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Chapters 1-4 of Annihilation of the Lair Legion. Monday, 06-Mar-2000 14:31:00
Annihilation of the Lair Legion, Part 1. Return of Mastertron and the arrival of a new villain. Ed Fredricks, a security guard for the Parodiopolis incineration plant, watched as the bodies of twelve, giant inactive robots were placed on a conveyer belt by a giant claw and placed on the conveyer headed for the incinerator. Ed smirked. Ed: Pheh……why the Hell does the government make all of these robots if they only intend on sending them to the local incinerator? Oh well….. voice: Those are no mere robots, my friend. They are the Destructicons, advanced pieces of technology from the planet of Microchiprom. And now they are mine.. Ed pulled his gun out of his holster. Ed: Who are you? Show yourself! voice: Very well….. Ed watched as a man wearing a red mask and goggles stepped out from behind a pile of scrap iron. The stranger put his hands in the air. Ed: I don’t know who you are or what you’re doing here, but I intend on finding out. Take off that mask so I can see your face. Figure: You may call me the Psychic Mastermind, fool. Now if you’ll excuse me…. The figure stared intently at Ed. After a while the figure’s masked head started to glow a bright blue, something that freaked Ed out. After the masked man’s head started to glow, the security guard felt an intense heat build around his body. Ed: What are you doing to me..? Stop… Ed collapsed to the floor, smoke wafting from his body. The Psychic Mastermind walked past the guard’s unconscious (or dead, he didn’t stop to look) body and pulled a large lever. The conveyer belt stopped. Walking up to the giant electronic bodies, Psychic Mastermind placed a metal disk on each of the forms. Psychic Mastermind: (pressing a button on the remote) Now let’s see if my technology will revive the Destructicons as planned…. The disks glow brightly for a few moments before dimming down. The bodies of the Destructicons twitched few a few minutes. Without warning, Mastertron, the leader of the Destructicons, slowly got off the conveyer belt. Mastertron: Ohh…..I’ve got a killer headache…. Moonshriek: Me too…. Mastertron: Silence, Moonshriek!! If it’s one thing I don’t need it’s your useless prattling in my ear!! Now…..who revived us? I thought we were done for…. Psychic Mastermind: I did Mastertron. From now on, you will do exactly what I say. Mastertron: What did you say?? Did you just threaten me? The great Mastertron and his Destructicons work for you, a HUMAN??!! BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You must be joking!!! That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever….ARRRRRRKKKKK!!! Psychic Mastermind: I can eliminate you just as fast as I revived you. The disks you wear brought you back, but they can also reduce you to piles of slag. If you do exactly what I say, it won’t come to that. Mastertron: What’s stopping me from blasting you to pieces? Psychic Mastermind: I have telekinetic powers that allow me to do a variety of things. One of those things includes projecting force fields around my body. Blast me if you want. It won’t help you in the least. Mastertron: I’ll take your word for it, human. It appears I can not win. What do you wish the Destructicons to do? Psychic Mastermind: It’s an assignment I think we’ll both derive pleasure from. It involves killing….the Lair Legion. Mastertron: Grrrrrr……The Lair Legion were the ones who tricked us into being destroyed!! They will pay dearly for what they’ve done!! Psychic Mastermind: I take it you like this assignment? Mastertron: I will follow you to the ends of the Earth if it involves killing to Lair Legion! When do we start? Psychic Mastermind: Now. Follow me…. Psychic Mastermind walked into the shadows of the Incineration Plant. The Destructicons walked slowly behind, whispering amongst themselves…. Moonshriek: How dare you give into that fool, Mastertron?? To follow a human is a great dishonor!! Don’t we have any say in this?? Mastertron: No!! I lead the Destructicons, not you!! But don’t worry….I don’t intend on following that pompous peacock forever!! As soon as I find a way to double cross that fool and get free of his power, I will kill him in an instant!! Then I will kill the Lair Legion in my own fashion. If anyone is going to kill the Lair Legion, it will be me!!