Tim
Let loose a heavy sigh before he started to head out the
door. "That's final. Gary is in charge until I return."
Everyone minus the Parka Wearing Freak was staring
with mouths wide open. Almost looked like a river of
water was to start flowing from them. Andon quickly
rushed Tim aside and spoke in the most pleasant tone
he could minister.
"I
understand your decision and all Tim, but this is 'Gary'!
You know. The irritating Eskimo from hell." Andon finished
hoping to claim some sence into the big lug. After all...Gary
was a lunatic.
~ Log from Sinister Six: Gutsman's Big Break.
CHAPTER
2
Megalopolis was looking like a Ghost Town Now. It was
dark. The Clouds seemed to have frozen in place, causing
a stir from animals, to people, to even robots alike.
Even the homeless were hesitant on staying outside.
People stayed at home, and hardly anyone hung around
in the streets. Most Police teams remained on night
watch, while even the criminals kept their distances.
The sudden news of the disappearance of Dr. Wily and
Bass struck the entire city. Two of the most well known
villains just all of sudden vanished without a trace.
If nothing seemed calm for The Sinister Six, their ever
so popular sanctuary where they take refuge, The HQ
was just as creepy. Though the entire Palace-sized Manor
never really seemed bothersome to the Six, but out in
the middle of no-where, behind a dense blackened forest
rose a humongous castle. One might say for safekeeping
to avoid at all costs. The Sinister Six wanted it this
way, for they didn't like visitors much. You'd think
such a colorful, high spirited team would live in something
so full of sunshine. So full of heavenly glee, happiness
around every corner. Their humble berg will tell you
otherwise. Inside the 24-hour darkened Mansion was the
lobby. The obvious first thing you'd see upon entry
behind the locked steel gates. Inside the Lobby laired
staircases after staircases. Each Staircase leading
you endlessly for hours on end, some maybe for days.
The place was huge. Much, much more room for six occupants.
Probably a whole army could live here.
Cobwebs collected on the old staircases as lack of house
cleaning showed on the rails and nooks and crannies
of giant spaces in the lobby. The tile covered floor
seemed shiny and the marble staircases proved their
worth as you make you way up them. The quiet lobby would
flicker with noise as your footsteps rattled up the
marble stairs. Indeed, it was very quiet. Windows barred
shut, as if sunlight would cause the place to melt into
a puddle. Small candle lit light fixtures lead the way
in long hallways once you've made it up a staircase.
Most hallways intertwined with another, leading into
even more darkened halls, and sometimes back to where
you started. Almost like walking through a maze. The
doors that came with the halls didn't show much sign
of usage themselves as they sat staring down visitors.
Inside if not locked showed many different kinds of
rooms. A Work-out room with weights and punching pads.
To an indoor unused Movie Projector room.
Though not all of Sinister Six HQ was this dark and
creepy however. Just the parts where strangers or press
would dare explore. Upon further hours and hours of
investigation, without being frightened off by strange
noises and strange surroundings one would find the "inner
heart" of the fortress. For this is where our hero's
lived. So far the tally of people able to explore this
far? None. It seemed super-natural.
Near the heart of the HQ, warm light and comfortable
settings accommodated the inner core. Fine ever-lasting
carpet adorned the floor with beautiful paintings and
fancy light chandeliers fixed to the ceiling and walls.
Now this was what people were expecting the Sinister
Six to live. Since they lived near the core of the house,
no lights from the outside could be seen turned on.
This insured the Sinister Six no visitors and no uninvited
guests. For every known person in the area knew where
they had lived.
Inside The Common room, Voices could be heard discussing
the new uprising that had just recently occurred in
Megalopolis.
"It
can't be Buster Rod G, I don't think even his magic
is that strong." Andon spoke sipping a tall glass of
pink lemonade. The Sinister Six Common room was bright
and inevitable, unlike other portions of the castle.
The Six would usually come here to relax together or
talk about their next plan of attack.
