Big guy and rusty the boy robot #45 Young fast and out of control

Big guy is the property of dark horse comics and Tristar.

A park in the middle of the city is full of people today. Being a beautiful day a lot of them are lounging around and having picnics. A man hands his wife a can of soda when suddenly it gets knocked out of his hand. He looks up just in time to get slammed to the ground by a flying board.

“Yeah let’s do it!” A youthful voice yells.

A bunch of young kids on boards with ski masks on show up and start flying around the park. One sets fire to a bush and another smashes a bench. Some others rip off picnic blankest and baskets. A kid dumps the contents of the basket on the ground laughing. Another kid cuts down a tree and it falls on a phone booth. Another kid who is obviously the leader goes over to the office and slaps something on the wall. Shortly after he flies away the wall explodes. By the time they are gone the park is in ruins. When the police show up they are all gone. The only thing they left behind was the phrase burned into the wall ‘ultra was here’.

“Did you see any of their faces?” An officer asks.

But nobody saw cause they all had ski masks on. An officer notes the phrase burned into a wall.

“Another new gang.” The officer says.

The gang arrives at a warehouse and lands.

“Man did you see the damage we did? The fear on their faces?” One kid asks.

“Yeah we did good.” Another kid responds.

They high five each other. One of the kids stays back and doesn’t celebrate.

“The city will soon know the ultra bombers.” The leader says.

Someone coughs and all the kids stop. They look and see a big burly man.

“The boss wants to see you all now.” The man says.

The kids mutter but the leader makes a cutting motion. They walk into the office where a chair is turned away from them.

“Was the mission successful?” A voice asks.

“Yeah we ruled!” A boy responds.

The leader smacks him upside the head.

“Yes it was successful.” The leader says.

“Excellent. I will call you when I need you again.” The voice says.

One of the kids nudges the leader who clears his throat.

“I though I told you to leave.” The voice says.

“We were all just wondering why you sent us against such a insignificant target. We have the power to take on anything.” The leader boasts.

“This was merely a test. The real target will come when I know I can trust you and your abilities. Now leave.” The voice responds annoyed.

The burly man appears in the doorway.

“Show them out.” The voice says.

But the kids leave by themselves.

“Man this sucks. I didn’t join this gang to take on little targets. From what he said we won’t take out anything significant anytime soon.” A kid says.

The leader turns around.

“I feel the same way. But we were nothing before this guy took us under. I think we should ride this out and see what happens.” The leader says.

The kid grumbles but doesn’t say anything more. That night one of the kids returns home and rips the ski mask off revealing it’s a girl. She looks on the table and notices a note. She picks it up and reads it.

“We won’t be home again until late. Your dinner is waiting for you in the fridge.” The girl reads.

She slams the note on the table and yells out in frustration. She storms into her room and throws her backpack onto the floor. She takes out her ski mask and thinks about what she has had to do in the gang.

“You need us. We care about you when nobody else does.” The leaders voice echoes in her head.

“My parents love me.” The girl responds.

“Do they? When’s the last time they were home before 11 pm?” The leader asks.

The girl thinks but doesn’t answer.

“You call that love? The leader asks.

“They need to be gone a lot. To get money to keep us healthy.” The girl says quietly.

“Let me guess. The only thing you get from them is expensive presents. But those are given along with an ultimatum right?” The leader says.

The girl remembers.

“Now you let mommy and daddy have this private conference.” Her mom says after giving her a big teddy bear.

“Now let daddy be alone so he can finish up his business deal.” Her dad says after giving her a diamond necklace.

The girl bows her head down sadly.

“They use their money to keep you out of their way.” The leader says.

Back in her house the girl looks over at all the presents her parents gave her. She takes the bear and tears it’s head off. She takes the diamond necklace and flushes it down the toilet.

“That’s for your love!” The girl yells.

She lies back down in her bed and cries herself to sleep. The next day a device in her purse goes off. She sighs and puts her ski mask on. She meets at their normal meeting place.

“Okay we have another target. The boss wants us to attack and terrorize the school yard.” The leader says.

A boy gets really angry.

“Again he gives us a useless target.” The boy says.

