Apocalypse

[-JD-]

Earlier, before computerbug's post on 'Posted Sep 16 2009, 12:14 AM'

Zach saw the ruins with Mark sitting outside. Jack smiled and called out to him. Mark stood up and gasped when he saw Zach.

"What? You're alive?!"

"You think I was going that easy?" Zach said smiling

Mark ran to him grinning.

"But how?"

"Ask Jack. He saved me, somehow."

Mark looked at Jack, who turned away frowning. Mark started to wonder what was up with Jack when he heard Melody.

"She doesn't know you are okay, you better see her."

Zach nodded and walked inside. Melody was lying down, and Eskallon was wrapping her leg in bandages. She looked upset, and she turned her head and saw him.

"Zach?!"

She got up hobbled over.

"I thought you were dead."

She hugged him.

"So did I." said Zach

"Urm, guys?" piped up C.C

[Eskallon]

"Guys we haven't done anything but walk and talk for 2 days" explained Jack

"Yes we do need to get a move on, it seems like everone but me keeps nearly dieing" said Eskallon

"Ok, team lets get a plan and stick to it, we then at least know what we are doing" Shoted Zach

[Luke McAwesome]

"Guys we haven't done anything but walk and talk for 2 days" explained Jack

"Yes we do need to get a move on, it seems like everone but me keeps nearly dieing" said Eskallon

"Ok, team lets get a plan and stick to it, we then at least know what we are doing" Shoted Zach

Mr. Impatient. Alright, we'll keep going. But you don't expect a battle every couple of posts, do you? When we're walking and talking, we're revealing backstory (A bit, anyway) and interacting. We're learning more about each other.

[Eskallon]

Yes thats exactly why I want to move on because right now people keep on nearly dieing and then having battles in every post.

[Luke McAwesome]

Good point... By the way, Eskallon, you're adding on to the "Present" storyline, right?

On with the story, then.

Zach walked over to Mark.

"You okay? That was a pretty far fall," he said.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks," Mark replied. "Want some chocolate?"

"... No thanks?"

"More for me, than," he said with a devilish grin on his face.

---

Garviel, CC, and Robert were over at a workbench tinkering around with some random items.

"When are we going to do something? This is boring!" Garviel asked, and told, CC.

"We are doing something. If you'd prefer to do something else, you could always hit something with that hammer. It's a good way to ease frustration." CC replied.

Garviel picked up the hammer, and tossed it in a random direction.

A loud *CLANG!* can be heard in the distance, as a shelving unit falls to reveal a hidden entrance.

"... Cool..." CC said in awe as he saw the large doorway.

"Nice aim, Garviel," said Robert.

"Why thank you."

"Hey! It was my idea for him to throw it!" CC told Robert.

---

Zach watched as the shelves fell down to reveal a secret doorway.

"That was amazing."

Mark stood up, and said:

"Let's go check it out!"

The group(Minus a Melody) walked inside the room. It was a lab, filled with a bunch of odd gizmos.

"These are some major-league toys!" CC said in delight as he giddily walked over to one of the tables. "Wow! This machnery is amazing! No wonder whoever was here hid it! I've never even heard of half of this stuff!"

Zach and Mark stared at a giant drill planted in the middle of the room over a well.

"That's one big drill," said Zach.

The pair walked over to the well and looked down.

"Oh! Hang on..." Mark said, searching his pockets. "I've been saving some of these," he said, taking out a glow stick. He bent it in half and the light ignited.

He dropped it down the hole, and both watched as it disappeared into the darkness.

They looked at each other and back down the hole.

---

"Oooooh, my head hurts..." groaned Melody as she sat up. Her arms ached, her legs ached as well. And the back of her head felt like it had been cut open.

She felt her head and felt some blood, still wet.

"What the...?" And she noticed where she was. "Oh, right. I fell. Dang, that hurt."

She looked around and saw nobody.

"Where is everyone?"

---

CC ran around the room multiple times, tinkering with the machinery.

"CC, are you ever going to be done?" Robert asked him, smiling.

"That depends if I can get this stuff working or not!" he replied. "Plus, we have time, Melody isn't awake yet."

---

"Hello? Anybody? I'm awake! Is anyone here? How long was I out?"

She got to her feet and started looking around.

"Look at all this junk... who would just leave all this lying around?"

Then she saw the doorway, and heard a few voices.

"Oh! That's where you are." she said as she walked to the doorway.

---

Zach stood staring down the hole, still.

"How long are you going to look down that hole?" Mark asked, going back over to him.

"As long as it takes to hear the sound of that glow stick hitting something," he said.

