TDWF Episode 9

TDWF IX: Daemons of the Dreamscape

“Daemons of the Dreamscape,” Agent said, “Nice name.”

“How could you have ever doubted me?” Jesse asked.

“So what’s the word on those ships Kevin?” Will asked.

“They’ll be here…” Kevin said, wide-eyed and worried, “Soon…”

Ben trembled as he bit on his nails, his eyes darting every which way. “So…Benny what do you remember of this über-bad dude?” Kevin asked, to Ben.

Ben looked at Kevin and sputtered, “Heh…heh…Hi...hi…hi-hi-his name is Lord Shaw,” Ben said.

Agent’s eyes widened before he quietly retained a normal look…

“About this Shaw guy?” Kevin asked.

Ben shuttered and tried to speak but he couldn’t. “What did you see Young Man?” Kevin said, holding a cigarette lighter towards Ben’s face.

“Cut that out!” Jesse snapped.

“Well it worked in that one movie!” Kevin said.

Ben tried to speak but nothing came out, he blinked, “He wanted…he wanted…” Ben tried to speak the last bit, but nothing came out.

“He wanted what,” Will asked.

Agent attempted to suppress a worried look on his face, luckily for him no one was paying attention to him. “He wanted,” Ben swallowed, “D-d…Da-da-da…”

“Da?” Kevin asked.

“Dar…Dar…” Ben tried to speak but it was very hard to, due to the trauma he experienced.

Ben lost his ability to speak all together. “Alright,” Kevin said.

Kevin took out what looked like a coin attached to a string. “It’s called a pendulum!” Jesse said.

“Ben,” Kevin said, “I need you to look at the end of the pendulum.”

Ben looked at the coin part, “Now,” Kevin said, his voice getting quiet, “Follow the coin,” Ben did as he was told, “Now you are getting sleepy…Very sleepy…You are weightless and have no mass…You will only respond to the sound of my voice,” Ben slowly fell asleep, “When I snap my fingers you will go to sleep and tell me everything you know.”

Kevin snapped his fingers as Ben fell onto his shoulder. Jesse helped Kevin set Ben down on to a nearby cot. “Now Ben,” Kevin said, “What all did you see?”

Ben spoke, though his eyes were closed and his features, spare his mouth, were completely un-shifting. “His name is Lord Shaw,” Ben said, “And he wants…”

Ben paused breathed, “Dark…Lord…S…Y!” Ben said, suddenly snapping back into consciousness as he stared at Agent.

Everyone in the room stared at Agent, “What did I do?!!” Agent shouted.

“Nothing,” Falco said, “Dark Lord SY!”

“That was Dark Lord SY!” Agent proclaimed, “Not me!”

“Same difference,” Falco said.

“Hey look over there it’s Godzilla!” Agent shouted.

Being who they were the commentators’ glance quickly shifted towards the window. Agent bolted for the downstairs, but Falco tackled him, as the two of them fell downstairs. Falco shoved Agent back up the stairs, making Agent fall flat on his face. Falco got up and picked up Agent and threw him into his chair. “What do you know about ‘Lord Shaw’,” Falco asked.

“Okay…Okay!” Kevin stammered, “No more violence children are watching.”
He gestured at Ben, “Hey!” Ben shouted.

“Lord Shaw…” Agent said, “I’ll never tell you!”

“And we’re cutting the interrogation scene,” Kevin announced.

“Rats…” Falco said, “What do you know about Lord Shaw??!”
“Well he’s a genius,” Agent said, “He has really scary eyes…And he smells like cardboard…”

“Anything else??” Falco said, “By the way Benny put it, you two go back a while.”

“Okay,” Agent said, “Shaw vowed a vendetta against SY after he declared Shaw his sworn enemy.”

“His battle tactics?” Falco asked.

“Relentless…Especially sense he knows I’m here,” Agent said, “But he is a showman…So we may be able to tap into his theatrical aspects.”

“Anything else,” Will asked.

“Um…” Agent said, “Not really… He’s allergic to penguins…”

“Hmmm,” Will said, “We need to get on with the first battle.”

Jesse sighed; he placed a CD into the CD player and hit the battle button.

Final Godzilla vs. Leo

FG marched into the arena, roaring triumphantly he awaits the arrival of his opponent. Leo, the prismatic and charismatic moth, descends from the heavens. FG warily stares down his foe, Leo hovers in front of his saurian opponent. Finally Leo makes his move firing his eye-lasers at FG.

FG snarled and bolted for Leo. Instantly the giant moth was knocked down, but Leo would not be deterred. Instantly Leo took off again, he flew high over FG, powder falling from his wings. FG struggled as the powder stung and blinded him.

“Arrrghhh!” Kevin said, “Arrrrghhh! No more Enya! No more Enya!”

“Now you know how we feel when you play Flogging Molly,” Jesse said.

“I’ll take Flogging Molly over this,” Will said.

“Oh well,” Jesse said.

FG fell to the ground, he snarled and squirmed, Leo then unleashed his laser beams once more. FG opened his eyes but closed them again, tightly, as the giant moth soared over him. FG suddenly snapped up, he grabbed onto Leo’s right wing. Leo screeched as he tried to fly forward, but he went nowhere. He struggled, he made some progress, but he only dragged FG with.

FG fired off his heat ray, it glowed its typical dark teal tint, and Leo was blasted away. The Moth was stunned and simply was knocked out. FG wins!!

“Well so much for the long battle,” Falco said.

The computer screen, normally filled with the pulsating rhythms of radar, now shuttered with senseless static as an abnormal image came on. “So Earthlings,” A voice said.

The commentators turned around to see a human, well one who was mechanically augmented, but still a person. “Can we help you??” Will asked.

“Jesse,” Kevin whispered, “Turn off the Enya.”

