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 11: Vegas Brawl
Saturday September 15th, 2004; 1:30 pm
In the barren desert of Nevada, nothing was missing or wrong which the peace was disrupted by the sound of two alien mechs flying overhead. Inside, both pilots/drivers were as happy as they could be.
"Yeah, Las Vegas here we come!" Coop shouted.
"This is going to rock!" Jamie said.
Kiva held up a pair of posters and spoke, "Um, what is this Gonzo Galactic Gaming Convention and Anime the Gathering?"
"Only the biggest gaming and anime conventions in this nation!" Alex shouted.
"Yeah and I'm going to kick some serious ass in the main event; the mecha bot ultimate battle!" Coop shouted.
"You have your fun there Coop while Alex, Anna, and I enjoy the anime fun..." Perseus said.
Jamie smirked and spoke, "I'm interested more in the action, the showgirl action."
"You dirty perverted pig! I'm more interested in the history, the Mafia-era history of when they controlled Vegas..." Anna said.
Kiva looked down and spoke, "I've never been to Las Vegas."
"You've never been to Vegas?" Coop, Jamie, Perseus, Alex, and Anna all said at once.
"The Glorft destroyed it thirteen years before I was born." Kiva said grimly.
"Tough luck, Vegas is one amazing city and it's nothing like anything on Earth." Coop said.
Jamie nodded and spoke, "You can get anything you want there."
Jamie then had a fantasy of winning big and getting some pussy, but was brought back to reality by Kiva slapping him. Coop on the other hand, though of gaming and Perseus thought of all of the sweet Anime products he could get and meet some people from the industry.
"Las Vegas rocks!" Coop shouted.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't we be there because my Navigational Unit finds nothing out here." Kiva said.
Coop pointed to his head and spoke, "Well, my Navigational Unit says it's over the next hill."
The group got over a hill only to see an abandoned Gas Station which everyone looked at Coop as if he was dumb. Kiva looked at Coop annoyed that his directions had gotten them stuck in the middle of nowhere.
"I think your Navigational Unit is broken..." Kiva said.
"Looks like those dudes at the station are out to lunch..." Jaime said.
Coop just merely blasted his car horn and shouted, "Yo! Little service?"
Coop then kicked a gas pump which was actually a switch that glowed. Next thing anyone knew was that the ground suddenly dropped down and upon looking up, it sealed up above them. The lift eventually came to rest and next thing the Megas team knew was that they were in an underground chamber.
Wonder where are we?" Coop asked.
Kiva looked around and spoke, "Looks like a military installation."
"Yeah a creepy and abandoned installation." Jamie said.
Perseus looked around and asked, "What installation is this? Is this Area 51?"
"I don't know what this place is, but I all I know is that the video game convention or the anime convention are in here." Coop said.
With that said, both Megas mechs turned and flew up towards the entrance trying to get out first with their fists, but that didn't work.
Both then flew back down and tried to pry it open with steel beams which it failed as both steel beams failed. Finally, both decided to use a pair of missiles to try and blast their way out only to get nothing.
After getting frustrated that they couldn't get out of the underground chamber, Kiva told both Coop and Perseus why they couldn't get out.
"Forget it, that steel plate was specifically designed to withstand a very powerful nuclear blast..." Kiva said.
"Nuclear huh?" Alex and Coop asked rather mischievously.
Both nearly touched the Nuke button on each mech though in the case of Perseus' mech, it required two hand scans and a pair of key locks which thankfully both were stopped.
"We're obviously not going out the way we came back in so, let's find an alternate exit." Kiva said.
While Jamie cowered in fear, Coop grumbled one thing, "What's the point of having nukes if I can't ever use them?"
"Unless you want to start World War 3, you should only use them as a last resort." Perseus said sternly.
The two units then turned on their lights and started to get a picture of where they were at right now. The place had the feeling of creepy and haunted in one package as various wreckage were found and they were military ones. As they explored, they wondered why the US Military would abandon such a place.
"Man, wonder what happened here?" Coop asked.
"Looks like something very bad happened from how bad this place looks...with the likely hood of massive casualties." Perseus said.
"Whatever it was, I'm sure glad we missed it." Jamie said.
Kiva then spoke up, "Guys, there's a door up ahead."