"ZACH!"

Suddenly something embraced him.

He was about to pull out his gun, but saw it was Melody.

She hugged him and let go.

"You're awake I see," he said, raising an eyebrow.

"Thank goodness, I thought a fall like that would kill me," she said.

Zach looked from Melody, to Mark, and back to Melody.

"It did."

Her grin turned to a confused expression.

"Huh?"

"It did kill you. We were able to perform some 'Life-Giving Ritual' thi-"

"It's a ceremony!" lyde interrupted from the other side of the room, not bothering to look up from the table.

"'Life-Giving Ceremony'," he said, smiling.

"Let me guess, Clyde's famous powers?"

"More or less."

She started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Zach asked, concerned.

"It's just that, I've almost died at least twenty times since the nuclear blasts started, and I actually did die! And yet, here I am again, alive, and feeling like a million bucks!"

"I guess that can be a nice fishing story, huh?" Zach said, amused.

"Maybe, just maybe." she said, and kissed him.

---

CC looked over at Zach and Melody.

"What?"

"Daaang..." Mark said, thinking of an evil plot for revenge.

Jack walked over to Mark and CC and asked:

"What is i-Oh my goodness!" he yelled, making the two jump.

Garviel and Robert just ignored them, still messing around with the gadgets.

---

I've been waiting for the right time to have Mark say that line: "Daaang..." Maybe that should be YG-49's new catchphrase?

[Bob]

Suddenly, the walls of the secret base they had found burst open. A few tanks and figures that the team couldn't identify rushed in.

"Secure the area, this is where he tracked them too!" a first voice said.

"Yes Sir!" a few more voices added.

The team grabbed their weapons and took cover behind some tables.

"Don't move!" Zach yelled.

The team pointed their weapons at the figures.

"I think you guys are the one who should surrender." one figure said.

"Don't you know who we are?" a figure added

A few tanks hovered up behind the figures.

"Err...No...?" Melody said.

"United States Army, or at least what's left of it." one soldier said.

"We've been sent here by one, Bob Willians? He mean anything to you?" another soldier asked.

"Bob! He's alive!?" they all asked.

"The suit he had on protected him."

"But, his head, I took his helmet." Zach said.

"The blast site was an old battlefield; he found another helmet and was blown sky-high. Landed in a lake too, miracle he's alive." one soldier said.

"Well, come with us, we will take you to him." another soldier said.

The team and soldiers climbed into the tanks, and they drove off into the desert, toward any army base.

[user]

Suddenly something struck C.C.

Everybody get out of the car NOW!! Shouted C.C

Why what's going on? Said Mark.

The brutes are coming and if we stay in the car they will eat us up like a starving dinosaur! Said C.C using his back-pack arms to slide him out the window.

Who are these brutes? Said an especially dumb looking soldier. I bet I could take on a million!

Yeah and lose! Said C.C. Now hurry these "NEW" scrappers might start building with human flesh so hurry! there is nothing to slow them down since the scavengers took my last computerbug!

Wait the drill! Said melody.

We have to turn back to the factory! Shouted Melody. NOW!!!

We cannot do this I can assure you that we are safe in this car it has side mounted guns and the base has all sorts of weapons. Said the general.

That's even worse turn back now! Said Zach.

Wait where is C.C? Said Jack.

He's already gone back now go back before it's to late. Said Melody.

Zach rushed out of the car at lightning speed following C.C back to the Laboratory.

Thanks for coming Zach I am not good at piloting vehicles at all so.. You're a good pilot right?...... Said C.C.

This is apart where YOU decide what happens!

Edited September 19, 2009 by computerbug

[YG-49]

I've been waiting for the right time to have Mark say that line: "Daaang..." Maybe that should be YG-49's new catchphrase?

I'll think about it. But I kinda liked the original.

I think, therefore I am. I destroy, therefore I endure.

"Erm....." Zach muttered.

"You're kidding right?"

"No."

"NO?!?"

"No."

"Well you COULDA mentioned that earlier!" *CC grabs Zach with his cyber arms and throws Zach off a cliff*

That last bit was just for fun. Or was it?!

Edited September 20, 2009 by YG-49

[Eskallon]

Following on from computerbugs post

"I can drive a car and a helicopter so this might be ok!!" said Zach

"OK get in then" shouted CC

In the distance they can hear the brutes attacking the USA milatry and they hear the screams of the men!!!!!!!.

"Ok, this should move forward" said Zach

"Yes, you can do it, were already out of this bunker" Said CC

"Ok just go straight towards the brutes, we can then get the drill to go straight through them" Said CC

"Ok I hope you are right.