…..and me alone….. Annihilation of the Lair Legion, Part 2. A seemingly shocking victory. Psychic Mastermind raised the communicator to his masked face and spoke into it. Psychic Mastermind: You may deliver the package now. Mastertron, flying over Parodiopolis with his Destructicons, answered Psychic Mastermind. Mastertron: With pleasure….FIRE!!! The Destructicons fired lasers and other deadly projectiles onto Parodiopolis, causing buildings to topple, explode, and set on fire. Within minutes, debris was everywhere and many people were dead. Psychic Mastermind: (watching the carnage) That should make them come….. At the Lair Mansion….. NTU was in his laboratory when his super sonic alarm system went off. He was startled so greatly that he dropped the experimental grenade he was holding. The grenade dropped to the floor and exploded, destroying much of the lab. If NTU hadn’t had his armor on, he would have been reduced to tiny bits of scarred flesh scattered around the room. NTU: (rubbing his helmet and picking up a transmitter) *cough* Uh….what is it, HALLIE? HALLIE: There is a major crisis going on in Parodiopolis. If you don’t get down there right away you’ll be out of a job, as there won’t be anyone left in the city to save…. NTU: Who is behind it this time? Zemo? Pierson’s Porter? The Hooded Hood? Visionary? Regis Philbin…? HALLIE: It seems the Destructicons are the ones behind it. NTU: But I thought we fried them!! HALLIE: WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK??!! NOW GET DOWN THERE AND SAVE LIVES BEFORE EVERYBODY’S DEAD, DAMMIT!! NTU picks himself, runs out of the lab, hurries the Lair Legion into a jet, and blasts off towards Parodiopolis. After all….it was not wise to cross a machine who controlled all of the security devices… Later, at Parodiopolis….. Moonshriek: KILLING PEOPLE IS FUN!! DIIIIEEEE!!! Mastertron: MOONSHRIEK, IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN, I’LL…..GAAARRRRKKKK!!!!! Mastertron fell from the sky and crashed into a building, having been hit hard by lasers to the back. Looking to the sky, he saw the Lair Jet as it attacked his fellow Destructicons. Mastertron: *smiling* So it begins…… In the Lair Jet…. NTU: TAKE THAT, GIANT ROBOT GUYS!! Vizh: DON’T SHOOT THEM!! They’re fake, just like me….I MEAN….uh….I’M REAL, DAMMIT!! Moonshriek: PREPARE TO DIE, ANTS!! Moonshriek lets loose a stream of laser blasts, many of which strike the Lair Jet. Eventually the jet’s system crashes, causing the jet to plummet downwards…. Lisa: Do something, Enty!! NTU: I can’t……Wait a minute!! I’ve really been wanting to try out those emergency parachutes I installed!! Lisa: NOOOOOOOO!!! NTU presses a button. Parachutes blast out of compartments on top of the jet. The jet’s fast descent quickly decreases, so when it lands it hits the streets of Parodiopolis with a pleasant "thump." The jet’s hatch opens and the nervous members of the Legion walk out. Lisa: *inspecting the parachutes* Well what do you know….they actually worked. NTU: Really?! Immediately after NTU says this, the parachutes explode, taking the jet with them. NTU: Oh well. I guess nothing lasts forever…… Hatman: That’s weird…… NTU: What is? Hatman: The Destructicons haven’t come down to attack us yet…. NTU: That is weird…… Without warning, Psychic Mastermind steps out of some foggy shadows in an alleyway and walks up to the Legion. Psychic Mastermind: That’s because I ordered them not to. NTU: Who the Hell are you? Psychic Mastermind: I am the Psychic Mastermind, and I am going to kill you. Lisa: We don’t even know who you are and want to kill us? Geeze….. Psychic Mastermind: It’s nothing personal. It’s just that if I’m going to crush my enemies and conquer the world, I need to dispose of meddling heroes such as yourselves. Fin Fang Foom and Banjooo grow to their full heights, looking down at Psychic Mastermind like he is a mite. Fin Fang Foom: Oh really? And how do you plan on getting past us? Psychic Mastermind: It’s quite simple, actually. I’ve been preparing for this meeting a long time now…. The Psychic Mastermind whips out an odd looking disk and hurls it to the ground. It explodes and unleashes a dark orange force field around the Psychic Mastermind and the small Legionnaires, completely blocking the group off from Foom and Banjoooo. Banjoooo: *pounding on the force field* Hey!! You can’t do that!! Let us in!! Psychic Mastermind: I think not. DESTRUCTICONS, ATTACK!! The Destructicons stop what they are doing and land in front of Foom and Banjoooo. Foom:……..Crap. As The Destructicons face off against Foom and Banjoooo, the occupants of the orange force field prepare to battle themselves…. NTU: Listen, mister. I don’t who you are and really don’t care, but it’s time you get taken down. LAIR LEGION, GET HIM!!! The members of the Legion rush towards Psychic Mastermind. The villain stands