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Omega's Assault: Chapter 3

And with that, Chapter 3 is complete! Next time will be the end so I hope you all look forward to it. As per usual, here's the AO3 link (https://archiveofourown.org/works/40301664/chapters/115617352)

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General Ultimax was bewildered by the kinds of things he saw in Dr. H.B.'s lab: tubes filled with chunks of Seedlings and Arrow Worms, machine parts that moved around seemingly on their own, weapons that even his own soldiers would be afraid to use. Ultimax felt uncomfortable just standing in the same room as the doctor, let alone in the room she did her work in, but regardless he decided to walk up to her inquisitively.

General Ultimax: So, err, Dr. Honey Bee, was it?

Dr. H.B.: "H.B." will work just fine, thanks. [Still think that name was Mom's biggest mistake...]

Ultimax: Uh-huh, yes, so Dr. H.B., what exactly are you a doctor of?

H.B.: Ha-ha! Well, Fuff, I'm glad you asked!

Ultimax: M-my na-

H.B.: I am the Bee Kingdom's greatest scientist, working directly with the Queen herself [and thus everything I make is with her express permission, cross my heart, no need to ask her]: I do biology, I dabble in psychology, I like researching magic whenever I can...but my biggest calling in life is robotics!

Ultimax: Robotics?

H.B.: Robotics! The study and development of powerful mechanisms that can move and act remotely, even independently of mere insects like you and [to a lesser extent] me!!!

Ultimax:...Mechanisms like those ones the monster destroyed?

H.B. gave a deep breath and slowly turned her head to Ultimax.

H.B.:Yes. Like those ones.

Ultimax began to shiver as H.B. cleared her throat.

H.B.: But I work tirelessly, in spite of everyone else's "warnings" and requests, to improve my machinery at all times! And that is why I ask...how'd you Wasps make something like a "tank"?

Ultimax: I told you, I don't know how it was made, I just know how to use it.

H.B.: Well damn, Fuff, you know where I can get one of my own?

Ultimax: QUIT CALLING ME FUFF!!!

They both stood there quietly, awkwardly, for a bit.

Ultimax:...I cannot give you a tank of your own...Why do you want it, anyway?

H.B.: To upgrade it, duh! Turn it from a mere Wasp's Weapon to a One Bee Batallion!!!

Ultimax: Wha-in what world do you think I'd allow you to taint one of our illustrious tanks with your witch technology???

H.B.: Alright. You know what you're doing, clearly, so I'll allow you to keep your tank as is and fight off the Deadlander Whatever with it. I've no doubt it'll work wonders, just like last time...by the way, what happened to your tank, again?

Ultimax just clenched his fist and grunted angrily. Between his pride, his fear, and his duty to his King, the Hornet desperately did not want the mad doctor's help...however...

Ultimax grabbed H.B. by her lab coat and lifted her up, not really intending to do much harm but hoping she'd be intimidated.

Ultimax: Damn it, Bee, fine! You can bring your tech to my tank...but I swear, if I dislike anything you try to do...

H.B, smiled, not scared at all by the General, and got herself out of his hold before she started gathering her tools into a large box.

H.B.: I knew you'd come around, they always do. Now, you'll be my muscle and my compass: you can hold my toolbox and lead me to the nearest Wasp Tank.

Ultimax: You want me to carry your tools? The hell are you going to do, then?

H.B.: Uh, refit your ride, c'mon. Now help me gather my things...

At that point H.B. ran off to collect anything and everything she'd need for the coming construction. Meanwhile Ultimax grumbled as he again saw little choice but to follow her...

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Meanwhile, in Queen Bianca's Throne Room, the Bee Queen was sitting on her floor next to the Caterpillar left in her care, Yin. Bianca rubbed Yin's back and patted her head as the little larva tried chewing on one of the flowers that decorated room. Meanwhile, Queen Vanessa II was sitting on the Throne at the end of said room, sulking and looking to the ground, whispering to herself.

Queen Vanessa II: [Trapped on a throne...I cannot think of a more humiliating thing to happen, and yet still I'm even more shameful...]

The Wasp Queen looked to the Soldiers that once followed her, standing by the Throne Room's doors whilst Bee Guards glared at them. Keeping their own Mother away whilst keeping the Bees away from their Mother.

Vanessa:[...All the suffering caused by my incompetence...My weakness...if I hadn't let Hoaxe take control, maybe we-]

Queen Bianca: Vanessa, did you say something?

Vanessa jolted when she heard the Bee Queen's voice, and looked to her and Yin with a worried expression. Both Bugs looked back with worry of their own, but Vanessa forced herself to turn away as she answered.

Vanessa:...I am merely talking to myself. You need not worry.

Wasp Soldier: Be quiet in there!

Vanessa hung her head low once more, while Bianca glared at the Soldier to make him look away. Once he did with a fearful gulp, she turned back to her fellow Queen and started whispering as well.

Bianca: [I am so sorry, Vanessa...]

Vanessa: [Why? You did nothing...]

Bianca: [And that's the problem, isn't it? I had no clue your land had been taken over by such a cruel Bug as that "Wasp King". If I had, perhaps my Kingdom could have done something to help.]

Vanessa: [Please, at the end of the day I was too weak to prevent Hoaxe from usurping the throne. The only one at fault is me.]

Bianca: [Hoaxe?]

Vanessa: [That's the true name of the "Wasp King". My people found him one day, crawling in near-lifeless from the Deadlands, and we took him in...if I had known what he'd do to us all I would have never allowed him to come, I...I...

Vanessa sighed.

Vanessa: [I can't lie...I pitied him. Maybe that's why he was able to do what he did.]

Bianca: [Being kind is not a weakness, Vanessa.]

Vanessa: [I know that, Bianca. That's why I wanted to change my Kingdom's ways: for ages we had been known as aggressive and territorial, but I wished to bring us to a more peaceful future...and look at the situation we're in now.]

Bianca: [For the situation we are in now, our biggest threat is that...what was it? Deadlander?]

