Chapter 81, Figuring out a present for Lenny and the Children
Duran Residence...
Few days after the Peace Summit...
"So you're not certain of what kind of game they would prefer?" Samir asked as he spoke to William through the CAVE device.
"No, not really. I'm not sure about the things that they'd like, Samir. Sorry." William's voice could be heard from the other side of the phone.
"Well, I guess that I will look for something that they would like then." the young Cartel executive said with a sigh, "Anyway, please let them know that I will be attending this time around. Thank goodness they are opting for a more normal and private birthday party instead of something extravagant and unwieldy…"
"We'll see you here in a few days, Samir. And thanks for accepting the invitation, Samir." William's voice was grateful before the line was cut on the other side of the conversation.
Samir sighed as he finished his talk with William in regards to giving Lenny the kind of gift that he'd like.
While he knows that the Delightful Children are his friends, they're not exactly normal children and he's not certain on what they'd like. Board games are a good idea but he doesn't know what kind of game they would like. He would rather not give them anything that could be used as a weapon because it could get him into trouble with the Cartel.
He is a friend to them, that is true but as a friend, he's not going to enable their desire to ruin things for other children by giving them gifts that could cause grief to other children. Friends do not let their friends get into serious trouble and he will not have a hand in them getting into trouble.
He already gave his word to the quintet that he will attend their birthday since the last times he was invited, he stayed out of it due to being at the Temple of the Seven Flavors and helping out in restoring it or stayed at the Hub to prevent being kidnapped by the Delightful Children to be forced to attend their petty plots. He always stayed in the Hub whenever the five had birthday parties years ago. Those invitations lead to bad experiences and being caught in fire with KND operatives.
Many of his friends made sure that they could never shop in many Home Schooled Cartel businesses after what they went through last year at their hands. They were abducted as they were setting up their stalls and preparing to sell their baked goods and their merchandise were ruined in the process. Then they were forced to sing a petty and humiliating version of Happy Birthday and had to be rescued by the KND. They did not care about the cake but they sure cared about being made into a part of their petty plots to show off their luxurious cake and being forced to watch the whole process.
Especially when that day was an important day for their business.
They lost business because of what the Delightful Children did and it made them angry because of it. The bad experience spread through the Cartel and even caused stories of other Cartel kids who were forced to attend the petty plots of the Delightful Children from Down the Lane to surface. This would later culminate in a declaration of banning all five of them from the Hub and them not being able to do business with most of the HSC members.
He did not have fun explaining to them that their actions had consequences after he told them that they made an enemy out of the kids and teens who were once kids of the Cartel and that they cannot visit the Hub when they expressed their interest in seeing it and visiting it. He even told them that if they tried to force their way in, they would be at the receiving end of a one sided beatdown and have their memories fogged once the fight was over.
They may not care about the age dispute and wars but they do care about people disrupting their business and finding ways to get rid of the one that keeps them from being able to do business in peace.
However, it doesn't stop him from shopping on their behalf and giving them gifts so long as it's not a tech from their end or an item that could be used for supervillainy. William mentioned to him that they don't mind board games but he needs to make sure that it is something that would suit them. He didn't want to give them a simple board game that could be bought in any normal stores.
He'll need help in looking for a gift and he might need help in choosing a gift for them.
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Gallagher Elementary School…
The Next Day…
"Wait, you want me to help you out in looking for a tabletop game that you can give to the Delightful Children?" Wayne asked with a raised eyebrow as he waited for his sibling to come out of the school at the parking lot of the school.
"Yes, I need your help in looking for something unique that they can enjoy." Samir nodded as one of his robot bodyguards handed him a bottle of water, "You are more knowledgeable of the Hub's stores than I am. I tried to talk to the other members in this city and they all declined on the grounds of not liking the Delightful Children." he ruffled his own hair as he remembered his conversation with the other Cartel members.
Wayne knew that the birthday party for one of the Delightful Children will be a bit of a troubling event for its attendees. While he's glad that he doesn't have to convince his parents to have his brother go to the Hub for a day whenever one of the five decides to have their parties to keep him from being "invited" to attend it, the private party will still cause some headaches. When it comes to giving gifts, the Cartel doesn't shy away from giving someone something new and unique. It's a matter of personal pride for any members of the Cartel to be honest.
Still, giving the Delightful Children a hobby that would get them engrossed enough to put their attention into it would lessen their time to commit to plotting and causing problems to everyone.
"Well… I know a few hobby stores we could go to." The Dhampir smiled as he remembered the time he explored the Hub's districts, "And if it's a hobby that involves getting those guys busy doing something else, I do know a few tabletop games that they can get really busy with and can garner their interest."
"Really?" The kid executive looked at Wayne hopefully as he finally found someone who won't decline helping him over the fact that he needed to look for a gift for one of the Delightful Children.
"Yes, really. We're going there tomorrow, after school to be precise. I am planning on visiting the Hub to pick up my custom minis and take my brother and his friends to a barber's shop over there for their haircuts." Wayne smirked at the grinning kid, "I'm sure that the Delightful Children would love collecting the stuff you'll give to them once you show it."
Samir nodded as the doors of Gallagher burst open and the kids started to pour out of the school. Terry and Tommy saw Wayne and the two came to the teenager to greet him. The KND operatives were also there and they greeted Wayne, though the two noticed that Wallabee, Nigel and Fanny were somber. Possibly due to the discovery of their parents being KND operatives who were betrayed after trying to save KND.
Wayne's parents were no KND operatives due to the fact that they were nomads before settling in the USA but he does understand their gloom. He just hopes that the KND shakes off the funk they're currently in right now.
For now, he and Samir will be looking for a tabletop hobby that the Delightful Children will pour their focus on.
Chapter 82, Birthday party for Lenny and the kids
Kitchen
William had been busy since early in the morning preparing the cake, the kitchen was a mess but it came with the territory of making the fabled cake that was once fought for at the Alamode.
With a chocolate spray auto rifle in hand, William shot the cake as it roared in anger. "BACK, YOU BEAST!" He yelled before pulling out an icing grenade. Pulling the pin out with his teeth, William then tossed the grenade into the cake monster's mouth.
With a soft boom erupting from inside the cake beast, William proceeded to toss his rifle aside and grab a cake spatula. "back into the oven with you!" He demanded as he beat the cake into submission.
As the cake monster neared the oven, William pulled a whip filled with cream. "Yah, get in there, yah!" He commanded after every lash he whipped out with the whip.
Once the beast was close enough, William used his patented germ free cake boots to kick the monster into the oven. Moving as fast as he could, William shut the massive oven door closed and held it till the cake beast calmed down.
The sound of clapping brought William out of his brief respite of battling a cake monster, He turned his head to notice Wayne was standing in the doorway. "Oh…hey…" he began while locking up the oven to remain closed for the cooking period.
Wayne looked around the kitchen area and noticed the struggle that William had with the thing that was stuffed in the oven. In his hands were boxes filled with tubs full of the assorted Seven Flavors of Ice Cream that he bought from the Dessert Monks earlier.
"I can tell that you made another cake monster, William." Wayne sighed as he put the boxes of ice cream down and started to use his powers to do some cleaning, "Honestly, you need to try and use something that isn't a living aberration of all things, friend."
"I would, but the cake recipe from my great great grandmother calls for this sort of nonsense." William sighed in frustration.
"Of course… bloody Unos and the clan's propensity to do weird things for the sake of villainy…" Wayne shook his head as he heard that tidbit as he gathered the gunk in the kitchen, "Still, this is the first time that a birthday party's not an extravagant time waster."
William strode over to a messy countertop while waving for Wayne to come in, "Mind the mess, the cakes I make are not average." William explained with a chuckle while wiping his forehead with a paper towel.
"True. But at the same time, please don't make food monsters too often. We already have Grandma Stuffum doing that and we don't need another one to mix things up." the Logistics Officer gathered up the cake bits and gathered it into a ball and looked for a container to put it into, "William, do you know where I can dump this?"
