Family
Chapter 402 RECR Rampage
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
Bubblegum stood on the balcony of the Prize Ball Guardian and watched as the front door of the Treefort open up and an angry looking Finn march out with a sword. Even with the distance between them Bubblegum could feel Finn's angry gaze focus on her. Bubblegum felt a great dread at the sight of the demigod and wondered what her uncle was doing. The candy monarch had her robot grab her and placed her on the ground. Bubblegum rationalize that maybe if she just talked to Finn and explain the whole situation, he would help her capture Gumbald and there wouldn't be any need for violence. She walked past her troops and towards Finn, when she was a few yards away from Finn, he raised his hand and Bubblegum stopped and stood where she was. Bubblegum took a deep breath and spoke.
"Hello Finn."
"Bubblegum." Said Finn.
"I'm here for my uncle. His a very dangerous man, Finn. He needs to be captured and locked up before he cause any harm. Please help me apprehend him. I don't want any trouble." Said Bubblegum.
"You know the only dangerous person I see right now is you Bubblegum. You did come storming onto the Grasslands and brought your army to my front door." Said Finn with a glare.
"You're right I'm sorry for intruding. I should have called ahead and told you I was coming, but I didn't want to tip him off that I was coming, until I got here. I'm not your enemy Finn, you can trust me." Said Bubblegum.
"Trust is a two way street Bubblegum. You say I should trust you, but why should I honestly trust after what you did to Phoebe and the Fire Kingdom? They trusted you and you betrayed them. You can't be trusted." Said Finn as his grip tightened on his sword handle.
"You're...right. What I did to Phoebe and the Fire Kingdom was horrible...and I wish I could take it back. You have a right to be mad at me and to not trust me. But what I say about Gumbald is absolutely true. He is dangerous and he might be smarter then me. You've seen examples of his technology and mind in action. Gumbald must be stopped. You don't have to like or fully trust me, but I'm begging you to please help capture Gumbald and lock him away for the sake of Ooo!" Said Bubblegum before she got on her hands and knees and bowed her head at Finn.
All the troops from the Candy Kingdom were stunned by Bubblegum's actions. Finn was also a bit stunned by Bubblegum's actions and he felt his anger towards her lessen. He was still mad at the candy ruler, but he could hear the pleading in Bubblegum's voice as well as some fear, when she brought Gumbald's name. Finn was feeling very conflicted about what to do and who to trust. Gata, Jake, and Gumbald walked out of the Treefort and joined the scene. Gumbald glanced at Bubblegum and then at Finn.
"Please tell me you're not fooled by this little act. My niece is a master of deception, she used those exact same skills to get close to the Fire Kingdom and cause The Cooler Incident! Now she's trying to trick you into helping her take me down!" Said Gumbald.
"I'm not trying to trick anyone! You're the criminal and deceiver here not me! And you're going to jail!" Yelled Bubblegum sitting up and pointing a accusing finger at Gumbald.
"Ok Ms. Hysterical what exactly are the crimes I'm being accused of and going to be arrested for?" Asked Gumbald crossing his arms.
Bubblegum was about to speak, but stopped, when she realized with horror there wasn't really anything she could use against Gumbald. There was the time when Gumbald tried to change her into a dumb candy person, but that was nearly eight hundred years and even with Bubblegum's word and the backing of Lolly, Chicle, and Peppermint Butler there was no guarantee that the crime would stick. The attack of the Milk Men were a more recent event, but Gumbald had apologized to Bubblegum in font of several witnesses at the peace talk in the Ice Kingdom. There was nothing Bubblegum could legally charge Gumbald with. If she did try to arrest or kill Gumbald it would make Bubblegum look bad to the rest of Ooo. This must have been what Braco had been warning Bubblegum about. A panicked look appeared on Bubblegum's face and Gumbald just smirked at her.
"You have absolutely nothing! I am an innocent man minding my own business and you came here to falsely arrest me. How disgraceful!" Said Gumbald shaking his head.
Bubblegum wanted to launch an argument or protest, but she had nothing. She stood up and looked over at Finn and his siblings who had confused looks on their faces about what to do. Bubblegum wanted to lash out at her uncle, but he would probably just play the victim and use the action to help him look good to Finn and the others. The candy ruler decided her best option was to simply turn around and walk away. Bubblegum was going to do just that, when Gearga, Drake, Giffany, Patience, Slime Princess, Chile, and thirty Centurions arrived on the scene. Patience, Slime Princess, and Chile went over and stood by Bubblegum's side.
"What are you all doing here?" Asked Bubblegum.
"Braco called me and told me what you were doing and I gathered up the Peace Protectors to help out incase things went crazy. Your husband was worried about you, Bubblegum and me and Slime Princess were worried about you." Said Patience.