Vanessa: [Yes. The Deadlander Omega, it-]

Bianca: [Surely you cannot be blamed for its arrival.]

Vanessa: [But I'm not sure what can be. I had heard that the Mother Crystal protected us all from monsters like it.]

Bianca: [What is the Mother Crystal?]

Vanessa: [I am not certain, but supposedly it resides in the Forsaken Lands, and emitted a sort of energy that kept away outside threats...is it weakening? Is that why that monster's arrived now?]

Bianca: [Whatever the case, if you and I cannot stop it, then the best we can do is hope. And look at what you've done already! You pointed Elizant and her Explorers to the Termite Kingdom, and if they can be convinced to help we may stand a fighting chance!]

Vanessa: [But if Hoaxe is with them...]

Vanessa quietly groaned to herself, and began hitting her own head in frustration

Vanessa: [Who am I fooling, Hoaxe was right! I would never be strong enough, mentally or otherwise, to do anything about this!]

Bianca: [Vanessa, calm yourself! You cannot keep worrying about past mistakes, you just-]

Bianca tried to put her hand on Vanessa's shoulder but the Wasp Queen grunted and leaned away in pain, getting her to back off. Bianca took a look at the part she had touched and noticed that it was darker than the rest of Vanessa's carapace.

Bianca: [...Vanessa...is that a burn mark?]

Vanessa looked away again, choosing not to answer.

Bianca: [Vanessa, what happened?]

Vanessa: [Hoaxe has burned me in the past, as a way of rubbing his theft of my Kingdom in my face...]

Bianca shook her head and sighed, saddened by what had happened: after the kind of stress she had already witnessed from Elizant, to see something even worse from another Monarch...

Bianca: [...If we are able deal with the monster, Vanessa...I fully intend to help you.]

Vanessa: [How?]

Bianca: [Any way I can! All our kingdoms would be happier if we worked in unity, and if I can help you like Elizant has helped me and I her...oh?]

Bianca was surprised by Yin attempting to crawl up her leg. With a soft laugh she lifted the Caterpillar up and brought her between herself and Vanessa.

Bianca: Oh, Yin, I am so sorry-I forgot you, darling! Can you ever forgive me?

As the Bee Queen rubbed Yin's back some more, the Caterpillar noticed the scar on the Wasp Queen and tilted her head.

Yin: Muh?

Vanessa looked to where Yin's gaze was pointed and turned away once more.

Vanessa: [She sees my scar...]

Bianca frowned, again saddened by Vanessa's troubles, before Yin started wiggling in her arms.

Bianca: Oh? Yin, what seems to be the matter?

Yin: Muh! Muh!

Bianca was hardly able to keep a hold on Yin as the little Caterpillar tried to squirm closer and closer to Vanessa. Eventually, she got close enough to Vanessa that she was nearly touching the Wasp Queen's scar. At that point, what appeared to be magic started coming from Yin's nubby little limbs, and Vanessa was surprised to notice herself feeling significantly better.

Vanessa: [What was that? I...I feel...it hurts less?]

Wasp Soldier: I said SHUT IT!

Both Queens were too stunned to pay much attention to the Soldier, instead looking at each other and Yin.

Bianca: [Yin, did you heal Vanessa? At least a little?]

Yin: Muh...

Bianca laughed again as her face beamed, and she put Yin down before petting her and looking back to Vanessa.

Bianca: Do you see, Vanessa? We merely need to work together! Even the littlest of Bugs can do great things! Why, I had heard that one of my daughters became the first Bee Explorer, can you believe it? My entire hive was so wrong, all she needed was a good team and enough support!

Vanessa didn't respond, but she didn't look nearly as upset as she did earlier. Bianca surprised Vanessa by grabbing her hands excitedly, bringing the Wasp Queen face-to-face with her.

Bianca: That was my mistake! I was so worried about potential dangers that I failed to support my own child! But I will do better! And I will start by supporting you!!!

Vanessa: [B-Bianca, calm down...even if what you're saying is true, what can we even do?]

Bianca: Whatever it is, we can succeed as long as our hearts are together! What we need most is unity!

Yin starting jumping (or as close to jumping as she could get) excitedly.

Yin: Muh! Muh!

Wasp Soldier: Will you lot be quiet already!?

Vanessa was deep in thought then, considering everything that had happened and everything she and Bianca had said.

Vanessa: [Unity...unity...ah! The doctor's creations! They did more damage to the Deadlander than anything else I had seen yet! If we can combine some of that machinery with General Fuff's tank, perhaps we can make a weapon that will actually put a dent in the monster!]

Bianca: [And if Elizant succeeds in getting the Termites' help, perhaps we have will two weapons that can take it on!]

Vanessa: [Exactly!!!]

Both Queens were laughing together now, Vanessa feeling more optimistic than she had in ages, though the Soldiers guarding the Throne Room were starting to lose their patience.

Wasp Soldier: I'm warning you two!

With that, Bianca nodded to Vanessa confidently before picking Yin up and carrying her over to the Soldiers.

Bianca: Please forgive the noise, we're just hysterical!

Wasp Soldier: Ugh, why is that?

Bianca: It's Yin! We fear she may be sick!

Yin: Muh?

Wasp Soldier:...Looks fine to me.

Bianca: Please, you need to allow me to see Dr. H.B.! She will know what to do!

Wasp Soldier: Are you kidding? Even if I trusted that crazy crone, why would-

Bianca: This Larva is very special...she could be of great use to the Wasp Kingdom.

Vanessa: Indeed. A Caterpillar like Yin comes only once in a lifetime. Surely the great Wasp King would rather a tool as useful as her not fall ill.

Yin: Muh???

The Wasp Soldier groaned again before shaking his head and letting Bianca out.

Wasp Soldier:...Last I saw, the doctor was headed to...I think it was her lab?

Bianca: Oh, thank you so much!

Vanessa: The Wasp Kingdom will prosper thanks to you!

