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Post by blossomgb on Sept 3, 2011 17:40:56 GMT -5
Steve had to think fast. He checked that Angel was with the others, then sent them outside.
'No', Angel says, 'You'll...'
Who knows electronics round here', Blossom tells her. 'We've got to stop this thing and he's the best we have'.
Timo made an ice shield round them all and they spent a minute that seemed like an hour waiting....
Steve never went anywhere without a toolkit. He got it from a pocket in his coat and got to work. He pulled Robo's head away and found that the explosives were in the body, the clock and timer in the head. He knew that there wasn't time to look at how it worked, so he looked at the wiring to the unit. It was wired to a detonator, which would spark and force the rest to go off. The trouble was that there were two wires, and if he cut the wrong one first, the explosive would go off.
He looked at the clock and the trigger mechanism and saw one of the wires went to the clock, the other to earth. This was the one that carried the pulse for it to go off. Right...
20 seconds.
He managed to find his cutters and put them round the signal wire.
10 seconds.
He looked at the others. Made sure they were safe.
5 Seconds.
He cut the signal wire. Nothing happened.
3 Seconds.
He cut the earth wire. Nothing happened.
The clock counted down to nil and the device stopped dead. He breathed a sigh of relief, then another. He sat there for another 10 seconds before he moved. He gently withdrew the cutters and lifted the two wires out. Then he sat back and looked at the device before him. Typical Mojo, he thought, wondering if he wanted to blow them up or expected him to fail. He carefully untied the rope and but it back into his pocket, along with the tools. He took the head off so the clock timer couldn't be reconnected, and withdrew the detonator, taking them with him, almost as prizes.
'It's safe', he said softly. Blossom reached him first as he rested on the trusty stick for a moment. 'Where's the ship?'
Blossom and Steve held each other for a moment. 'I'll never make fun of your workshop experiments again', she whispered. Angel had Theo in a lock which she slowly loosened as Blossom and Steve came back.
'I suppose we'll have to wait for a ship', Buttercup decided. 'Imposter took the other one.'
'She'll have fun with that robot', Steve commented. 'They must be a sinch to program though.'
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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Post by rulerofice on Sept 4, 2011 3:20:12 GMT -5
Bubbles was almost choking Timo with her grip.
"Umm, you can loosen up a bit... honey." Timo managed to say.
Bubbles suddenly let go. "Oops, sorry."
As Timo lowered the ice shield, he leaned on a wall. "So now we know that it was Imposter who broke Mojo free by reprogramming an F.E.S and making it add Blossom to the Enforcers list. After that it was easy to break Mojo free from the prison." Timo looked at Blossom. "So where do we go now? The FL-49?"
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Post by rcblazer on Sept 4, 2011 11:36:17 GMT -5
"We can't leave until the new pod shows up unfortunately." Buttercup replies. "We should take the time left until it arrives to look for more clues."
"Yeah, and make sure there aren't any other bombs." Bubbles adds.
"Okay then. Spread and search!" Blossom orders. The Powerpuff Girls zoom off in different directions at high speed. Bubbles ends up making her way into the Warden's office, where she finds a device that looks like a three dimensional holographic screen.
"I think I found a surveillance system!" Bubbles shouts.
"I think I found the warden." Buttercup calls out, having found the shot up body of a gray skinned alien with a pig snout dressed in a Federation uniform locked in one of the stasis cells.
Bubbles turns on the surveillance device, showing a holographic projection of the warden's office. He is resting in his chair gorging on some kind of turnip like vegetable when the door opens in front of him. Imposter enters the room, grinning widely.
"Ma'am, this is a restricted area. No unauthorized personnel!" The warden says to her.
"You can make an exception for me, can't you?" Imposter says, swaying her hips as she approaches his desk. She presses her elbows against the desk and looks right at the warden, who fumbles for a weapon to defend himself. "I've come such a long way because I miss my monkey so much." Imposter continues, her voice long and deep as though she were trying to seduce the warden!
"I-I-I... I'm afraid we h-h-have a policy... n-n-no visitors!" The warden stammers, dropping his blaster to the floor. Imposter grabs the warden by the shoulders before he can pick his weapon up and kisses him deeply on the snout!
"Eww, gross!" Buttercup says, sticking out her tongue in disgust. Blossom's eyes widen in horror as she covers Angel's eyes with her hand.
Once Imposter finally breaks the kiss, the warden falls off his chair, allowing him to easily grab his blaster and aim it at Imposter. "I mean it! You'll have to leave now!" He shouts. "Don't make me shoot you! F.E.S. units, eject this woman from the premises!"
