A CE Story

ContentsChapter 1: A Day as a College Student2Chapter 2: A Sign of Trouble3Chapter 3: The Escape5Chapter 4: Unraveling the Mystery9Chapter 5: Reinforcement11Chapter 6: Rise of the Mutants14Chapter 7: The Start of a War..19Chapter 8: Enemies from Beyond..25Chapter 9: The Final Fight29Epilogue: Where are they now?32

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Chapter 1: A Day as a College StudentIt was a fine, beautiful morning at DsDude's house. As he sat up, his head quickly began to throb. "What happened last night?" He quickly got up, stumbled around the closet finding something to wear, and unwillingly headed to his early morning college class. As he started heading down the sidewalk, a parked vehicle began to move. He was being watched...On the way to campus, DsDude stops by the frat house, known for its victorian-style design and many, many steps. Very many steps. After catching his breath, DsDude rings the doorbell. The door swings open, smacking DsDude in the face. "'Bout time you showed up. Waffle?" DsDude's pal Crimsonwaffle offers him his favorite treat as he rubs his nose from the pain of a door smack. "Sorry, I woke up a bit late. I don't know why, but for some reason I have this huge headache and can't remember anything that happened last night," DsDude uttered. "Haha, I TOLD you to watch out for those new friends of yours. I don't think you can handle the amount of partying they do."

DsDude and Crimsonwaffle hastily head to their classroom building. As soon as they make a turn at the corner, however, Crimsonwaffle notices a small, black vehicle trailing behind them. However, before he gets a chance to say anything, a loud noise is heard from a few yards away.

"I'm going to ask you again. DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT DENT MY CAR?" said a big, buff guy to a scrawny, book-wielding guy half his size. "Ugh, I guess Maeluun is picking on The_k_nine again, what a surprise" DsDude said. Crimsonwaffle smirks. "It's like being in high school again. Bullies picking on nerds and nerds cowering in fear." DsDude and Crimsonwaffle leave just as Maeluun decks The_k_nine in the face, knocking his glasses into the floor. As the small crowd dissipates, The_k_nine picks up the books he drops. He opens up one of his notebooks which show what appear to be tally marks. He adds one more mark to the page.

In Psychology class, Highwind07, the professor, is lecturing about the teachings of Freud as the class restlessly waits for it to be over. All except for Adeptmage, who listens attentively to every word the professor is saying as he raises his hand. "Yes, Adeptmage?" Highwind asks in an unenthusiastic voice. "I understand completely Mr. Wind. However, can Freud's philosophy be extended beyond the family? Say, instead of the boy wanting his mother, mabye he could want... say... a psychology professor?" Highwind sighs before shaking his head. "I think we've discussed Freud enough today. I think it's safe to say you can be dismissed." The class hastily exits.

********************************Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, a scientist is talking to a patient tied up to a bed. "What is your name?" Conker516 questioned. The patient, still trembling violently, opens his mouth to speak in a dry, raspy voice. "I- I- I'm.... P..p..p..okemaster1993". "Good..." said Conker with an inviting glare. "And what is the last thing you remember before laying there where you are?" "I... I... I remember a man. A man with the shiny, jet black glasses driving an equally shiny, jet black car. He was walking up to me. I believe his name was TropicMoon..."********************************Setting: A desert. Mr. Dom, a man in his 40s, is wearily walking shirtless. He is tired, dehydrated, and pale. His feet are dirty and full of blisters and reeks of rancid cabbage drenched in motor oil. With one final step he collapses into the hot sand. "WWWHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY?" He shouts out. Down, defeated, and with no will to go on, he lies in the sand, closing his eyes as he waits for the inevitable. But then, from the corner of his eye, he spots a far-away figure. It looks like a house! Could it be a mirage? Mr. Dom didn't care. He decided he would go for it. He would chase after that mirage or die trying.

********************************Setting: Outside a fraternity house at Highwind International University"Are you sure you don't want to come to the party?" DsDude asks Crimsonwaffle as he begins to leave. "Sorry, bro. Theyre our rival fraternity. My brothers would kill me if they found me here. I'll catch you later, Don't party too hard this time, k?" Crimsonwaffle heads out. DsDude rings the doorbell, and after some rustling and waiting, the door is opened by Dodge_this808, wealthy pretty boy, captain of the lacrosse team, and owner of the fraternity house. "Hey, DsDude, come on in! The party's just getting good! The gang's all here!" DsDude looks into the house. The gang is there, alright. His first sight is of Maeluun smashing two beer cans onto her forehead. Then another one on her butt. DsDude rolls his eyes and walks in.

A few minutes later, the doorbell rings again. Dodge_this opens the door, and a tall, dark skin-toned guy with sunglasses is standing at the entrance. "Hey buddy, isn't it a little dark to be wearing those shades?" The man does not react. "My name is Detective Tropicmoon. May I ask you a few questions, Mr. This?" Dodge_this looks surprised. "uhh, sure. I'm not in trouble, am I? I mean, we're all of drinking age here... at least I'm pretty sure..." Tropicmoon doesn't flinch. Dodge_this steps outside with the detective. Meanwhile, the party starts to build up as Adeptmage is dared to and begins to gulp down an entire gallon of relish mixed with Tabasco sauce. "Chug it! Chug it! Chug it!" They all chant. DsDude, meanwhile, sees Dodge_this come back inside looking rather unnerved. "Hey, are you okay", DsDude asks. Dodge_this looks at him with a blank stare. "I think I'll go lie down for a bit, okay. Make sure they don't break my trophies, okay?" And with that, Dodge_this disappears upstairs.

Outside, Detective Tropicmoon gets into his car and drives down to his headquarters. A scrawny-looking boy is sitting at the station twiddling his thumbs. Tropicmoon walks up to him, leads him to a room, and closes the door. "So your name is The_k_nine?" "Yes, sir." "Okay, Mr. Nine, do you know why you're sitting here in my office this evening?" "No, sir, I do not. Is it about the vehicle incident earlier? I'm telling you, I didn't do it! It was a lie made up by that Maeluun jerk!"Detective Tropicmoon laughs. "Relax, Mr. Nine. This isn't about that. The reason I'm questioning you is because I've been recently informed that you are involved in certain... acts.""Acts?" asks The_k_nine."Yes," Tropicmoon acknowledges. "I've been made aware that you browse a particular message board in a certain gaming website called 'Current Events'..."********************************

Chapter 2: A Sign of TroubleOn his walk home, Crimsonwaffle came across a rather awkward-looking man with a tophat fiddling with some sort of contraption. He walks up to the man. "Would you like a waffle :D?" asks Crimsonwaffle. "You fool! How dare you insult me with such words! I am known as the almighty mastermind Randomtask81! You may not know it now, but soon, this city will belong to me!!! Hahaha!""Really? Well, umm... you sure you don't want a waffle?""Leave me alone you ignorant fool! I have more important things to worry about!" With that, Randomtask runs away with his contraption down a dark alley only to disappear. "What an interesting fella", said Crimsonwaffle. And with that, he went home.

********************************Setting: An old cottage by the desert

Slowly but steadily, Mr. Dom wakes up lying in a bed he is unfamiliar with. As he starts to become aware of his surrounding, he starts to panic. "Calm down, my dear lad," says a voice from outside the room. An old man with a cane walks into the room. "My name is Paparoachfan42. I found you laying on the ground a couple of feet from my cottage. I got my son to carry you in here. Now here, I made you some tea."Mr. Dom, still feeling dazed and confused, takes a sip of the tea. Very bitter."Thank you, Paparoachfan, is it? Hi, I'm Mr. Dom. I just don't know what's going on," he said."Hello, Mr. Dom. Nice to have you here. May I ask what a guy like you was thinking walking across a desert like that?" asked Paparoachfan with a smile.Mr. Dom was starting to get anxious. "I don't know! I don't remember what's going on! The last thing I remember is waking up in the middle of the desert and trying to find my way out of there!"Paparoachfan pauses to think for a second, then continues to smile. "I think I might know where you come from."Mr. Dom jumps up instantly. "Really?! Where? Tell me! You must tell me!""Easy now, sunny," he replies. "You're still weak. Finish your tea and join me downstairs. I'll explain everything."

