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3030
Martian Refugee Camp, Luna Vista, Luna
Leela, Yancy and Clancy walked through the vast hangar. 'Mom? What are we doing?'asked Yancy.
'Hitchiking.' Leela replied.
'You have any idea where Dad could be?' asked Clancy.
'Last
I heard he was on Titan so-'
'Your
husband is no longer on Titan.'
Leela
turned to where the voice was coming from. It came from Merlyn Mac
Intire.
'Leela
Fry, we meet again. And these are your children? They have
your.....eye.'
'What
do you mean, 'your husband is not on Titan'? Where is he then?'
'Roswell,
New Mexico.'
'Roswell?!
What are they doing there?'
'You
know of it.'
'I've......
visited there once.'
'In
1947?'
'Yes
I- How did you know that?' Leela demanded.
Merlyn
shook his head. 'I will explain all later, but first, we must leave
for Earth, post haste.'
The
bridge of Merlyn's ship, the Promethius, was small and basic. All the
walls were bright yellow and the control panels were framed in red.
Leela resisted the temptation to wrinkle her nose.
'Yeugh!'
said Yancy who had not inherited his mothers tactfulness 'This place
looks
like
it hasnt been re-decorated since the McNeale Administration!'
Leela
sushed him angrily, but Merlyn was busy shaking awake a purple
coloured robot who was slumbering in the pilot's chair.
'Stanley!
Wake up! We have to get going!' the robot opened his eyes and stared
agrily at Merlyn. 'Can't a guy get some shut eye around here? And
whats with the Family Cyclops?' he added upon seeing Leela and the
kids.
'That
is Leela Fry and her two children, Yancy and Clancy. And I would
thank you
to
treat her with the respect due to her if you please!' said Merlyn
peevishly.
'OK
OK. Jeez! Don't get an aneurysm about it! Oh, by the way, we have a
guest.'
'A
guest? Who?'
'Some
doctor guy. Has a really dorky sounding voice, he's waiting for you
in your
quarters.'
but the door opened and the 'guest' entered. It was Adeli Atkins.
'I'm
sorry, Stanley but I cant just stand around waiting all-' he saw
Leela and the twins.
'Leela?
Why are you here?'
'I
told you, I'm looking for my husband.'
'But
you cant leave the compound!'
'I've
been given permission from Emperor Gore himself.'
'As
have I.' added Merlyn.
'You?'
Adeli yelped 'Why would Gore grant you clearence?'
'The
Lunar Emperor and I share....certain intrests.' said Merlyn
enigmatically.
'Really,
Adeli what is it? Why have you come all the way down here?'
'As
if you didnt know. You were responsible for my parents' death!'
yelled Adeli.
Leela
began to get the sinking feeling that she wasnt going to be leaving
very soon.
The
Planet Eternium, January 3 2000
The
Eternian High Counsel members sat in their chairs in the vast Counsel
Chamber.
'Bring
in the accused.' Elder Ken said.
Two
Eternian Guards entered escorting Balphazar and Dewport.
'Balphazar
Jenkins and Selvin Dewport,' said Ken, 'You stand accused of
violating the Eternian High Counsel Protocol Regarding Prophesy
Forfillment, a crime punishable by up to 3456 years imprisonment at
the Sunnyville High Security Penal Colony.'
'Isnt
that a little harsh?' asked Dewport.
'Quiet,
you!' snapped Fiona.
'How
do you plead?' asked Ken.
'Not
guilty, of course.' said Balphazar.
'Very
well,' said Ken. 'Bring in Lord Nibbler.'
Nibbler
entered, he briefly glanced at Balpazar and Dewport before addressing
the Counsel.
'Greetings,
I am Lord Nibbler, Dark Matter Guardian Of Vergon 6, Supreme Adviser
To The High Counsel and-'
'Thank
you Nibbler!' said Ken impatiently. 'Just tell the court what
happened on the night of December 31 1999.'
'Very
well, I was carrying out my orders to freeze the Mighty One so that
he could fulfill the prophecy and defeat the Brain Spawn. However,
before I could, I was delayed by a time-travelling Balphazar and
Dewport, they said that they had traveled there from 3030 to stop me.