The megas duo looked and saw a large, massive door which Coop tried to open it though the handle broke off that prompted Perseus to try his luck and move the wheel on the door, but it also broke as well.
"Um I think it's a bad idea of trying to open that door guys." Jamie said with worry.
"Oh shut up Jamie for this could be the way out." Perseus said.
Then both just punched and kicked the door which it then blew open and sucked the two mechs inside the void. Getting back up moments later, Coop and Perseus were subject to glares by their passengers which both looked puzzled before defending their actions.
"Hey now…how were we supposed to know the room was airtight?" Coop asked.
As the duo looked around Jamie spoke up, "Wait, secret military base? UFO crap? Guys! We're in Area 50!"
"Area 50?" Kiva asked.
"Cool!" Coop shouted.
"Wait a minute isn't that associated with Area 51?" Alex asked while being confused.
Jamie shock his head and replied, "No because the government just recently admitted to what that place did back during the Cold War along with stuff that shattered the ideas that UFOs were there so this place comes to mind instead."
"Why would they do that?" Kiva asked.
"To shut the yaps of those Alien nut jobs and to bust the UFO myths of that place so they would have no more whiners about aliens and Area 51. In other words; that was done to bust all of those Area 51 Alien Conspiracy theories though a few are still around despite that happening." Anna said.
"Guess Area 51 was meant to be the cover of this place while the real alien stuff must've happened here and went wrong from the look of things or was the test zone before it was to be expanded to other sites before things went belly up causing that plan to be scrapped." Perseus said.
As the two mechs looked around, Kiva spoke up about the place, "Can someone please tell me what Area 50 is?"
"Some super, top-secret military base in the Nevada Desert like Area 51 from the Cold War. They captured and reversed engineered alien stuff to create weapons for the US against the Soviet Union and their allies including North Korea." Jamie said.
"How do you know that?" Kiva and Anna both asked.
"Saw it on TV." Jamie said.
Then both Megas mechs stumbled upon a door with the letters RECR on it with a slit in the door to allow a view inside the room. Coop looked at it curiously and wondered what was in the room which no one wanted him to open for a good reason.
"Wonder what's in there?" Coop asked.
"Um Coop? Area 50? Robots? Monsters? Aliens? Remember all of the documentaries on this place?" Jamie asked while being very concerned.
Coop just looked at Jamie and spoke, "Dude that's stuff is TV crap that's not real and besides there's nothing bad down here that's a real problem."
Coop then unknowingly pressed on a button that opened the door that upon activating the lights of their mechs, they found a green and silver robot that looked like a cross between some military vehicles and some cheesy alien craft. It looked harmless, but Jamie had a gut feeling that it wasn't so.
"See? Just a busted up junk bot." Coop said.
Coop then kicked the dilapidated robot to show his point. Eventually however, just as the group turned to leave the robot started to slowly power up; noises were heard including mechanical ones.
"Man, I'm going to miss the tournament and there ain't anything cool down here!" Coop shouted.
"Hey now-"
Perseus didn't finish when suddenly both mechs were then hit from behind and both mechs were sent flying which they soon both landed very roughly not far from what had hit them both.
The dilapidated mech behind them spoke, "Finally, after being locked up for so long I am now free to finally fulfill my programming!"
Coop and Perseus quickly got their mechs back up and they saw that the odd bot that Coop kicked was online much to Jamie's horror as none of them knew that a simple kick could turn that robot on that just attacked them.
"It's one of them reverse engineered evil alien robots!" Jamie shouted.
"Thank you for pointing that out Captain Obvious." Anna said.
"I don't care who it is, he just picked a fight with the wrong guys!" Coop shouted.
He then charged forward with Perseus grabbing the left claw of the enemy robot while Coop grabbed the right claw of the enemy robot. This however had a negative effect on the two mechs as Kiva and Anna took notice.
"What's happening?!" Coop and Perseus both shouted at once.
"It's siphoning power from the two mechs! Coop! Perseus! Get away from it!" Kiva shouted.
Both mechs kicked the enemy robot away from draining more power from the Megas duo as it then spoke to them despite being kicked by the two mechs while it started them down as it then spoke to the Megas duo.
"I must fulfill my programming."
"And we got to complete smacking you down chump!" Coop shouted.