"I
don't think even Scorpion has that kind of power. I
think Red is back. Gary, you are interconnected with
the bastard, can't you feel anything?" Tim spoke with
his head burrowed into his hands. Looks could tell that
he extremely nervous about the whole thing.
"Yeah...but
I've been feeling these things ever since our first
encounter with him. It could be the meteorite like Andon
had suggested." Gary followed. Speaking like he was
choking on something Tim spoke. "That meteorite seems
to be on everyone's mind. I don't know why. How could
something like that cause so much world-wide panic."
Tim said as he arose from his seat and approached a
large holivid which was near the south wall in the room.
"What
are you doing Tim?" Jason got to his feet. The rest
followed Tim to the holivid. "With this Thunderman running
around, and this meteorite that everyone is so worried
about, and of course Super Chaos's current jail break,
we may need some help." Tim opened up a channel to another
part of the HQ.
"You're
not going to call them are you? Not after all they've
been through just recently." IRA approached drinking
a big bottle of Bud Light.
Tim dialed a connection to another part of the HQ. Somewhere
deeper within its large carved walls. Down to a secret
lair that even The Six just recently discovered now
has its own occupants.
The screen on the holivid faded into snowy fields of
light until a groggy Ninja answered the other line.
"Just getting ready to dose off, and you guys had to
call. Yeeeessh..." The Blue Ninja with a star on his
head spoke. Although he wore fancy robes of darkish
blue and gray. He obviously showed lack of sleep inside
his eyes. His scarlet colored scarf which drooped down
his shoulder had shown plainly of wear and tear.
"Don't
forget who's payin' the bills here Gauntlet, we need
your help." Tim spoke into the transmissions device
with a worried expression. Gauntlet must have caught
hold of it, because his tone changed to a soothing,
caring voice. "Right, we'll be there as soon as possible."
Andon then spoke right before connection broke loose.
"Bring your own dinner guys, Scott can't cook tonight."
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A large red eye stared up at the sky with curiosity.
Blinking and scanning what little was up there, the
little red eye continued looking for something. Emerging
from behind a building, a large, 10 foot or so Robot
had emerged. Trying to keep out of site, though its
massive size proved him his major disadvantage. Your
normal Sinister Six Fan could tell you upfront that
this was The Great Super Chaos. Filled without fear,
or emotion. One of the most powerful foes to ever walk
the planet. At first glance at the beast, you would
almost wouldn't believe your eyes.
Shaking uncontrollably, Super Chaos looked very frightened.
Almost as though he sensed something even more horrid
and horrible than him, patrolling the night sky. Originally
Super Chaos was part of a plan to release all the Sinister
Six Villains from The Island Prison where to this day,
all of Megalopolis’s villains were kept. It was high
security and break outs were very rare. Super Chaos
was next on the chain list however and City Garage left
him a transmitter so he could teleport out of the grounds.
Hearing that City Garage had once again been caught
by the Six, The entire Jail house filled with rage.
This however did not upset Super Chaos. Hearing of one
of his closest allies had vanished without a trace made
him tremble with fear. Dr. Wily and Bass were close
Co-Workers of the big blob creature. Dr. Wily was the
one who built him! And hearing of some strange and unusual
force just kidnap your fellow crime starter would make
anyone frightened.
One of Super Chaos' biggest disadvantages besides his
size was his brain. Though he didn't show signs of major
stupidity, he clearly can't let more than one task appear
once in his metallic thoughts. What was he supposed
to do? The fear had made him think unclearly and he
pondered the lonely streets wondering what his duty
was.
What the big yellow Cyclops forgot he had to do, was
continue the chain and transport the transmitter to
Scorpion who was next on the list. It looked as though,
the way things continued. Scorpion would have to be
getting to know his cell for a while longer. The yellow
beast continued swaying in and out of the dark streets,
hoping not to meet anything unfriendly at every turn.
*********************************
The Dining Hall was like just about every room in Sinister
Six HQ. Large. Usually it sits up to 8 people. Including
the Six themselves. And usually a guest or two. Including
such as Clownman who spent the night once in a while
from his lonely circus. Tim understood what it was like
living by ones self. Can get lonely without someone
to talk to. He was glad that Jonathan and Gary were
such close pals.