Then I was seized by a time-traveling Fry. He had apparently learned
of our plan and had entered the past to prevent me from freezing his
1999 counterpart. After a few moments debate, I convinced him not to
alter the timeline and he returned to his own time and then I had a
heated discussion with Balphazar and Dewport about the prophecy, then
they attacked me and
tied
me up and stuffed me into a bag. After that I blacked out but when I
came to I was in the trunk of a car. I called out to them but they
ignored me. I managed to get out of the bag and untie myself and
using my laser lockpick I got out of the trunk. When I saw that we
were back at Applied Cryogenics I knew what they were doing, I sent a
call to Eternium for backup and raced into the lab.......'
2985
It
was night, rain pelted down on a remote private space port and on the
space craft that was waiting on the runway.
A
black hovercar pulled up. Desmond Atkins and his wife Bianca De
Charles got out, followed by Merlyn Mac Intire and Sheldon Vougle.
'Should
we be doing this now?' Bianca anxiously asked her husband. ' What
about Adeli? He is only 10!'
'We
are doing this for Adeli.' Desmond said firmly 'Listen, sweet heart,
Merlyn has assured me that we will not be harmed by the Syndicate
where we are going.'
'You
trust him still?' said Bianca frowning. 'I would trust Merlyn to the
end of the universe.'
'You
still haven't said where we are going.' said Bianca.
'To
a planet that few people know the existence of.' Merlyn said.
'And
we are just going to abandon Adeli?'
'I
know it'll be hard for you, Bianca,' said Desmond softly 'But the
less Adeli knows about us the less chance that the Syndicate will
consider him a threat.'
Bianca
stared down at her feet. 'I hate this!' she said, fighting back
tears.
'It
is time,' said Sheldon to Merlyn.
'Indeed
it is.' said Merlyn and he turned to Desmond.
'For
the Priory?' he said.
'For
the Priory.' replied Desmond.
Merlyn
turned to Bianca. 'For the Priory?' He said.
'Screw
you.' replied Bianca.
Bianca
and Desmond got onto the boarding ramp and walked into the space
ship. Then the space ship took off down the rain soaked runway and
into the dark sky.
3030
The
bridge of Merlyn's ship, the Promethius
Adeli
stood in silence. Merlyn was stroking his chin thoughtfully.
'Well?'
demanded Adeli.
'I
am trying to pick the right words.' Merlyn said 'This is a story I
have dreaded having to tell for 50 years. You must understand that
your parents left you to protect you. They were Priory members. If
the Syndicate found out who they were then they would be killed,
along with you.'
'So
thats why you faked the story about my parents being mauled to death
by Altairian Mountain Gorillas?'
'Exactly.'
'Where
are they now?'
'On
a planet in a galaxy far way. I cannot tell you any more.'
'Why?'
'Because
it would be too risky, we cannot risk the Syndicate finding the
planet.'
Adeli
sighed 'Very well.' he said.
'But
I am coming with you and Leela, you'll never know when you will need
a doctor.'
'Fair
enough' said Merlyn, he turned to Stanley.
'Activate
the engines.'
'Where
are we going?' asked Leela.
'Why,
Roswell, New Mexico of course.' Merlyn replied.
Inside
a bunker in Roswell Army Base, 1947
The
Cid Farnsworth of 2000 crept down the dark corridor that lead to the
chamber where the Ultronium Stone was being kept. Suddenly he heard
voices. He ducked behind a filing cabinet. When the voices got closer
he realized that one of them was his own. From his hiding place Cid
stared as a younger, brown haired version of himself walked down the
corridor talking to a scientist
in
a white lab coat. '......conduct some more research on the alien that
we captured. Truman said he wants results.' his younger self was
saying.
'I'm
not a superhuman, Cid. I think Truman needs to realize that.' said
the scientist peevishly.
'I
understand that, Godfrey. Harry can be a little overbearing sometimes
but this is a most unprecedented case.'
They
got to the filing cabinet that older Cid was hiding behind. Cid heard
the top draw open and then close.
'Here,'
he heard Godfrey Perkins say 'These are all the reports on the Stone
that the Bloogians gave us.'
'I
think Truman is a little preoccupied by this alien spaceship affair
right now.' Younger Cid said testily.
'Better
safe than sorry.'
They
walked back up the corridor. Cid waited until Godfrey and his younger
self were gone before getting up and walking towards the chamber
door.