perfectly still, his arms crossed. Darkhwk is the first to attack. He swings at his opponent but PM ducks under the swing, pulls out a disk, and slaps it on Darkhwk’s chest. The disk sends agonizing bolts of electricity coursing through Darkhwk, causing the hero to drop unconscious to the ground. Starseed: YOU’RE MINE!! Starseed lets loose a bolt of GAAAHHH!! Power at PM. The bolt bounces off an invisible wall of energy surrounding the villain. Starseed: Damn!! He’s erected a force field around himself!! Psychic Mastermind: How very perceptive you are…. PM pulls out a laser pistol and blasts Starseed with a stun beam. Like Darkhwk, Starseed falls to the ground. PM then points the laser pistol at Lisa. Lisa: *seeing what PM plans to do* I summons Psychic Mastermind’s laser gun!! The laser gun teleports from PM’s hand and into Lisa’s. Psychic Mastermind: Interesting. That was a nice trick, but it won’t help you…… Lisa throws the gun to the ground, takes out her famed whip, and swings in constantly at the slowly advancing villain. Lisa: TINA!! RUN A MIND PROBE ON THIS FREAK!! MAYBE IT’LL BLACK HIM OUT OR SOMETHING!! Tina closes her eyes and touches her forehead, straining to focus her psychic energy. Her head glows as she settles her thoughts on Psychic Mastermind’s mind, hoping to find a way to knock him out. However, his thoughts and other areas of his mind were protected by an image of a brick wall, a safeguard against psychic probes that only a psychic himself could manage to project. Tina: He’s….a psychic..? He’s put up a defense block against my power, I’m going to try to….AHHHHHH!!! Tina screams and twitches as her presence in PM’s mind is detected and attacked by internal mind bolts. The bolts use Tina’s power as a sort of radio to transmit waves of pain to the real Tina, causing her to drop to the ground. NTU: TINA!! NTU rushes to Tina and inspects her unconscious form. NTU: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER, YOU SICK JERK?!! Psychic Mastermind: Your little twit tried to attack me with her psychic powers. As I am psychic and am far more superior to Tina, it took little effort to incapacitate her with my powers. As I said before, I have been preparing for this meeting for months…. Hatman: ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THIS?? Hatman throws on his Bulls hat, transforms into a man-bull type monster, and slams into Psychic Mastermind. The impact is enough to send the villain crashing into a wall, and would have knocked him out if not for his force field. Psychic Mastermind: You caught me off guard……you will not do so again. PM pulls out another disk and tosses it at Hatman. It attaches itself to the Capped Crusader’s chest and incapacitates him in a similar fashion as with Starseed and Darkhwk. Lisa watches on as Hatman slumps to the ground, a distraction that allows PM to throw a disk at her, an action that takes out the first lady of the Lair Legion. NTU is the only Legionnaire within the energy bubble that remains conscious. NTU: Your fancy force field won’t help you against me!! I am NTU 150, the great inventor!! Long ago I perfected the art of making devices that could short out force fields!! Take this!! NTU pulls out a device that looks like a grenade. The device explodes in his hand and causes him to drop to the ground along with the rest of his companions. Psychic Mastermind: *putting away a disk* Well, I didn’t prepare for that to happen…. Meanwhile, outside the energy bubble…. "Oomph!!", proclaimed Foom as Mastertron punched him in the jaw with his giant metal hand. Finny was taking a major beating from Mastertron. Banjoooo, however, was much worse off, for he was getting the crap kicked out of him by the rest of the Destructicons. Foom was surprised the giant sea monkey hadn’t fallen yet as Mastertron punched him yet again. Finny backed up and wiped some blood from his draconic lip. Foom: THAT’S IT, YOU ASKED FOR IT!! Foom took in a big gulp of air and unleashed a breath of atomic fire onto Mastertron. The Destructicon leader responded by transforming into a big ass gun and started pumping Finny full of powerful laser blasts. Within moments the dragon was unconscious, as was Banjooo. Mastertron: *transforming back* That was easy…..Psychic Mastermind, the heroes have fallen. We await your orders. The dark orange energy bubble desolves and the mysterious villain in the red mask steps out of the alley, far away from the defeated heroes. Psychic Mastermind: Blast the pavement and the buildings around the Lair Legion. The rubble and debris will crush them into dust. Mastertron: Why don’t I just blow