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DM77's Psychonauts Chapter 27
Psychoblaster Death Tank
Nigel was teleported back to the upper area of the Thorny Tower Asylum, he climbs back up to where Nefarious' lab was.
As he entered the lab and saw Nefarious still working while protected by a shield, he hears Big somewhere said "Oh, poor Froggy." He cries.
Nigel follows the crying to a separate room. Big sees him and said "I warned you not to come up here! They know you're coming! They're going to take your brain!"
"Listen, the man you're working for is a deranged lunatic bot." Nigel told him.
"I know!" Big tells him nodding "I hate him, but if I don't do what he says, he'll…he'll…"
"Cook your little frog friend from the inside out." Nigel said understanding, this made Big scream in fear. "Big, hostage situations like this are always extremely delicate. I'll have to extract Froggy from his prison using my psychic powers. After which this Nefarious character should be fairly trivial to neutralize."
"Yes, because once we get Froggy back, he'll tell us what to do." Big said nodding. "He always tells me what to do."
"Yes…" Nigel said bemused by that. He then looks and sees this room was where Rachel, Wiz and Felica were being held. He said "Wiz! Felica! RACHEL!"
"Nigel! You came!" Rachel said with a smile.
"Of course I did! We got to get you out of here!" Nigel said with a nod.
"Look!" Rachel said indicating to Wiz and Felica who both had the same blank looks on their faces as the kids did when they lost their brains "Sarge must have lured Wiz and Felica here on 'official Psychonauts business' and then ambushed them with sneezing powder! They're completely brainless!"
"I know. I saw their brains downstairs." Nigel said concerned "Listen, first things first. I was thinking about what you said about us making out."
"Yeah?" Rachel said to that. But she thinks 'Oh man. I'm so glad he showed up! I was just starting to feel slightly less phlegmy. Wait, he didn't just hear…' Nigel smiles indicating he did just hear her internal thoughts "Ah! Get away from me! Stop reading my mind. Go re-brain Wiz and Felica so they can help us break this lock!"
Nigel nods and sees a small birthday cake with a frog on it on a small table, from Big's bawling he learns he made it for Froggy. He takes it with him and heads back down to the lab.
He sees Froggy in his café that had two holes on top, one small and one large, the frog was under the small hole. Nigel tired to uses his Telekinesis to pull him out but Froggy was to big for the hole "Froggy, if you could just move under that hole there? Then I can left you straight out. Could you do that for me? Huh?"
Nigel then gets an idea and gets out the cake, Froggy seeing it smiles and moves to be under the large hole. Seizing the chance Nigel uses Telekinesis and gets Froggy out of the cage and picks him up. He then quickly sneaks out and heads back upstairs to where Big was.
He places the frog now who jumps over to Big, the cat feeling something against his foot looks and sees Froggy and gasps happily "F-F-F-Froggy? Oh, Froggy" He picks the frog up and hugs him "I was so scared! Now you're back Froggy, and you'll tell us what to do! Right? You've got a plan or something, right Froggy? Right?"
"That's right my pal. Froggy's here. Everything going to be okay." Froggy said in a cool guy like voice taking Nigel back in surprise that the frog can talk "Now here's what we're going to do." He then whispers in Big's ear
"Mmm. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Mmm. Okay. Uh-huh. Uh-hmmm. Uh-hmm…" Big said as he listens to the plan.
A while later we see Big entering the lab and approaching Nefarious holding a brain. He then said "Dr. Nefarious. I have a new brain for you. It's…It's a really, really good one."
"That's what you always say, Big." Nefarious told him doubting the claim.
"No, this one is really special. It's a fighter." Big tells him.
"Oh, just leave it there and I'll get to it right after I'm done with this experiment!" Nefarious tells him pointing to a cushion on a small table.
"O-o-okay…" Big said scared as he places the brain down.
The brain was actually Froggy's who said through mental thoughts "Don't worry buddy. Just make sure I get put in that old tank and I'll take care of business."
"I can't watch!" Big said covering his face and leaves the lab.