'I
hope I can remember the code.' he said to himself as he stared at the
keypad infront of him. '01283732304DE655GP' he said as he typed.
There was a beeping noise and the door opened.
'Huzzah!'
he exlaimed. Then, realizing, he glanced around to see if the coast
was clear. It was. Cid went inside the chamber.
A
prison cell in the Sunnyville Penal Colony, 2000
Dewport
was sat on his bunk as he watched Balphazar pace back and forth.
'I
cant believe we are gonna spend the next 3,000 years in this penal
colony just because of some stupid prophesy' said Balphazar.
'Oh
I dont think we are.' Dewport said, a sly look on his face.
'What
do you mean?'
Dewport
whipped out a small ray gun type thing.
'A
Molecular Displacement Gun.' Dewport said.
'But
those wont be invented until the mid 3020's how did you-'
'I
brought it with us before we went back in time. We can use it to dig
out of here.'
'Dewport
you are a freaking genius! I could kiss you!'
'Thats
the second date.'
*
Eternian
Penal Transport Ship (cockpit), space
Dewport
was sat in the pilot's seat, Balphazar was standing up.
'Hold
her steady, Mr Dewport.' said Balphazar.
'Never
call me that again.' Dewport said.
'Uh
oh.'
'What
is it Dewport?'
'Eternian
Guard Cruisers, hot on our tail!'
'How
many?'
'Three.
Taking evasive action.......Any use?'
'No.
The Cruisers are still staying on our tail.'
'Divert
all power to the engines, get us out of here Dewport.'
'Gee
really? Gosh I haven't thought of that!'
'Less
sarcasm, more evasive action.'
'Engaging
Hyperspeed.'
The
transport ship blasted away from the Cruisers.
'Set
a course for Earth, Dewport, I have an idea!'
Earth
Orbit
'We
are in Earth orbit, now what?' asked Dewport.
'We
slingshot around the Earth, thus creating a gravity flux that could,
if we time it right propel us into 3030.'
'Are
you sure this will work?'
'Positive.'
Dewport sighed.
'Let's
do it then.' he said reluctantly.
*
Soon
they were zooming around the Earth at a dizzy-making speed. The ship
was shaking, alarms were going off and Dewport was screaming.
'BALPHAZAR!
I CANT HOLD IT FOREVER THE SHIP IS STARTING TO BREAK UP!!!!!'
'DONT
STOP NOW DEWPORT WE ARE ALMOST ACROSS THE TEMPORAL BARRIER!!'
The
ship vanished with a flash.
Roswell,
Earth, 1947
Cid
hurried across the chamber. The Ultronium Stone was in the middle on
a plinth with a glass dome over it. Cid gingerly lifted the lid. No
alarms sounded. Cid sighed with relief.
*
'You
dont have to point that thing at her you know.' Fry said angrily to
Harris, who was pointing his Laser Rifle at Amy.
Fry,
Bender, Harris, Lele, Teki, Armin and Gary were all stood behind a
wall of sandbags. Gary turned from peering over the wall to check the
coast was clear.
'Now
now, lets be nice now. There will be plenty of time to fight after we
save the universe.'
3030
Oslo,
Norway, Earth
Olaf
Svensson was sat in his office. He was the National Governor for
Norway. He was a respected figure in Norway's political circuit. He
was, however, unpopular with the World Government because of his
policies regarding their interference in
Norway's
affairs. Today was one such case. It was January 5th 3030. The front
page of The Oslo Informer for that day was sat upon his desk,
'Unidentified Alien Space Ship Crash Lands North Of Oslo'
It
was then that his door opened and Jason Singer, the Investigator for
SCI entered.
'Invesigator
Singer, nice of you to drop in, I trust you have examined that
spaceship that crash landed near here a few hours ago?'
'Our
report shows that, according to the Orbital Data Records, the ship
collided with a stray comet and crash landed north of here. It is
made of a metal not found anywhere in the Galaxy.'
'I
see, any possible risk to the people of Oslo?'
'None
that occur at the moment. But we are quarantining the area just in
case.'
'Good,
well keep me posted.'
Singer
nodded and left. Olaf's vidphone then rang. Olaf pressed the 'answer'
button and Sheldon Vougle's face appeared on the screen. He looked
worried. 'Olaf, are you there?'
