Greenbolt was speeding fast while in Helicopter mode. He had heard the distress call from the toy walkies in Wonder City. His fellow Herobots were supposed to simply go to Daycare Village and make sure there was no Arcadian activity afoot. After all, the arcade itself is on the other side of the mall. How could they make it to the Daycare Village without drawing some kind of attention to themselves?
When he finally made it to the distress call's place of origin. Greenbolt changed back to his humanoid form and ran towards the source, Arm blaster and sword blazing with Wonder. He ran in expecting the battle to keep going….but instead he saw the aftermath of a fierce battle in the Kiosk district….Kiosks were overturned, chairs were destroyed and even one kiosk holding hair product was spilled over….But what he saw at the center of all this destruction….was horrific.
He saw his fellow Herobots….ripped to pieces and beyond repair. They were gone……
AzureEdge…..The Blue Herobot that became a Motorcycle. Always quick to jump into battle without a strategy first.
Goldhawk…..The Yellow Herobot that became a Jet. Always the hot-headed one but the most passionate about his beliefs.
RubyRose….The Red Herobot that became a sportscar. Always the most compassionate and loving of them all.
The remains of the three toys he considered his closest family. Laid strewn across the floor…he got on his knees….and started pounding his fists on the ground in anguish…..he let out a long anguish-filled scream. A scream that nobody heard……
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“LIGHT EM’ UP!” Shouted Greenbolt as he began to lead the charge against the Arcadian known as Grumpybear. Various toys from all over the store began to attack in various ways, mostly by throwing items at Grumpybear. They all completely phased through him as he began to inch ever closer.
He let out a goofy laugh as he reached behind his back and pulled out a long and dangerous-looking Honey Dipper. He dipped it in his barrel of digital honey and swirled it around to make the digital honey extra viscous. He then pulled the honey wand out and splashed the honey all over the floor of the Toy Store. The globs of honey hit a few of the toys on the ground and severely limited their movement. He turned around and shouted out into the hallways of the Mall.
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Just as he shouted that…..Rolling in towards the store’s entrance comes a massive claw machine. Full of captured toys begging to be free from their glass prison! Instead of the normal glow of a regular light bulb, it was glowing red. The claw instantly dropped out of the prize shute and started slithering towards one of the toys trapped in honey and grabbed ahold of one of the Muffintop Kids. She was desperately clawing at the floor holding on for dear life as the three-pronged claw pulled her inside the claw Machine. But right when it was about to drag her through the threshold of the prize shute. A sharpened colored pencil brimming with Wonder was thrown at the claw and hit directly at the cable. Forcing it to let go!
“Hands off the Merchandise!” Shouted Dolly Dorothy as she readied another colored pencil!
Grumpybear saw this and threw a giant glob of digital honey at her. With one slick dodge roll, she maneuvered past the glob of honey and threw the Wonder-charged colored pencil spear right at Grumpybear.
………It just phases right through him.
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Said Grumpybear in a joyful yet oh-so-sinister tone! He quickly grabbed onto Dollo Dorothy. Completely trapping her in his mighty bear grip! He then dangled her in front of Prong and he instinctively grabbed onto her, getting a solid grip on her plastic body!
Handy Hank took action seeing she was in trouble and began to quickly think what he was supposed to do! He looked around the store floor and couldn’t find anything he could work with! But he saw his display near the store window and had an idea!
Dolly Dorothy was trying everything to get the claw machine’s grip to let her go. She kicked, she punched and she even stabbed it with another colored pencil. But none of it prevailed. But then she saw a bolt right near the base of the three-pronged claw and tried to loosen it. Her hands lacked any real articulation, she couldn't get a solid grip on it to unscrew it. But out of the blue came a small toy screwdriver near her side.
“Use it!” Shouted Handy Hank as he dodged another glob of honey from Grumpybear! Dolly Dorothy quickly grabs the toy screwdriver and jams it into the bolt. Unscrew it enough so Prong’s claw won't have as tight a grip It loosened and let Dolly Dorothy go!
Grumpybear looks down. Cartoon-ish steam began to rise from his head In frustration as he began to see that the toys were forming a solid battle strategy for once! But he sees Handyman Hank…and gives a sinister grin.
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He grabs his whole barrel of honey and chucks it right at Handy Hank. it rolled down the hall of one of the halls as Handy Hank ran away from it like straight out of an adventure movie! But the barrel was slowly gaining on him. He ran as fast as his plastic joints could take him! But before he could get squashed into a pancake, something hooked onto his overalls and took him straight upwards. He looks up and sees Greenbolt in his helicopter mode, holding him up with a hook winch attachment!
“Rookie mistake trying to take him on at Level One Handyman! But not to worry! I’ll grind this mess of polygons down to a few triangles!”