"We thought you were about to do something regrettable or be in some serious trouble." Said Slime Princess.
"I'm...thankful you showed up. I was about to do something bad, but I stopped myself and was fixing to leave, when you showed up. My uncle...he really gets under my skin, but I can't take any action against him, since he hasn't done anything seriously illegal." Said Bubblegum looking at the ground and clenching her fists.
"Hey don't worry about it. We have your back. As soon as your jerk of an uncle try's to pull anything, will help you take him on together. We're Elementals and we look out for each other." Said Patience putting a hand on Bubblegum's shoulder.
"Yeah you can count on us." Said Slime Princess putting a hand on Bubblegum's knee.
"Thank you both so much." Said Bubblegum with a small smile.
Chicle glared at his dad who just scowled at him.
"Dad."
"Son."
Chicle looked over at Finn and his siblings. He had very little interactions with the trio, but he knew about them and about Finn's connection to Flame Princess. Chicle began to form an idea of why, his father was here and he decided he needed to foil those plans.
"I know Bonnie isn't the best person ever, but if you should trust her about anything, it's how dangerous my dad is." Said Chile with a serious expression on his face.
Finn, Jake, and Gata exchanged looks and then they turned their attention to Gumbald.
"Sorry Gumbald, but we're not going to help you gain the respect of the candy people and help you take control of the Candy Kingdom." Said Finn with a scowls.
"Well drat! Your support would have really helped my image and boost my People's Relations. Guess I'll just have to take back my kingdom without your help. Thanks for ruining everything son." Said Gumbald before he shot a glare at Chicle.
"Consider it a little bit of payback for turning me into a dumb cookie." Said Chile with a smirk.
Gearga then walked over and joined in on the conversation.
"Is everything ok?" Asked Gearga.
"Yeah everything is cool. Bubblegum knows she can't just arrest or destroy whoever she wants. She's going to take her forces back to the Candy Kingdom and by the look of things Gumbald is going to pack his things up and head back to Castle Lemongrab." Said Patience.
"Good to hear." Said Gearga.
"So you're the esteemed leader of the Peace Protectors." Said Gumbald looking at Gearga.
"I am and as a reminder the Peace Protectors exist to protect all of Ooo from all forms of threats. As soon as someone commits a crime or launches some form of attack or invasion against the innocent, we will charge in and put a stop to it." Said Gearga with a smile and a fierce look in her eyes.
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind." Said Gumbald.
So it looked like things were actually going to end peacefully. Then the ground began to suddenly shake as RECR arrived on the scene and stopped to look at the gathered robots. Everyone stared up at the ancient military robot not sure what to make of it. Giffany scanned RECR and a warning popped up on her system. She had been given backup files of all of Area 50's past projects and she knew how dangerous RECR was and that she needed to get out of the area immediately along with the other robots.
"All robots retreat at once!" Yelled Giffany as she took flight.
Ten Centurions headed Giffany's words and took flight as well. RECR ignored the fleeing robots and focused on the ones that remain.
"Power detected. Perhaps you will give me the power I need to reach my full potential and accomplish my mission." Said RECR as he pointed his claws at the robots and began sucking the electrical power out of them.
The remaining Centurions, Safety Bots, gumball robots, KARR, and the Prize Ball Guardian all lost power and they fell to the ground. KARR didn't fall since he was still in vehicle. RECR checked his power gauge, which now read 88%.
"You filled up my energy cells quit a bit, but not all the way. I still require more power to protect these great lands and destroy the enemy." Said RECR.
"Enemy? What enemy?" Asked Gearga looking up at RECR.
"The enemy. The enemy. Everyone is the enemy!" Declared RECR before he stomped off looking for more power.
"We cannot let that thing go about sucking energy and cause havoc." Said Gearga.
"I'm on it." Said Drake as he transformed into his dragon form and flew after the robot.
Just when Drake was about to slam into RECR, the robot's body broke into five pieces and flew around Drake and avoided being hit. Drake whirled his head around in shock to see RECR's main body floating in the air with it's arms and legs floating by it's sides. The pieces reattached themselves and RECR raised his arms up and fired a powerful laser from some guns attached to his arms. The laser struck Drake and sent him crashing to the ground in a heap. RECR looked at Drake and then stomped away.
"Drake!" Cried Gearga as she and the others raced to Drake's side.
"Ug...! I'm ok. That war machine really packs a punch!" Groaned Drake as he sat up and shook his head.
At that moment Giffany and the ten remaining Centurions returned to the scene.
"I'm afraid we are all in danger." Said Giffany.
"What the heck is that thing?" Asked Slime Princess.