Both mechs flew forward to punch it, but then all of a sudden the enemy robot split apart into five, separate pieces allowing the Megas duo to fly past it harmlessly without even touching it.
"What the heck was that?" Coop asked.
"I don't know, but we should run!" Jamie shouted.
"Where is it?" Perseus asked.
Kiva looked behind her and spoke, "It's behind us!"
The enemy robot reassembled itself and spoke, "Nothing can stop me I will complete my mission!"
Coop charged forward intending on ramming it again while Perseus activated the twin chain swords intending on slicing the rogue machine up, but it split apart again causing them to crash.
"I think we're going to need another plan." Kiva said.
"Thanks for telling us that Ms. Captain Obvious..." Anna said.
"You think?" Jamie asked seconds later.
Coop shook his head and spoke, "Nah, Perseus and I got him where we want him."
Then the enemy robot walked up to the duo intending on finishing the Megas duo off by pointing its arms which were cannons that emitted a purple energy that was ready to destroy them as it spoke.
"And now die!"
Then all of a sudden, its weapons started to power down which the robot looked at one of its arms to show a power indicator while the Megas duo watched in confusion as it then looked at the Megas duo as it spoke again.
"Energy levels are still too low; I must find a suitable power source as your two mechs do not offer enough power to drain."
"Drain this!" Coop and Perseus shouted together.
Both flew towards the enemy robot, but it merely stepped to the side allowing both mechs to crash into the chamber it was housed in which the door then shut on the two mechs as it then spoke to the duo with malice in its voice.
"Now you two will be locked away forever, to rot in this place as I once was while I fulfill my programming and destroy the enemy."
"Enemy? What enemy?" Coop and Perseus both asked.
"The enemy?" RECR asked itself.
It paused for a moment while the Megas duo heard the sound of a tape recorder rewinding itself much to the confusion of the Megas duo before it spoke with a patriotic theme going on.
"Everything is the enemy!"
After posing, it spoke again, "I must find more power before my energy cells die again."
"Okay here's an idea; all we need to do is stall it so it loses power again." Kiva and Anna said in their respective mechs.
"That will be easy." Coop said.
Then he leaned out of his car and spoke, "Hey buddy, good luck with that as the only place with power anywhere for 100 miles is Las Vegas."
Kiva, Anna, Alex, and Perseus could only face palm at this remark as Coop essentially told the rampant robot where to find power as the rogue machine quickly figured out where Las Vegas was located as it then spoke calmly.
"Las Vegas; small city in the Nevada Desert, coordinates: 36 degrees Latitude by 115 degrees Longitude."
"Nice going Coop..." Alex said.
"He's going to wreck the city and the two conventions." Jamie said.
Kiva nodded and spoke, "And he's going to wreck the world as well."
"Nice going dumb ass..." Perseus said while shaking his head.
"What to bet?" Coop asked.
Then Coop charged up his mech and kicked the door which Perseus did the same, but the door didn't budge one bit. Annoyed, the duo tried again by punching the door again and again four times, but getting no way out.
Jamie looked behind him and found out what the robot was named and spoke to his friends while Coop and Perseus kept trying to get out in an effort to stop the rogue machine from causing problems for the world.
"Guys, I know what it was; a robot that was named Reversed Engineered Collective Robot or R.E.C.R for short."
"Thanks for the info that you could've said earlier dick weed?" Alex asked.
"There's gotta be a way out of here." Perseus said to himself.
Then Kiva spoke, "There is a way."
"Or we could continue to pound at the door until it falls." Coop said.
Eventually, the door fell only for three more armored doors to automatically appear in its place which Perseus concluded was in case the robot R.E.C.R got loose that indicated that who built him were very paranoid of the robot.
"Craps." Alex said bitterly.
Kiva then spoke, "As I was trying to say, on the other side of this room is a way out."
"Rock on!" Coop shouted.
Then the Megas duo busted through the wall though the room behind them collapsed that scared the duo and their companions that Kiva told them it was a support beam for part of the base which collapsed behind them. Look around, they were wondering where they were at now.
"Where are we?" Alex asked.
Kiva looked at her screen and spoke, "Looks like a missile silo."
"Then the only way out is up!" Coop shouted.
"Wait!" Anna shouted seconds later.