Striding over to a bin chute, William opened the hatch revealing a trash burner with a roaring inferno. "Even I don't know why my dad keeps this as his trash bin." He noted with bemusement.
"I have so many questions about that OSHA violation, William…" Wayne shoots the ball of cake mess into the hatch, "I saw Mr. Monty Uno, his wife and Nigel by the way. Did your dad invite the man and his family to attend?"
William gave a look of surprise, "Well, I Told my dad to at least try inviting his brother over, not sure about Nigel though." He answered.
"I told the kid to not try to cause trouble though. While the gathering is a massive child villain fest, today's just a normal birthday party with no one trying to cause problems to other kids." Wayne solemnly said as he put the ice cream on the counter top, "By the way, I brought the ice cream that the Dessert Monks made. They're more than happy to share it with us, by the way."
While William began working on making some icing, he glanced over to the tubs of ice cream. "Huh, you know, I never got around to tasting that." He noted while stirring up some eggs and milk.
"The Seven Flavors are amazing. If you remember the other day, the Cartel did make an ice cream cheesecake made with all the Seven Flavors that the Monks made after the peace summit." Wayne smiled as he patted on one of the tubs, "Don't tell me you missed out on the cake."
Giving a haphazard shrug, "I have been rather busy these past months, but I see I have something to look forward to." William wryly said.
"Well, glad to hear about that. Now, I'll be helping you out in making sundaes with these babies." Wayne looked for the sundae bowls and scoops to make the dessert.
Just as William finished stirring the bowl up, a few tendrils of icing emerged from the bowl. "Damn it great gran!" He cursed while running to a cabinet, and pulled out a baseball sized wisk. He ran over to begin beating the mix down.
Wayne magically held down the tentacle icing as William began to mix and beat up the creature born from icing.
"I'm surprised that you'd invite me to help out in the preparations." Wayne said as he started to measure the scoops he put on the bowls, "May I ask why you'd ask me instead of someone else like Cree, Chad, maybe those teen cooks or something?"
William momentarily thought back to the conversation he had with Cree about coming to help, before looking back to wayne.
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"Oh hell no, last time I helped you make the cake, we were up to our elbows in icing!" Cree glared over at William.
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William scratched his neck in embarrassment, "A prior incident turned her off from helping." He chuckled nervously.
"Of course… I thought it would be due to being affiliated with KND in the past but that does make some sense." Wayne nodded as he made the first batch of sundaes from the First, Second and Third Flavor tubs before casting a spell to keep them chilled and in proper form.
William let out an appreciated whistle, "Damn, nice." He complimented before the stove began to shake with a roar from the cake beast. William swiftly moved to turn the heat up on the stove. "That should pacify it more." He muttered, and the stove stopped shaking afterwards.
"Thanks. I learned to make these during my expedition at the Temple of the Seven Flavors. I Have to keep myself from using all the flavors unless I want someone to lose their taste buds for two days." Wayne opened the Fourth and Fifth Flavor tubs and started making sundaes out of them.
William looked at the clock and noted they had an hour till the cake was ready, "Anyways, thanks for coming…" he began while placing the icing away for later.
"You're welcome. After all, you helped me out in the past when I was starting out. It's the least I can do." Wayne smiled at William before he focused on the desserts.
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Outside
The Delightful children were anxiously sitting at their respective table, their brother had assisted with the invites. Surprisingly many of the kids he had listed off as potential invitees had come, granted they were child Villains, but it was nice to have willing birthday party goers for once.
A loud ruckus from the kitchen had them look towards each other, "Surely making a cake doesn't involve such a racket." Bruce noted to his siblings.
David turned his head to glance towards the kitchen, "Perhaps it involves fighting off creatures for the ingredients." He offered.
Lenny shook his head, "That ruckus was too loud for something small." He denied.
Constance allowed a smirk form on her face, "Maybe it involved fighting the cake itself?" She proposed
Daisy looked over to her sister, "Wouldn't be the first time our birthday involved a cake monster if that is true." She noted.
"Hello to the five of you." the voice of Samir was heard as he approached their table, "Happy birthday to you, Lenny."
The children looked towards Lenny and gave a nod, allowing him to move forward a few ways and accept the gift to place on the long table among the other presents brought for Lenny's birthday.
Samir however, doesn't have the gift in hand… rather, his robotic guards have the gifts for Lenny and the other two Delightful Children's birthdays that he missed out due to obligations. There were massive and multiple and Samir had one of the robots deploy a table to lay the presents there.
Once Lenny joined back with his siblings, they gestured towards the many party games available. "Our brother has set up quite the entertainment for the party, feel free to partake in the festivities." They offered
"Well, it doesn't hurt to try." Samir nodded as he looked at the pinatas being deployed, "This is the first time I've ever attended someone else's birthday party outside of my compatriots." He looked around the area and saw if there's anything different in it, "Quite impressive if I say so myself."
Samir took a quick look and saw Nigel Uno at one table, doing his best to remain incognito while looking at the Delightful Children with anticipation that something would happen. The KND operative saw Samir and frowned at the Cartel operative being friendly with the Delightful Children.
William peeked out from the kitchen window, "lighten up Nigel!" He hollered before disappearing back into the kitchen.
"How is your day going so far?" Samir asked the quintet to start the small talk, "I hope that today's a great day for you all."
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Benedict's study
Benedict was busy wrapping up his gifts for Lenny, a few good clothes and a new helmet for the lad. He had offered Monty an invite, but that would involve bringing…no, Benedict chastised himself.
It was better he started to tone down his hatred towards Nigel, his anger was just not healthy anymore. Not when his revenge was finally given, now all his hate has been reduced to embers.
A small part of him still wanted to continue as a Villain, the little Ben he once was still wishes for Pappy's recognition…but now that he has a family…now he regrets his actions the more he dwells on it.
It was as if ridding the world of that Alien lifted a weight off his shoulders, and pulled the hazey curtains of anger away.
A knock on his study's doors pulled him out of this thought, "Yes?" Benedict inquired.
The doors opened revealing his Brother, "Oh." Ben began, "I almost didn't expect you to come!" He noted.
Monty strolled with a chuckle, "Oh nonsense Ben, it's very rare for you to invite me to your adoptive children's birthday!" He exclaimed and stopped in front of Benedict.
Ben stood up to welcome his brother, only for Monty to abruptly pat him on the back. "I wouldn't miss this, you should invite me more often!" Benedict's brother added.
Giving him a grateful smile, Benedict patted his brother back on the shoulder. "...Thanks." he nervously smiled.
"Now." Monty began while giving a soft elbow jab towards Benedict, "How about we do a little catching up!"
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An hour later
William steadily eased the behemoth of a cake onto a cart, "Easy now…" He gulped while he carried the cake Onto the cart with Wayne.
"That cake better be staying still." Wayne muttered as he dragged carts full of ice cream sundaes.
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The Delightful Children were rather pleased to have a normal birthday party for once, the party games were fantastic, and the party snacks were surprisingly well laid out by their brother.
It was only a few minutes till the cake would be carried out, but going by the ruckus going on from the kitchen, the cake seemed like it would be quite the spectacle.
From the window of the kitchen, William popped his head out with hair all caked in icing and splotches of various other ingredients on his face. "Everyone get seated, I'm wheeling out the cake!" He hollered.
"William, try to look presentable first." Wayne used his magic to clear up the cake bits on William's face and hair.
"Oh thanks." William said to Wayne before pulling his head back in to begin pushing the cake out.
While Benedict and Monty had already made it outside to chat and wait, William activated a system on the kitchen walls. A moment later the wall dropped down to become a ramp as William wheeled a large cake out. "There's plenty for everyone to have a fifth helping and then some!" William announced as he pushed the cart towards his siblings.
