*TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS* (And give yourself a severe case of eyestrain) (The future isn't what it used to be....) "MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 6.7" (SEASON THREE) EPISODE 30: THE IO SAGA PT. 2 (A Sailor Moon MSTing) MSTed From the Desk of Megane 6.7 and Zoogz (megane67@rogers.com) (zoogz@yahoo.com) This is a MSTing of a work of fiction created by another author. Use of copyrighted and trademarked material is for entertainment purposes only; no infringement on the original copyrights or trademarks held by Best Brains, Inc. is intended or should be inferred. Any random mention of certain anime characters, song titles, etc. are the property of their respected creators/distributors/etc. Just covering my own ass here folks.... "Sailor Moon" is the property of Naoko Takeuchi and all the distributors of her work. "The Io Saga" is the property of Sarah J. Gates and she's welcome to it. I do not intend to offend her for making fun of her work like this but I figure it's only a matter of time before someone does. Think of this as another form of C&C. It's all meant in good fun. ;) * * * (Door 6: It slides open on both sides..) (Door 5: It's made of beads. They explode out towards you, and you move on..) (Door 4: It falls toward you, missing your foot by inches.) (Door 3: It's a castle gate, that rises into the ceiling..) (Door 2. It's solid black marble. An Akahn floats from behind you and touches the door. The door vanishes.) (Door 1: It splits in four ways, twice.) (Door .7: A beam of golden light erupts from the floor. You walk into it.) Joel emerged from the light into the theater with Tom in his arms, Crow emerging a moment later and following close behind. Stepping over the air grate that prevented Tom from entering the theater on his own, Joel placed him down on one of the theater seats and sat next to him, Crow sitting on his right. >Morpher Intsu: Ha! Without the Charon and Miranda teams, you can't >do squat to stop me! Crow: Oh, just throw some salt at him and be done with it! Tom: There are whole roving BATTALIONS of Moon Senshi now? There must not be even one NORMAL schoolgirl in Tokyo left! >Sailor Triton: Ah, but that's where you're wrong. We have the inner >senshi to help stop you. Tom: And exactly when did WE become the junior varsity?! Joel: Hey, what about me and Michiru? Crow: You warm that bench and warm it good! >Morpher Intsu: I'd much rather destroy you now than prolong your wait >for your deaths... >Sailor Io: Io Opal Staff! >Sailor Io pulls the opal out of her tiara as it turns into a small opal rain- >drop that extends itself into an opal staff. Sailor Io idly twirls her staff. Tom: Hey, I got an umbrella like that! Joel and Crow: >Sailor Europa: Europa Tiger's Claw! Crow: Who died and made you Wing Commander? >Sailor Europa removes the tiger-eye jewel from her tiara as it turns >into a small tiger-eye raindrop. It extends itself into a sickle that Sailor >Europa twirls idly. Joel: Thank god for baton twirling lessons! Crow: Hey! We're supposed to get beat up for about five minutes before pulling out our awesome weapons! No fair! >Sailor Mimas: Mimas Pearl Sword! >Sailor Mimas's jewel becomes a sword which she twirls idly. Joel: Thunder. Thunder. Thunder. *yawn* Thundercats. Ho. >Sailor Triton: Triton Jade Spear! >Sailor Triton's jewel becomes a jade spear. Joel: Finally! Someone that takes their weapon handling seriously! Crow: And poor Phobos is revealed to have a pair of pinking shears, solidifying her role as the butt of the Silver Millennium jokes. >Sailor Phobos: Phobos granite Axe! >Sailor Phobos's gem becomes a large, heavy looking, granite axe. Tom: Try giving THAT a idle twirl, eh? Crow: Heehee... so she's now Paul Bunyan? Joel: Meanwhile, Jupiter had already zapped the goo and the inner senshi were just taking in the show. >Sailor Mercury: Umm, do you mind telling us what is going on? >Sailor Triton: Like we said, no time! We need to take car of this creep! Joel: Not my gold Porsche! Nooooo! Crow: Time? Did someone say time? >Morpher Intsu: Morpher Trident! >Morpher Intsu holds up his hand and a grayish trident forms in it. It >is large and around it is a small, blackish glow. Tom: Ha! I've blown up Bubbalicious, doubled my pleasure decimating Doublemint, and humbled Hubba Bubba! Your puny gum doesn't impress me! Crow: Is that so. Well, mine has the POWER OF GINGIVITIS! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! >Sailor Moon: I'll take care of this gooey guy! Crow: Save that for the lemon scene, Usagi. >Moon Princes... >Sailor Mimas: NOOO! Energy attacks make him stronger! Only >hand-to-hand combat can hurt him, if you can get close enough. Tom: Okay then! Makoto, you start slapping around Rei and I'll kick Sailor Io repeatedly in the head! Joel: Um, I meant hand-to-hand combat with the pile of goo. Tom: Oh. >Sailor Io charges Morpher Intsu with her staff ahead of her. She >manages to jam her staff in his stomach. Tom: Uhhh, little help here, please? >M. Intsu: Arg! Youll pay for that! Crow: Ten million dollars in punitive damages and another five million for pain and suffering! Joel: M. Intsu? Is that anything like M. Bison? Tom: All who oppose me will be sticky! >Morpher Intsu brings his trident crashing down towards Sailor Io's >head. Sailor Europa holds her sickle out to catch it. Sailor Jupiters >comes from behind and jams her elbow into his back. Joel: Jupiters? When was she cloned? >M. Intsu: Aaah! >He slings his trident around, catching sailor Io and Europa. >Sailor Io: Itai*... >[Itai, Ouch/ow] Tom: Oh goodie, the translator is back. Joel: I'd give Tom's soul for a Babel fish about now... >S. Mimas: _My_ turn now! Joel: Eight... nine... ten! Boardwalk with two hotels!? Aw, shoot! Tom: RENT! Hahaha! >Sailor Mimas charges M. Intsu head on with her sword. M. Intsu makes a >hole in his body where the sword should go in. Crow: There! Now you can puncture my vital organs much more quickly! >s. Mimas comes to a screeching halt befor she punctures S. Jupiter. Joel: Nice brakes! Sure your name isn't Sailor *Midas*? Tom: You know, reducing a character's first name to a letter actually helps me care about them more when they're fighting for their lives! >S. Mars: Does fire work on him? >S. Phobos: You bet! Last time he got near it, he was scorched for a week Tom: Uh, didn't Mimas say earlier only hand-to-hand combat could hurt him? Crow: And exactly WHEN were you planning to share that fact with the rest of us? >S. phobos swings her axe at M. Intsu. Tom: HERE'S... JOHNNY!!! >Sailor Mars: Alright then! Burning Mandala! ><<< Sailor Mars's Burning Mandala attack. >>> >M. Intsu falls to his knees and becomes a large glob of gook again. Crow: Huh... so, ah... ten Sailor Senshi were needed to deal with *that*? Tom: Is it g-gone? >Morpher Intsu: You'll pay for that! You haven't seen the last of Morph >Intsu! No way! Tom: A little magic baking powder and I'll be kicking your keister again in no time! Crow: I've signed on for thirty six more episodes! You've only BEGUN to see me return! Mwahahaha! >Sailor Triton digs her spear into the ground where M. Intsu's face >should be. He recoils. Crow: Ouch! Ooh! Not the pointy thing! That's not fair! Ow! Joel: Maybe if I keep picking at him, he'll never heal! Tom: So all our evildoer was capable of was eliciting a groan of Japanese from one of his TEN opponents? Joel: Finally, a villain Murray the Skull can feel superior to! >S. Triton: Just get one thing straight, you overgrown muddy puddle, you >will not defeat the Io team, or the rest of the Senshi. Got that? Tom: And he instantly forms himself into a mud pie and throws himself at Triton's face. Hilarity ensues. >M. Intsu: Believe me, I will get what I want. >M. Intsu melts into the ground. Joel: Well, at least he didn't scream 'Ohh, what a world, what a world....' >Sailor Venus: Now, will you guys mind telling us what that was about, >and what in the world is the Io team? Tom: Sorry, no time for that! We've got to go home and get some sleep! Bye-bye! >Sailor Io: We'll answer the second question first. I am the captain of the >Io team, a group of Sailor Senshi, named the moon senshi because of >what we represent, the many moons of the solar system. Tom: So, the logical conclusion is that every little piece of space-junk is going to get a Senshi? Joel: I am Sailor Hubble! Crow: I am Sailor Sputnik! In the name of Mother Russia, I vill right wrongs and triumph over the evil American pig-dog capitalists! >Sailor Phobos: Hai. The Io team is just a part of a larger group called the >United Moons, a small off-shoot of the Moon Kingdom. Crow: Hey, I remember