'Yes
I am here.'
'Olaf
I am afraid that I have some bad news, the POP has been infiltrated.'
'By
who?'
'The
Syndicate.'
'What?!
The Syndicate has not been in existence for over 700 years! What
makes you think that-'
'The
Syndicate is alive and well I'm afraid, they just got better at
covering their asses. You know about the spaceship that crash landed
in your country? Well that was no comet that brought it down! It was
a DOOP Security Cruiser! I checked the Orbital Logs myself, they have
been edited by someone high up in the DOOP!'
'But
surely Bryan Fleetwood would have heard something about this if that
were the case?'
'You
set too much store by Mr Fleetwood I'm afraid, he has his own career
to worry about. He and Vernon Zennor are in enough Buggalo dung with
Dwight Conrad breathing down their necks. No, I am afraid that we
have to deal with this ourselves.'
'How?'
'Dont
worry, I'll contact Gewnth Bosworth, he knows someone who can give us
new identities. We can dissapear and noone will ever find us again.'
'Now
wait just a fijording minute! I cant just leave, I have a country to
run!
and
besides, where would we go?'
'Dont
worry, Gwenth knows a place. You just leave everything to me. I'll be
in touch again soon.'
'Wait!
How will this solve-'
'Relax,
Olaf!' said Sheldon firmly 'I'll explain more later.' Sheldon
Vougle's face vanished from the screen, leaving Olaf alone in his
office, wishing that he had become a goat farmer like his father.
1947
Fry,
Bender, Lele, Teki, Armin, Harris, Amy and Gary stood behind the wall
of sandbags, listening to the distant bangs of the Planet Express
Ship from 3002's attack on the base.
Cid
ran up to where the rest were hiding. 'I've got the Stone!' he cried
jubilantly.
'Good.'
said Bender 'Let's blow this popsicle stand!'
'Not
so fast.' said a voice behind him. Everyone turned to see Thaarg
standing there, Atomizer Rifle in hand. Harris pointed his Laser
Rifle at Thaarg.
'You?'
Fry gasped 'But how?'
'Humanity
is not the only race to have developed time travel technology.'
Thaarg said simply 'Now, hand over the Stone and the Weapon and I'll
be on my way.'
'Bite
my shiny metal....' Bender started but the catchphrase was finished
for him by an other Bending Unit head that was falling out of the
sky.
'..........AAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!'
'What
the....' said Thaarg but the Bending Unit head hit Thaarg's with a
dull 'thunk' and Thaarg fell over unconscious.
'Three
cheers for pre-destination paradoxes!' cheered Bender.
*
They
walked through the desert outside Roswell towards the cave were
Harris had hidden the Time Pod.
'I'll
go fire up the time-pod.' Harris said. 'Come on you, your coming
too.' he said to Amy. Amy rolled her eyes and followed him.
A
muffled voice came from the bag that Cid was carrying. 'Let me out of
here, poindexter!'
Cid
obliged and took the head of 3002 Bender out of the bag. He also took
the Ultronium Stone out of the bag.
'What
are you gonna do with that?' asked 3030 Bender.
'Well,
I cant bring it into contact with Amy as it would cause a time
paradox. So I'll have to hide it here in 1947.' said Cid.
'Where?'
'In
your head.'
'Say
what?'
'Or,
rather, in the head of your 3002 counterpart.'
'Dont
I get a say in this?' asked 3002 Bender.
'You
will be responsible for saving the universe. Isnt that a noble
cause?'
'I
aint sitting in a hole in the dirt for a thousand years buddy, evil
intergalactic conspiracy or no evil intergalactic conspiracy.' 3002
Bender said stiffly.
'I
will turn your cognitive circuits off-line and program them to
re-activate in 3002 in time for your friends to dig you up.' said
Cid.
3030
Bender nudged Cid. 'I was a bit of a shady character when I was
younger,' he whispered 'You might wanna erase my memory of all this
so that he doesn't pawn the Stone for booze-money.'
'Gotcha.'
said Cid.
'When
did I become such a square?' asked 3002 Bender, who had evidently
heard
his
older self.
'It's
called 'maturity' jackass, I realized that there is more to life that
binge drinking and whore-mongering.' said 3030 Bender coldly.