Wasp Soldier: You shut your trap and stay right there!

Vanessa: Mhm...

Vanessa started giggling to herself when the Soldier turned away, meanwhile Bianca apologized and comforted Yin all the way to H.B.'s laboratory.

In the lab, Dr. H.B. had finally finished dumping all of her tools into a large metal box, one that even the mighty General Ultimax was almost struggling to hold at that point.

H.B.: Ahhh, that's everything! Y'know, you're much stronger than my assistant is! Crow's clearly gotta work out more...

Ultimax: You have an assistant?! Why didn't you have them carry your crap for you!?!?

H.B.: Uhh, I just said why, sheesh. Besides, she evacuated to the Golden Settlement with most of the other Bees. If you ask me, they're missing out hard. Now c'mon, let's-

Before H.B. could head out she was met with her Queen, Bianca, running in with a Caterpillar in her arms, looking very overly worried about something.

Bianca: Doctor! Doctor! I need your assistance!

H.B.: BIANCA! I, uhh, wasn't doing anything you wouldn't like, certainly not conspiring to-

Bianca: Shhh!

H.B. tilted her head in confusion before Bianca leaned down to whisper to her.

Bianca: [H.B., under most circumstances I would at best reluctantly approve of you building advanced, dangerous weaponry, but right now I need you to make something incredibly powerful, enough to potentially stop the Deadlander Omega.]

H.B.:...What?

Bianca: [Fuff, was it? How close is your tank to here?]

Ultimax: [My-ugh...it's about halfway between here and the gate to the Far Grasslands.]

Bianca: [That's not very far at all! I need you to help Dr. H.B. so that she can-]

H.B.: [Upgrade it with my state-of-the-art tech?]

Bianca: [Precisely!]

Yin: [Muh!]

H.B.: [Fufufufu, read ya like a book, B...Well, since you're asking so nicely I suppose we can do that.]

Ultimax: [I-it'll be risky, though!]

Bianca: [It will be, and that's why under in no other scenario would I ask for something like it. However, to fight off the Deadlander we will need all the help we can get.]

Ultimax: [B-b-but...What if the other Wasps question us?]

Bianca: [You are their superior, correct? Surely if you say it's something you need to do they'll listen. Besides, the Wasp King wants this monster stopped too, correct? This plan may just make him happy as well.~]

Yin, still in Bianca's arms, nodded and gave a cheery "Muh." With no other excuses to use, Ultimax sighed and nodded as well.

Fuff: [...Aye-aye, your highness.]

Bianca: [Excellent! I wish you both the very best of luck, and I pray for your safety.]

H.B.: [Ha, quit flatterin' me, Bianca! Now get a move on, we have things to do.]

Bianca nodded with a smile more typical of her before heading back to her Throne Room with Yin. Once she was out of earshot, H.B. laughed and pat Ultimax hard on the back.

H.B.: Woo-hoo, just our luck! That makes things way easier, haha!

Ultimax:...Weren't we going to do all that anyway?

H.B.: Yeah, but now I know she won't nag me about it! Now let's get going, Fuff, we've got a job to do judgement-free!

Fuff just stood and glared at Dr. H.B. silently for a second before shaking his head and sighing, giving up as he headed out of the Bee's lab with said Bee following behind excitedly...

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As Elizant, the Wasp King, and their respective soldiers made their way through the Termite Kingdom, they occasionally looked around to see the damage caused by the Deadlander's arrival: entire buildings reduced to rubble, streets flooded and machinery waterlogged, Termites all over being scared or injured or hysterical. Elizant gave off a quiet but guilty sigh as she looked around, thinking on how she would have reacted if something like that had happened to her own kingdom. She looked to the Wasp King and noticed his reaction was far different: while she felt guilt and pity for the people in the Termite Dome, he saw their struggles and moved on. He had one goal in mind and only wished to achieve it...

When everyone made it to the Termite Palace, they noticed that the carpet was soaking wet: the flooding even reached as far as the royalty. What's more, everyone could see the Termite King pacing around his throne, muttering to himself in a frustrated panic, as both his wife and one of her Caretakers tried to calm him down.

Termite Caretaker: Please, King Hector, calm yourself! You and Queen Layra are safe and that is all that matters...

King Hector IV: Oh, don't give me that! It was shaking like a damn earthquake out there and the entire Palace was nearly filled to the brim with water!

Queen Layra II: Hector, honey, there wasn't that much...that said this is absolutely a terrible situation. (To the Caretaker) Can we get an update from the soldiers? Are our subjects safe?

Termite Caretaker: I will go check right now, your majesty, and-eep!

When the Caretaker turned around she was surprised to see a Guard already behind her, and she was utterly shocked to see all the Bugs he had brought with him.

Caretaker: Who...who are-

Hector: YOU!!!

In a fit of blind fury, King Hector ran all the way up to Queen Elizant until he was looking upwards at her (and everyone else there but Vi). He growled angrily and poked Elizant in the chest, but she chose to remain still.

Hector: Of all Bugs, of all times, I did not want to see YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!

With a infuriated cry Hector started beating his fists onto Elizant, though she took it like she would take a Seedling's attack (actually, she felt a Seedling would hurt a little more).

Elizant:...Hector, I know I have wronged you but-

King Hector IV: THAT IS KING HECTOR THE FOURTH TO YOU!!!

Elizant:...Yes, I know that...you must listen, we-

Hector: Why should I listen to you, huh?!

Elizant: Please, it is-

Hector: You miserable cretin, you think I give a Plumpling's posterior what you think!?!?

Elizant: We need to-

Hector: I'm not finished yet!!!!!

Wasp King: Shut your pitiful trap, you puny ignoramus!!!

Everyone else in the room stopped to stare at the Wasp King then, all with varying degrees of shock, offense, and/or pride.

Layra:...Who do you think you are to talk to my husband that way???

Wasp King: I am the Wasp King, and I demand that we use your finest weaponry, otherwise we will all perish under the Deadlander Omega!

