Chapter 106, The Tie Queen is Knot the only threat
One Hour later
Aircrafts of various sizes and make flew through the air, their emblems painted into their hulls were of a Ship falling through a Cloud on fire.
Six of those aircraft were carrying a new prototype of a large mech, A designated bunker buster fashioned into that of a Six legged turtle. Chad figured they would use this chance as a testing ground for the GigaTurtle to try out its Cannon, its ammo modified with starch explosive shells for this mission.
Chad's division was the first to be notified of two distress beacons, this he took off with a word of reporting back if further reinforcements were needed.
-Within the CloudBurner's flagship aircraft-
Aerial footage details a crumbling mall temple deep within a jungle, with evidence of a fire breaking out from a blasted hole in the side of the mall. Its origin is pinned at the mall itself, the cause was already assumed who did it. Coincidentally the jungle was fortunate enough to have some rainfall just thirty minutes prior to now.
Chad paced back and forth in front of his division, his discussion broadcasted to the other aircraft that flew with the CloudBurner flagship. "William and Stacey were smart enough to bring their distress beacons…" Chad began to say before stopping in front of the monitor showing the mall temple
Chad's face grew worried, "But the fact of the matter is, even William's beacon went off…." He pointed at the ruined and burning mall that was now smoking a bit from the blasted holes. "It was supposed to be an easy in and out operation, destroy the nest and Queen." He explained
*The Tie Queen's Nest is deeper than scans suggested, further scans indicate a massive underground cavern system with signs of Tie life signals.*
Chad gave a nod towards his division's onboard Virtual Intelligence, the Research and development's recent breakthrough in better AI. "Thank You Jeeves." Chad remarked and pointed back at the monitor behind him, "Our estimated time of arrival is ten minutes, let's saddle up!" He declared, earning a raucous cheer all around.
Later at Ground level
Multiple aircraft were 'crashed' into the ground around the Mall, all staging as temporary bases with a wide berth made for the GigaTurtle to be dropped down. A large cannon was mounted at the top of the mech, with teams working around the hour to clear the way for the mech to march up close and began blasting down into the cavern underneath the mall.
From the entrance of the mall came everyone involved with the operation earlier, bits and pieces of shredded ties covered them a bit with some splotches of Starch. Moosk in particular was carrying Froggy over his shoulder, seemingly in an unconscious state.
Chad was the first to greet them as he walked over to get a run down of what happened and how far down they needed to blast the place, "You're lucky your fire was put out by some rain." Chad quipped as he greeted William first.
Stacey crossed her arms, "See William? Told you it was going to rain!" She remarked
Nigel began to brush himself off before correcting his sunglasses back in place, "Better he ignited the Queen when he did, our starch explosives were all used up on the nest…" he mused
Moosk laughed boisterously while smacking William's back in cheer, "Comrad William burned that queen good!" He refuted while William stumbled a bit before steadying himself. "Right, but we still need to take care of what we found." William insisted.
Chad grinned and gestured behind him where the GigaTurtle began to march up towards the mall, each step causing the ground to shake and for everyone to feel the tremors just from each step alone. "Figured this would be the perfect time to test it." He responded to William.
Stacey let out an amused sound as she craned her neck up to see the Mech, "Neat, did you make sure to use starch as ammo?" She asked.
Chad snapped his fingers at Stacey with a smirk, "You bet!" He declared.
Nigel looked on in shock, "Why do you teens always go so big!" He asked.
"Cause why not?" Answered all three teens within the discussion.
"..." Nigel Blinked to himself before letting the subject matter rest for now, "You have anything to help us clean off Chad?" He asked his former Soopreme Leadah.
Chad pointed over to one of the nearby 'crashed' airships, "Airship SkyStrider should have some supplies." He answered.
A thunderous boom went off as the GigaTurtle blasted a round into the mall, destroying the place while splashing everything in starch from the explosive shell
"AGAIN!"
A loud kuchunk could be heard, before a large shell was ejected out the back of the cannon mounted on the shell of the GigaTurtle, the objected that had been ejected landed with a loud thud on the ground with everyone out of the vicinity to avoid it.
Another loud boom went off as the mech fired its cannon where the Mall once stood with another Explosive Starch shell. Upon impact, the ground began to give way as a hole began to form. Land began to cave in with much of the ruined mall falling into the deep depths of the underground cavern.
As the sound of the cannon shot echo finished going off, A groan echoed from out of the cave with unnatural hisses and deep growls and moans.
"AGAIN!"
With a thunderous boom, the GigaTurtle unleashed two rounds into the hole within quick succession as fast as the teens could get it to go.
William's POV
I took it upon myself to take a cautionary look into the hole with the head up given to Chad and the others. I frowned when I viewed a massive colony of Tie creatures writhing and milling about through areas untouched by the Starch shelling.
The place looked intricate and artificially dug, with many bowtie larvae flying around in the dark caves.
"Got an idea to deal with this?" Nigel asked as he gazed down with me.
Stacey let out a frustrated sound as she rubbed her chin to think while looking down as well, "We need to go in."
Nigel quickly turned his head towards Stacey in shock, "Are you mad!? The place is infested more than the mall was!" He exclaimed incredulously.
I shook my head negatively, "Unfortunately Nigel, we need to go in and fight through all that to find out if it connects to other places!" I state, irritated by our situation.
