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 14: Thanksgiving Smash
Tuesday November 23, 2004
Thanksgiving was just around the corner and people were busy getting stuff for their dinners, which, the famous or infamous "Black Friday" occurred the few days later in the same month.
For Perseus leaving the supermarket even for a few last-minute things his family asked for was "A nightmare!" However, he was looking forward to dinner with not only his family, but Coop and his mom as well.
The subject of Coop's dad was a rather sore subject for Coop as far as he knew; his dad took off one day and never came back when he was a little kid at least around when he was five-year old kid and thus Coop said if he ever ran into him again, he would tell him to piss off.
After getting the stuff to Coop's mom and his folks, he went to go look for Coop, Jamie, and Kiva though he had a good guess it was up in outer space as with the help of Luke, he soon found him near the outer planets or the Gas Giants of the Solar System.
He soon flew alongside him hoping to get his attention which he did and told him Thanksgiving was getting closer, but to his surprise and Luke's, Coop was already aware of this prompting him to follow him.
"Coop, what's the rush?" Kiva asked.
"It's Thanksgiving! That's what's up!" Coop said.
"What's Thanksgiving? Could someone tell me…" Kiva said.
Then all the guys just looked at Kiva as if she had been dropped on her head or was high on drugs as they half-expected Kiva to at least know what the holiday was since she was from the Future.
"You're kidding right?" Coop asked.
"Don't they teach you anything in the future aside from staying alive?" Jamie asked seconds later.
Perseus then spoke, "Something tells me that they don't mention that holiday."
"Oh man, I can taste that turkey now…along with the stuffing…the potatoes…and the pumpkin pie…and the type wrapped in bacon oh yeah…" Coop said with his mouth drooling a bit.
Coop then went into daydream mode as he imagined himself stuffing a turkey of his choice with various bits until it was stuff to the brim while he was clad in a cooking outfit that had a chief hat and an apron with the words "FEED THE COOK" on it.
Then Jamie suddenly spoke up, "RINGS!"
"Onion Rings?" Coop asked with confusion.
"NO! The Rings of Saturn!" Perseus shouted.
"Proximity Alert!" Kiva shouted seconds later.
Then Coop's mech started to hit the rocks that made up the Rings of Saturn with Perseus trying to avoid being hit by the rocks as he was struggling to get the two mechs away from causing too much damage to the rings of the gas giant.
Thankfully, it was all over quickly though it left a small scar in the rings, but it wasn't that bad as it would fill in due time though Kiva glared at Coop for his reckless and distracted driving.
"Uh, it looks fine…" Coop said.
Unknown to the Megas duo as they returned to Earth, a handful of rocks were pulled by the force of the two mechs traveling back to Earth as while most hit the moon and didn't do much aside from adding more craters, a few reentered the atmosphere of Earth, but one ended up landing in a pond.
Seconds later, a mysterious creature erupted from the depths of the New Jersey pond that was a greenish blob-like alien as it soon spoke in a third person perspective as it started to grow.
"Gynok free from cold, dark space! Gynok need to find heat to spread! To create more spores! To infest!"
While the new threat was going to threaten Earth, Coop and his companions were at his house enjoying snacks before the big star of Thanksgiving was to be ready: the turkey itself as Kiva tried the stuffing and liked it.
"This is actually good, but why is it called Stuffing?" Kiva asked.
Coop grabbed a handful of the Stuffing from the bowel and ate it before he spoke again to Kiva while being more preoccupied by eating than having proper table manners.
"Don't know…"
"They call it stuffing Kiva because it's what someone who's cooking a Thanksgiving Turkey adds to add flavor to it and it makes a great side dish." Perseus said.
Then the group heard Coop's mom speak up, "COOP! The turkey's almost ready sweetie!"
"Okay mom!" Coop shouted.
"Um, shouldn't we help your mom Coop?" Kiva asked.
Perseus then spoke, "Nah, my mom's helping her and last time I tried to help with Thanksgiving Turkey, I burned myself trying to deep fry a kosher turkey making me spend the day for a few hours in the hospital for burns a few years back. Thankfully, we had a spare Turkey on hand, so it wasn't all bad. Besides, Alex just got here with a good number of his family and his mom makes a very mean Thanksgiving meal that will fill you up trust me."