Edited September 23, 2009 by Eskallon

[Luke McAwesome]

7 years ago...

Professor Edward Forge sat in a chair at his desk, working silently on a computer system, what he planned to turn into a business corporation. He called it, "The Detectix Body Radiation Detector". He would make millions of this one little handheld gadget, the military would purchase thousands for their troops, the National Guard would buy them to search for survivors in case of disasters, such as hurricanes and floods.

He was almost finished with the prototype. Though it could only reach up to 20 feet, it would at least hopefully work. He could work on the radius later. It was a smart computer, which meant it could adapt to any situation. It had small tools compacted inside, such as a magnifying glass, and even a small laser for cutting through items.

He picked up a pair of tweezers and slowly, using a magnifying glass attached to his lamp, he slowly and gently grabbed a small data chip and began to insert it inside the device...

*BANG! BANG! BANG!*

Loud crashing noises came from behind the bookcase, where the factory was.

Forge jumped out of the seat and dropped the data chip somewhere on the floor.

He swore and got down on his knees as more crashing noises came from the factory. He hurriedly searched the concrete floor for the chip. It was only as big as an ant. But he couldn't lose this chip, it had vital information and plans for future Detectix designs.

"They're coming for me... I must find that chip!"

He began using his hands swiping at the floor gently trying to feel for something hard.

"Come on... Come on..."

He heard one of the factory workers, Jessica, scream something. He couldn't make it out.

Then he heard a second voice, deep and scratchy.

"Where is Forge?! I WANT TO KNOW!!! Tell me! Tell me!!!"

Edward heard crashing, and then a sickening crunch, and a scream.

More screams erupted as an explosion and crash was heard.

"Come on! Come on!"

"Sir, he's in there!" said a deep voice, but a different one from the first.

"Very well, get him! Use the grenades if you must!" said the first voice.

As Edward kept searching, he felt something hard on his hand. He used the pliers, picked it up and held it to his eye. It was the chip.

"Edward... we're here for that nice new device of your's... I hope you don't mind if we come in, don't worry, well bite," said Voice Number 1, in a cruel, unmerciful voice.

Forge didn't think they wanted to come in to have a chat over some tea.

He got to his feet and went back to his desk as fast as he could. He sat down and quickly looked through the glass again. He must finish this before they come in. He quickly inserted the chip in the device. He connected two small wires and the device quickly turned on, showing the words:

"Welcome, Edward! Please insert your password here:

___________"

He typed in the password, and heard more yelling.

"Forget it, let me do it, instead, idiot!" said the first voice.

He quickly grabbed a piece of paper and started writing a letter, as more crashng came not from the factory, but from the bookcase. He could hear scratching. They were clawing their way in.

He folded the letter and put it in his labcoat pocket, and hung it up on a coat rack.

"Edward, why so shy?" came the first voice from a newly created hole in the bookcase, a head peaked through that was lizard-like. He was a mutant. Dr. Brian

Wells was caught in a genetic testing facility explosion in a lab in Area 51, Nevada. He had his old mind, but his genes were mixed with a salamander's.

Edward screamed and backed against the wall.

"What do you want?!" he squealed.

"That pretty little gadget you have there, of course. Hand it over, and we'll spare you."

"You're lying, you'll kill me anyway and claim the invention as you're own!" Edward yelled at him.

"Of course. Muahaha!!!" Wells pulled out a pistol and shot Forge in the stomach.

Forge fell to the ground and crawled to the hole he had made with his drill.

"If I can't have it... neither... can... you... Lizard boy..."

"NO!" Wells climbed through the hole in the bookcase and charged to Forge.

Forge used his the last of his energy and let go of the device.

It fell down and down until it couldn't even be heard smashing on the ground.

"FOOL!" Wells shrieked.

He slashed Edward's face until it couldn't even be recognized, skin was peeled off all over, and blood covered the entire body.

Wells lifted his hand and licked the claws of all the blood.

"You fools, if you would've just used the grenades, we could've gotten it sooner!"

"Sorry, sir," said one of the troops.

"Sorry, that word, it just doesn't do the job..." Wells had a bloodthirsty look in his eye.

To the young soldier, he swore he almost saw a flame inside that piercing black eye.

Wells walked up to the young boy and looked him over.

"You'll feed me for a week," he said and sent his claws inside the boy's flesh...

---

Present Day

CC watched Zach clamber inside the drill's cab, and CC took one last look around. He saw a dusty old labcoat.

"This'll do nicely," he said as he had a cyber arm cut through the back as a space for his pack to fit through the coat.

He slipped it on.