them! Those damned rebel separatists! PREPARE TO BE MOONDUSTED!! >Sailor Europa: Right. The other teams are Miranda and Charon teams. >When they work together, we can normally fight 10 morphers and win >over all of them Tom: The Miranda team routinely brings the kerosene... and the Charon teams bring the charcoal and franks. >Sailor Jupiter: Wow. That sounds like your kingdom is powerful. >Sailor Moon sits there, thinking. Joel: God, I miss my comics. >S. Moon: Hey! I think I remember Mom saying something about the United >Moons, and the Moon Senshi. She said they were ones we could trust, >should we need help. >S. Mimas: We used to know your mother. She helped us organize or forces >on Charon so no one would suspect where we are, leaving us with a good >stronghold Tom: ...but no atmosphere. Joel: Either those curtains go or we do! >S. triton: But now, Morpher Intsu has the location of out base. We >don't stand a chance against our enimies now. We were hoping to get >help from the inner senshi, but we didn't know who they were. All we >knew was that they were in Tokyo. Crow: So, by pure chance, they found the five people out of twenty-two million that were the Inner Senshi. Yeah, that works. Tom: We were planning on robbing banks and savagely beating the elderly till we got your attention... but I think things worked out better this way, don't you? >Sailor Moon: Well, you can count on us to help you! especially since >you once helped us. Joel: Sure, I was the one that actually finished it off, but your tip, late as it was, certainly saved us... though it's possible I would have used a fire attack and discovered his weakness regardless... but hey, thanks anyway! >S. Io: Thank you, Princess. We are forever in your debt Crow: Heh, wait till you get our bill. >Each Moon Senshi replaces their gem and return to normal along with >the rest of the Senshi. >Usagi: If energy attacks don't work on that Intsu glob, I won't be >much of a help. >Shoko: Shira, maybe you should handle this? Tom: OK, here goes... Usagi, you're completely useless! Now run away in tears and never darken our towels again! >Shira: Sure! I can have Boni convert your wand into a better weapon >against him. >Boni: Usagi, May I see your wand? >Usagi gets out her wand. Joel: I find it works best when you wave it over an empty top hat and yell 'A-la Peanutbuttersandwiches!' >Usagi: Sure, just don't lose it. I don't have a spare. >Boni: DOn't worry, I'd never lose something like that. Crow: I'll just sneak it up my... Joel: Crow: ...sleeve. >Boni smiles like: ^_^ Crow: I grimace like ~_~; Tom: I roll my eyes like 9_9 Joel: How can you guys say that with such an alpha-numeric face? >She takes the wand and her transformation jewel out. >The gem glows and the wand is sucked in with the sand in an hourglass >effect. Tom: Not to be confused with the planet in a black hole effect. Joel: Or any food in front of Stephanie McMahon effect. >Boni: Gem Process Action. >The granite jewel glows. Crow: Still haven't explained the granite jewel thing.... Joel: Yeah, it'd work much better to be quartz or feldspar... >Boni's Jewel: Converting energy, Phobos. Please wait... Estimating >time for a complete process... >Boni taps her foot. Joel: Sorry about that, it takes a while to defrag the moon wand. >Boni: I really eed to upgrade that thingy... Crow: It doesn't crash half as much as it should! >Boni's Jewel: Aproxomate conversion time: 10 days minimum. >Shira: Nani*? Can't you speed it up? >[Nani, what] Joel: Give it the gas! >Boni's Jewel: No. If you wish a proper conversion, I must have 10 >days. Live with it. Tom: Oooh, looks like something's copped an attitude. Crow: It needs to be baptized and indoctrinated. That takes TIME. >Shira: Hey! YOu really need to be replaced, you overgrown granite chip! >Boni: Oi, oi, oi*! Stop it! Gem, just convert, Shira, don't bug my gem, 'kay? >[oi, hey] Tom: Oi oi oi... kore de Fatto Arubaato! Crow: You can't possibly replace me, I've got more acting range than the ten of you combined. >Gem: Converting. >Boni puts the gem back in her pocket. Crow: Oooh, I can convert MUCH better in here! I can even see God! Woo-hoo! Joel: That's it! The second you're done, it's the pawn shop for you! >Usagi looks around. >Usagi: Hey, where'd Mamoru go? >Ami shrugs. >Ami: He just ran off with Chibi-Usa. Joel: And