Big guy and rusty the boy robot #39: Deus ex machina part 2.

Big guy is the property of dark horse comics and whoever does the TV series.

The light on Poindexter's machine goes off and it opens up revealing a new Poindexter. He is naked and covered in implants and machinery. He opens his eyes and smiles.

"At last I have evolved. Poindexter is no more. I am not Deus machina!" Poindexter yells.

And now the conclusion...

Poindexter steps down and looks at himself.

"I can feel raw and ultimate power flowing through me!" Poindexter says.

He reaches out towards a wall and a huge blast fires from his hand and decimates the wall. Poindexter laughs insanely. He walks over to Dwayne and removes the goggles.

"The conditioning should be complete." Poindexter says.

Dwayne stands up.

"It's time for both of us to face our destines." Poindexter says.

Meanwhile on the surface a hole appears. First Poindexter flies out and lands.

"Come to me my new toy." Poindexter says.

The bgy-11 flies out and lands. Inside the cockpit Dwayne is sitting and staring.

"You are to go and destroy the U.S.S. Darkhorse. But first bring out the woman that murdered you and finish her off." Poindexter says on screen.

"I will destroy the ship and kill her. Diana." Dwayne says.

"And I have my own meeting with destiny." Poindexter says.

"What if Diana comes out with the other BGY? It's more powerful than this robot." Dwayne asks.

Poindexter smiles.

"I made some improvements that I think you'll find very destructive." Poindexter says.

He takes off and starts flying at a very rapid speed. Dwayne takes the controls and flies off towards the U.S.S. Darkhorse. As soon as he comes in view he fires a bunch of missiles at the deck before they can do anything. The ship rocks.

"What the hell was that?" Thorton asks steadying himself.

Sir radar picking up a large object not far away." The radar officer responds.

"Why didn't you detect it before?" Thorton asks annoyed.

"I don't know. It seemed to appear out of nowhere. It wasn't there until right after we were hit." The radar officer says.

"Get me a visual on the outside." Thorton asks.

Another officer pushes some buttons and an outside view appears. Thorton's jaw drops.

"It can't be. The bgy-11?" Thorton asks.

Suddenly more missiles hit and rock the ship harder. Diana enters and gasps when she sees the bgy-11.

"Dwayne?" Diana asks.

"This is General Thorton to attacking robot. Cease your fire or we will be forced to defend ourselves!" Thorton yells into the communication panel.

But the only answer they receive is a volley of machine gun bullets.

"That's it. Diana suit up and go out there. We have to fight fire with fire." Thorton says.

Diana gets docked inside the bgy-12 and launches off into the deck and off the ship.

"This is Lt. Masterson. I am giving you one last chance to cease fire." Diana says.

Suddenly Dwayne appears on screen.

"Dwayne?" Diana asks.

Suddenly a missile hits the bgy-12 hard. Diana shakes her head.

"What are you doing Dwayne?" Diana asks.

More missiles fire out but Diana is able to dodge them.

"I won't hurt you. You are not yourself obviously." Diana.

"Lt. Masterson. Take care of the bgy-11 immediately." Thorton orders.

"Dwayne is piloting it." Diana says.

"Dwayne is alive?" Thorton asks.

He shakes his head.

"It doesn't matter. He is attacking us which means he either defected or he is not himself. Either way this ship must be protected at all cost." Thorton orders.

Diana sheds a tear.

"I'm sorry Dwayne." Diana says.

She goes into full battle mode. She fires a bunch of missiles then a volley of bullets but the other BGY easily dodges them and returns some of it's own.

"I know you are still in there Dwayne." Diana says.

But Dwayne doesn't respond. Diana dodges some more missiles but gets hit by a machine gun blast that she was trapped into dodging into the path of. The bgy-12 shakes.

"Dr. Slate misses you. Come back home." Diana says.

That seems to click in Dwayne's head.

"Erika?" Dwayne asks.

The other BGY's guard is let down.

"I'm sorry." Diana says.

She fires all weapons and they all hit the other BGY head on.

"Fire main weapon!" Diana yells.

A large portion of bgy-11's armor is blown off. Diana looks closely and sees something different.

"What the hell is that?" Diana wonders.

Suddenly the whole armor falls off revealing another smaller mobile suit beneath it.

"I made some changes I think you will like." Poindexter's words echoed in Dwayne's head.

"Kill her!"

"What is that...?" Diana asks.

Suddenly the other suit is on top of her and brings back a fist. The fist pulls back and slams forward into the bgy-12's chest and goes right through it as if it was paper. Then it rips upward through the armor. Diana sweats as it comes dangerously close to the cockpit.

"Computer. Activate field." Diana says.

An electrifying field comes up and the other suit is thrown back.

"That should keep him..." Diana says.

Suddenly a huge ram shoots out of the other suit and slams into the bgy-12's legs. Suddenly the thrusters fail and Diana yells as the bgy-12 falls onto the deck at a blazing speed. The impact cracks the deck. The other suit flies at her and begins to strike again.