"CC! Get up here! There's room for one more," said Zach.

CC stumbled over to the drill.

"How will we know where the brutes are?"

"Perhaps a lucky guess?" Zach replied, grinning as he started up the drill.

---

5 minutes later...

The team ran as fast as they could towards the factory. Explosions and screaming could be seen and heard behind them.

"Once we get there?" Melody asked Mark, huffing and puffing as she ran.

"Make sure Zach and CC aren't dead, and steal anything we can get our hands on!"

"Sounds good," she replied, and kicked it into high gear as another, louder, much bigger explosion was in the background.

The soldiers had stayed behind to fight, but they soon regretted not following the strangers.

"When do you think we'll see Bob again?" she asked Jack.

"If we can ever get back to where we were supposed to be heading! Maybe he'll send more troops after us!"

"Maybe... Or maybe we should hide in the factory?"

"If we can make it to the factory!"

---

Yes, there will be a reason for that flashback, don't worry. And no, it isn't a side-plot, it's just back in the past. It explains the Detectix Corporation.

Edited September 24, 2009 by Striker

[Adam]

I love how no one has noticed that Adam is missing.

The one part of Adam that was remotely living awoke. He felt... he felt as if he were empty, missing something.

It's rather ironic that this was exactly the case.

Adam sat up - then quickly sat back down and whipped his head to either side. On one side were tanks, and in each tank was a vital organ - a liver, a lung, a - a something which must have been alien.

On the other side was a machine mounted on rails, with with eighteen fully flexible hands extending from it. Each was armed with a tool of some sort.

After a few moments, Adam sat back up again and looked at himself. His entire stomach had been ripped open, and only a few human organs remained. The rest of him was made up of circuits and alien DNA.

He was a walking skeleton.

"I see that you are awake. This is good, yes, yes..."

Adam turned towards the speaker and was surprised to see an old human male wandering about the room.

"You must sit back down, yes, you are not finished..." As he said these words, the machine dropped two tools and used the free hands to hold Adam down.

Adam wasn't just going to lie back and take this easily. "Who are you? And why are you doing - whatever you're doing?!"

The old man raised his eyes. "No time to explain, no time to explain..." The arms began moving rapidly. Adam was in intense pain, and although his screams filled the room, he caught certain phrases from the scientist.

"Yes, yes, we must work..."

"The leg bone connects to the... to the... to the main processing cord, yes, yes..."

"Must... modify, must improve..."

"Pse-pse-pseudoscience, yes, yes, that's it..."

Adam used all of his will to yell at the old scientist, "Pseudoscience? You cannot be serious! You're, what, trying to make me teleport? Trying to stop me from aging? God! I'm getting dissected by some guy that watched too much Fringe!

"What's that?" The man looked up. "Oh, yes, yes..." And that was when Adam felt the super-strength kicking in. He grabbed and snapped each arm in a split second, hoisted the machine off of him, and crashed out of the room.

Yes, funny ones, Adam is clothed.

[Luke McAwesome]

And when Adam angry, Adam SMASH!

I'm not sure I understand, is Adam a robot or not?

[Adam]

And when Adam angry, Adam SMASH!

I'm not sure I understand, is Adam a robot or not?

Is he part robot, human, AND alien? Patience is a virtue, my friend.

[user]

Zach piloted the drill carefully while C.C twittered with some weird device as they went to the surface.

We've reached the surface! Said Zach.

Oh really! Said C.C. You know I don't wear these goggles because I'm blind! said C.C pointing out Zach's stupid comment.

Oh shut up! Yelled Zach over the roar of the engine.

Wait wont the bots just add this drill to their bodies! Yelled Zach.

Of coarse not! Not even the brutes are that big! Said C.C laughing quietly until it turned into coughing.

What's that smoke coming from? asked Zach.

C.C looked up from his device as he looked behind them. Wow cool! Said C.C.

I wouldn't call that cool if I were you. it looks like it could kill us! Said Zach.

There was a large amount of spider bots ranging from ones big enough that they were made from construction equipment to ones the size of baseballs.

Wow looks like the C-bug has been working better than expected! I'm pretty sure they wont hurt us. Said C.C. Then a small bot approached him with screwdrivers for legs. This one must be the original! Said C.C. Putting him in his backpack.

The C-bug came back out with a small gizmo labeled "Detectix" C.C messed with it and realized he could control the bug-bots! Um here you do it. Said C.C handing the thing to Zach.

"Huh that's really cool I guess the little guy isn't as useless as I thought! said Zach completely ravaging the S.C.R.A's with C-bugs friends. Then an enormous Brute as big as a mountain came into the playing field it appeared to be collecting parts of the other things without even realizing it!