them to pieces with laser fire? Then we will know for sure that they’re dead and go… Psychic Mastermind: Because being blown to smithereens is not an honorable enough death for a group as legendary as the Lair Legion. They should at least be buried. Now do as I say, or else. Mastertron: *grumbling* Yes, master….. Mastertron and the Destructicons blow the alley and its surrounding buildings to large chunks of debris. In a cloud of dust and rubble, the bodies of the Lair Legion members are out of sight. Psychic Mastermind: Excellent. All right, let’s get going. We have other work to do. Mastertron: Wait just a second. While you were fighting the Legion I heard one of them say they never saw you before. Just why DID you want to destroy them in the first place? Psychic Mastermind: For a variety of reasons, actually. To test my strength, powers, and devices, for one. I also wanted the satisfaction of destroying the most powerful super hero team in the Parodyverse….a satisfaction that the likes of Baron Zemo, the Hooded Hood, and Doctor Moo will never know. Now stop asking me questions that do not concern you. We have so much work to do and so little time to accomplish it….. Annihilation of the Lair Legion, Part 3. Parodiopolis was in bad shape. The Destructicons, a group of malevolent giant robots, had spent the last hour or so bombing it to pieces. One area in particular was messed up. This area was an alley covered with rubble from destroyed buildings. A person would look at it and never guess that the heroic Lair Legion had been killed there. Or were they…? The sewers or Parodiopolis, specifically below the alley…. Fin Fang Foom twitched and slowly regained consciousness. FFF: W….what happened? OWWWWWW!!!! Foom had never hurt do badly in his life. He had broken his left arm and his back was in bad shape, and he had some nasty gashes all over his body (although, the ones on his head didn’t hurt very much for some reason). Foom supposed that being bombarded by lasers and having tons of rubble dumped on you would do that to a guy. FFF winced as a hand tried to lift him up. FFF: Arrrrr!!!…..Who is it? Banjooo: It’s me….. FFF: Banjy? Where are we? Oh god…..are the others okay? They must be piles of paste after what happened…. Banjooo: They would have been if it weren’t for me. As the buildings started to topple, I used my last bit of strength to cover them with my arm. Luckily none of the Destructicons noticed. FFF: Where are we? It stinks down here… Banjooo: The rubble completely destroyed the alley and sent us into the sewer. FFF: Are you all right? I know I’m busted up… Banjooo: Well, I took the impact of the buildings on my back and broke my right arm. Normally I would be unconscious, but for some reason the weird healing factor my creators gave me has kicked in. Foom transformed into his smaller dragon form and slowly stood up. Banjooo had also shrunk down to size and was heading toward a stack of bodies. Foom followed. Foom: Geeze….they don’t look so good. Banjooo: Really? I thought all that red stuff on them was ketchup…. Foom: Actually, it’s blood….. Banjooo: Oy…….look after them, would you? I’m going to call CrazySugarFreakBoy! and have him send spiffy over in a Lair Jet to help us out. Foom: Spiffy? Does he even know how to fly a jet? Besides, he flunked his Driver’s License test I think…. Banjooo: Oyyyyyyyy………. Meanwhile, at the Parodiopolis Nuclear Development Center…. Mastertron stood on a long platform. He was very high up, at a distance that would scare a human half to death. But he was no human. Inside of the large complex tower was the Psychic Mastermind, who was inspecting panels on a large console. Mastertron: What the devil are we doing here, Mastermind? We already destroyed the Lair Legion…. Psychic Mastermind: There is much more work to be done. Mastertron: Well what work do we have that involves this place? Psychic Mastermind: This "place" contains some of the most powerful weapons of war in the world. Why, I could conquer the world from here just by threatening people. Mastertron: Bah!! Back on MicroChiprom, we had weapons ten times as powerful as your petty nuclear ones. Psychic Mastermind: Well you’re not on MicroChiprom anymore, are you? I plan on using the missiles as bargaining tools. I will prepare a nuclear missile, and give the mayor ample time to surrender the city to me. Once that is accomplished, I will use my Psychic powers to hypnotize the leaders of the world by luring them to the city one by one. Once hypnotized, they will give their political power to me. Why, it will be like taking candy from a baby…. Mastertron: What