"And there's an additional ice cream to compliment the birthday cake as well." Wayne announced as he pushed a train of carts with desserts made of Dessert Monk ice cream for the guests.
The guests were amazed by the size of the cake and amount of ice cream, none more so than the Delightful children. "Alright now, time to light the candle…" William began
Benedict chose to comment before his son caused a fire…well, an accidental fire that is. "William, um, do you have a smaller cake of sorts or cupcake for the candles?" He asked warily as the size of the cake
William looked between the Cake and his father, before slapping his head. "Oh yeah, I have a smaller one under here…" he exclaimed while rummaging under the cart.
"I would have offered to levitate the birthday boy but what you're doing is better, William." Wayne muttered as he saw the cupcake and candles being taken out of the cart.
"I always forget that you're not exactly a normal human, Wayne." Samir chuckled when he heard the comment his fellow acquaintance made.
With double digit candles placed on the cupcake, William placed the confection in front of Lenny. From his index finger, William carefully ignited the two candles of Lenny's age. "Now before everyone starts singing happy birthday, I hired a friend of mine to sing a party song…take it away Andrew!" William announced before the stage's curtain pulled open to reveal a band on the stage.
Benedict held his finger up, "Um…son…you could have just sung the normal birthday song…you didn't need to go all out." He sighed in amusement and Resignation as the band began playing an upbeat music of partying. While the band was more Rock than he liked, he supposed it was not too awful.
The Delightful children on the other hand were rather happy to have a band play on Lenny's birthday, Benedict supposed it wasn't all bad then afterall.
As the band finished up their tune, Lenny proceeded to blow out his candles with a satisfied smile. "Thank you brother." Lenny alone said.
William simply offered a smile and thumbs up, "Now let's dig in!" He announced with a cheer from everyone.
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After a little time was spent indulging in cake and icecream, it was time for the presents from the guests. Some were big, others were small, but regardless for the Delightful children, it was the first time they had a pleasant birthday.
"Glad to see that they liked the minis and those books that I gave to them." Samir said as they examined the Battlemace Fantasy minis and the playset that came along with it with great interest and joy, "Tabletop games are more than just mere children's board games after all."
"Yeah, still, you did make sure that you also included protective gear and such if ever they decided to paint the figures themselves, right?" Wayne asked Samir as the boy ate his ice cream.
"Of course. Facemasks, goggles, gloves and disinfectants are included as well." the junior executive added as he took a bite of ice cream.
"I was surprised you didn't go for the BattleMace 42 Million Stuff." William noted with an amused look.
"That is way too mature for children. The Fantasy one however is not PG-13 so it should be good." Wayne shook his head, "Honestly, we want them to have fun with their gifts, not be traumatized by it."
Benedict chose to interject at that moment, "Too mature…" he glowered over at his son from his seat, before resuming his talk with his brother.
William shrugged, "Fair enough…so…any particular favorite Primarch?" He idly asked the others.
"Guilford. Poor guy was the only reasonable of the lot and got the shaft whenever he tried to fix something, then woke up at the worst time after his brother put him in a coma for thousands of years…" Wayne answered, "Also, I like the color blue and their way of organizing things to make sure everything's in order."
"Michaelus, the poor hawkman who was the best of the Empire but got killed and his kids now got affected by some disease after he died." Samir answered next as he remembered the lore of the Angel Primarch, "For those he Cherish as I say so myself… Of course I like Mortis as well. The man who tried to not be sucked into darkness but thanks to his actions, he ended up becoming the very thing he hated."
"Ramzy for me." Benedict quickly shot over, causing William to give his father an odd look who returned with a shrug. "It's an expensive and mature hobby, right up my alley." he offered as the reason.
"All Ramzy wanted was to be a hero, to share pastimes with his father." Benedict explained.
William let out a sound of thought before stating his favorite one. "I am still hoping Dron Lagorson will be revealed he isn't dead, and his sons merely found his arm he had to chop off to escape his battle with one of his traitorous brothers."
"They are also planning on releasing a continuity where one of the lost sons was not lost and they specialize in hunting the forces of Malice." Wayne added as he showed the book that says Dorlinian Continuity, "I've read about the first five volumes and it's rather promising since it does give me more reason to create custom minis and paint them outside the canon colors."
"Better than resorting to the company's own paint, I can tell you that." William groused in thinking about the absurd price hikes on the oil paints the company sells.
"Thank goodness we have access to alternatives that are far cheaper than buying from those official workshops eh, Wayne?" Samir smirked at the older teen.
"Yep. Someone in the Cartel had been planning on buying that company in the future if things get worse for them and possibly fire the idiots who let the whole thing become a mess." Wayne said offhandedly as he stared at the CAVE to see the plummeting stocks of the company, "They even made plans on what to do once the acquisition is completed and how will they reverse idiotic policies that pretty much caused people to opt for boycotting the company than buying their merchandises."
In the distance, the Delightful children opened William's present, a collection of gardening supplies and books on growing plants. "We love the gift William!" They smiled over to William, leaving him to wave back at them. "I'm glad you loved it."
Nigel had taken that moment to plop himself by his cousin, causing William to give him a curious look. "I don't understand." He began and turned his head towards William, "I looked everywhere, but this has turned out to be nothing but a relatively normal birthday!" He exclaimed.
"That it is, Nigel. Nothing out of place and incredibly mundane… aside from the giant cake and the Seven Flavors served that is." Samir nodded as he finished eating ice cream.
William went to pat his head in amusement, only for Nigel to smack it aside. "I'm being serious here!" He demanded, earning a chuckle from William.
"Maybe the Delightful children just want a normal party for once, far removed from getting interrupted each time and getting their cake ruined." William explained with a shrug.
Nigel let out a sigh, "And here I am, when I could have gone water tubing with my friends!" He shook his head in dismay.
"Kid, sometimes, you need to spend some time with your family. Sure they're there right now but sooner or later, they'll be gone as time passes and at some point, you'd probably think that you should have spent some more time with them." Wayne responded to Nigel's dismay, "My mom paid the price of that kind of thinking after she lost her parents. She told us how she wished she could have spent more time with them but once most of her friends were gone, she wished she could see them once more."
William gave Nigel a Grin, "Hey, at least you get to lay claim of tasting the very cake that the kids next door fought for back during the Alamode-"
"Wait. What!" Nigel exclaimed in shock.
"Don't forget the fact that he also ate the Fourth Flavor too… along with the other Seven Flavors that the legendary Dessert Monks had finished creating." Samir nodded as he got another sundae bowl with the Sixth and Seventh Flavor scoops on it, "By the way, I am quite glad that we went to the Temple of the Seven Flavors in the past, Wayne. Quite a beneficial partnership we had with those fine monks, huh?"
"We do get to see their new creations from time to time. And the partnership between them has been quite beneficial and profitable to us.'' The Logistics Officer tapped his chin and thought of the amount of products they were able to get from the Dessert Monks.
A thud sounded out from Nigel, signifying he had passed out from the overload of information shattering news. "Well…wait till he finds out the Delightful children are Sector Z…" William mused with a grin while leaning over to glance at the unconscious Nigel.
"It would be best that he discovers it himself." Wayne shook his head, "Honestly, he should know by now that the Dessert Monks had been around for a while, making new sweets and training new disciples to the art." he checked on the unconscious leader of Sector V.
"I do say." Monty began as he approached his son and picked him up, "Already tuckered out from the party, I guess this is where we should leave then." He looked towards William, "It was good seeing you William." He sent a nod to his nephew.
"You too Uncle, take care!" William returned before Monty and his Wife began to leave after waving a goodbye to Benedict and Children.
Letting out a sigh, William looked toward the kitchen. "Better start cleaning up." He began as he stood up to leave, "Thanks for coming you guys." He nodded towards Wayne and Samir.
"You're welcome." Samir nodded back as he had his robotic bodyguards at his back, "We will be taking our leave now. My parents would like me to be home early. Thank you for inviting me today." The boy and his robots prepared to take their leave.