"NO!" Diana yells.

The suit impacts hard and the entire front part of the deck breaks off and fall into the ocean. The bgy-12 and the robotic suit goes with it. Meanwhile alarms are going off everywhere on the ship.

"Damn the whole forward part of the deck is gone." An officer yells.

"Can we still function?" Thorton asks.

"Barely." The officer responds.

"What about Diana and Dwayne?" Thorton asks.

The two suits are struggling in the water. Diana gets a lucky blast in with the main weapon and shoots the other suit back.

"Fire all weapons!" Diana says.

Missiles bullets and a cannon blast fires out and strike the other suit. Suddenly the other suit slams into the bgy-12. Diana looks around in fear as water starts pouring into the cockpit.

"Damn must be a hull breach." Diana says.

The bgy-12 shakes violently as the other suit hits again.

"There must be a way to crack that armor." Diana says.

Diana gets an idea.

"Computer transfer all power to the main weapon then find a weakness." Diana says.

Another huge hit brings every indicator to critical.

"No weakness found." The computer says.

Diana shrugs.

"Oh well. Fire!" Diana yells.

All the power goes into one blast and strikes out at the other suit. The other suit seems to break apart and she sees Dwayne fall out.

"Dwayne!" Diana yells.

She looks at the power levels but there isn't enough left to get herself to the surface.

"Damn." Diana says.

She gets an idea.

"Computer divert all power remaining to the engines. Override safety protocols." Diana says.

"Warning life support failure." The computer says.

Diana prays.

"Please let me get through this." Diana says.

She reaches out with the arm and grabs Dwayne then she shoots up towards the surface. As it gets closer and closer she starts to feel light headed as the air runs out. The last thing she sees is the sky before she faints.

Meanwhile Poindexter has arrived at Quarks and announces his presence by blowing a hole in the side of ground floor. A security guard rushes out and fires on him. Poindexter reaches out his hand and slows the bullet down until it is frozen in place.

"Such a primitive means of defense. I remembered a time when I used this kind of thing." Poindexter says.

He pushes his hand out and the bullet flies back and hits the officer.

"But that was the old weak me." Poindexter says.

Poindexter floats into the main office. He goes and blasts anybody in his way.

"I just want to contact the main lab. You can life if you let me." Poindexter says to the last officer.

The guy gives up and lets him use the communications console.

"This is Deus machina. I am giving you an ultimatum. If you do not send out the boy robot then I will destroy this building myself until I find him." Poindexter says.

Meanwhile up at the main lab Dr. Slate is watching the communication.

"Deus machina? God machine." Dr. Slate says.

"What is your answer?" Poindexter asks.

Rusty sees it.

"Let me go out there. He is going to pay for destroying big guy!" Rusty yells.

"Rusty. You won't stand a chance. He may be too powerful. Something is different about him." Dr. Slate warns.

"Oh let the boy risk his life." Donovan says.

Dr. Slate sighs.

"Well I upgraded your emotional grid but I am not letting you really grow up. It's time to let you fight. The new power pack we put in you might help." Dr. Slate says.

"Oh boy!" Rusty yells.

Dr. Slate grabs his hand before he can take off.

"Please be careful. If I lost you then my life wouldn't be the same." Dr. Slate says.

"Hey don't worry. It won't hurt. No pain receptors." Rusty says.

Rusty flies off to and down to the ground.

"Poindexter!" Rusty yells.

Poindexter looks and smiles. Then he raises his hand at the officer.

"Hey you said you would let me live." The officer says.

"I lied." Poindexter says.

Then Poindexter blasts his way out.

"Ah my grandson. At last you have come out to see how I have evolved." Poindexter says.

"Don't call me your grandson. I once thought of you as my grandfather but no more. You destroyed big guy." Rusty says angry.

Poindexter raises his hands and Rusty prepares himself.

"I am not here to destroy you. I am here to help you. Abandon the human world. They are weak and they use us." Poindexter says floating in air.

"That's not true. Dr. Slate loves me and cares for me. I will never betray her." Rusty says.

"Humans are smart and use even their own. They have used robots ever since they first created us. They may have seemed to give them more freedom recently but your kind are still slaves." Poindexter says.

"What do you really want?" Rusty asks.

Poindexter reaches out.

"Come with me to my lab. I have a machine that evolved me into something higher than flesh or machine. It can do the same thing to you. Then we will really be related." Poindexter says.

"Never. I will never work with someone that destroyed my best friend." Rusty says angry.

"What if I were to tell you that your best friend isn't really destroyed? I rebuilt him and made him better." Poindexter says.

"Even if you were telling the truth, anything rebuilt by you must be bad." Rusty says.

Poindexter waves his hand and a picture appears. It shows a picture of two BGY's fighting.

"Big guy! And big guy Jr." Rusty yells.

"See he is the same as always. But the humans are trying to destroy it. I may of taken control of big guy but it was a human that destroyed it." Poindexter says.