********************************Setting: Fraternity PartyBack at the party, DsDude is sub-hosting for Dodge_this and keeps things going smoothly. He walks up to a group of people who seem to be engaged in an interesting conversation. He notices his other frat friend Wrightobjection, a law student, talking to the group."We cannot let them get away with this! The government has gone a long way taking away our privacy and our rights, but now they have gone too far!" A couple of Yeah's are heard from the listeners.Wrightobjection continues. "It is our right and our freedom to be able to travel in and out of the country as we please. If we let these restrictions on international travel pass, who knows what else they can take away from us?"DsDude looks confused. "Wait a minute? Did you just say the government is trying to ban international travel to and from the US?" Wrightobjection walks toward DsDude, beer can in hand, fumbling about from his drunken state. "Listen DsDude, they're not exactly banning it. But they're considering restricting access to international travel to control the flow in and out of the country. That's just insane! I mean, I myself don't travel much, but what if I wanted to? It's the principle of the matter! What reason could they have for doing this?"DsDude looks flustered. "Hmmm. The reason I asked is because I heard this too a few weeks ago, but I thought it was just a joke. Tell me, Wrightobjection, where did you hear of this?""Where did I hear this?" Wrightobjection muttered. "I read it on a message forum!"********************************Setting: At the stationThe_k_nine couldn't believe what he was hearing. "So you're saying that everyone who visits CE is in danger?""We can't confirm it," Detective Tropicmoon said. "However, there have been a couple of disappearances lately, and the only link that we found between the victims was that they were users in the CE board on Gamefaqs, or CEmen, as we call them. We can only be led to believe that any CE board users are the ones being targeted. That's why I need you to tell me everything you can about this board.""What's there to tell?" answered The_k_nine. "It's just a message board where current events are posted and where a bunch of people just mess around.""I understand that, Mr. Nine. But what I have learned is that some of the information that has been posted on there recently is important information. Top secret information. I was wondering if you have any idea as to who could be posting such things." With that phrase, Tropicmoon leans over the table to stare the_k_nine straight in the face. The_k_nine could see his own reflection through his jet black glasses."I...uh...um...-"Suddenly, the chief barges in through the door. "Tropicmoon, we have a situation on our hands. There was an explosion down on West St. It seems there were weapons involved. We might have just been the target of a terrorist attack.""Damn!" cried Tropicmoon. "I wasn't ready for this just yet. Chief, is you-know-who on his way?""Yeah, Tropicmoon, just got off the phone with him. He'll be right over."The_k_nine interrupts. "Who's on his way?"Tropicmoon stops suddenly before heading out the door. "He's the guy we call when things get ugly. He's ruthless, has no heart, takes no survivors. It's why I keep him around. They call him Captain_CE."********************************Things are going pretty well at the party. Wrightobjection has been successfully flirting with a girl he met at the party. Adeptmage has passed out on the couch. The music is blasting and laughs are heard until suddenly, an explosion is heard outside. There are screams and shouts everywhere. "What the hell was that?" asks Wrightobjection. A few people go look out the window, and they notice the building one block away has burst into flames and collapsed. Before any of them had time to react, a second building went down in an explosion.

The fearful party guests all start shuffling out. DsDude runs upstairs to get Dodgethis, but finds out he is already coming down. He is carrying a backpack and already looks dressed to go. "DsDude, Wrightobjection. We need to get everyone out of here. We are all in danger if we stay here any longer!" DsDude quickly runs over to wake up Adeptmage, but he is pretty unconscious. "Maelunn, could you help us out by carrying Adeptmage out of here?"

Maelunn looks at DsDude. "Why the hell should I be helping you?" " Maelunn, we don't have time for this. You can either help us or just leave us alone." Maelunn started to leave, but paused in hesitation. After some thought, she ran and picked up Adeptmage. Another explosion even closer. Most of the house has cleared out. "This way guys!" says Wrightobjection. Maelunn, DsDude, Wrightobjection, and the girl Wrightobjection was with ran out the back porch exit. They can already see helicopters approaching from the south.

Down the block, TropicMoon pulls up in his car with Captain_CE. "Alright, whose asses do we bring down this time? I've been hungry for some action in a while!" claimed Captain_CE in a snuff."Listen, Captain_CE. I know you're the best gunner and explosives specialist in the city, but you need to be careful. This situation isn't what we're used to.""You sissy little man. There is NOTHIN Captain_CE cannot handle. Bring me the jackals that thought they could mess with MY city and get away with it!"Topicmoon and Captain_CE start sprinting down the street following the explosions as they happen. People are panicking as they run out of the area. One turn around the corner and and both of them just miss getting shot by a flamethrower. "Aaah!" yells out Tropicmoon.Both men duck for cover. Upon looking out at the wielder of the weapon, TropicMoon cannot believe his eyes."Oh God. That isn't a human!" he cried out, before another explosion ensued.

********************************Back at the station, The_k_nine is still sitting in his office, bored, listening in as the chief is talking to two teenage girls. "Now, now ladies," the chief said. "I'll do everything I can to find your stolen purses. Now, if you will just give me your cell #'s I can personally call you if I find anything... or to say hello, whichever..." The chief gives a perverse smile as the girls hastily leave the station. He looks at the_k_nine to find him looking at him. "What are you staring at?""Nothing, nothing..." The_k_nine looks at his name badge. "5thdog?"The chief laughs. "Yep, that's what they call me where I'm from. They say I'm the equivalent of being attacked by a fifth dog in a row. haha!"Suddenly, a scream is heard outside, and a bomb is detonated right outside of headquarters. Everyone at the station begins to panic. 5thdog and The_K_Nine both hide behind the desk. From the ashes, approaches a human-like being. Only it isn't human. Wielding a flamethrower on one hand and a grenade launcher on the other, The_k_nine sees it for what it really is. "Chief, that... that looks like a robot!"********************************

Chapter 3: The EscapeSetting: Undisclosed locationPokemaster is lying in a dark room, still strapped to his bed. He has gotten used to the silence and the darkness, only to be startled by a noise he hears down the hall. "Who... who's there?" He cries out. No answer. He begins to fidget in his spot. The sound is getting closer. Pokemaster starts to panick. The door slams open. Pokemaster starts to shout as a man in a dark robe quickly runs over and covers his mouth. "Okay, I'm gonna need you not to say a word. My name is Mr. Dom. I am here to rescue you. If you cooperate, we both may just end up getting out of here alive."********************************The situation was getting drastic. The city was being overtaken by robots destroying every building in their paths. People were being burned alive left and right. Dodge_this was leading the way for the escapee group, with DsDude closely behind. Maelunn was still struggling as she carried Adeptmage's unconscious body on her shoulders. Wrightobjection was hurriedly trying to get his lady friend to catch up to the others, as she was attempting to run in her heels. "Annaesthetic, just take those shoes off! You're slowing the rest of us down!""But they were a gift!" She cried out. "Oh, alright!" Annaesthetic quickly takes off her heels and starts to run with Wrightobjection, but then proceeds to slip and fall.Wrightobjection gets impatient. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" He quickly runs back to get her. They try to catch up to the others, but realizes they are nowhere to be found. "Dodge_this? DsDude? Where are you?" cried out Wrightobjection.Suddenly, one of the robots comes in from around the corner. Wrightobjection and Annaesthetic try to turn around and run the other way, but another one appears behind them. They are trapped.

Meanwhile, DsDude is hurriedly following Dodgethis. "Hey, where are you going? Could you give me some answers? Please!""Look, there's not much time. They're planning on barricading the city as we speak. Anyone who is stuck in here when that happens will be killed! I'm taking us to the only person I know that can help us." The four runaways head to the university library. As they run inside and through some corridors, they reach an office. Inside the office is sitting Professor Highwind."Dr. Highwind! We need your help!" shouted Dodgethis in an exasperated tone."Oh? And what with?" Highwind responds."Umm, are you serious? Do you not hear the explosions, sirens, helicopters, and people shouting RIGHT OUTSIDE?" DsDude shouts. Maeluun puts down Adeptmage as he begins to wake up."I clearly see what is going on outside, but my question is what would you like me to do about it?"Adeptmage quickly wakes up to the sound of Professor Highwind's voice. "Professor! OMG it's you!!!" Adeptmage runs to hug Highwind tightly."Please...get... this... student... off of me!" he shouts.Maelunn and DsDude pry Adeptmage's grip open and pull back.Dodgethis clears his throat. "Professor, don't act coy with me. You know very well what I want from you. We've talked about this before. Now will you help us, or not?"Highwind pauses to think. "Alright, come with me."Highwind leads the four students down the library corridor. He walks into a back halway and reveals a panel behind one of the walls. Inside the panel is a lever, which when pulled, revealed a secret door that led to a staircase!Maeluun looks confused. "Okay, what the hell is going on here? Have we walked into some weird sci-fi movie?"Highwind leads the way down. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you would follow me please." He disappears down the stairwell.The rest shrug their shoulders and head down.

********************************Back at the station, 5thdog and The_k_nine are sneaking from room to room trying to avoid the robot blasting the headquarters. "Quick, in here!" 5thdog leads The_k_nine towards a door. "That door leads to the basement, which has a tunnel we can use to get to the building on the other side of the street. It's the only way we can get out of this building alive." As the robot walks further into the station, 3 drones in wheels follow inside the entrance with built-in flashlights and what appear to be huge containers. They begin charging in as if looking for something.5thdog whispers to The_k_nine: "Stay quiet, whatever you do, don't make any sound and slowly crawl your way to the door." The two slowly crawl down the hallway, undetected by the robot or the wheeled drones. They slowly make it to the door. "Yes! We made it" whispered The_k_nine. "Yeah, yeah, now open the door."As the_k_nine is about to open the door, a shout is heard from down the hall. "Guys, there you are!!! HEEEEELLPPPP MEEEEEEE!!! AAAAAHHHhh!!!" A tall, skinny cop runs down the hall. "SerenitySays, you fool! What have you done!!!" 5thdog yells. The drones suddenly turn their attention to the hallway and begin charging."Quick, open the freakin' door the_k_nine and get in!!" The_k_nine and 5thdog run in."Wait! Don't leave me! Wait for me!!!! AAAAHHHH!" shouts Serenitysays. With a little hesitation, 5thdog leaves the door open just long enough for SerenitySays to run inside, and all three bolt down the stairs.

********************************Meanwhile, Mr. Dom and Pokemaster are sneaking through the facility, trying to escape. "Who are you? And how did you know I was here? What's going on?" Pokemaster asks nervously."Shhhh! Keep your voice down" Mr. Dom hushes. "I was in a similar situation to you. Somehow, I escaped. I don't know how. An old man by the name of Paparoachfan found me and told me what was going on. Apparently, he used to work for this company before he decided to leave for personal reasons. He told me what's going on."The two of them stop and stand still in the shadows as two security guards walk on by. When they leave, they continue to maneuver through the place."This company has been hired to build some kind of weapons in retaliation to some international efforts that the US has been made aware of. Some foreign agencies have been perfecting Artificial Intelligence to make robot soldiers in an effort to attack the US, it is assumed. The US quickly decided to work on their own Artificial Intelligence technology to be ahead of the game."Pokemaster gasps. "So they're planning a robot war?""No," answers Mr. Dom. "It's much worse. The US found out the limitations of robots, and how they can only do what they're programmed and cannot respond to quick changes in the situation. The US instead is trying for something more drastic: human/robot manipulation.""Cyborgs?" asked a wide-eyed Pokemaster.