Last week Forte-Chan had stayed for dinner. Showing
off some of her famous recipes. Like Mango Melt Pie.
Or Mango Flavored Steak. Scott was a big fan of her
cooking. The two could spend hours talking about just
anything. Forte-Chan had lived in her Mango Tree. Far
south of Megalopolis. Near Wily's Warrior's Forested
area. It was a vacation resort. So it was bright and
sunny there all the time.
Other times, other guests would visit and eat the monster
palace. But today and for the last week 8 more spots
were being filled around the table. As The Mechanical
Maniacs had just recently added their numbers to The
Six. Having some terrible adventures in a completely
different dimension and losing a lot of old members,
The Mechs didn't seem as jolly as they used to be. Even
though they basically barged their way into HQ, Tim
let them in with open arms. The Mechs had been close
allies With the Six in the past. They shared many adventures
through thick and thin.
The leader was Gauntlet. The Ninja. Better known as
Shadowman. He allied himself with The Six a long ways
back...though never to admit it. Says if it wasn't for
The Six forming, the Mechs may have never seen the light
of day.
Lennon was Geminiman. His armor obviously looked cleaned
and polished daily as it reflected everyone perfectly.
Friendly to his allies, mean to his enemies. He's not
a person to have on your bad side.
Topman enjoyed keeping his name a secret. Along with
his other secrets. Topman was the smallest of the Mechs,
and looked the least amount of threatening. Still he
could hold his own in any battle. Topman, liked Gary
enjoyed jokes and fun. But like the rest of the Mechs...it
looked like he had gone through a lot.
Needlegal at first glance looked like a guy. With puncturing
needles apprising from her head. Massive blue armor
suit. And large eyes that can stare down just about
anyone. She favored Samus Aran for this reason. Beneath
the armor was Gauntlet's sister. They tend to argue
about a lot of things, noted by Tim. But you can tell
they cared deeply about each other.
Besides that, the rest of the crew was unrecognized.
The other four members The Six had just recently met
and got to know. Some couldn't believe they were inside
Sinister Six HQ. Dining with the famous hero's themselves.
Musashiden Razz was the new Sparkman. This clad wore
the simplest armor. With strong electrodes for hands,
and bright orangey and white armor. Hadrian was the
New Hardman. With even more massive armor than Needle
Gal, and even that of Tim. He showed where the brute
strength lie. Another Jonathan was the new Magnetman.
Magnet wore red shades to hide his eyes and attracted
people in more ways than one thanks to his upbeat personality.
He seemed to have the most energy of the downed Mechs.
Hexlaser was the new Snakeman. This bothered Gary the
most as Jacob (The Former Mech's Snakeman) seemed to
have disappeared without a trace. Like the older counterpart,
his Transmetal armor showed detailed scales and snake
eyes upon the helmet. Along with eye candy design and
craftsmen ship done to the exterior. With the new Transmetal
Armor, The Mechanical Maniacs had much better and stronger
armor than the Sinister Six. The Six weren't jealous
or anything, but still to this day wished they had a
pair of their own.
"So,
you've got quite a crisis on your hands." Lennon finally
spoke up. "That Meteorite seems to be the cause of all
the grief." The Mechs nodded in agreement. Although
all this time Tim didn't want to believe such a thing
could be the cause of trouble, he finally agreed.
"Just
like The Dinosaurs, the meteorite seemed to of affected
the climate. What's goin' to happen could be anyone's
guess." Andon spoke.
Gauntlet for the first time at the table spoke. "I don't
think it'll wipe out the planet. Yet. I read in the
paper that people saw something living inside that meteor."
"Something
living?" Jason continued. "But...isn't that impossible?"
Needle Gal though hungry didn't show any signs of eating
her meal. "It's all Sci-Fi Jason. Just think that an
Alien could have traveled on that meteor and landed
here. Since its powers don’t seem too familiar on our
planet, it probably causes some weird things to happen."
