Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Mind Games

 

Trekker has kidnapped Micah’s younger brother, Christopher!!! With the help of his older brother, Matthew, Micah sets out on a perilous journey to save Christopher, first making his way through a world called “Bill’s Ocean”, where they must help the proprietor, Bill Swimmington, clear the water from pollution. Micah power ups into Water Micah while Matthew powers up into Tundra, entering the water and finding the problem, which is being caused by a giant sea urchin named Lord Urchin. Micah and Matthew defeat Lord Urchin and make their way through a boot camp run by Trekker Jr., who is defeated while Micah and Matthew enter a circus run by Momma Trekker. Micah and Matthew encounter Wesley, who is being controlled against his will like a puppet, leaving Micah and Matthew to power up into Thunder Micah and Electricew respectively. Micah and Matthew then reach the top of a stage and find Momma Trekker controlling Wesley with Micah pointing his Thunder Sword at her, summoning a bolt of lightning to strike Momma Trekker, who runs off. Micah and Matthew return to Wesley, who thanks them for the rescue and happily runs off while Micah and Matthew revert back to normal. Upon exiting the circus, Micah and Matthew get blocked off by Momma Trekker, who challenges them to a fight as revenge for earlier. Micah and Matthew power up into Thunder Micah and Electricew again and begin fighting Momma Trekker, who is defeated while Micah and Matthew revert back to normal and exit the circus, encountering a highway built by Trekker. Although Micah and Matthew stop Trekker, they fail to rescue Christopher, leading Trekker to retreat to his mansion while Micah and Matthew give chase, reaching and defeating Trekker again and saving Christopher. Trekker groans in anger while watching Micah and Matthew walk home with Christopher. On another day, Micah gets called out to the living room of his house by Matthew, who points out their pumpkins for Halloween have been taken off their porch and smashed out onto the street. Angered, Micah exits the house and walks up to the end of his street to find Kevin, a classmate of his who bullies him regularly, taking peoples’ pumpkins and throwing them out onto the street. Micah shouts at Kevin, who begins a fight while Trekker watches on surveillance at his mansion. After stopping Kevin, Micah returns home and enters his laboratory, only to be alerted by his computer of chaos going on in the neighborhood of Mrs. Dohner, his third grade teacher. Micah runs to his Warp Machine and warps to Mrs. Dohner’s house, who informs him of her and her neighbors having their gardens destroyed and some of their flowers stolen. Micah makes his way up the street and finds a hillbilly in someone’s garden plucking flowers and running off with them. Micah chases after the hillbilly, who eventually gets tired while Micah catches up to him. The hillbilly introduces himself to Micah as Hillbilly Carl while Micah orders him to stop, subsequently running off and into a power pole. While Hillbilly Carl lies unconscious on the street, Micah gathers up the stolen flowers and returns them to the neighbors and Mrs. Dohner while subsequently warping home. A little while later, Micah heads up to a farm on the edge of town called “Brumbaugh’s Fruit Farm” to have some fun during their Fun Farm event. While returning home, a lady pulls up to Micah in her car, stating she’s lost her daughter. Micah asks what the daughter looks like, in which the lady stated that her name’s Alexis, and that she’s pushing around a live rabbit in a stroller. Micah then asks for the lady’s name and contact info, revealing her name to be Layla and giving Micah her phone number, which Micah enters into his Micah Phone and subsequently begins his search. After some time passes, Micah finds a little girl and a rabbit in a stroller tied up and sitting next to a raccoon-like being in town, asking if the little girl is Alexis. The girl nods while the being introduces himself as Raccoon Man, which Micah angrily orders to release Alexis to Raccoon Man’s disapproval. A fight between Micah and Raccoon Man starts with Micah defeating him and untying Alexis and her rabbit, subsequently calling Layla to inform her of Micah’s discovery. Layla picks up Alexis and her rabbit while thanking Micah for his assistance, parting ways while Micah receives an alert on his Micah Phone. Micah pulls out his phone and sees live surveillance of a burglar running out of his father’s house with a handful of rings while his father and stepmother give chase to no avail. Micah warps to his father’s street, appearing in front of the burglar, who runs into Micah and drops all the rings he had stolen from Micah’s father.

“Watch it, kid! Unless you want to get killed!” said the burglar angrily. Micah gathers up the rings and takes off running to his father’s house while the burglar chases him down.

“Give those back, you little brat! They’re mine!” said the burglar angrily.

