Spoon Suit Man: Part 20 (Spidophile)

When we last left our hero he had accidentally pulled the "flight" lever on the enormous killer robot that he was battling, launching both him and the robot into space. - Lauren

At about 47,920 feet they hit the atmosphere and Sven was was lapsing in and out of breathless consciousness. The robot's blast-jet bootrockets had been screaming up the whole way but now they stopped, sputtered to life, died down, fizzed, stopped altogether. Through his oxygen-deprived daze Sven felt the ice. The Killer Robot was falling to earth, all systems frozen.

"Forgot the icing problem, huh?"  Sven couldn't help gasping. 

He gripped the frozen lever with icy hands and jerked frantically. He couldn't feel anything except the wind shrieking by him and a wild terror. The ground became nearer as the ice splintered and cracked. Abandoning his perch near the lever, our hero numbly scrabbled to the head of the metal monstrosity. The rapid rise in air temperature was melting the ice and the the robot's systems were coming back online. Sven beat furiously at the ice encasing the head with his brass knuckles, leaving a trail of shimmering shards in the wake of the downed giant. The world rushed toward him and Sven made a final effort at the cyborg's head, desperate to live. 

Down below in the opera house the Brown Recluse and Cassandra battled on.

"How about I just have my men kill everybody?" snarled Blake

"You won't."

"How about I might?"

"You might have come here with the sole purpose of killing Spoon Suit Man. I assume that taking the lives of audience members was not on your agenda."

"How about I put it on my agenda?"

"How about you come to jail quietly before I drag you there myself?"

"How about I think about that?...uuhh... no."

"Did you just make a statement?"

"How about I make a few bullet holes? In you?"

"You can't," said Cassandra. "Spoon Suit Man would come to save me."

The Recluse laughed an evil villain laugh. "How about El hombre cuchara has already been destroyed by my robot assassin!?! I believe that he is quite distracted at the moment."

"As are you."

"How about you explain?"

"My shiny Weapon of Mass Distraction has been distracting you in order to keep you away from your robot's controls," explained our heroine "It's a subtle but effective device and extremely portable."

"Like having Red Herring in your briefcase," offered Ben, who had recently regained consciousness.

Before Puerto Estera Avery Jeffy Delito Blake could answer angrily, the Killer Robot hit what was left of the Opera House roof and seemed to descend in slow motion as it fell to to what was left of the stage. Just before it struck the ground the unfortunate passenger Sven executed a terrific leap three feet from the stage and landed on his feet. Behind him the Killer Robot crashed, sending bits of ice, wood, metal, and sheet rock sailing in all directions. The audience went wild.

"I KNOW, RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?" roared Sven Spencer.

"Sven!" Cassandra called "That move you did, it was genius!"

"You're only saying that cause it's true." Sven beamed, revealing flawless white teeth. The Brown Recluse growled.

"ATTACK HIM!" he shouted to his men. The thugs began advancing toward our hero. His smile vanished and he drew the slightly frozen Miniature Revolver C1ST from his pocket.

"Hold it right there!" he cried brandishing the minuscule weapon "It may look small but it fires a deadly pin!"

The thugs kept advancing menacingly toward him. Sven Spotted his nunchucks a few yards away and dived for them. He swung wildly as the first man approached and managed to crack it down on his head. Another appeared on his right and two were coming up fast behind him. As our blonde hero raised his nunchucks and aimed his pea-sized gun, our other hero (namely Ben Spencer A.K.A. Dr. Spork)  decided not to faint.

"Sven!" he yelled "I'll help you!"  and he threw the SS20 at one of the Recluse's men. It came down like a brick but missed and landed on Sven's toe.

"Yeow!" he exclaimed, kicking the spoon aside and giving it a dirty look. Then he looked again, filled with incredulity as he realized what it was. Wasting no time, Sven hit the main activator. Every conscious person in the building froze and gaped as the spoon began unfolding the SS20 Lightweight Portable Armor. Seconds later, a fully suited Spoon Suit Man stood glaring menacingly at the now terrified thugs.


Will Sven defeat the thugs and save the day? Find out on Monday!


Next section: Spoon Suit Man part 21 (Lauren)