The rest of the group found them and C.C asked. Is anybody here good at video games?

What does that have to do wi..

Answer me!! Shouted C.C at Jack.

Well I'm pretty good! Said Melody.

C.C ripped the device from Zachery's hands and gave it to melody.

Okay so see that huge spider? That is a friend of mine that the Computerbug made. You are controlling hundreds of them with that device. Said C.C. And see that big guy over there?

Oh God. Said Melody.

You have to destroy that. You can collect any machine you can find and add it to the bugs but the big guy can add things to himself to I think you should bring one over here to take this drill. Said C.C.

Um okay. Said Melody obviously nervous.

[YG-49]

Just to make it clear, this is what the brute looks like:

"And whatever you do, don't click the RED button!" CC shouted

"Erm... What happens if I do?" Melody asked.

"The bugs will break free of the trance and destroy us!!"

"............" *Shudders*

Slowly, Slowly, Melody guided the bugs over to the drill, and, like a hobo ( ) added it to their bodies immediately.

Then, Slowly (Slowly!) she guided them to the the BIG brute, who was meanwhile eating a gas tanker.

Then, the brute noticed the bugs, and them went to eat them!

I would somehow like to make the concept that they get a flame from somewhere and throw it at the brute, who after eating the tanker, is filled with gas. BOOM.

Edited September 26, 2009 by YG-49

[Luke McAwesome]

I would somehow like to make the concept that they get a flame from somewhere and throw it at the brute, who after eating the tanker, is filled with gas. BOOM.

What if it just steps on a car and it blows up, sending flames up at the brute, thus making the gas ignite?

"Er..."

"What's "er"?"

"I haven't played video games in a long time... I'm a bit rusty..."

"Oh, well that's okay, but you better do your best... because we're going to die if you mess this up!"

They watched as a soldier began running for his life, and the brute, unnoticing, stepped on him like an ant.

"How close are we to the nearest city?" Melody asked.

"About 35 miles, why?" said Zach.

"I was thinking, if we could lure it to the city, the military there could take it down," said Melody.

"No, it would absorb their weapons and vehicles and squash the troops," said CC, not taking his eyes off the giant brute.

"Right... Oops... So how am I going to destroy this thing with a couple little insect-resembling bug-machones?"

"I don't know, you're the gaming expert!"

"I'm not an expert!"

"Fine. So, miss, how do you plan on taking down this monster?"

---

The brute looked down at the tiny specks that were running around.

What are those things, it wondered, walking towards them, absorbing things, and not even noticing.

He stepped on everything in sight, it was just so darn fun!

*BOOM!*

What was that? it wondered.

---

Melody had forgotten about the controls and was arguing with CC over what their plan was.

*BOOM!*

The group jumped only to see a fireball come from the ground.

Melody realized that the brute had abosrbed quite a few gas tankards from the squadron of military vehicles. Evereyone else remembered this as well.

"Oh, hang on... this is gonna be bad..." ()

Fire consumed the beast, and it suddenly imploded, then exploded, sending machinery tumbling for miles.

The entire group got blown back at least 16 feet from the blast.

The sky was red and black from the fire and smoke, junk lay all around the group.

Melody was on the ground next to Zach. Their eyes fell to a wheel that rolled past them, then fell flat on the ground, tumbling.

"That's really ironic," she said, contemplating what had happened.

"Melody..."

"What, Zach?" she asked him, smiling.

"Oh no..."

"Zach, what is it?" she asked him again, her smile disappearing.

His eyes were on the Detectix, where her finger lay on a button.

A red button.

"Oh, I know what you mean now..." she whispered in a terrified voice.

"Bad... bad... bad! Bad! BAD! Everybody run!"

The small little gadgets were storming towards them, tools raised, most likely to be used as dissecting devices.

Everyone got to their feet and started stumbling as fast as they could.

[user]

Everybody was running except for C.C. He stepped on one then kicked a large one causing the legs to fall off.

There is nothing to afraid of! Said C.C Kicking one of the bugs that was previously on e of the largest.

They have become brittle since the explosion and practically destroy themselves! And the larger ones were completely detonated in the explosion. Said C.C picking up shiny bits of rubble.

Hah! Said Melody but her smile quickly turned to a frown as she saw the general glaring at her.

Do you know how much damage you have costed us young lady! Screamed the Sargent.

Um actually she destroyed them I built them! Said C.C not really focusing on much of anything other than the Detectix.

I will rip you limb from limb for this you stupid kid! Screamed the Sargent. Then C.C grabbed some wish-bone shaped thing out of his back-pack.