Stacey gave Chad a look, "Hope you came prepared." She remarked.
Chad offered a thumbs up, "Don't worry." He began with a smirk, "I came more than prepared." He exclaimed
I did not think this would turn out this way, but knowing how things have been so far I shouldn't be surprised no more.
Chapter 107, Nothing is ever simple with aliens, I think
Cavern of Destroyed Snake Tie Mall
Starch grenades went off into clusters of tie snakes, freezing them in place before shattering from a blast of fire from me. Just as a snake tie made a lunge at me fout of the air from one of the walls, Stacey fired her Starch rifle at the creature with it shattering upon falling hard into the ground
I gave a silent nod while glancing at her, before firing my automatic starch beam rifle at a dog sized creature made out of ties. It was about to lunge at Nigel, before crashed into the ground from the shot of starch.
Nigel looked down at the tie creature with apprehension, "You never said their were other types!" He exclaimed while firing his starch gun into a writhing mass of snake ties within a small pit within the floor nearby, before tossing a concussive gum blaster grenade to finish off the ties.
Moosk unleashed a hail of starch bullets from his minigun, shredding the larger tie creature while simultaneously freezing them up from the starch. He grinned back over at Nigel, "Never underestimate the tie Comrade! Moosk once even fought a tie the size of a school bus!" He laughed while riddling the snake ties with starch bullets.
Nigel had a concerned look on his face while he continued his own onslaught of firing upon the ties with his autoStarch gun. "After this is all done Stacey…" he began to say before jumping up to avoid a snake tie going for his legs, and fired down at it before slamming his feet down on it to shatter it into pieces. "I must ask if you can offer any info you can about ties to the Kids Next Door." He requested.
Stacey aimed and fired her rifle at a beast Tie, sending flying from the force of impact and shattering its body into pieces. She smirked at Nigel, "I'll see what I can do." She states with a nod before fire upon a snake tie that was about to lunge at her neck from a hole in the wall.
I looked around to view the place, it had been half an hour, and the cavern was still going on. I had opted to be the one to carry the starch plume bomb, with the notion of hoping to find the actual source of Tie Queens and other creatures of Ties.
The others kept going forward, while I stopped in place once my eyes spotted something unnatural. "Hold it!" I announced, getting the other's attention, "Come here and look at this …" I gestured over while walking up to a carved up object with unknown writing.
Once Nigel made his way over, he frowned to his confusion. "Could just be something brought down by the snake ties…" he reasoned.
Chad was the first to lean down and inspect it mire, "No Nigel…thus looks more…"
"Alien?" I offered as an idea with some curiosity.
Stacey let out a frustrated groan, "Please don't tell me we have to face a whole race of alien snake ties!" She whined
I had made my way a little further through the cave to find more objects and walls littered with carvings, "Hey Stace…I think it's more than that…" I announced from a bit ways away, prompting everyone to look over and head to where I was looking
"..." Everyone had various reactions on their faces, but curiosity and confusion were most prominent.
A large mural was engraved into a wall of unknown origins…hold up, this shit is starting to become some Aliens vs Predators shit…
Oh fuck…
…oh shit!
"Kinda looks like the carving details of an alien race coming down to earth to hunt those ties…" Mused Chad.
I glanced at Chad with a wary look, "At least those tie snakes aren't chest bursters" I noted
Nigel gave me a look of confusion, "Chest what?"
Chad looked at me with a smirk, and pointed at me in realization. "Oh you mean like that one film called Xenos?" He snarked.
Nigel blinked before glowering, "Oh that film, It's near impossible for us kids to watch!" He muttered.
Moosk laughed boisterously, "Ah yes, that film, Moosk remembers watching it in theaters! Great film!" He exclaimed
"We got the trilogy at homebase you know…" I started to say to Nigel, "That is if you're okay with being surrounded by walls of Broccoli." I smirked
Nigel gave a dirty look towards me, "How on Earth do you teens even stomach the stuff!"
A sudden loud hiss and cracking of rocks brought us out of our conversation, prompting us to keep moving. "We can discuss matters of Broccoli later, right now lets keep going!" Remarked Chad as we headed onward.
Topside
Milling about the place, from guarding to keeping watch, the Teens of the Rebellion were idly completing tasks here and there while the others down below explore and find an exact source of the Queen Ties.
Unbeknownst to them or anyone with a competent radar, an invisible object silently soared through space and down to Earth with nary a sign it was there with its reflective cloak and camouflage. The invisible ship soundlessly arrived above and into the large hole where the Mall once was.
One teen turned to face the hole with confusion, before shrugging to himself believing his senses were messing with him.
"What, did you see something?"
"Nah, just the hairs on my back went up a bit, like something dangerous just went into that hole."
"Man, the hole place was filled with those snake ties, it's probably just you still getting the heebie jeebies from how it looked earlier"
"Meh, guess you guess you got me there."
In space
A large window viewed the Earth, an alien lifeform was standing at attention as they crossed their scaley arms. Their piercing eyes were yellow with a head and snout of a reptile, with a crown of horns growing on the top of their skull. The creature wore a mishmash of armor from various materials, but all seemed to interconnect with easy movement for the wearer.
"The Earth looks…different compared to our hunt five deca-cycles ago" Mumbled the creature in a deep masculine tone.