“No. These are my dad’s. You stole them from him.” responded Micah angrily.

“Liar!” replied the burglar angrily.

“Look’s who talking!” said Micah angrily. After making it to his father’s house, Micah gives the rings back to his father, who thanks from for his deed while the burglar inches closer. After spotting the burglar, Micah sneaks behind his father’s van, standing in front of a small, wooden flat-bed trailer that Christopher has dubbed the “Bronty”. Micah peaks out from behind the van with the burglar suddenly appearing and shouting, “Got you!” Micah backs up onto the trailer while the burglar approaches him.

“I want my rings back!” said the burglar angrily.

“Why, certainly! But first…what’s that?” asks Micah while pointing outward with his finger. The burglar draws his attention to the source while Micah jumps up into the air, stomping down on the edge of the trailer and catapulting the burglar out of sight and into a police cruiser en route.

“We’ve been looking everywhere for you. Next stop, jail.” said an officer. The officers drive by Micah, who tauntingly waves at the burglar as he’s being hauled off to jail. Micah summons his Warp Machine and waves goodbye to his father and stepmother, who wave at him from their porch. After some time relaxing, Micah goes into his laboratory in the evening and receives another alert from his computer, revealing a house robbery at the home of Mrs. Pitzer, his fifth grade teacher. Micah warps to the home of Mrs. Pitzer, who points out the direction that the culprit took off while Micah subsequently heads in the direction. Micah catches up to the culprit, revealing himself to be Kendall, another classmate of Micah’s who bullies him on a regular basis.

“This isn’t like you, Kendall. Give Mrs. Pitzer her stuff back, now!” said Micah.

“You want them? Come and get them.” responded Kendall menacingly. Micah approaches Kendall, who throws Micah down on the ground before laying a finger on Mrs. Pitzer’s belongings. Micah and Kendall get into a fight with Micah defeating Kendall and retrieving Mrs. Pitzer’s stolen possessions, returning them to her while she expresses her gratitude. After warping home, Micah turns in for the night and starts off the next day in his laboratory, working until his computers sounds a red alert, in which live footage of Mrs. Dohner trapped in a giant spider web is shown. Micah angrily stomps towards his Warp Machine and warps to the destination while Mrs. Dohner struggles to break free of the spider web. Micah arrives at the scene while a giant spider crawls slowly towards Mrs. Dohner.

“Not on my watch.” says Micah while subsequently charging towards the spider. Micah jumps onto the spider and throws it down on the ground, which retreats while Micah cuts Mrs. Dohner free.

“Thanks again for helping, Micah! I thought I was a goner!” said Mrs. Dohner.

“All in a day’s work.” responds Micah while summoning his Warp Machine. Micah warps back to his laboratory while Trekker watches the live footage from his mansion.

“Oh, how I despise that broken bolt! Always helping others and getting all the glory while I’m left to rot! Can’t I get some attention for once?!” asks Trekker angrily while throwing a cup of soda at the computer screen. Trekker gets up out of his chair and stomps off with Trekker Jr. saying, “You know, dad. I’ve been doing some research lately, and I must tell you…”

“Not now, Jr. I’m busy.” responded Trekker angrily.

“But if I could just have a moment of your time, I can…” replied Trekker Jr.

“I said not now! Go do your homework or something!” says Trekker angrily while stomping off.

“Fine! Be like that!” responds Trekker Jr. angrily while parting ways from Trekker.

“Man! When am I going to catch a break?” asks Micah while exiting from his Warp Machine.

“Very soon, Micah. Very soon. Heh heh heh heh!” laughs Trekker Jr. while watching the live footage of Micah and building a machine. With Micah in bed later at night, Trekker Jr. sneaks into his room and shrinks himself into microscopic size using the machine he had built, entering Micah’s head while laughing, “Now we wait until morning. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” Morning comes and Micah gets dressed for school, subsequently going to the kitchen for some breakfast.

“Here you go.” says Micah’s mother while handing him a plate of pancakes. Before Micah could grab the plate, Trekker Jr. takes control of his mind and manipulates him against his will, causing Micah to slap the plate out of his mother’s hand and say, “Your pancakes are disgusting! I’d rather eat a bowl of rusted up bolts without milk!”

“Micah! Don’t you talk to your mother that way! You are grounded!” says Micah’s stepfather angrily while entering the kitchen.

“Can it, you self-centered jerk, and go lose some weight!” says Micah out of manipulation.