He waves his hand again and the picture changes. It shows Diana firing a missile into the hole and big guy blowing up.

"Diana destroyed big guy?" Rusty asks shocked.

"So you see that humans only want to enslave us. When I tried to free one of them, the humans would rather let it be destroyed then have it be free." Poindexter says.

Rusty ponders it all.

"Don't believe him Rusty. He wants to destroy everything. Anything that isn't as evolved as he is." Dr. Slate says at the entrance.

Poindexter blasts her but she is able to duck back in time to avoid the blast.

"Stay out of it human." Poindexter says.

"You were once human also weren't you? Is there any part of you left?" Dr. Slate asks over an outside speaker.

Poindexter is knocked down by a blast.

"I don't believe you. You have caused enough damage and now I will stop you." Rusty says.

Poindexter looks down at a wound.

"You hurt me. NOBODY HURTS ME!" Poindexter screams.

He rises up above the ground again and a huge aura appears around him and his eyes turn white.

"I am Deus machina and this world will be shaped in my image." Poindexter says in an eerie voice.

"What makes you think you can play god?" Rusty asks.

"I am playing god. I AM GOD!" Poindexter says.

"Then I will defeat you cause god is not perfect." Rusty says.

"We will see." Poindexter says.

Rusty fires a bunch of blasts but Poindexter slows down the blasts until they come to a complete stop.

"Primitive energy weapon. Oh Rusty if only you would evolve with me and see there is so much more." Poindexter says.

He thrusts his hands out and the blasts shoot back at Rusty. They in his state of surprise strike him down. Rusty gets back up shakily but firmly.

"You will never beat me. You can never hurt me." Rusty says.

"Why is that? Do you think you are immortal also?" Poindexter asks.

Rusty powers up and an aura surrounds himself. A continuous stream of energy strikes out and hits Poindexter while he is contemplating. That leaves a gaping hole in his lower torso. Rusty powers down and smiles.

"No. No pain receptors." Rusty says.

Poindexter looks down at the hole and falls over.

"I cannot be defeated." Poindexter says.

Rusty walks over and stands over him.

"Looks like you have been." Rusty says.

"Rusty get away from him!" Dr. Slate yells.

But Poindexter gets a point blank shot on Rusty. A huge explosion erupts. When the smoke clears, half of rusty is missing and the other half is sparking.

"Rusty!" Dr. Slate yells.

"Core going critical." A voice inside Rusty says.

"Goodbye Dr. Slate." Rusty says.

"Computer activate emergency program Rusty-Slate 1!" Dr. Slate yells inside the lab.

A huge explosion erupts outside. When it clears there is nothing left of Rusty or Poindexter. In the lab Dr. Slate looks at the computer.

"Was the transfer completed?" Dr. Slate asks praying that there was enough time.

"Affirmative. Data bit 'Rusty' has been archived." The computer responds.

Dr. Slate breathes a sigh of relief.

"Now what?" Donovan asks.

"Now we have to build a new body for him and transfer the data. I don't think he will ever be the same but at least he will still be online and alive." Dr. Slate responds with a tear in her eye.

Later on almost everybody from the U.S.S. Darkhorse is visiting and celebrating the defeat of Poindexter. The only one not there is Dwayne who is in the sick bay for mental conditioning. But the celebration is subdued at the news of Rusty's destruction.

"He'll be back and better than ever!" Dr. Slate says.

They all toast to that. Thorton says.

"Ouch." Thorton says.

Thorton looks in her boots and pulls out a chip.

"What's this?" Thorton wonders.

She thinks.

"Oh yeah I almost forgot. That saboteur slipped me something. With all that happened I forgot to check it." Thorton says.

Dr. Slate motions to the computer. Thorton inserts the chip. On screen Poindexter appears. Next to him is number 1 and 2 of the legion ex machina.

"I created you." Poindexter says.

"Don't remind us. We are more powerful than a mere human. We choose to forget that we were ever made from such a weak life form." Number 1 says.

They raise their weapons.

"No please don't kill me! I promise that I will do anything you want me to!" Poindexter begs.

"There is nothing that we want from you." Number 2 says.

They both fire on Poindexter and he disappears.

"Commence creation of a perfect Poindexter. We also need to increase our ranks. Begin construction of numbers 3-6." Number 1 says.

Everybody looks stunned.

"So that's what he meant by Poindexter is dead." Thorton says.

"A robot created a miracle that was Poindexter. Someone that could evolve beyond any machine." Diana says.

"Deus ex machina." Dr. Slate says.

Suddenly the picture changes and Poindexter appears.

"If you are seeing this then I am probably dead. Therefore this is a little revenge idea I came up with. I knew that my saboteur would be found out and he would give you this." Poindexter says.

He waves goodbye on the screen.

"EVERYBODY GET OUT!" Dr. Slate screams.

A few seconds later the whole lab goes up a huge fireball and outside the whole tower topples onto the ground.

To be continued next season...