Chapter 312: 12: Completing the Theme

Chapter 12: Completing the Theme

Dylan knew all good villains had about two or three notable minions. He already had three types of minions in mind: the loyal servant, the opportunist, and the ambitious one who wants to lead. He could see it now, Dr. Zlo surrounded by his deadly lackeys sending the Jacques off to attack a site while he waited in the background. And he knew exactly what to base the minions off.

The first would be a loyal butler character, but a slightly bungling one. Sticking with his theme, Dylan based his new minion off a classic comedy actor.

Cass the Butler

The personal butler of Dr. Zlo and completely loyal. Cass speaks like the words are racing from his mouth and is a bit of a klutz. That doesn't stop the man from making a perfect martini for his liege and does a mean comedy bit.

Tuxedo (1 suit)

Lackey (1)

The art of Butlering (1 book)

Who's on First? (1 recording)

Bartending for Dummies (1 book)

Yes, a butler was perfect for his loyal minion. Especially one based on the classic comedy actor. His next minion would be the opportunist, and female. Any kids villain group needed one female character in it.

Momma Mabel

A follower of Dr. Zlo who joined the villain to learn his ways. She has her own power to control small groups of people. She calls all her minions her children and makes them call her Mom. Momma Mabel is known for her crass language and love of young men.

Sundress (1)

Lackey (1)Updated chapters at novel35.com

Southern Livin' (1 magazine)

Cantankerous joke book (1)

Phlebotinium (1 g)

"Dang I can't just give minions powers." Oh well, Dylan would just grab more of the stuff when he found the secret lab making it. And since he was going to have one minion with powers why not go for two?

Quartet

A follower of Dr. Zlo who wants to take over the evil doctor's position but acts as a loyal minion to gain the villain's trust. Quartet can split himself into four men and harmonize with each other to produce sonic waves that harm those who hear it. He frequently argues with Cass.

Striped suit vest and trousers (1)

Lackey (1)

Boating hat (1)

Hello My Baby (1 recording)

Phlebotinium (2 g)

"Perfect!" Dylan cried. "Now to get to work!" He rushed off to grab the required items for creating the minions.

Minutes later Dylan commanded a Jacques to stand before him. He placed a tuxedo on the ground next to the two books and recording and combined all the items. The materials spun into the air around the minion, rotating faster and faster until Jacques was no longer visible in the tornado. As it spun, the tornado tightened, showing the minions arms and legs poking from a fine tuxedo. White gloves settled over the arms and the tornado shrunk down to cover only the head, exposing the rest of the tuxedo. The tornado finished by launching off the minion and transforming into a silver plate with a martini on top that landed neatly in the butler's hands.

"Oh hey there boss," The butler said in a wheezy voice. "Brought you your favorite drink."

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The hatbot tried to head under the waves but no matter how much Doloris One poked, prodded, goaded, or cajoled; the pigeon would not go into the water. It seemed Doloris One would have to take matters into its own feelers. It scanned the beaches and waves, looking for a suitable vehicle to use. Its camera eye landed on a group of wobbling sacks lazing about on one of the docks. These sacks would sit on the docks for a time before jumping off into the waves.

Doloris One watched as the sack sank into the ocean and then rocketed out of the blue water back onto the docks. It was exactly the vehicle it needed. Doloris One forced the pigeon to land on the dock and jumped off as it landed. The old vehicle flapped away, but that was alright, Doloris One was creeping towards a new one.

As the bot crept closer Doloris one saw the sacks had glossy brown skin and whiskers on one side. The four corners of the sack had pinched flat edges that waved around, sometimes clapping together. The glossy skin could be a challenge, there was no way to tell if Doloris' feelers would latch on.

The bot crept closer to one of the glossy vehicles and then pounced in one fluid motion onto the thing's head. Feelers attached firmly on the sack's head and for a moment Doloris One sat triumphant, a proud new owner of a submersible vehicle. Then the pinched end of the sack swatted at the hatbot. Doloris went from conquering hero to panicked rider clinging for dear life on the bull it had so naively jumped on.