"Well… I don't mind staying for a while to help you in the cleanup." Wayne shrugged his shoulders as he stood from his seat, "More hands dealing with the cleanup would get things done faster if I say so, myself."
"You're a lifesaver man." William exclaimed with a grin.
While William headed Back to the Kitchen with Wayne, the Delightful Children waved to Samir. "Thank you very much for attending our party Samir!" They offered their appreciation.
"Oh no, thank you for inviting me to be here, Lenny, Bruce, Constance, Daisy and David. It's the first time that I've ever attended a party like this." Samir smiled back at the five, "It was quite fun to be here to be honest. I hope that we can have more parties like this in the future."
The rest of the day was met with a dwindling number of attendees as the party came to a close, the Delightful children waved the guest goodbye and Benedict was busy hauling the gifts inside.
Inside the kitchen, William wiped his brow after finishing up the cleaning of the Kitchen with Wayne. "About damn time they had a normal birthday." He muttered to himself
"Yeah… glad that the Cartel members in the city did not go into panic mode and hide for the rest of the day thanks to their plots…" Wayne heard the muttering of the commander.
After a few moments of silence dropped between the two, William decided to break it. "I didn't want to bring this up during the party…" he began as he wiped off his hands of flour and icing. "Our recon division managed to get this-" he placed a photo down showing several dozen boats with Spanish insignias, "Before their chopper was shot down." William frowned.
"They're a Spank Vampire household… they're moving something really big if they're using that size of a ship." Wayne grimaced as he looked at the insignias closely, "Let's hope that those guys were able to escape them or else we might meet them as one of the Turned."
William leaned against the island counter and pinched the bridge of his nose, he let out an exhausted sigh. "They came back…as turned…the base they went to is now…" he let out an aggravated noise.
"This is troubling… better start ordering for more garlic weaponries." Wayne frowned hard at the idea of a Rebellion base becoming a haunt for Spank Vampires.
"I'll Send a Call To Sir Bella Duval Winterhall Montgomery." William started with.
"I'll also let my family know about this situation as well… Uncle Spankulot would not like this and my mom even less…" the Logistics Officer shook his head as he thought of the general reaction of his parents about the rise of Spank Vampires.
Placing his hands On the counter, William looked squarely At Wayne. "The Rebellion is to go to the highest Defcon."
"I'll also have to tell my dad that he needs to start whooping Spank Vampire butts once more." Wayne nodded as he washed the dishes that were used, "We'll need to start distributing the IDENTIFIERs as well to make sure that we can easily find infiltrators."
William offered Wayne thanks, before making his way out of the Kitchen. "We have a lot of work in the morning, I'll radio in every cell I can." He turned to look at Wayne, "Need help on the way out?" William asked.
"No need. I know the way out already." Wayne finished with the cleanup and dried his hands, "Well, see you tomorrow, William."
William waved off to Wayne as he left.
As the saying goes, Out of the frying pan and into the oven.
Chapter 83, Spank War Arc part 1
Early Morning
Benedict sat in his study, relaxing with a bit of the new brand of coffee that has been sweeping the world. He could forgive the collapse of the coffee industry, if it meant better quality of grown coffee.
After sipping from his mug, he thought back to yesterday, and the pleasant birthday his son had thrown. Benedict tried to think back to a day he had experienced a wholesome birthday party, and all he drew up was him constantly in an angry mess.
Glancing over to his family photos placed on some bookshelves, Benedict stood up and walked towards them to think back on his past. Once he reached the shelves, Ben picked up one of his marriage with Eviline. In the photo his demeanor was brighter than he ever realized, it was him finally finding something, someone to share a life with.
Benedict frowned and placed the frame down and picked up a different one, thus time it was of A five year old William and him. The photo was taken with Him in a chair, and William standing to the side of him. Ben frowned when he looked at his own face, it was less happy but still present in some ways.
William gave the camera a wide grin and a victory sign while Benedict had his hand on his son's shoulder, Ben allowed a smile to grace his face as he thought back on that day. He had insisted William just stand and smile, but his son wanted to add a little 'flair' for the photo. 'It was not a bad idea though' Benedict thought to himself before placing the frame back.
Benedict moved to the next frames, and stated down the photos with a grimace. "Now I regret ever putting those kids through the chamber." He muttered as he glared at the contrasts of the kids he had adopted, a before and after shot. His anger and Villainous attitude overwhelmed his disposition, but now his mind has cleared up after finally getting his revenge after so long…
He looked at the photo of the after shot, with the children delightfulized. Benedict let out a sigh when he noted William's shameful look he could see in the eyes, Ben let out an angry sound of annoyance. 'And for all my Villainy, has it really gotten me anywhere?' He thought to himself.
Benedict moved on to look at a recent photo, one taken on William's sixteenth birthday. Ben allowed a smile to form as he picked up the frame, "You're almost a man yourself son…" he softly spoke. In the photo was Benedict standing behind his Delightful Children, while William stood next to him with his arm around his shoulders. Funny enough his son had given the victory sign again with a grin, while he himself merely had a reluctant smile. The Delightful children stood with a smile like always, but…it didn't feel right anymore.
Placing the photo down, Benedict viewed the test of the photos on his shelves. He frowned after spotting a very old photo of Him, Monty, and Pappy… "Why was Monty your favorite dad?" He asked with a glare sent towards the photo.
Not expecting an answer, he picked the frame up. He was standing behind the chair that Pappy sat on, a scared little son, afraid of his father. Monty merely stood with a glare in the photo, while their own father sat with an ever present frown while outside his silhouette.
Benedict placed the item back with a scoff, and allowed his eyes to wander to the other frames. He zeroed in on one of a very old photo, with Pappy as a kid and grandmother from one of the Triplets. Benedict's dad was still in an unhappy disposition, but grandmother had a pompous look as she sat with Pappy standing nearby with his hands behind him.
Further over to another Photo was the Triplets as children, and Great Grandma in her own Silhouette. Benedict reflected on his family as he went to sit back down on his favorite chair, the Uno family has been around for as long as they could keep records around. Even Benedict doesn't know how much further back his family goes, but he does know every generation has given the world grief.
Sometimes Benedict wonders what he is doing with his life, other times the call to Villainy is too much. 'Maybe if I can find a way to bring Pappy back, I can finally get my answers…' he thought to himself.
Inside one of the Teen Rebellion's bases on the East coast.
Before the sun has Risen for the morning.
"What the hell is with this asparagus!?" Screamed a Turned Teen S. as he was tossed aside by an asparagus stalk, after it twisted around his ankles.
Various shouts and screams echoed throughout the Teen's Rebellion base turned S. base, as vines and vegetables grew and smacked everyone around.
In the Hallways walked Raab with a perturbed look, "You grasp power but you merely wield it like a child." He intoned while dragging a struggling teen S. by the face, "You say you now have the urge and right to punish, you have merely succumbed to whatever supernatural forces that have turned you!" He spat in contempt, before slamming the teen he held into another teen that attempted to make a surprise attack from above.
With the two in a heap of unconsciousness, Raab continued on his path to reach the coms. After his arrival to the surface and towns, he had been met with many stares and incredulous looks. Raab supposed that was fair with his appearance, but that didn't mean those supposed Kids Next Door could go around claiming he was a teen villain with a Broccoli motif.
It was when he met with a Teenager from the Teen's Rebellion, that he figured he could get a word in with someone of better understanding. With the explanation of his warning he needed to give, the teen insisted they talk more at their base.
Unfortunately for both of them it was at night time, and the base was, by the Teen's words, compromised when several Teen Spank Happy Vampires were waiting on their last teammate to make it back.
The whole night was spent fighting off hordes of teen Vampires, even the teen that had escorted Raab became turned. Many had attempted to land their hands on his butt, but few were successful. Those that were in the night long fight, were met with negligible effect to Raab's being and state of mind.