Another slightly different looking lizard-like alien walked over to see what the first one was speaking about. "Word has spread among space Brother, Those…Korchoes attempted to destroy that world not too long ago…" The other Alien mused in a slightly deeper pitch of a masculine tone.
The 'Brother' turned his head to the other, "Have Ta'uun and Jor'un already left Jaw'gin?" He asked idly
Jaw'gin allowed himself a look reminiscent of a grin, "Your Hatchlings eagerness remind me often of our early hunts, Dul'tha, a bit too much."
Dul'tha let off a sound, a sound his species would take as a scoff. "Come now, we weren't that bad."
Cavern of Snake Ties
"...You think we should have brought more explosives?" I asked Stacey as we all stood at the top of a carved out stairway leading downwards towards a stone building that reached the ceiling of the cavern.
Stacey pointed at various structures, "Might be able to collapse the place with well placed explosives." She mused.
Before I could answer back, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I immediately turned in place to aim a fire engulfed palm at whatever was behind me, the others noticed my apprehension and action and turned to see what was going on.
"What's got you spooked?" Asked Chad.
Just as I was about to answer him, I noticed a brief bend of the light like that of a cloak over a lifeform. I glared at whatever was standing just a few ways away, "Stop hiding already!" I exclaimed with annoyance.
Nigel blinked and scratched his head in confusion, "Uh, William? There's nothing-"
"Kacfin giho natchtin no fas!" Announced a life form as they walked out of the dark shadows of the cavern, their cloak dissipating to reveal an armored up creature.
Before me was revealed another Lifeform as their own cloak dissipated to reveal they were aiming a wrist mounted weapon at me. The one in front of me barked back at the other one in their own language, getting a heated tone right back from the other.
The other one pointed at the alien lifeform in front of me while speaking in its guttural language.
It seemed they were arguing, and as I was about to day something the one in front of me brushed past me with a rough bump of the shoulder and made their way down the stairs. The alien that stayed behind walked over to me, and raised its arm up to their helmet, it seemed to be dialing in something.
"You. Should. Not. Be. Here. Hooman. Too. weak." An adolescent scratchy voice announced.
…Bruh…That's some smack talk where I'm from buddy!
Stacey took exception to that and stormed over with a heated glare, "Fuck you, and what ever ugly ass spaceship you road on, you gutterass mouth!" She trash talked.
The Alien in front of us seemed to be thinking before it began speaking again, "Your. Mom. Is. A-"
"Raaagh!" Screamed Stacey as she lunged and tackled the alien, promptly getting thrown aside a moment later by the Alien.
Just as they were about to get into it, I decided to stop them there before any more time was wasted. I marched over and grabbed the alien by the shoulder, prompting it to abruptly turn its head at me. "Fight later, Kill ties now!" I firmly glared at the Alien then at Stacey.
Do I have to be the one to Adult around here?
Chapter 108, Bringing down the hammer
Despite the slow and near broken English the Alien spoke in, we managed to get a little bit of dialogue going. Just needed Stacey and Moosk to lead the charge into the cavern, at least for the sake of separating her from Ta'uun. The name of said alien I managed to glean from after a few attempts of referring to each other by names, I needed a name after all instead of going hey and all that. The other Alien that went on ahead was Jor'uun, easily enough the two were easy to tell apart with their armor and slightly different pitch of their tones.
Ta'uun was slightly taller, while Ja'uun was a bit bulkier. Again, helpful to see in telling them apart.
Interestingly enough during the dialogue, the two were here on matters of a rite of passage by hunting a large alpa queen.
Nice, real nice, good to know there are bigger ones out there.
The stone building we were approaching had stairs leading directly up to the top where it nearly touched the cave ceiling, Ta'uun halted in place before looking over at me. His sudden pause in walking, prompted the others to pause as well. Ta'uun steadily pointed up with his clawed gauntlet, "Stay. Out. Way. Rite. Ours. Must. Wake. Alpha."
Stacey glared at the alien, I interrupted her before she could spout another word. "If things get too dire for them, we can step in Stacey, no harm in having them take out our problem." I told her with a firm look.
Stacey harrumphed and acquiesced, before pointing at Ta'uun. "But the moment shit goes sideways, all bets are off!" She exclaimed.
Ta'uun shrugged in response, a gesture I suppose their race picked up from humans or something… "Agreeable. Stay. Out. Way. Other. Wise." He intoned before leaping high up into the air and onto the stairway, giving him a big headstart to the top.
"...So, what que do we take to just go in guns blazing?" Ask Chad innocuously, while giving a look at Stacey.
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact I met an alien in person." Nigel added in
I gave Nigel a look, "You would think it stops there, wouldn't you." I remarked at him.
It was Stacey's turn to smirk at me, "Like last week with the Eldritch Broccoli and the abyssal Broccoli ocean?" She teased
Nigel blinked numbly at that, "Run that by me again?"
"I can explain later Nigel." I told him with a cautionary look.
Topside
*rumble*
"...anyone else feel that?" Asked one of the teens
*groan*
"Okay, now I know you all heard that!" Remarked the same teen.
Another teen nearby looked over at the treetops to see birds flocking and flying away, "We should prep the GigaTurtle…"
"Right-"
From out of the ground a mile or so away, a goliath of a Queen Tie emerged from out of the ground, it was as large as a football stadium and as tall as two stacked on top of each other.
