The time period is the 1970s, a wonderful and simpler time. I time that this narrator personally wishes he was born in. But we can’t decide when we come into the world, so we’ll just come in here, where two secret agents are meeting in a maze of hedges. At the center of the hedge, there is one secret agent who appears to be a lizard man resembling a frilled lizard with a pair of thick glasses and a frill that was bright blue, gray and violet. He was reading a box (upside-down) while waiting for his partner, in front of a rather large and strange looking lawn gnome that appeared to have glasses.
The agent waits for another hour and starts to carve the solar system into the ground before his partner shows up. The lizard man’s partner was a male minotaur who was unusually scrawny despite coming from a species of muscular males and chubby females. he had long brown hair and was wearing a pair of headphones. “What took you so long?” asked the lizard man. The minotaur looked dazed and his head was even spinning before he finally spoke. “I… I got lost. Mr. O really should’ve made the secret meeting place something a whole lot better than a hedge maze.” The lizard man blinked slightly before he spoke back. “You’re a minotaur and you got lost in a maze? What’s wrong with you. Wait. On second thought, don’t tell me. Mr. O has a message for us.”
The lizard man pressed the nose of the gnome and its face moved, revealing a screen of some sort that shadowed a shadowed out figure of a being of unidentifiable species. “Agent Goggles, Agent Varner, welcome. There is a mission of the utmost importance. Eyes on the viewing globe." Agent Goggles adjusted his glasses to get a good look at the screen and had to pull on one of Agent Varner's horns in order to get him to pay attention as the viewing screen turned to static. Agent Varner punched the gnome on the head in order for its vision to return to normal. The screen then depicted a man scientist in a steampunk style outfit complete with a mechanical face and what looked like a bear trap for teeth. He had his arms replaced with robotic claws. "Whoa," said Agent Verner. "That is the worst plastic surgery I've ever seen." Agent Goggles elbowed his partner in order to get him to focus and pay attention.
"This is the dreaded Dr. Ironjaw," said Mr. O. "Wanted on 7 planets and banned from 17 others for his insane experiments. Right now he's cooking up something especially dastardly. Ironjaw is building a super-monitor programmed with the stolen brains of the greatest minds in 7 different dimensions. He is attempted to make himself the smartest person in the galaxy. With that much intelligence in such an unsound mind, who knows what kind of damage it will do." "Well," said Agent Verner. "You could ask the main computer when it's completed." Goggles nudged his partner in the chest in order to make him shut up. "Your mission," said Mr. O. "Is to make sure the super computer is never completed. This tape will now self-destruct." Verner and Goggles panicked as the gnome begun to smoke and was letting out some steam as it was sparking. The two agents screamed and ran around the hedge maze in an attempt to get out before the gnome exploded.
However, it was of no use and the gnome went off with a loud "BOOM!" that destroyed all the flowers in sight and caused the maze to fall down. Goggles and Verner were left for the most part unharmed and only coughed as the entire area was smoked off. "What was that about you criticizing me getting stuck in a maze?" asked Verner. Goggles gave a cough and poked the lenses out of his glasses. "Oh, shut up, Verner."
- - -
Meanwhile, in the center of town in a building that looked dilapidated and had a sign outside that read "NO EVIL LAIR HERE, GO HOME!". Inside the building was Dr. Ironjaw and his jaw was clacking as he was putting the finishing touches on his evil supercomputer. He was attaching the stolen brains to wires as he welded the panels of the computer shut. "Soon," said Dr. Ironjaw in his metallic sounding voice. "Very soon, I will possess all the knowledge in the known universe. Knowledge is power and with that much power at my disposal, I shall become master of the world!" Ironjaw laughed so hard his jaw fell off and he had to reattach it. He gave a grumble as he did so. "I should've gone with a different moniker. This Ironjaw will be the death of me."
Dr. Ironjaw thought that his diabolical plan would come to fruition, but things don't always go as planned. This time, there would be no exception. At that moment, the door opened up and revealed a ditzy-looking gorgon girl with long coral snakes for hair and yellow sunglasses that were shaped like hearts and were glowing bright. She was very skinny in frame, albeit mildly hourglass-shaped and was wearing a polo shirt and jeans with a name tag that read "Coral". In one hand, she was carrying a package and in another hand, she was carrying a lime soda. Ironjaw looked at the girl in surprise.
The gorgon girl paused to sip her soda before she spoke. “Excuse me,” she said. “Is this 772 Moscato Road.” Ironjaw’s jaw rattled and his eyes spun around. 772 Moscato Road? This is 773 Pound Way.” The gorgon girl slapped herself in the face and groaned. “Oh,” she says. “I’m an idiot. The wrong number and the wrong street. My bosses are going to kill me if I don’t deliver this package by 1:00. Huh?” Coral looked all around at the scenery and saw the super computer that Ironjaw had been working on. “Wow,” she says. “If I had a computer like that, crossword puzzles will no longer be a problem.
As Coral walked towards the super computer, Ironjaw noticed her drink. “Be careful with that!” he yelled. “My machine isn’t waterproof! I probably should’ve gone ahead and done that before I built the computer.” Coral gave a laugh. “You don’t have to worry, metal man. This is soda. Whoops!” Coral spilled her soda on the control panel of the machine and it begun to spark violently.
Meanwhile, downtown, Agents Verner and Goggles were driving down the street in a big red car and Verner let out a groan. “Couldn’t you have gotten another car. I feel weird in a red car.” “This was the only car they had left,” said Goggles. “We crashed all the other ones. Ironjaw shouldn’t be too difficult to find. Just look for anything unusual.”
“BOOOOOOOM!!!!”
As the explosion cleared, Verner and Goggles looked up at the smoke and blinked. “Does that count as unusual, Goggles?” asked Verner.
At the scene of the explosion, Ironjaw was unconscious on the ground and Coral was walking away with her head in pain and her hair hissing and standing up on end. “Oh my,” groaned the gorgon. “That was quite a rush. I hope the picture comes out because it was one heck of a flash.. At least my package wasn’t destroyed. I gotta get to the right address or I’m dead meat.”
As Coral was walking away, she failed to notice that there was a piece of metal from the explosion that got stuck in her brain and was sparking.
After Coral walked off, Verner and Goggles walked in and spotted the destroyed lab. “Good grief!” yelled Goggles. “I’ll say,” said Verner as he walked forward to the last surviving wall and noticed a painting hanging on it. “This painting is crooked.” The wall then fell down as the painting caught fire and turned to ash. “It looks like Ironjaw’s super computer plan didn’t work out so well. It’s like what they say about the best laid plans. We better look for Ironjaw.” The two secret agents walked away, not noticing they were walking right past Ironjaw.
Meanwhile, Coral was in her delivery truck and then her eyes flashed because she noticed her crossword puzzle. In seconds, she filled out every single square and put the puzzle away as she begun to drive off. As she was driving, she failed to notice a strange glowing vein appeared on her head as her brain was slowly growing larger.
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