"My mind and body are mine own, what ails me now is a 'gift' and a curse from a being far greater than some Spanking Scoundrel." Was Raab's reasoning to some of the Teen Vampire's questions.
Back to the battle at hand, Raab took in his surroundings. His new location looked to be where the teens ate, he frowned when he noticed a pot with Broccoli and cheese. "Cheese with Broccoli?" He asked himself in amazement, before shaking his head. "No, I need to keep moving." Raab scolded himself before running off.
Back over in the Home County of William.
Teen's Rebellion Homebase
William ran as fast as his legs could take him, the whole base was up in a roar of panic and activity. He had just arrived, and even outside the place was being fortified. As he rushed towards the conference room, Cree emerged from one of the doors of the hallways he ran through.
"William!" Cree sighed to herself as she ran to catch up with him, "The whole East coast is compromised!" She informed him with a panicked tone.
Letting out a curse under his breath, they both eventually made it to the door of the designated room and walked in on a crowd of Rebellion Teen leaders from around the country. On the walls of the large room were monitors as well, every Rebellion Teen Leader was displayed with some conversing with Teens standing near the monitors.
"America wasn't the only place hit…" William in shock spoke over the noise of the crowd to Cree. Looking around, they could see Chad on a two way video chat with Rachel. "At least Chad is giving the Kids Next Door the heads up." William noted, prompting Cree to nod in agreement.
William walked towards the table, while Cree walked around to get everyone's attention. "Alright folks!" Cree yelled over the chatter, "Let's quiet down now!"
The desired effect was rewarded with murmurs as everyone quieted down, and began taking seats. William had just reached the table and activated the holomap of the Earth, "Alright people, I need to know our situation on the east coast right now!" He began as he looked around to the other Rebel leaders from all around. "How Fucked is the east coast?" He asked.
A teen from the Bronx from the looks of it spoke up, "Yo man, it's dark, like real dark!" He exclaimed, "I lost a third of my forces, we barely made it here unspanked!"
One female teen from the upper east coast stood up with a glare, "What the hell happened to our recon! Shouldn't we have been warned in time?" She asked harshly.
William pressed a few buttons, to pull up the image that he showed Wayne yesterday. "They were shot down…" he answered with a glare and solemn look at the teen, who sat with a grimace.
"They became Turned and converted a lot of teens who had their backs turned. A standard Spank Vampire household tactic if they need to supplement their numbers." the voice of Wayne said from the back.
Wayne had joined the meeting but unlike the usual outfit where he is wearing a floral print orange and white polo and blue pants, he's wearing a black body armor with multiple pockets that had throwable stars attached on it. A rune etched staff strapped on his back and on the sides are garlic guns, fume bombs, a cross shaped boomerang like throwable and a whip on the other side.
"Holy shit Dude " commented a random teen when he got a glance at Wayne.
"I've spent some time hunting some Turned before coming by." Wayne showed photos of five former Turned Teenagers from the Spanish Rebellion branch and gave them to William, "They were in the process of enthralling some kids and I caught up with them. Sorry if my appearance disconcerted you all."
"Hey." Began Chad, "At least you made it here." He appraised.
"Being late isn't something I do but well, better late than never. Especially in situations like this." Wayne nodded at Chad as he cracked his knuckles, "Anyway…"
"These guys converted a small group into Turned before sending them back to you. Sure they looked normal at first but as the night settles in, their desire to spank people gets the better out of them and start to run amok to a crowd of people who did not suspect any better." Wayne interjected as he made his way to William, "Spank vampires in the past used this time old tactic if they can't be arsed to spank every butts personally or need more minions to bolster their numbers to a populace that they think have done wrong and needs spanking."
"By the way William, we're going to need a lot of floodlights. Preferably of the industrial variety to keep the Spank Vampires from being able to hide too much in the dark and remain invulnerable." Wayne turned his head to William and suggested to the Commander, "You'll also have to start distributing IDENTIFIERs too. I can tell which is Turned and a Spank Vampire and which is normal but not everyone in this room can easily identify one if they're in disguise or use their powers to stay in the shadows."
Giving Wayne a nod in agreement, William Pointed towards the photos that he brought up on the hologram table. "Wayne was able to discern the emblems of those boats…" William began as he zoomed in on the photo in the hologram, "These Spank Happy Vampire hail from spain."
The bit of information sent everyone to look towards the Spain monitor, only to get a black screen. Eventually the screen began to brighten up a bit to show a pale skinned teen with a smirk. "Enjoy your unspanked hides for now!" The Teen Revelled, "For No one expects the Spanish Spank Happy Vampire Inquisition!" He declared.
"Whit's wi' that pale bastid! he looks lik' he hasn't seen th' sun fur years!" Archie yelled from his seat, causing the teen Vampire to frown.
Just as the turned teen was about to speak in a derisive manner, the door behind him slammed open to reveal an adult man… a familiar Vampire of a man at that for William. The Teen Vampire over in Spain turned around to see who had interrupted him, "Who the fuck let you in?" He asked, only to get a smirk in return. "Hey, I'm talking to you shit stain!" The teen yelled while Vlad walked calmly towards the teen.
"How sloppy… whoever made these people into Turned must be too lazy and incapable. Spank vampires would never have allowed their Turned to even swear like that." Wayne frowned as he noticed the cussing, "What? Mom taught me to not swear too much."
William remembered when he let a curse word slip around his father, and shuddered at the memory. "Try living with my father…" he grimaced.
The screen chose that moment to go unresponsive for the video call save for sound, all that happened next was sounds of loud smacks and screams of agony before going silent.
The Teens were quiet, you could drop a pin and you would hear it. After a few seconds of silence went by, the screen went back to functioning. On the monitor where the Spanish teen once was, is now Sir Bella Duval Winterhall Montgomery.
"Sir Montgomery." Wayne curtly greeted the teen on the screen, "It's been a while. I do hope that you won't try to hawk me again to join your group like the last time we met."
Bella dipped her head in agreement towards Wayne. "What can I say, I collect the supernatural." She mused with a smile.
Wayne could only sigh at the statement as he remembered his last collaboration with her when he visited her base. He was glad that the Cartel was able to help him leave during that time or he'd be a member of her organization. He doesn't really want to be in close proximity with the Vampire of Vampires to be honest. He heard weird stories about the man and he'd rather not be involved in the man's antics.
" …" William started, only to get a hush from Bella. "I will have to apologize for my organization not stepping in sooner." She began.
Chad chose to throw in his two cents at that moment, "Have the Spanish spank Happy Vampires hit The United Kingdom too?" He asked.
Bella let out an amused sound, "We have just taken care of our Spank Happy Vampire problem in fact, so we can assist the Americans now." She answered slyly.
From the France Teen's Rebellion screen, Marianne shot a look of annoyance towards Bella. "Why the Americans, this is happening all over just as well!" She snapped out.
Bella gave Marianne a demure look, "Because America is the Spanish Vampires' target, they are attacking everywhere else, but the bulk of their forces are invading America." She informed, causing Marianne frown but acquiesced to the reason.
A screen by the entrance of the room activated, causing everyone to turn around and see Benedict Uno on the Screen. "Dad!" William began with a shocked look.
Benedict was outside his silhouette for the time being, and was sitting on his leather chair with a grimace on his face. "They are hitting everyone, William…even the adults and adult Villains." He bit out
Archie let out an amused sound, "This is aff tae be anither 'the enemy o' mah enemy is ma friend', isnae it?" He asked around.
Benedict glowered over at Archie before looking towards William, "I also receive a message, from a rather demented adult Villain I used to be in the circle of." He continued.
Bella chose that moment to interject, "Let me guess, it's Erivus…" she asked.
Rubbing his face in annoyance, Benedict pinched the bridge of his nose. "Yes, and he is after me as well."
William allowed a crack of laughter to escape, before coughing into his fist. "Sorry, but knowing you dad, this Erivus is biting off more than he can chew." He said with amusement.
