Chapter 54

Fun With Robots

Disclaimer: Let's go! Time for another adventure on the West Coast! A few changes included here as well.

Somewhere In Burbank A Week Later

"This is intolerable! My Genius shall not be stopped by the likes of you! I, Professor Foth Backenslap, decrees it so!" Yelled out an unhappy individual in a white lab coat as his Robotic creations were getting wiped out by the West Coast Misfits.

Now you might be wondering what's going on, and well, it all began a week after the Surf Master mission and it'd be a little strange in the sense that Robots had started showing up to cause problems in Burbank. Of course, there was also some tension being felt by everyone at the Burbank Base after Clara had warned everyone of the potential attack by one Victor 'Sabretooth' Creed and showed them the letter she got from the sadistic Mutant. Everyone, even the Grey family since they were closely connected with the bunch thanks to Craig, were all on high alert. Some even thought that Creed had something to do with the Robots that were attacking here and there as some form of a distraction. The Robots at first had started out in Rat form and being the size of House Cats to boot and considerably freaking out the female population on the city a great deal.

By the time they'd shown up again, the Robots had taken the shape of Tigers and Craig had loudly voiced his displeasure over the whole thing since they were just as deadly as their namesake were. Not to mention being able to fire freakin' laser beams from their eyes! Craig would even get labeled as the 'Foul Mouth' of the team thanks to the Media as this situation went on but he honestly wouldn't have a problem with it aside from the attention it gave him as he hated that sort of thing. Even considering the name something of a compliment despite the disapproval from Clara, Paul, Patrick, Mrs. Grey, and Trojan. Dealing with this problem had also kept the team from joining the original Misfits team when they went out into Space to help the SWORD base out there when Cobra got the bright idea to try and take it over and failing in the end thanks to the Misfits and the Defense team stationed at the SWORD base.

Paul 'Long Range' Haits had also ended up suggesting to everyone to start calling him 'Paully' when not out in the field so as to cut down on any confusion considering there are two Pauls on the team. Though he was considering a transfer to elsewhere but had yet to act on that. Our band of heroes would get a lucky break thankfully courtesy of Virus when he was able to use his talents to track down where the Robotic menaces were coming from. Especially considering they were getting more and more dangerous when they started to be as tall as a standard house! It should also be said that this whole situation was another example of things going nuts in the wake of the Pride being wiped out some time ago since it meant everyone and their Grandmother now had a free license to do whatever they wanted without having to ask. Hence, of course, why the Fabulously Fab had become the West Coast Misfits to begin with after Hawk had asked them about it! And gaining some fans too, but mostly girls thanks to Paul and Ace's charms. There was even a few because of Craig too but he heavily denied it was because of him much to the amusement of everyone else.

And once Virus had tracked down where the Robotic menaces were coming from, Trojan quickly gave the team the go ahead to go after the source to put a stop to it for good. Which was proving to be difficult thanks to the amount of Robots that was present thanks to the fact that a Mutant with the same power as Jamie 'Multiple' Madrox was being forced to use his ability to make the menaces. Which is when the man behind it all made his appearance. "Dude, what were your parents smoking!?" Asked Long Range loudly in shock so he could be heard.

His question being something the others wanted to know as well and Long Range had to quickly duck an oncoming blow from one of the Robots and breathed out a sigh of relief while also mentally kicking himself for getting distracted like that. His question didn't seem to please the good Professor though! "My parents are not to be mocked, boy!" Thundered the man.

"When they name you 'Foth' and have a last name like Backenslap, they deserve to be mocked!" Called out Lionheart.

Gonna have to disagree there. Craig thought to himself.

Having long been a target for mockers where his birthmark was concerned. Mocking people for dumbassery, sure, mocking them for their looks and odd names, not really. 'Same here, bro!'

Choosing not to respond to his brother, Darkstar focused a laser beam attack on an oncoming Rat Robot, nicely making it explode. Virus' voice could be heard in the team Comm system. "Recondo and I've managed to find a control room and we should have these things shut down soon!"

"Make it quick, you two! We're starting to get overwhelmed here!" Ordered the Yankee Clipper as Beast King trashed several Tiger Bots in a Gorilla form.

"Where the Hell is my Mutant!? Why is he not helping me get rid of you interfering fools!?" Shouted out Professor Foth angrily from the third level of his underground facility.

"He got the bright idea to get the Hell out of here thanks to us!" Velocity yelled out to him as he kept ducking and dodging various Robot attacks with help from Starchild and Wildstar.

"I think I've got an opening!" Wildstar declared and fired off a few energy blasts from his claws in the direction of the mad Professor.

"AUGH!" Yelled out the man as he failed to see the oncoming attack in time and nearly fell over the railing.

"I GOT HIM!" Yelled Red Dragon as he quickly flew up to catch the Professor.

Seconds later, the Robots all shut down much to the relief of everyone else. "Mission accomplished!" Declared Recondo happily over the radio.

A short time later would see the team watch as Professor Foth would be taken to a Police Cruiser to be taken away. "NO! This is an outrage! An outrage, I tell you! But just you wait, you damned interfering kids! I'll be back and you'll be sorry for getting involved in the glorious Scientific affairs of Professor Foth Backenslap!"

Thankfully, he'd be shut up once placed inside the Cruiser and the door was shut. "Ah, silence is truly golden." Joked Velocity, causing the others to chuckle.

"All in all, a good day's work everyone." The Yankee Clipper said happily before they moved on back to base.

Jake however was frowning, as he wondered how the so called Professor had been able to finance his creations and his rather large facility. Hopefully an interrogation with him will reveal that.

Elsewhere In The World Sometime Later

In a high tech facility hidden underground ran by the group known as A.I.M., its leaders were discussing the recent news report that had filtered in of Professor Foth Backenslap's defeat and capture. "What do you propose we do in light of this recent development?" Asked one of the Leaders known as Alessandro Brannex, aka the Super-Adaptoid.

Though he had a good feeling what the other would suggest. "If we have him executed now it could look suspicious but at the same time he is a danger to us despite not knowing anything of true value." Declared the being known as M.O.D.O.K. in a thoughtful manner.

His response actually surprised Brannex but he chose not to mention it for it'd be a waste of time to do so. "Let us see if he talks and then we'll remove him from the board. If he is as smart as he believe himself to be, he will not speak a word."

"Very well."

Author's Notes: Well, that was fun!