Post by Steve Sinclair on Aug 4, 2018 13:52:17 GMT
It’s a somber day inside the Mobile Command Center. 2600 and 7800 are sitting on the cold steel floor by the IBM 1403 waiting for their next instructions from the Powers That Be. Both 2600 and 7800 have their heads hung low. A bunch of empty Bud Light cans lay on the floor next to 7800 and by a bunch of empty cans, I mean 2.
Flashback 2 is perched up on the counter with the big screen behind her. It is playing the Team ATARI screen saver and she too has her head hung low. Even with her hair pulled back in a ponytail and she hasn’t zipped up her battle suit up all the way. This still doesn’t get a reaction from no one on her crew, her boys. Not even 2600. He hasn’t even noticed.
She sighs. She starts to swing her feet that are dangling back and forth. A million things are going through her mind. The loss was just devastating. A huge setback. This is not what the Powers That Be wanted. Not at all.
She glances at her boys. They have lost all pep in their steps. The loss at the Battle of Hollywood cut deep like a switchblade that nicked a artery just enough, that it is allowing them to slowly bleed out. It was the war for the Energon Devise or bust.
And they busted. Big time.
The orders have come down for their next mission which, was meet with a mixed review. On one hand, they haven’t been decommissioned or replaced. The Powers that Be still believe in them. But on the other hand, they have to gather themselves for another battle.
Flashback 2 hops down off of the counter. She zips up her battlesuit and pulls the hair tie out of her pony tail. 2600 looks up at her. She gives him a nod and makes her way into the cockpit. 2600 has a puzzled look on his face.
2600 “Okay?”
7800 “Dilly dilly?”
2600 “I have no idea big guy. I think she has lost her mind.”
Flashback 2 has engaged the D drive and the MCC begins to move.
But to where?
45 minutes later….
The MCC comes to a stop after rocking side to side as it feels like it has turned off of the road. It comes to a rest and the proportion device is shut down. 2600 wonders if it was done by proceedure or not as it felt it was done rather quickly. Ten seconds later the side door opens up to the MCC and 7800 quickly covers his eyes as he now has 3 empty Bud Light cans on the floor by him.
7800 “Dilly Dilly!”
Flashback 2 “Tough titties 7800! That is what you get for drinking your problems away.”
2600 mouth hangs open. The shock of the potty mouth on Flashback 2 at this moment in time is a shock to the system.
Flashback 2 “Now you two have been acting like you have died for the past 2 days. Yeah! So what! We lost the Battle of Hollywood! We didn’t get our hands on the Energon Devise! It’s not the end of the world! Kendrick Kross….”
2600 “FLASHBACK 2! NEVER ADDRESS THE ENEMY BY USING THEIR BIRTH NAME!”
Flashback 2 looks at 2600 and has this “I dare you to stop me” look on her face.
Flashback 2 “Kendrick Kross will get his in due time. He got lucky. Plain and simple. He got lucky. He WON’T be so lucky next time. If this team, this unit! If this operation is going to be successful, we can’t have a minor setback such as failing to capture the Energon Device of great Heritage get us down!”
2600 stands up. Believing in this pep talk from Flashback 2. He could also have this warm fuzzy belly in his belly seeing her take control like this. It’s doing something abnormal to him.
Flashback 2 “Now you two! Two! PUSSIES!”
7800 snaps his head around. Stunned with her profanity today.
Flashback 2 “Yeah I said it! Pussies! You two pussies get on your feet! Get on out of this tin can on wheels, fall in line and follow me!”
A second or two passes with either one of them moving.
Flashback 2 “NOW!”
2600 and 7800 scramble to their feets and very quickly make their way out of the MCC and get in a line behind Flashback 2……………….
Several Minutes later.
Team Atari are sitting on a picnic table and 2600 and 7800 have just finished mowing down a ice cream cone! Flashback 2 is sitting on the far end of the red table as she works on her banana split sundae. 2600 wipes his mouth with a napkin and crumbles that up in his hand as he slides off of the table.