if the mayor doesn’t surrender? Psychic Mastermind: If he doesn’t, it would be wise for him to learn to like the color green…. Mastertron: You don’t mean..? Psychic Mastermind: Yes, my friend. If he doesn’t surrender, I will turn Parodiopolis into a permanent pile of glowing ashes… Back at the Lair Mansion…. Fin Fang Foom: When I find Mastertron I’m going to turn him into a tin can.. CrazySugarFreakBoy!: WOULDN’T IT BE COOL IF MASTERTRON AND THE OBLITERATOR TEAMED UP?? THE POSSIBILITIES WOULD BE ENDLESS!! THE MUTATEBOTS, ANDROIDS WANT DEMISE…. FFF:……..Shut up. The status of the Lair Legion wasn’t very good. Lisa had been severely injured (a fact that had most of the active LL men biting their nails) and was in the LL infirmary. Spiffy was also in the infirmary, having had a heart attack from seeing all the blood on his comrades during the ordeal of getting them into an LL jet. Vizh was out of commission as well, his circuitry having been damaged and fried from the debris. Starseed: I wonder if there’s anything good on TV….. Reporter: And here’s an interview with a terrorist calling himself ‘the Psychic Mastermind’ from the Parodiopolis Nuclear Development center this afternoon… Psychic Mastermind: *on TV* If the mayor of Parodiopolis doesn’t turn his authority over to me by 12:00 tonight, I will destroy all of Parodiopolis and its inhabitants with one of the many nuclear missiles within my possession. I have no qualms about doing such a thing, for I am well away from the missile’s range. Remember….12:00…… Reporter: For those of you just tuning in, that was the Psy….*Starseed flips the TV off* Starseed: Damn!! Now what do we do??!! NTU 150: We stop him. Starseed: But he’s got the Destructicons working for him!! Not to mention the fact that he can nuke the city any time he wants… NTU: We’ll use the stealth jet. Besides…..I’ve got a surprise in store for our psychic friend… Starseed: Uh oh….here we go again….. Elsewhere, in one of the dark chambers of Herringcarp Asylum…. The Hooded Hood sat on a dark throne, watching the events involving the Psychic Mastermind unfurl before him…. The Hooded Hood: Hm….this Psychic Mastermind is more dangerous than I thought. He must be stopped….I can’t have him ruining my plans….. Flapjack: How do you intend on stopping him, master? Hooded Hood: I will retcon the Yurt out of the Dreary Dimension. The combined might of the beast and the Legion will be enough to stop the psychic fool…. Flapjack: Are you certain? Hooded Hood: Aren’t I always? Now to summon…the Yurt…. Annihilation of the Lair Legion, Part 4. The exciting conclusion! The Psychic Mastermind grinned beneath his mask as the mayor’s image said the words he wanted to hear. Mayor: *on a screen* I guess I have no choice. The city will be yours once the proper procedures are taken care of. Psychic Mastermind: Good. Pack whatever you need and come here. We’ll settle your "procedures" face to face. Turning off the screen, PM turns to Mastertron. Psychic Mastermind: Soon you and I will be the leaders of the entire world. Mastertron: Great……*mumbling* enjoy it while you can, human…… Meanwhile, in the stealth Lair Jet……. NTU 150: We’re coming up on the Nuclear Development Center right now…… Hatman: I can see the Destructicons all the way from here. What exactly do you have planned, NTU? NTU: You’ll see. Here, take the controls. I’ll be right back….. Hatman takes the jet’s controls as NTU goes into the passenger section. He seeks out Tina, who was apparently deep in thought. During the last battle with the Psychic Mastermind and the Destructicons, she had been hurt badly by the PM’s powers and the debris. NTU had wanted her to stay in the infirmary, but she insisted that she come along. NTU: Are you sure you’re up to this? Tina: Definitely. The Psychic Mastermind and his cronies are going down…… Back at the development center…. Mastertron looked disdainfully at the Psychic Mastermind. The human fool had put a control disk on Mastertron and all of the Destructicons, which meant he could render them powerless with the flip of a switch. However, the villain’s back was turned to him now. Mastertron’s eye sensors narrowed as he raised his laser cannon, ready to incinerate the human and break free of his control. Right before he could let a shot loose, however, one of his Destructicon followers pushed past Mastertron and into the control tower. Destructicon: Sir!! The Lair Legion is attacking again!! Psychic Mastermind: What?? That’s impossible!! We killed them!! Destructicon: Well, something’s coming this way! Shall I give the order to attack? Psychic Mastermind: What do you