Attack of the Slitha Monsters #2

Part One.

Picking up where we left off, the good guys have gone to the mayor's office to try to explain that there's apparently a bunch of giant worm monsters stealing Denver's buildings.

They are not, in fact, successful, because they of course sound completely insane.

Elsewhere, Cybron and Dargon, the two "great" evils, meet each other in Cybron's huge underwater base, and chat each other up.

Because the people watching the series presumably know more about Cybron than about Dargon, Dargon of the not-so Shining Realm is now contractually obligated to explain just where in the blue heck his underground civilization comes from.

It turns out that his underground realm, Netheron, was founded when a bunch of cavemen fell into a hole in the ground made by a meteor and were then buried by a cave-in. And then they grew fangs, because SCIENCE.

They advanced incredibly in technology despite living underground, and apparently got by through eating common earthworms.

Then, they used SCIENCE! to make those worms bigger, I guess so they could have more food.

But naturally, giant worms also had another useful purpose, as huge war beasts with gun turrets somehow attached to them.

Eventually, Dargon appeared and conquered the place.

Unfortunately, he's been having problems with rebels, which is why he's trying to conquer the surface-he, um, wants more resources to conquer underground with? Or something?

At any rate, the rebels are apparently really tough, because they used spears and hand tools to steal blasters and worm things.

Then, Cybron and Dargon start complimenting each other so badly that it sounds like they want each other, if you follow my meaning. "I admire your resolve, which is almost as great as my own," and stuff like that. (Yes, they actually talked to each other like that.)

Then, Cybron says that Dargon should, as a gesture of good will, help him set a trap for the Skysurfers. Dargon says okay.

So, a little while later, Cybron's thugs Grenader and Replicon are riding around in their hilarious self-themed vehicles and attacking a train.

Apparently, it's a train full of disaster relief supplies headed for Denver, which makes the Skysurfers really mad when they inexplicably show up in under a minute. Also, when the engineers jettison the train cars to try to get away, Grenader and Replicon just keep chasing and shooting at the engine for some reason.

Jerks.

Anyway, even though Grenader is indestructible and Replicon is pretty close (he once had his head exploded and simply shapeshifted it back to normal), they flee at the sight of their eternal foes, and end up...

...in a box canyon.

It's pretty obvious that it's a trap-

-but how do Dargon and Cybron expect to actually trap flying guys in a box canyon?

With a firing line made up of giant worms, apparently.

The cartoon writers thought this was a great place to put a cliffhanger...

...though I personally wasn't that impressed.

Fortunately for you, I'm moving right on to the next scene, where they are rescued by a giant robot worm.

Wait, what?

Yes, they get saved from giant mutated worms wearing vehicle bits by a giant robot worm.

And that's not even the only other "worm variant" that shows up. But more on that later.

Here, Sliced Ice calls the worm a knight in shining armor, which is pretty hilarious.

Of course, as one could probably tell, it's a piloted giant robot worm, and was obviously created by Netheron...ians, because, well, a couple of them are sitting in its head.

It turns out that these are the rebels against Dargon, and their leader is one of them: Darkstorm.

This is the only reason why I wonder whether Dargon having the same name as the leader of the Sectaurs isn't actually a coincidence: Darkstorm was the name of the leader of the Spectral Lords in Visionaries.

Why yes, I am a huge nerd, why do you ask?

Darkstorm explains an even shorter summary version of events to the Skysurfers, states that he's a rebel against Dargon, and that he hates Dargon. They try to persuade him to help against Dargon's attack on the surface world and also against his alliance with Cybron, but Dargon doesn't really want to, and stares down his nose at them from atop his huge metal worm robot.

But then he changes his mind, and points dramatically at them while saying "Agreed!"

So now the alliances have been forged, and we're not quite halfway there.

-Signing off.