Benedict leaned back on his chair and steepled his fingers together, "Quite, consider this a declaration of an armistice from the Villains in America, this is our turf!" He declared before his screen shut off.
Cree gave William a smirk, "Well, that's one problem we don't have to worry about." She remarked.
Chad shot Cree a look, "You would trust the word of that man?" He asked.
Giving Chad a shrug, she answered. "Have you noticed recently? William's Father has become less of a Villain compared to a few years ago."
"And Dad has not been one to lie straight to my face either." William added with a thoughtful look.
At that moment another monitor from the East coast activated, showing Raab in a wrecked conference room with dozens of Teen Vampires unconscious. "Hello? Is this thing working?" The teen asked as he scrutinized the devices in front of him.
Archie let out a squawk of surprise of the Teen's appearance, "Awright, whit's wi' th' mess oan yer face? ye look lik' ye goan diving intae th' green asparagus sea!"
Raab gave Archie a look, "Not the worst descriptor I have heard." He noted.
"Hey wait a sec!" Cree announced and leaned towards the monitor displaying Raab, "Isn't that one of the Rebellion's base's that have gone dark on the East coast?" She asked the Teen covered in Broccoli and asparagus
Raab turned behind him, before looking back. "Well, I am on the east coast last I heard." He answered
William looked around before glancing back at Raab, "Um, I would thank you for neutralizing one of the compromised bases, but my most pressing question is what was your purpose and reason that brought you to take out the infested base?" He asked.
Raab allowed a nervous look form on his visible face, "Ever heard of the Brassica Oleracea?" He asked.
Shaking his head negatively, "Don't tell me we have more trouble to face right now." William pleaded.
"Nope." Raab answered shortly, causing William to sigh in relief. "The trouble will occur a month from now." Raab added, causing William to slam his head into the table.
William lifted his head up and stood up, "excuse me while I use the restroom!" He brightly announced before excusing himself.
Once he had left for the bathroom, Raab took that moment to comment. "Is he alright?" He asked the others.
A loud crash echoed in the base, leaving Cree to smirk towards Raab. "He'll be fine, just letting off some steam."
After another moment passed, William returned to sit back down. "Alright." He began, "Well deal with the Brassica Oleracea later, right now we have a world wide dilemma on our hands folks!" William announced firmly.
"Ahem." A voice coughed out, eliciting the gathered teens to turn towards the origin of the voice. A lone teen sat with a teasing grin on his face, "Glad I haffe all of your attenzion!" He states coyly.
William held his hand up to stop the teens from making a move, his mood soured at the twist of events. Whatever this teen is or who they are, he doubted the teen had infiltrated conventionally. "What are you?" He asked, "That seat was empty a second ago!" He let out an annoyed sigh and looked towards the teen.
The teen shrugged with a grin, "I am no one, but zomeone, nozing but zomezing." He said before appearing by William, replacing Cree whom now sat where the teen once sat.
Everyone took a double take, none more so than Cree. "How in the hell!" She exclaimed.
William leaned away a bit, "What are you, Shrodinginger?" He asked warily.
The teen shook his head negatively, "Nein, I am Cheshire!" He said cheerfully while standing atop the conference table, with Cree back in her original seat.
"Oh come on, how does he keep doing that!" Cree yelled in annoyance.
From behind Cheshire's back, he brought out a portable flat television and promptly placed it down. "I am but zee mezenger, allow me to brezent Major Otto of zee Deutsch Bestrafung!" He announced before activating the flat screen television.
After nothing happened, Cheshire frowned and began pressing a few buttons on his remote he pulled out.
"Cheshire…" Otto's voice came in through the blank screen.
"It's not vorking Major!" Cheshire said with disappointment.
"Vat fideo inbut did vu turn to?" Otto asked his Vampire soldier.
With a puzzled look, "Fideo two!" Cheshire answered
"Nein, fideo one!" Otto chastised
After a second of finagling from Cheshire's part, Major Otto Von Müller finally came into view. "Guten Tag!" He greeted with a wave.
After recovering from watching the ridiculous moment, William chose to be the first to speak up. "Hello to you too…I guess?" He answered.
With a smile from Otto von Müller, he leaned forward. "Kood, kood! Haffe vu been enchoying zee vork of mein "Zuberior" has zent as his first schtrike?" He asked while using quotes on the word superior.
William gave the Major a frown, but before he could answer, Chad stepped over with an angered look. "Enough with this bullcrap, first we get an intruder, then we have some prick spouting nonsense!" He exclaimed.
"Easy there Chad." Warned William, "I don't like it as much as you do, but right now I'm trying to deal with a headache from all this nonsense as well!" He let out an exhausted breath.
From her monitor, Belle chose to chime in amongst the commotion. "Major Otto, if you would, mind explaining why you bothered to have this conversation with us?" She asked with a pensive look.
"You…" Wayne could only muster the word as he realized whom they were talking to as of now, "So you finally showed up."
Otto glanced over at Wayne from his screen, and smiled viciously, "Vell if isn't zee half blood I haffe heard much apout, Your aunt Ingrid zends her rekards by zee vay." He teased.
"Let me guess? She still wants me to go on a spanking spree? No thanks. I would have joined the Teen Ninjas first before even doing that." Wayne was cross when he heard the name of his Aunt, "Still, tell her that my mom still wants to talk to her and her activities."
Otto shrugged to himself, "Oh vat ein schame, und here sche vanted ein nice little family reunion of spanking!" he mused cheekily.
Cheshire turned the flatscreen to give Otto a view of Belle. "Vell if it isn't dear little Miss Montkomery, zo glad vu could be among zis confferzazion!" He exclaimed.
The Major had a devious smile form on his mouth. "I merely vanded to confferze a bit vith zee leater of zee Rebellion, zee very teen zat schtarded up a Rebellion zat now encombazes zee vorld in zuch a schort of time!" He answered with amusement.
"Well, to be fair, even I am surprised how fast the Rebellion spread within a year." William noted while a pensive look was expressed on his face.
Otto allowed himself a chuckle, "Oh don't zell yourzelf schort! Vu und your fellow Teens haffe done more brogress zan anyone elze in all mein centuries of liffing!" He praised with a wolfish smile.
"...What?" William asked, "Mind running that by me again?"
The major looked to his wrist watch. "Und chust like zat our chat time is over, zee bleazure is all mine Villiam Cumberbatch Uno. Arh ! I look forvard to zeeing vu on zee battlefield!" Before Anyone could speak another word the screen when black.
"Hey, any see that Cheshire fellow leave?" Chad asked out of the silence, causing everyone to look around for the odd S. but found not a trace of him.
"I did. He turned into a mist while you guys were watching Otto." Wayne answered Chad, "You guys wouldn't notice it."
William stood up and gazed around to his fellow Teens, "Everyone, we have a World Spank War on our hands apparently."
"A spank war tae end a' spank wars?" Archie joked, eliciting laughter to lift the brevity of the situation.
"Spank wars are an ugly affair, Archie. If you excuse me, I have some hunting to do." Wayne said before he turned to the exit, "Also, my dad's coming by to join in a little Spank Vampire hunting."
Elsewhere…
A black haired man wearing a brown coat with leopard fur prints on the collar, a red neckerchief and blue cowboy jeans walked towards the last Spank Vampire that was pinned on the wall with cross boomerangs. He struggled to free himself and transform but his powers were sapped away by the man's weapon. He looked at the man in fear as he realized who it was that demolished his retinue.
He really wished he stayed in Spain but now he was dealing with him.
"You Spank Vampires never seem to learn, huh?" The man spoke gruffly as the whip in his hand crackled with power, "Always attempting to start a war where your loss will be inevitable."
"You vile scoundrel! How dare you get in the way of our hands of justice!" The Spank Vampire hissed as he hopelessly tried to put up a tough act, "My brothers and sisters of justice will claim your buttocks for this!"