think?! Destroy them!! Mastertron: Ha!! I told you we should have made sure they were dead!! Psychic Mastermind: Silence!! I’ve got enough to worry about without your prattling!! Mastertron: That’s what you think…… In the Lair Jet….. NTU: Damn!! The Destructicons have detected us!! Do you guys know what to do? Starseed: Yeah. We parachute out of the jet and attack the Destruticons while you fly away. Which leaves the million dollar question…..where are you going? NTU: Wait and see…..now get out before it’s too late!! NTU opens the jet’s hatch and the LL members jump out. NTU watches as the parachutes open and they float towards the ground, ready to do battle with the Destructicons. NTU: Don’t worry, guys. This time we’re going to win for sure…. On the ground…. Hatman: *pulling off the parachute* Well that was fun….. Moonshriek: No….THIS IS FUN!! Moonshriek and the other Destructicons start firing lasers at the Legionnaires, who quickly dodge out of the way. Starseed: Hey, Moonshriek!! How do you like this ‘shriek’? GAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The burst of GAAHH!! Power from Starseed hits the pompous Moonshriek in the metal chest and sends him crashing to the ground. Starseed: One down….. Fin Fang Foom: And the rest are soon to go…. Foom grows to his full height and lets loose a powerful blast of nuclear fire on a nearby Destructicon, while a 75 ft Banjooo lifts Smellwave, the dull sounding Destructicon, over his head, and throws him into one of villain’s robotic friends. Hatman puts on his Hornets hat and fires poison sting blasts at the Destructicon Driller, while Starseed continues to blast the giants with GAAAHHH!! Power. All in all, it appeared the LL members were winning. On top of the giant platform…. Mastertron looked down at the battle taking place far below. Mastertron: WHAT?? They’re winning?! We’ll see about that…. Mastertron targets a Legionnaire and points his laser cannon downwards. Mastertron: Say good-bye…… Meanwhile, in a dark chamber in Herringcarp Asylum…… Hooded Hood: *looking through the Portal of Pretentiousness* The Legionnaires are doing well……better than I expected, actually. Now is the perfect time to unleash…….THE YURT!! The Hood stands up and raises his arm. Mysterious energies swirl around it as he summons the Unstoppable Yurt, which was currently in the Dreary Dimension. Hooded Hood: Excellent…… BACK to Mastertron….. Mastertron: Now to bake a Legionnaire….wha???!! Mastertron looked up in the sky. A large, dark, rotating portal was in the sky above him. Furious winds were blowing around it and continued to grow. Mastertron: A black hole….? Mastertron continued pondering what the hole could be when what appeared to be a giant creature made out of rock came out of it and came tumbling downward…..straight for the Destructicon leader. Mastertron: Oh sh….. CRASH!! The Unstoppable Yurt got off a dazed Mastertron and looked at his surroundings. Yurt: This not be Dreary Dimension!! Yurt be back in Earthy!! YAAAYYYY!!!! No more Dreary Dimension for Yurt!! Mastertron slowly sat up, shook his head, and looked at the Yurt. Mastertron: So you’re the wise guy who fell on me, eh? Well all I have to say is…..DIIIIIEEEEEE!!!! Mastertron fires a laser blast from his cannon at the Yurt. The Yurt doesn’t move. Instead he looks at the smoking spot on his chest where the laser hit and smiles. Yurt: That tickled!! Yurt no like to be tickled!! Mastertron: This just isn’t my day…. Yurt: YOU DIE!! The Yurt pulls back his arm and lands a powerful punch to Mastertron’s face. Mastertron: OOOOOOMMMMMMPPPPHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Mastertron fell back to the platform and thanked his lucky stars he wasn't human. If he had been, he wouldn’t have had a head at that particular moment. Mastertron: OW!! That hurt!! You made a dent there, you idiot!! Yurt: Yurt no idiot! Mastertron: Oh yes you are!! And a strong one at that!! I’m going to have to break out the heavy artillery with you…… Mastertron transforms into a giant gun and pumps powerful blasts into the Yurt, just as he had done to Fin Fang Foom earlier. The blasts actually seemed to hurt the Yurt, who started moving back from the impact of them. Yurt: You hurting Yurt!! Yurt no like to be hurt!! You make Yurt angry!! When Yurt get angry, he get stupid!! And when Yurt get stupid, he get bigger!! Mastertron watched in horror as the Yurt visibly started to grow bigger and stronger. Nevertheless, he continued firing at the rock covered creature… Yurt: YURT SICK OF BEING HURT!! YURT STOP BAD METAL THING NOW!! The Yurt grabbed the transformed Mastertron by the