Jesse rolled his eyes, but did as he was told. “Bring us Dark Lord SY,” The man said, his mechanical eye studying the commentators while the other continued to look straight.

“You can hav-,” Jesse spoke, but was cut off by Falco.

“And what do we get in return,” Falco asked.

“We leave your planet in peace,” The man said, his voice was very monotone, but when he spoke it was as if the emphasis was on the wrong places.

“Did he say pieces or peace?” Kevin whispered.

“Shaw doesn’t blackmail,” Agent whispered.

“You could’ve said that earlier,” Falco whispered, “Lord Shaw we do not accept your proposal.”

“Lord Shaw, ha!” The man said, “I am not Lord Shaw…I am not even worthy to be in the same room of my God.”

“So can we speak to the real Lord Shaw?” Falco asked.

“No,” The man said, “None of you…Not one of you are worthy…”

“Bah,” Agent said, “I’ve spoke to him before…I shall speak to him again.”
“Perhaps when judgment is passed upon you by the great Shaw, but not in this life SY,” The man said.

“So we’re going to war? Again??!” Jesse asked.

“War then,” The man said, “You bring damnation upon yourselves.”

The transmission ended, “Can we even say ‘Damnation’ on cable television,” Kevin asked.

“So anything else you can tell us about Lord Shaw??” Falco said, now getting a bit paranoid as wear descended upon the TDWF.

“No…” Agent said.

“You sure??” Falco asked, staring down Agent.

“Yes,” Agent said.

Half a deleted interrogation scene later…

“Nnnnooo!!!” Agent shouted, “I don’t know anything else!!”
Suddenly the whole of TDWF tower shook and rattled. “Earthquake!” Will shouted, “Thank goodness I installed Earthquake protection thing-i-majigs!”

Slowly as Agent’s face returned to normal, the tower stopped shaking. Agent breathed, “Let’s just get on with the next match,” he breathed.

Megagurius vs. Legion

Megagurius buzzed into the arena, her delicate body hovering above the ground, her wings producing a distinctive buzzing noise. Megagurius scanned the area for her opponent. Her fellow insectiod was nowhere to be found. This greatly worried the giant dragonfly.

Suddenly, spontaneously, a giant beak-ish nose type thing that was Legion’s mouth came up. Megagurius was instantly impaled. Legion thrust her weight down onto Megagurius, weighing more than five times the dragonfly’s weight; Megagurius knew she was done for.

1…2…3… Legion wins!!!

“Ow....” Kevin said.

Ben sat quietly gazing at the scanner, detecting the ominous advance of the fleet of ships. Will sighed, “Looks like we’re in for another wacky season finale.”

“Yeah,” Kevin said, “This time with a real villain.”

“Oh I don’t qualify??” Agent asked.

“Not really…” Kevin said.

“Rats,” Agent said.

Falco pulled out some weights, “What on Earth are you doing?!!” Jesse said.

Falco lifted the weights, “Well we have a fight coming on to our hands…I, for one, would like to be ready,” he said.

“Like that’ll help you!” Agent chuckled.

“Then what do you suggest?” Falco asked.

“Run…” Agent said, grimly.

“Boy, someone is a pessimist,” Kevin said.

“I’m just ticked that Shaw tracked me all the way to this Sol System,” Agent said, “I just want to end what SY started.”

“Well that may take a few seasons,” Ben said.

Agent leaned back and closed his eyes, “I know…I know…” Agent said, “Just Shaw is one foe you’d never want to meet….Ever…”
“Turn off the freaking Cyberman theme song!” Jesse snapped.

“The ships are breaking atmosphere,” Kevin said.

“Then let’s finish off the last battle,” Will said.

Legion vs. Final Godzilla

Legion touched down into the arena, her wings slowly fluttering to a halt. The savage saurian stalker sprinted from his secret stone seclusion straight for the stinging insectine opponent. Legion screeched, immediately she fired laser ray. FG was blasted backward, unable to cope with the immense force. FG snarled and tried to get up, Legion marched for him.

FG fired his heat ray, but Legion’s forcefield deflected the blow. But FG kept the steady stream of blue flame towards the forcefield. Slowly, but surely, it broke, Legion shrieked. FG sprinted for his foe; Legion smashed her nose/horn into FG’s chest. FG shrieked and struggled to move. Legion moved forward, jabbing the nose/horn further into FG.

FG hollered in pain as the horn came out through his spikes. FG tried to fire his heat ray, but it didn’t work. He hissed and foamed at the mouth. Legion screeched as her horn broke into thirds and she triumphantly fired her laser. FG screeched as the energy rippled through his body. Finally the mutant dinosaur was knocked out.

Legion wins!!!

As Legion carried her prize off the arena, still attached to her horn the ships slowly began to enter into TDWF airspace. They were a red-bronze in coloration and bore a sinister emblem consisting of a square encased in a circle. Obsidian indecipherable glyphs lay within the emblem.

The ships were triangular in shape with guns posted at every corner, one large canon atop, and rockets in the middle. The roof was just slanted, giving the appearance of a sphere from above.

“Here we go again,” Kevin said.

“Here I go again,” Agent muttered.

Ben passed out, as a blue light shimmered around the commentators. Seconds later they dissipated and were shortly thereafter rematerialized inside a prison cell; Ben, because he had passed out, was thereby not teleported and was left behind. Two men armed with ceremonial naginatas stood outside.

“Uh-oh…” Kevin said.

“What?” Will said.

“Well we got the last battle out of the way right?” Kevin asked.

“Yeah why?” Will asked.

“Because that means we’re in for another cliffhanger,” Kevin said.

“That’s not good,” Will said, as the sound of marching feet was heard, steadily advancing towards to the Commentators’ prison cell…

To Be Continued...