"Sort of," answered Mr. Dom. "They're taking humans and attempting to enhance them with robotic parts to make them powerful, deadly, thinking machines. That's why they kidnapped me and more recently, you. We were their test subjects to pilot the program. If I hadn't escaped and didn't come back to get you, who knows what they would have actually done to us!"

"So, does that mean we're safe?"

"Not quite, I'm afraid. There was a third one that has already been completed. We have no idea where it is."********************************Crimsonwaffle is walking down a desolate block while singing his favorite Britney Spears single. As he's walking by, he runs into a strange-looking man standing motionless. His eyes are glowing a blue hue and it almost looks as if sparks are coming out of him. Crimsonwaffle is perplexed by this, but then remembers how many people have found HIM strange when first seeing him. He walks up to the man and reads his name tag attached to his torn button-down shirt. Palcel. "Hey Mr... Palcel... Would you like a waffle :D?"The man does not flinch. He stands there motionless. His eyes slowly start to move in Crimsonwaffle's direction...********************************Wrightobjection and Annaesthetic find themselves inside a cage with a few other people. They are being transported by some wheeled drones down the empty, destroyed streets of the city. The others in the cage look beat, worn out, and discouraged, waiting their inevitable fate. "Annaesthetic, just in case we all die in some horrific, gruesome death where we are mutilated severely and our body parts are used as fuel for energizing some new machine-driven city, I just want to tell you that out of all the girls that I've randomly met at a party while drunk, you are the most special," said Wrightobjection.Annaesthetic smiled. "Really? Aww, you're so sweet! And I'm not just saying that because you're destined to become a rich and competent lawyer. I think you really are a sweet guy."Annaesthetic leans over to give him a kiss on the cheek, but accidently slips and elbows him in the nose."Oops! Sorry!!!" She cries out. "I can be a bit of a klutz sometimes.""Don't worry about it," said Wrightobjection as he applies pressure to his nose.

All of a sudden, the drone carrying the cage explodes, knocking the cage tumbling backwards. The prisoners yell as the cage rolls through the ground."Bullseye!" Yells out Captain_CE. "Humanity 1. Scrap Metals 0".Captain_CE pulls out a chainsaw from his huge trench coat and cuts open the bars of the cage. "Who are you?" asks Annaesthetic."I'm the reason you're still alive. Now quickly, get out of that cage. I'm sure the rest of those pieces of scrap metal heard the explosion. Follow me!"

"Where are we going?" asks Wrightobjection in curiosity."Listen, you puny little man, these hunks of junk will stop at nothing until all of you are dead! We cannot give them the chance to finish us off. What you all need are weapons. And I'm the only dude bad enough to have an entire weapons unit at his house. Follow me!"And with that, the freed prisoners follow Captain_CE as he runs directly toward the path of some more robots. "You want a piece of me, metalheads? Come get me!!!"The robots turn towards Captain_CE and begin to head towards him, flamethrowers ready to fire. With one seemingly swift move, Captain_CE pulls out a double barrel grenade launcher in one arm and what appears to be a modified melee weapon in the other. He begins firing at the robots, shooting them one by one, then running towards them and smashing whatever's left over of them to pieces. "AAAAHHHH YEAHHH!" he shouts. Within minutes, all the robots in the area have been destroyed into little pieces. "Hmm... it seems these toys have... *puts on sunglasses*... some assembly required"

********************************Meanwhile, in another part of town, Crimsonwaffle is running for his life, being chased after by some crazy man with glowing blue eyes. "I was just offering you a waffle!!!" cried out Crimsonwaffle as he continued running. The man, although only walking, appears to be catching up to Crimsonwaffle rapidly. All of a sudden, a hovercraft pulls up next to Crimsonwaffle with a man inside. "Quick, get in you fool!" Crimsonwaffle looks at his face. It is Randomtask81!!!"Wait, didn't you say you were a villain trying to take over the world?" Crimsonwaffle asks."Well, clearly that's not working out for me too well with all this competition. Now you getting on or not?"Crimsonwaffle gets on the hovercraft and they both zip away."Gee thanks, Randomtask! As a token of my appreciation for helping me, here! Have a waffle :D!"Randomtask facepalms as they continue to zip away on the hovercraft.********************************In a tunnel under the station, 5thdog, The_k_nine, and Serenitysays are breathing heavily as they barely managed to lose the drones that were after them. Once they see the coast is clear, they decide to proceed through the tunnel to their destination. Serenitysays starts to walk, only to see a shadow ahead of him and a squeak. "AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" he yells, and proceeds to run as fast as he can in the other direction. "Shut up you fool!" yells 5thdog. "It's just a rat! You wanna get us killed?"Serenitysays stops. "Oh... hehe... I knew that..."As they continue to walk, a man appears in front of them."AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" yells Serenitysays again. This time, he passes out.5thdog rolls his eyes. "TropicMoon, what are you doing here?"Tropicmoon approaches them."When I saw the increasing number of robots attacking, I knew everyone is in danger. I saw the station being infiltrated so I figured you'd be down here. I came down from the other side to find you."As Serenitysays regains consciousness, they continue down the tunnel.Tropicmoon looks worried. "The situation is worse than I thought. Not only have our foreign enemies found a way to turn our own creations against us, but there is a bigger issue at hand. On my way here, I caught sight of something that wasn't a robot, but wasn't human. It was some strange combination of both.""A cyborg?" The_k_nine asks."I believe so. Whatever top secret project the government has been working on, they sure don't want anyone to find out. The_k_nine, remember what we were talking about earlier before we were interrupted? I'm trying to find out who is the source that is leaking all this government information. Is that you, The_k_nine?"The_k_nine looks confused. "No! The information I posted on CE was just reposts I saw from other topics! I didn't know any of that information was true!""I understand that. However, we must find out who is the person leaking all this information. I'll bet you THAT is who the robots are after. In the meantime, I'm going to need you to tell me everything you know about those topics on CE that you thought were rumors. Whoever leaked that information is in some serious trouble..."

Chapter 4: Unraveling the Mystery

Down in Highwind's secret chamber, Dodge_this, DsDude, Maeluun, and Adeptmage are slowly starting to understand what is happening. "It's a containment procedure," Highwind said. "The government has been working on a number of secret projects. These projects have been dated back to WWII. However, apparently, someone with inside information on the projects has been leaking them on the CE message boards on Gamefaqs, and it's spreading like wildfire. Someone is trying to make sure that this information does not go mainstream.""So he's hunting down all CE users?" asked Maeluun.

"Not really. They're trying to find the ringleader. The one who started all of this. Isn't that right, Dodge_this?"Everyone looks at Dodgethis with shock."So, you're the one who's been leaking the information?" asked DsDude.

"Yes, it was me. I didn't realize it would go this far, however. At the time I was posting it, it just seemed like a cool story to make me a popular, well-known user on CE."Highwind looks at Dodge_this. "Dodgethis, I need you to tell me how you acquired all this information. Surely you do not hold enough security clearance to have obtained this information on your own."Dodgethis looks worried. "I got it from this one guy. He is known as Shinyfinder. I met him randomly on CE while chatting online. We IM'ed a lot. He told me he knew things. And he warned me that big things were happening. He knew all of this was going to happen. And he said it would get worse.""Worse?" asked Highwind."Look, I didn't take him seriously. He mentioned some plans by the government for some strikes to some opposing countries. He mentioned how in addition to the robots, they built cybernetically-enhanced humans that had all the power of a robot and the intelligence of a person. And he said these human-robots would turn on our own country and begin killing our own. And that's not even the worst part.""What? How much worse can it get than that?" asked DsDude."The intelligence of the cyborgs will allow them to create a bioweapon that will kill all the pure humans in the country. Then possibly the world! That's what Shinyfinder told me."

Highwind began to pace back and forth. "Dodge_this, do you know where we can find Shinyfinder?"

"He gave me a general idea of where to find him."

"Then we shall go at once! Quickly, guys, gals! We must make haste! My car is parked a few blocks away. We shall sneak out the back exit. Shinyfinder knew all this is going to happen. He may be our only hope to survive..."********************************Outside, in a back alley, Detective Tropicmoon paces back and forth. "So, The_k_nine, you're telling me that you read on CE news about a possible terrorist attack on our nation. Apparently, mind control devices are being implanted in Americans across the country to do their evil bidding from inside the country?"The_k_nine nods."But where do the robots fit into the story? How does that make any sense?" asks Tropicmoon."Look, I just read the topics, I don't make them. I don't know what else to tell you. I haven't read anything about any robots. Some CE user named Dodge_this has been spreading the information and gathering lots of attention."

Tropicmoon looks perplexed. "But that doesn't make any sense either. If they know who posted the information, why go through all this trouble? They're taking many lives, many prisoners; surely they must have found Dodge_this by now. And why would they implant mind control devices on- WAIT!""What is it?" asked 5th dog."Let me think for a second. Some foreign groups have been advancing their AI technology as possible weapon possibilities for a strike against the US. The US, in finding this out, has been testing out their own AI technology. They've been doing it in steps! First, they have discovered a way to control a human with no external modifications. Then, they've figured out how to create powerful robots that can be used as super weapons. And finally, they've combined both technologies together to create the ultimate super soldier: A robotic human who will serve its creator in any means necessary!"The others gasp. Serenitysays's legs begin to shake from fright."But that leaves one thing unexplained. Why are they using all of these technologies now? And on our own people? The_k_nine, you said that the CE topic mentioned that the mind-controlled humans are planning on being activated in the near future, right? We have got to find out why and when they're planning on doing that. And the first step is to find Dodge_this. He owes us some answers!"