"That was the Reverse-Engineered Collective Robot, RECR for short. It was a powerful super weapon developed in the 1960s by the United States Military using the remains of crashed alien spaceships. RECR was supposed to be a weapon used to fight against communist and alien threats, but due to a programming error it saw everyone as an enemy. The military were forced to put a stop to RECR." Said Giffany.
"So how did the military stop it?" Asked Patience.
"The military tricked RECR into entering a chamber that was made out of several layers of concrete and steel to prevent RECR from powering up it's cells and the robot eventually powered down." Said Giffany.
"Well we don't have enough time to build a chamber like that and I doubt RECR is going to fall for the same trick." Said Gearga.
Bubblegum looked at the direction RECR had head and really in horror where the destructive robot was heading.
"That thing is heading right to the Candy Kingdom!" Cried Bubblegum.
"Alright Peace Protectors let's move out! Our objective is to attack RECR and keep it away from the Candy Kingdom and it's citizens. Hopefully we can either severely damage RECR or we could figure out some way to capture the robot and restrain it long enough, until the power cells run out of juice." Said Gearga.
"Alright I got my second wind." Said Drake getting ready to take flight and go after RECR.
"Are you sure, you're good to fight?" Asked Gearga.
"I'm good. That walking tinker toy caught me off guard. It won't fool me agin." Said Drake.
"Good. Let's get going then." Said Gearga.
Those that could still fight and wouldn't be affected by RECR's electrical power draining power were fixing to take off after the rampaging robot. Bubblegum's phone and armor still worked and she was contacting the Candy Kingdom's defense force altering them about the incoming threat and advising them to use long ranged weapons on RECR, when he showed up. Gumbald walked over to Bubblegum and Finn.
"You know I have just the thing to fight RECR and I'm more then willing to help." Said Gumbald.
"Why should I trust you? You could easily turn whatever weapon or creation you have against us and the Candy Kingdom!" Said Bubblegum glaring at her uncle.
"Or I assure I won't. You see Bubblegum we are facing the same enemy right now. A enemy that threatens all of us. I care about both Ooo and the Candy Kingdom and I would prefer not to see them get destroyed by a rampaging war relic. It's in both our best interest to temporarily put aside our feud and put a stop to RECR." Said Gumbald.
"Fine." Grumbled Bubblegum.
"So what exactly is this thing that can fight RECR?" Asked Finn.
"Well first I need to go back into the Treefort and use your microwave to wake him up. If that's ok with you?" Said Gumbald.
"Um ok." Said Finn.
Gumbald went into the Treefort and grabbed the jar that contained Kenneth. He went over to the microwave and placed the jar in it and nuked it for a little over a minute. Kenneth's eyes opened up with life and looked around at their surroundings. Gumbald waited a few seconds for the jar to cool down and then he grabbed and opened it. Kenneth hopped out of the jar and landed on the floor. The little creature looked up at his creator and awaited orders.
"Come along Kenneth we have a big job to do." Said Gumbald as he walked out of the Treefort followed by Kenneth.
"That's your weapon you're going to use to fight RECR?" Asked Bubblegum raising an eyebrow.
"You should know there's more to my creations then meets the eye. I'm going to need access to the Candy Kingdom's dump and then you'll see what Kenneth is capable of." Said Gumbald.
"Fine." Said Bubblegum.
With that said everyone took off towards the Candy Kingdom.
Things were going crazy over at the Candy Kingdom as RECR stomped towards it. Braco was on the castle wall along with a computer screen that displayed PAL's face, Colonel Candycorn, Rootbeer, the Excellent Eight, Drakken, Shego, Lobe, Bushroot, Liquidator, Quackerjack, and Megavolt. The assembled group watched as RECR got closer and closer to the Candy Kingdom. Colonel Candycorn order some troops to fire some cannon balls at the approaching threat. The cannons fired and the balls struck RECR and exploded covering the robot in black smoke. The troops cheered thinking that the threat was over, but RECR stepped out from the smoke completely unharmed and unfazed by the attack. The heavy artillery was needed. PAL accessed the kingdom's defense system and several missiles silos rose up and fired at RECR. The robot saw the missiles coming and fired a laser that destroyed most of them. The few missiles that did get past the laser failed to hit RECR, who had simply broken his body apart to avoid being hit and the missiles slammed into the ground and exploded. RECR reassembled his body and continued to stomp towards the Candy Kingdom. The defenders quickly decided to put the kingdom on complete lockdown. The energy dome shield from the Gridface Kingdom was raised around the Candy Kingdom, followed by a giant cube of blocks created by Wall Buddy, and then a thick layer of bubble wrap from the Safety Bots. RECR reached the kingdom and began to start popping the bubbles with his claws.