But Doloris would not give up, the great one was counting on it! With a yank and a tug, the hatbot pushed its testy vehicle into the water. A spray of bubbles blinded the tiny contraption as it sank down below the waves. The vehicle had stopped fighting them, instead using its weird pinched ends to push itself through the water.

Doloris came upon a whole new world, one of deep blues and darkness. As the hatbot's camera switched to darkvision the world opened up. Long grey stalks rose from below, waving back and forth as Doloris and its vehicle moved through them. Strange oval-shaped creatures with triangular ends appeared in front only to swim away in a flash of bubbles.

Doloris One forced its vehicle to dive deeper, following the sloping ground. Since treasure was located at the bottom it made sense to keep going down. But there came a point when Doloris One's vehicle no longer dove, no matter how hard it tugged. Angry for the first time in its short life, the little bot let go for a second to grab a more sensitive area. It was a mistake.

Doloris One's ride rocketed out from under the hatbot and disappeared into the dark blackness. A shockwave of water shoved the hatbot and Doloris One tumbled down to the bottom of the ocean. Dizzy, the bot couldn't tell up from down and the spray of bubbles the vehicle had left in its wake didn't help. But despite the harrowing fall, Doloris One sank slowly down onto the soft sand of the ocean bed.

It was there an octopus picked up the hatbot. Curious, the cephalopod reached out with a tentacle and tapped the fedora. Plastic feelers extended from the opening in the hat in an attempt to latch onto the tentacle. The octopus let it, bringing the curiosity up to its eyes.

Doloris One was looking at a being of terrible power. This was nothing like the Great One it served, but more like Doloris One's own anatomy. But instead of six feelers, this monster had eight. And each was ten times the size of Doloris One!

Panicked, the bot tried to detach itself from the distressing being but found itself stuck to the feeler. It shivered in fear as the tentacle brought it up to an eye the size of Doloris One's head. The eye blinked and Doloris One could do nothing but watch.

And then the monster did something unexpected. It brought the tentacle above its eye and towards its head. Once there it let go and Doloris One plopped on top of the terrible thing.

The hatbot didn't understand. Was this its new vehicle? In trepidation, Doloris One reached out a feeler to try and control this demi-god. The bot pushed down and retreated in fear as the entire being shook in anger. Doloris One realized it was not the driver, only a passenger.

Another spray of bubbles appeared above the hatbot and Doloris One watched as an oval larger than any it'd ever seen pushed past the demi-god of anger. The end of the oval spun and released countless bubbles behind it. The demi-god shook and attempted to follow the oval. Doloris One did its best to hold on as its driver pulsed along the seafloor.

The bubbling oval sunk down below a cliff and out of sight. The demi-god followed, revealing an underwater building illuminated by gigantic floodlights. Ovals of all sizes zipped in and out of the building and Doloris One saw walkers in strange outfits on the outside.

The Great One contacted her. Doloris One stiffened. Was it about to be called back once again? To know the agony of failure one more time? No. No! The Great One was delighted. Doloris One had found it! The location of the important phlebotinium was here!

Nothing could ruin this moment for the hatbot, not even the anger of the great demi-god as Doloris One tap-danced on top its head. The hatbot had completed their mission and had thus cemented themselves as the most important minion. All was right with the world.

Dylan clapped in excitement as one of the hatbots stumbled across an underwater base. "There!" He shouted to Cass.

Cass looked over Dylans shoulder at the sparkling underwater base. "You sure boss? Doesn't seem like a good place to go shopping."

Dylan ignored his minions witless remark. "The phlebotinium is there Cass, I'm sure of it!"

Turning away from the screens and bounding down the stairs Dylan shouted, "Jacques! Get ready!"

Three minions appeared before him at the bottom of the stairs. Each one stood at attention, hands behind their back and chests puffed out.

Cass came down shortly after Dr. Zlo. He took one look at the three minions and commented, "Eh, boss? I don't think you got enough guys to take this place. I saw the building, they had a whole lotta men in there."

Surprisingly the butler was correct. Dylan knew there was no way he could conquer this secret base with four minions. "Hmm I'll need a lot more minions if we're to conquer this underwater base."

"Plus you need to find a way to get down there."

"Quite right! It's a good thing I'm an evil genius."

"You gonna make a submarine then?"

"Oh... Something like that."

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