Hector:...Deadlander Omega?

Layra: Oh, that...that actually exists?

Kabbu: Yes, Your Highness, it does, and it's been causing mass destruction all over Bugaria!

Hector: Even you aren't feeding me lies, my kingdom is not part of Bugaria: why should I care?

Kina: What do you think flooded your palace, you dope?!

All over the Throne Room there was tension, but before any further arguing could occur Elizant raised her arms and called out.

Elizant: PLEASE!!!

At once everything was silent, allowing Elizant to step away from Hector for a moment and remove her mask, showing the truth in her face.

Elizant:...King Hector, I have made many mistakes as a ruler, and I apologize for what I have done to you and yours specifically. However, now is a time in which we must join forces...

Hector said nothing, but he continued to glare up at Elizant.

Elizant:...My weapons are no match for the monster, I will not pretend otherwise. The Wasp and Bee Kingdom were also unable to fight it off.

Wasp King: Though, frankly, I felt my forces did more damage than anything else

Vi: Are you kidding?! Dr. H.B.'s mechs blew up one of its hands!!!

Queen Elizant stomped her foot, getting both Vi and even the Wasp King to back off.

Elizant: At any rate, our only remaining option is your kingdom. Yours is the most technologically advanced land I have yet come across, King Hector, and the possibility that you may have something to fight the Deadlander with is the only chance we have left of saving our home...

Hector looked away, his glare softening.

Elizant: Our home and yours. The Deadlander Omega is large enough that it displaced water from Metal Lake into your Kingdom's dome, and it broke through the dome itself to cause damage all over.

Layra: I-Is that what the water and shaking came from???

Termite Guard: It was, I saw it firsthand!

Hector: Talk is cheap, soldier!

Vi: Are you serious, why are-

Elizant: Vi!

Vi crossed her arms and quieted down whilst King Hector shook his head angrily.

Hector: If what you're saying is true then let me take a look...

Hector walked over to his throne and pressed a hidden button on it. Immediately afterwards, a periscope-like object came down between him and Layra. He looked into the device and pressed another button that shined a powerful beam of light in the direction of the upper lens, allowing him to look through the fog of the Forsaken Lands.

Layra: We don't like using lights like that often because we don't want to disturb the Forsaken Lands' wildlife too much.

Hector: And because we Termites prefer our privacy.

Hector looked around Bugaria for barely a minute before he saw something that made him go pale: he stumbled backwards and fell against Layra, who gasped when she saw the state her husband was in.

Layra: Hector! What's wrong!?

Hector tried responded, but all he could make were terrified wheezes, gasps, and stammering noises. Reluctantly, Elizant walked up to the device to look for herself, and she gasped in horror: the Deadlander Omega was now in the Ant Kingdom, towering over every building...even the Anthill Palace itself. The creature effortlessly tore off and lifted up the very tip of the palace and took a look inside. It only looked for a few moments before throwing the roof to the side and moving elsewhere. Small tears started to come from Elizant's eyes as she whispered to herself.

Elizant:[...Mother...your palace...I am so sorry...]

Wasp King: I would presume that you've seen enough evidence, then?

Hector: We...we...we c-c-c-can't let that thing come back here...

Wasp King: Then what do you have to fight it off with?

Layra: We've recently developed a series of super powerful weapons: I like to call them Mega Mortars!

Hector: The actual name is...is...

Hector could barely even speak, he was so filled with fear, so Layra patted his head softly.

Leif: What makes you think they could help?

Layra: They're giant cannons filled with explosives that can be controlled remotely and even have little cameras on them so you can see where they're headed!

Vi: I don't know what any of that means.

Termite Guard: It means we can blast that thing from here, even!

Layra: And they're so powerful it can blow our own gigantic boulders to smithereens!

Elizant: So that is it, then? We will be taking your weapons and blasting the Deadlander Omega with them whilst remaining in the Forsaken Lands?

Hector: You...*huff*...you are not to touch the...th-the weapons...we'll sending our Soldiers out with them...

Elizant: Even still, King Hector, I cannot thank you enough for what you and Queen Layra are doing. We may now have a chance against the monster.

Hector: I...I still don't forgive you...

Elizant: You will never need to forgive me, Your Highness, but just know that your decision may help save all of our Kingdoms.

Wasp King: Yes, Hector, perhaps you aren't as blithering an idiot as I thought.

Hector growled and glared at the Wasp King but Layra calmed him down with some more physical affection.

Hector:...Guards! Gather the most elite amongst you and get the...the, uhh...

Layra: The Mega Mortars?

Hector:...Alright, we'll call them that for now...Take them as far from here as you can and ready them to fire upon the Deadlander.

Termite Guard: Right!

The Termite Soldiers instantly start to mobilize, leaving Elizant and her party to stay with the Royalty.

Elizant: We shall go as well, King Hector, to deliver any and all assistance we possibly can.

Hector: Very well, Elizant. Just make sure you and the Wasp there don't get in my troops' way.

Elizant: Understood...Explorers! We will follow the Termites! Be prepared for anything...

After a collective agreement from the Explorers, the Wasp King groaned and started heading out with his own troops.

Wasp King: Wasps...we shall wait outside of the dome for the others. You are to give your lives for this upcoming battle, am I understood?

Wasp Soldiers: Yes, Your Highness!!!

The Wasp King nodded and left the Palace, meanwhile Elizant put her mask back on and waited for the Termites to finish preparing. Again Leif leaned down to Vi and Kabbu, though with a more positive look about him.

Leif: [Well, would you look at that. Seems the Ant Queen's changing.]

Vi: [Yeah, and you thought she was so bad!]

Leif: [She was, but...she seems to have better intentions than we first realized.]

Kabbu: [Mayhaps she was always her trying best, and merely struggled under the weight of queenship?]

Vi: [Maybe all the stuff going on scared her straight?]

Leif: [Whatever it is...we trust her now more than ever.]

Vi: [Yeah...guys?]