Nigel then quietly enters the lab and sees the tank as well as the brain both with Nefarious behind his sheild and said "Excellent, there it is Good work Big. Now all we have to do is get it in the Brain Tank somehow." That was easy to do with Telekinesis he picks up the brain and tosses it into the tank
The Bran Tank grabbers take hold of Froggy's brain and put it into place. Froggy then said "It's time to make the soup!"
"Ahhh! Ahhhhh!" Nefarious said worried and the tank fires a blast at him blasting out the window and he falls from the tower "Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
A while later Froggy's brain was removed from the tank and returned to his body where Big happily held him. "Froggy, he's my friend! La, la, la, la, Everything" Big said in a sing-song like fashion.
"Nice and easy…" Froggy told Big.
Big chuckles and said "You're so funny Froggy. Someone's got chocolate breath! Someone does."
After that, Big helped Nigel in returning Wiz and Felica their brains and we come to the two senior Psychonauts. We join them with Wiz and Felica slowly recovering from the procedure.
Wiz looks concerned at Nigel and said "But Nigel. Recanalization of and adult brain without surgery…"
"That's a very advanced procedure. How did you know how to do it?" Felica asked smiling.
"Well I've studied a little…But Big her knows more about handling than anyone I've ever met" Nigel admits.
"Really? You know I've been thinking about getting a lab assistant…" Wiz said thinking on it. Big's mouth opens wide at that.
"Big, dear, do you know where all the other children's brains are?" Felica asked concerned. Big nods to that.
"Well, if you can lead us to them…" Wiz began to say while Big leaves the room "We can bring them back to their owners…immediately…"
"A-hem!" Rachel lets out as she still was restrained to the chair with the helmet blocking out her psychic powers still on her head.
"Immediately after we break young Miss. McKenzie out of her restraints." Wiz added. Working together Wiz, Felica and Nigel all Psyblast at Rachel's restraints and free her from them and her helmet.
Rachel jumps out of the chair and said "Finally! If that thing gave me a cowlick, Sarge's going to burn."
"At least he never got inside your brain." Felica told her "It's going to take me weeks to get my rhytem back!"
"Nigel, you have surprised us yet again." Wiz said nodding "I cannot thank you enough for what you've done."
"Hey, hey. All in a day's work for a Psychonaut." Nigel tells him.
"Ha, ha. Well…PSI CADET, you mean." Wiz said chuckling.
"Hey, the Psychonauts should be lucky to get someone like Nigel." Rachel tells him "The brain he's got in there is…"
"Is one in a million!" A familiar voice said and the group look to see at the entrance to the room was Sarge "Thanks to all of you for bringing it straight to my door!"
Felica gasps and Wiz says as he moves to shield Rachel "Sarge!"
"You!" Nigel said and steps forward "You took all my friends' brains, you turned an innocent Goldeen into a giant monster, you stole all the teachers, DERAILING MY EDUCATION, AND you kidnapped…" He looks at Rachel who looks back, he finishes what he was saying while looking back at Sarge "MY GIRLFRIEND!"
"Nigel, this fight is too big for you." Wiz tells him.
"Back home I had to clean up after the elephants, so trust me, I know how to take care of this ugly, little, pile of…" Nigel said but then he and Rachel were lifted up in a mental ball by Felica.
"Kids, let the grown-ups handle this." Felica tells them. She then has it fly past Sarge and out of the room
Sarge angry at that glares at the two and said "You mentally stable people!" The three get read for a psychic battle.
Back in the bubble as it descends down the tower Nigel calls out "Wiz!"
"We get to kill him too!" Rachel calls out.
"Ahhhhh" Nigel cries out as bubble keeps descending.
Back on the ground floor in El Toro's room, he finished his painting of himself playing cards with the dog painters.
"Well, it's official. The genius is back!" El Toro said smiling "Time to go get ready for my gallery show."
He looks down at the chain that anchors himself in this room, he grabs it and pulls hard and rips it off the ground, but he then noticed he ripped out a chunk of the floor exposing a broken gas pipe.
