Time Force: The Rise of Dr. Octavius Brine

Chapter 3: Rescued by the North Wind

Inside of the scientist's submarine, the giant cage was falling into the submarine, with the Time Force members inside the cage. CRASH! The giant cage landed inside of Dr. Octavius Brine's submarine, and Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny landed on their butts. They started to get stars dancing around their heads, and they were feeling very dizzy, indeed. Their stomachs were full of cheesy goodness, and they were feeling depressed about the plan. "Penny, analysis," said Margo. "All evidence indicates," Penny said as her stomach rumbled, "Oh, I ate too many cheesy dibbles." "We're behind enemy lines and nowhere to be seen," said Margo. "Antonio, bust us out of here."

Antonio promptly did so, and he brought everyone in the Time Force out of the cage and into the submarine. Sherman was lallygagging, and Margo said, "Sherman, quit lallygagging!" "Sorry," said Sherman. And so, the Time Force members put their butts towards each other, trying to get to the evil scientist. "It's dark and ominous," said Margo. "Two of my least favorite traits in a room." Sherman spotted a button, and he said, "Oh, look! A button!" "Huh? Sherman, don't!" said Margo. Too late. Sherman pushed the button anyway, and the cheesy goodness vanished as the lift went down to the area where the controls were. And Margo said, "Now what have I told you about—" but she was but off by Sherman pressing another button. "Sorry, what?" said Sherman, and a giant laser was sent out towards the Time Force, and it was pointing directly at them.

"It looks like some sort of giant laser sent to kill us all, Margo," said Penny. Sherman was walking towards another button, and he said, "Ooh, another one." "NOOO!" cried the other Time Force members. And they grabbed Sherman's hand just in time. Then, four droplets of water came out of nowhere. Then, the Time Force members gasped. "Naughty, naughty, naughty," said Dr. Octavius Brine. He was walking towards the area, with an evil smirk on his face.

"Pretty birds belong in their cages," he continued. Just then, he dropped to the floor, leaving a giant puddle of water on the floor. Then, he turned his face around to face the Time Force members with an evil smile on his face. "Ahhh!" cried the Time Force members. "Now THAT'S just hurtful," said Dr. Octavius Brine, "and I was so happy to see you again. Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and sweet, little Penny." And he booped their noses, one by one. Water was dripping down from the Time Force members' noses. "Who are you?!" Margo demanded. "The humans know me as Dr. Octavius Brine," said Dr. Octavius Brine.

"Renowned geneticist, cheese enthusiast, and frequent donor to NPR Pledge Drives. But you know me by a different, much older name. A name perhaps you'd hoped you'd never hear again." He was charging towards the Time Force members, who were backing away, fearfully. "A phantom! A shadow of a former life!" he said. "I...am..." And he ripped off his human disguise to reveal his octopus form, Dave the octopus. "DAVE!" There was a long silence as the Time Force members had their backs against the wall. "Antonio?" said Margo. "Sorry, Margo, no clue," replied Antonio. Dave the octopus took of the wig and repeated.

"DAVE!" "Dave!" "Dave!" "Dave?" "Dave!" "Dave!" "Dave!" "Dave!" Just then, a cricket was chirping at once. And he said, "Sorry. Wait, I live this way." The cricket moved away from the scene, and Margo proceeded. "Go on, Dan, continue." "You seriously don't remember me?" said the Octopus. "Dave! Dave! Right!" said Margo. "Yeah, long time. It's been a long time since I remember you. Uhhh...how's the wife?" Dave punched the wall and and the Time Force members ducked their heads just in time. "I've never been married!" said Dave, and he released one of his octopus arms from the hole in the wall. Then, he told them his past.

Dave the octopus said, "You may not remember me, but I could never forget you. Let's shake up some old memories." And he shook up one of his snow globes and said, "New York City. The Central Park Zoo. Life was good. Roomy tank, great location, monkey-house views. And, of course...my adoring legion of fans. The octopus of a thousand tricks! I was the total package. And then you arrived, and took everything from me. Four adorable humans. With you around, no one wanted an old octopus anymore. And so it went, over and over, at zoo after aquarium. Adorable humans stole the show. While I was shunned. Forgotten. Unwanted. Alone." "That sounds awful," said Sherman. "Oh, it was. I came to realize some creatures are born to get all the love. The rest of us get nothing! The only thing that has kept me going all these years is my burning thirst for revenge! And my precious souvenir snow globe collection."