"That's right!"
The shout accompanied by Alex coming downstairs with a skip in his walk as he sat down with his best friend as the group ate surplus Thanksgiving food, as the rest was for the guests upstairs who were various relatives of the Megas pilots.
Jamie then spoke, "How far do you and Alex go in terms of knowing each other?"
"Ever since the day I saved him from a pack of bullies years ago as on top of that, the Burtons and the Murphy clan have known each other since the days of when the Underground Railroad was new all the way to the Civil Rights era." Alex said with pride.
"FWI, his family took up the last name of Murphy after the man who helped his ancestors escape slavery in 1820; Ryan Murphy as prior to that, they had none due to their sadistic and horrific Alabama slave plantation owner refusing to let them use their old Africa clan name; Matamaini which is Swahili for hope." Perseus said.
Jamie then spoke up, "Well, at least you two get along well compared to Coop and you Perseus."
"Yeah, we have a respect for each other, but there are times were Coop and I just drive each other absolutely batty." Perseus said.
"Reminds me of Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters of how they act around each other sometimes." Alex said seconds later.
"Aside from that bit, we still celebrate Thanksgiving since like…forever…" Jamie said calmly.
Kiva then spoke, "Speaking of which, what does Thanksgiving celebrate?"
"It's when you take the time to be thankful for the good things in life like Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches, V12s, Chrome Rims, Video Games…uh Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches…" Coop said.
"Actually it's more than that. You see it means giving stuff to others and-"
Jamie did not finish when Perseus interrupted him by speaking quickly before Jamie could ruin the discussion as he held his left hand out to slice Jamie and he then spoke to Kiva.
"Here's how it actually started at least according to most people. Years ago, in the 17th Century, a group of English folks fled from England called the Pilgrims to avoid persecution as they had different Christian views than the Church of England and to keep their youth pure from the corrupting influences they saw unfit to be with them. When they arrived around 1620 or so in what is now Massachusetts, they arrived during the fall season that really did not help much as the New England soil was not very good in nutrition and during the first winter, some of the Pilgrims died. That changed in the spring following winter when a Native American named Squanto came to them with a few of his friends to help them survive the New World. With their help, the Pilgrims adapted and in the fall of 1621, the Native Americans and the Pilgrims held a fest to celebrate their good fortune and being thankful for what they had and not taking things for granted, as that is how Thanksgiving started out Kiva. What the holiday is really meant to celebrate is to be thankful for what you have as somethings are not to be taken for granted."
"What are you two thankful for?" Kiva asked.
"For me, my mech, my time serving in the US Marines, surviving Iraq and Afghanistan, my family, and my country of the USA." Perseus said.
"I'm thankful for the new chances in life my fellow brothers and sisters of black have now that they didn't have a century ago, my friend Perseus, my new mech thanks to Perseus and Coop, and serving with Perseus in the US Marines…" Alex said seconds later.
In the city on the other hand, the newest baddie in town was working to try and challenge the Megas team was working its way to find a proper heat source so it could grow.
"Gynok must find warm, safe place to plant and-"
It didn't finish when Goat stepped on it forcing it back into the shadows as while it quickly recovered, Goat on the other hand was trying to score a date for the Thanksgiving Parade but failing.
On the other hand, the parasitic alien plant-like creature Gynok realized that it needed to hide as in its current state, it was vulnerable as it spoke of its problems out loud.
"Gynok vulnerable while growing! Must hide!"
It then shape-shifted into a phone booth as Goat's attempts to score a date were failing greatly as once Goat was out of sight, Gynok shifted back to its normal, green sludge-like state as it spoke again.
"Gynok must find heat! Gynok must plant roots and grow!"
It slithered around a building to where the Thanksgiving parade floats were being pumped up and being ready for the big event as it then found an open spot in the middle of the area as it then started to plant itself.
"Yes, so warm! Soon, Gynok sprout and infest planet! Infest galaxy!"
It stopped growing when Coop's mech unknowingly stepped on it stopping it for now. It didn't get much better as the mechs of Perseus and Alex stepped on it seconds later leaving it a smudge on the flattened pavement.
With the Megas trio on the other hand, the group unaware that the had just stepped on their next, dangerous potential opponent were on their way to the Thanksgiving parade.