From its mouth, was dripping buckets of saliva, each one carried bow tie larvae. The creature had arms and pronged fingers made out of discolored ties, on its back were pronged spikes with several dozens of larvae held in each one. The Beast had Six legs to carry itself as it began Marching through the jungle.
Every teen blinked in shock, before scrambling to their stations, "Get to reloading that cannon quick!"
Battle Site
3rd POV
Coughing up a mess, "Everyone okay?" Asked Wiilliam as he climbed out from some rubble.
"I'm fine here." Called Nigel as he brushed his pants off of dirt.
"Moosk is healthy as a horse!" Said the man as he pushed a few rocks off him.
Chad let out a groan, "Why did it have to be that big?" He asked rhetorically.
"They just keep getting bigger!" Remarked Stacey as she shook her hair to get the dirt out.
William relaxed before looking around to find Ta'uun and Ja'uun, and spotted them not far away at the spot where they activated the release switch built into the ancient building.
"You need help yet?" William asked as he walk over.
Both aliens took to looking directly at William, with Ta'uun speaking first. "Rite. Out. Hand. Alpha. Bigger. Not. Expected." He answered in a cautionary tone.
Ja'uun was the next to speak while dialing into something on his wrist. "Hooman. Have….. What. Is. Word. Starch. Lot. Of. Starch?"
Chad smirked over at Ja'uun. "If the GigaTurtle can't do the trick, we can always use the orbital starch bombardment-"
Stacey immediately glowered at Chad, "Shhhhh, That's still in the prototype phase!" She admonished Chad.
Nigel gave Stacey a look, "You know, it's times like these I'm glad you teens aren't evil." He remarked.
William let a chuckle escape his lips, "Just be thankful it turned out this way with Teens Nigel."
Ta'uun looked directly at Stacey, "Is. Proto. Type. Operational?" He asked
"...Well, I guess no type better than now to test the damn thing." Stacey relented.
William sent a look towards Stacey, "Is it laser guided?" He asked.
Stacey let a grin form, "Yeah, I even brought the laser guider as an emergenc!"
GigaTurtle
*crack*kabooom*
"Keep firing!"
*Crack* *BOOM*
"Damn it, nothing's working!"
"Just keep firing that damn canon! We can't let that damn thing approach the villages!"
Every Teen available has been working nonstop, shooting every starch weapon on hand to slow down and stop the alpha Queen.
"This is Chad to CloudBurners, make a full retreat and bunker down." Chad's voice alerted in on the teens' radios, "We will be firing an orbital bombardment of starch on that damn thing!"
"...I didn't think we had orbital bombardments…" Remarked one teen.
"Who cares for that right now! We need to get out of here now!" Ordered another teen.
"Wait…orbital bombardment like that warfare gunner ghost ops game?" Asked another teen.
"...Holy shit!" Remarked one other teen.
Space
"Brother, tell me I'm not seeing things, but those human satellites over there are moving in some coordinated direction." Remarked Jaw'gin as he pointed out the window of the space ship
Dul'tha began checking on something auth his wrist, before letting out a sound of understanding. "Seems the Hatchlings ran into a mega Alpha, those hoomens look to be aiding them."
"Wouldn't that be against the rite?" Inquired Jaw'grin
Dul'tha sent a withering look back, "Nothing about the rite involves fighting a mega Alpha, this will have to slide."
Before the other could rebuke back, the satellite began forming up a beam of Starch downwards in a coalesced beam. The blast of starch was shot and blasted downwards onto the beast with a punishing amount of force, the impact practically shattering the alpha after freezing it in place and much of the surrounding area as well.
Jaw'gin had his jaw open in slight wonder, before Dul'tha nudged his brother. "And you said those Hoomens didn't have the right equipment to handle the mega alphas" He snarked
Jaw'grin glowered at his brother, before handing over a few chips. "Don't start getting cheeky brother!"
A mile away from the impact
"Damn, did anyone shit themselves or something?" Asked William as he came out from cover behind a tree.
Stacey shook her head at William, "That's the smell of such a large dosage of Starch…that or I think one of us stepped on something." She mused
"That would be Moosk! Foot landed on dead tie!" Remarked the man
*groan* "How am I supposed to write all this in my report to high command!" Asked Nigel as he stomped out into the clearing.
Chad snapped his fingers at him, "We got it covered Nigel." He smirked.
"Probably going to have to explain anyways of such a magnitude of a weapon, help keep the trust and all." Remarked William as he stood up and stretched.
"...wait, where did those guttermouths go?" Asked Stacey with a glare and searched around.
Chad frowned at Stacey, "Easy there, we don't need to start being xeno racist…The Galactic Kids Next Door notwithstanding though." He added in the last bit after a pause in thought.
"Hair. Look. Wack. Hooman. Chad." Stated Ta'uun as he marched his way out into the clearing.
"...You're just fucking with me, aren't you?" Glowered Chad as he looked over to Ta'uun.
Jor'uun walked in at that moment, but everyone could tell the alien was having a bit of a laugh as his voice let out a crack of sorts that sounded similar to a laugh.
William let out an exhausted sigh, "Can we please try and act a little mature here?" He asked everyone, only to get ignored as Jor'uun flipped Stacey The bird.