'Are
you sure you're me from the future?' 3030 Bender rolled his visual
sensors and turned to Cid who was digging a hole. 'Could you hurry up
with that hole?' he said.
*
Bender
and Cid finished burying the head of 3002 Bender in the New Mexico
desert. They returned to the Time Pod where the rest were waiting.
'So,
is it 2880 next?' Fry said reluctantly.
'Yes,'
Cid said, not meeting Fry's eyes. Everyone knew what would happen if
they convinced the then Earth President in 2880, Ernst Rowenbaum, not
to begin the nanobot project, the result would erase the mutants,
including Leela, from history.
And
by extension, his four children. In fact 30 years of Fry's life would
be altered. Then, a beeping sound broke the tension.
'It's
the Trans-Temporal Communicator,' Cid said. 'Someone from the future
is calling us.'
Cid
pressed the 'reply' button and a automated female voice said. 'Will
you accept a collect call from January 5 3030?'
'Yes.'
replied Cid.
A
gruff voice came over the comm. 'This is Admiral Smedley S.
Dinklemeyer, you are all under arrest, return to 3030 immediately.'
3030
A
DOOP Military Base outside Oslo, Norway, Earth
Balphazar
and Dewport were sat in a dimly lit interrogation room. They sat in a
tense silence. Balphazar decided to break it.
'I
didnt know we would crash.' he said peevishly.
Dewport
sighed heavily 'Balphazar, as soon as this is all over, I'm going to
ask the Counsil to re-assign me.'
'What!?
Why? Because of this? Too much time paradoxes?'
'I'm......I'm
sorry Balphazar. I cant do this any more, you dis-believe the
prophecy-I do. I cant work for someone who wants to undermine all we
have worked for for the last thousand years.' Balphazar stared at
his old friend, his eyes narrowed.
'Very
well,' he said coldly 'We will part ways after this is all over.
Assuming of course the Counsel does not try you for treason.'
The
door opened and Jason Singer walked in.
'Well,
my little Eternian friends. You seem to be in a little trouble back
home, your government wants to try you for-' he glanced at the
datapad in his hand. 'Violating the Protocol Regarding Prophesy
Fufillment.'
Singer
smiled at Balphazar. 'Listen, We at DOOP Security have been covering
your furry little asses for the last century, we made sure no one
else knew about your existence so you could save the universe and
fulfill the prophecy bla bla bla. We cant do that if you keep
crashing your spaceships all over Earth.'
'Dont
be so Hyperbolic, this is the first time this has happened.'
'And
last, I hope.' said Singer.
1947
A
tense silence hung over the Time Pod.
'What
should we do?' asked Bender nervously.
'We
have to return to 3030.' said Harris firmly 'If we are under arrest
then we have a duty to answer to the charges.'
'I
aint going to jail!' Gary yelled. 'I mean look at me, they'll eat me
alive!'
'No,
Gary, we cannot live our lives as fugitives from the law. Harris is
right, we must answer to the charges.'
Roswell,
New Mexico, Earth, 3030
With
a zap the Time Pod materialized in the New Mexico Desert of 3030.
Although so little was different that for a moment they thought they
were still in 1947. However, the date on the temporal coordinate
display panel of January 5 3030 was confirmed for them when a large
yellow spaceship descended from the sky and landed
next
to them. The boarding ramp descended and Leela, Yancy, Clancy,
Merlyn, Stanley and Adeli came out.
'Welcome
back.' said Merlyn 'How was Customs?'
'Dad!'
yelled Yancy and Clancy in unison and the ran to embrace their
father.
'Fry!'
exclaimed Leela and she ran to embrace him too. 'I thought I'd never
see you again. I thought you were on Titan.'
'I
was, but then they sent me on this time-travel mission. Oh, by the
way, the DOOP wants to try us for treason.'
'WHAT!?'
'If
that is true,' Merlyn said gravely 'then we must act quickly.
Everyone into the spaceship.'
'Where
are we going?' asked Bender.
'Durg.'
Merlyn replied.
'Oh,
how I hope you mean Durg, New Jersey.' Bender groaned.
'No,
I mean the planet.'
'Why
are we going there?' asked Fry. 'I'll explain on the way now hurry!'