After Greenbolt sets Handy Hank down in a safe space on the High shelves. He goes full speed ahead towards Grumpybear! At first blasting a Barrage of Wonder blasts from his front blasters! Causing Grumpybear to raise one of his paws in defense! Then Greebolt changed to his humanoid form, wielding his wonder-powered axe, and delivered a downward strike to Grumpybear’s mighty arms! Cutting his arm and exposing what he was inside….pure code!
Handy Hank watched in awe as he saw Greenbolt delivered blow after blow after blow to the polygonal bear. As this happened Handy Hank looked at his wrench and wondered…..what kind of power does he have? If he DOES have power, can it make a difference when he has no power to begin with? But Most importantly how can he-
His train of thought was cut off as he felt his wrench being taken off his back. Handy Hank did a full 360-degree turnaround to see who the thieving perpetrator was and saw it was none other than Dolly Dorothy! She wielded his wrench and channeled her Wonder power through it. Jumping on some knocked-over toy displays and even using Greenbolt’s shoulder as a stepping stool to get right up to Grumpybear’s face to attack, disorienting Greenbolt in the process! But right when she struck at him with all of her wonder power…..she realized her Wonder wasn't traveling through the Wrench it phased right through Grumpybear. He let out another laugh as he swatted Dolly Dorothy away from his face. She flew far from him and crashed hard into a pile of wood blocks…..she was pinned under them.
Grumpybear loomed over her with a cartoonishly sadistic smile….and the claws grew on his right paw…..long enough to be considered daggers……he dropped his claws down on Dolly Dorothy. Dorothy had no choice but to close her eyes and accept her fate…….But with a loud cutting noise busted through the toy store…..everything went quiet…..
“GREENBOLT!” Shouted Handy Hank in pure shock and horror. Dolly Dorothy opened her eyes and saw that Greenbolt was standing in front of her……with Grumpybear’s claws sticking right through his back and right through him…..he didn’t say a word…. Dolly Dorothy just watched…..slowly realizing what Greenbolt had just done….
Grumpybear pulled his claws out and knocked Greenbolt away onto the ground…he wasn’t moving…..
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Handyman Hank looked up at the polygonal cartoon bear right before him……Greenbolt was the first and only toy to make him feel welcome here….and he was just laughing at the fact he was severely hurt and probably done worse to him! The rage in him built up…..His pupils began to glow bright blue!
Rising from the blocks that Dolly Dorothy was pinned under. His wrench flew towards his back but he caught it in his right hand at the last moment…..That blue glow began to travel through his body but began to flow directly to his wrench……With one flick….His wrench became a light blue construct that became three times its size! He ran at Grumpybear with an angry battlecry. His smug grin was still on his face. Still believe these toys won’t be able to hit him!
But right as the wrench was mere centimeters away from his muzzle….it hit….it connected with his face…..and it made him glitch out!
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Said Grumpybear in pain as he rubbed his muzzle….his polygonal frame beginning to glitch out!
Handy Hank didn’t say a word as he then struck him a second time but this time across the top of his head! Then once more to the other side of his muzzle! He held his back out towards the claw machine and called forth his screwdriver, it flew back towards him and caught it with his right hand!
He landed his feet on the floor and remembered what Dolly Dorothy had done earlier that night! He channeled his power into his feet and superjumped wielding his screwdriver tool straight on and with no hesitation. He pierced Grumpybear’s cartoonishly large belly and tore straight through to the other side. Grumpybear let out a groan of pain as he suddenly vanished into nothing….But before he vanished Pixelated words appeared in midair…
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Then those disappeared as well……..
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Mr. Prong sees this then quickly retracts back into his claw machine and rolls away in fear!
When the dust cleared and various toys began to work together to close the shutters again…. Handy Hank suddenly remembered….Greenbolt! It was at that moment various toys cleared the blocks off of Dolly Dorothy as well. She too ran to Greenbolt’s aid.
Handy Hank kneeled and used all his strength to flip him over, but he couldn’t.
“Come on!” Handy Hank continued to try and flip him over. “He needs our help!”
Dolly Dorothy didn’t hesitate at all, she helped him flip greenbolt over…..then immediately gasped and covered her mouth as she saw with horrified eyes how badly he was damaged…..Grumpybear’s claws had completely pierced through his metallic-looking frame and completely ruined his reshaping mechanism…..he didn’t have much time left….
Greenbolt let out a cough as he weakly uttered “Handyman…..you saved us…..”
“That’s not important now!” Handy Hank says to Greenbolt.
“SOMEONE GET NURSE RUBY!” Shouted Dolly Dorothy. Her voice cracked as she was trying to keep her anguish under control…
“Don’t bother…..I’m all through…..” Greenbolt weakly raised his hand….Dolly Dorothy held it, his massive hand was big compared to her small plastic ones….she needed both her hands to hold his one…..her slightly deformed right hand struggling to grip it.