"OH COME ON, there's no way you know what that means!" Yelled William incredulously as Stacey immediately yelled as she moved to tackle Jor'uun, only to miss as he deftly dodged her.
"...so…" Began Nigel as he walked up to the side of William, "You still on for showing the Xenos trilogy?" He asked hopefully
"...Sure!" Answered back William with a relaxed smirk
Chapter 109, Snowday Arc part 1, An early winter wonderland!
House from Down the lane
It had been a decent week following the Alpha Tie Queen incident, a bit jarring though with a decrease in Adult Villainy in recent days. Those aliens left without any fanfare of course, and just as well, the situation was finished and Stacey's Orbital starch bombardment succeeded in its first use.
Waking up to a chilly morning however piqued my curiosity, the season was dipping between Fall and Winter. It's not unheard of for it to snow in November, heck, it even snowed on Thanksgiving once in my first life…
I put on some casual clothes before making my way to the kitchen. There were a lot of hallways but you get used to it after living here after a while.
An awful silence pervaded the house as I traversed the place, it was quieter than usual. Even once I reached the kitchen, all I heard was myself rummaging through the kitchen cabinets to find some cereal.
I checked the clock to find it was still morning, a bit after eight in the morning in fact. I let a frown cross my face as I dug into my bowl after pouring some milk into it. 'Might need to check the house…' I thought to myself
"Dad?" I softly hollered throughout the house after, scouring the place after finishing up my breakfast. Checking up on Father's study, I knocked and opened the door to find no one around as well. "Now I'm starting to get unnerved…" I muttered.
Making my way to the entrance room, I strided over to the windows and opened up the curtains to see outside. Greeting me was a cold and white outside, with snow falling and blanketing the ground
"Quite beautiful, is it not?" Giselle askes behind me, causing me to abruptly turn to face her in mild surprise. Her attire was a bit of a winter fashion I think the more I looked at her. "Jeez." I remarked. How did she get that close without a sound!
"I tried looking around the entire house for anyone…" I began to say with caution, "Did you just arrive back or something?" I asked her while stepping away from her and the window.
Giselle idly glanced out the window with a smirk, before looking directly at me. "...Just arrived from the Garage…" she drawled out in a teasing look and tone. "It seems it'll be a snow day…no school." She mused with a sense of …humor?
I glanced around before looking back at Giselle, "Any idea where the others are?" I asked curiously.
She offered a polite smile in response, "I do in fact, did you need something from them?" Giselle asked curiously with an odd smile
"...I think I'm fine…for now…" I responded before heading to my room to get my winter clothes on. "Might as well enjoy a good snow day with the others I suppose."
"Enjoy the snow while you can~!" Giselle spoke out to me, her tone sending some wrong vibes to it in the process. I waved her off as I left the room.
I don't know what she or Father is up to, or even the Delightful children, I can always address the issue when it comes.
But right now, might as well start up a snowball fight with Chad and Archie.
3rd POV
Giselle allowed a smirk to form on her face as William left, and exited out the front door after donning on her parka and snow boots. A nice little gift Céline sent over not too long ago, Giselle zipped and buttoned up her coat before continuing to leave the premises. Contrary to popular belief, she does not in fact have full resistance to the cold. Regardless of what others say.
Sure, she can feel the cold, but it didn't hurt one to bundle up a tad bit.
Giselle took her telecomunicater out while walking out and into a parked car out on the curb, A Butler holding the door open for her as she entered the vehicle. She had her communicator dial up Father, and not too long after the line was picked up.
She let a dark grin form as she addressed Father.
"Am I to assume William just now woke up or finished his breakfast?" Father asked over the phone.
Giselle glanced out her window as the vehicle lurched forward and began driving along the plowed streets. "I believe he just finished his meal before I arrived, said he was going out to enjoy the snow day." She mused idly
"Make sure he and his Rebellion are none the wiser until phase two begins, phase one just finished with the completion of the Delightfulization Cannon walker." Father ordered with contained smugness and anticipation.
Giselle frowned a bit, "Sir, I must point out that espionage and stealth are not my forte" She pointed out cautiously.
"And that is why I am stationing you with my Delightful children, keep all attention on them while I work out everything on my end." Father explained with a little annoyance.
Giselle pursed her lips, before relenting. "Very well sir." She responded.
Once the call ended, she put away her telecomunicater in one of her pockets. Giselle idly looked out of her window as the car drove past various houses, and some playgrounds with children playing in the snow.
Giselle allowed herself a dark grin to form, "This time, I will be in my element, and it will be my win this time William!" She released a deep and evil giggle before becoming a few chuckles afterwards.
Broccoli Homebase
-William's POV-
It was still a bit early, seeing as how everyone I tried calling was sleeping in. I mean, I know it's after eight in the morning, but come on! It's almost nine in fact!
I lounged back in an office chair within one of the newly built garages near the Broccoli tree, it was by a workbench table with wear and tear of heavy use. I had tried looking for anything to sled on, but I think we moved that stuff into a different garage or something.
As I was about to get up off the chair that I leaned back on-
"Hey!" Exclaimed Nesco as she leaned over to look down at me as I lounged back with the backrest bent back and down for me to relax back on.