“That gets you grounded even longer!” responded Micah’s stepfather angrily.

“Oh, does it? Ground me for life, for all I care!” replies Micah out of manipulation.

“Micah…oh, I don’t have time for this.” says Micah’s stepfather frustratingly while taking off to work.

“If you need me, I’ll be uptown…doing bad things!” says Micah out of manipulation.

“But you have school today.” responded Micah’s mother.

“Ah, school is for losers!” replies Micah out of manipulation while walking out of the house. Matthew and Christopher enter the kitchen with Micah (under Trekker Jr.’s control) shoving them out of the way while saying, “Move it, you broken bolts! There’s not enough time in the day for me to deal with the likes of you!” Micah slams the door shut while Matthew, Christopher, and Micah’s mother all look at each other baffled with Micah briefly getting a hold of himself and asking, “What’s happening here? I’m not in control of my actions!”

“That’s for me to know and for you to never find out. Heh heh heh!” chuckles Trekker Jr. menacingly and quietly to himself while controlling Micah against his will again. Trekker Jr. directs Micah uptown and causes him to destroy everything in his path to the horror of onlookers.

“I am Micah! Hear me roar!” says Micah while continuing on with his destruction under Trekker Jr.’s control. While at work, Micah’s mother gets a call from Principal Graves addressing Micah’s absence.

“Why isn’t Micah in his classes?” asked Principal Graves.

“You mean he’s hasn’t been in school all day?” asked Micah’s mother.

“Nope. You do realize this is truancy he’s committing, don’t you?” asked Principal Graves.

“I am so sorry! I thought he was at school! I mean, sure he was acting a little weird this morning, but to skip school? That isn’t like him!” responded Micah’s mother worriedly.

“Look, Micah is a great kid, and I don’t want to have to punish him. But if this continues on, he will be in a great deal of trouble. So please, talk some sense into him, and fast.” said Principal Graves.

“I’ll try.” responds Micah’s mother while hanging up and returning to work. After destroying Arcanum, Micah heads to the school and finds Wesley exiting the bus.

“Hey, Micah! Where have you been?” asked Wesley.

“Oh, you know. Saving peoples’ lives, like usual.” answered Micah.

“But during school hours?” asked Wesley.

“Hey, you never know. Bad things can happen anytime, anywhere.” responded Micah.

“Good point. Well anyway, Sarah invited us to hang out with her at the Greenville City Park this evening. Want to come?” asked Wesley.

“I’ll be there.” said Micah. Micah and Wesley part ways while Trekker Jr. menacingly whispers, “Oh, we’ll be there, all right…to cause pain and misery!” After arriving home, Trekker Jr. directs Micah to his laboratory while his mother says, “Micah, we have to talk.”

“Sorry, MOM! I’ve got better things to do!” responds Micah out of Trekker Jr.’s control.

“Don’t make me bring Kyle into this conversation when he gets home!” replied Micah’s mother angrily.

“So let him get involved!” said Micah out of Trekker Jr.’s influence. Micah enters his laboratory under Trekker Jr.’s control and heads to his Warp Machine, warping to Greenville’s park and waiting for Sarah to arrive. Some time later, Wesley arrives and sits on a bench with Micah joining him.

“Oh, hey Micah! Nice to see you here!” said Wesley. Out of Trekker Jr.’s influence, Micah punches Wesley in the face and causes him to fall off the bench with Wesley getting up and rubbing his nose while angrily asking, “Ow! What was that for?!” Micah briefly gets a hold of himself again and responds, “Oh! I am so sorry, Wesley! Something’s taking over my mind! I can’t…” Trekker Jr. makes Micah look behind him and sees Sarah talking to someone with her back turned towards him and Wesley. Micah approaches Sarah out of Trekker Jr.’s control and taps her on the shoulder with Sarah turning her attention to him.

“Oh, hi Micah! Ready to hang out?” asked Sarah.

“Yes. But first, I got a surprise for you.” answered Micah.

“Ooohhh! I like surprises! What is it?” asked Sarah. Out of Trekker Jr.’s control, Micah starts poking Sarah all over her body and her eyes, hurting her to her anger.

“How dare you, Micah! If you didn’t want to hang out, you could have just stayed home!” says Sarah angrily while subsequently slapping Micah across the face. The force of the slap sends Trekker Jr. flying out of Micah’s ear.

“Oh well. My work here is done, anyway.” said Trekker Jr. Micah regains full control of himself and rubs his face while approaching Wesley and Sarah.