2600 “The battle of Hollywood did not go how we had hoped. Truth be told, 7800 and I were very depressed after words. We have trained our whole lives for that moment in time. To secure this great nations security and bring home the Energon Device. That battle was everything we have worked for. All of the training. All of the sacrifices. The pain, the blood, the…”
7800 “Dilly.”
2600 “The concussions. All of it leading up to that battle. Our moment in the sun! The spotlight was on us!”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 nods.
2600 “Yes 7800. We failed. Some of you might be asking. Team Atari! How can you possible keep going? Code Name Pong 2 was a complete and utter failure of a mission! How can you gather yourself up and get ready for the next war?”
2600 places his hands on his hips.
2600 “Simple. The fear of TOS and another surprise TOS bootcamp is what is going to feed us, empower us to victory in our next battle.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 “You can say that again 7800. I don’t ever want to see him again! That is why, at the battle of LA, operation Bro. Team Atari is going to set our main objective on the back burner for a minute or two. May 16th. We are going to do something that we normally don’t do.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 “Yes we are 7800, with a vengeance! A highly tuned, well oiled machine of destruction!”
7800 “Dilly Dilly!”
2600 “Permission granted to remove the gloves and, and light these fools up!”
7800 “DILLY DILLY!”
2600 “Correct 7800! When you do look around California’s Wrestling Division, you do see a lot of characters, some shady, some likeable and others, forgettable, but the one thing you don’t see.”
7800 slides off of the table and puts his arm around 2600.
7800 “Dilly!”
2600 “Correct 7800. Teams. We have noticed that the California Wrestling Division loves to have tag team matches, mostly with multi teams. But these so called teams. They are just random Yamauchi’s thrown together. In warfare, those type of teams just don’t last.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 nods. “That is why at the Battle of LA. Bragging rights are on the line. We’re a team. The only team in CWD. On the 16th, We’ll show you why 4 random Yamauchi can’t beat one awesome team.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 slaps 7800 in the chest.
2600 “I couldn’t have said it better, buddy. This has been a lifetime in the making! You all will fall at our feet. There is none better at this than Team ATARI!”
7800 “Dilly Dilly!”
Fade out
Flashback 2 is perched up on the counter with the big screen behind her. It is playing the Team ATARI screen saver and she too has her head hung low. Even with her hair pulled back in a ponytail and she hasn’t zipped up her battle suit up all the way. This still doesn’t get a reaction from no one on her crew, her boys. Not even 2600. He hasn’t even noticed.
She sighs. She starts to swing her feet that are dangling back and forth. A million things are going through her mind. The loss was just devastating. A huge setback. This is not what the Powers That Be wanted. Not at all.
She glances at her boys. They have lost all pep in their steps. The loss at the Battle of Hollywood cut deep like a switchblade that nicked a artery just enough, that it is allowing them to slowly bleed out. It was the war for the Energon Devise or bust.
And they busted. Big time.
The orders have come down for their next mission which, was meet with a mixed review. On one hand, they haven’t been decommissioned or replaced. The Powers that Be still believe in them. But on the other hand, they have to gather themselves for another battle.
Flashback 2 hops down off of the counter. She zips up her battlesuit and pulls the hair tie out of her pony tail. 2600 looks up at her. She gives him a nod and makes her way into the cockpit. 2600 has a puzzled look on his face.
2600 “Okay?”
7800 “Dilly dilly?”
2600 “I have no idea big guy. I think she has lost her mind.”
Flashback 2 has engaged the D drive and the MCC begins to move.
But to where?
45 minutes later….
The MCC comes to a stop after rocking side to side as it feels like it has turned off of the road. It comes to a rest and the proportion device is shut down. 2600 wonders if it was done by proceedure or not as it felt it was done rather quickly. Ten seconds later the side door opens up to the MCC and 7800 quickly covers his eyes as he now has 3 empty Bud Light cans on the floor by him.
7800 “Dilly Dilly!”