"That… would be rather unfortunate if none of them can answer that call, yes?" The man smiled as he snapped his fingers and the lights of the dimly lit warehouse activated to show the other Spank Vampires that are in various states of incapacitation and subjugation.
The Spank Vampire was in despair as he saw his retinue broken and on the ground. All he could do now is watch as the man closed in on them.
"This… this is a discriminatory crime against us Spank Vampires, Julius Stark! What would your wife say if she found out that you are-..." before the Spank Vampire could answer, he got lashed and shocked by the whip of the older man. He screamed in pain as he felt his powers get sapped even more.
"Mariska would have asked if I needed help in disciplining her own kin." Julius added as he started to lash the vampire, "Your lot had been baking in the sun for too long metaphorically. Not only that, you delayed my time to meet with my two boys too. So, prepare to be whipped."
The Spank Vampire screamed that night as he was repeatedly punished by the Spank Vampire Hunter who wielded the legendary Spank Stopper whip. The Spank Vampire swore that as soon as he is free from the lashes that he will stop partaking in spanking wars and just stay in Spain. Erivnus be damned, the man lied to him about the fact that Julius Stark was retired. The man is clearly back in action.
Julius Stark however, after he was done taking out another Spank Vampire safehouse would alert the authorities of the abducted teens that were found and turned back into humans and the Spank Vampires responsible for it. Normally, he would be able to get back to the US with barely any Spank Vampires to deal with but every city he went to seemed to have at least one Spank Vampire stronghold that needed to be taken down.
Regardless, as a part of a family of Spank Vampire Hunters, Julius is still bound to fighting Spank Vampires that believe that no offense is too great for spanking. He will put an end to that kind of thinking on their end, even if it means using his whip to do so.
Chapter 84, Spank War Arc part 2
Evening into Dusk.
Major Otto Von Müller, a man centuries of years old, sat on the bridge of his many Zeppelins. The entire American east coast was in full panic with Spank Happy Vampires, from Maine to Florida, Erivus has practically infested the eastern coast with his army that now stretches into the seven digits across the world.
He was ordered to throw in his lot by Erivus, but he sent in only a few of his forces where needed. "Vu must be more patient vu zealot, it von't be long before zee main stars of zee schow arrive!" Otto murmured to himself, before sipping a glass of white wine.
From his viewpoint, he could see the streets run amok with chaos and fight. Otto frowned to himself, those newly turned have become a little more zealous, more than he would have liked. He placed his glass on the plate Cheshire held before standing up, Otto then paced towards the windows with his hands behind his back in contemplation.
'In effery age an Uno has ruled zee Villainous zociety. From zee first age of Jack 'zee tanner of hides' Uno, to Benedict 'Fazer' Uno.' Otto thought to himself while pulling out a book of incredible age going by the worn out hard cover. On the front page was titled 'KND book of awesomeness'.
Otto frowned towards the book with disdain, and snarled. "To zink zis book of lies vould help me und zee children during zee zecond age, ein lie placed und propagated by zee fery man-child I regret to neffer haffe zee bleazure of ridting zee vorld of."
Letting out an amused laughter, Otto reminisced on when he was informed of Benedict's removal of the shit stain of an alien tree. "I am jealous zat vu were able to finisch zee job Ben…It is ein schame I couldn't be zere to zee zee frightful face of zat alien, to vatch as vu burned zat desbicable scumbag to ein crisp." He sighed disappointedly to himself.
Placing the book back into his coat, Otto thought back to every age he had lived through. Every adult Villain, every teen Villain, it all blurred together as a never ending cycle until now. "Zee cycle ends vith us Benetict, zis is our final curtain call." He began while pacing around the bridge.
"Your zon has thrown ein vrench into zee cycle, be proud zat your zon clozes zee final chapter for Villainous adults on Earth." Otto monologues with delight to himself, and stared out a window to gaze off into the distance.
"Zee vorld has been ein stage for many ages, all zee men und vomen have been merely players up till now." Otto said to himself with amusement.
"Everyone has zeir exits und zeir entrances, Und now one teen, in his time plays his role in zee zeffenth age." He finished and walked over to his chair to sit.
Otto sat and crossed his legs, folding his hands together with a malicious grin. "Zee board has been zet Teenagers, schow me ein finale vorth living zo long to zee for."
Dusk to Night-time
East Coast of America
Not a civilian was left unspanked as night creeped over the east, plenty of sectors of the Kids Next Door and The Rebellion's bases struggled to fight the amount of Spank Happy Vampires.
The number of turned creeped into absurd numbers, causing both organizations to be strained for retaliation.
It was when the sunlight finally vanished, that it looked grim, until reinforcements finally arrived across the entire coast to drive back the Vampire Scourge.
North East Coast of America
Stacey stormed through the recently dug trenches, manned turrets with garlic balls were constantly firing non stop along the defensive lines.
Tazer rounds and electrical mortars would periodically land near the Artillery division's defense lines, Stacey had to command her Howitzer squads to return fire unto the positions of the enemy's point of origin from where they were firing.
When she had arrived with a heavy bombardment from her ArtiHinds, the Vampiric teens were halted in their advances towards Sector M of the Kid's Next Door. Stacey had told the kids to stay behind and wait for their own reinforcements, her division needed to deter the scourge from advancing any further.
The leader from Sector M acquiesce to Stacey, knowing they were far outgunned and outnumbered. In the meantime, Stacey's artillery division was steadily pushing the Vampiric tide back to the coast.
After reaching her destination within the defensive line of her artillery division, Stacey was offered a pair of binoculars. With a soft thanks to her fellow teen that offered the binoculars, she gazed out through the battlefield.
Stacey tsked to herself once the horde of Vampires trickled to a halt in their advancements, and retreated back to the City off the coast. "They know we won't bombard that city!" She cursed as she surveyed the land.
In the distance near a welcome sign to the coastal city, Stacey's view landed on a woman with a cheeky grin and waved with one hand towards her and held a stun rifle in another. "That cheeky bitch!" Stacey riled up.
To aggravate Stacey further, the woman headed into the city without a care in the world. "You think you can run, you think you can hide inside that city?" She shrieked in anger and tossed the binoculars aside.
As fast as her feet could take her, Stacey ran to her jeep. "We're going Vampire hunting folks!" She exclaimed while starting her vehicle's engine up.
"I need half of you to stay and keep any Spankers from escaping." Stacey Began and pointed towards the others, "Everyone else, let's move out!" She commanded, earning a cheer from them all as they saddled up in their vehicles.
Pulling out her Mechanical arm to place over her own arm, Stacey then took out from the back seat her Hefty Riza Hawkeye. At about two hundred pounds in weight alone, and generating three hundred pounds of recoil, Stacey's Hawkeye rifle was engineered to put the hurt on the Spank Happy Vampires.
With a roar of engines, Stacey and half of the Artillery division drove off into the city.
Central East Coast of America
Within a city, William had taken the offensive with his fellow teens. Everyone else had split up to spread their command across the Eastern front. So here he was with a squad after punching a hole into the swathes of Vampires that kept coming out from the city he now fought in.
William grumbled to himself as he reloaded his automatic garlic gun, "Wouldn't want to cause collateral damage they said, fire would spread and cost money he said…okay, that part is fair." He ranted.
As he peeked around the corner of a building he had taken shelter behind, he could see more were coming with dozens and dozens of Teen Vampires charging towards him and his squad.
"Sir?" Asked one of the teens near him, "Might we pull back? You know, out into the open where you can just throw around your fire stuff unhindered?" He had asked, causing William to pause in thought
"Good thinking." William looked to the teen with a grin, whom returned one back. "Let's make a tactical retreat!" The teen yelled as They made a hasty exit to the outskirts of town.
"Oh? Leaving so soon?" Echoed out a gruff voice, before a fist came out from a wall of the building next to William, and sucker punched him. The impact sent him hurtling into a car with a crash, grabbing the attention of the others.
