Big guy and rusty the boy robot #28: The bigger they are...

Big guy and rusty the boy robot is the property of dark horse comics and whoever makes the series.

Workers are going over the main computer looking for what Poindexter took. Thornton comes in.

"Have you found what he took yet?" Thornton asks.

The workers shake their heads.

"Find it and fast. He may of stolen top secret stuff." Thornton says.

Meanwhile Rusty is talking a mile a minute about what he saw in the lab.

"And they had all these cool weapons and robotic shells and stuff. It was so cool." Rusty blabs.

"I'm sure it was." Dr. Slate says smiling.

"Dr. Slate? Why did Poindexter turn on us? He seemed so nice."

Dr. Slate frowns.

"Some people are just good actors. I don't know what happened to him to drive him to do what he did after he built the big guy. Did he really not create the legion for destruction or was that a lie also. We'll probably never know."

"All I know is that he is going to pay for the equipment of mine he destroyed." Dr. Donovan says.

"Oh poor baby. Did the big monster ruin your chemistry set?" Jenny asks.

"Shove it or I'll put a banana up your..." Dr. Donovan starts to say.

"Dr. Donovan! Remember we have a kid here." Dr. Slate warns.

"What Jenny? Nah she's heard it all. Oh you mean rusty." Dr. Donovan says.

Meanwhile in the computer core the workers finally find what Poindexter stole.

"It's a frequency number." A worker tells Thornton.

"For what?" Donovan asks.

The worker looks again at the data and frowns.

"For the bgy-11." The worker responds.

That puts Thornton into action.

"Okay this is a priority alert. The enemy has the frequency for the bgy-11. He must not gain control of it. Tell the USS darkhorse to change the bgy-11's frequency immediately." Thornton orders.

A few soldiers salute him and take off for the communications area. Meanwhile on the USS Darkhorse the pit crew is finishing up repairs on the bgy-11. Suddenly it comes to life and stands up.

"What the!" A pit crewmember yells.

Big guy looks around and stands up.

A pit crewmember activates his communicator.

"Sir the bgy-11 has been activated somehow." The pit crewmember says.

"Is anybody in the cockpit?" A voice on the communicator asks.

The pit crewmember checks for life signs and finds none.

"That's a negative sir." The pit crewmember responds.

"Well then how the heck is it moving?" The voice asks.

But before the pit crewmember can answer the big guy blasts him with his cannon. Another pit crewmember sounds the alarm before the big guy blasts him too. The big guy blasts himself to the main deck and takes to the air. Meanwhile at Poindexter's base he is sitting there controlling the big guy and smiling.

"I just love toys. And I am not really stealing since I built him." Poindexter says.

He blasts ships on the way and starts laughing insanely. Back at quarks Thornton gets the word.

"Okay I just got word that the bgy-11 has just gone AWOL and without a pilot." Thornton says.

"But that's impossible without a pilot." Dwayne says after seeing that Rusty isn't around.

A worker from the computer core comes.

"Sir we have isolated what the frequency controls exactly." The worker says.

Thornton takes the data pad and frowns.

"Damn!" Thornton yells.

"What is it?" Dwayne asks.

"The bgy-11 was originally built to not need a pilot. But the auto pilot system was faulty and had to be scrapped and a pilot program put in. This frequency activates the auto piloting system." Thornton responds.

"But what good does that do for Poindexter? The bgy-11 would be out of his control." Dwayne asks.

"Not necessarily. The auto pilot system had an option for someone to control it using this frequency." Thornton responds.

"Then the bgy-11 is in control of a madman." Dwayne says.

"Yes and it leaves us with only one choice." Thornton says grimly.

"There must be another way. Can't I take control of it from the cockpit or something." Dwayne asks desperate.

"That would be a suicide mission Hunter. With the bgy-11 on the rampage weapons firing. How could you ever get inside it?" Thornton asks.

"Hey I can sneak in and out without the wrong people noticing. Don't you think I can do it with the big guy out of control? I admit it will be difficult but there must be a way. Anything but destroy it." Dwayne asks.

Thornton sighs.

"Okay fine. Bring me a couple of pilots immediately." Thornton says to a soldier.

A couple of pilot's show up.

"Take a couple of fighter pilots to find the bgy-11 and take Lt. Hunter with you. His job is to infiltrate the bgy-11 and take back control. If he fails destroy the bgy-11." Thornton orders.

The pilots agree and board a chopper heading for the USS Darkhorse. Once there they get on their planes and take off.

"Let's just hope the bgy-11 is on land so it will be easier for you to board." The pilot yells back.

Dwayne nods back. After about 15 minutes they spot the bgy-11, which is walking, through the desert.

"Sir we have visual confirmation of the target. I am going to go in close to drop Dwayne down onto it's back. I hope." The pilot says into his radio.