*
The
Promethius soared through the blackness of space. They were all
assembled on the bridge.
'A
question occures,' Adeli said 'How are we to get past the Durgian
blockade? There are ships in orbit around the planet. If their
sensors detect any non-Durgian ship entering Durgian space....' he
made the sound of an explosion with his mouth.
'That
wont be a problem with....this!' Merlyn said, and fished out a large
grey-colored spherical devise that had antennae sticking out of its
top.
'A...model
of the Death Star from Star Wars?' Bernder said, puzzled.
'This,'
Merlyn said 'is a Durgian transponder-signal generator. The Durgian
ships will detect the signal and if all goes to plan, they will think
we are a Durgian ship and let us through.' 'And if all doesn't go
well?' asked Bender.
Adeli
made the sound of an explosion with his mouth.
*
Several
light years from the Durgian border
Merlyn
paced up and down the bridge in front of Bender and Stanley.
'OK,'
Merlyn said 'You have the paint?'
'Yo!'
said Bender and he held up the cans of paint that he was holding.
'Right
then' Merlyn said 'If this ship is supposed to be a Durgian battle
cruiser then it had better look the part. I want you to get out onto
the hull and paint this ship to resemble a Durgian battle cruiser,
here are some reference photos,' he handed them some photographs of
some Durgian military ships.
'Where
did you get these?' asked Bender 'A top secret government website?'
'No.
Google.'
*
Bender
stood back to admire his work, 'Not a bad job if I do say so
myself-and I do.'
He
and Stanley were standing on a hover platform on the side of the
ship.
Bender's
wrist comm buzzed 'Yo!' Bender said.
'You
had better get a move on,' said Merlyn's voice 'We are approaching
the Durgian border.'
'Roger
that. Yo, Picasso!' He yelled at Stanley, who was busy painting a
facsimile of the Durgian Imperial Alliance insignia. 'Hurry it up
will ya? We are approaching Durgian territory!'
'I'm
painting as fast as I can, Bender!' said Stanley, nettled 'You tell
Merlyn that an artist cant be expected to work under these
conditions!'
*
'We
are approaching the Durgian border.' Stanley said.
He
was sat at the navigation console. Fry, Bender, Lele, Teki, Armin,
Harris, Cid, Merlyn, Gary, Leela, Adeli, Yancy, Clancy, Stanley and
Amy were all standing on the bridge.
'A
Durgian battle cruiser is approaching.' Stanley said.
'Range?'
asked Merlyn.
A
look of utter uncomprhention crossed Stan's face.
'Huh?'
he said.
Merlyn
rolled his eyes 'How. Far. Away Is. It?'
'Oh!
Less than a parsec. It's closing in on our position.'
'If
this doesnt work...' Adeli said gravely.
'It
will work.' Merlyn said firmly he turned to Fry. 'Fry, pass me that
datapad over there.'
Fry
handed the pad to Merlyn.
'What's
on it?'
'Alien
Language Database. Munda Tarunga gave it to me, she is quite an
expert in that sort of stuff.'
'You
know my mother?' Leela said.
'Oh
yes, back in the 2980's I worked in the Mutant Leasion Office at the
Central Bureaucracy. She worked as a secretary at the Leasion Office
in Loowater Springs.'
A
beeping sounded. A guttural voice sounded over the inter comm 'QWEERG
XARGK ORK ZASS ZOB!!!!' it said.
'Identify
yourselves!' Translated Merlyn.
'Stan
say 'qaaarok duur vook Durgiark xoogbog'.'
'Why?'
'It
means 'this is a Durgian millitary ship.''
'Stanley
sighed and repeated Merlyn's words over the comm.
'Goraark?'
the voice said.
'registration?'
Merlyn translated. 'Say Durgiak Vaargik Zaxooor Kaaarj: Naarloth
(Durgian Imperial Alliance Battlecruiser: Naarloth.)'
Stan
repeated Merlyns instructions.
'Zaaqerrgon?'
the voice asked.
'Cargo?'
translated Merlyn 'Say, 'N'tuur vark zhellther buurook.'
'What's
that?' 'It means 'I'm bringing the daily supply of porno-mags.''
Stan
repeated Merlyn's words, soon after that they were quickly ushered
through the blockade.
'Perverts.'