The leader spins around and drop kicks the boy. He put his foot on his neck.

“You will do as I saw as long as you are in this gang.” The leader says.

The boy nods his head and the leader lets him stand up.

“And don’t you ever question me. Do you understand?” The leader asks angrily.

The boy nods.

“Good.” The leader says.

He distributes the board and they all get on the boards.

“Let’s do it!” The leader yells.

The gang takes off with a yell and a whoop. They approach the schoolyard.

“You take out the play sets.” The leader orders one boy.

“You burn down any trees and bushes.” The leader orders another boy.

The boy that objected earlier has his eyes on something else. The gang enters the schoolyard. They tear off the play sets and burn as much as they can. The leader plants a bomb on the gym wall and it blows. Meanwhile the insolent boy takes out a bomb he got secretly. He goes over to the computer lab and plants a bomb on the wall. He then bursts into the lab and throws bombs all over the place. He flies out as it explodes behind him. The leader lands next to him.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” The leader asks.

But the sound of a siren interrupts them. They fly off after the leader quickly burns their phrase into the wall. They return to the warehouse and enter. Almost immediately the burly man grabs the leader and holds him up.

“I hear that the computer lab was destroyed. I don’t remember telling you to attack that target.” The voice says angrily.

The leader gasps for air.

“One of others did it against my orders. I did what you told me to.” The leader says.

The big guy slams him against the wall.

“As far as I am concerned you are as responsible for what your gang members do as you are for what you do.” The voice says.

The big guys throw the leader to the floor. He gets up and readjusts his outfit.

“Don’t ever cross me again.” The voice says.

The big guy shoves the leader out to meet with the rest of the gang. He punches the gang member who blew up the computer lab.

“That’s for going against my orders. Don’t you ever go against a target unless I tell you to.” The leader says angrily.

“Man I just wanted to do some real damage. We are being led around like kids, given crappy easy targets.” The gang member says.

That night the girl returns home and is surprised to find a car in the driveway and a light on. She opens the door up.

“Dad?” She asks.

She looks around and gasps when she sees her uncle.

“Uncle Thornton?” She asks.

General Thornton is standing there with a mad look on his face.

“Where have you been?” He asks her.

The girl throws her backpack onto the couch and starts towards her room but Thornton grabs her.

“I asked you a question young lady.” Thornton says angrily.

“You aren’t my father. Did he send for you?” She asks angrily.

“He asked me to check up on you. I know you haven’t been to school in awhile. What have you been doing?” Thornton asks.

She gives him a look and then goes into her room. Thornton follows her.

“Get the hell out of my room.” The girl says looking up.

Thornton shakes his head and enters the living room. He looks at the backpack and notices that it’s open. He sees something that makes his blood boil. He grabs the communication device out and storms back into her room.

“What the hell is this?” Thornton asks.

The girl reaches out but Thornton holds it back.

“Stay out of my stuff.” The girl says angrily.

“Are you part of a gang?” Thornton asks.

She rushes forward too fast for Thornton to react and grabs the device away.

“Mind your own damn business.” She responds.

Thornton shakes his head.

“I thought you were smarter than that. Being in a gang will only lead to you either getting killed or someone else killed and you in jail.” Thornton lectures.

But she has put on headphones and doesn’t listen. Thornton throws his hands up and storms out of the house. The girl looks after him and shrugs her shoulder.

The next morning the gang gets together like normal but the leader seems very satisfied.

“This is it. We have an important target.” The leader says.

He pulls out a map that shows a large building that looks military.

“This is a military group that is gaining power to stop all gangs. This building is a threat to us and all gangs out there and must be taken out.” The leader says.

The girl shakes her head.

“This isn’t right.” She says.

This gets the leaders attention who looks up.

“Is there something you’d like to say?” The leader asks crossly.

The girl sighs.

“So far we haven’t taken any lives. We have done major damage but not to any human life. But this mission sounds like people could die.” The girl says.

“Look you don’t have to go on this mission. But if you are with us then you will. If you aren’t then you are the enemy.” The leader says.

The girl sighs and gets on her board.

“Yeah alright lets do it!” A guy yells.