The Teenage Broccoli woman appearing right over me so suddenly had me jolt a bit in surprise, the sudden jerk of my body causing the chair I lounged back on to roll on its wheels and fall backwards along with me on it. "GAH!" I yelped while flailing my arms about, before crashing on the ground.
Nesco grinned Cheekily as she stared down at me, that cloth wrapped around her head didn't seem to hamper her vision in the slightest.
I blinked oddly up at her, "Hey…didn't expect you to be all the way down here…" I idly remarked.
Nesco gave a haphazard shrug, "I wanted to come down and see the snow for the first time." She mused.
"Did you have to surprise him thought like that?" Raab asked as he entered through the opened garage door, I glanced over at him and waved a bit. "Sup Raab." I greeted.
"Sorry about Nesco…" Raab spoke as he offered me a hand to get up.
I took the offer and stood up, "Nah, it's all good." I spoke with an easygoing tone.
"So…" I began to say after a moment passed, "What's your first impression of snow?" I asked the two with glances at each.
Raab offered a look of interest, "It's a sight, I can tell you that, thanks again for the clothes you guys offered." He gestured to his winter jacket.
Nesco simply gave a haphazard shrug, "It's cold… it melts…is there something I'm not seeing with how those kids out there are enjoying it?" She asked
…Whelp, someone's cherry is about to be popped in the ways of snowball fights and wars.
I gestured for them to follow me outside, "Come on, allow me to introduce you to the ancient ways of snowball fighting kung fu young padawans!" I smirked and grinned in excitement
"Huh?" Spoke both Raab and Nesco confusedly.
…It kinda sucks when no one gets the reference.
Interlude, A visitor for Balthazar "Grandfather" Uno
Retirement home, some time ago
Balthazar "Grandfather" Uno rocked on his chair as he watched his personal television, a nice gift his grandson William gave him. He winced as an ache crept up on him, his advanced age did him no favors after losing his powers. Sure, to everyone else he seems senile, but it was all a waiting game until that sniveling son of his comes crawling back to him with a recommissioning module.
Yes, Grandfather played the fool and senile old man, just to keep everyone's guard down and forget him. Better he return to the world later after everyone forgets what he can do, but there was one thing Grandfather did not account for.
William
Benedict sired an odd boy, the child grew up to be quite the young man, but odd none the less.
If only that grandson opted to place his potential into true evil, then Balthazar can die happy knowing the Uno family line has continued on with a component evil villain. William is already halfway there to ruling the world, but Grandfather highly doubts the teens would follow such a sudden change in direction.
Teenagers
What an absurd thought, teenagers rising up against adult Villains. Grandfather had doubts that if such a thing occurred during his reign, his rule wouldn't have been as easy. Balthazar found it ironic that the Kids Next Door was a product of man-children from outer space. Oh yes, he knew plenty of the Earth's history with the Galactic Kids Next Door, an organization full of hypocritical evil the likes of which even Grandfather acknowledges.
Balthazar let out a crackle of evil laughter.
"And I thought I was evil, destroying planet after planet just to stemmy adults from reaching space, how deliciously evil." Grandfather mused with a malicious grin, before promptly frowning as a knock on his door had him slip back into his facade.
Grandfather gently stood up from his chair, "Just a minute…" he cheerfully and weakly said while grabbing his cane nearby to walk over.
"It's just me grandpa" William's voice spoke through the door, prompting Grandfather to once again change his demeanor.
Balthazar changed back to his previous demeanor before addressing his grandson. "Get in here then child." He grouchily told William sternly while steadily walking back to his chair.
With a click of the door handle, William walked in with a few gifts and snacks. Grandfather nearly let a ghost of a smile appear, before shutting it down as he sat on his rocking chair. "It's been nearly a week brat, what kept you!?" He snapped while keeping an eye on his grandson.
William began placing the gifts on the nearby coffee table, before addressing him fully. "Had a trip over in paris, a bit of trouble sparked but eventually settled nonetheless." He answered while walking over to a couch nearby that sat to the side of the television nearby.
Grandfather scoffed at his grandson, "I assume you ran into an Escoffier." He inquired.
"...History does not do you any service of the sheer scope of your rule" William remarked
Grandfather sneered at his grandson as he relaxed in his rocking chair, "Do not patronize my rule boy, in my prime I could grab a flaming meteor out from space and pull it down with a mere curl of my finger!" He boasted maniacally.
Yes, this was the relationship that Grandfather found…odd…William, his grandson managed to peer past his facade but never divulged the fact.
Balthazar's eyes peered over at his grandson with a scrutinizing gaze, "What is the progress on the Recommissioning module?" He asked with a glare.
William had not a shred of fear nor shirked away from his gaze, Grandfather would be sure to remedy that once his foolish grandson returns his powers.
However that was not what his grandson had in mind, William would not be the one to 'bring him back'. No, it was firmly said by his grandson that it would be Young Benedict's choice, a time of waiting that William ensured Grandfather that the time was almost near.
"The repairs on the module are touch and go." William began to explain after a moment of silence passed between the two. "But it should be finished within a good month or two."
Balthazar had a toothy grin spread across his face, "Good, good." He remarked before abruptly getting up without any fanfare and cain, "Walk with me while I make lunch!" He snapped while marching his way to his room's kitchen.