The perpetrator that punched William walked through the wall as if it were paper, and surveyed the rest of the squad. "Open fire!" Commanded one of the teens, before the squad began firing their rounds at the man that walked through the building unhindered.
The man flexed his body, ripping his shirt off. The Garlic bullets bounced off his body, and the man gave the teens a smile in amusement. "I'm not built like your average Vampire!" He relished in the dreaded looks the teens were giving.
He then grabbed the light pole nearby and pulled it out with ease, "Allow me to return the greeting you gave me!"
As the man walked steadily towards the Teens, William groaned in pain as he desperately tried to get a hold of his consciousness. He steadily got up and glared at the man with a bruised face, "Allow me to give a proper greeting back!" He retorted, earning the man's attention back on him.
Giving William a smirk, "Hah, well you look at that little junior still has some fire to keep standing!" The man chortled.
William cracked his knuckles while giving the Buffed up Spank Happy Vampire a defiant look, "Oh I have more than enough fire to share, why don't we have a nice tussle and find out how much you can take?" He asked derisively.
While William's squadron took their opportunity given by William to make a tactical retreat, the two in question stared each other down.
"Would you mind if we fought out on the outskirts of the city?" asked William with a frown with a pensive look.
The man allowed himself to give William a peculiar look, "No, I think we'll have our fight right here instead." He demanded viciously
With wide eyes and a serious look William gave, "I wasn't asking!" He told the Vampiric man.
With a snide look, the man snarled at him. "I like to see you try-" was all he said before William swiftly appeared in a burst of static in front of him and grabbed his face with a surprising amount of force. "I SAID I WASN'T ASKING!" he yelled, before throwing the man past the sound barrier and outside the city.
South East Coast of America
Hordes of Teen Vampires panicked as Chad's CloudBurners fell from the sky and into the parks that dotted inside the city, each aircraft that crashed became its own practical fortified base. Each ship that had 'crashed' was large enough to carry a TriTops with it, allowing Chad's forces to charge through every barricade that the Vampires tried to defend from.
On the outskirts of the city, the hordes of Spankers that infested the towns and cities were met with fiercer forces. T-Dozers and more TriTops awaited the Vampires, the night was full of screams from Spank Happy Vampires as garlic rockets and laser beams took out their forces with extreme prejudice.
However, the Spanish Spank Happy Vampire Inquisition kept getting reinforcements, dozens upon dozens of ships were docked over at the coast. The tide of Spank happy Vampires was almost never ending, and the night had just begun.
Southeast Coast of America
One hour into the battle
Within a park surrounded by the city's buildings, The CloudBurners had retreated from the overwhelming tide of Spank Happy Vampires. Sandbags were placed down to act as a barricade and defensive line around the park's perimeter.
There were Spank Happy Vampires ranging from Teens and Adults, to take the ship turned pseudo base and turn the Rebels to add to the Spanish horde.
"I need more ammo!" Shouted Chuckie as he dumped the last rounds into his turret, once finished, he resumed shooting off garlic pellets into the incoming enemies.
Chad ran up to Chuckie and pulled him away, "Watch out!" He warned as a stampede of TriTops made their way through the enemy forces, and entered the CloudBurner fortification right through the wall where Chuckie was.
"I want someone guarding that opening now!" Chad demanded sternly towards his squads, getting a sir in return and made way to begin gunning down incoming hostiles.
Looking over to Chuckie, Chad held his hand out to assist him getting up. "Sorry about that." He apologized.
Chuckie took the hand and pulled himself up, and began brushing himself off. "No harm in pulling a friend out of danger." He smirked at Chad, earning a smile right back from Chad.
The two made for the TriTops that had charged in. From the top of the Mechs, the hatches opened revealing Steve in one of them. "Yo, there's no sign of it ending out there!" Steve warned in worry.
Chad looked around the encampment, and could tell this was not a battle of attrition they could easily win. "Our logistics should have arrived by now with an air drop of fresh supplies…" pondered Chad.
From the communications unit, their radios began to crackle to life. After a few moments of listening in, one of them stood up with a concerned look. "The logistic units are swamped, it'll be another ten minutes till they can reach us!"
Chad smirked to his squads, "I think it's time we play some sports with the Spank Happy Vampires, what do guys say?" He grinned viciously.
Understanding where Chad was going with his line of reasoning, the CloudBurners smirked back in return.
From the Spank Happy Vampires' point of view, they could see less gunners manning the turrets that were shooting those accursed garlic pellets. One Teen Vampire in particular noted they had to have run low on ammo by now, causing the rest to rush in with fervor.
As the next wave of Vampires poured in towards the barricaded park, flairs began to fly up into the sky with a brightness that caused most vampires to hiss in pain. The flares were embedded with UV rays in them, and to top it off, the Vampires began to hear shouts from the encampment.
"Two, fifty three! Sixteen zero seven! Form up the Phalanx" They Heard.
"Hike!" Was yelled in the air, the ground shook as every teen within the encampment charged out, decked in an absurdly thick football gear.
The CloudBurners were huddled up into three groups, and wielded shields with taser spikes jutting out. The teens roared as they charged the horde of Vampires, and the Spank Happy Vampires retaliated in kind by continuing their attack.
The entire troops that manned the encampment were all in the phalanx formations, leaving the fortified ship/base unguarded. As the CloudBurners wrecked through the crowds of Spankers, some of the Vampires at the sidelines had the idea to take the base.
Just as the enemy had reached inside the encampment through, their presence had alerted a system that caused several hidden mines to fly up and ignite into a bright flash. The Vampires that had trespassed into the encampment were treated to a healthy dose of UV rays, sending them all in a neutralized state for the rest of the night.
Back to the CloudBurners huddled in their Phalanx formations, Chad and his division had made a few trips around the streets. They had tackled, pushed, tazed, and ran over every Vampire that came their way.
When the allotted time for the supplies to arrive was close, Chad and his fellow teens could start hearing the sounds of The HindCarriers on their way.
"Let's move back!" Hollered Chad, earning a hoo rah from everyone.
Chad looked from inside the encampment to the streets that surrounded it, they had managed to make a dent in the enemy force. There was a lull of silence, but they could all hear more enemies on their way.
"Clear the way!" Chuckie hollered as he flagged down the HindCarriers just above them to help land in a good spot.
As the aircraft landed on their designated landing zones, the crates they had carried were big and packed to the brim. Chad allowed himself a smile of relief, this battle was taxing and demanded more supplies than he realized.
"We could always keep the phalanx tactic though…" Chad mused to himself with a smirk and amusement.
Chuckie walked up to the side of Chad and sent a look at him, "Chad, I've been meaning to ask, have we gotten any word from the others across the Eastern coast?" He asked.
Chad glanced over at Chuckie with a frown, "Like what their situation is? If anyone has made any progress?" He asked.
Chuckie let out a sound of affirmation, "Like what's the situation around the world, I've been so busy this past hour, I have yet to get any word on the situation at large." He answered.
Chad shook his head negatively, "I'm afraid the others are just as bogged down as we are, this is going to be a battle that'll put stress on our resources." He exclaimed.
Steve had chosen to interject at that point while walking over. "Like, as in we will run out soon?" He asked nervously.
With a haphazard shrug from Chad, he let out an exhausted sign. "We have never fought a battle this long on such a large scale, this may very well test the limits of our Rebellion's resources and logistics." Chad explained with a concerned look.
Chuckie patted Chad on the shoulder with a reassuring grin, "Well, let's worry about that as we near that point."
Steve gave the two a thumbs up, "Right, let's show these spank happy Vampires who they are messing with!"
Chad allowed himself a smirk with his friends, "Right, let's give them all a thrashing! Let's bring it in!" He said before putting his hand out, with Chuckie and Steve doing so as well.
"One, two, three, gooooooo CloudBurners!" They cheered before returning to their stations.