Sunshine enters the room behind Imposter as she grins wickedly. "Enforcer override! This is Enforcer Blossom!" Imposter says in response. The F.E.S. guards stand down. "The warden is a traitor to the Federation! He has planned to release the prisoner Mojo Jojo!"
"Voice pattern recognized." One of the robots says as all of the F.E.S. units aim their weapons at the warden! "Warden Squimstout, you have five seconds to drop your weapon and surrender immediately!"
"It's all lies! I am no traitor!" The warden shouts, taking one shot at Imposter before all the robots except Sunshine open fire on him with their chain guns! Imposter tilts her head, effortlessly avoiding the laser blast as the warden collapses to the ground in a bullet ridden heap.
Imposter turns to Sunshine. "Mojo Jojo is not safe here anymore. We must remove him from the premises and take him to a more remote location under my custody. I suggest planet FL-49."
"That's a great idea Blossom!" Sunshine responds, cheerful as always. "I'll use the computer to locate Mojo's stasis cell and open it, then you can take that mean ol' monkey to whatever more suitable prison you have in mind! I am a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I don't actually have any data of a prison located on FL-49! Then again, I was programmed to help, not to think."
"Got that right." Imposter says with a sneer. The other F.E.S. robots lower their arms and return to passive mode while Imposter leaves the office.
After watching the security hologram, the girls hear a noise outside. "Looks like our ship is here." Blossom replies. "It looks like even though Sunshine has been crudely reprogrammed by Imposter, it is still an F.E.S and therefore subject to classified Federation information. Imposter must have used it to register herself as an Enforcer using my name."
"Careful Blossom, any plan you come up with, Imposter's already gonna know about it and be one step ahead." Buttercup reminds her. Blossom nods in acknowledgment of this.
"You're right... I hate to admit this, but I am probably our biggest obstacle. Anything I know about, she knows about." Blossom says, a hint of sadness in her voice. "She already knows the bomb was defused and that we'll be going after her next. She's going to be ready for anything we try, and so will Mojo."
"That hasn't stopped us from beating her and Mojo before, has it?" Bubbles says, trying to cheer Blossom up. "We can do it again, just like old times!"
"Yeah, I'm sure of it, and I'm glad she knows it too!" Blossom says with a smile, standing up tall. "Let's get going to FL-49 and stop Mojo like we always do!"
"Now you're talkin'! Let's go!" Buttercup says, flying out to the new ship. A new F.E.S. robot is piloting the ship, the monitor showing a picture of a hooded council member like the others.
"Welcome Enforcer Blossom." The F.E.S. responds to her presence. "Please state your destination."
"FL-49." Blossom replies.
"Voice pattern recognized. Please board the transport." The F.E.S. says as the door opens.
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Post by rulerofice on Sept 4, 2011 12:58:21 GMT -5
As Timo and Bubbles board the ship, Timo's got worried about Mojo's plans.
"I'm not liking this one bit." Timo said. "Whatever Mojo's plan is, it involves that planet FL-49. We have to hurry. Maybe we'll even see Patriarch and the Professor."
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Post by blossomgb on Sept 4, 2011 13:01:02 GMT -5
'Not necessarily', Steve tells Blossom as they board the ship, 'I think we'd better get her first so that we can use her as a hostage. And with her sensing your thoughts, we might have a way of doing that.' Blossom thinks about that for a moment. 'Maybe. But now you've said that....' Steve told her to hush. Actually, his idea was to keep her away by Blossom's thoughts becoming a trap. There would be bait though, and poison. Buttercup had 'Mojo's' gun. 'And she looks awful', Steve commented as he sat down, where he could see the controls of the ship. Just in case he needed to take over one at some point. Blossom looked at him. 'So it I dressed like that...' 'I'd like that!! In private of course,' he smiled at her. Blossom smiled at him again, with an interesting look. 'But Imposter reminds me of a folk song I once heard. Lemon Tree, Very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat.' 'Very well put', Blossom commented. 'I wonder who else she's killed with seduction?' Cheers, Blossomgb www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2DWunCunhI |
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Post by rcblazer on Sept 4, 2011 19:40:07 GMT -5
"Coordinates set. Warp drive engaged. Prepare for hyperspace." The F.E.S. auto-piloting the ship says as the vessel picks up speed. After only a few minutes, the ship comes out of hyperspace, overlooking a planet with a dull blue ocean and gray land masses.
