, then you tried to beat up my cousin despite his flaws, and now you think you're going to shoot the moon into the earth? Well I got your trigger right here!"
Unfortunately, the device slipped from his right hand and after bouncing around a bit, it landed in Coop's lap which Coop's gut then pressed the button on the device activating the Glorft engine by mistake.
"Coop! You fired the engine!" Kiva shouted.
"Should've let a responsible child hold it..." Skippy said bitterly.
On the Glorft ship, the Glorft Commander spoke, "The engine is firing up Warmaster!"
"Excellent! I shall revile in the destruction of this stinking world! Victory is mine!" Gorrath shouted.
Gorrath looked at Coop and Perseus which he spoke, "There is no escaping now and there is no way out for you earth freaks!"
"Well at least we'll have a good view..." Jamie said.
Coop then fired a shot and spoke, "Take some of that squid head!"
"What are you doing Coop?!" Jamie shouted.
The energy shot Coop fired bounced around wildly before it hit the base of the tower Skippy was in moments before which started off a chain reaction. The tower fell causing the shield above to fail which the massive engine tilted downwards.
"Um we should go now..." Jamie said.
Both pilots/drivers didn't need to think about it twice as both Coop and Perseus high tailed it out of there quickly before an explosion aftershock knocked the two mechs away from the site. The Glorft area exploded creating a massive explosion on the moon and sent debris towards the Glorft ship.
"Evasive action!" Gorrath shouted.
"Too late!"The Glorft Commander shouted seconds later.
As debris flew, Gorrath spoke, "How is this possible?!"
After the massive engine hit the Glorft ship, the chaos ended which an enraged Gorrath contacted the Megas duo at his latest attempt to destroy them having been thwarted yet again by pure dumb luck.
"I will be back you two earthlings! You're underdeveloped brains are unprepared for the horrors I have planned!" Gorrath shouted.
"And our underdeveloped brains will be waiting!" Coop shouted back seconds later.
The Glorft ship then retreated back into null space which Coop spoke, "That'll teach those squids! Nobody destroys my moon!"
"Yeah, why let them do it when we can do it ourselves?" Jamie asked.
"Figures." Kiva said.
"Oh come on, no one sees this side of the moon right? I mean, it's the Dark side of it right?" Coop asked.
The two mechs then flew back to Earth which after a bit while, the two pilots were chilling out in Coop's basement while Kiva and Jamie stood by as they all heard Skippy talking upstairs.
"We got shot at by giant robots, blew up the moon, and beat up a bunch of ugly aliens. Can I visit Coop again tomorrow and hopefully see his friend who also pilots a robot too?" Skippy asked.
On TV a news caster was reporting the mess Coop caused, "Scientists are baffled at the lunar destruction, but its effects are felt all around the world as catastrophic tides and severe weather patterns are running rampant."
Coop turned off the TV and spoke up, "Hey, check it out! Five dollars for watching Skippy!"
Coop held up a five dollar bill as Jamie spoke, "Dude! We could get some of that bubble gum ice cream!"
"Do any of you realize that we may have permanently altered the Earth's Eco-system by damaging the moon?" Kiva asked.
Perseus and Coop both looked at Kiva before speaking, "Um, what does that have to do with bubble gum ice cream?"
"Never mind..." Kiva said.
"Rock on!" Jamie and Coop shouted together.
The four-some started to leave when they heard Skippy talking, "Can I hang out with Coop and his Detroit friend again? Please can I?"
"Um…let's go out the back..." Coop said.
"Okay, but let's leave a note first..." Perseus said.
After leaving a note saying they were getting ice cream and going to fix the moon, the two mechs left with their tasks at hand. Far away in a secret bunker in Washington DC, a group of politicians were meeting about the latest mess the Megas duo made.
Five minutes later, the meeting adjourned…for now...
A/N: Here is chapter 10 and next up is the gang heading to Las Vegas where a relic of the Cold War will want to mess with them.
R & R to tell how it is and what can be done to improve the story. No flames please!
Bye Now…