Kabbu and Leif looked to Vi, but she looked away and sighed quietly.

Vi: [If we don't get outta this...I wanna thank you both. You did a lot for me. You barely even know me and yet you saved me from drowning and helped me fight a bunch of bad guys and...thanks.]

Kabbu: [But of course, Vi! We are teammates, allies! We must do whatever do we can to protect one another, no matter what!]

Leif nodded and patted both of his teammates on the back.

Leif: [One last time guys: we live together or we die together.]

Vi: [And you know what? We're not gonna die!]

Kabbu and Vi laughed confidently as Leif joined along, though as usual he was much quieter. The Moth was still deep in thought, considering all sorts of things that had been happening. He was still worried, admittedly, but he knew he had to try. He trusted that Elizant, the Elizant with them now, would try. He trusted that his teammates would try. And with that trust, Leif was willing to stand against anything...

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In the Lost Sands, Dr. H.B. and General Ultimax were quick but methodical about making their way towards the fallen Ultimax Tank: they made sure to keep an eye on the Deadlander's whereabouts at any given moment, and were constantly hiding behind rocks and other objects in order to avoid its line of sight.

Ultimax: A-are you sure we can do this?

H.B.: How many times are you gonna ask that, Fuff? Listen, we'll be good! See, the thing's back at Metal Lake, we've got nothing to worry about!

Ultimax: For now...how long do you think this'll take?

H.B.: Souping up your tank? I dunno, depends on what state its in, probably. Plus we gotta find it first and-

Ultimax: There it is!

Ultimax nearly dropped the toolbox when he saw it: his titular tank, upside down with smoke coming out of it. It was technically still in one piece but he had no hopes of operating it as it was.

Ultimax: Ohhh, my poor Ultimax Tank! I can't bear to look at it!

H.B.: I can, good gods! Is that what you Wasps work with? Can't believe we didn't think of anything like that ourselves!

H.B. quickly grabbed her toolbox from Ultimax (leaving him to weep and salute over his broken war machine) and began rummaging through it. Once she had what she needed to start she immediately crawled into the tank's cockpit and got to work.

Ultimax: What the-what are you doing?

H.B.: Working, Wasp! Now gimme whatever it is I ask for from my toolbox, okay?

Ultimax: I-ugh!...

Ultimax stood and crossed his arms as the doctor quickly got to work, tinkering around inside of his beloved vehicle.

Ultimax: Y'know, if this were any other time, I'd knock you out for daring to touch my Ultimax Tank.

H.B.: You bet on that?

Ultimax: Yeah, I do!

H.B.: Aaalright, then!

H.B. crawled back out of the tank and put her fists up, smirking confidently.

H.B.: I needed something from the ol' toolbox anyway: I can just get it myself while I'm out here beatin' your butt.

Ultimax: Alright, Bee, if you think you're so hot then-OOF!

With no warning, H.B. decked Ultimax in the gut almost as hard as one of his Drillers would. While the Hornet was doubled over H.B. delivered an uppercut that knocked him flat on his back.

H.B.: Hahaaaa! I think you underestimated how strong the Bees of my hive are! [Now quiet down or the monster'll hear us!]

H.B. grabbed what she needed from the toolbox before crawling back into the cockpit and going back to work. Ultimax sighed once more before crawling over to the cockpit to whisper.

Ultimax: [Doctor...what if none of this works?]

H.B.: [Think of it this way, Fuff: if it does work, then hooray, Bugaria's saved! If it doesn't, we can at least say we didn't sit on our asses and let things go to shit.]

Ultimax: [That's just it, huh? It's a terrifying monster but...what's crying about it gonna do?]

H.B.: [Exactly, so don't cry! Make yourself useful, like by handing me the screwdriver!]

Ultimax nodded and took the screwdriver from the Bee's toolbox before giving it to her, then he sighed and looked off into the distance. The Deadlander Omega was still by the Metal Lake, lifting up some of the smaller islands resting in it. Either ignorant or uncaring of both the damage it had been causing and the fight against it that was to come...

#bug fables #bug fables spoilers #dr. h.b.#general ultimax #queen bianca #queen vanessa ii #yin #queen elizant ii #the wasp king #king hector iv #queen layra ii #vi #kabbu #leif #deadlander omega #writing #omega's assault

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Dragon Ball Challenge (you know Im gonna have to do it to ya) - ALL OF 'EM!!!

OKAY FIRST OF ALL

Thanks this was actually a ton of fun 😸

Second I tried doing this a few days ago but tumblr just said "nah" and erased everything I wrote so sorry this took so long to respond to lmao here's attempt number 2.

It's a long one folks Bleep loves making me write lol.

Favorite Character - Hehehehehe oh boy I wonder who my favorite DB character is? :3c Real talk i love so many DB characters but HO boy do i L O V E Raditz. I could talk for hours about how much i love him don't get me started

Favorite Villain - Oooh that's a tough one. Love Piccolo Sr., Z Broly is amazing (if we only focus on the first movie.), Goku Black is literally the best part of the Super anime (Zamasu doesn't count i can't stand him).

Favorite Saga - Namek! Namek saga is my favorite part of Z.

Favorite Couple - Bruh GoChi hands down. I love them so much. When i was a kid and had the biggest crush on Goku (before Raditz showed up lol). I used to be sooo jealous of Chi Chi cause thought she was sooo cool and so pretty and she got to marry Goku like she's living the dream. I miss Chi Chi i wish Toriyama wasn't weird about women.

Least Favorite Character - Buu. Every form of him. Yes that includes Uub. Sorry. Also fucking Tao Pai Pai. I've always hated him. Zamasu is annoying as fuck but he's tolerable when he shuts the fuck up (Goku Black is great but he is on thin ice for being Zamasu).

