//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Trouble Brewing and Answers // Story: Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Terror of Lord Tirek // by Big Imagination E //------------------------------// Meanwhile in an abandoned laboratory we see Tirek placing down his weapon and tried to think of a way to make it bigger so he will be ready to destroy Equestria. Now that my robot is ready I still need to figure a way to make it bigger. But how?" Tirek thought. He kept on thinking through a few minutes til he spotted a gadget nearby. It was purple with glowing purple liquid inside it. He got a closer look at it and grabbed it. "What's this thing?" Tirek asked and he saw a name. "The Sizerator." "Hmm so this Sizerator can make things big and small huh? Well if that's true then maybe I can make my robot bigger! But let's see if it works." Tirek thought. He aimed the ray at a ball and blasted it making it bigger. Then he aimed it at a huge chunk of scraps and blasted it shrinking it to size. "Well. Whoever made this clearly had the right idea. Now let the chaos begin!!!" Tirek declared. He got close to the weapon and blasted it making it bigger. He grabbed on the shoulder and climbed on the head laughing evil and ready to cause trouble. But before he could a beeping sound was heard meaning he needs fuel to power it. "Oh you got to be kidding me!! I don't have any gas?! You can't right this stuff! Where in the right mind am I gonna find enough powerful fuel to power my robot?! Like a nuclear waste dump? Or a chemical factory?" Tirek said in frustration. He kept pacing back and forth trying to think of a way to find a powerful source to energized the robot. Then his eye spotted the elementary school that George and Harold used to go to. Inside we see the lunch lady throwing away uneaten food in a barrel of green slop smelling super bad. She stepped outside to get some air. But Tirek wearing a bio suit used a power frequency machine to see if it was powerful enough and boy it went over 9000 and exploded. "Whoa. Now that's real powerful stuff. Looks like I'm back in business baby." Tirek said evily. Meanwhile at Melvin's house he recovered and cleaned up any trace of the mess Tirek caused. And though he stole all his tech the only invention he did not take was the Shrinky Pig 3000. It was a shrink ray in the shape of a pig. "Oh. I'm glad he didn't take this. But my head's killing me." Melvin groaned. Then he saw the door come open and freaked out a little. He saw our heroes giving him the angry looks and wanted some answers. "George! Harold! I thought you went missing! What's going on?" Melvin asked. "You can drop the act Melvin. We know you let Tirek use your tech to destroy Equestria." Applejack said mad. "I didn't let him take it! I only offered him something so he wouldn't kill me! It wasn't my fault!" Melvin said. But then Celestia, Mr Meaner and Ms Ribble came to him cornering him not believing what he said. "You have made a grave mistake when you lended him your stuff Melvin. Do you have any thing you want to tell us?" Celestia said. "Ok ok! When I accidentally brought Tirek here I was scared! So I offered him one of my inventions so he wouldn't kill me! But he got mad, sucked up my strength and just stole my stuff! I didn't give it to him! Honestly!" Melvin worried. Applejack looked him in the eye. "He's telling the truth." "Ok Melvin. Since he took your stuff you are going to tell us how we can stop him." Mr Meaner said. "Why should I help you?" Melvin rudely replied. "Because our boyfriends lost their powers because of your little stunt you snotty brat!!" Lyra yelled. "Whoa Lyra calm down. Breathe. Relax." Bon Bon said calming her down. "Wait. George and Harold have girlfriends? I certainly didn't see that coming." Melvin said confused. "That's not important Melvin! You either tell us how to stop Tirek or your going to Tartarus!" Bon Bon shouted. "Okay please don't send me to jail! I'll tell you! The only way to stop him is to destroy the mech he's using! Destroy all the circuits and he won't control it. And if he tries to use a laser then use something to break it first. Once his suit is completely defenseless then attack him. That's how you can stop him!" Melvin responded. "Are you sure that's all you know?" Luna asked. "Yes! That's all I know! That's all I know I swear! Now please don't send me to Tartarus or any jail please!!" Melvin cried. The group decided to let him go and he even let them borrowed his Shrinky Pig 3000. "Don't be causing anymore trouble Melvin. If you do we will find you. Understand?" Rainbow threaten. "Okay I promise! I swear!" Melvin swore. Soon everyone headed out of the house and went downtown to face Tirek. Then they all saw his mech and prepared for the biggest battle of their lives. The worlds are at stake and our heroes will do anything to protect them. They all ran into the school and headed into the basement and got ready for battle.