"Uh-oh. This looks bad." El Toro said concerned. He leans down and sniffs but smells nothing and smiles "Ah, well, that's good. Someone must have turned off the gas long ago." He then leaves to gather his things.
We then come to Sally Satageplay walking around the garden of the asylum as she said to herself seeing a vaulve "Oh, here's what my poor flowers need! A little water!" She turns the valve unaware it was actually one for the gas.
Back in El Toro's room the gas begins to fill the room but the man doesn't notice as something is dropped and he said "Oh no. I spilled all my turpentine and acetone!"
Back up at the top of the tower Sarge was shown that he was able to handle both Wiz and Felica on an even psychic power level as the three of them fight, the two Psychonaut agents trying to subdue the traitor.
Back down on the ground we come to the front where Ralph was still their holding the Molotov milk bottle, trying to either resist his commands to use it to burn the asylum down or do them.
Just then Ratchet kicks open a window and peeks out seeing Ralph, the Cybertronion drops down to be behind the security guard and said smiling "Hey Ralph. Long time no see!"
El Toro was walking by and then notices Ratchet and winces saying "Oh, Mr. Orderly. I did not see you there. I was just taking a little therapeutic walk in the moonlight…"
"Relax. The asylum's been closed for a long time. We can all go home." Ratchet tells him.
"Leave? Here?" Sally said as she walked up surprised.
"Yeah, this place is for crazy people." Ratchet tells them "And I don't know about you but I ain't crazy no more!" He twitches a bit, he still had some aftereffects from his long-time of insanity but he was right.
"I have to tell you, I'm feeling pretty good." El Toro admits smiling.
"You know, maybe it is time for us all to move on." Sally said in agreement.
"What do you think Ralph?" Ratchet said patting him on the back snapping him out of his trembling "Ready to blow this popsicle stand?"
Ralph looks at the bottle, he then hurls it though the window and it lands on the courtyard floor and flames begin to spread. While that is happening the mental spirts of the Milkman, Granny Goodness, the Majestic and The Thundergirl Troop leaves out of Ralph and ascends to the sky.
"The milkman has completed his route." Ralph said with a smile. He looks at the other former residents of the asylum and asked, "You guys want to split a cab?"
Meanwhile the fire has managed to reach El Toro's room and reacting to the gas causes an explosion which causes the fire to spread further up the tower.
Nigel and Rachel make it to the bottom in Felica's bubble and the boy said while the girl moves to do a kiss but he didn't notice "And the crib wasn't even that clean! I mean, what do I have to do to get those guys to take me seriously?"
'When are you going to shut up and kiss me?' Rachel thought knowing Nigel will hear it.
"Um…I can hear that." Nigel said a bit flustered
"I know." Rachel said making the boy face her and goes to kiss him.
Meanwhile the fire had reached the top of the tower but the fight was still going on despite it.
"Surrender!" Wiz tells Sarge.
"Never!" Sarge states
The fight continued to be a stalemate but a psi blast from above knocks Sarge away. The source of the blast was Raine who comes floating down, they was wearing some Psytanium on there back so they were still themselves and not an alternate personality.
Raine glares at Sarge and said "The Psychonauts have a word for people who turn on their own!"
"Ha! I don't need the Psychonauts anymore!" Sarge said standing up his helmet was askewed so it was up enough to reveal his mouth and nose "I'm making my own army! Got a word for that?"
"Yeah. Gesundheit!" Raine said.
"Huh?" Sarge said and before he could correct his helmet Raine blew some sneezing powder into his face. He feels the need to sneeze while Nigel moves closer to kiss Rachel "Ah…ahh….ahhh….AHCHOO!" Soon as he sneezed the whole tower explodes just as the two kids kissed.
"Wow." Rachel said amazed after breaking the kiss
Nigel looks up and said "Wow."
Rachel looks and the two see the rubble of the towe begin to come down so the two ran to avoid being crushed. A rock nearly cushes them but they huddle and Nigel activates a Psi-Shield to block it meaning they were safe from being hurt.