They take off and approach the military building. The leader assigns targets like usual. The girl cuts down the flagpole and sets fire to the flag. The leader approaches the entrance. Suddenly a bunch of soldiers swarm from the entrance and start to fire on the leader. He crosses his fists and brings up a shield that reflects all the bullets. He puts his hand in his pocket and takes out a bunch of small devices. He then throws them to the ground where they explode like grenades. The soldiers are thrown all over the place. The young girl stands after taking out her target and watches the carnage.

“What are we doing?” She asks.

She looks over and notices one of the soldiers is not moving. She gasps when she sees a large bloody wound.

“This has gone too far.” She thinks.

The mission ends after the leader places explosives on the main walls and caves in the building. They all fly away cheering and hooting. The only one that isn’t celebrating is the girl. That night she returns home and calls somebody. Soon Thornton arrives and they sit down to talk.

“I’m so sorry. I am in a gang but I went out. They went too far today.” The girl says.

Thornton holds her as she cries in his arms.

“Don’t worry. I will help you in any way I can.” Thornton says.

The next morning the gang once again meets.

“We have proven ourselves and our benefactor has given us our biggest target ever. We are to take out a major military weapon.” The leader says.

The gang all high five and cheer. The leader puts down a picture. It shows the bgy-12 and it’s weak points.

“The benefactor is going to make sure that it is in the target zone in a half an hour. We are to place these small but powerful explosives on the weak spots.” The leader says.

“Are you crazy? I’ve heard about this thing. We won’t stand a chance.” A gang member says.

The gang gets on the boards and after flying for 20 minutes they land in a small barren area. The leader motions for the gang to hide behind a hill and wait. 10 minutes later the bgy-12 and Rusty land nearby looking around.

“Target has been sighted.” The leader says.

“Where is the monster?” Rusty asks.

Big guy jr. looks around and doesn’t see anything.

“For the love of mike. Is this another false alarm?” Big guy jr. asks.

The leader motions to move. Suddenly every gang member flies towards the bgy-12 except for the girl. They start slapping devices on the hull at different spots. Before the bgy-12 can even turn they are done and fly away.

“What the hell?” Big guy jr. asks.

The girl watches from the hill and frowns. Suddenly she is grabbed from behind. She spins around and sees the leader.

“What the hell are you doing still here? Do you want to be caught?” The leader asks.

The leader ducks as the bgy-12 spins around to look in his direction.

“Damn I’ll have to stay here.” The leader says.

A truck appears and a bunch of soldiers jump out and approach the bgy-12. The leader shakes his head.

“Fools. They won’t get them all before the timer runs out. But even if only one of those bombs go off then that robot’s armor is compromised.” The leader says.

But a woman gets out. Melissa. She moves at a blazingly fast speed getting all the bombs from the ground off faster than seemingly possible. The leader frowns. He looks down at a manual detonator he has. The girl looks down and realizes what he is thinking.

“No!” She yells.

She grabs the detonator the fight for it. Melissa uses a device to get the ones high up quickly until there is only one left. The detonator falls to the ground. The final bomb gets detached. Suddenly the detonator activates from its fall. Melissa sees the bomb activating and yells for the truck to get as far away as possible. She then throws the bomb as far into the sky as she can where it blows up. The truck was able to make it far enough away for it to safely blow up. The leader gives the girl a dirty look and then takes off.

The girl walks into view and raises her hands up in surrender. She is taken into custody and charged with attempting to destroy a military weapon. Thornton helps to lessen her punishment and she helps to get the rest of the gang.

Epilogue

In the base of the neo machina an important test is going on. A system comes to life.

“Where am I?” A voice asks.

Number one approaches the system.

“You were destroyed not long ago but we have brought your essence back.” Number one responds.

“Where is he?” The voice asks.

“Don’t worry. Project omega is underway and soon you will have your revenge. Number 7….” Number one says.

"How long?" The voice asks

"A little over one year." Number one responds.

Two steps forward.

"We need some more components before omega is ready." Two says.

"I can wait. I've waited for what seems like an eternity. Soon i will take my revenge against Rusty for destroying me." The voice says.

Meanwhile