that gets the award for "worst mental image". Crow: It's 'Virgin Warrior Sailor Moon' all over again! Tom: AHHHHHH!!! >Makoto: That's not like him. Sure he tries to avoid you, but he >wouldn't just run off when you're in trouble. >Toni looks over to Mani. >Toni: you're the one with the sight, why don't you shed some light on >this? Crow: You're the one with the taste, why don't you BITE ME? >Mani: I don't think that was him. Remember when he turned off because >he said he needed to get something? >Ami: Yes... Tom: No... when did THIS happen? Crow: Dammit, who turned the Mamoru off? We lost everything! >Mani: I don't think that was him that came back. I didn't see Tuxedo Kamen >when I tried to look at him again. Instead, I saw a ball mask, implying some- >one from the Morpher's Underground. Tom: Actually, a ball mask implies "Major League Catcher". Number 8, don'tcha know... also known as "Today". >Minako: Why didn't you tell us? >Mani: I didn't know you could be trusted. At the time, I was too >worried to try to look at you or any of the others and find out if you >could be trusted. Joel: Plus I've been told I have a bit of a staring problem. Tom: Shouldn't Usagi worry about whether or not *THESE PEOPLE* should be trusted? >Usagi: Well, later is better than never, I guess.... >Rei: In you're case, be glad that saying is in effect most places... >Usagi: Hey! >ami: Stop fighting you two. This may be very serious! Crow: You're faced with a group of villains that can be defeated by a flick of a Bic lighter, and this is *serious*? >Shira: Ami's right. I believe this _is_ very serious. >Mani nods. Joel: I fully endorse the idea of seriousness and the premise that this must not be taken lightly! Tom: INDEED! >Mani: My guess is that he is a morpher, above Intsu's rank. >Shoko: Hmm... That could mean big trouble. >Toni: One morpher's enough, but two? This is terrible. Joel: Why, we might have to use Rei's attack... TWICE! Tom: Hell, there's TEN of you! Just arm yourself with a book of matches from the local Seven-Eleven! >Rei: So you're saying Mamoru was captured, then replaced by a glob of >gooey gook, like the one we just faught, right? >Shira: I guess you could put it that way... Crow: *clatter clatter* Transforming from goo... *puff*... is an unforgivable offense, as is... *wheeze*.... defacing the floor of a sacred temple! Senshi, take heart, you can defeat this monster! >Usagi: Waaaah! Tuxedo Kamen has been replaced with a muddy puddle! >Waaaah Joel: Now, I'll be reduced to Makoto's level, pining over lost boyfriends! Tom: Hey! Joel: Oh wait, I can just go back to chasing Motoki! How could I forget? >Rei: Maybe you'll have better luck with the mud puddle than you have >had with the real Mamoru. >Usagi: Hey! I happened to have good luck with him, most of the time >at least.. Crow: Then again, he has been rather hesitant about me going down on him lately.... >Shoko: What luck you'll have with the fake Mamoru is the least of our >problems. Normally, if two morphers are in place, more will probably >come. Joel: IF YOU MORPH THEM, THEY WILL COME.... >Mani: I doubt more are coming, Shoko. I think these two are just >scouting out the people they need to get out of the way. They've already >got Mamoru. Tom: What makes him so dang important anyway? Joel: The Morphers must be firm believers in the domino theory. Tom: The same theory that said that if Vietnam fell to the Communists, the world will follow? Joel: Natch. >Minako: Okay. they're here to get us out of the way and they've >already got Mamoru. That means only the Sailor Senshi is left to fight. Tom: ...for their right to party! Crow: How in HELL did these morphers capture Mamoru? He's still hiding from the fight! Look under the Great Fire! Look in Rei's grandfather's panty collection! Check Yuuichiro's room! He's in the Hikawa shrine somewhere! >Makoto: That's going to be tough. Those morphers are hard nuts to beat. >Usagi: We may as well try our best. Then we can get Mamoru back. Tom: And if we get lazy, eh, no big loss. >Luna pads in followed by Artemis. >Luna: We just saw the worst... (gets cut off.) >every human in unison: ...glob of gook you've ever seen, right? >Luna: How'd you know? >Ami: We just faught it. >Luna: Are you sure it was the same one? >Minako: It probably was the one we faught, but there's no telling since >two of them are running around. Joel: And they're distinguishable how? Tom: One of them uses contractions? How the hell should I know?!? >Luna: There are two? Are they dangerous? >Makoto points to the place that they faught the morpher. it appears >that a great struggle happened there. Tom: I can tell from these footprints and markings that a lot of *shouting* took place.... >Makoto: Does that answer your question? >Luna: I guess so... Tom: And you say that the plot fell into this hole in the floor? >Shira looks over at Luna. >Shira: Luna! I haven't seen you since Queen Serenity helped us with >our base on Charon! >Luna: Shira? What are you doing here? Joel: I'm getting the band back together! Crow: Mission from God? Joel: No, gig at the Tokyo Dome! >Shira: They found our base. We came here to look for the inner >Senshi, but we weren't sure who they were. Crow: Well, why didn't you simply ask me? Joel: We weren't sure you were who you are either. Tom: Y'know, I actually miss our Japanese lessons now. >Shoko: Right. I brought the Io team here to seek out somebody who >could help us. The Miranda and Charon teams high-tailed it to the >remains of the castle on the moon before they got caught. The >Underground's still clueless about where they are, but unless we can do >something, they won't be for long. >Artemis: That's terrible. Do you know where the underground army >is now? Maybe we can get to them before they get to the rest of the >Moon Senshi. >Mani: They must be close, because of the ones here. Crow: Maybe they should have named this 'The Vague Saga'? Tom: The REST of the Moon Senshi? You guys stashed clones of me?! Crow: Yeah, we got 'em cut-rate from Gendo Ikari. >Usagi: Maybe they just sent those to scout out who the need to get rid >of here and to find the other teams? >Toni: you may have something there... Crow: You have an interrogative series of words meant to induce contemplation and response. And you're full of crap. >Rei: Are you feeling okay, Usagi? I've never heard that good of an >idea from you. >Usagi: Rei! Crow: Shhh! You're embarrassing me in front of the unior-jay enshi-say! Ix-nay! Tom: Et-gay Ent-bay! Joel: Hey! How'd you guys know the ancient language?! >Ami: I agree with Toni. Usagi may actually have something there. I >know that would be the tactic I would use if I were in their position. Tom: Ami Mizuno, well-versed in the military conflicts and intelligence of the twentieth century... >Artemis: I agree too. That would be an easier way to do something >like that. >Cut to: >4. Int. Castle. Day. >Morpher Intsu: Morph Intsu reporting in, sir! I have located the Io team. >They are with the inner Sailor Senshi, and the Moon Princess. Crow: So? Are we done here? OK, time to go after Charon! Board the spaceships! >a female voice: Good work. I have been able to capture someone who >aids the Sailor Senshi. >M. Intsu: The High Underground Order will be glad to hear of that, >Morpher Inma. Joel: By the way, sir, what exactly are we doing with that Mamoru guy anyway? I heard the senshi say for a good half hour that we had him prisoner.... Crow: Mamoru? We didn't kidnap anyone named Mamoru! >M. Inma: Do you think I do not know that? >Morpher Intsu: Of course not! WHat do you take me for, an incompitent? >Morpher Inma: On occasion... >M. Intsu rolls his eyes. >Morpher Inma: Anyway, I have recieved orders from the High Underground >Order to summon some of the local allies of the underground. >M. Intsu: Okay, but who around here are our allies? Joel: I dunno. The worms, moles, and badgers of Japan? >M. Inma: Baka*! There are many allies around here, such as the >remenants of the many youma Sailor Moon has managed to defeat. >We just have to find them and revive their powers along with their bodies. >[baka, idiot/fool/stupid] Crow: All these words and more can't begin to describe this plot. Joel: Hey! Notebooks out, there'll be a quiz at the end of the fic! Crow: Thanks, I'll take the zero. >Morpher Intsu: Oh, right. We can always rely on old youma. I brought >some tools to inhance or even alter their powers as needed. >Morpher Inma: Good, Morpher Intsu. You will surely rise in rank for this. Tom: How's the International Assistant Director of Personnel sound? Crow: Hey, that's my job, dammit! >cut to: >5. room surrounded by mirrors. day. Crow: Huh, when'd we