Coop frowned and spoke, "Why is that?"
"This is a Titan II Missile Silo which means we're right next to a potentially dangerous, unused nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile if it still has the warhead in it." Anna said.
"How do you know that?" Jamie asked while being bored.
"Our grandpa from our mom's side of the family knew a friend who operated one of these silos during the Cold War in California. Never fired it, but was always ready to fire the 'Button' when needed." Anna said.
With that said the duo carefully flew up and managed to cut off the doors before flying away to Las Vegas and stopping R.E.C.R from causing more mayhem to city and potentially the rest of the world.
While that was going on, R.E.C.R was arriving at Las Vegas which everyone at both conventions that Coop and Perseus were heading to was unaware of the danger outside.
In one of the conventions, Goat was talking to another person who knew Coop about an upcoming video game that got them excited hoping that they could give the game a try for themselves.
"Man, Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Fun is going to be sweet! I hear you can custom color the balls and give the girls in the game nice outfits." Goat said.
Goat then checked his watch and spoke, "Man, where's Coop? He'll miss out on the battle bot mecha and Perseus will miss out on some sweet panels coming up."
Outside, R.E.C.R walked around the city of Las Vegas before grabbing a neon Cowboy sign and tearing off its head to start draining its power. Inside the convention, people began to hear people outside screaming in terror over a giant robot while Goat thought it was either Coop or Perseus.
Seconds later, R.E.C.R tore off the roof of the Gaming Convention and spoke as he eyed the electrical power inside the massive building.
"Yes! Power! More Power! I must have power if I'm to destroy the enemy!" said R.E.C.R.
Then he drained all the power in the convention much to the anger of the con goers along with the ones from the Anime Convention seconds later which after the robot left, people just pulled out either Mangas or Portable gaming devices to pass time until power came back on.
Just before the rogue US Military robot could continue its destruction, the Megas duo showed up near and punched it away and stood nearby ready for some payback against it.
"Lay off the games chump." Coop said.
"Hey dick, forget about us?" Perseus asked.
Coop and Perseus both fired each a pair of missiles at the rogue US Military robot, but it separated into its separate parts that let the missiles destroy a Pop TV sign nearby though everybody in town was okay with it for some reason.
"You two are the enemy! All are the enemy! I must fulfill my programming and destroy you both!" R.E.C.R shouted.
Then the rogue US Military robot fired a laser beam at the duo which Coop just stood where he was before Perseus took the blow himself which caused him to fly back before Coop was thrown back himself causing both to crash near a casino.
"I said I laser Coop!" Jamie shouted.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." Coop said.
Then R.E.C.R walked over to them and spoke, "It is unavoidable! All enemies must be destroyed as they're my enemies as well!"
"Um what now?" Coop asked.
"No wonder the Army canned this guy, he's more destructive and more of a mess maker than you or Perseus." Jamie said.
The duo soon got up and charged the machine as it looked at its power meter levels again before speaking to itself how it needed to destroy the enemy. R.E.C.R saw the move the duo tried on him coming and split apart again just like how he did to them back at the Area 50 base hours ago.
"Oh no, we're not falling for that trick again!" Coop shouted.
Then the Megas duo saw the arms transform into jet fighters while the legs transformed into tanks as the rest of R.E.C.R floated nearby that resembled an alien ship from War of the Worlds at least that's what Perseus thought of.
"Coop, you'll take on the planes while I'll-"
Perseus didn't finish when the two "Aircraft vehicles" of the rogue US Military robot fired missiles at them hitting them followed by the "Tanks" of the same said mech throwing them off balance before regaining their focus.
"There is no way you two can defeat me and my awesome power of my massive 56 kilobyte processor." R.E.C.R said as he reassembled himself.
"I got 20 year old video games that are smarter than you along with Perseus knowing old cars that are smart as well." Coop said.
Both Megas mechs soon got knocked backwards to a random old casino that was to be demolished anyway for a newer, fancier casino and hotel while two guys near the site decided to put a bet on the three of who would win; the two Megas mechs or R.E.C.R as both of them soon spoke.
"30 bucks says the blue and black robots will win against that old green robot."
"You're on."
R.E.C.R on the other hand spoke, "My weapons are far more advanced, impressive, and better than either of you two."