The two holding hands begin to head back into the ruins of the Asylum nod destroyed to see if everyone is okay. They soon see the three Psychonauts were fine as they float down to the two.
"Hey, that was my fight! I was ready for that one!" Nigel tells them.
"Always in such a rush, Nigel." Wiz said shaking his head "It takes years before you're ready for combat of that magnitude."
"You'd be surprised, Wiz. This one's been acing all my extra credit exams." Raine said with a smile.
"I beat Sarge once already, and I can do it again." Nigel said nodding referring to facing Sarge in Goldie's mind as Lopaz.
"Darling, that was just a remote projection of Sarge." Felica explained "He wasn't as strong as he would be…if he were to appear…in the real world."
Everyone hears something and look behind them, they see Sarge walking like a zombie with a dazed helmet look and he said "Teeee Veeee?" Seeing this the Senior Psychonauts all laugh at the karma Sarge was in "Teee VEEE?"
Nigel however wasn't laughing but instead concerned and asked them "Um, where's his brain?"
"Oh, probably stuck in one of his plans to take over the world somewhere." Wiz said in a joking matter and Felica and Raine laugh as they begin to leave
However Nigel and Rachel notice the ground was beginning to shake. And from out of the rubble a fully operational Brain Tank bursts out of the ground. In the dome was a brain and the voice of Sarge is head from it saying "Hey, how's the weather down there."
The Brain Tank fires a Psi-Blast at the group, Nigel manages to dodge the shot, but the others get knocked away. Sarge then said to Nigel sounding pleased "Ah, finally. Alone at last, eh Nigel?"
"Glad you're finally picking on someone your own mentality!" Nigel tells him in a battle stance.
"Yes, I've been dying for a chance to…PICK YOUR BRAIN." Sarge says as he makes a mental hand appear and moves it smack him but Nigel dodges it. The hand picks up some rubble and chucks it at Nigel who cartwheels to avoid it.
"Two can play that game!" Nigel tells him
"Yeah, but only one can win!" Sarge said in response to that and laughs evilly. As the Psychoblaster Death Tank rotates in the centre of the arena, the mental hands set up a stone shield from the tower rubble to protect it.
Nigel starts by using rubble to destroy the defences while avoiding rocks being thrown at him. Once he made a hole in the stone defence he uses Pyrokinisis to burn the fence fragment and when the tank was revealed he hurls a rock at the glass dome of the tank causing it to crack a bit.
In response the mental hands quickly repair the defences, Nigel repeats it but was difficult as the fence was rotating oppotite the rocks so Nigel had to be quick, but about the small mental hands defending the fence but he manages to break through again. He hurls another rock and damages the dome more, one more hit should do it.
This time round it was a little down to the wire as Sarge was getting desperate increasing the rate of attacks. But Nigel manages to avoid with minimal damage and hurls the last rock he can at the dome and cracking open the top of it exposing the green liquid that keeps the brain well maintained and disabling the tank as it shuts down and starts to smoke.
Not wasting any time Nigel climbs up onto it and moves to try and get Sarge's brain out but then a surge from it causes him to get splashed by tsome green liquid poweder "Ahhhhh!" He falls off the tank "Super…sneezing…powder…" He stands up "Ahh! Try…not…to…sneeze!" He struggles to hold his sneeze "Have…to…hold it…in…Ah! Ah! Ahchoo!" He sneezes out his brain. He then said with a blank expression "TV? TV?" He walks off.
We then come to Nigel's brain who says "Oh this is just great. Now what am I going to do? Have to think! Ha. Like I got a choice…"
Nigel knew he had to keep his brain hydrated, the green liquid in the tank should do it and he still feels the power to use Telekinisis, sure it bee sitting next to Sarge's brain but it's better then drying up.
He hurls himself into the brain tank but something happens the two brains begin to spin and psychically connect somehow. What ever is happening it will either be good or bad.
Well the Brain Tank is dealt but Nigel has to face not only Sarge's inner demons but his own as we enter...The Meat Circus
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