Bender said derisively.
'Youre
one to talk!' Fry said.
'The
porno I enjoy is tasteful when compared to Durgian porn.'said Bender
'Ever seen Durgian porn? Its sick!'
'As
much as I hate to interrupt this discussion on alien pornography,'
Merlyn called tersely, 'we are nearing Durg.'
A
Durgian Monastery high up in the Zxarog Mountains, the planet Durg
Hnaak
was meditating in his private chambers when suddenly Fry, Bender,
Lele, Teki, Armin, Harris, Cid, Merlyn, Gary, Leela, Adeli, Yancy,
Clancy, Amy and Stanley walked in.
'Are
you the guy in charge of this place?' Merlyn asked.
'I
am the High Priest yes.' Hnaak said. 'What brings you fine people to
my
monastery,
and how did you get through the blockade?'
'Long
story, listen could you tell us what you know about an alien race
called the Eternians?'
At
Merlyn's mention of the word 'Eternians' Hnaak grew cold. 'Why do you
want to know about them? Who are you people?' he said sharply.
'I
am.....a member of a group of people, who...want to stop Thaarg's war
machine.' Merlyn said.
Hnaak
snorted 'Good luck, people have gone up against Thaarg and lost. And
by 'lost' I mean 'been killed'.'
'Yeah,
we kinda figured that.' said Bender.
Hnaak
looked at the large group of people intently. 'Why do you want to
know about the Eternians? How much do you know about all this?' he
asked.
'Enough.'
said Merlyn impatiently 'We need to know if Thaarg has had relations
with the Eternians. What part do they play in this?'
Hnaak
paced the floor, he stopped and then stared hard at Merlyn. 'Thaarg
has destroyed this planet.' he said. 'There was a time when you could
be proud of being a Durgian, we were once a race with morals, honour,
pride. During the 2970's we were ruled by an honorable Emperor,
Blavarak. Under him our planet prospered. Then along came Thaarg.
Thaarg was the Minister For Defense, he wanted to make Durg a more
militarized race, Blavarak objected. Blavarak soon had a 'heart
attack' and died and Thaarg was elected in his stead. I was Minister
For Religious Affairs at the time, I publicly denounced Thaarg as a
traitor to Durg. His Minions hounded me out of the capital, I sought
refuge here. You say you want to stop Thaarg? You have no idea what
you're dealing with!'
'No
idea?' Amy said sharply 'Thaarg destroyed my home planet! He killed
my husband. Don't say that we don't know what we are dealing with
because we zarking well do!'
Hnaak
looked at Amy then turned his eyes to Merlyn. 'Go to Nevada, Earth
there is a Facility there, I don't know if its operational still but
it's the only place I can think of that had a Priory member on its
team, Marlowe Farnsworth.'
'Farnsworth?
Is he my ancestor?' asked Cid.
'His
father was Myron Farnsworth.'
'Thats
my son! Good Lord, I had no idea that my family was so involved in
all this.'
A
Secret Base under the Nevada Desert (the one we saw in Part 6), Earth
Fry,
Bender, Lele, Teki, Armin, Harris, Cid, Merlyn, Gary, Leela, Adeli,
Yancy, Clancy, Amy and Stanley all walked through the vast chamber.
The huge Temporal Transmitter stood, off-line, in the center. The
place was dark and desolate, their footsteps echoed through the eerie
silence. Bender walked over to a console, he turned it on, the light
from the screen illuminating his face and providing the room with a
little light.
'According
to this doohicky, this facility was decommissioned 966 years ago.'
Merlyn
walked over to the console.
'Does
it say why?' he asked Bender.
'Nope.
Just says that it was taken off-line.'
'Bender,'
Merlyn said 'Perhaps you could hack into the computer, go through
some of its restricted data files.'
'I
don-t know, maybe I should buy it a drink first.'
'Bender,
some important information could be in this computers database. If we
have any chance of beating Thaarg then it lies within this system.'
'How
can you be sure that crazy ass Durgian hermit was right?'
'I
don't but I have spent my whole life taking chances like these, such
is the nature of working for the POP. If there is something here that
can assist us then it is here and-' Merlyn was cut off by a
shimmering of light emanating from the Temporal Transmitter.
