Frankentecho

by oogabooga1316

The night had spread across the castle of the scientist. The Lightning flashed overhead, and the irrepressible sound of thunder rumbled over the noises in the castle. Sitting on an ancient armchair was a Quiggle. He was a young Quiggle, graduated from college just recently, a bright fresh mind with an interesting plot on his mind. He studied a textbook larger than him, with complicated drawings and codes scribbled across all the pages. The title of the large, heavy book was Techo Anatomy. The young green Quiggle was known as Professor Irwin Frankentecho. His name was received after his ancestors had married into a family of Techos and couldn't agree on a name. He gaped at the book through watery goggles. He had a bow tie plastered onto his starched white shirt. His unusually bright yellow hand turned the page as he blinked owlishly at the sight of Techo Tail muscles.

Alas, the only thing unusual about this Quiggle was the things he was thinking. The notes he wrote in the red notebook he kept at his side. The secretive, mysterious pages he would write on. Nobody ever looked unto those pages but him. Nobody knew what he was planning to do. He slammed the book shut with a satisfying echo throughout the empty household. He looked around once, twice, then hopped off the armchair...

Peering through goggled eyes, he lifted a book called Count Nimmula. The entire bookshelf shifted out of view. He started to hum as he walked past rows of bottles containing eyeballs and Techo legs. He waltzed past the Kacheek tails and the Skeith wings. He paused at a tiny Greeble. "Hello Greeves," he hummed. The Greeble hopped and croaked. "The night is perfect for my plans! The electric capacity of the lightning is perfect! It should be hitting the trees in the front lawn soon!" He rubbed his webbed hands together as he looked at a white sheet draped over a large object. "Everything is ready for my master plan!" Greeves moaned. "Of Course!!!" The master wailed as he remembered. "A BRAIN! That's what I need! The Brain of a worthy Techo! Alas! Greeves!! You must go now to get one! Remember Greeves! You have to be careful! I don't want to lose you like I lost the others!!"

The Greeble shuddered as he remembered the gruesome ends of the less fortunate Greebles. "I need the Brain of Techello Von Mortimer the British Scientist. His brain is in the museum of Neopian history. Remember: TEK-ELL-OO-VON-MOR-TI-MER. Got it?" The tiny Greeble croaked. "Good! Then off with you! Return soon, or the experiment is ruined!"

Greeves peevishly hopped off into the night. The rain poured onto the unfortunate PetPet as he headed for the Museum. He croaked miserably as he hopped up the steps into the museum. He looked left and right. An Aisha Security Guard was fast asleep. The Greeble marched in. He ran up to the celebrity brain vault. He scanned for Mortimer, but couldn't find it. The Greeble hopped onto famous Scientists. He finally found Mortimer, and after delicately picking the lock, the Greeble lifted out an enormous brain. He staggered as he carried it slowly out the door. Placing it on the ground, he left it to get his lock-picking kit, which he was forced to leave on the floor. Suddenly, a dark, looming figure materialized from the air. He snatched the Brain of the Scientist and left a miserable looking glowing green lump. It slowly pulsated as the Figure disappeared. The Greeble Greeves returned, and skillfully hefted the lump of green off into the night...

Frankentecho looked out the window. He knew that storms never last too long. He paced, worried it may be too late before the Greeble returned. Suddenly, a wet thwopping noise and a feeble croak told him of the PetPet's arrival. He turned around and snatched the brain. He inspected it carefully. The brain throbbed as it released green liquid all over the jacket of the Quiggle Professor. He wiped off his glasses with his hand as he stared at Greeves.

"This is it?" he managed. "THIS disgusting lump of goo? Are you absolutely positive that this...THIS sorry excuse for a brain belonged to one of the greatest scientists that Quiggle kind had ever known!!! THIS!?!" Suddenly, he felt the air pressure begin to rise. "Can't be too picky now!" He gasped as he rushed the ominous green glob to the observatory...

He hefted the brain and carefully put it into place. Greeves watched as the Professor worked behind the curtain. He worked from his little red book, and the Greeble couldn't make heads or tail of what the little Quiggle could possibly be doing. He finished with a flourish, and threw open the curtain.

"Greeves!" he bellowed, as a loud bang of thunder resounded across the hall, "We've got it now!" Maniacal laughter bubbled from his throat as Greeves threw the switch. "More POWER!" he cackled, his eyes wild with excitement. "RAISE THE LIGHTNING ROD!!!"

Greeves pushed some buttons and cranked some cranks, and the rod was erected into the raining night. "Yes! It's working!" lights flashed and thunder boomed as the Greeble pushed and pulled, beads of sweat running over his eyes, flipping and unflipping switches while pushing and pulling levers. Suddenly, a blinding flash of lightning struck the lightning rod. Greeves screeched as Frankentecho yelled.

Suddenly, all was dark. The Greeble was unconscious on the floor. The Quiggle wearily got up and looked to the sheet on the table. A Techo claw poked out. It didn't move. Frankentecho sighed. Suddenly, it shook. The hand slowly rose as a loud groan rose from the monster's throat. The giggly Quiggle jumped up and screamed out in bleak victory "IT'S ALIVE!!! ALIVE! AAALLLIIIVVVEEE!!"

And indeed it was alive! A ten foot Techo rose from the table, the sheet falling from over it's once dormant body. The Quiggle hopped about, laughing and giggling as he screeched out nonsense and gibberish. "They said it wasn't possible! It couldn't be done! They laughed! They all laughed! But now Who's laughing? NOW WHO'S LAUGHING!?!" He suddenly paused, realizing he had forgotten the monster. He slowly turned around. Something wasn't right. He must of made a miscalculation. The creature was mutated. This wasn't a Techo This was something wrong. It moaned as it's glowing red eyes pierced the Quiggle's heart. He gulped. The Techo suddenly uttered a word "Massster...massster..."

The terrified Professor uttered a yelp. The Techo turned to the wall. He marched mechanically toward it. The Quiggle was frozen in fear. The Techo suddenly raised it's tail and smashed it into the wall. A crack sounded, and the entire side of the castle collapsed. The Techo slowly walked out, marching in a monotone fashion, into the world of Neopia. The Quiggle's eyes turned up and he passed out.

To this day, no one knows what became of the legendary FrankenTecho monster. But poor Professor Irwin was driven completely insane. His henchman, the Greeble, moved on to become an honest Pet, but always would remember what happened. The mere sight of the Techo was enough to drive a genius insane... Imagine what it could do to you...

The End