IRA was about to touch his beer when Shadowman knocked
it away from him. "You'd better not IRA, this is serious."
The bottle of whisky flew off the table and crashed
down upon the carpet below. What surprised Gauntlet
the most was that Gary was already down on his hands
and knees cleaning up the mess.
"Oops,
sorry about that Ice. Didn't mean to make a mess." He
apologized. Gary quickly got to his feet and had already
cleaned up the spill. "Not to worry, just don't let
it happen again." He said as he sat down. A long silence
stirred until Lennon once again broke the silence.
"So
what can we do to help, just remember we're a tad exhausted."
he spoke yawning.
"Just
keep an eye alert, with Super Chaos loose, and rumored
that Red has returned...and this new Thunderman, it
seems we may not get a chance to rest." Tim spoke.
"Yeah...we'll
keep our eyes open for you guys. You can count on it!"
Topman said quickly as he stretched he knocked yet another
glass onto the floor. Within seconds of the shatter
Iceman was already down cleaning it up.
Gauntlet once again noticed this. "Kinda edgy on keeping
the place tidy isn't he?" He said watching Ice clean
up.
"Yeah,
ever since Torchman had tricked us and kidnapped Fireman.
He's been rather a neat freak. I'll never forget that
battle.
*Sinister Six: Sinister Seven (Switcheroo)
Just then a grin appeared on Shadowman's face. And since
he had worn a mask to cover his mouth, no one really
saw it. "I see..." Gauntlet spoke. "Whelp, I suppose
we'll be off to bed now. Nothing more we can really
do but we'll keep our eyes open." Gauntlet rose from
his seat carefully glancing at Iceman, awaiting him
to sit in his seat.
Tim rose from his seat as well. "Agreed, maybe we best
get some rest. Whatever seems to be going on has settled
down for the night." Tim yawned loudly as Gary sat comfortably
in his seat. Gauntlet's grin never wavered.
"Right,
see you all in the morning..." Gauntlet said as he brushed
his arm by a candle set, knocking it straight to the
floor. Needle Gal immediately knew what Gauntlet was
up too. "Shadowman! That wasn't very nice! You pick
that up..." Before she could finish her sentence Gary
has already cleaned it up. "Be careful G! These things
don't come cheap ya know!"
Just as Gauntlet predicted. Iceman hadn't caught on
yet. So his sneer got wider. However Needle Gal saw
this, and just before she put out her hand to grab him,
off he went in a puff of smoke.
"Where's
he off to in such a hurry?" Tim looked a tad alarmed.
Gary on other hand was on edge. He looked around for
any sign of the Ninja. Needle Gal and the rest of the
Mechs rolled their eyes. They too waited to see what
was to happen next.
Just then the silence was broken as something sounded
like it fell of something somewhere inside the HQ. Gary
immediately set off for the sound. Some of the Mechs
started to laugh a little, but Needle Gal quickly quieted
them.
Another crash piled off somewhere in the opposite direction
and Iceman came running through the room, only to vanish
out the other way. Needle Gal watched him with a sorrowful
face. She wanted Gauntlet to stop. The other Sinister
Six found it rather humorous as well.
Again another crash, and Iceman came running through...then
another and another. Until finally Iceman broke down.
"where is he!? Why won't he stop! Arrrrggggg!!"
Gauntlet appeared soon after laughing the whole way.
"Don't worry Ice...Heheheh. I used your tape recorder
you fooled me with before!" he shot him a look before
finishing. "And used it to record smashing objects.
I didn't really break anything else." Gauntlet mocked
with the disapproval of Needle Gal. But Gary did have
it coming for all the times he had pranked Gauntlet
in the past.
Gary sighed a sigh of relief. He noticed everyone had
a small smirk on their face, but didn't want him to
feel bad so they tried to hide it. Unfortunately, they
did a horrible job. "Alright, out with it. I can dish
it out and take it." Iceman broke into his comforting
insane laughter, as with the rest of the crew. It was
a dark night outside, and things weren't very easy going.
A few laughs brought the Mechs out of their slumps and
it felt good to relive the old times again.
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