"We have arrived at planet FL-49. Beginning landing sequence." The robot says, which is followed a moment later by the F.E.S. flailing its arms and talking again. "ERROR! ERROR! Unknown system anomaly detected! System compromised. Incoming message."
The face on the F.E.S. monitor changes from a Federation council member to that of Mojo Jojo! The robot turns and faces everyone inside the ship. "Imposter arrived and informed me that her trap was unsuccessful in keeping you away, but it is fitting that she did not destroy you, for I, Mojo Jojo, am the only one who should rightfully have the privilege of seeing to your end, Powerpuff Girls!"
"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do to us?" Buttercup asks mockingly. "We're in here, and you're way out there!"
"Well, Powerpuff Girl Buttercup, if you really want to know, I have just disabled this F.E.S. unit's landing systems! Now your choices are to remain trapped in orbit around FL-49 forever, or you can do what Imposter tells me you already have planned to do, and have Blossom's husband take control of the ship himself and try to land it somewhere safe without crashing, for there are not exactly many good places for a space ship to land here! Still, have fun with that and a little hint from Mojo; don't try a water landing, for the water on FL-49 happens to be highly irradiated! MUA HAHA HAHA, HAHA HAHA HAHA HA!"
With that, the monitor switches off and the robot slumps over, having shut completely down. The ship begins to drift in orbit around FL-49, waiting for Steve to take the controls.
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Post by rulerofice on Sept 5, 2011 0:32:13 GMT -5
Timo was about say something, but cut himself off, remembering that Imposter was practically listening as long as Blossom's with them. He took a piece of paper, took out his diamond and quickly wrote something on the paper. As Steve was about to go to take controls, Timo gave him the piece of paper.
"Sorry, but I don't want Blossom to know this so don't say anything. You know why. It should be okay for you to land on the water even if it is emitting radiation. You can even crash the ship to the surface. My ice shield will protect us even from the radiation a little while. I can then get us all out of the ship. We might even be able to trick Imposter for a little while. I'll let you decide what to do, however, but nod if you approve."
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Post by blossomgb on Sept 5, 2011 3:57:24 GMT -5
He nodded at Timo.
'Right, everyone strap in, we could possibly have a bumpy landing', he informed the group, looking over the controls before him once he and Timo had lifted the robot out of the way. 'Strap that in and make sure the weapons are secured too. He might re-activate it!'
Timo and Buttercup put the robot out of the way as Steve looked at the controls before him. While he was working out where the manual override was, another idea struck him. He reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a bottle of pills.
'Take one of these everyone', he told them as he swallowed one himself.
'What are they', Angel asked.
'Anti-Radiation medicine', Blossom told everyone. 'I saw him pack them.'
'Ready with the ice shield. Timo. Evverybody in place. Right, let's try and land this thing.'
He looked at the controls and hit the manual override. The panel lit up before him and he could tell what was what now. He put the headset on and held the two levers before him. When pulled towards him, the ship slowed down, when pushed away, the ship sped up. He found left, right, up and down as the others swayed back and forth in their seats.
'What are you doing now', Blossom asked.
'Finding out which way things work', he replied. 'We are now flying towards FL-49 and will be going into orbit shortly', he said, sounding like an aircraft pilot. 'Please extinguish your cigarette, shame though it is to waste your last one, and refurn to your seats.'
A snigger went round. In his headset, a computerised voice said 'Not understood, please repeat.'
Steve was surprised. 'Lower Orbit?', he said into the mike,
The levers before him moved my themselves and then the headset said 'Orbit achieved.'
They had their first look at the planet FL-49 below them. Somewhere down there was Professor Utonium, Patriach, Mojo Jojo and Imposter. Somewhere among the radioactive oceans, ruined cities and blackened hillsides. He let the ship travel round in orbit as everyone looked for a landing spot. The only apparent one was the ocean.
'Look there', Blossom said to him.
Steve looked where she was pointing. There was looked like a clear patch near to a castle. This castle had a light in the window, so there was somebody or something there, He looked back at the controls again as it came nearer. Well, as they say in his workshop, it'll either work or smoke.
The screen before him showed the castle and he said 'Land here'.
'Manual override', the computer said.
When they were nearly above it, Steve switched to landing mode and slowed the craft up. There was a display and he tried to keep the landing area in the middle of it as he brought the ship down. The trouble was that they couldn't tell how fast the ship was as it came into land. He kept the thrusters back as the ship landed. Roughly in the end.
'Well, we're down', he announced, leaning back in his seat. 'How do we open the door. And Timo, a shield please. We don't know how radioactive the air is here and what we'll come across'.
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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