Tropicmoon, 5thdog, and The_k_nine begin to head out of the alley. Serenitysays is still shaking."You coming?" asks Tropicmoon."Are you guys insane? Do you realize that those things are out there trying to kill us? I'm too young to die! I'm gonna flee the country! That's right! That's what I'll do! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Serenitysays runs out of the alley in a completely random direction, screaming and hands up in the air."Uggh, that bafoon. Why did I hire him again?" 5thdog asked before they headed on their way to find Dodge_this.********************************Captain_CE is leading is leading the group of refugees towards his house for distributions of weapons. He looks back at the weary travelers, then at the one guy in the back with a dog on a leash. "Really, son. Do you have to bring that dog with you? We're in the middle of a warzone here. "But Just4lulz is my friend!" said Broseph_stalin. "We've been bestest friends forever!"Captain_CE glares at Broseph. "Son, I am disappoint. As for the rest of you, listen to me! The time of war is at hand! I know you are all weak and pathetic, but you're all I got, so you all better cooperate."Suddenly, a blue hue is seen down the street from where they are heading. As the light gets closer, the refugees take a closer look to see what it is. It appears to be a human-looking robot. "Oh, another robot wants a piece of me, eh?" Captain_CE scoffed. Captain_CE readied his grenade launcher, and as the robotic man got closer, he shot him with several blasts. Loud explosions are heard as each grenade hit its target. As the smoke cleared, Captain_CE headed over to finish him off, only to find that he has been unscratched. With a look of horror, Captain_CE stops in his tracks. "What the hell? You don't have a mark on you! What the hell are you?" The man slowly turns his head to look Captain_CE straight in the eye. "I am Palcel. Prepare to be judged." Palcel raises his arms, and from each finger he shoots out a blue laser that simultaneously destroys every building down the block. Captain_CE gulps. "Oh ****!"He starts to retreat! "Guys, move move move! We've got to get out of here!"The refugees begin to run away. Palcel begins to walk, then run, then sprint after them. His speed is readily gaining momentum, and Captain_CE soon realizes they will not be able to outrun him. He looks to Wrightobjection. "Boy, listen to me," he tells Wright as they're running. "Take this rifle. Make a right down that street over there. Stay hidden as you run down until you hit Parker. Make a left there. Stop by the house with the war paint on the door. Make your way in, as that's where you will find the weapons in the basement. Take this." He hands Wrightobjection his rifle. "Use it in case you need it." Wrightobjection starts to panic. "But, but, I've never fired a gun before! I don't know what to do! Why me? I'm just a lawyer student!" "Damn it boy! Take the gun!" Wrightobjection hesitates. Annaesthetic steps in. "Oh you baby, give it to me." She takes the gun from Captain_CE's hands and yells to the rest of the group. "Okay, guys! Follow me. We're making it to that weapons hideout and we take no prisoners! Let's go!" Everyone hesitates for a moment, then cheers and follows Annaesthetic's lead. Annaesthetic nods her head to Captain_CE in a 'good luck' fashion before running out. Captain_CE turns to the oncoming cyborg."It's just you and me now, scum. You ain't getting them kids until I say so!"Captain_CE runs towards Palcel with his grenade launcher and melee weapon, shooting him with all he's got. Palcel's eyes begin to glow a darker blue, and shoots out an electrical beam that electrocutes Captain_CE in the process. Captain_CE falls dead on the ground. Palcel walks and stands over Captain_CE's lifeless body.

********************************Meanwhile, Dodge_this, DsDude, Maeluun, and Adeptmage are sitting in Highwind's car as he drives them out of the city. They notice several helicopters flying along the outskirts of the city. "Those helicopters have been there for the last couple of hours. What are they doing?" asked Maeluun.Then, one of the helicopters shoot what appears to be a laser down towards the ground. The other helicopters begin to do the same. Once they hit the ground, the lasers appear to expand horizontally, appearing to try to connect with each other."What's going on?" asked DsDude.Highwind pulls Adeptmage's tight hug around his shoulders away before responding. "Will you get off of me? Uggh! Anyways, it looks like they're building some sort of force field. But I'm not sure what for..."Dodgethis suddenly becomes terrified. "Oh my God! They're trying to barricade us in the city! That force field they're putting up is to keep us from getting out! Step on it professor!!!"Highwind floors the gas pedal of his vehicle, and the car drives steadily fast down the highway, attempting to exit the city before the force field reaches the road. "Faster, faster!" cries out DsDude. "This is as fast as it'll go!"All the passengers scream as the car drives into the force field forming right in front of them. With one quick turn of the steering wheel, Highwind manages to drift the car far enough left to drive past the force field right before it closed. A chunk of the car's trunk is destroyed in the process by the closed force field. The group lets out a collective sigh as they head to find Shinyfinder.

********************************Randomtask parks his hovercraft by a dock. He and Crimsonwaffle get out. "What are we doing here?" asks Crimsonwaffle. "I'm waiting on one more person. He'll be arriving shortly." As both of them wait for a few minutes, they see a ship approach from the distance. Upon closer look, they see what appears to be a pirate on the ship. "Ahoy scallywags!" cries out Barney the Pirate as he approaches the dock. "Hey, Mr. Pirate!" shouts out Crimsonwaffle enthusiastically. "Do you want a waffle :D?"

Chapter 5: Reinforcement

Setting: At a military base

General Tyrant_Phoenix walks into a command operations room. Lieutenant Arc166 stands at attention and salutes the general. "Lieutenant Arc. As you know, our countrys safety has been compromised. We've already been made aware that Japan, South Korea, and India are already planning for an attack. We don't know to who, and we don't know why. What we do know is that we cannot just sit idly by and wait for them to catch us with our pants down. Now, I've already called in the order to contain the source of the leak. The whole city will be taken care of. It is up to you now to take care of the rest.""Yes sir!" says Arc. "The troops are ready. Troop 42, ATTENTION!"A group of soldiers come filing in. Arc walks up to the first one."Redthunderbird. Fighter pilot. In charge of transporting us to our destination. Ready to provide backup support if needed."Arc approaches the next soldier."Thesanchize. Stealth Ops. Will lead the troop inside the facility undetected.""Attackalake. Combat specialist. Will provide offensive support once we reach inside the facility.""Winz_yong. Technology specialist. Will attempt to deactivate any threats of artificial intelligence remaining in the facility."Tyrant_Phoenix takes one good look at the troop."Good. Remember, we take no prisoners." Tyrant_Phoenix exits the room.Lieutenant Arc turns to the troops. "Alright men. You heard the general. We're going to storm the facility and stop this madness from going any further. Let's go!"

********************************Back in the city, Annaesthetic leads Wrightobjection, Broseph_Salin, and the other refugees to Captain_CE's house. All the entrances are bolted shut and well guarded. "Now what? Captain_CE forgot to give us the key to get inside!" cries out Wrightobjection. Annaesthetic walks around the perimeter, banging on the doors and windows. "No, we can't break through this," she said. "These doors and windows are made of reinforced graphene, a two-dimensional sheet made of pure carbon. It's 200 times stronger than steel. It seems Captain_CE has his very own bomb shelter built in."The rest of the guys all stare of her with mouths gaped open. "What? A girl can't know this stuff? Now close your mouths and help us figure another way in."Broseph_Salin starts to look around, then sees Just4lulz chasing his tail back and forth. "I got it!!!!! Here Just4lulz! Daddy's got a job for you!"Slowly but steadily, Broseph gets Just4lulz to dig a hole under the side of the house. "We're gonna be here a while," says Wrightobjection.********************************Meanwhile, after many miles of driving, Highwind and the gang arrive by what looked like an old, deserted cottage. "Are you sure this is it?" asked Highwind. "It doesn't look like anyone's lived here for years!" "Those are the coordinates he gave me. And it doesn't look like there's any other civilization for miles, so this must be it!"Highwind and Dodge_this get out of the car. Adeptmage immediately runs after, followed by Maeluun and then DsDude. Highwind knocks on the door. "Hello? Is anyone in there?"No answer. He knocks again. After a long moment of silence, Adeptmage is heard. "Umm, professor?""Not now, Adeptmage!""But professor-""Yeah, yeah, you love me. I know, Adeptmage. Can this wait for later?""But... but... professor!"Highwind and Dodge_this both turn around and yell out "Whaaaaat?", only to find an old man pointing a shotgun on Adeptmage's back, with Adeptmage's arms in the air."Whoa whoa whoa mister! We don't want any trouble!" says Highwind."All of you, against the wall," says the old man. Everyone complies. "Now tell me. What are you doing here?"Highwind clears his throat. "My boys and I are here looking for a fellow name Shinyfinder. Would you know if/where we can find him?"The man smiles, then puts his gun down. "Oh, that Shinyfinder. Always finding trouble. Alright guys, come on inside."The man leads the group into his cottage. Inside, Highwind explains the situation of the events leading up to their visit."Robots, eh? Hmm. I'm surprised it took them this long to act. Shinyfinder, come down here and meet some folks, will ya?" Some steps are heard from upstairs."My boy Shinyfinder is quite the troublemaker. My name is Paparoachfan. Shinyfinder is my son. He and I found a fellow earlier today who was also having robot problems. Seems the problem is spreading."Shinyfinder comes down. He is a simple looking lad with some faded blue overalls, a white shirt, and platinum white hair."Shinyfinder, is that you?" asks Dodge_this."Yes I am. And would you be the one and only Dodge_this?" asks Shinyfinder.Maeluun is getting impatient. "Okay, can we cut the formalities? We have a problem in our hands and we're running out of time. Our city has been quarantined, robots are destroying whatever's inside, and we need you to tell us what you know!""Well, shucks, if that's what you wanted, you shoulda asked!" said Shinyfinder. "See, my dad here used to work for the government in a secret division located near Area 51. They are responsible for constant research into weapons technology. At one point, though, they started contemplating some practices he did not approve of, so he left.""Shinyfinder's right," Paparoachfan said. "They didn't tell us why, but they wanted to test out a new mind-control chip on a trial group of people without their consent. I thought that was completely unethical! So I left the company right then and there. I wanted no part of that. Shinyfinder, here, is much more technologically competent, so he used my access code to hack into their systems and look into their plans. They are trying to create some weapons, test them on our own, then use them against our enemies in foreign soil This situation is a lot bigger than any of us imagined. If the company gets these weapons out there, it could be the start of another world war!"The rest of the group stares in horror at the implications of Paparoachfan's prediction.