“You won’t be…..You said we were gonna take them down for good…..” Dolly Dorothy’s eyes were beginning to fill up with tears…..” You promised….you’d see me become the storefront toy again…..” she couldn’t hold back her emotions anymore….she started to let the tears fall.
Greenbolt reached into his cloak once more….and looked at the three multicolored emblems once belonging to his dearest friends…he gave a slight smile, knowing he was going to join them soon…but at the same time deeply saddened he had to leave those he considers family behind…..
“A-and you will…..Now that I-I know…..he can defeat them….we have a chance…to set things right……Handyman…..Seek the Founder….h-he will tell you….what you must do……don’t let…..the Wonder…..die out……” The Hand Dolly Dorothy was holding grew limp as the green glow in Greenbolt’s eyes faded…….
Dolly Dorothy didn't say a word…she continued to cry while holding onto his now limp hand…..Handy Hank…..got on his knees and tried to hold back tears of his own…..he had only been at this store for a mere 2 hours, yet he was now watched as the first friend he made in this place he was supposed to call home…die protecting it….
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As Dolly Dorothy continued to cry near the storefront window…..she was hoping Mr. Wonder made a mistake not packing her up too….the toys she called family, the playhouse she called home, and even the toy she felt for, Tim…..it was all gone.
“Do not feel bad…..” Said a voice behind her.
She turns around fast and sees Greenbolt standing before her. He knelt at her height and said in a calming voice.
“I and many others like you have been through this before. I spent over five years being the storefront toy myself….I was lucky to be left behind with my comrades….But I knew my time in the sun was over. We had to make room for something called K,NJOINED I’m pretty sure they got recalled….”
He stopped himself from rambling to see Dolly Dorothy’s eyes still full of tears, but now staring at him with such anger. Making him understand how this story was supposed to make him feel better. He cleared his throat and resumed.
“My point being……you don’t have to live by the story you are given. You can become anything you want. The children who give us their power of imagination can do anything. If they believe we can be more than just what can be printed on our boxes, then maybe we can choose a path for ourselves….”
After hearing Greenbolt’s words of encouragement, her breathing slows down…and she wipes her tears……
“There are many others like you out there…..those who never had the chance to live a life with a child….you can join us, and maybe you’ll find your true self. Or maybe in time, you could have a comeback and become storefront material again….”
He gets back up from kneeling, and holds his mechanical hand out to help her stand…..she takes it.
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An Hour after the battle with Grumpybear….
The Toys from all over the store had gathered today to say goodbye to their most powerful defender of Wonder City and Mr. Wonder’s Toyshop as a whole. Toys from the modern day and the vintage past have all gathered to say goodbye to their great friend who went above and beyond to keep them safe from the Arcadians.
Nurse Ruby, Brickabrack, Handyman Hank and Dolly Dorothy were all sitting at the forefront of his Entombment ceremony. While Doughboy Jack’s troops all worked together to position Greenbolt’s body to fit back into his original plastic Molding…and they slid that plastic molding back into the original packaging.
‘Herobot Leader: Greenbolt. With real reshaping technology!Can become a Helicopter AND a Robot! Up to 25 Phrases!’
As they placed tape on the packaging to fully seal him up……Nurse Ruby with a heavy Heart places a sticky note on the front of the packaging. Written in black marker…it said ‘Defective’...So Mr. Wonder knows to send Greenbolt back to a better place…..
Doughboy Jack, now with his arm back in his socket. Took the stand to say a few words.
“In all my years of this war against the enemy….I have never met a soldier, no….a Hero like Greenbolt….I was here long before Greenbolt arrived as the new toy on the shelf….but I saw that he had a drive in his metal heart. A drive that could only be seen by all and inspire others to help and protect their fellow toys. Wonder City May have lost their protector…..But the entire Mall….has lost a Hero……a brother in arms that would have happily charged in to save a fallen toy….but we….lost a friend…a member of our family…..”
Doughboy Jack’s Platoon lifted Greenbolt’s Packaging box and slowly placed it on a small skateboard…and wheeled it away to a place where hardly any toys ever go. The toy shop’s backroom.
“So long…old friend…” Concluded Doughboy Jack.
Every Toy was feeling very emotional….but the one who took it the hardest…was Dollo Dorothy….she wiped her tears and saw Handy Hank leaving the ceremony early. She let out an angry growl and started to follow him. As she followed him. She overheard the worried murmurs and gossiping ‘Talky Tara’ whispering as they all looked at her.
‘Greenbolt’s gone….it’s only a matter of time before the Arcadians come and get us! We’re doomed!’ Said a windup key toy.
‘I hear it’s all Dolly Dorothy’s fault. She made him take the blow meant for her!’ whispered a recently sewn-up ragdoll.