Dave saw Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny snatching his snow globes. He was very cross. "What is wrong with you?!" he growled. "I don't know..." said Penny. And Margo said, "Oh, Daryl, Daryl, Daryl, you can't blame us for what happened to you!" begged Margo. "That's how this whole revenge thing works. And with this, I finally have the power to destroy you," said Dave as he was holding the Medusa Serum. "Cinders and ashes!" exclaimed Sherman. "Nicholas, cage them!" said Dave. "I've got some bad news for you, Dennis. You messed with the wrong humans," said Margo. "Because we are an elite unit, the best of the best! Cream of the corn on a platinum cob! And we're gonna take your deadly green goop and sashay right out the exit hatch." "And just how are you going to do that?" Dave asked. "Deploy secret weapon," commanded Margo. And Antonio did, by using the stunning, cheesy bomb. "AAAAHH! The cheese, it burns!" cried Dave as he and his octopus minions were trapped by the cheesy bomb. "Roll out," said Margo. "After them!" Dave shouted to his minions.

The Time Force members took off with the Medusa Serum in Sherman's shirt pocket, and then the octopuses started chasing down the Time Force members without as much hesitation as it would take them. Fleeing through Venice, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were running through the streets of the city as their speedy paces would keep them running and running through. "Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!" they shouted. They kept running through until they got to a dead end. But by now, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were sweaty and out of breath. They had to breathe for air as slowly as they could.

"Alright, guys. Battle-stance!" said Margo. "We're in battle stance, Margo," replied Antonio. "Okay, good. Now we spring our trap!" said Margo. "Not sure there, the ones that are trapped," said Antonio. "Antonio, remember our little talk about true but unhelpful comments?" asked Margo. "Yes, Margo," said Antonio. "Sometimes we just have to wing it!" said Margo.

Just then, four mysterious figures approached to destroy the robots. It was the North Wind, consisting of Classified, Short Fuse, Corporal, and Eva. Sherman gasped. "Did you see that?" asked Margo. Then, Classified said, "Remain calm, Time Force. You are now under the protection of the North Wind. You're welcome." And he showed them his badge for the North Wind Headquarters. Then, the North Wind team took the Time Force members with them into their jet and Corporal was shocked to see them.

"Oh...my...gosh..." said Corporal. "Oh, you guys are so cute!" And he started hugging all four of them, squishing them at the same time. "You guys are just so, so cute and cuddly!" "HEY!" shouted Margo. "Get away! No more hugs!" "It's like being licked by a basket full of puppy dogs!" cried Antonio. "Corporal! Corporal!" demanded Classified. "Chart a course back to North Wind Headquarters. Eva, inform them that we're bringing in witnesses." "Sherman, dibble me," said Margo. Sherman pulled out a bag of cheesy dibbles for Margo to eat. Then, Margo jumped towards the control area of the North Wind jet and said, "We're not going ANYWHERE with you! We don't know who you think you are!" And she started eating her cheesy dibbles. Then, Classified said, "The North Wind is an elite, undercover inter species task force, dedicated to helping animals who can't help themselves..." Margo finished eating the cheesy dibbles, prompting Classified to growl at her, annoyed. "Like humans," Classified finished.

"Really," said Margo. "And you are?" "My name is Classified," said Classified. "Classified, eh?" said Margo. "What is that, Dutch? I can't really hear the accent." "Excuse me?" Classified was confused. "There's the accent," said Margo. "No, my name isn't Classified, my name is Classified because I'm the leader of this strike team," said Classified. "The seal is Short Fuse, weapons and explosives. The bear is Corporal, he's our muscle. And the owl is Eva, intelligence and analysis." "Well, Agent Classified, we happen to be an elite unit, too," said Margo. "I'm Margo, the leader of the Time Force team. Back there is Antonio, he's the muscle of our team. And there's Sherman, he's our demolition expert. And then there's Penny, she's our intelligent analyst."

"Cute," said Classified. "And cuddly," replied Corporal, chuckling a little, "Oh, sorry." "Well, let's see how well cute and cuddly handles this next bit," said Classified. Then, the North Wind jet opened a secret door to the entrance to the North Wind Headquarters. "Nice doggy door," chuckled Margo. The Time Force was brought into the North Wind Headquarters. "Wow..." said Penny. "Haha, look at this!" said Sherman. "Whoa," said Antonio. "Well, well, well..." said Margo. "Nice place you got here, Classified." "Thank you, that's not my name," replied Classified. Then, the computer said, "Arrival at: Pad 17."