end of the barrel, cutting of the flow of laser fire. He then hurled Mastertron into a large slab of metal on the platform, causing Mastertron to clatter to the ground. Mastertron: *transforming back to his robot form* Here we go again……DIIEEEE!!!! Mastertron gets up, runs at the Yurt, and lands punch after punch on the former Russian serf’s face. The Yurt growls and strikes back. As the two titans grapple, the Psychic Mastermind looks at the situation he is currently in. Psychic Mastermind: This is horrible!! The Legionnaires actually seem to be doing well against the Destructicons, and then that big rock monster comes out of nowhere and starts thrashing Mastertron! The mayor must have planned this…..Well if that idiot thinks he will get the best of me, he’s wrong!! It’s time I show the world the full power of the nuclear missiles I possess…… The psychic villain walks over to a control panel, pulls a few switches, and types in some coordinates. Computer voice: Missiles armed and ready to fire. The PM glances at a glowing red button and smiles. Psychic Mastermind: Say good-bye, Parodiopolis…… Before PM can press the button, however, the elevator doors in the tower open and Tina steps into the room. Tina: Hello, mastermind. Remember me? The Psychic Mastermind quickly turns around and looks at the intruder. Psychic Mastermind: *smiling* Ah yes……you’re the one who tried to probe my mind, if I remember correctly. I also recall that you barely walked away from the battle without having your brain being turned into a blob of mush. Tina: A psychic never forgets an encounter with another psychic, especially as one as evil and corrupt as you. Psychic Mastermind: Is that so? Evil and corrupt I may be, but I’m also immensely more powerful than you. Unlike yourself, I’ve been building my power for years. Tina: I wasn’t ready last time. You won’t catch me off guard again. Psychic Mastermind: We shall see…… Without warning, the PM focuses his energy and projects a mind bolt at Tina. However, the resident psychic of the Lair Legion projects a force field around herself, causing the bolt to bounce off harmlessly. Psychic Mastermind: Very good…..for a beginner….. Blue energy surrounds the PM’s head as he concentrates his power on Tina. Tina sweats and starts to buckle as the PM’s power starts compressing her as if she was a tin can. With all of her strength, she uses her power to loosen the pressure of the PM’s mind energy and shake it off. Psychic Energy then surrounds her head as it does the PM’s, and she tries launching her own attacks on the villain. PM: ur…….You….can’t……win…… Tina: ugh…….we’ll….see….. The mental strain on the two psychics continues to increase as both try get the upper hand through attack after attack. Mastertron, meanwhile, has tired of being pounded by the Yurt and stumbles back. He raises his laser cannon and prepares to fire. Mastertron: TAKE THIS!!! The energy bolt heads right for the Yurt, but the giant creature moves aside just as it is about to hit him. The powerful bolt strikes one of the walls of the control tower, causing it to explode into hot pieces of shrapnel. The force from the explosion interrupts the two psychics and their battle and sends them screaming towards the ground, which is a long way down from the remains of the tower….. Mastertron: *watching as the tower explodes and the PM is blown out of it* Well what do you know…..I finally got rid of him. Now for the Yurt….. While the Yurt is distracted from the explosion, Mastertron gets into a tackling position and smashes into the rock creature. The tremendous impact catches the Yurt off balance and causes him to go toppling over the side of the platform. Yurt: ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!! Mastertron: That’ll teach the jerk to not to fall on people……..then again, maybe not…… Back to Tina…. Tina: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Tina continued to fall and watched as the ground got closer and closer. Tina: *thinking to herself* It’s all over……. Before Tina hits the ground and is transformed into a pile of pulp, however, NTU 150 rockets towards her and catches her in his arms. He then continues to fly to safety. As Tina thanks God for the rescue, she notices that NTU was in a bigger, bulkier, more sophisticated set of armor than the one he usually wore. Tina: NTU….? Is that you? NTU 150: You bet. So how did things go with PM? Tina: We’ll discuss it later. Thanks for rescuing me. NTU 150: No problem? Like the new suit? Tina: Yeah….I don’t know when you got it, and I don’t care. As long as it doesn’t blow up….. NTU 150: Ha…….Let’s go