Ape10 has decided to have one of his favorite meals - an apple.
Zombielyn, too, has been looking at her favorite recipes.
Spark, being a robot, doesn't technically require nourishment, but he does enjoy the company. And he secretly likes the taste of Hot Pockets.
Just as our heroes are about to eat, though, the newly installed "Time Disruption" Alarm goes off. "Aw, man." Spark said sourly. "I guess my Hot Pocket will have to wait."
Ape10 looked at the controls and agreed with his robotic pal. "It appears that one of Bluebush's dinowarriors has been spotted in Tokyo. The year 1985."
"To the Time Blender!"
As they stepped out of the time-travelling appliance, they wondered where the dinosaur was. "Guhhhuhnih?" Zombielyn asked.
Ape10 looked toward the sky. "I'd say a very large one!"
The extra large creature screeched upon seeing Ape10, and then, to the astonishment of them all, it exhaled a burst of fire directly at them!!
Ape10 and Zombielyn screamed, expecting to be roasted instantly. The flames did not come, though. Spark had stepped in front of the fiery path, taking the brunt of the damage, and saving his friends' lives.
A Japanese scientist who had been hiding in an alley watching this all, called to them. "Robot! Primate! Starlet! Come this way!" Not wanting to die, they followed the person. The man led them to a high-tech underground laboratory and said, "We will be safe here. My name is Dr. Setsumei."
Ape10 shook hands with the Dr. and introduced himself and his companions. "We knew that you had trouble, but we had no idea it was this bad." he concluded.
Zombielyn asked, "Grrrun?"
"Two good questions, Miss Monroe." Dr. Setsumei answered. "I think I know part of the answer. We found a toenail from the animal and I counted the rings. It is apparently 40 years old. Which means that it was here in 1945. The radiation from Hiroshima must have caused the dinosaur to mutate. But my question is - what was a dinosaur doing here in the forties?"
Ape10 explained about Bluebush and his Master Plan.
Dr. Setsumei nodded, then explained, "So the pirate must have placed the dinosaur egg here in 1945. The bomb goes off, and the creature grows as a result. But that doesn't explain why it waited forty years to start attacking."
Zombielyn pointed out the obvious. "Grruhuhuhhhhhh."
"Well," Ape10 asked, "how do we defeat this thing? It's gigantic. I doubt even the three of us could take it in a fight."
"True, Monkeyman. Even the Army has been unable to defeat the fire breathing creature."
While this was going on, Spark had asked Dr. Setsumei if he could heat up his hot pocket in the microwave. Setsumei had said, "Okay" and Spark had walked over to a lot of expensive looking machinery. He placed his Hot Pocket inside a contraption and pushed "Go". There was a whirring noise, followed by a Ding! Spark took his Hot Pocket out of the machine and popped it in his mouth.
Without warning, Spark began to grow larger. In just a few seconds, Spark's head had hit the ceiling. "What's going on??" he asked.
Dr. Setsumei realized instantly what had happened. He yelled to Spark, "You must have eaten my advanced nanotechnology robots! Somehow they combined with your advanced technology insides and instead of producing something very small, they are making you very big!"
By that point, Spark had grown larger than the building they were inside. He now towered at least 500 feet, or some unknown number of meters, tall.
Seizing the opportunity, Spark saw the giant mutated dinosaur. Laughing, he ran toward it. Unfortunately, he destroyed anything in his path.
But, once Spark reached the giant green monster, he simply picked it up, as though it were a toy, and threw it into space.The prehistoric animal disappeared into the vastness of the Milky Way galaxy, never to be seen or heard from again.
The people of Tokyo were relieved (well, except for the guy who lost his car and home) and they considered Spark a hero. "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!" they shouted.
Dr. Setusemi while glad that the T-rex threat had been removed, was still worried about Spark's growth. He explained to Ape10 and Zombielyn, "Your robotic friend is still in danger. As it is, he is already the largest thing on the planet.If Spark continues to grow, he will become the center of the universe! We must find a way to reverse the effects of the nanotechnology/Hot Pocket combination!"
Ape10 said, "I know! We will simply put him on television! Everyone knows that TV is reality. If we show a small Spark on TV, he will become small again."
Zombielyn pointed out, "Gnuh!!."
"True." Ape10 said. "Wait a minute! Adds 10 pounds! Zombielyn, that's it!"
"Rrruhr," Zombielyn grunted.
"It will." Ape10 said. "I hope." And with that, he took a bite of the Hot Pocket.
Soon enough, he began to grow.
Upon seeing that Ape10 had grown, Zombielyn consumed her tasty microwave treat, adding, "Gnerrr."
The threesome then proceeded to feed the entire world Nanotechnology-flavored Hot Pockets so that everyone was the same size.
Shortly, Spark was his original size again. He thanked his primate friend. "At least everything is back to normal. We solved our problem in 22 minutes, and even learned a valuable lesson."
"Which is?" Ape10 asked.
"The moral of the story is, 'History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man'."
"Adds ten pounds! Zombielyn, that's it!" Ape10 dashed off. He made a few phone calls, and arranged to have Giant Spark broadcast worldwide.
"Geeerrrrrrruhhhuh." Zombielyn said.
"It would," Ape10 agreed, "but we're not showing him through a normal tv lens. Instead, we'll be looking at him through a giant telescope....backwards. That way, he'll appear really tiny. Wham! Spark will be back to normal again!"
And it worked.
Millions of people watched their televisions that night, and saw tiny Spark. When critical mass had been reached, the robot shrank back to his original size.
Shortly, Spark was his original size again. He thanked his primate friend. "At least everything is back to normal. We solved our problem in 22 minutes, and even learned a valuable lesson."
"Which is?" Ape10 asked.
"The moral of the story is, 'The size of your body doesn't matter, the size of your microwave does'."
"Adds 10 pounds! Zombielyn, that's it!" Ape10 turned to the scientist and asked for the toenail. Dr. Sutesami gave it to the primate, who then ran up to his robot friend, and using the claw, poked a hole in him. Within minutes,
the mechanical man began to deflate.
Shortly, Spark was his original size again. He thanked his primate friend. "At least everything is back to normal. We solved our problem in 22 minutes, and even learned a valuable lesson."
"Which is?" Ape10 asked.
"The moral of the story is, 'Be careful with Hot Pockets'."
[Being spoiler for -How the West Was 011101110110111101101110 highlight to view]Azwood is attacked by a gang of Minotaurs. Ape10 and Zombielyn must ward them off. Meanwhile, Spark visits the Old West [end spoiler]
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