********************************At the dock, Crimsonwaffle is introduced by Randomtask to the pirates that have arrived. "Crimsonwaffle, this is Barney the Pirate. He's a good old friend of mine from back in the old days.""It is nice to meet you, Barney!" said Crimsonwaffle excitedly."Arrrr, it be nice to greet ya too, my lad," said Barney. "Let me introduce ye to the twins. Decimator! Deenoona! Get over here!"Decimator and Deenoona, two young pirates, come out from the ship deck and somersault their way towards Crimsonwaffle and Randomtask. "Hey! Hiya" they say excitedly."That's so cool!" said Crimsonwaffle. "But why do we need pirates, Randomtask?""Well, Barney and his gang aren't just pirates, Crimsonwaffle.""That be right!" says Barney. "It be a tale of many quests, many dangerous adventures that made us who we are today. I used to be a boring lad, just like you, stuck in my computer all day long, browsing CE. But then, I decided, NO MORE! I wanted adventure! I wanted action! I figured a pirate's life is that for me! So I bought myself a ship, and met the twins here at a circus.""We're performers!" said Deenoona."When Barney offered us lots of travel and nice pay, we couldn't say no!" said Decimator."That's cool! But how did you afford all of this Barney?" asked Crimsonwaffle.Barney looks away and starts to whistle.Randomtask leans over to Crimsonwaffle. "Umm, when I say that Barney is a pirate, I mean that in... um... both senses of the word..."Crimsonwaffle gasps. "=O! A pirate who's a pirate?""That's why I called him over," said Randomtask. "This man is a computer genius. He may be the only one that can help me with the technology necessary to deactivate these robots that are threatening everyone.""Oooooh! I get it now!" said Crimsonwaffle. "All this thinking makes me want a waffle!""Did you say waffle?" asked Deenoona. "I love waffles!"Crimsonwaffle jumps for joy. "Waffles for everyone :D!!!!!"********************************Meanwhile, Mr. Dom and Pokemaster have finally maneuvered their way through the facility. "The exit is right over there, Pokemaster. On the count of three, we make a run for it, okay?" Pokemaster nods in agreement."Okay... One...." Mr. Dom looks around. The coast is clear. "Two....." Pokemaster double checks. He prepares to run. "THREE!!" Both guys run and head for the double doors. As soon as they reach the doors, however, the door slams open to reveal Conker516 the scientist standing at the exit. He laughs."Took you long enough," Conker says with an evil smile."You'll never get away with your plans!" yells out Mr. Dom."Oh, you silly little man... I already have! Guards, take away the worthless one." Two guards come in and grab Pokemaster. "Go throw him in the dungeon with Therealltachi and Yugiboydragoon. Im sure they can use some company.""Let him go!" yells out Mr. Dom as the guards take Pokemaster away."Now, now, temper temper!" says Conker. "Come with me. I need you to see something."Conker takes Mr. Dom to a security room full of television monitors. "See that monitor over there? Take a look. That's the beautiful result of one of our androids doing what we designed him to do."Mr. Dom looks at the monitor. In it, he can see Palcel walking through the city, killing people at every turn, destroying cars and buildings. Police come in to try to stop him, but he instantly decimates them. The local squad team also fails miserably as Palcel destroys them all with no effort."No!!! You monsters!!!" cries out Mr. Dom. "I will stop you!""On the contrary, Mr. Dom. You will help me. See, how do you suppose you escaped this facility to begin with? Your intelligence and tactical skills? Ha! Don't make me laugh. You got away because we wanted to test you. We wanted to see how well Android #2 played out. It seems he came back in one piece."Mr. Dom looks horrified. "No.... no... it can't be..." Conker pulls out a remote and presses a button. All of a sudden, Mr. Dom loses control of his body. He stands up straight, upright, and his eyes begin to glow blue. Conker examines the android, smiles, and pulls out his phone to make a call. "Hi Xenocid. He's ready.""Good," is heard from the other line. "The foreign agency will be happy to know that things are going according to plan. Conker, it is now time to enact phase 2 of our plan. Send the android out... and turn on the mind control devices.""Sure thing, boss."Conker opens a panel in the security room and enters an access code.

Chapter 6: Rise of the Mutants

Pokemaster is sitting in a dungeon with Therealltachi and Yugiboydragoon. He is banging on the walls trying to get out, when all of a sudden, he realizes that the two guys get up and start walking in unison. They begin chanting incomprehensible words. "What the hell is going on?" Pokemaster says out loud...

********************************Over at the cottage, Shinyfinder is explaining the rest of the group the dangers of what he found in the hacked files. Meanwhile, DsDude begins to get a headache similar to the one he had that morning when he woke up. He suddenly stands upright, and, unnoticed, heads to the corner and picks up Paparoachfan's shotgun....

********************************Xenocid, the foreign spy, is on a video conference call with Magus the great, Russian general of the special operations department in Russia. "Everything is moving along very nicely," said Xenocid. "The androids are busy doing their jobs. Furthermore, the mind-control devices on the humans have been activated. We will use them to gain access into the protected areas of the US military defenses and destroy the country from the inside.""Very good," said Magus the great. "For years we have been planning and working hard to advance our technology, and not only has that damn country come in and destroyed some of our latest creations, but they went ahead and took our idea and made it their own! We cannot let them get away with this. Justice will be ours!! Now, I want you to hold off on the last phase until I arrive. I want to be there when we can finally claim that country in the name of Russia!""But general Magus, what about the other countries? Japan, South Korea, and India are already preparing for what appears to be a war," said Xenocid."Hahaha, them? They are of no threat to us. Once we conquer the US, the rest of them will have no choice but to surrender to us!" Magus the great calls forth his servant. "The_Pieanator! Get over there and have the crew prepare the jet! We're heading over to the US!" The_Pieanator runs on in. "Yes sir!" He runs back out towards Magus the great's private airstrip.

********************************Meanwhile, back in the city, Tropicmoon is trying to calm down the situation as 5thdog struggles to get himself free as The_k_nine has jumped on top of him and is trying to choke him. "The_k_nine! Stop this at once! What has gotten into you?" The_k_nine growls at Tropicmoon and continues to choke 5thdog. Tropicmoon quickly runs over, grabs the_k_nine, flips him over, pins him down on the ground, and handcuffs his hands together. "I guess those Judo lessons were useful after all," Tropicmoon said.The_k_nine is lying on the ground, struggling to get free."What the hell is his problem?" asked 5thdog. "One minute we're all just walking down this road, and the next he goes all 'The Exorcist' on us!""I'm not sure," said Tropicmoon. "But one thing I know is that whatever is happening to him has something to do with this robot attack on the city. And unfortunately, with those force fields up at the city limits, there's no way we'll be getting out of here. Quickly, 5thdog, pick up The_k_nine and follow me. There's a quick change of plans. Before we find Dodge_this, we are gonna need some backup. We need to go find Captain_CE."5thdog picks up a struggling, possessed The_k_nine and follows Tropicmoon towards where he last saw Captain_CE.

********************************"Okay, DsDude, calm down. We're your friends, remember?" pleads Dodge_this as DsDude points a shotgun at the rest of the cornered group. DsDude doesn't say anything. He looks around with an angry expression, as if deciding who to shoot first. Paparoachfan suddenly breaks out into laughter."Silly boy, there are no bullets in that shotgun. I only use it for show to scare away thieves!"DsDude, perplexed, begins to inspect the gun for bullets."Shinyfinder, now!" yells Paparoachfan.Shinyfinder runs and tackles DsDude and pushes him into a closet, then locks the door before he is given a chance to react."What's happening?" asks Adeptmage."It's worse than even I thought," said Paparoachfan. "It seems DsDude is one of the many humans captured and had mind control devices implanted in them. And by the looks of it, it seems they have all been activated.""How many of them are there?" asked Highwind."Oh... let's just say we need to stop them from doing what they're setting out to do..."Suddenly, some sounds are heard in the closet where DsDude was thrown in."Dad, um, what did we store in that closet?" asked Shinyfinder. "Isn't that where you stored all your weapons you tested from your old job?"Paparoachfan and Shinyfinder give each other worried looks."LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" yells out Paparoachfan.All of a sudden, the closet door is utterly destroyed by a chainsaw wielded by DsDude. He is now equipped with pistols, a lasor weapon, a chainsaw, and some bombs."In the car, quick!" yells out Highwind.The group runs into the car, gets it started, and drives off back into the road. DsDude chases after them, but is unsuccessful in catching up to them. Seeing him disappear off into the distance, the group lets out a sigh of relief.