"Man, that turkey rocked." Jamie said.
Coop let out a big belch to show how much he loved the food much to Perseus disgust as his grandfather would make sure he would say excuse me after doing something like that though he shrugged it off as it was typical of Coop.
"Yeah, it did…" Coop said.
"I'm surprised you enjoyed mixing it with anything…" Kiva said calmly.
"You'll eat your way, I'll eat mine…" Coop said defensively.
Coop then heard his stomach growling as both Perseus and Alex both shook their heads at the sound as Coop ate a good amount even the spicy crawfish Alex's mom made.
"Man, I should've brought a doggy bag…I'm still hungry…" Coop said.
"You can get more food at the parade…" Jamie said with a smile.
"More food?" Kiva asked.
Coop then spoke, "Yeah, after that, leftovers! Turkey Sandwiches, Turkey pot pies! Turkey tots!"
While the trio of mechs headed towards the parade, Gynok on the other hand was pissed after being stepped on by trio of mechs causing it to rethink its plans as it spoke up.
"Gynok still vulnerable, must destroy metal giants to grow safely! Gynok must destroy metal monsters! Gynok must seek larger form!"
It looked at the parade balloons already inflated and ready to go for the parade. It then settled on a Sonic the Hedgehog knock-off as the city was unable to secure it being in its parade due to legal issues. The alien blob then spoke as it took over the parade balloon.
"Gynok must destroy threat!"
While that was going on, the Thanksgiving parade in Jersey City was now underway. The parade consisted of the usual things in a parade from marching bands to parade floats.
The presence of the three mechs had mixed reception from others watching the parade as while most found it cool, others hated the fact that they were there as one little girl told her dad she couldn't see due the mechs in the way.
"Maybe you should've gotten here earlier!" Jamie shouted.
After the father told Jamie that he and his kid lived in the area, Perseus decided that it wasn't kind of them to act like this. So, Alex moved his mech out of the way while Coop stayed where he was just as Perseus spoke to Coop.
"Coop, do always have to be a dick to other people?"
Annoyed by the lack of response from Coop, Perseus offered to let the father and daughter watch from his robot much to the young kid's delight as it solved one problem at least.
"Thanks mister."
"It's not a problem…besides, you get a good view from this guy." Perseus said casually.
"Do we really need to use the Megas mechs to watch the parade?" Kiva asked.
Jamie then spoke, "And give up the best seats? No way, at least not for Coop and I."
"Oh look, check out those marching bands." Coop said.
"And the baton girls…" Jamie said seconds later.
After looking at the parade floats, Coop looked at Jamie and then spoke as Perseus let the father and daughter pair behind him look with a spy glass telescope he got in New England once.
"Man, the floats keep getting cooler every year."
"What's the big deal? Aren't they made of flowers?" Kiva said.
"Yeah, well they're cool, but not that cool as I wouldn't make mine out of flowers…." Coop said calmly.
Coop then imagined his custom float being made not from flowers, but rather from metal and looking like something out of Mad Max before his mind came back to reality as he sighed in happiness.
"Hey Coop, next year we should enter Megas in the parade…" Jamie said.
Jamie's mind then drifted to Megas being viewed and worshiped by people. For some reason, he imagined himself dressed as the Joker from Batman and asking people for money in his perverted mindset of Thanksgiving.
"Yeah, that would rock…" Jamie said.
Perseus then spoke, "Jamie, if you try and use our mechs or Megas for your Joker knock-off parade fantasy, I'm going to go over there, pull you out and kick your sorry can for over an hour…"
The driver/pilot of the Megas WBM would've said ass but didn't as there was a kid behind him along with a parent who would open a can of whoop ass on him. Shaking his head, Perseus kept on watching the parade.
"Oh, the best part is here; the balloons!" Coop shouted.
Then the balloons appeared and to the surprise of Perseus, they were knock-offs of the Mario Brothers and such as when he asked Jamie and Coop, both said it was due to copyright issues and such. The only one was Jersey City owned was Deputy Duck that was a duck dressed as a cowboy.
"That one has his own tv show and is awesome…" Jamie said while pointing to one balloon.
Jamie was talking about one superhero like one before Coop then told Perseus that Deputy Duck also had his own comic and show along with being awesome. Both Perseus and Alex on the other hand, were clueless.
