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Part Three
The Music Festival
It was a live event on MTV, after running every episode of Road Rules and Real World, not to mention the Road Rules/Real World Challenge and the Road Rules: Real World Edition, as well as the Celebrity Deathmatch and Tom Green marathons, it was time to show live music from MusicFest2000 (Although at ten to the hour every hour, it was Kurt Loder with MTV News). At any rate, it was exposure that all rock bands enjoyed, including Snatrat, the all girl rock band, with the Celtic background, several MTV vj's had to be explained, on camera, four times, what Celtic background meant (SpydieGirl was beginning to understand exactly why Gray Zombie hated MTV nowadays). It was, of course, Spydie who was not having a good time.
With the discovery of a possibility of Kortac interference, Spydie was serving double duty. One, has the guitar player of Snatrat, the other as a Capper, sworn to protect this dimension from the invading forces of the Kortac.
Life is SO fun. she thought. Life was so much simpler before, all I had to worry about was my lawsuit against Marvel Comics.
Her train of thought was broken by Domino, who had a disgusted look on her face.
"What's wrong with you?" Spydie asked
"That new group, The Guys." Dom explained, "The rest of the group has fallen in love with them, just like all those teeny boppers. Mariel said that it was something in their voices. I don't know."
Spydie smiled, "Can't you hear the smoothness of their voices? I haven't heard them, myself."
Domino shook her head, "I've heard them speak, and sing. But it sounds like everything else to me."
A few years back, while Domino was talking on the phone with a boyfriend, a thunderstorm started up. Lightnening struck the phone lines which sent an electrical current through the phone. The end result leading to a busted eardrum, which was replaced, but Dom's hearing was never quite the same after that.
SpydieGirl shrugged, then started thinking. She then turned towards Domino, "Dom, you know those subliminal message cd's we have to help us concentrate on our song writing."
"Yea, you got ripped off, didn't help me any."
"Yea, but only you, it's helped the rest of us. Do you think that your hearing problem causes you to not subliminally hear the hidden messages?"
Domino shrugged, "I dunno. Maybe, What does that have to do with anything?"
Spydie tapped her chin, thinking. "It may have a lot to do with it. Listen, will you find the others and keep an eye on them?"
"Yea, sure. I don't like this air of mystery you're keeping around you."
"Trust me, I'll explain everything to you later."
As Domino went to find the rest of the group, Spydie headed for thier tour bus.
The secret Kortac festival base
D'lunz slowly shook his head. Turek nodded in agreement. Nesmit looked and just shrugged.
"What's the big deal?" Nesmit asked
"The what?" Turek asked
"It's an Earther expression," explained D'lunz, he then turned to Nesmit, "It seems that the subliminal messages that The Guys are sending are not being received by certain humans at the festival."
"Maybe they have strong wills." Nesmit said, "These humans are not as primitive as we had thought. The Cappers quickly learning all the Technican technology is a very good sign of that."
Junz walked over and looked at his colleagues, "Actually, some of the humans have a hearing problem."
"Ah," Turek said, "but that shouldn't affect our overall plan, should it?"
Junz shook his head, "We can still be victorious in this plan."
D'lunz nodded, "We continue on with our plan. But first, have The Guys find the Capper, SpydieGirl. As a matter of fact, bring the rest of her band, Snatrat, is it? No sense in torturing only one person."
"Agreed, friend D'lunz." Junz said
Nesmit slowly shook his head in disgust.
Snatrat tour bus
"What do you mean you already knew what the Kortac are up to?" asked Spydie, talking into her communicator, "I just figured it out."
"Yea," Gray Zombie's voice replied, "but it's quite logical, if the Kortac are using a music festival for their evil plans, chances are it involves brainwashing people through music. And you say your whole bands affected?"
"Except for Domino. She's partially deaf. Guess it's not affecting her."
"Hmm. Oh, hold on a sec, Enapov just raised an eyebrow."
Spydie waited patiently, usually when Enapov raised an eyebrow, something important was up.
"Ok," Gray's voice returned, "got some bad news for you. The Kortac probably already know that a Capper is on the premises."
"How?"
"Hobbes is unable to scan the area. Which means that we can't teleport you out of there, nor can we teleport down. Which means, that you need to find the Kortac's scrambler and turn it off."
"I just hope there isn't a whole Kortac platoon here."
"And be careful of this group, The Guys. Not only do they sound as bad as N'Stunk, Backstreet Brats, and Five Idiots, but they probably aren't human."
"Kortac brains inside human bodies?"
"More like mechanical. They talk while at the same time giving away a subliminal message, that way, you really don't need to worry about messing with any sound equipment, although I'm sure that they've got that up their sleeves as well."
"Yea, I'm sure. All these top music artists here, and we're all going to help the Kortac conquer the world. Just great. I knew I should of just stayed home."
"We'll be there as soon as we can. Be careful, Spydie."
"Aren't I always? GlitterRock was the one driving the dimensional cruiser that put us in that alternate universe."
"It wasn't my fault." GlitterRock's voice called back. Spydie then heard Enapov and Moon Queen's voice talking to Glitter. "Yea, but it wasn't."
Gray Zombie sighed, then he talked to Spydie again, "I have to go now, Spydie. It's time for the kids nap."
SpydieGirl smiled to herself, They may not all be musically inclined, but they're fun to have around at parties.
Maximillian Riche's private RV
Manacus stood by Riche, waiting. Riche looked up at Manacus, then let out a sigh.
"Manacus, what are you waiting for? I already told you to get the girls ready for their press conference."
"Oh yea," Manacus said with a smile, "I'll go tell them right now, Gordon."