DsDude then stops and glares at the car. "He stopped running," said Maeluun. "Why would he stop running?" Suddenly, DsDude's image begins to glow a hue of blue, and he begins running again. This time, he is accelerating faster than ever before. "What the hell? He's gaining on us!" cries out Adeptmage. "How is he doing that?"Paparoachfan is petrified. "I.... I don't know. That wasn't in the original designs. The designs clearly stated that the mind-controlled humans would not be altered in any other way! Something must have gone horribly wrong... either intentionally or not.""Well, no time to ponder that now, cuz he's coming right for us!" yells out Adeptmage.The crew screams as Highwind kicks the vehicle into full gear.

********************************Right above Highwinds car, a military jet is flying in the opposite direction. "T-minus 15 minutes until we arrive at our destination, Lieutenant," said Redthunderbird. "Good. Alright men, you all know your jobs? You go in, release any hostages, destroy anyone- or anything- else. Except for this guy." Lieutenant Arc holds up a picture of Conker. "Leave him to me."The jet flies towards the facility.

********************************In the dungeon, Pokemaster is trying to figure out what is wrong with his cellmates. They are standing near the dungeon entrance chanting some incomprehensible words. Pokemaster then hears some footsteps coming towards the door. Not knowing what else to do, Pokemaster gets an idea. He stands upright like Therealltachi and Yugiboydragoon are and begins chanting as well. Two guards open the dungeon door. "Okay you mindless baboons, start walking. We have a job for you." All three prisoners begin walking single file out of the dungeon.

The place is silent. Thesanchize quickly prowls about, setting up miniature surveillance devices as he passes through. "Thesanchize, how are things looking?" asks Arc into his headset. "Coast is clear, so far. The place is empty. Too empty. I'm going to see what's going on. The south entrance looks safe. You guys can come in through there." Thesanchize continues to move about the premises. He suddenly hears a sound coming from down the hall. He leaps up and knocks out one of the ceiling tiles and climbs up into an air vent. He looks down.He sees two guards transporting three young men down the hallway. "Boss, I think I've found the hostages.""Alright, sit tight," said Arc. "We don't want to give away our position just yet. Keep an eye on them and don't make a move until I say so.

Lieutenant Arc leads Winz_young and Attackalake in through the south side of the facility. Silence. He motions for the men to move ahead. As the three quietly tread the halls, they notice a communication station in one of the open rooms. "Winz_young, see what you can find from that station. There might be some records of what went on in here before we arrived. Attackalake and I will keep going from here." said Arc. "Affirmative," replied Winz_young and went in the room.Arc and Attackalake head to the closest staircase, weapons in hand, and proceed downwards.

********************************Meanwhile, Randomtask and Barney are working on Randomtask's gadgets and machinery. "Ayy! We be missin' some tools. Why not go back to your domain?" asks Barney. "Do you have to talk in that accent, Barney? We both know you speak perfect english. Anyways, that force field over there is blocking my way home. Crimsonwaffle and I barely made it through before it closed. Upon a quick glance at it, I realized I don't have any way to destroy it. We'll just have to make do with what we have."Crimsonwaffle is sitting on a bench conversing with Deenoona and Decimator. "So you two are from the circus? Wow, you guys live really fascinating lives!""I suppose," said Deenoona. "But it's not all fun and games. We had no other choice but to join the circus. Our mom passed away when we were very young, and our dad didn't want us. He... He..." Her words begin to drift off as she gets teary eyed. "It's okay, Deenoona," Decimator comforts her. "Crimsonwaffle, let's just say some bad things happened. Really bad things. We had to run away from home. That's why we joined the circus. It's just us two now... and Barney."Crimsonwaffle tries to sympathize. "Wow, I'm sorry. It must be tough leaving home.""Yeah," said Decimator. "We were young. We tried to get our older brother to come with us, be he wouldn't have it. He wanted to stay behind. We let him. We were just fortunate he didn't tell on us and let us run away."

A sound is heard from far away. "What's that?" asks Randomtask. The 5 of them look off into the distance. They see a small, moving figure. As they look closer, they see it is a vehicle, approaching really fast."Whoever's in there must be in a hurry," said Crimsonwaffle.Then, behind the car, they see something following it, and rapidly catching up to them. They try to squint and see what it is. It appears to be a person.Crimsonwaffle's eyes widen as the figures get closer. "Oh my waffles! Is that... is that.... DSDUDE?!"

Meanwhile, the passengers in Highwind's car are screaming at the top of their lungs as DsDude shoots at them with several weapons, hitting several parts of the car. Highwind is trying his best to dodge the attacks, drifting left and right.

Crimsonwaffle runs over to the road. "Randomtask, Barney, we have to help them. Those are my buddy's friends in that car! And my professor! And for some reason DsDude is attacking them! What's going on?"Deenoona and Decimator take a look at each other and nod. Both of them quickly leap onto their feet, and begin running towards the road in the direction of the vehicle. "Remember, Deenoona, we have to time this right, just like in the show. You ready?" "Readier than you, brother! ha!"Crimsonwaffle, Randomtask, and Barney watch as Deenoona and Decimator run towards the vehicle, and with amazing timing, both sidewind around it, do a cartwheel, then a somersault onto DsDude, knocking him on the ground, missing his shots in the process.Highwind quickly gets off the road and parks the car. The passengers get out.DsDude, with one forceful swoop, pushes them off and they go flying several feet. The twins land on their feet, and begin running back towards DsDude. DsDude, realizing he's missing all his shots at them, drops the guns and begins swiping at them with his chainsaw. The twins successfully dodge every hit with acrobatic moves, each kicking him alternatively in different spots. Decimator then sweeps in and kicks under DsDude's legs, knocking him over to the ground. His head hits a rock and he falls unconscious. "The D team is back brother!" cheers Deenoona.

The rest of the group runs up to the twins. Crimsonwaffle is worried. "What's going to happen to my best friend? Is he gonna be okay? Why was he attacking all of you? Can someone help him?""He's being mind controlled," responds Paparoachfan. "A chip was implanted in him and he apparently was ordered to kill us. But for some reason he's getting stronger. It's like the chip is giving him some kind of side effect. Some kind of mutation."The group looks at him as he lies on the ground, unconscious, but breathing rapidly. He is still glowing blue. They also observe that his hair and nails have grown longer."It looks as if his body is accelerating. He is physically advancing much faster than any other human! Quick Barney, back to the Hovercraft. I may have some tools in the back that I may be able to use as an antidote. But we're running out of time. We have to hurry!"********************************In the city, TropicMoon and 5thdog are running through the block, looking for Captain_CE. "Where is he? It looks like no one's been here for hours! I'm sure this is where I told him we'd meet up."Up on 5thdog's shoulders, the_k_nine slowly wakes up and starts fidgeting. Realizing he is still handcuffed, he starts to get angry. As his stress levels rise, he begins glowing. And in one strong motion, he breaks his handcuffs and topples 5thdog over."Whaaaa-" cries 5thdog as they both fall on the floor. The_k_nine, angry and vicious, looks at 5thdog like a predator staring at prey. "Tropicmoon, we need to get out of here!"Tropicmoon looks back at them. 5thdog quickly gets on his feet, and he and Tropicmoon begin to run. The_k_nine, instead of running, starts to whistle."What is he doing?" asks 5thdog.Then, all around them, Tropicmoon sees them. People. Or what looked like people. Dozens, coming out of the leftover debris of burned houses, coming out of the manholes, and all heading towards Tropicmoon and 5thdog. All of them glowing a dark shade of blue, the only light seen on the dark, cloudy night."Detective... What the hell is going on around here?" 5thdog yelps."This is unreal. These are all people. Or once were people. It looks like they're suffering the same thing The_k_nine is, but much more advanced. I've been studying some users of CE for a few weeks now due to some disappearances that have been happening. Is this what they have been doing to the kidnappees? Altering them? Turning them into hairier, angrier, vicious glowy-eyed freaks?"Both of them pull out their pistols and begin aiming. "So... do we shoot them, or what?"Tropicmoon ponders for a moment. "These are still people, 5thdog. However, if we do nothing, I think they won't be thinking the same thing. Shoot!"Tropicmoon and 5thdog begin shooting the mutated humans, as they begin first dragging, then walking, then running towards them."They're acting like some sort of zombies! There's too many of them! We can't take them all!" 5th dog yells.They are quickly surrounded. There is no way out. The humans are getting closer and closer, reaching out their long, sharp fingernails as if ready to dig into their bodies.

"GET THEM!!!!" yells out Annaesthetic as she rushes in with her group, weapons in hand. They begin shooting the mutated humans all round, knocking them dead at every corner. They quickly turn around and begin to attack. They start jumping, pouncing, and dodging attacks left and right."They're like superhumans!" yells out Wrightobjection. "We can't kill them all!""We're not trying to kill them," responds Annaesthetic. "Just stall long enough to get those guys away from here!"Tropicmoon takes the cue and pulls 5thdog towards them. He and the refugees start retreating while shooting the advancing mutated humans. The_k_nine then motions for them to stop, and they all obey. As the refugee group runs out of sight, The_k_nine walks in another direction. Down the road approaches Palcel. The_k_nine bows down to Palcel. The other humans follow. "Fear not, young ones, for we shall get them. We shall judge them. They shall all be punished."