Favorite episode - How do I pick ONE?? Like Yamcha's intro, literally any tournament episode from OGDB, Boss Rabbit omg, when King Piccolo got his shit wrecked, RADITZ'S intro, that episode where Gohan gets trapped underground with a robot, the G i n y u s, T R U N K ' S INTRO, THE FUCKING DRIVING EPISODE LIKE COME ON, those episodes that take place after Goku and Gohan come out of the HTC and spending time with family and friends before the Cell Games makes me WEEP, when they break the fucking Z-Sword, Princess Trunks, the first time Goku goes 4 LETS GOOO, probably anything with SSJ4 Gogeta I have so much fun when he's on screen, Vegito showing up during the Black arc!!!!

Seriously how the hell could i pick one (1) episode?

Favorite fight - If i have to narrow it down to just one it's definitely gonna be Cell vs Gohan.

Most emotional moment - Ooooh a good follow up for the last question. The Father-Son Kamehameha. Like, c'mon that moment is just, bruh it's good okay? i'm getting emotional thinking about it now

Most epic death - Oof i'm stuck between King Piccolo and Cell. Those are both super satisfying.

Favorite Opening - I can't pick one there are so many bangers. Makafushigi Adventure, Cha-la Head Cha-la, Dragon Soul, Rock the Dragon, Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku, Chozetsu Dynamic

Favorite Ending - Again too many bangers. Romantic Ageru Yo, Zenkai Power, We Were Angels, Yeah! Break! Care! Break!

Favorite super saiyan form - 4 100% 4 ABSOLUTELY

EVERY TIME SUPER SAIYAN 4 NOTHING TOPS 4

I LOVE 4 SO MUCH FUCK OH MY GOD

Dragonball, Dragonball Z, GT, or Super? - Tie between OGDB and Z. GT is plenty of fun for how dumb it can be. Super exists.

Favorite Saiyan - gasp I can mention Raditz twice in one post? :3c

Listen. L i s t e n. I love him. He's great. If there's anything people will know me for it's for loving Raditz. I remember being six watching OGDB for the first time, having this growing crush on Goku having fun watching his adventures and wishing I could be one of the women in his life. Then he grows up, gets married to Chi Chi, and I remember thinking "Aww I'm so happy for him."

Then Z starts and opens with a beast of a man landing on Earth, wrecking shit, tanking hits, mopping the floor with what was supposed to be the strongest beings on the planet and laughs about it?? And THEN he drops the bombshell that he's Goku's BROTHER???

This guy became a FASCINATION for me. He hunts and eats an animal RAW. He flexes his power and strength literally every second cause he's hot shit and he knows he is. He's so fucking cool. He kidnaps his nephew and tells his brother to start committing genocide "or else". His whole shtick on screen is that he's this big bad mean and scary brutal warrior.

But then he does this thing. It's so quick, so easy to miss and ignore. His nephew is crying, wailing, losing his mind over everything. He's understandably scared. And yeah Raditz isn't gentle about the way he tells him to shut up. But he tells his nephew to "be brave".

That's when I was hooked. Why would such a "big mean and scary" guy tell his kidnapped victim to "be brave"? Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all? Is his "big scary guy" shtick an act? A farce? A mask to hide a softer side to him? I needed to know more I wanted to see what else this guy would do! And he's the brother of Goku! Goku manages to make friends with pretty much anyone! He'll wanna talk to the guy who is literally his big brother and the only blood family he has right?

AND THEN HE GETS FUCKING MURDERED AND WE NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN IN CANON EXCEPT FOR FLASHBACKS.

We were ROBBED I tell you.

I am SO THANKFUL that the games and supplementary stuff actually use him and look into his character, dive into the what-ifs and have FUN with him. I cling to any media with Raditz in it.

Favorite member of the Ginyu force - Jeice!

Favorite Frieza form - Third and Final.

Favorite quote -

"Fool! How could you?! You're a rare breed indeed my brother. Such a sentimental dope. You're way too soft to be a Saiyan warrior."

(Don't @ me this scene rotates in my mind like a rotisserie daily. In fact it was literally a tie between this line and the equivalent of this line in Kai.)

Favorite female character - Aaaaaaah i love so any women in DB how can i choose one. Chi Chi, Bulma, Launch, 18, Videl, Chronoa (no one said i couldn't talk about the games lol), Cheelai, 21, Pan, there's so many good women and we need to see more of them.

Favorite attack - Ok i'm stuck with Big Bang Kamehameha, Final Kamehameha, Stardust Breaker, and Bluff Kamehameha. (Can you tell i love Gogeta)

Best Vegeta moment - That fucking come from behind sneak attack he used on Cell to help Gohan finish him off will forever be the COOLEST fucking thing Veggie's ever done in the anime.

Favorite quote (again?) - Sweet if I get to say another one I'm using the one I didn't say earlier.

"You fool! In all my travels I've never met anyone as stupid as you."

Stupidest, most WTF moment - He. Ate. a fucking Dragon Ball. He fucking ate it. He just??? Swallowed it????? He just did that??????????????

Favorite "owned" moment - Does Oolong stealing the wish in OGDB for panties count. Cause not gonna lie that shit is kinda funny.

Most gruesome death - Z Broly fucking exploded that's pretty damn gruesome. So did Krillin so him too.

Funniest moment/episode - Look it's not even that funny but fucking 4Goge taunting Omega Shenron and pulling bluff kamehameha on him makes me giggle i love 4Goge so much. Also that time Krillin full strength chucked a rock at Goku's head cause he thought Goku would just instinctively catch it. Shit has me wheezing. Ooh! And the time Goku return-to-sendered Tao's grenade has me rolling every time fuck Tao lmao get fuckin rekt.

Best Goku moment - so many i love him. If i really have to pick i'm stuck again in that moment just before the Cell games where he just spends time with his loved ones. Those are literally the sweetest Goku moments and i get weepy thinking about them.

Coolest invention - Ok the smart answer here would be to say Capsule houses because i'd love to just drop a house where ever i felt like living. But the answer my heart wants to give is the Micro band.

