The Time Trio

Chapter 6 Increase?

"I'm sorry to say, but everyone was kidnapped." Yumpler said simply.

"Way to take it easy, furbag." Bender said crossing his arms. "And who the hell are you?"

"I'm Majefla, and what do you mean?" Majefla asked. There was a disheartening look of concern on her face.

"They were kidnapped by an interdimensional tyrant." Dr. Brown said fearful. He was rubbing the back of his neck.

"Oh dear....." Majefla said. Her bright glow dimmed.

"Don't worry, we're working on rescuing them." Yumpler said.

Bender was about to say something when he heard whimpers and groans. Yumpler motioned for everyone to follow him and they walked to the ruins of the front gate. In the rubble of the front gate was the familiar Browncoat and a zombie with a fish tank on its back it was holding a small dolphin that also seemed undead. The taller zombie was wearing a torn wetsuit and a white shirt. Its hair was white and scraggly. Yumpler growled and looked to Dr. Brown like he was about lob a snow covered rock at the zombies.

"Wait! No shoot Marbo and Brop! We scared and no want fight!" The tall zombie with the fish tank said.

"Do you expect us to just believe our supposed enemy that they want to join us? Good, cuz I'm in." Bender said.

"No, you're not." Dr. Brown said.

"How can we believe you?" Yumpler asked. His mouth still looked ready to shoot.

"Marbo give Fish Gut to Yeti, Robot, and Old!" Marbo said. He threw the zombie dolphin at Yumpler's leaves. It looked at him with a hopeful look. Yumpler looked the two up and down. He looked at the zombie dolphin. His vines unravelled from his stem and rubbed the sides of his massive head.

"Marbo and Brop never liked by other zombies. We no like fighting. We no even like brainz! We eat rock. Hard to chew, but fill tummy good." Marbo said.

"I'll allow you to stay. But if you even try to go against us, I will not hesitate to eat you. You can keep....uh...."Fish Guts". And don't touch anything!" Yumpler said.

"Yay! Marbo and Brop happy! Me Marbo, and this Brop. And grey thing Fish Guts." Marbo said.

"Yeah, we got that. Dumb green meatbag." Bender said.

"Well, should we get back to it?" Dr. Brown asked.

"Wait. We have to inform Majefla not to hurt these two." Yumpler said.

Yumpler and the rest walked back to Majefla who was talking to some weeds and daisies. When they approached, the weeds and daisies immediately looked angry and started towards the two zombies.

"Wait! They're with us! I know it sounds bad, but it's true." Yumpler said.

"Why did you form an alliance with these two?!" Majefla asked wildly.

"We could use the help. Besides, these two were outcasts in the zombie community." Dr. Brown said.

"Fine. Stand back, girls. What do we need to do?" Majefla asked with raised arms.

"We have to connect this material to the portal so we can go to the unknown
dimension and rescue the others. We may need to combine Doc's Ipsaflecterium fragments to boost it more. Bender, Majefla, and the zombie duo can help by finding any scraps we can use." Yumpler said.

"Sounds like a load plan! Anyone want a beer?" Bender asked. He opened the door to his chest and pulled out three beer bottles.
"Sure." Dr. Brown said. He caught the beer Bender tossed to him.

Dr. Brown and Yumpler worked on the portal. Bender started to the garage. Marbo and Brop started towards the large stack of boxes next to Penny 2.0, while Majefla went behind the plant nursery. After a while, a weed started to call. It sounded like Saran Wrap being ripped. Yumpler looked over at the weed.

"What is it?" He asked. The weed made the same strange sound. And pointed it's leaf at the mailbox.
"Mail? How? From who?" He asked. He walked towards the weed. His vine reached to the door of the mailbox and opened it. A black box the size of a watermelon stretched out. Yumpler strained to hold it and Dr. Brown ran to him to help. The two brought it to the entrance of the garage and Dr. Brown called to Bender. Bender came to them noisily. It sounded as if he had some things in his chest cavity.

"Empty your chest, Bender." Dr. Brown said annoyed.
"But-"
"Do it." Yumpler insisted.
"Fine! They were asking to be stolen, though." He said. He opened his chest door and tons of jewels and coins fell out.

"So what is this thing?" Dr. Brown asked.

"I don't know." Yumpler said peering at the box.

The box hissed and a robotic hand extended from it holding a yellow paper.
"It's a note!" Dr. Brown said.
"What does it say?" Bender asked. Dr. Brown took the letter and read aloud:

"Dear Bender, Doc, and Yumpler,
I can't quite say who I am. Just know that I'm on your side and I'm just looking out for you. Take these items to help you with your quest. To Doc I have given a small train that will turn into a hovering robotic exoskeleton suit, to Bender I have given an army of micro Benders that will do as he says, and to Yumpler I have given an infinite plant boost. It will grant you the ability to buff up. The side effects include: full telepathy, elongated fangs, extra thorns, super jumps, massive growth of your horns, extra vines, and Cryokinesis. You will permanently gain these powers including everyone. And if the train is separated from you for more than eight seconds, Doc, it will teleport back to you. Bender, all you must do is think about your new power and the Benders will come to you. Yumpler, open and close your jaws twice and your power will ignite. The same can happen if you want to return to normal. Good luck brave heroes!
-Y.M.P. "

A white light flashed into Yumpler knocking him off his leaves. A grey light smacked into Bender so hard, that his head flew off his body. A brown light flashed into Dr. Brown. He felt something in his pants pocket. He pulled out a toy train. There was a red button on the side of the train. Dr. Brown pushed it and metal crawled all over his arm. It spread all over his body. The metal reached his head and everything was black until a white screen flashed on. He was looking through a large circle window. He looked at his metal covered fingers. He imagined how shooting would work and his hand immediately morphed into what looked to be the chimney of a train. He thought "shoot something" and a large electric ball shot from his hand and into the sky. He looked over at Yumpler who was looking at him shocked. He opened and closed his jaws twice and he felt his stem stretch. He felt tingling in his teeth and realized that they were growing. He then felt tickling in his stem as he saw two more sets of vines grew from his sides. His stem grew much more thorns. His leaves felt stronger and got noticeably thicker. His horns grew fatter and longer. Once it felt like his transformation was done, he roared and jumped. He went so high that he could almost reach the porch of The Father's house. Whwn he landed, he and Dr. Brown looked at Bender who had his arms crossed.

"Yeah, yeah, fine. I'll do my thing." He said annoyed. He thought about beer and then remembered to think about his army. Immediately he felt something fill in his mouth. He opened it and millions of small Benders poured from his mouth. They were so small and numerous that they looked like grey liquid. Bender coughed the remaining micro Benders out and looked at them. Bender thought something else and the swarm of micro Benders climbed onto him. The mass formed a giant pair of metallic wings.

"They're not big enough, guys!" Bender whined.

"BITE OUR TINY METAL ASSES! THIS IS ALL YA GET!" The micro Benders said in unison.

"Alright! But, who is Y.M.P?" Dr. Brown asked.

"Who the hell cares? They gave us these powers!" Bender said as he flapped his metallic wings.

"I hope to find out soon, but we have business to attend to." Yumpler said.
The other two nodded and went back to work. Each of them happy.