Chapter 9: Monopoly:
Miko's POV:
I was on my way to my grandmother's house. I wish I could tell her what I've been doing, but Unit: E is classified stuff. It's so unfair. Jack's mom knows, but then again, she found out about the Autobots after that thing with M.E.C.H. and my family haven't been kidnapped, so I guess that makes sense. Anyway, when I got there, she seemed sad.
"O bāchan," is everything alright?"
"Oh Miko, I'm afraid I have a problem."
"I'll says she does," says a strange man, "greetings, you can call me Mr. Monopoly and I'm afraid your grandmother can't stay here anymore."
"What? Why?"
"You see, I own everything in this town and if you don't pay up, well, pack up your things."
"You can't own everything!" He then proves me wrong. "Wow, I'm actually impressed."
"Some people are terrible at making deals."
"And you take advantage of them!"
"I wouldn't say that."
"Look, Mr. Moneypenny, or whatever your name is, what if I can help her get the money?"
"I suppose she can keep her house if you can."
"Miko, there's something you should..."
"I got this. How much?"
Monopoly shows her the bill.
"And if I fail, is there a nice place you can recommend?"
. . .
Back at the base, Jack and Raf were playing a video game.
"Guys," I said.
"Hey Miko," says Jack, "how's your Grandma?"
"We have a problem," I said, "some creep named... Mr. Monday-Pony..."
"You mean Monopoly," asks Raf, "I've heard of this guy."
"That's him. Anyway, we need to save my Grandma's house."
"More than you think," says Raf, "Monopoly tends to tear places down to build banks or casinos."
"Can you help me," I asked.
"Unfortunately, I don't get paid that much," says Jack, "but we could try something."
"We could ask some of the other agents if we could bother money," says Raf.
"I like it," says Miko, "but I don't recommend Beach Head. I hear he's cheap."
. . .
Jack and I went over to my grandmother's house.
"O bāchan, this is Jack," I said.
"Oh, is he your boyfriend."
We both said no.
"He's a friend who's here for moral support."
"That's nice."
Then that snake showed up. I'm sorry for what I said about snakes.
"Well, look who it is," says Mono... man, this guy's name is hard.
"Sir, do you really want to do this," asks Jack.
"Who's this? Your boyfriend," asks what's his name.
"Okay, can't a guy and a girl just be friends," I asked.
"Mr. Monopoly," says my Grandma, "I'm sorry, but I..."
"WAIT," Raf yells as he shows up, "I got the money."
"And who are you," asks the guy.
"Another friend of mine who is a guy," I said, "of course if you make a mistake with this, I'd question your thought process." I said that because of how young Raf is.
Raf hands him the money.
"I see," he says.
"Looks like you lost," I said.
"Yes, it would seem that way." Whatever his name is, he left.
"Is it just me or did that seem a little too easy," says Jack.
"Jack has a point," says Raf.
"You guys are being paranoid," I said.
"Thank you all," says my Grandma, "now, how about some cookies."
"Last one in's a Starscream."
My Grandma figured it was just some slang.
. . .
Raf, Jack, and I were at the park.
"Hey guys," I said, "remember when we made a fool out of that Moon-Pluto guy?"
"My name is Monopoly and I remember," said the guy who came out of nowhere.
"Mr. Monopoly," says Jack, "what are you doing here?"
"Probably here to apologize," I said.
"I have a secret for you kids," he says, "I hate losing."
The guy then started glowing.
"Wait," says Raf as he uses his Maxi-Vision, that's what I call it, to scan what's his name, "he has Equestrian Magic, like Twilight."
"Of course, he does," I said.
The guy then turns into a giant snake. Talk about irony.
"This is what I do when I lose!"
"Talk about being a bad loser," I said.
He then tried to attack us. Raf tried to fight back with his Maximal powers.
"This is a problem," says Jack.
"No kidding," I said.
"I'll call for backup," Jack then tries to call the base, but he gets knocked away by the snake.
"Well, at least we still got Raf." Raf was knocked away. "Uh-oh."
"And now it's your turn," says the snake.
I then ran and the creep then turned into a giant spider and chased after me.
"You can't escape," he said.
I ended up taking someone's scooter to try to get away.
"Hey, my scooter!"
"Quiet, I'm running from a spider that used to be a snake that used to be a guy!"
"What?"
The spider then ran past him.
I ended up in a dead end. The spider had me cornered.
"Any last words," he asked.
"I really miss Bulkhead."
"I don't know what that means."
Just as he was about to eat me, then Ra-Ku came and fought him off. The rest of the team showed up.
"I managed to call for backup," says Jack.
Ra-Ku fought the spider, which then turned into a gorilla and started beating Ra-Ku.
"How many transformations does this guy have," I asked.
The gorilla then turned into a bird and took me to the sky.
"Okay, this is cheating," I said.
"No one makes a fool out of me," he said.
He then let go and I ended up falling, but Jack had on a jetpack and caught me. We then landed outside of town.
"We need to think of a plan to beat this guy," says Jack.
"Yeah, but how," I asked.
The bird then lands, but he ends up turning back.
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!"
"Wait a minute," I said, "you own the town. That's the only place where you have power!"
"I... don't know what you're..."
Jack and I then knocked him out.
"Hey," I said, "when did you get a jetpack?"
. . .
Jack, Raf, and I were at my grandma's house.
"After he turned into a different animal monster," says Raf, "his whole business got shut down."
"Take that, Monopoly," I said, "hey, I got his name right."
"You probably won't have to worry about that guy again," says Jack.
"Yeah, thanks for having my back," I said as I put my hand on Jack's shoulder.
"Isn't that sweet," says my Grandma.
"Yeah, it's a friend thing," I said.
In the next chapter, Raf and Dr. Robertson end up in a dimension made out of candy.