Hold this. Mumbled C.C handing the thing to Mark. And hold it right here.

C.C Quickly pressed a button on the detectix causing a cord to whip out of the Detex and connect to the bone thingy. Then a bright light shined from both of the points of the bone thing and shined into General, Nag eyes. General fell to the ground inert. Then C.C grabbed both devices and stuffed them in his pack.

Okay lets go. said C.C.

Did you... Kill him? Asked Jack.

Oh no no no no no! I simply stunned him he will wake up in about 2 hours. said C.C. You would not believe what kinds of things this thing can do! Said C.C.

Now let us go get Bob! Said C.C.

We have a lot to tell him! Said Mark.

YG-49 the brutes are not like that at all. first of all they are made of scrap metal, second of all they are menacing, third of all they are not alive!

[YG-49]

YG-49 the brutes are not like that at all. first of all they are made of scrap metal, second of all they are menacing, third of all they are not alive!

But... Uhh.... That one was a mutant! That's how it got that big! Anyway, I thought this was "You make the story" game. Plus, Insectosaurus is awesome.

[Eskallon]

But... Uhh.... That one was a mutant! That's how it got that big! Anyway, I thought this was "You make the story" game. Plus, Insectosaurus is awesome.

No this game is a game called miss out all of Eskallons posts!!

"We will never find Bob unless we go back" shouted Eskallon

"What?, Why?" shouted Sam

"Because ya left him on the floor" replied Eskallon

"OK back we go" said Zach

The group hurry back noticing that the insects are gone.

"Ok pick him up someone" said Zach

"Why us?" asked Jack

"For God's sake I will carry him" replied Eskallon

"Wait, where are the insects" asked CC

"Yes that is a good point" said Sam

"Um I am getting a tad scared" said Melody

"Where are we Eskallon" asked Jack

"Um, Um, Um well I kinda lost myself after we got out of the base ya see. If you had gone round the ruins we would have been fine" said Eskallon

"Well if you look up that might help" shouted John as he pointed up

Above the group were flying machines, hundreds but they obviously couldn't see into the forest.

"Wow, Ive never seen them fly before" said Melody

"I think we are nearer to the city then we thoght" said Melody

"I think we can get there before nightfall" said Eskallon

"Im eating something first though" said Sam

"Ok, well we do still have 3 days left so that is fine wth me" said Zach

"Ok but we stick together" said Eskallon

Eskallon dumps the man's body on the floor.

Edited September 26, 2009 by Eskallon

[-JD-]

"Im eating something first though" said Adam

I have not posted for a while, and even I know Adam has not returned yet!

Where is Clyde? Why does everyone keep adding more and more types of robot? Once we get in the city, I will only allow a couple of sideplots, if they are good ideas. People like Oky and Bob don't post because of these things, so PM me if you have any ideas, because I would hate it if they gave up on this.

Edited September 26, 2009 by Jammiedodger714

[Adam]

I have not posted for a while, and even I know Adam has not returned yet!

Every story needs a bad guy. And I'm it!

I have noticed four things wrong with Apocalypse:

1) Too much "OMG, big monster thing!" and too little story

2) No real villain

3) A whole lot of, Melody and Zach were blasted apart from everyone else. "Melody," Zach said, "You're bleeding." Melody felt her chin. "Oh. Yeah. You're right!" They kissed, and viewers worldwide cheered!

4) A complete lack of visual, violent, unnecessary and gratuitous gore.

In light of this, I have stepped up to the challenge!

The sun had just begun to make its appearance when the group reached the nearest city, City 64. The place was in shambles: buildings were rubble, skeletons littered the streets, and vegetation has sprung up all over the place. The closest building was a crumbling grocery store. It had lots of space, a few provisions, and a couple floors, so they decided to use it as a temporary bunker.

Sam couldn't shake the feeling that something was amiss. "This place... it just isn't right." The rest of the group turned to him.

"Why is that?" Eskallon asked. "It seems like a great spot to set up camp." Mark shook his head. "I'm with Sarge on this one. We approach a war-ravaged town and happen upon a cozy building with food, water, and supplies - and it's the nearest structure, to boot! Let's face it: it's foolish to think we'd have such luck."

"That's some good thinking."

They all whipped around. Standing in a dark, far off corner of the room was a long haired man with chiseled features. Something about him - no one could quite place it - had them rooted to the spot, hanging on his every whisper.

"One, two, three, four... thirteen! But aren't there supposed to be fourteen?" he asked. Each one of them knew that Adam was missing, and apparently, so did this character.