Dwayne gulps.

"We have to do this fast before the bgy-11 can get a shot at us." The pilot yells back.

Dwayne sees the city limits up ahead.

"And soon. We're almost at a city. We can't let him devastate a city!" Dwayne yells.

Dwayne ejects just before they reach big guy and he uses a grappler to latch onto his back.

"Okay just let me get inside you and it will be all right." Dwayne says.

Dwayne punches some buttons and the back hatch opens up. Dwayne quickly jumps inside and enters the cockpit. Suddenly big guy raises his cannon and shoots at the planes but thankfully misses.

"Whoa there big fellow. Don't do anything you might later regret." Dwayne says.

He accesses the computer to deactivate the auto pilot program but suddenly Poindexter's face appears on the screen.

"Did you really think that it would be that easy?" Poindexter asks.

Dwayne yelps as belts go over his entire body and press him into the seat.

"Welcome to my ride." Poindexter says laughing insanely.

"You'll never get away with this doc." Dwayne says struggling to get free.

The big guy approaches the city limits.

"Sir we haven't heard from Lt. Hunter. Shall we commence the destruction?" A pilot says into his radio.

"That's an affirmative soldier. I'm afraid so. He would of gotten back control of the bgy-11 by now. It's almost to that city and it must not be allowed to attack it." Thornton responds.

The planes all fire missiles that impact on the bgy-11's body.

"Oh I feel pesky little mosquitoes biting me." Poindexter says in the cockpit.

"Leave them alone doc." Dwayne warns.

"Or what?" Poindexter asks.

More missiles strike the bgy-11 and cause a small hole in the back.

"We have a opening. Send the magnetic missile down that hole and it will blow it up from the inside." A pilot yells.

"I'm surprised the bgy-11 hasn't..." A pilot starts to say.

Suddenly a huge blast from the cannon catches 3 of the planes off guard. The pilots are incinerated.

"Damn. Get that missile in there now!" One of the remaining pilots yells.

The other remaining plane lines itself up with the hole and the pilot arms the missile.

"May god have mercy on your soul Lt.. I'm sorry it had to end like this." The pilot says.

In the cockpit Dwayne has freed his hand. He reaches into his pocket discreetly and pulls out his knife. He locates the auto pilot control. He pulls out the laser attachment.

"This call is canceled!" Dwayne yells.

The laser shoots out and blows out the control box.

"What the..." Poindexter says as the connection goes out.

The belts fall loose and Dwayne is completely freed.

"This is Lt. Hunter. I have control of the bgy-11. Abort attack. I repeat abort attack!"

But the pilot pushes the button right as the communication comes over the radio.

"Damn too late. Missile away." The pilot says.

The pilot watches grimly as the missile flies inside the hole and detonates. Suddenly a huge chunk of the bgy-11 blows off and only the right half is left. Dwayne is in what is left of the cockpit all bloodied up and barely conscious.

"Warning. Core overload!" The computer voice chimes in.

"This isn't good. My power core is going." Dwayne says.

"If that thing goes off where you are. It will take out half the city." Thornton says over the radio.

Dwayne punches some buttons and looks at the screen.

"At least the remaining thruster still works." Dwayne says smiling.

"No. Don't do what I think you are going to do." Thornton says.

"It's the only way to save the city." Dwayne says.

"That's an order soldier. Eject from the bgy-11 immediately. We will find a way to stop the overload once you are out." Thornton orders.

"No time sir. It was a pleasure working for you and for quark." Dwayne says smiling.

Dwayne hits the thrusters and the big guy flies up into the sky.

"Core will explode in 4 seconds." The computer chimes in.

3

"This was one hell of a ride with you big guy. Thank you."

2

"Rusty. I hope you have a good life or whatever you robots have. I only wish you could of known the truth."

1

"Dr. Slate. You were the most interesting woman I have ever had the pleasure to work with."

0

"Damn."

In a huge fireball in the sky the big guy explodes.

"What happened?" Thornton yells.

"Sir there is no trace of the bgy-11. It's gone sir." One of the pilots responds.

"And Lt. Hunter?" Thornton asks more solemn.

"No sign of him. He went with her sir." The pilot responds.

At quarks the news reaches Dr. Slate and rusty.

"No big guy!" Rusty yells.

"I'm sorry Rusty." Dr. Slate says shaking her head.

Dr. Slate goes into the bathroom.

"Dwayne." Dr. Slate says sadly.

She goes back out.

"Dr. Poindexter!" Rusty yells.

Suddenly he flies off before Dr. Slate can stop him.

"Come back Rusty. You are just going to get yourself destroyed." Dr. Slate yells.

But Rusty is long gone.

"Rusty." Dr. Slate says softly.

To be continued...