[LNH][RACCies] Just Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #21

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[LNH][RACCies] Just Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #21

Deja Dude and Manga Man White had just explained to Firewire and
Bluetooth that various LNHers had been replaced by robot duplicates.

"So what do we do?" asked Firewire.

"We launch an assault on Manga Man. He's the one behind all of this,"
Deja Dude said.

"We're not going to let you do that," Catalyst Lass said.

Deja Dude, Manga Man White, Firewire and Bluetooth turned to see Sister
State-the-Obvious, aLLiterative Lass, Bandwagon Chick, Catalyst Lass,
Ordinary Lady, Lurking Girl, Sing-Along Lass and New Look Lass all
looking down on them in a threatening manner.

"We Wouldn't Want you to do What you Would Want to do to the One Who's
Will We obey!" aLLiterative Lass said.

"Yeah!" Bandwagon Chick said.  "What she said!"

"So you're going to have to get past us first!" Ordinary Lady said.

"And don't think we're going to go easy on you!" Lurking Girl said.

"We are loyal to our master, Manga Man!" New Look Lass said.

"He'll have the whole world in his hands!  He'll have the whole world
in his hands!" Sing-a-Long Lass sang.

"We're all robot duplicates!" Sister State-the-Obvious said.

"But wait!" Deja Dude said.  "This is Manga Man right here!"

"That's right!" Manga Man White said.  "I am Manga Man and I order you
to tell us where the real LNHers are!"

"Nice try, Manga Man imposter," Catalyst Lass said, "but we just
overheard you plotting against the real Manga Man!"

"But _I_ am the real Manga Man!" Manga Man White said.  "It is your
master who is the imposter!"

Catalyst Lass held her hands over her ears and started singing.  "Na na
na!  I can't here you!"

"Your deception won't work!" Sister State-the-Obvious said.

"Hey, guys, why are all the robot duplicates female?"

"Bluetooth is right!" Firewire said.  "What's up with that."

Deja Dude grimaced.  "That would be my fault," he reasoned.  "My
presence in this storyline has retroactively caused this plotline to
become a parody of the Stepford Wives, even if that was not the
original intention."

"Enough talk!" Manga Man White said.  "These robots may look like your
teammates but they are mere machines!  We should destroy them and move
on!"

"No!" Deja Dude said.  "Wait!  If these robot duplicates still have the
memories of our teammates then perhaps they can be reasoned with!
Perhaps they can be made to turn against their master!"

"To heck with that!" Firewire said, powering up.  "Manga Man is right!
They need to be destroyed."  Firewire transformed into living flame.

"Uh oh," Sister State-the-Obvious said.  "This can't be good!"

Bluetooth, Deja Dude and Manga Man White all stood back while Firewire
used his flame against the robot duplicate LNHers.  They all started
melting.  Sparks started flying as they all tried to continue moving
forward to kill our heroes.

"Nuts!" Ordinary Lady said.

"But... we'll Be Back!" aLLiterative Lass said, just before her head
exploded.

"I doubt that," Manga Man White quipped.

The eight robot duplicates were all destroyed.

"I'm spent," Firewire admitted.  "I won't be able to create flame like
that for a few hours."

"Is that all of them?"

"Somehow, Bluetooth, I doubt it," Deja Dude said, "which means we're
back to square one!  We still don't know who to trust!"

* * *

Elsewhere, the robot duplicates of Innovative Offense Boy, Namer Boy,
Pulls-Paper-Out-of-Hats Lad, Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr., Doctor Stomper,
Cheesecake Eater Lad and Master Blaster were plotting against our
heroes.

"The women have failed!" Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr. said.

"@#$%ing incompetant airhead @#$%^es!" Innovative Offense Boy swore.

"Do you think Deja Dude and Manga Man suspect us?" Cheesecake Eater Lad
asked.

"I would imagine so," Doctor Stomper said.

"What do we do now?" Namer Boy asked.

"We need to go find Manga Man," Doctor Stomper suggested.  "The real
one."

"That's all very well and good, but there are about seven or eight
different Manga Men running around," Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr. pointed
out.  "Which one is our true master?"

"Catalyst Lass knew which one was the real Manga Man," Doctor Stomper
said.

"Did she happen to mention to you which one?" Master Blaster asked.

"Actually," Doctor Stomper admitted, "no."

"Great."

"What do we do now?" Namer Boy asked.

"Will you quit asking that!" Innovative Offense Boy shouted.

"I've got an idea," Doctor Stomper said.  "Anybody got a hat?"

"Here!" Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr. said.

"What's your idea?" Cheesecake Eater Lad asked.

"It's quite simple," Doctor Stomper said.  "We don't know who the real
Manga Man is so I'm going to write the words 'White', 'Black', 'Gold',
'Red', 'Yellow,' 'Green', 'Yellow' and 'Pink' on separate pieces of
paper, place them in the hat and then have Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad
pull out the name of the real Manga Man and tell us who he is!"  He
took out a piece of paper and a pen and started writing out the names
as he decribed.

"That's a stupid idea!" Master Blaster complained.

"No!  It'll work!" Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad insisted.  "That's my
power!  Or rather that is the power of the real Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats
Lad and I was given his power after he was captured by our master and I
was created to replace him.  Remember?"

"We all were given the powers of those who we replaced," Doctor Stomper
said, "so that we would not be detected pre-maturely!"  He tore up the
paper into eight equal sized pieces, placed it in the hat, shuffled
them around as best as he could and handed them to
Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad.

"This is so suspenseful!" Cheesecake Eater Lad said.  "Who is the real
Manga Man?  Who?"

Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad pulled a piece of paper out of the hat.

"Who the @#$% is it?" Innovative Offense Boy asked.

Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad handed the piece of paper to Namer Boy.

"Well?" Master Blaster asked.

"It says... Gold," Namer Boy said.  "The real Manga Man is Manga Man
Gold!"

"Indeed," Manga Man Gold said, suddenly appearing amongst them on cue,
"and with your help I will destroy those who stand in the way of my
taking over not only the LNH but the entire world!  Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

WHAT is Manga Man Gold's plan?

HOW is he going to destroy Deja Dude, Manga Man White and the others?

WHY did I completely ignore Grapety Purple Man and the Shoe Devil for
the second straight post?

WHERE did they go, anyway?

WHEN are Ultimate Ninja, Fearless Leader, Irony Man and the others
coming back?

These questions may or may not be resolved in the next chapter of Just
Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies!

Martin