"Who are those two? Super Mario Brothers knock-offs?" Perseus asked while bored.
Coop looked to see what Perseus was saying and told him who the Fabio brothers were. Once he learned about it, Perseus then nodded after understanding what he was told.
"From the Fabio Brothers Show?" Kiva asked suddenly.
"No, from the video game…" Coop said.
Then the guys noticed another balloon coming at it was the knock-off of Sonic the Hedgehog that Perseus was Oggie the Adorable Aardvark. Coop for some reason that Perseus didn't understand honk his horn at the balloon as if it was a persona and leaned out of his car a bit and spoke to it.
"Lame, Hey Oggie! Get off the street and let the real balloons take over!"
Then suddenly, the balloon turned to the Megas trio and out of the blue, it roared at them much to the surprise of Perseus and Alex. While Coop and Jamie found it amusing, Kiva spoke up quickly.
"Is this part of the parade?"
Looking at the scared little kid in his car, Perseus clearly saw it wasn't and decided to be cautious and asked the father of the kid and the kid herself to leave his mech and this spot in the parade.
When asked why, Perseus told them that he wanted them to be safe and was just taking a precaution in case a fight broke out. Understanding it, Perseus let the pair out and dropped them off on another roof and let them leave to another spot in the parade.
As soon as he got back to his spot, Perseus then saw Coop lean out of his car once again to ask if he was on tv much to his annoyance as did Alex standing nearby at Coop's skewered priorities.
Then, Coop and Jamie proceeded to laugh at the Aardvark creature though both Perseus and Alex both each had a gut feeling that something was off. For them, a parade balloon roaring at them suddenly was something that spelled trouble.
"Dude, you're being called out by a parade balloon of Oggie the Aardvark!" Jamie shouted.
"What's he going to do? Maybe he'll kill us with kindness!" Coop shouted seconds later.
Alex was just about to tell Perseus how annoyed he was with Coop and Jamie when suddenly, the parade balloon started to change dramatically and it wasn't for the show at all.
For one, the parade balloon became very muscular in an anthro-like style of the Aardvark while sporting a slight beer gut along with green eyes as it then glared at the trio. It then roared loudly before it then spoke to the Megas trio in a third-person way.
"You three, threat to Gynok! Gynok, eliminate threat!"
Then, the possessed and mutated parade balloon known now as Gynok charged forward before folding up into a ball and striking Coop's mech first sending it flying. It didn't stop at Coop as like a pinball machine ball, it then flew next at the mechs of Perseus and Alex knocking both flat on their rears.
"Okay, this is not how I wanted to spend Thanksgiving!" Alex shouted.
"Oh, you think?!" Perseus shouted back quickly.
Jamie then spoke, "I never knew kindness could be so painful…"
"What kind of parade balloon is that?" Coop asked.
Kiva having taken the time to analyze the attacker found out. Without missing a beat, she then relayed the information to Coop, Perseus and Alex.
"Well, for starters it is not a parade balloon. Rather, it's a plant-like lifeform…" Kiva said as she worked.
"We all just got sucked punched by a plant?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah and you can't blame those Eco-hippies on this one…" Alex said.
Coop then spoke, "Well, how about I plant my foot in its…whatever…"
As Coop spoke, Gynok merely growled as the Megas trio got back up and stared it down. Coop then charged forward intending on punching the sucker while Perseus and Alex waited to see the outcome.
However, Coop's double punched didn't work as Coop then was sent flying backwards as if the monster was made from rubber. Perseus and Alex charged next with Perseus activating his twin chain-swords and tried to slash it while Alex provided covering fire.
The slashes and gun shots didn't work as Gynok healed back up quickly and both mechs were punched backwards and onto Coop. Quickly getting up again, Coop stood in front while Perseus and Alex flanked him.
Before Perseus could speak, Coop charged forward again and this time, put Gynok into a headlock that at first worked, but then Gynok slipped lose causing Coop to lose his balance and crash into an empty building before being punched to the ground again.
Nearby, a pair of newscasters saw nothing unusual and kept on reporting despite the danger. Alex meanwhile pressed a button on his dashboard and fired four taser wires at the monster to stop it.