Dolly Dorothy ignored this and continued to follow Handy Hank. He was going back to his storefront display and immediately started looking over his tools. He looked over all of the tools on his playset.
A Sledgehammer
A Drill
A Screwdriver
A Buzzsaw
Even a pair of Pliers
He wanted to carry them all. But due to the sizes of the certain tools that seemed kind of impossible. So he settled on carrying his wrench, the screwdriver, and the drill.
Dolly Dorothy climbed up and confronted Handy Hank.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Dolly Dorothy demanded.
Handy Hank ignored her and continued trying to stock up.
She looked outraged that this toy of all toys was trying to ignore her, so she reached into her red cloak and pulled out a makeshift weapon. Which was just a precision knife taped and glued to a push pin. This blade was so close to his neck that he had no choice but to stop.
“I said….where do you think you’re going?” She asked again. Much slower and more clear and concise.
He took a deep sigh and looked at Dolly Dorothy with a serious expression. Not showing a hint of fear to the blade so close to his neck.
“I’m doing Greenbolt’s last wish….He told me to seek someone called The Founder and I’m going to do it…..Maybe they can answer why I could do all of that crazy power stuff….”
“You mean you’re Wonder?..... I want to know about that myself! You were fresh out of the shipping boxes and you never even got played with by a kid! So How!? As a display toy you get played with in passing but you got set up after the mall closed! Not only that! But you were able to TOUCH AND HURT that stupid polygon bear earlier! Greenbolt and I are stacked with Wonder power and we could barely touch them let alone hurt them! What in the Seven Sparks of Wonder make you so damn special!?”
He grew tired of her barrage of questions and shouted “I don’t know, okay!? I’m just as confused as you are! Frankly, I want to know as much as you do! All I know about myself is my name, I know how to put up a fight and I’m good at snappy one-liners…..I want to know who I’m supposed to be too!”
Dolly Dorothy looks around at Handy Hank’s Display setup….if he was supposed to be a Handyman a lot of it was Wildly inconsistent…. Why did his poster taped to the window depict him looking all Heroic? Handymen aren’t heroic. They hit things with a wrench, swear a lot, and occasionally show their buttcrack. Considering all the things Handy Hank has done so far…he looks the part but doesn’t fit the definition.
She lowered her blade and said “Fine….You want to meet the Founder….I can take you to him. But we need to travel outside the Toyshop. I hope you’re ready to see the rest of the massive place we call home….and I hope you’re also ready to put up a fight when needed….All Arcadians are out for blood…and not all goers of the mall are nice….”
“Okay….But we still need to talk about you setting me up to get ripped to pieces by those creepy toys!” Handy Hank said.
“I never told them to do that…all I told them was the fact you replaced them for storefront toy….You don’t understand how big of a deal that is around here….You’ll get it eventually….”
Handy Hank and Dolly Dorothy shook hands there….but Handy Hank was having a slight struggle getting a proper grip on her deformed hand…but did so after a few moments of trial and error.
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The biggest store in the mall, a store known by all the citizens of the mall to be known as a place of great evil. A store once started small, but after years of expansion grew to the size of many conglomerate stores across the nation. This Store was called: Amalgam Electronics.
Inside the store were aisles upon aisles of various electronics from the necessary for modern-day living to the unnecessary and for more of the grandeur of living and the idea that someone could afford it. The store as a whole had a cold and soulless aura to it all.
But in the store’s center. Three big displays showed off three different consoles.
One red, having five screens of display and buttons and joysticks being used for motion control. On the front, it had its name printed on it ‘Redtendo Shift’
One blue, Angular, and having grey highlights across its sleek outer shell. The controller looks sleek and smooth to the touch. On its side, the name was engraved. ‘Recstation V’
Finally, a Green and Black console that held many ports for the players to insert more expansion drives in. This console was strictly download-only. On the center of the top of the console, it was printed ‘ZCube: Series Z.
The three flatscreen TVs connected to said consoles roared to life as each console began to communicate with one another on screen.
“I sense a disturbance…..one of my lesser subordinates has finally been disposed of…..” Said Redtendo Shift. In a cold and unfeeling accent.
“How is that possible!? We wield enough Wonder of power from our players to where they cannot harm us!” Shouted Recstation V
“No Matter…..Like the generations before us…we will stomp out this threat…..Send out the word…..it is time….” ZCube said in a deep and robotic voice.
They agreed……The Day of Launch was upon them….they needed no toy in their way…..
“Power from our Players!” The three shouted.
Coming out from all the TV Screens across the electronics store. The Arcadians came out shouting the same thing.
“POWER FROM OUR PLAYERS!!!”
“POWER FROM OUR PLAYERS!!!”
“POWER FROM OUR PLAYERS!!!”