As William got up to follow, Grandfather decided to get a few topics of discussion out of the way. "Now William~." He began to say in a sinister and conspiratorial tone, "I must ask you again, will you not take up Villainy, your potential is wasted on all this Rebellion nonsense!" He chided while walking through his kitchen and towards his fridge.
William pulled out one of the kitchen table chairs to sit down before answering, "I'm afraid I have to decline again Grandfather, I need a united front if this Earth is ever to survive an invasion from those Galactic Kids Next Door." He frowned at Grandfather.
"Bah!" Balthazar spat as he rummaged through his fridge before taking out some leftovers and mayo, "Bunch of adults acting as kids if you ask me." He sneered while grabbing out a loaf of bread from one of the cabinets, and began laying some out on a plate. "You fine with tuna?" He griped while opening up a bag of leftover tuna salad.
With a simple gesture of a nod from William, Grandfather began making two sandwiches. He had to be thankful his teeth were still in pristine condition, pah, back in his day there was no available sugar to rot your teeth out! Now look at kids and teens these days, ruining those chompers with that diabetic nonsense.
William let a grin form on his lips, "If it makes you feel any better, my Rebellion is almost zeroed in on Numbuh 74.239's location." He began to explain, "Let slip the location to my dad, let him burn that da-"
"LANGUAGE!" Grandfather snapped up at William, with a scathing glare.
"Right…" William grinned impishly at Grandfather, "Let him burn that Alien to ashes, figured he could get his retribution…for you know, Uncle Monty's loss of memory and betrayal by the alien." He remarked.
Ah yes, Montgomery Uno, his little Monty…That brat he was both proud of and scorned, for his current situation.
"It does give me some satisfaction to see that man-child eventually gets what is coming." Grandfather mused while finishing making lunch, before carrying the plate over to the table and sit to eat.
"Eat up." Balthazar simply announced as he grabbed his sandwich from the plate, and ate while sitting on one of the kitchen chairs.
Without another word, William grabbed his own and began eating together with Grandfather in silence.
Later
"And you're sure no one knows?" Asked Grandfather as he walked with his grandson to the door.
William shook his head negatively, "Not a soul honestly, everyone still believes the senile ruse." He answered
Grandfather allowed a cruel smirk to form as William exited through the doorway, "Excellent, keep it that way." He then glared at his grandson, "And don't take so long to visit next time!" He snapped irritably, "It gets a bit lonely with all these real senile geasers!" Grandfather griped
William let a quirk of a grin break across his face, "I'll work on it grandpa, my days have been very busy recently."
"Pah, that's no excuse, now leave…and thank you." Grandfather quickly said before shutting his door.
His grandson is still weird compared to most teens…and that's saying something in Balthazar's eyes.
Balthazar "Grandfather" Uno grinned maniacally towards his window, soon he would return, with most unaware the decommissioning module never fully erased 'his' memories like little Monty's.
Pathetic, that son of his to be 'defeated' by such a device. The Uno's were made of sterner stuff.
Chapter 110, Snowday Arc part 2, Common Cold's a bioterrorist
William had a frown form on his face as he trekked through the snow, he looked around but saw neither hide nor hair of any teenagers playing in the snow. He had traveled by foot with Raab and Nesco, with the latter two bundled up in soare winter clothes from the Broccoli treehouse base. Sure, he saw children out and about, but there should have been some teens as well.
"Didn't you say your friends would be out by now?" Asked Nesco while crossing her arms behind her head in idleness.
All three teens had taken to standing just off to the side to wait for William's friends to arrive, but so far none have arrived.
William took a look around and noted a few other discrepancies, "I haven't seen Nigel's friends yet…" he trailed off while looking around.
Raab pointed over to Abigail who was jogging her way over, "Isn't she the sister of your one friend?" He asked while pointing her out.
"Hmm?" William turned his eyes and head to look where Raab was pointing, and saw Abigail was running her way over with a concerned look written all over her face. "Hey…" William greeted Abigail as she eventually reached the three.
"William!" She started to say before taking in a few gulps of air, and resumed talking. "We got trouble!" She exclaimed.
William released an aggravated sigh, "Let me guess…everyone got sick?" He groused.
Abigail had a worried look cross her face, "Not just that, Cree's been trying to call you, every teenager caught the common cold!" She remarked.
Raab aloud a confused look to cross his face, "that…seems too coincidental…" he mused.
William had been checking his pockets in the meantime, and tsked in annoyance. "I'll have to apologize to Cree and the others later, seems I left my C.a.v.e. behind."
Abigail snapped her fingers in realization and anger, "Sis was the one to get the mail last, something in one of those envelopes had to have been carrying something from the common cold Villain!" She snarled.
"...How is that man still outside prison?" William asked after a moment of silence passed.
"Who?" Asked the other Teens within the group.
Abigail let out a growl of frustration, "Some stupid adult Villain that goes around spreading the common cold, and germs among other things." She griped.
Nesco tapped her chin in confusion, "Say, how come you're not sick then?" She asked
Abigail shook her head, "Numbuh five stayed over at the treehouse of Numbuh one's, by then Cree was sick and the envelope were disposed of the next day!" She explained with annoyance to her situation.
"And the rest of your friends?" William asked.