Because the parade balloon was made of rubber, it was about as effective as a garden hose on a large fire as thus, it was useless against the alien creature. Gynok snarled and grabbed the wires and pulled the around in a counterclockwise swing that hit Perseus sending him flying backwards and onto Coop's mech.
Then, the wires snapped, and Alex was sent right into the same area as Coop and Perseus. Gynok then approached the Megas trio with dark intent. Gynok then proceeded to kick Coop's mech before punching it as then, the monstrous alien did the same to the other two mechs as it then spoke.
"Gynok must absorb heat!"
Coop then spoke, "Eat this Ogge!"
Quickly flipping some switches, Coop fired four missiles at the rogue party balloon or Gynok to blow it up. The missiles didn't work as they appeared to be stopped by the rubber body before going through Gynok like nothing.
Because of Coop's constant modifications to his mech including the weapons systems, the missiles kept on flying and destroyed four more parade balloons much to the dismay of Coop and Jamie.
"Coop! You just popped Deputy duck!" Jamie shouted.
"NO! Deputy Duck!" Coop shouted seconds later.
After the remaining parade balloons got destroyed thanks to Coop, the chubby and trigger-happy gamer slammed his right fist on his dash in frustration. Perseus and Alex on the other hand shook their heads at Coop's carelessness.
"My parade!" Coop shouted.
"That part was on you and not this alien son of a bitch, you need to work on your missile guidance system!" Perseus shouted in frustration.
Then suddenly just as Coop hit his dashboard, a cannon then jutted from the chest of Coop's mech putting both Perseus and Alex on edge a bit for a good reason. Everytime Coop put in a new weapon, it had a bad habit of backfiring unlike them who were careful with their modifications.
Gynok went from menacing to confused as the cannon fired and it encased the monster alien in ice. This part didn't surprise Perseus as he had the weapon on his mech as well along with Alex and Akira though the last two used theirs differently.
For Alex, he used his ice cannon for self-defense only while Akira used his for his medical practices. After Gynok was frozen into a solid block of ice and monster, Jamie then spoke.
"That's new…"
"Got to remember that one…" Coop said.
"Not likely due to your memory issues from time to time…" Alex said to himself quietly.
On the other hand, Coop charged forward again and this time, punched the frozen creature and shattered it into millions of little pieces including frozen goo that seemed to destroy Gynok for now.
Brushing it all off including the pieces of parade balloon, Coop smiled at his handywork while Perseus and Alex cleaned their mechs off as well. Jamie smiling then spoke up.
"Nice one…"
"We need to take a closer look to be sure it's gone for good…" Kiva said sternly.
"I agree with red on this one…with how he took all that damage, we need to be sure firmly that the bastard is smoked…" Alex said seconds later.
Coop then spoke, "Look, Ogge Aardvark is toast. It's just frozen goo as besides, it isn't coming back."
"You're right, after being attacked by a giant parade balloon, there is no need to further investigate this matter…" Kiva said with sarcasm.
"Right, who is up for leftovers? Turkey sandwiches…Turkey Pot Pie…Turkey Puffs…." Coop said with joy.
Coop then left the scene while Perseus and Alex decided to freeze the rest of the stuff just in case before leaving the scene. A few tiny fragments of Gynok made their way down into the swears and near some heating pipes.
The heat from the aging pipes was a boon for Gynok as it had found a suitable source of heat including one or two leaking pipes that would let it regenerate as it then spoke up.
"Yes…heat…Gynok ready to spore, grow and spread…."
Seconds later, a manhole cover blew off and landed near Coop's mech prompting it to stop along with the mechs of Perseus and Alex. The ground started to rumble as then, a large hand emerged and grabbed the right leg of Coop's mech.
"This can't be good…." Jamie said.
"Oh, you think jackass?!" Alex shouted.
Kiva then spoke, "It's just frozen goo, it ain't coming back…"
"So, I was wrong…It's not like anything could be worse…." Coop said.
Perseus could clearly see the sarcasm in Kiva's voice that further showed Coop was wrong the first time Gynok got smoked as suddenly, more hands emerged each trying to pull the trio of mechs downwards into the ground.
"Somehow, I got the feeling that this won't have a happy ending…" Jamie said.
While Coop's mech was being pulled, both Perseus and Alex were determined not to get pulled down as both quickly deployed heat swords to cut the hands off trying to grab their mechs.
