Post by ConfessionFPT on Feb 27, 2017 17:12:49 GMT
SKWD PART 17: HOME ALONE
Kuma woke up one morning to an empty refrigerator.
The bear roamed aimlessly around the island in the kitchen, not making a sound in his sleepy daze. Each time he passed the industrial, restaurant quality icebox, he reopened the door to check and see if any food would magically appear.
Each time was as empty as the last.
After doing this a few times, to no avail. He just stood there closing and re-opening the door, causing a near artic breeze to hit his thick fur repeatedly.
The look of half-awake apathy transformed into sheer panic when he realized his insatiable hunger would not be satisfied.
"Grahaaau?!" Kuma shrieked, a phrase in bear speak that roughly translates to: "Where is the food!? I'm going to starve!"
He ran, on all four legs (something he hated doing) straight toward his master's room.
The two had been staying recently in the penthouse of Mishima Tower, a bit of a departure from the traditional rustic estates where they usually resided.
But as long as Kuma was fed and his master Heiachi was around, he was content.
Neither of those things were happening now.
Kuma tried put on the brakes in front of Heiachi's room, but the carpet lining the hallway kept going as he tried to stop, causing him to crash into the wall and knock himself out.
~~~
That was weeks ago.
Now the usually jovial bear was curled up in a dark corner, listening to the rest of the SKWD discuss their next move.
"I can't believe this!" Killer Croc was holding his fists up in triumph, "We beat the God-Damn Bat-Man!"
"There is no joy in this victory." 18 leaned against a pillar with her arms crossed, "we needed to keep a low profile, now Waller knows exactly where we are."
The group decided to go to an abandoned warehouse Croc used to hide in, due to its close proximity to a sewer grate.
There were black lines all across the concrete floor, showing where big machines once stood. Anyone wanting to enter had to be aware of the broken glass that littered the floor. And it smelled like yeast.
The Monopoly Man tapped his cane on the floor three times, getting everyone's attention, "I know the idea, thus far, has been to accumulate as many Waller's enemies and join them under one banner but how many, would you say, is too many bodies?"
Everyone looked at the strange cast of characters around them:
Killer Croc, the man eating wanna-be Gotham Gangster. Waluigi, the mustache-twirling Purple Plumber. Android 18, the big bad DBZ babe. The Grinch, the big hearted hero of Whoville. Shego, flame-fisted femme fetal. Goldar, the Power Ranger punching powerhouse. Morty Smith, grandson and holder of weapons from the dead Rick Sanchez. Blackfire, the starbolt blasting disgraced queen of Tameran. Rich Uncle Pennybags, the Monopoly Man. Cool Trainer Alyssa, Grass type Pokémon expert and the chosen successor to the Celadon Gym. The Kool Aid Man, the wall busting marketing mascot.
And of course Kuma who didn't want to be there at all.
~~~
[Back then...]
When Kuma awoke from his fall, he found the entire floor of the building was completely vacant. No sign of Heiachi, his body guards, or the servants. He only found a note. It read:
"Kuma - I have urgent business to attend to. I don't have time to explain. I will return tomorrow."
He spent several hours sitting in place groaning. Hoping for someone to hear him. In their old house there was a doggie door big enough for him to fit though. Allowing him to leave whenever he felt. Here, the elevator was operated by thumb print, he didn't have people thumbs, leaving him stuck on the top floor with no one around.
Into his fourth hour of moping. He heard the sound of glass breaking. He didn't know if to feel exuberant relief, or complete fear.
On one paw, glass breaking could mean the presence of others! Or it could mean the presence of others...strangers...
He wasn't given much time to think about it, he heard an unfamiliar voice whisper, "Oh shit!" Kuma then went into a frenzy. He hasn't eaten all day, and he did not know that voice. He would feel no remorse devouring anyone he met.
He ran on all fours, saliva flying backward as he ran forward the noise. His eyes, were viably red and he was snarling loud. He went to turn into the room with the sound!...but slipped on the rug and flew into the wall...
~~~
[Present Day...]
The entire group, minus the bear in the corner, were arguing with each other.
The Monopoly Man stood calm with Waluigi screaming in his face, "What-a are-a saying?"
Pennybags was calm, but stern, "I only insinuated that we trim the fat of this party. You, for example, will only slow us down. We don't require your services anymore and I would politely ask you to leave. Take the giant walking beverage and that bear with you, if you don't mind." Kuma' feelings were a tad hurt.
Waluigi was furious, beyond words.
"Now listen," Shego chimed in, attempting to be the adult in the room, "I know he's an annoying little cheeseball, and I didn't like him at first either, but he's been part of this since the beginning and we can't just forsake him. He won't make it by himself."
Pennybags sneered, "You disgust me. You're not the enforcer I heard all those stories about. No wonder you always lost when fighting teenagers."
"There's nothing wrong with losing to teenagers," Goldar interjected, the rich man shot him a savage look.
"Of course there is, you dolt!" he snapped, "How do you expect to defeat someone with Waller's resources if you can't even defeat an adolescent!"
"I'd stop calling him names if I were you," Shego's hands lit with green energy.
"Good Grathos, you're all being childish," Blackfire rubbed her temples.
Monopoly Man turned to Android 18, "You. You're the only one I truly need for this task. I will pay you handsomely to fly me and Alyssa out of here out of this hellhole right now. I tire of these imbeciles."
"I don't need your money," she said emotionlessly.
He took a scared step back and turned to Blackfire, "I can supply you with riches beyond your wildest dreams! Get us out of here."
"No thanks, dude," she laughed, "I'm no one's second draft pick."