Favorite form of Cell - Lil grubby larvae form Cell is adorbs. Imperfect is literally the coolest fucking design. I love Semi-perfect in an ugly way. Perfect is chef's kiss. I love Cell.

Favorite form of Buu - The one where he doesn't exist. Fuck Buu.

Why do you love Dragonball? - Oh god where do I begin? As a kid growing up mostly alone with a basic cable tv Dragonball was HUGE for me. This was my escape, to feel like I could go somewhere different, see incredible things, maybe even be someone else if I really wanted to. This was the thing I looked forward to every week. These adventures were inspirational, empowering. I felt like I was there, on the sidelines, in the background, cheering on my heroes as they triumphed. At the time I was the one lil black girl in a majorly white area. Goku was the weird kid with a tail. I felt like we could get along, pulled together by that universal "we're the odd ones out" feeling and be friends. When I saw Goku get more and more friends, it felt like they all became my friends too. These were my friends. It felt like I grew as they grew. I laughed when they laughed I cried when they cried. I feel like Dragonball might have shaped me as a person if I'm honest. Not fully sure how, but I couldn't imagine my life without it. Over 20 years later I'm still here. It's never left me and I know I'll never leave it. Even when it does dumbass shit that makes no sense (Future Trunks and Future Mai i am so sorry y'all fucking deserved so much better oh my lord).

#i. did it.#oh my lord that was a lot #but there ya go bleep i answered them all #this was fun lol just mad tumblr erased it the first time #asks #ask game #beegl #also can you tell i like Raditz

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JOHNNY SONIC RUSH ADVENTURE GO

(hopefully you actually get this because Tumblr has not been very kind to me :[ )

first impression:

wow cool design™ what a silly character

impression now:

cool design what a silly character <- but now with more knowledge and enthusiasm

favorite moment:

either his first ever appearance when he just immediately challenged sonic to a race no questions asked just boasting and losing. or when he ditched captain whisker 'cause he was kinda hashtag scared. i dunno he's just so silly to me

idea for a story:

all i do is spin him around so. any of your aus and ideas are so so cool to me i can't really think of any myself. too busy with ghosts lmao /lh

unpopular opinion:

i'm so no thought head empty about him.... i really think he should show up again though. i mean... the sol dimension is *right* there c'mon sega they'd be so so funny please

favorite relationship:

kinda obliged to say captain whisker for obvious reasons but his like. out of nowhere rivalry with sonic is so funny he literally just shows up and leaves

favorite headcanon:

how many hcs even exist of him out there........ if he had a voice it would be crazy cartoonish. i have a very specific thing in mind but it's kinda hard to explain. stereotypical pirate voice but a bit higher pitched and yk slightly robotic. OR ON THE CONTRARY he's the furthest thing from sounding like a pirate but he puts on the voice for show 'cause he wants to be like captain whisker

#ask #johnny the sultan of speed

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miracles-totally-come-true · 4 years

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When I Will Be Gone (1/2)

Trigger Warning: Suicide

Pairing: Logince

Summary: Logan loves Roman with all of his heart. Logan can see that Roman wants to do more with his life. Logan can also see that his own life just isn’t working. Logan thinks he can fix both of their problems.

Roman only wants to spend his life with his boyfriend. He’s perfectly fine with giving up on his dreams if it means waking up every day to see Logan’s face.

Roman wishes he had said that sooner.

Ao3 link: (Tumblr isn’t letting me link it in a neat and simple way, so you get a large oversized link to the fic)

This was meant to be read as a oneshot, but since Tumbr doesn’t like me for some reason, here’s the second part

A quick note:

When anything is written in italics, this means that the text is part of Logan's recording. The recording takes place a few hours earlier than the story's present day.

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By the time you are listening to this, I will be gone. Not dead, most likely, but gone.

January 18th, six years prior to the recording

Sunlight dancing through the trees, the scent of roses in the air. Logan and Roman sat on a checkered picnic blanket, hand in hand.

Roman, I love you more than the world, but I think we both know that I was always bound to fail as your boyfriend.

March 15th, six years prior to the recording

The last scene in the movie had come to a close, just as Logan finally stirred in his sleep, slowly waking up. Roman glanced down at his boyfriend, who was leaning on his shoulder, before pressing a kiss to his forehead.

I that thought I was helping you to achieve your dreams, but I now see that all I was doing was holding you back. I wish I had seen sooner.

November 3rd, six years prior to the recording

Roman quietly opened his boyfriend's bedroom door. He draped a blanket over the shoulders of the figure passed out at the desk and placed the cupcake he had carried in beside the mountain of paperwork.

"Happy birthday, my love," Roman whispered.

Roman, you are the most incredible human being I have ever met.

December 1st, six years prior to the recording

A smile fluttered across Roman's lips as Logan brushed a strand of hair out of his boyfriend's eyes.

The way your eyes light up when you smile fills me with a kind of joy that I did not think I had the ability to possess.

January 18th, five years prior

Roman grinned and leaned into Logan's arms

"Happy anniversary! I love you so, so much,"

The blush that dances across your cheeks when out eyes meet is nothing less than adorable.

January 31st, five years prior

They stared into each other's eyes. Moonlight just barely lit up the room. Roman hoped that it was too dark for Logan to notice how red Roman's face must be.

Watching you spin around the room laughing when your favourite Disney songs come on always ends with my cheeks hurting from smiling.

February 14th, five years prior

Logan's quiet laughter filled the air as his boyfriend pulled him up from the couch.

"C'mon specs," Roman pulled him closer. "Let's dance."

Listening to you talk about the things that you're passionate about always melts my heart. I love you so much.

March 21st, five years prior

"I GOT THE GIG!" Roman had applied for a job preforming stories for children at the local theatre. "Let's have a drink to celebrate!"

Logan looked at him in confused amusement as Roman grabbed a bottle opener. "....babe thats a bottle of soda, not exactly the kind of drink one would use to celebrate with."

And it's because of how much I care, that I must leave. I can see that you're hiding your emotions behind your smiles.