get to the Silky Doll? Joel: Hey, check it out, I'm ten feet tall! >Ruebeus: I sense something in Tokyo. Petz. >Petz emerges from a mirror. >Petz: Yes? What do you need of me? Crow: Could you shed a little and pee on my shoe? Tom: Very funny, boss. >Ruebeus: Petz, I need you to go and look for something, possibly >someone from even farther in the future than the one we are trying >to capture. Joel: Duck Dodgers in the twenty fourth and a half century? >Petz: Sure thing! >Petz walks back into a mirror. Joel: Wait! Don't you want to know what you're looking for? >6. Ext. Charm shop. midafternoon. Tom: They sell charisma and wit. Oh yeah and bracelets. Lots of bracelets. >Petz, disguised as a human, is looking around, not watching where she >is going. Joel: Suddenly, she dashes across the highway! Tom: HONK! HONK! SCREEEEEEEEECH! *thump* Crow: The moral? Always keep your petz on a short leash. >Morpher Intsu, also in human form, is looking around, not watching >where he was going. They bump into each other. Joel: A short but bitter love affair ensued. >Petz: Watch it! >M. Intsu: You watch it! >This soon breaks out into a total argument about who had the right of way, >including everyone who overheard. this lasts for about 2 minutes. Tom: No fault insurance. Sucks, don't it? ><<< Typical Sailor Moon ending, theme and all. >>> Crow: Wha? That's it? Oh brother, what the hell did we just read? Joel: Yeah, what was the deal with that last segment anyway? Yet another pointless installment of "Sailor Says"? Tom: And if you're walking down the street not caring about who might be in front of you, you might end up in a horribly cliched situation involving irony! Remember, this has been Sailor Says! Crow: Don't forget the bimbo giggle! >Keep your eyes >open and on the >screen for part >two of the Io >Saga, "Moon King- >dom Rebuilt" Tom: Frankly, I'd rather keep my eye on the piece of burned popcorn embedded in the gum stuck to the theater floor. Crow: And remember, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the next plot point. Let's get out of here, Joel. (Crow stands up and flees as Joel picks up Tom and follows him out of the theater) * * * DEEP 13 The music of Kon Kan's 'Harry Houdini' filled Frank's room as Frank tinkered with his homemade chemistry set on his bed. A jawbreaker, looking the worse for wear, rested in a petri dish in front of him, having been mutated from the various chemicals Frank was subjecting it to. Frank sighed with disappointment as he gingerly removed the jawbreaker from the dish with a pair of industrial strength tweezers. Then, with a quick flick of the wrist, he tossed it into a nearby waste basket, which was already overflowing with similarly deformed jawbreakers. "Shoot! I really thought I had it that time!" Frank exclaimed as he checked his pockets and pulled out another jawbreaker. "Oh well, if you don't succeed the seven-thousandth, two hundred and eighty-first time, try try again!" he said to himself as he wiped the petri dish clean and placed the newest jawbreaker in the middle. Unbeknownst to Frank, however, the latest of his failed jawbreakers had begun glowing as it melted onto the others in the wastebasket, producing a chemical reaction Frank hadn't anticipated. Suddenly the other jawbreakers in the basket began glowing and merging with each other. The sick sounds of squishing candies failed to reach Frank's ears as he was focused on his task. The waste basket began to vibrate slightly and then violently as it moved like an off-balance washing machine towards the door and outside into the hallway. It wasn't long before it had made it's way towards the laboratory. It bounced off various objects before it made a beeline towards the machine that fed the experiments to Joel and the bots. A moment later, a piece of paper that contained the last page of part 2 of the 'Io Saga' was spat out of the machine as it was no longer needed and came to rest on the edge of the console with the other pages of part 2. As the wastebasket bounced off the console, the papers tumbled off the console and some of them managed to land in the wastebasket. The results were catastrophic as the gooey mass absorbed the papers and suddenly it rose from the wastebasket, shaped like a huge gummy worm and flopped around before two more appendages shot out from it's