For friendship. For humanity. For the lulz. This is the story of the Megabuddies.Chapter 1: A Glorious New Transport
It had been about two weeks since the Wal-Mart Incident and the MBs had yet to have their celebratory feast for a successful mission. There was just too much to be done. There was an adminmobile to repair. The salvage mission at the crash site of their lost chopper from which they were still trying to find the body of their deceased buddy, Brad was also one of the many things that they had been keeping themselves busy with. They hadn’t even had any time to play their new N64. Upon their return to their base it had been tossed in a closet for safekeeping where it sits at this very moment gathering dust, still mint in box.
The MBs were worn out from all the hard work they had been doing lately, and finally felt that they had mourned their friends at least long enough to finally celebrate their victory.
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It was night now and the Megabuddies were all sitting outside on benches waiting at a bus stop. It was raining, very cold and windy and the group of friends was quite improperly dressed for the kind of weather they were experiencing. The remaining MBs Crimson, Cajun, Simian, T_L, ZF, Soma, Gbleek, Laclipsey and Geo were all dressed up in extremely luxurious pricey tuxes and dresses. They looked as if they were getting ready to attend a wedding.
The bus stop wasn’t covered, so the pouring rain was drenching on them as they sat bored doing nothing as they waited for the bus to show up. T_L sat next to ZF on a bench and pulled out a paper bag that he had brought with him. He held it up to his mouth and took a few sips to warm himself up.
“
Refreshing.” thought T_L. “
Almost as good as bacon…”
ZF looked horrified at him and tried to take away the booze. “You’ve had enough for today…”
T_L growled at him like a rabid dog though and slapped him hard in the face with his free hand. T_L glared at him bitterly and then scooted over closer to Crimson.
The public bus turned around the corner nearby and began slowing down as it neared the bus stop.
“BUS!!!” shouted Gbleek hopping up and down. “BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS!!!” It seemed to be the only word he knew. He chanted it incessantly as the bus slowly came to a halt in front of the bus stop. He began running for the bus and ran into the door before it had time to fully open. He fell down into a gigantic muddy puddle. “Aw man, my tux! This is your fault girlfriend stealer!” he hissed coldly at ZF.
ZF blinked and simply shuffled after the other MBs as they got on board the bus and paid their bus far.
“
DON’T IGNORE ME, *****.” howled Gbleek. "
YOU KNOW THIS IS YOUR FAULT. IF YOU HADN'T STOLEN MY GIRL I'D HAVE BEEN MORE FOCUSED, THAT WAY I COULD IMPRESS HER AND NOT EMBARRASS MYSELF DOING SOMETHING ****ING STUPID, YOU DOLT."
People inside the bus stared outside their windows frightened. Was that insane kid really going to get on the bus with them?
Gbleek got up and pushed T_L out of his way, grabbing his wallet from him as he did so. T_L stepped on board after everyone else had sat down and realized he didn’t have his wallet on his person. He groaned and closed his eyes for a few seconds stressed, clicked his tongue once and then reopened his eyes.
T_L looked at the bus driver, a big grumpy looking fat black man with lots of facial hair who needed to shower more often. He reeked badly. “Hey, can you wait here for a minute? I think I forgot my wallet at home. It won’t take me that long if I run.”
The bus driver stared at T_L and laughed. He seemed nice enough. T_L laughed as well. The man stopped laughing. T_L didn’t.
“Are you getting on the bus or not kid? I haven’t got all day. Either pay up now or get the hell off my bus. Bus rides aren’t free.” said the man coldly.
Somewhere in the back of the bus, Gbleek was covering his mouth trying to stifle his laughter. He loved this. Simian stared at him strangely.
“Please sir, I just need a minute… I want to get on the bus…”
“Do you have money or not?” asked the driver.
“Yes, but it’s at home…”
The driver squinted at him, got out of his seat, picked up T_L and threw him out into a muddy puddle on the sidewalk. Brown water splashed all over T_L’s clean white undershirt. He felt like crying. The drive closed the doors and began driving off without any feelings of remorse.
T_L took out his bottle of booze and angrily hurled it at the side of the bus as it drove away. It shattered on the hard metal surface of the vehicle. He held his head up high and stood back up in the pouring rain watching it drive off. He frowned a bit and turned around to walk back to the MB headquarters.