The cuts healed up quickly of course and the hands quickly went after Coop pulling him downwards. Then, suddenly the ground shattered as a healed up Gynok in the form of Ogge the Aardvark came up.
Getting up, Coop and Jamie were both shocked that Gynok was back up and ready for round two as it muttered a yes while Perseus and Alex had a bad feeling it would get worse.
"What the?" Coop asked.
"But you destroyed that guy!" Jamie shouted.
Then, the ground opened as more forms of Gynok appeared including a superhero one and Deputy Duck and the Fabio Brothers as in the end, Gynok had ten more forms aside from the one he had to destroy the Megas trio.
"Now that's just wrong…" Coop said.
The army of Gynok marched forward under a hivemind-like mindset while a family in one building watched on thinking it was all part of some Thanksgiving show. The reality was, it wasn't at all as it was a brawl, a Thanksgiving brawl to be precise.
"Trying to even the odds huh Oggie? Coop asked.
Coop then broke free from the first of nearly a dozen Gynok-controlled parade balloons and flew away and came back to punch the first parade balloon Gynok controlled only for Coop to get pushed backwards.
This echoed the first attempt by Coop to destroy Gynok only for it to fail. The failed attack pushed Coop backwards into a nearby park with Perseus and Alex quickly flying to him.
"Coop, think! That trick won't work!" Perseus shouted.
"Wow, this guy's gut is tougher than yours Coop…" Jamie said to Coop.
"Hey now…" Coop said with annoyance.
Then seconds later, the Megas trio got surrounded by the many forms of Gynok that totaled at least 30 possessed parade balloons that was basically giving each mech ten to deal with.
"Metal giants threat to Gynok! Gynok spores ready to infest planet! Germinate and spread everywhere!" Gynok shouted.
"No one is germinating on my watch!" Coop shouted back.
Then, the trio of mechs found themselves punching and kicking every one of the possessed parade balloons. Perseus and Alex were both back to back dealing with most of them while Coop was left with a handful.
While Perseus and Alex had their hands full, Coop on the other hand flew into the air and elbow punched one parade balloon before another pair tried to rip the arms off Coop's mech as Jamie then spoke up.
"I'm never going to be able to look at Wish bone the same way again!"
Not wanting to have his robot torn apart like a demon from Doom, Coop then quickly thought fast and made two of them in the form of the Fabio Brothers smack into each other as Gynok spoke again.
"Metal Giants threat to Gynok!"
On the other hand, Perseus gave one the Superplex maneuver knocking it out of the fight while Alex boxed another like Rocky sending it down. Then, Perseus grabbed Alex and swung him around while Alex used his mech to kick nine foes away at once.
Then, Coop saw both Perseus and Alex link their mechs arms which for Perseus, it was the left arm while Alex used the right arm of his mech and both ran forward that knocked another one down to the ground.
Coop was about to fire the guns on his mech's right arm before Kiva interjected and spoke to him while Perseus and Alex were still dealing with the other Gynok-controlled parade balloons.
"Not that you'll listen, but conventional weapons aren't working!"
Coop then spoke, "Then, let's try unconventional! Hey Plant-head freak! How do you like your meat, light or dark? Time to carve the Turkey!"
Pressing a button, Coop then deployed a rotating arm blade on the lower right arm of his mech. Swinging forward, Coop then tried to gut the Oggie-controlled parade balloon, but it was having no effect aside from spraying more green goo.
"Are you even trying?!" Jamie shouted.
"I don't see you trying anything yourself Jamie!" Coop shouted back quickly.
Then suddenly, a parade balloon each grabbed the Megas trio from behind just as another trio each landed on the shoulders of each mech and tried to rip their respective heads off.
Coop had a gator creature parade balloon hold him down while a fancy-dressed cat parade balloon tried to rip his mech's head off. Perseus meanwhile had to deal with one of the parade balloons of the Fabio Brothers trying to decapitate his ride while the Deputy Duck parade balloon held him down.
Alex had not much better luck either compared to Coop and Perseus as he had the other Fabio Brother parade balloon trying to rip his mech's head off while the superhero parade balloon held him down.
"Sub-systems are failing on not just Megas, but the other two units as well!" Kiva shouted in worry.