"Sick too…" Abigail sighed, before looking up towards the three teens, "Look, Numbuh Five's short handed in making sure at least most kids enjoy this day, mind giving a hand?" She asked earnestly
William glanced at Raab and Nesco, "You guys fine with helping?" He asked.
Raab offered a nod, "Wouldn't hurt I suppose." He mused
Nesco simply gave a haphazard shrug, "Sure, not like I got nothing else to do."
Abigail genuinely smiled, "Thanks guys "
4th grade president Jimmy's Aircraft
Jimmy glared down at the kids playing out in the snow, it wouldn't be long till everything was in place. He had just sent his Honor Roll Nerds to kidnap his target, though he wasn't sure why Anna seemed downcast when he said he would crown Lizzie as his queen.
Maybe he didn't thank her enough? Regardless, everything was finally falling into place for the girl of his dreams, surely all that he had done would win over Lizzie.
"Sir!" Announced a hall monitor as he rushed up to Jimmy, "Trouble down at ground level!" He exclaimed
Jimmy swiveled with an intense glare, "What do you mean, what kind of trouble!?" He demanded from the other kid.
"Those bus walkers we sent out to retrieve those kids…" The Hall monitor began to say, "Each one had been met with hard resistance and failure!" He explained with a solute.
Jimmy shook in anger, "How!" He yelled, "None of those kids next door shouldn't even be out there from catching the common cold!" He reasoned in anger.
Before the kid could respond, the ship was hit by a hard blast that sent it tilting down in the air. Jimmy stumbled before catching himself, "Who in the right-" he began to say with seething anger.
"It's William and two other teens!" Yelled a Hall monitor through the ship's communication systems.
The hall monitor nearby began to back away with a nervous look on his face, "I just remembered my mom wanted me back home soon…" he nervously said while gesturing with his thumb to the exit.
Jimmy furiously looked at the retreating hall monitor, "You will stay to help defend this ship!" He pointed down at the ship's floor.
A little bit earlier
Raab had a piqued look of interest as BusWalkers were currently storming their way over to all the kids, "Um…I didn't know School buses are supposed to look like that…" he mused
Abigail let out a disappointed sound, glaring out towards the Mechs, "That because they don't…, all right, kids ne-"
"How about just Battle stations Abby." Remarked William as he stood up from his snowman project he was working on.
Abigail looked between the Teens, "Right…er, what can you guys do?" She asked pointedly at Raab and Nesco.
As the BusWalkers approached the fields with kids evacuating, one of them suddenly had its legs tangled up by fast growing asparagus vines. The grip and squeeze the vines put on the legs sent the BusWalker falling to its side, its legs bent and crumpled from a mass of overgrown asparagus vines. From out beneath the snow, Raab climbed out with some bits of leftover Broccoli/asparagus retracting back into his sleeves. He looked across the field to find another, and proceeded to take the next one out.
Not far away on the roof of one other walker, Nesco had springed up from the snow with the aid of a bouncy Broccoli shrub. She had landed with a hard metal bang, from her air emerged a tendril mess that began gripping the roof before tearing half of it off. Inside was a whimpering hall monitor as he saw his situation.
"Um…hi…?" He nervously waved at Nesco.
Nesco looked down through her cloth blindfold, shining a smile of excitement. "Hi, this is mine now…." She stated cheerily before she promptly snarled at the kid, "Get out!" She hissed
"Yipe!" Wailed the kid as he leaped out the side door, leaving Nesco alone with the mech. She began rubbing her palms against each other, "let's take this for a test spin." She mused
William frowned as he interrogated the hall monitor kid, a prisoner he had taken after melting one BusWalker's legs into slag from his fire.
"Honest, that's all I know!" Begged the kid as he was held up by the scruff of his shirt by William, "The ship is right over there!"
William dropped the kid after spotting said ship, he glanced at the kid with a withering glare. "If you know what's good for you, leave." He demanded.
"You don't have to tell me twice, I quit!" Wailed the kid as he ran off in fright.
William glared up at the ship with fire beginning to engulf his fists.
Jimmy's ship
After the ship began righting itself back in place up in the air, Jimmy took to making off for an escape pod. He did not want to face William, he thought that teen would have been busy doing whatever teens do inside. Those new video games and what not.
Just as he stepped up to the doorway, the door opened up suddenly to greet Jimmy to an unexpected guest. He began to back up in fear as he realized who it was, "You, I thought Father had plans for you later." He squeaked
The ground beneath Jimmy began to freeze over with his feet frozen in place, "You are no longer needed now, I'll be taking it from here." Said the person before finally coming into view, Giselle with a frozen parasol in one hand and a folded up winter coat under the other arm.
Giselle strode passed Jimmy, "Get him out of my sight." She hissed out at the nearby Honor Roll Nerds who arrived in with her.
Jimmy had a confused look cross his face, "I-I thought-"
"You thought nothing pig." Giselle spat with scorn as the nerds began hauling Jimmy away after ridding most of the ice from his feet, "You were simply used to stir up trouble, nothing more, nothing less." She sniffed pompously.
As Jimmy was taken away with a shocked face, Giselle moved onward to take a seat meant for the commander of the ship. After putting her stuff aside, she allowed herself a satisfied smirk as she waited for William to make it up onto the shop.
"This will be my win, mark my words William." She mused while relaxing in the chair with her legs crossed.