********************************At the facility, Arc and Attackalake are traversing through the lower levels. It is nearly pitch black there, only lit by their two flashlights. Suddenly, they start hearing a noise. "Did you hear that?" asks Attackalake. More noises are heard around them. Both men shine their flashlights around, but don't find anything. "Winz_young, what's your progress?" asks Arc into his headset."Lieutenant, you won't believe this. It looks like we have a traitor on our hands. It appears one of our lead government operatives, Xenocid, is a foreign spy. He's been communicating with some leaders in Russia about some plans to give the US 'what's coming to them'. That's all I've been able to find for now. Just video conferences between them. That, and a few security cameras around the facility.""Good job," said Arc. "Could you look through the security cameras and see if you can find our location? It is pitch black down here and we can't see where we're going. We're at sublevel B5 traversing through the Biostorage chambers.""Affirmative," responded Winz_young. "Let's see. Camera 5, camera 6, camera 23, here we are, camera 27. I've activated the radar screen. Okay, I see two red dots moving through the room. I'm assuming that's you two?""Correct," said Arc."Well, boss, then who are the dozens of red dots that are in the rooms around you closing in on you? They're coming at you fast!""Wait, what?" asks Arc. "Winz_young! Repeat! I said repeat! Winz_young?" No response. "Communication's down, sir," says Attackalake.The two of them stand in the dark room with noises being heard much more rapidly now. Loud noises are heard behind them. As Arc turns around and aims a flashlight, he sees a disfigured human face glaring back at him. "What..the..hell?" He shouts."Sir, there's more of them!" Attackalake shines his flashlight around. More of them are popping out of everywhere. They can only see a few at a time with their flashlights."Attackalake! Offensive maneuvers, NOW!" Arc commands."Just what I've been waiting for!" Attackalake exclaims. He drops his flashlight and pulls out some high powered weaponry. "Who's ready for some lovin'?" He turns on the built-in night-vision lights on the gun and begins firing away. Both soldiers run through as Attackalake shoots them all, clearing a path.They run from room through room, with disfigured people coming at them from all sides, reaching at them with their claws, shrieking a high-pitched sound."Sir, I'll hold them off, you take the exit over there. Don't worry, I'll be fine.""Agreed, Attackalake." Arc splits up and kicks a door open and goes running out. The door leads to a staircase that he takes up to better-lighted rooms. Attackalake leads the rest of the humans in another direction.Thesanchize is still following the guards with the three prisoners. Suddenly, one of the guards answers his phone for some instructions, and stops walking. He turns around and heads towards the prisoners. "Uh oh, time to move!"Thesanchize jumps from the ceiling and lands on one guard. He quickly knocks the second guard out before he manages to pull out his gun. He tries to get the attention of the prisoners. "Hello? What's wrong with you guys?" Thesanchize asks. Pokemaster stops chanting. "Are... are you here to rescue me?""That depends, are you three hostages?""Yeah, prisoners. They were taking us somewhere. I don't know where.""What's wrong with these two guys? They look pretty beat up.""I don't know. I was stuck in a dungeon with them, and all of a sudden they started acting this way. I did notice the guards were talking about controlling them with this." Pokemaster goes up to one of the downed guards and takes a remote from their pocket. Thesanchize examines the remote and pushes a button.All of a sudden the two guys stop chanting and fall on the ground."Well, that takes care of one problem. Quick, help me get them out of here!" ordered Thesanchize. "Redthunderbird, I think we're gonna need some back-up" he calls on his headset.

Arc runs through a couple of rooms until he eventually reaches his destination. He walks into the facility master control room and opens the door. He sees Conker sitting down inside. "Arc, a pleasure meeting you here. Just like old times, eh?""Conker, this is nothing like the old times. In the old times, we were both fighting for the same side. I'm not the one who chose to sell out our country for self-glory."Conker laughs. "Arc, my boy, you're looking at this all wrong. This isn't about taking sides. This is about being a survivor. That's the problem with you soldiers. You follow orders under some blind loyalty that you call patriotism. See, I'm a scientist. I worked under one boss. Then, I found someone who offered something better, and I took it. It's called advancement, Arc. Now, I'm in a generous mood right now, so I'll give you one last chance to be my partner again. Now think this carefully, because your decision will determine whether or not my friend here decapitates you and your friends."With the push of a button on his remote, Mr. Dom walks in from another room, eyes glowing and a blank stare...

Chapter 7: The Start of a War

The sun is rising. The_cajun wakes up in his bed in his suburban home in northern Louisiana. He looks at the clock, and hurriedly gets ready for school before it gets too late. He brushes his teeth, gets dressed, and grabs his backpack. He looks out the window. He notices his older brother's car is still parked outside. He quickly runs downstairs, hoping to catch a ride to school to avoid walking. As he runs down the steps, he stops when he reaches the bottom as he hears the TV in the living room. Something said in the television caught his attention. He walks over to see a news broadcast filming people running and screaming through town. His town."It is massive panic. People all around the nation seem to be showing signs of a sickness, such as those seen here. They are chasing after and murdering people they find. They are stabbing, shooting, and clawing people to death! This situation is dire. Government authorities have refused to comment. God only knows what could have happened to these people. Be on the lookout. Common symptoms reported include long hair, overgrown fingernails, torn clothing, glowing blue eyes, and a strange manner of walking with a blank disposition in their stare. Stay indoors. I repeat, stay indoors. Reporting live from the newscopter, I'll keep you posted."

The_cajun looks horrified at the TV, not believing what he's hearing. He runs to look out the window. Nothing there. He turns back around and notices his brother standing on the staircase. And he is showing all the symptoms. "Who bro, calm down. It's me, The_cajun, remember? This is a joke, right? Just a prank?"The_cajun starts to walk backwards towards the front door as his brother eyes him menacingly. With one quick move, his brother pounces like a wildcat, and The_cajun opens the door and sprints out.His brother chases him out, lets out a huge scream, and more people like him start coming out of houses and other locations in search of prey.The_cajun, horrified, continues to run as one of them blocks his way in front of him. He beats him with his backpack to get him out of the way and keeps running. Suddenly, he hears a shout from down the block."Kid, over here!" A guy yells out from afar. The_cajun runs towards him.As he arrives, the guy leads him to a door leading to a basement, in what appears to be a bomb shelter. He runs inside, the guy locks the door just as the others arrive. The_cajun looks around and notices other people inside cowering and waiting."What is happening?" The_cajun asks."We're trying to stay alive," says the man as the mutated people start to pile up outside

********************************Outside the city, DsDude awakens to find a group of people staring down at him as he is pinned down to the ground. "What... what happened?" asks DsDude as he struggles to get free."Hey buddy!" Crimsonwaffle says. "My buddies Randomtask and Barney here worked for the past two hours trying to figure out an antidote to your 'problem'. You're lucky they're geniuses."DsDude looked confused. "Problem? What problem?""No time to explain right now," Randomtask answered. "All you need to know is that you were sick and we've cured you. There are others like you. I need to mass produce this. We have to find a way to get back into that city, go into my lab, and we can cure everyone from this sickness that for some reason is turning them all into mutant killing machines. Now, this is essentially a suicide trip. Who knows what could be waiting for us in that city since we've last been there. Just want you to know that before considering joining me. Now who's with me?"Everyone looks around. Decimator and Deenoona are the first to raise their hands. "Aaargh!" Barney cries as he raises his hand. Highwind and Paparoach raise them next, followed by Shinyfinder and Maeluun. "Well, DsDude, are you up for it?" Crimsonwaffle asked as he helped DsDude up.DsDude smiles. "I'm in the mood to pay those who did this to me a little visit. Count me in!"And with that, the group headed on their way to the suicide mission in the guarded city.

********************************In the facility, Conker waits as Lieutenant Arc decides on his offer. Arc ponders, looking at Conker, then looking at Mr. Dom standing in the side, as if waiting for Arc to say the wrong thing and strike. Arc smiles. "Your offer sounds tempting, Conker, really. But I think I'll stick to the camp of the legally sane."Suddenly, an explosion knocks out the west wall, knocking Conker off balance and dropping pieces of ceiling all over the room. Arc springs to a sprint running out through the created hole, where he meets Winz_young and continues running. "Get him!" yells Conker to Mr. Dom, but he does not move. "What's wrong with you?"

"Great timing, Winz_young," said Arc. "I know, the blast from the EMP temporarily disabled that cyborg just like I predicted, but I don't think it'll last too long. We need to get out of here before he recovers." The two soldiers run through a couple of rooms, only to reach a room with a window. Winz_young blasts it open, and the two run and jump out of the window. Right outside, Redthunderbird's jet is waiting for them, and Thesanchize and Pokemaster are inside helping them in. The plane begins to accelerate."Where's Attackalake?" asks Arc. "Down there!" Yells out Redthunderbird. Right outside the facility, they see Attackalake being chased by a horde of mutated humans. "That son of a gun made it out!" Arc shouts.Redthunderbird dives the jet down towards Attackalake. The side doors open, and Attackalake quickly jumps in. "Phew, that was crazy!" he shouts. "What's next?""We need to head there," Winz_young said, pointing to the city with the massive force field dome blocking access. "According to the tapes I looked at, they sent another android there, and any survivors left in the city are in terrible danger."Redthunderbird turns the jet towards the city.