"Wha-wha-wha-wha..." stammered Maximillian
"Or would you rather I call you Mr. Crappylips?"
"It's Lipschitz...I mean, it's Mr. Riche..how did you...I mean....who told you....."
Manacus left the RV, smiling. He then noticed Lascif, Sunrunner, and Mariel walking with the five members of The Guys.
"What the hell is going on?" he muttered.
Outside the Snatrat bus
Spydie stepped off the bus, she looked and saw her friends with The Guys.
"Crap." she said
"Spydie," Lascif said, "The Guys here wanted to meet you."
One of the Guys walked forward and swung at Spydie, who ducked. The Guys fist went into the side of the tour bus. Sunrunner, Mariel and Lascif had shocked looks on their faces.
"What was that for?" SunRunner demanded
"Relax." another of The Guys said.
"Oh, ok." SunRunner responded, as she and the other two relaxed.
The Guy who put his hand into the bus pulled it out, unfortunately it was no longer connected to his arm, wires were hanging out instead. He looked and saw that SpydieGirl wasn't there.
"Where is she?" He asked
Another of the Guys went to the bus and lifted it up, it tilted to reveal Spydie laying on the ground.
"Oh for the love of Elvis." She exclaimed, as she jumped up and ran off.
The Guy put the bus back down and turned to another. "After her." he said, he then turned to two of the other members, "Take these three to the masters, I'll go after the one called, Domino."
The Guy with the missing hand, found his hand, holding it in his other hand, "I'll go after the one who is called, Manacus."
"I'm right here." Manacus said, "I think that you freaks should leave my girls alone."
The Guy swung at Manacus, making contact with his chin. Manacus fell to the ground. The Guy walked over to him, but Manacus got up before The Guy could reach him.
"Now, I'm pissed." Manacus growled, as he grabbed his opponent and lifted him up.
While the two were fighting the rest of the group went on with their assigned duties.
Elsewhere
SpydieGirl ran, trying not to run over anyone. She knocked over the drummer to the Mosquitos, accidently stepped on the toe of the keyboardist to The Archies, and only stopped once to slap the former lead singer of The Brady Kids, just because she thought changing his name to Johnny Bravo was a stupid idea.
She finally came to a clearing on the festival grounds, as did The Guys, minus one, and Lascif, SunRunner, and Mariel.
"Hey, Spydie" called out Mariel, "Why are you running from these guys? They just want you to meet their managers."
"Mariel," replied Spydie, "they're bad guys. We need to get away from them, and stop their managers from doing something terrible to Earth."
"I believe," a voice from behind her said, "that you are in no position to do anything."
Outside the tour bus.
Manacus swung at what was left of The Guy. Now all that was left of him was a mechanical exoskeleton.
"What the hell are you?" Manacus asked
"I am....biddi biddi...the finest robot created by...*whirr*...the Kortac."
"Why do they want Snatrat?"
"They only.....brrrrrbeep....want the one called....Sp..sp..sp...SpydieGirl...The...Capper."
Before Manacus could ask another question, the robot fell to pieces and then burst into flames.
"Crap." Manacus said, "I'm on my own now.
He then ran off in the direction he saw SpydieGirl run and followed the trail of injured musicians.
The Clearing
SpydieGirl stared at the four Kortac standing behind her. One of them had one arm around Domino, the other arm held a blaster that was pointed at Dom's head.
"Let the band go." Spydie said, "They're not Cappers.Your fight at present is with us, not the band."
"On the contrary, human," the shorter of the Kortac said, "Our fight is with everyone. Now, you will surrender, or Turek here will blast your friend into the next life."
SpydieGirl held up her arms, surrendering. One of the other Kortac went up to her and shackled her hands together.
"Please, forgive me." he whispered
SpydieGirl looked at him, puzzled. Her attention then turned to the other Kortac as one shouted at her guard.
"Nesmit, do not interrogate her until we get her back to our base."
"Sorry." Nesmit replied
Near the clearing
Manacus ran through the crowd of people and made it to the clearing. Nobody was around. He continued walking and looked down on the ground. There he saw Domino's good luck charm, an old domino block on a chain.
"Where are you girls at?" he asked. He looked up and saw a black van heading off down an old dirt road. "Ah ha.....I hope."
He looked around, hoping to find someone who can give him a lift. It was then that a Harly Davidson caught his eye.
"Excalibur." he whispered, and kneel before it. He looked up and saw that the key was hanging from the handle bars. "I see that you have been waiting for me, my friend. Thank you for being patient."
He looked around to see that no one was looking, then proceeded to make the Harley his own.
Inside the van
SpydieGirl struggled, but gave up for two reasons, one, it was doing no good, and two, she wouldn't be able to help her friends in time. She then tried to get the Kortac to talk.
"Look, what do you want from us? I mean, it's obvious that you plan on using the music festival to brainwash humans. But why use every one? I mean, these Guys of yours should do the trick, right?"
"Not everyone listens to the same music." Turek said, "We need to get every thing covered. Which is why every music group is here."
"And let me guess, finding out that a Capper is at the festival is an unexpected bonus?"
"Oh, most definately," D'lunz replied, "And you will give us the information to the exact location of your secret base, so that we may give it to our leader, Martac."
"And what if she refuses?" SunRunner asked, no longer under the influence of The Guys.
"Then she will watch her friends die, one by one."
"Oh, ok." Lascif said, she then whispered to Spydie, "Anymore Cappers coming?"
"I hope so." Spydie whispered back, "Because if not, not only are we toast, but the world is doomed."
To Be Concluded
(Manacus finds the girls. Followed by a fight. And a surprise, which you probably have figured out since chapter one)