Flashback 2 “Tough titties 7800! That is what you get for drinking your problems away.”
2600 mouth hangs open. The shock of the potty mouth on Flashback 2 at this moment in time is a shock to the system.
Flashback 2 “Now you two have been acting like you have died for the past 2 days. Yeah! So what! We lost the Battle of Hollywood! We didn’t get our hands on the Energon Devise! It’s not the end of the world! Kendrick Kross….”
2600 “FLASHBACK 2! NEVER ADDRESS THE ENEMY BY USING THEIR BIRTH NAME!”
Flashback 2 looks at 2600 and has this “I dare you to stop me” look on her face.
Flashback 2 “Kendrick Kross will get his in due time. He got lucky. Plain and simple. He got lucky. He WON’T be so lucky next time. If this team, this unit! If this operation is going to be successful, we can’t have a minor setback such as failing to capture the Energon Device of great Heritage get us down!”
2600 stands up. Believing in this pep talk from Flashback 2. He could also have this warm fuzzy belly in his belly seeing her take control like this. It’s doing something abnormal to him.
Flashback 2 “Now you two! Two! PUSSIES!”
7800 snaps his head around. Stunned with her profanity today.
Flashback 2 “Yeah I said it! Pussies! You two pussies get on your feet! Get on out of this tin can on wheels, fall in line and follow me!”
A second or two passes with either one of them moving.
Flashback 2 “NOW!”
2600 and 7800 scramble to their feets and very quickly make their way out of the MCC and get in a line behind Flashback 2……………….
Several Minutes later.
Team Atari are sitting on a picnic table and 2600 and 7800 have just finished mowing down a ice cream cone! Flashback 2 is sitting on the far end of the red table as she works on her banana split sundae. 2600 wipes his mouth with a napkin and crumbles that up in his hand as he slides off of the table.
2600 “The battle of Hollywood did not go how we had hoped. Truth be told, 7800 and I were very depressed after words. We have trained our whole lives for that moment in time. To secure this great nations security and bring home the Energon Device. That battle was everything we have worked for. All of the training. All of the sacrifices. The pain, the blood, the…”
7800 “Dilly.”
2600 “The concussions. All of it leading up to that battle. Our moment in the sun! The spotlight was on us!”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 nods.
2600 “Yes 7800. We failed. Some of you might be asking. Team Atari! How can you possible keep going? Code Name Pong 2 was a complete and utter failure of a mission! How can you gather yourself up and get ready for the next war?”
2600 places his hands on his hips.
2600 “Simple. The fear of TOS and another surprise TOS bootcamp is what is going to feed us, empower us to victory in our next battle.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 “You can say that again 7800. I don’t ever want to see him again! That is why, at the battle of LA, operation Bro. Team Atari is going to set our main objective on the back burner for a minute or two. May 16th. We are going to do something that we normally don’t do.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 “Yes we are 7800, with a vengeance! A highly tuned, well oiled machine of destruction!”
7800 “Dilly Dilly!”
2600 “Permission granted to remove the gloves and, and light these fools up!”
7800 “DILLY DILLY!”
2600 “Correct 7800! When you do look around California’s Wrestling Division, you do see a lot of characters, some shady, some likeable and others, forgettable, but the one thing you don’t see.”
7800 slides off of the table and puts his arm around 2600.
7800 “Dilly!”
2600 “Correct 7800. Teams. We have noticed that the California Wrestling Division loves to have tag team matches, mostly with multi teams. But these so called teams. They are just random Yamauchi’s thrown together. In warfare, those type of teams just don’t last.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 nods. “That is why at the Battle of LA. Bragging rights are on the line. We’re a team. The only team in CWD. On the 16th, We’ll show you why 4 random Yamauchi can’t beat one awesome team.”
7800 “Dilly Dilly.”
2600 slaps 7800 in the chest.
2600 “I couldn’t have said it better, buddy. This has been a lifetime in the making! You all will fall at our feet. There is none better at this than Team ATARI!”
7800 “Dilly Dilly!”
Fade out