"No way! We're not cooked yet!" Coop shouted quickly.
Then, all three mechs fired flares to shake off the possessed parade balloons and tried to fly up only for another parade balloon to smack Coop with its tail causing him to fly into the mechs of Perseus and Alex that sent all three of them to the ground.
Seconds later before the Megas trio could get up again, all the parade balloons under Gynok's control punched, kicked and smacked all three downed mechs until they couldn't move.
"Now, we're cooked…." Jamie said.
Then Gynok spoke, "Gynok now grow and infest all planets!"
Suddenly, all the possessed parade balloons appeared to melt into the same green goo as before, but this time, it formed into one massive, giant plant. It was an ugly plant straight out of a horror film.
"Gynok now grow forever!" Gynok shouted.
"Who knew the world would be destroyed by a giant, quickie-pop popcorn popper?" Jamie asked in fear.
Then suddenly like a miracle, Coop was hit with a brilliant idea of how to stop Gynok as he then quickly snapped his fingers in a eureka moment before he then spoke his typical rant.
"That's it! All right you holiday, wrecking space plant chump! You trashed the city, wrecked my parade, busted up my balloons and nearly broke my mech and the mechs of Perseus and Alex!"
"Um dude, the part of the parade balloons was mostly your fault with the faulty missiles, but it wasn't intentional, so I'll let it slide, so what idea do you have in mind?" Alex said.
"This guy wants heat? So, we'll give it heat!" Coop shouted.
Perseus then spoke, "Will it work? Or will it doom Earth?"
"Only one way to find out…hey plant chump! You want heat? I'll give you heat!" Coop shouted quickly.
Coop then turned up the AC to High Heat and then fired the stream of heat from his mech followed by a reluctant Perseus and Alex as at first, the plant monster initially was liking it.
"YES! Heat make Gynok grow faster!" Gynok shouted.
Jamie then spoke, "Coop! Perseus! Alex! Cut it out!"
"COOP! PERSEUS! ALEX! You're only making it worse!" Kiva shouted.
"Hey Kiva, ever heard of the saying the dose makes the poison?" Alex asked.
Gynok then spoke, "Need more heat…make Gynok infest universe! Gynok germinating! Spores will-"
The giant alien plant monster didn't finish speaking when suddenly, it started to groan in agony and pain as it soon was realizing too late that it was getting too much heat too quickly.
Eventually, Gynok couldn't handle the dose of heat and suddenly, it blew up spreading a black, tar-like substance everywhere across the city including where Goat was at, but shrugged it off after cleaning off his churro, kept eating like nothing was wrong.
"How did you know Coop?" Kiva asked.
"The guy wanted heat, so we gave it to him…" Coop said with a smile.
Coop then had the black gunk substance removed from his car's windshield and stood up as both Perseus and Alex then stood up seconds later as Coop sniffed the air and then spoke.
"Nothing worse than over-cooked popcorn…"
Alex then spoke, "Guess we gave that bastard too much of a good thing?"
"Yeah….like drugs…" Perseus said softly.
Alex knew what he meant by that as someone from their unit became a drug addict and sadly died last month from an overdose. The guy took drugs as way to deal with PTSD but got hooked.
"We're always making a mess huh Coop?" Perseus said.
"So? Let's home for some leftovers!" Coop said.
As they were staring to leave having defeated another alien baddie chump, Jamie smiled at the scene and then turned to Kiva who looked a bit confused, but happy as Jamie then spoke to her.
"So, Kiva, do you now know the true meaning of Thanksgiving?"
"Eating yourself sick and fighting off a horde of mutant, cartoon characters?" Kiva asked.
"Works for me! Now let's go eat!" Coop then shouted.
Alex then spoke, "But first, we need to clean this up."
"Aw, man! Really?" Coop asked with annoyance.
"As my mom said, you make the mess, you clean it up! Along with my dad and grandfathers…" Alex said.
"Well, at least we can't do anymore damage…" Kiva said.
With that said, the Megas trio cleaned the mess up as moments later, they all headed for home though Coop and Perseus tripped and fell on their mech asses on the way much to Alex's amusement before a day later, the parade was re-launched with the mechs making up for the destroyed balloons….
A/N: Sorry this took so long after I wanted this up around Thanksgiving multiple times myself mentally.