May 30th, five years prior

Roman wiped a tear off his cheek as he put on a fake smile. He stared at the figure in the mirror. Roman loved Logan more than he could even imagine. His boyfriend was the best thing to ever happen to him. It didn't matter that Roman had lost every job he had tried to keep. It would be okay.

You clearly want more than anything to follow your dreams but you don't. Why?

June 12th, five years prior

Roman pressed his lips to his boyfriend's knuckles. "I'd travel to the moon and back if it meant simply seeing your face."

So many hours were spent with me laying on my bedroom floor, trying to figure out why you refused to go out into the world and pursue a better life. Then it hit me. I am the problem.

Present day, Roman's perspective

Roman's jaw dropped and his heart fell as he listened to the recording that he had found in his and Logan's apartment. It had been addressed to him, and he had found it sitting beside a single blood red rose, and a golden locket containing a photo of him and Logan. It hadn't been long before Roman had put two and two together and figured out that there was something else going on here. This sounded bad.

As long as I stay by your side, you'll stay stuck in an unfulfilling life.

July 2nd, five years prior

They lay in a meadow, side by side, fingers entwined.

"I love you Logan,"

"I love you too,"

Please don't be sad.

August 15th, five years prior

Logan wiped away the tear rolling down Roman's cheek.

I would have told you all this in person, but I knew that I wouldn't be able to bare seeing your pain. I knew that I'd back out the second we stood face to face.

Present day, Roman's perspective

Roman picked up the rose. He ignored the thorns that pricked his skin.

"Logan, why, why why why," he could feel more tears forming.

I love you so much, Roman. I never would have gotten this far in life without you, but as they always say mall good stories must come to an end.

December 26th, five years prior

Roman closed the storybook, a smile on his face. He plucked the glasses off his sleeping boyfriend's face and set them on the nightstand.

I've hit the metaphorical dead end.

January 30th, four years prior

Roman glanced at Logan, who was sitting in the passenger seat,

"I-I think we're lost,"

"Now you admit it?" Logan raised an eyebrow. "Here, let me drive for a bit."

My family disowned me for my sexuality.

February 13th, four years prior

Roman's heart dropped as he saw the mess of tears streaming down the typically calm man's face. "You told them?"

"...I did."

I was fired from my job at the lab, simply because I argued that the animals being used as test subjects were not being treated fairly.

January 1st, four weeks prior

"They're fools for firing someone as intelligent as you,"

"No, they're right to do this. I tried to think with my heart instead of my head for once, and made the mistake of bringing emotions into a workplace,"

"Well either way, they just lost their best scientist,"

All of my friends left eventually because of how many walls I put up.

December 2nd, two months prior

"Did Virgil call?" Roman frowned when he saw the sad look on Logan's face.

"Yes, yes he did. I'd rather not talk about it though. How about we make dinner?"

My own cautiousness and inability to be overly emotional have been my own undoing. You are the last good thing left in my life.

March 14th, four years prior

"Logan, you are absolutely not just an emotionless robot! You're the sweetest guy I know. Don't you dare let any assholes tell you otherwise!"

I may not believe in soulmates, but I truly think that we are as close as it gets.

June 8th, four years prior

"Aw, you don't think that we're soulmates?" Roman said with a pout in his face. "Why not?"

"I simply said that I don't believe in such things," Logan pressed a quick kiss to Roman's forehead. "Now get sleep, we both have work to do tomorrow."

My story has come to an end, but yours is just beginning.

August 17th, four years prior

Roman gazed lovingly at the stacks of books lining the shelves that surrounded the place where Roman and Logan sat.

I know that I don't have the emotional capacity to be able to make an accurate estimation as to how long it will take for you to be able to get over this, but for both of our sakes, I do hope it will be quick.

October 6th, four years prior

Roman sighed. His boyfriend had obviously stayed up all night working again. When he peeked at the pile of notes on Logan's desk, his face lit up. From the looks of it, Logan had started teaching a course at a local college, which had always been something he had wanted to do.

I can tell that you're hiding sadness underneath all the smiles, you don't hide it very well.

December 31st, four years prior

Smiles. Grins. Laughter. Joy. Roman's entire life was based around joy. He couldn't just go tell Logan that he was sad about losing another job, that would ruin his whole facade. No, he would have to just get another job as quickly as possible.

I haven't seen enough of your genuine smiles lately.

January 14th, three years prior

Roman was so happy for the first time in what felt like ages. Logan had finally agreed to get a pet! Granted, it was a goldfish, because Logan claimed that neither of them had the time to take care of a puppy, but a pet nonetheless!

He named it Roman Jr.

You clearly want to do something more with your life, but you don't.

February 14th, three years prior

"Vegas would be a nice place to live one day, or LA. Ooh maybe London,"

"What, life isn't enough for you?"

"Never,"

And since I've heard you joke about me being the tether keeping you from being a star, it wasn't hard to realize that the only logical explanation is that I'm the one keeping you stuck in this small town where it is impossible for you to follow your dreams.

Present day, Roman's perspective

"I never meant it. They were nothing more than jokes. I would do anything to keep the small life we share," yet more tears rolled down Roman's face as he spoke to the empty room.

I say that you are the only thing left in this world for me, but if you can't be happy with the life we have, then I have truly failed.

April 7th, three years prior

They lay on a Roman's bed, a Disney movie playing on his laptop, long forgotten. Roman snuggled closer, savouring the moment.

The only way I can think of to fix this, is to completely disappear.

July 25th, three years prior

They sat under a cherry blossom tree, watching the petals fall around them.

"This is magical," Roman's voice was barely a whisper.

"There's noting out of the ordinary about the situation, except for the fact that the petals are dropping later in the year than they usually would," Roman merely grinned.

You're the only one who could possibly miss me, so I have three requests for you.

Next part

#logince #logan sanders #roman sanders #logan x roman #sanders sides #sanders sides fanfiction #fanfiction #logince angst #angst #tw suicide #fanfic

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