"You're running out of friends real quick, little man," Shego took a step closer to him.
"Yeah!" Waluigi chuckled, pounding his tennis racket in one hand.
The Cool Trainer stepped in between her employer and his would be assailants, holding a Pokeball.
"Alyssa," Shego warned, "I don't have an issue with you. Let me teach this guy some manners."
"I can't," a red beam shot out of her Pokeball, revealing Erika's Vileplume, "he's my boss."
"Oh yeah!" the Kool Aid Man inserted.
"Will everybody just shut up for a second!" everyone turned to a previously silent person in the room. It was Morty, "I'm sick of all your shit! All your shitty shit! My grandpa is dead! In fact, you killed him!" He pointed at the Monopoly Man.
"That isn't true," he started taking steps back.
"Kinda was, asshole."
"Killer Croc, Grinch," Pennybags pleaded, "I let you stay in my home, I kept you safe."
"I'm staying out of this," Grinch rolled his eyes.
"Croc..." Alyssa gulped, looking at him with pleading eyes.
"Uhg," Croc could not say no, "guys can we calm down and hold up on the ass kicking for a second?"
"He's right," Android 18 walked in the middle of them, "we are not each other's enemy right now. We have to get to Waller first, then you can all kill whoever you want."
~~~
[Back then...]
Kuma woke up in a cage, which really offended him because he was a pet not a zoo animal.
Amanda Waller was standing in front of him. "Don't even try to say anything, I don't speak bear." She chuckled.
Kuma attempted to anyway, "[You! Do you know who I am? Who my master is? One he finds out you took me, you're gonna be in big trouble!]"
"What did I just say, you flea-bitten lump?" She pressed a button on the wall, sending shockwaves through the bear. He yelled in pain and landed on all fours. "You're on loan to me, you understand? They say you're intelligent....but I don't see it. Well, anyway, you do what I say and I'll take your smelly ass home and the slate between me and your master will be clean."
His ears perked up, "[Heiachi!]?"
"Shut up," she again pressed the button, sending him to his side in painful convulsions.
~~~
[Present Day...]
In the moment of silence following Android 18's command, the first person to make a sound was the Kool Aid Man. The liquid inside of him started boiling loudly, making bubbles that were becoming more ferocious by the second.
18 was closest to him, "what's his problem?"
Before anyone could answer her, he spit red liquid out of his mouth, on to her. It was only Kool Aid of course, but that didn't disgust her any less considering the Sugery drink was his sole body fluid. She almost threw up.
"Hey what's wrong with you man?" Morty tried to shove his shoulder, but as soon as he made contact, the mascot grabbed his hand.
Kuma's head shot up, he had seen this before.
KAM's red liquid began swirling inside him, like an inner whirlpool. His red was being sucked into the tempest, and a green liquid began flowing back out. It reminded the Grinch of Christmas.
"[Get out of here, all of you]!" Kuma barked, though none of them could understand him, "I know this guy. We were put in the same Waller hit team together. He's about to go bat-shut crazy and he can't control it. And I know this sounds strange, but we bonded in a group where no one else could understand us. He's always been a tool, a weapon, a slave to other's ideas. And Wallers taking back control. I know a lot of you could take him down, pretty easily. But I'd feel...better if you let me do this.]"
The group wasn't sure what to make of this. KAM was on the verge of Hulking out and the bear was making dumb noises and slowly walking up to him.
"Let him pass," the Grinch, lightly pulled Shego out of his way, "I think I see his heart growing."
Kool Aid Man still had a grip on Morty's wrist. Kuma grabbed the back of Morty's shirt and pulled back, KAM held firm, his eyes becoming twisted. The bear smacked his friends clutch, making it release.
He placed the boy down on the other side of him.
"[It's the end of the road man,]" he sighed, "[you ready]?"
"Hoh hoh hoh hoh," his laugh had become demented, "oh yeah!"
~~~
[Back then..]
"Alright, maggots," Waller was looking through papers on clipboard as she divided up her new super powered assists. She was announcing cage numbers and their cages would open.
"For Marcelene's unit, I need cell 152, 228, 299, 305, 306, and 510." And all their doors opened.
Kuma sheepishly exited his cell, rubbing the arm he had jus been sleeping on. The others leaving their cells, a man in yellow pajamas, a miniature sized version of Elvira, a pale woman in yoga pants, a guy with funky Broken Matt Hardy hair, and a personified bowl of juice all began walking to the floating lady with the guitar and sun hat. And he thought he'd seen some crazy chapters in the King of Iron Fist Tournament.
Kuma followed the line, not wanting to get shocked again. The big punch bowl was directly in front of him in the line.
"[Hello, my name is Kuma]," he whispered, "[are you here against your will too?]"
"Oh yeah!" he bellowed with a massive smile on his face.
"[Do you know what we're doing here?]"
"Oh no..." his smile was unwavering.
"[Well, we can get through this, everything will be ok.]"
"Oh yeah!"
~~~
KUMA - electricferret.freeforums.net/thread/890/kuma-ii
Kool Aid Man - electricferret.freeforums.net/thread/5027/kool-aid-man
((Writer's Note: I know the picture of the Kool Aid Man is like, some off brand magnet. But I had trouble finding an image of a green Kool Aid Man of the appropriate size that didn't have marijuana imagery in it. And I'll be honest, I thought I was done with this series, thus the long wait time. I just really wanted to write a Tekken story 'cause I'm so hype for the new game coming out. Then this kinda all worked out and I like where its going so, yay, more entries! The Master of Mishima Bear Style vs. The Glass Wrecking Ball, who do you think wins and stuff?))