sides. Finally, another, more round appendage, burst forth from its top, the bottom of this appendage appeared to be caving in before it revealed itself to be a mouth as it emitted a bone chilling scream of pain. * * * "EUREKA!! I'VE DONE IT!" Frank exclaimed as he held up a bright red jawbreaker to the light. "Wait till Dr. F sees what I've done!" he exclaimed proudly. "YAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!?" a familiar voice screamed. Frank couldn't contain his excitement as he hopped off his bed and rushed out into the hallway. "It's my new invention, Steve! I call it the... OOF!" Frank was unable to finish as he was barreled over by a freaked Dr. Forrester, who didn't even stop to yell at him before resuming fleeing for his life. Frank could only blink in surprise as he lay on the floor and then as a large shadow fell over him, he raised his head and his eyes widened. "MOOOOOTHEEERRRR...." the gooey creature moaned as it continued to mutate into a somewhat humanoid form. "MOOOOTHEEEERRR...." it moaned again, obviously in pain. "Uh... h-have we met?" Frank inquired nervously. "YOU CAN'T DO SQUAAAAT TO STOP MEEEE... I WILL GET WHAT I WANNNNT...." the creature replied, sounding more human by the moment. "W-who are you?" "I'M BATMA... NO, WAIT... I'M... I'm Morpher Intsu!" The creature proclaimed in a normal voice as its mutation finally ceased. "Intsu... hey, you're from the experiment! How did you get here?" "You created me, I am yours to serve." Morpher Intsu replied as he knelt on one knee. "Really? Cool!" Frank was elated. "Finally, someone *I* can boss around and subject to cruel and unusual punishment!" "Excuse me?" "Uh, nothing! Nothing! Say, uh, wanna come to my room and play?" Frank asked. "Play? But what of our plans to destroy the Moon Kingdom on Charon? Shouldn't I be recruiting youma to build our invincible armies?" "Uhh, maybe after supper! Right now, I want to play, okay?" "There's no time! Every second wasted is a chance for the Moon Kingdom to recover!" Intsu insisted. "Look, maybe you're not hearing me... I'm Captain Crunch and you're my personal Soggie! I created your gooey butt and I say I want to play! Toot sweet!" Frank retorted angrily. "I refuse." "Aw, you're no fun at all!" Frank pouted as Dr. Forrester suddenly reemerged from behind him, his face a mask of anger. "So, YOU'RE the one that created this monstrosity! How many time have I told you to THROW AWAY that damn chemistry set!" he snapped. "Sorry, Sarge." Frank replied with his head bowed. "Oh, quit your moping, Frank! Just get rid of it!" Dr. Forrester snapped as he stormed past Morpher Intsu into his room. "Uh, I'm not sure how... Oh!" Frank suddenly reached down and picked up his jawbreaker from the floor. "Hey, want some candy?" Frank offered. "My mother told me never to take candy from strangers." Morpher Intsu replied. "But, I am your mother." Frank pointed out. "Oh... in that case, sure!" Morpher Intsu replied as Frank tossed the jawbreaker up into the air and Intsu caught it in his mouth. As he began to suck it, Intsu frowned at the taste, then he suddenly found himself clutching his throat as his entire body seemed to be on fire. "Wha... what have you done to me?!?" Intsu croaked. "Sorry about this... I just gave you the prototype of my latest invention... a jawbreaker sized Red Hot." "YOU TRICKED ME! ARG!" Intsu gasped as he fell to his knees. "Hey, it's for the best. Besides, 'Io Saga' isn't over yet, maybe you'll still defeat the senshi!" Frank pointed out as he knelt beside his creation. "YOU... REALLY THINK SO?" Intsu croaked as he became a large glob of gook again. "Sure, anything's possible." Frank replied cheerfully, giving him a squishy pat on the back. "IN THAT CASE... YOU HAVEN'T... SEEN... THE LAST OF... MEEEEEE..." Intsu gurgled as he disappeared into the floor. Frank then slowly rose to his feet, lost in thought. "You know, I think I'll name my new jawbreaker after him... 'Intsu Red Hots'... It doesn't get any hotter than this. Yeah, that's a cool slogan!" Frank mused as he walked back to his room. TO BE CONTINUED IN 'THE IO SAGA' PT. 3.... Hiya! I hope you're enjoying this MSTing so far! As with my other mutiple part MSTings, there's lots more fun and weirdness to come, so don't skip it or you'll only be missing out on some great riffs and skits. ;)