POP!
POP!
POP!
Never before had the sound of bubble wrap being popped sound so ominous. Just as RECR had popped a ton of bubbles and was fixing to rip the plastic material off and get to the energy blocks and begin to absorb their energy, Drake appeared behind the robot, grabbed it, and hurled away from the Candy Kingdom. RECR crashed to the ground and Drake blasted him with fire. This seemed to bring the robot down, until one of it's claws shot out of the flames and smacked Drake across the face and knocked him to the ground. RECR got to it's feet and was fixing to blast Drake with his lasers, when Gearga came in and blaster RECR with a blade geyser and knocked the robot back. Drake got to his feet as the others arrived on the scene.
"You cannot stop my mission. You are the enemy and must be destroyed." Said RECR as his body separated into five pieces.
Everyone watched in stunned amazement as RECR's arms changed into jet fighter planes and his legs changed into tanks. RECR's main body hover behind the other parts looking like a flying saucer.
"Oh crud!" Yelled Jake as he and others were forced to dodge about to avoid being hit by bullets, missiles, and lasers.
As all that was going on Bubblegum, Gumbald, and Kenneth raced into the Candy Kingdom and raced to the dump. They reached the dump and Gumbald begin to give commands.
"Bubblegum lower all the shields. Kenneth start eating."
Bubblegum went to go lower the shields and Kenneth jumped into the garbage and started to eat it. As he consumed the garbage Kenneth began to grow.
Outside the Candy Kingdom the Banana Guards were getting creamed by RECR and the Peace Protectors were having a difficult time fighting the robot, until Patience and Slime Princess unleashed their elemental might. Patience assaulted the saucer body and jet fighters with powerful blizzard winds, and Slime Princess coated the tanks in thick layers of sticky slime. RECR decided to change tactics and quickly reassembled his body, but before it could attack, a now giant size Kenneth charged onto the scene and punched the robot knocking it back. Drake then delivered a punch of his own to RECR and knocked the robot onto it's back. Kenneth tried to jump onto RECR, but got knocked away with a laser blast as RECR scrambled to his feet. Drake flew in and grabbed RECR's right side and Kenneth grabbed his left side. Patience and Slime Princess blasted RECR's limbs with ice and slime to keep them from detaching from the main body and then Patience froze the front part of RECR's chest with ice weakening the metal. Finn channeled his Olympian Power, leaped at RECR and struck him in the frozen part of his chest with all his might.
CRACK!
RECR's chest cracked open and Finn pulled out his sword and began to slice at the exposed wires inside.
"I...must complete my...mission. Have...to...protect these...great lands. Have to...destroy the enemy...!" Said RECR before his screen went dark.
Drake and Kenneth released RECR and the powerless robot collapsed to the ground. The robot menace had finally been defeated. All the robots that had been drained by RECR were retrieved and had power restored to them by their respective factions. The Peace Protectors helped clean up and then they returned to their homes. Gumbald and Bubblegum went over to RECR to examine it's remains.
"I just want to say thanks for helping my kingdom." Said Bubblegum to Gumbald as she examined some circuits.
"You're welcome niece." Said Gumbald as he removed a crystal that was faintly glowing green and pocketed it.
"This doesn't change anything between us. I still haven't forgiven you for what you've done and I know the things you are capable of. I will allow you to return to Castle Lemongrab unharmed, but I'll be prepared for whatever you throw my way." Said Bubblegum with a slight glare.
"Will just have to wait and see." Said Gumbald with a smirk.
The two left the wreckage and went their separate ways. Gumbald got into a car King had sent him along with Kenneth who had shrunken back down to his original size. It had been a good day for Gumbald, he got what he needed from Finn to create a Soul Stone, he got an interesting crystal from an alien machine, and Blargetha had recently called him to tell him, she had investigated the hole RECR had come from and had found some old military computers with interesting data on them. Things were really looking up for Gumbald.
Bubblegum went into her palace and met with Braco. She ran to her husband and embraced him.
"You were right! I shouldn't have gone after my uncle like that! I nearly destroyed what little image and reputation I had left!" Cried Bubblegum.
"Hey it's ok. Patience and Slime Princess told me what happened. You realized what you were doing was wrong and you stopped yourself. I'm proud of you." Said Braco.
"I just feel like I keep messing up. Our kingdom has very few allies and most of the other kingdoms don't or want anything to do with me." Said Bubblegum.
"Hey we can fix all of that by working together. I give my word that I will do everything in my power to help prove you're a good person to the rest of Ooo." Said Braco with determination in his eyes.
"Thank you." Said Bubblegum with a smile.
The two rulers shared a nice kiss. Whatever the world had to throw at them, they were going to face it together.
To be continued.