Jack was the first to speak. "Who are you? Are you a survivor?" he added, although something in him told him he wasn't on their side.

"I guess you could say so. I certainly survived your lack of action and a, ah, tune up, so to speak. Imagine how pleased I must have been when you all came looking for me!" Zach took a step forward. "Adam?! That can't be you."

"It certainly can!" He stepped forward into the light. Although his face was heavily scarred and his hair was a light brown, he was easily recognizable. Adam raised his hand and scratched at his head. "Take it from me, guys, getting a face lift is really itchy." And then, as he dug his fingers below his hairline, he lifted the top of his head off. Even the least squeamish of the crowd cringed.

"I remember being unable to appreciate anything before modification," Adam continued. "The end of the world is such a big event, and I had a front row seat. Yet for some reason, I trekked along with you idiots, trying to shoot up robots or something. A lot of people worked hard on those things, did you know?"

He paused for a moment. "So I was controlled, against my will, by a lunatic - a genius, yes, but crazy - who started to fix me up. But the foolish man made me too good, too smart. After a quick lobotomy, I had his brain and was ready to roll."

Adam popped the top of his skull back on, and Melody cried, "You sawed his head off?! That's inhuman!" Their former friend sighed. "Yes, but that's one of the perks of not being human. I'd give you all the same treatment, but it's the funniest thing: I found this particle gun lying by the fridge, and thought to myself, 'oh, go on, have a good time!'"

Jammie, I think that if you made a few posts, the others would follow.

[Luke McAwesome]

4) A complete lack of visual, violent, unnecessary and gratuitous gore.

Heck, if I knew you wanted that, I would've done that a long time ago! I love gore!

"Plan?" Sam whispered to Eskallon.

"Kill him and get the heck out of here,"

"Sounds good. But how do we do that?"

"I don't know..."

Jack walked over to them, keeping an eye on Adam while he lectured them on his evil plan.

"Why not pull out his wiring? He is a robot after all," he suggested.

"That's true!" said Sam.

"But he's an organic robot. He may not have wiring at all, he could have organs," said Eskallon.

"Then shoot him!" said Sam.

"With what? A candy wrapper and a stick?" said Eskallon, smirking.

"Er... Eskallon has a point..." said Jack.

It took Adam a moment to notice the three.

"Hey, ladies, if you have anything to say, please share it with us," said Adam.

"Oh, nothing, we're just talking about what we'll do if we get out of this mess," said Jack.

"Oh, you won't, trust me," said Adam with a grin not even the devil could have made.

---

"This guy is crazy. He's a mechanical maniac, full of pure evil. What do we do?" Mark asked Garviel.

"Maniac? Pure evil? That's an understatement!" said Adam. "You know, Mark, in spite of your confidence to not say what I really am, I think I'll let you live longer by letting you die slowly. You get to watch your friends die, while you lay there writhing in pain."

Mark, resisting the urge to rip that ugly mug of a mad scientist right off his face, decided he needed to act fast if he was going to save them.

Again.

---

"Clyde, do something," said Melody.

"Like what?" Clyde asked.

"Kill him or something!"

"Kill him? Why would I do that?"

Melody pointed at the gun.

"Oh. I see. You are intimidated by the firearm. Very well. What should I do?"

"I don't care, just make sure he doesn't kill us all!"

"As that black and white cat that was made in to numerous clocks would say, righteo!"

With that, Clyde began plotting what to do. What kind of thing should he do to this human?

---

Adam was still saying what he would do with all of them, but Zach interrupted.

"After all this time, I trusted you! And you turn your backs on us after all we've done for you!"

"What have you done for me, Zachary? Please, I'd love to know," said Adam.

"We let you stay with us! You ate our food, drank our water, and we helped each other constantly! I thought we were friends..."

"Friends? Ha! We'll see who's friends when I'm done with you, Zachary Smith!"

---

"Clyde, hurry it up. We're about to lose a couple of sassypants people here soon..." Melody said.

"Well, I could try frying him."

"Would that kill him?"

"If you call disintegration death, then yes."

"Cool. Do it! Do it!"

"Melody, Clyde, please, what are you two doing?" Adam asked getting very annoyed with this obvious plotting.

"Miss Striker and I are plotting your death, why?" said Clyde.

Melody kicked his leg.

"Ouch, Miss Striker, what was that for?" he asked.

She kicked him again.

"Oh, I understand now, you're secretly trying to tell me to stop telling him everything!"

She did a "facepalm" and said,

"Okay, so, let me guess, you're going to kill us now?" she asked.