finish off the Destructicons, shall we? Meanwhile, the Yurt continues his descent to the ground…. Moonshriek: You guys can’t win!!! You’re too small!! You’re….. The Yurt: AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!!!!! Moonshriek: *glancing up at the Yurt* Why me? The Yurt crashes into Moonshriek. The combination of the Yurt’s size and the momentum from the fall causes dirt and grass to fly through the air as the two villains create and fall into a deep, deep hole…. The Yurt: Thanks for breaking my fall…. Moonshriek: *cough* Don’t mention it…… NTU lands and put Tina down. He then walks over the members of the Lair Legion, who are closing in on a group of exhausted and battle weary Destructicons. NTU 150: I think it’s time we send these miscreants back to wherever they came from….. Lisa: Ah, so you finally decided to join us, eh? Nice suit. Hatman: Don’t tell me that was the ‘surprise’ you were talking about. NTU: Well……yeah. Hatman: You wasted your time. The Destructicons are finished. Now all we have to do is ship them off to jail…… NTU: But…….I spent so much time working on this suit….isn’t there one left who wants to kill us? In answer to NTU’s question, Mastertron blasts down from the from the platform where he was battling the Yurt and slowly lands in front of the Lair Legion. The heroes grow tense, expecting trouble. However, Mastertron does not flinch. Mastertron: You can relax, fools. I am not here to fight you. That can wait for another day. Hatman: Why the Hell do you want to stop?! Mastertron: Because this is not the way I want to see you eradicated. Everything was planned by that meddling Psychic Mastermind, who had us under his control the entire time since our reawakening. Now that he is dead, he can no longer threaten us. When the day comes that I finally do kill you fools, it will be at a time and place of my choosing. For now, however, I will put my hatred for you aside for later. Mastertron turns away from the stunned Lair Legion and looks at the group of pathetic Destructicons before him. Mastertron: COME, MY DESTRUCTICONS!! TRANSFORM, SO THAT WE MAY LEAVE THIS PLACE AND PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE DAY WHEN WE KILL THESE FOOLS AND WIPE ALL OF HUMANITY FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!! The battered Destructicons slowly stand up, put their arms in the air, and blast off into the sky. Moonshriek: *clawing his way out of the pit he in* HEY, YOU GUYS!! WAIT FOR ME!! Moonshriek blasts off and follows his comrades, all of who are growing out of sight rapidly. Hatman: WE’RE JUST GOING TO LET THEM GO??!! After all they did??!! Shouldn’t we go after them or something??!! Lisa: Nahhhhh……They’ll be back another day. Didn’t you hear him? Besides, they’re well out of range… Hatman: Yeah, I guess so. I’m kind of tired from all that fighting anyway…. CrazySugarFreakBoy!: YEAH!! I MEAN, THE DESTRUCTICONS ARE CLASSICS!! TO HARM THEM WOULD BE LIKE HARMING THE ORIGNAL DARTH VADER COSTUME, OR A COLLECTIBLE, OR…… NTU: But I didn’t get to use my suit!! Starseed: Why didn’t you just WEAR it to battle? I mean, flying all the way back to the mansion and ALL the way back here is pretty stupid…. NTU: I WANTED IT TO BE A SURPRISE!! *sigh* Oh well…..next time I’ll know better…. Hatman: Hey!! What about the Yurt??! The Legionnaires run to the side of the pit that the Yurt accidentally created after his long fall. When they look over the side, the creature is nowhere to be seen. Starseed: Hm…that’s odd. He was here just a couple of minutes ago. Where could he have gone? I think we would have seen a giant rock get up and walk away…. Lisa: God only knows. It’s just as big a mystery as to how he got here in the first place. Tina: Speaking of mystery………..what happened to the Psychic Mastermind? NTU 150: Good riddance to bad rubbish. Tina: Shouldn’t we go looking for him, though? NTU 150: Why bother? There’s no way anyone could have survived that fall. Now let’s get out of here…… And so the Legionnaires left the destroyed nuclear testing center, victorious once again. However, they were foolish to think the PM was dead….. The PM tried to move but couldn’t. The fall had left him a cripple for the most part, and he could hardly move. A normal person would have given up and died in minutes, but the Psychic Mastermind was no ordinary man. Like any true villain, he was already plotting his revenge….. The Psychic Mastermind: *thinking to self* Those fools…..they may have crippled me, but I’ll be back. They’ll pay……they’ll all pay…. The End…..for now……… Baron Zemo |
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