Then the rogue US Military robot started to drain power from the two mechs just as the bearded dude grumbled about losing a gambling bet at the sight of the two mechs being beaten by the rogue machine while his taller buddy smiled at the thought of winning.
Kiva then spoke up, "Coop, Perseus! Keep away from it!"
"We're on it!" Perseus shouted.
Both mechs then hit the gas and backed off intending on getting away from the rogue US Military robot much to the relief of the random bearded dude nearby, but then the two crashed into a place Coop liked; an All-You-Can-Eat place that was priced cheaply at $ 3.99.
Coop got pissed and spoke, "That does it! That thing locked Perseus and I up in that underground pit, made me miss the chance at being the Gonzo Game Master, made Perseus miss a panel hosted by Steven Blum, and made us crash into the cheapest all you can eat in town!? Oh, that thing just gambled and lost!"
"Oh that's rich..." Alex said.
"Thanks." Coop said seconds later.
But then Kiva spoke, "Wait! Attacking it like have before won't work! It just keeps sapping away power from both mechs!"
"So what do we do?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah, any ideas of how to stop this giant leach?" Coop asked seconds later.
Perseus then spoke, "Knock out the main power source or get it away from the city and let its power die, the latter which I rather follow Coop okay."
"Will it work?" Jamie asked.
Perseus looked at Jamie and spoke, "It will, I rather not put people in this city including those in hospitals in danger." Perseus said.
Both mechs told R.E.C.R of another brightly light city called Seoul, South Korea which it then took the bait upon which both soon went after it determined to stop it, but the rouge mech didn't know that it was falling for a dirty trick.
"This is the most dangerous gamble yet..." Kiva said with concern.
Eventually, the two caught up with the mech over the Northern Pacific Ocean right above the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch as the two Megas mechs caught sight of it as Coop spoke up.
"Hey ugly!"
R.E.C.R turned around and spoke, "I must fulfill my programming to destroy the enemy!"
"What if the enemy is you? The enemy cannot just be in front of you, it can also be within you or be you as well!" Alex shouted.
"I…uh….uh…."
The R.E.C.R mech then began to act all strangely due to the question in which both pilots open fired on it causing it to split apart, but the leg parts fell into the ocean because they were not meant to fly as Perseus fired his freeze guns to make them brittle before shattering them with a pair of kicks as it reassembled itself with only its torso and arms left.
"NO! I can't!-"
R.E.C.R didn't finish when Coop pressed a button called "High Heat Missiles" to destroy its recording box in the torso destroying its voice box silencing the rouge US Military mech for good.
"Finish him!" Jamie shouted.
"With pleasure!" Coop and Perseus shouted at once.
Both pilots then flew up and started to pound the ever loving crap out of it which it then separated into its air parts and tried to zap at their power sources for their mechs which after firing some flares, Perseus unleashed an EMP bomb on the rogue military robot with a fury unlike any other before destroying it with his chain-saw swords.
With R.E.C.R was defeated, the Megas duo retrieved the arms for their own ends and headed back to Vegas so they could relax for some fun after dealing with a relic of the Cold War that could've been much worse.
For defending the city, they got to stay at the Rivera Hotel particularly the very same suite that old Frank Sinatra stayed in courtesy of the Las Vegas Mayor and the US Government the latter due to the Megas duo exposing the origins of R.E.C.R's construction.
As he sat on the bed of the suite, Perseus signed and spoke, "Well now, that should keep those ass clowns off of us for a long time. Anyone agree?"
"Yes, if they were to get their hands on either Megas or its brother or the other two units, the bit of me stealing Megas and traveling into the past would be altered considerably…." Kiva said.
"I'm making a vow; never again will I be tempted to use nuclear weapons unless there's no other option." Perseus said calmly.
Coop did the same after seeing the destructive power of what he could do which afterwards, the next morning both parties went to both conventions though the possibility of using nukes would always bring about moral choices….
A/N: Here is chapter 11 which I always thought of what Coop did to Vegas was a bit excessive including cutting off power to the city which included hospitals and the fact he destroyed the Grand Canyon so, I changed it up a bit.
Next up, the duo answer a call for help and Coop will see a bit of the darker side of Perseus that will test their friendship.
R & R to tell how it is and what can be done to improve the story. No flames please!
Bye Now…