'So,'
a female voice said its booming voice echoing around the vast, empty
chamber. 'You have finally arrived. After centuries upon centuries of
waiting the moment has finally come. Would the one called 'Fry' step
forward?'
Fry
gingerly stepped forward.
'Y-you
wanted to speak with me?'
'Yes,
you, you are the Mighty One are you not?'
'That
depends on how you define 'mighty' because I-'
'Silence!'
the voice barked suddenly cold 'I have waited a long time for this
and now, I have the Mighty One and my new vessel and now I will
finally have my revenge!'
Cookieville
Orphanarium, Earth
Fleetwood
made his way to Sheldon Vougle's office. Sheldon was sat at his desk.
'Ah,
Bryan what brings you here?'
'I
think you know zamn well what. You knew more about this project that
you let on. Why did you not tell us about Leela being a weapon?'
'How
did you...?'
'I
had a little talk with Munda Tarunga. Why did you not tell us?'
'Because
the POP has been infiltrated by the Syndicate. If you knew, they
would know.'
'That
doesn't explain your silence for the last 56 years!'
'Yes
it does! I was protecting Leela, I didn't want to burden her with the
truth!'
'Yes
well it is time you stop being so zamned secretive and tell us all
you know about Hermes Conrad.'
Nevada,
Earth
Fry
was at a loss for words. 'Err....revenge?! For what, I dont even know
you!'
'No,
but you are the reason that I was ripped from my physical body and
trapped inside this sphere!'
'Say
what?'
'SILENCE!
The time for talk is at an end. You will deliver unto me that which I
desire or persish!'
'There
is such a word as 'please,' you know.' said Bender.
A
bolt of energy shot out of the sphere and hit Bender in the chest.
Bender was flung halfway across the chamber.
'I'm
OK.' he said weakly.
'OK
listen up,' Leela said angrily. 'I dont know who or what you are but
no one beats up my friends!' and she delivered a karate kick to the
Transmitter.
'YEAARGHH!'
Leela screamed, hopping around cluching her injured foot.
'FOOL!,'
barked the glowing sphere 'Mere brute force cannot defeat me! Now
prepare to be crushed puny mortal! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!'
Cookieville
Orphanarium
'Hermes
Conrad, you know about him?' stammered Sheldon.
'I
know that he and Feinnman were involved in the Durgian nanobot
project.' said Fleetwood.
'Were
is Hermes Conrad now?'
'Ravingwood
Mental Hospital. He was sent there after Planet Express went bankrupt
in 3010.'
'Planet
Express still exists, it is one of the largest interstellar delivery
companies in the galaxy.'
'Yes
but when Hubert Farnsworth died in 3010, Planet Express declared
bankruptcy. Then the former company doctor, John Zoidberg inherited a
large fortune from his cousin Zoidfarb when he died in 3012. Zoidberg
donated the money to help Fry get Planet Express up and running
again. They bought the property at 19 Conglomerate Avenue and the
rest is history.'
'But
no one has told Conrad, though?'
'I'm
afraid PE's initial bankruptcy sent him over the edge. Conrad was
always a bit of a loose cannon, this was just the straw that broke
the buggalo's back.'
Nevada
Leela
dodged as yet another bolt of energy sailed towards her.
'Hey,'
Fry yelled 'Leave my wife out of this! Its me you want!'
'Silence
mortal! You and your wife are both dire threats to my very being you
must perish if I am to rule the universe!'
And
another beam shot out and hit Fry but Fry started to glow red and a
bold of red energy flew out of him and collided with the sphere.
'GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU FOOL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!' screamed the sphere that was now
glowing red.
'I-I
dont know.' stammered Fry who had stopped glowing and was just as
puzzled as the sphere was. There was a huge red colored explosion and
the sphere gave one
last
scream and was gone.
'What
the hell was that?' asked Bender.
'I
dont know,' said Fry 'I think I must have some sort of power that
makes me immune from crazy ass homicidal transmitters!.'
'It
is your lack of a Delta Brainwave.' said a voice. Everyone turned
around. An old looking Eternian was standing there. 'Hello, my name
is Balphazar.' he said.
To Be Continued........
Yes,
I know I said that this would be the last one, but my computers
harddrive had other ideas. Don't worry, the next one WILL be the last
one.
No,
really, it will.
-DTM
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