"Yes!" said Adam. "Well, actually, maybe later. I have more important things to tend to then you imbeciles. I bet you couldn't even successfully kill a gnat, let alone me!"

---

CC inched over to Jack, Sam, and Eskallon.

"So? What should we do?" Sam asked Jack.

"Cyborg fight?" Jack suggested.

"Nah, too anime. Let's think of something original," said Eskallon.

"Hey, what if we just jump him and start beating the cyborg organs right out of him?"

"Nah, we'll be killed instantly. He's too powerful," said Sam.

"Can we please get our plan straight, here?"

"Right. Sorry," said Eskallon.

"Hey, Melody gave me back the Detectix, maybe we could use that!" CC suggested.

"What can that really do against him?" Jack asked.

"I don't know. Help me look through all these computer files, there's gotta be something against stopping your psychopathic friend!"

[Eskallon]

"Stop reading, or I will saw through your heads like worms and knifes!" Shouted Adam

"Well, what are you waiting for, kill us then!!" Shouted Zach

"Oh no, I intend to do much worse to some of you" Said Adam

"CC what is that piece of paper in your lab coat" asked Eskallon

"Tell Melody to read it, I can't read complicated English" said CC

Eskallon shuffles back over to melody and decides to read it to her.

Dear whoever you are

I am in a hurry and will be dead as you now read this but you must know. I threw a detex device through the drilling hole and destroyed it but it must not be found if it is still there. It can freeze time for 30 seconds, clone unliving things and it can teleport the average human up to 100 meters away. It also does other stuff that you can work out for yourself. Below is a chip attached, keep it as a spare and the real chip should be taken out and put back in to reboot it and then it should work. Use it wisely and don't let it fall into the hands of DR Brian.

Yours Truthfully

A dead scientist

"Melody do what he said to with the chip." Whispered Eskallon

"Im doing it" whispered Melody

"EVERYONE HOLD ON TO A PART OF MY SKIN" shouted Melody

She hit the freeze time for 30 seconds button on the screen

"NOW RUN" Shouted Eskallon

"Leg it" Shouted Jack

"Where to?"

"That tall building at the center!!!!!!!!!" shouted Zach

Edited September 28, 2009 by Eskallon

[-JD-]

"Tall building?" said Mark panting "That is a little more than tall!"

"Lets worry about that later." said Melody

"What else can we do with that thing?" asked Zach, jumping over some rubble

"It can transport us up to one hundred metres and--"

"That'll do! C'mon guys, we only have a few more seconds!"

The gang reached the ground floor and Eskallon kicked one of the glass doors down. It froze in mid air.

"Cool!" said CC grinning.

"Melody! Get over here!" ordered Zach

She pelted over and asked what he wanted.

"Make us transport one hundred metres, but upwards."

She looked astounded at the suggestion, but the crash of the glass door on the floor suddenly got their attention.

"Shit!"

"We've ran out of time!"

"Quick Melody!"

"We could transport halfway through the floor, and be cut in half!"

"Would you rather risk getting to safety than stay down here and get ripped apart by Adam?"

"You're right. Quick everyone! Grab me!"

They did as she said. There was a flash and they landed on their backs, some way up the building. Jack had landed right next to a broken window. He looked over and shivered.

"Dang, we're high up!" he said

"Must be atleast two hundred stories, not even half way."

"I think we got lucky. We must have gone way over a hundred metres."

"Hey, get off me Chris!" cried Melody, smacking his hand away from her midriff.

"Sorry, I was in a hurry to get to you." he muttered, blushing.

Robert was dizzy, and fell over. Zach went to him.

"We need charging!"

"And so does that monster Adam."

"That must be what he was going to do before killing us! Charge himself!"

"And I think I know where." said Jack, pointing into the horizon to a orange glow.

"The next core!"

"No time to lose guys. We need to get there, and fast."

"Look what I found. I think it made the hole in the window!"

They turned and saw CC throwing a dead corpse to the floor, which he had gotten out of a crashed air-car.

"Great! Can it fly?"

"I think so. Just push the button and...." he pressed down firmly and the machine came to life, floating in front of them.

"Voila."

Only two or so posts before the end of Chapter 2.

Edited September 28, 2009 by Jammiedodger714

[Zapper Brick]

"Stupid, murderous kid..." muttered Sam under his breath as the group began to climb in to the hover car. "Can we all fit in that thing?" wondered Eskallon aloud as he stood near the Car. "Just get in!" shouted Melody as she pulled Eskallon in to the car. "So, where to?" asked CC as he sat in the drivers seat. "I don't think we need to tell you again," said Zach, who was rolling his eyes.