Back in the facility, Mr. Dom repowers and begins to move. "Finally! Now, Mr. Dom, activate flight mode. We are not letting them ruin what we've worked so hard to accomplish."Mr. Dom suddenly begins to propel himself upwards through propulsion systems in his feet, and breaks through the ceiling chasing after the jet. "And I have some personal business to take care of," said Conker as he grabs his car keys and heads out

********************************Inside the city, Annaesthetic, Wrightobjection, Tropicmoon, 5thdog, and the others are huddled together, coming to terms with what is happening. "What are we going to do? We can't fight them! They're too powerful!" Wrightobjection cries out."Listen to me, everyone," Tropicmoon said. "Things look tough, I know. But you have to remember, sickness or not, those are just people out there. People and one android. And a bunch of robots. But we cannot give up. Things may look hopeless, but how do we want to end things? Do we want to just sit here and wait until they pick us off one by one? Or do we want to give them all we've got and make them work for it? Guys, I know you're all young, all have a life you want to live out. However, our choices are limited in here. We have to work with what we've got. We have to stand up to them."The rest of the group looks at Tropicmoon with a defeated look. Some of them turn away, ashamed to admit they have given up.

"Listen to the man," says a voice from behind. Everyone turns around. They see Captain_CE walking towards them. "Captain_CE!" yells out Annaesthetic. Everyone runs towards him. "Tropicmoon's right. We have one of two choices. We can either wait here to die, or we can strive for a fighting chance." Captain_CE says."But how are we going to stop robots and androids with just a bunch of guns?" asks Broseph_Stalin"Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about that if I were you." With that sentence, Captain_CE's eyes begin to glow a dark shade of blue.

********************************Inside the bomb shelter, Emotional28, the guy who built the shelter, explained to The_cajun what he knew. "So the rumor is that a secret government project has gone horribly wrong and has backfired on our own country. Those... things... outside are the result of it."The_cajun, wide-eyed, begins to come to grips with the information he's hearing.Outside, some screaming is heard. "Heelp!!!" yells out someone oustide the bomb shelter."What's that?" The_Cajun asks.Emotional runs past the group of people sitting on the ground to his computer monitor. "I've installed some security cameras on some lamp posts earlier. That's how I found you."Emotional flips through the different feeds one by one until he sees a scrawny kid outside being chased by one of the mutant humans. He notices the other ones in front of the bomb shelter are taking notice. Out in the distance, the kid's cries are attracting more of them into the neighborhood."He doesn't have a chance!" The_cajun exclaims in horror.""Maybe not," Emotional says. "But we're not gonna just leave him out there."The_Cajun looks at him horrified. "But there' a horde of those things right outside our door! How would we get out?""They're distracted right now by his shouts," Emotional replied. "I lost my brother to those things. I couldn't save him. I'm not gonna let it happen again. Unfortunately, when I saved you, I gave away the location of the shelter to the mutants. Saving this one will be the trickiest one yet. The_cajun, I'm gonna need your help."Emotional quickly pulls out a stun grenade from his weapons storage. He directs one of the people to watch the monitor and keep communication with him. He directs another to man the doors, ready to lock them shut when they come back."The_cajun, you're coming with me. I'm going to temporarily stop the ones right outside with a stun grenade. I'm gonna carry my gun out there and shoot those bastards that get in our way. It is your job to grab the kid and come back here, you got it? Don't wait for me. If I don't make it back with you, lock the door anyway, got it?"The_cajun looks at the monitor. He sees how many of those mutants are outside, and how many more are approaching. He realizes that if he doesn't go out now and save the kid, there will be no chance when the rest of them arrive. He looks back at Emotional. "Let's do it."Emotional and The_cajun walk forward towards the door, ready to bust out and save Littlebro07.

********************************Randomtask, Paparoachfan, DsDude, and the rest of the gang have reached the city limits and have unsuccessfully tried to disable the force field blocking their entrance. In frustration, Randomtask bangs the force field with his fists, only to fall on the ground. "This is hopeless! Look at me! What have I become? All my life I've aspired to be a villain! I've wanted to conquer a city, steal from the rich and keep for myself. And now, I'm desperately trying to force my way into a city to save a bunch of people I don't know..."Crimsonwaffle sits down next to Randomtask. "Randomtask, I know I only met you yesterday, but I've only known you as the guy you are now. You are smart, intelligent, and determined. Look, I don't know what troubles you so much that you want to do bad things, but my life isn't peachy either. I'm strange, I know that. I have an unnatural fascination to waffles. Heck, my parents NAMED me after a waffle! But I learn to enjoy my life. I love giving joy and waffles to all! It makes my life that much more worth living to make others happy."Randomtask looks at Crimsonwaffle, taking in his words. Crimsonwaffle smiles. "Here, have a waffle. :D"Suddenly, the force field disappears all around the city."What's going on?" Shinyfinder asks."I don't know," Paparoachfan replies. "It seems the helicopters that powered the force field are leaving. But where are they going?""Arrr, no time for that, land blubbers!" says Barney. "The force field be gone! Let's get in there and make a cure!"The group hurriedly rushes into the city and heads for Randomtasks laboratory.

********************************Inside the city, Captain_CE and Tropicmoon lead the group of rebels to war against the mutants, robots, and cyborg. They are all quick on their toes, rushing with whatever weapons they can carry, well-aware that there is miniscule chance that they will be making it out alive. Ahead, out in the distance, Captain_CE sees the army led by Palcel approaching. The war has begun.Broseph_stalin suddenly notices that he can't find Just4lulz anywhere. "Just4lulz? Just4lulz? Where are you? Has anyone seen my dog? Oh no!!!" He desperately starts to panic and starts looking."Broseph, there's no time for that now. I'm sure your dog is fine. I think we have bigger problems right now," says Wrightobjection.Captain_CE stops the group in their tracks. "Okay guys, on the count of three, we rush in for the attack. Stick to long ranged weapons. Use the melee objects as a last resort. Try to avoid the robots if possible. And one final note: Leave Palcel to me. Are you ready kids? One...."Broseph regains his composure as he looks at the army ahead of him."Two...."Annaesthetic holds Wrightobjection's hand as they clutch their weapons with the other."THREE!!!!"The group runs forth with all their might into the oncoming hordes of enemies before them.

About a block away, Randomtask's group is running by. DsDude, Maeluun, Dodge_this, Adeptmage, Crimsonwaffle, and the twins stop to see the two opposing groups about to clash."Whoa!!!" says Crimsonwaffle. "That is about the coolest thing I have EVER seen!"Maeluun squints and sees that one of the mutants is The_k_nine. "What the hell? Those mutants are just a bunch of geeks? That's what we've been running from? Oh, that's it. I'm done running. I can't let those people over there have all the fun. I'm gonna pound me some uber-nerds!"Maeluun makes a break for the battle. "Maeluun, no!" DsDude yells, but she has already run ahead with no intent of coming back.Adeptmage, on the other hand, sees Captain_CE leading the troop in all his buffed muscles and cybernetic glory. "Oh... my... God... where have you been all my life?"Adeptmage goes running right behind Maeluun.Deenoona looks at Decimator with a smirk. "Brother, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"Decimator looks at her back. "I think it's time the D Team went back into showbiz."And with that, Deenoona and Decimator follow Maeluun and Adeptmage.The rest look at them one more time, but continue on to follow Randomtask to his place to make the antidote.

********************************Up in the air, Redthunderbird is dodging attacks shot from Mr. Dom who is trailing them. Hes gaining on us, sir! says Thesanchize. Redthunderbird! Keep holding him off until we get to the city. The person we need is in there, responded Arc. He turns to the two captured prisoners who have regained consciousness. Who are you two? And what has happened to you?My name is Therealltachi, Therealltachi said. I was one of Conkers guards. He ran out of test subjects and forced me to comply. Hes been working on fixing the side effects caused by the mind control chip implanted on the people. He perfected it with us, as we dont have the physical altercations as the rest of them.I see, responded Arc. He turns to Yugiboydragoon. How about you? Are you also a guard?Yugiboydragoon looks up at him solemnly. No, sir. I am his son.What? yells Arc. I didnt know Conker had a son!No one did. He had three children actually. He kept it a secret from everyone, for fear of losing his job. His position required long hours, secrecy, and lots of dedication. Families were discouraged. And for good reason. First he neglected us. Then, things got worse when he asked us if we wanted to be test subjects for his projects. My younger siblings, a pair of twins, couldnt stand it. They planned to run away and wanted me to come with them. I chose to stay with my father, hoping I could snap him out of this delusion. Unfortunately, it only got worse. Volunteering to be a test subject no longer became an option after they left. He captured me and held me in a cell.Im so sorry, said Arc in sympathy.Lieutenant, the helicopters are retreating! yelled Attackalake. Theyve disabled the force fields and have left the city!Arc became puzzled. What? But why?

********************************Magus the great arrives to an unknown airstrip many miles away. The_Pienator lands the jet and parks it into the plane garage to remain unseen. As Magus steps out, he sees his spy Xenocid awaiting him as planned. He walks a few feet out of the plane when suddenly a person appears out of nowhere and points a gun behind him. Dont move, said Tyrant_Phoenix. See your spy over there? He has an explosive attached on his back side. One wrong move by him or you and I blow us all off this miserable place.Magus the great does not flinch. Well, well. It seems you Americans arent as oblivious as I give you credit for. Tell me, how did you know Id be here?Do you think Im that stupid? Do you think you Russians can alter our own technology and we wouldnt notice? I started noticing Conker acting differently than normal, coming up with incomplete results, inaccurate findings and such. I decided to keep an eye on him. When these events began to emerge, I sent a troop to investigate his facility. While my decoy troops distracted him, I had my technology specialist Winz_young retrieve some data files and report them to me. Those files led me to Xenocid here and of course, he led me to you. Now tell me your intentions before I blow your head off here with my gun.Magus the great laughs. Of course you would. Thats all you Americans are good for. You attack first, then steal our technologies and attack again. Theres no reasoning with you.Well we werent the ones building robots in an attempt to start a war. It was you guys. And worst of all, youve encouraged other countries to do the same. We couldnt fall behind an