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“
HEY! You can’t do that to my friend!” shouted Cajun pissed.
“Just did kid.” cackled the man.
Gbleek pressed his face against the window near him and made stupid faces at T_L.
“Turn around and get our comrade, human. He is an asset of this mission. You do not understand our mission’s importance and you never will.” Crimson bickered. She began turning red enraged.
“Ha. Yeah right. Make me.”
“Ok.” said Soma. “We can do that.”
“New mission objective!” blurted Crimson ecstatically.
“
HIJACK THE BUS! GOT IT!” finished Simian, interrupting her before his commander could finish what she was trying to say.
The people on the bus began screaming in terror. Terrorists on board! They should have known! They began fighting to get off the bus. Some even tried to attack the MBs, but the epic MBs had too much skill. They soon gave up and resumed fighting over the emergency exits. The bus driver paid no attention, he simply whistled and continued driving along.
“NO, NO, NO.” screamed Crimson. “Not cool, duckling. See what you just did? You’re supposed to say
COMMANDEERING. It sounds a lot less sinister! Police say it so people don’t freak out!”
Simian shrugged embarrassed.
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Almost as soon as T_L turned around the bus suddenly swerved into a power pole, knocking it over and into a nearby building. Other cars in the area swerved around the bus trying to avoid it and the people that were jumping out the emergency exits on the bus running away from the scene terrified for their lives. The live wires from the dislodged power pole dangled around in the air sending bright yellow and orange sparks flying. The bus door opened and the bus driver was pushed out of the bus by Cajun and Laclipsey.
“Mah bus! Gimme back my bus!” gasped the driver.
“Your vehicle has been commandeered for official MB usage, citizen. It shall be returned at some point naturally, we are not thieves after all, but we can’t guarantee in what condition. Oh yeah…” said Crimson. “I’m driving!” said Crimson giddily. She sat down in the chair and closed the door in the driver’s face before he could get back on.
“GO, GO, GO!” hollered Simian.
“I need you guys to be my eyes! I can’t see in this weather.” The heroic leader reversed the bus and began driving it down the sidewalk, knocking over garbage cans and obliterating mailboxes. “How am I doing you guys?”
“You’re good… You’re good… You’re good… You’re good… You’re good…” said Simian and ZF staring out the windows.
“
Oh no! The bus driver! He’s chasing the bus!” gasped Soma.
The MBs not spotting for Crimson stared at the bulky figure running, seemingly in pain, for them in the headlights of the bus. The man began slowing down, he was much too fat and out of shape to have a good cardio.
“Oh wait, never mind.” said Soma smiling.
“Can you see T_L?” asked Crimson.
“No.” said both Simian and ZF.
“
YES!!! STOP STOP STOP!!!” panicked Cajun.
Crimson stomped her foot on the brake and opened the doors.
The sulking T_L was walking along the sidewalk, when having a strange feeling that something was amiss, stopped where he was and turned around. His jaw dropped as he saw his friends waving stupidly.
“You guys… You… you came back for
me…” said T_L touched, his voice cracking. He got on board the bus. “Hey where is everybody?
Oh…”
“Yeah, I couldn’t leave my duckling alone in the rain. There isn’t even free bread for you to feast on in the yard.” said Crimson.
“I love you guys so much…” whispered T_L, his eyes glistening with happiness and tears. "I'd do anything for you guys."
“
Really?” asked ZF. “You’ll really go sober for us, bro?”
T_L stood where he was looking at his friends, all quiet and waiting for his answer. He knew the answer. He’d be honest with them. He couldn’t lie to them.
“
**** no.” grunted T_L as he sat down in a seat and claimed it as his own, stretching out his legs. He shivered uncontrollably as the wet clothes he had on hugged his body.
Everyone was quiet for a minute as they accepted T_L’s response. Suddenly the bus driver stuck his front half through the doors. Everybody screamed in pure terror.
“
Aaagh!!!” screamed everyone.
Cajun kicked his head several times before he could get in so that he was outside the vehicle. “Get the doors!”
Crimson pulled the lever and the doors shut. The naturally upset bus driver continued to beat the glass door as hard as he could with his fist. “
NEXT STOP, A FINE FAMILY ESTABLISHMENT!” She stepped on the gas and began driving recklessly down the street as everybody cheered.
End of Chapter 1