“Wesley? Sarah!” said Micah.

“Go away!” responded Sarah.

“I concur, Sarah. You should just leave, Micah. You’ve done enough.” says Wesley angrily while walking off with Sarah.

“Guys, wait!” said Micah remorsefully. Micah bows and covers his face in shame while hearing a menacing laugh from behind him.

“Having a bad day, are you?” asks Trekker Jr. menacingly as Micah turns his attention toward him.

“What are you doing here?!” asked Micah angrily.

“Want to know a little secret?” asked Trekker Jr. Trekker Jr. leans into Micah’s ear and whispers, “It was me controlling your every move.”

“What do you mean?” asked Micah. Trekker Jr. pulls out his machine and answers, “I shrunk myself down with this here doohickey, and (to my advantage) entered your mind and sabotaged your relationships!”

“Why, you little…!” responds Micah angrily while jumping onto Trekker Jr. Micah grabs Trekker Jr.’s neck, choking him, and shakes him up against the ground like a ragdoll while shouting, “I AM GOING TO SQUEEZE EVERY LAST BREATH OUT OF YOU!” Micah comes to his senses and observes onlookers looking at him astonishingly, releasing Trekker Jr. from his grip while nervously saying, “Oh. Heh heh. We were just playing. That’s all.” Micah looks at his Micah Phone and says, “Oh, look at the time! It’s getting late! Got to go! Bye!” Micah rushes off while Trekker Jr. watches on menacingly. After arriving home, Micah walks past his mother, stepfather, and brothers, accepting his punishment and going off to bed while Trekker Jr. arrives back at Trekker’s mansion.

“Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you!” asked Trekker angrily.

“Like you care.” responded Trekker Jr. annoyingly.

“Don’t you talk back to me like that! I am your father! Now, tell me what you’ve been up to, or you’re grounded!” replied Trekker angrily. Trekker Jr. leads Trekker to his computer and says, “Computer, play today’s live streaming of my activity.” Trekker’s computer starts viewing and playing footage of Trekker Jr. controlling Micah to Trekker’s amazement.

“I tried to tell you. But YOU wouldn’t listen.” said Trekker Jr. annoyingly.

“Oh, Jr.! I’m so sorry! My mind was so full of anger and disgust yesterday with Micah’s glory. But I got to admit, you’ve made me very proud! Come here, you!” responds Trekker while holding out his hands. Trekker Jr. approaches and embraces Trekker while Wesley watches from afar inside the mansion.

“Looks like we’ve defamed Micah for good, huh?” asked Trekker Jr.

“Oh, you got that right! And it’s all thanks to you! I’m proud to call you my son!” responded Trekker.

“So Micah’s been under Trekker Jr.’s control this entire time?! Oh, boy! I owe him an apology!” said Wesley to himself. The next day, Micah sadly enters school and accepts a detention given to him by Principal Graves for his unexcused absence from yesterday, going about his day. At recess, Micah remorsefully sits isolated from the rest of the kids while Wesley tells Sarah and Jessica the reason behind his unruly behavior.

“So Trekker Jr. was controlling his every move?” asked Sarah.

“Mm-hmm.” mumbled Wesley.

“Should we go over and talk to him?” asked Jessica.

“I don’t know. What if he yells at us or something?” asked Sarah.

“Now why would he do that? Fine. If it bothers you two that much, I’ll go over and smooth things over myself.” responds Wesley annoyingly while approaching Micah.

“Micah?” asked Wesley.

“Hey, Wesley.” responded Micah discouragingly.

“Hey. I saw what happened yesterday on my way home from the park. It wasn’t your fault.” replies Wesley while sitting next to Micah.

“You really think so?” asked Micah.

“I know so. I’m sorry I didn’t believe you before, and for the way I acted. So, what do you say? Friends?” asks Wesley while extending his hand. Micah grabs and shakes Wesley’s hand while responding, “Best friends!”

“Sarah! Jessica! It’s all right!” shouts Wesley while beckoning Sarah and Jessica. Sarah and Jessica approach and embrace Micah, mending their relationship while recess comes to an end.

“We’d better pay Principal Graves a visit.” says Wesley while leading Micah, Sarah, and Jessica to Principal Graves’ office.

“I’m not sure if that’s such a good idea.” responded Micah nervously.

“Just let me do the talking.” replies Wesley while entering the secretary’s office with Micah, Sarah, and Jessica. Wesley knocks on Principal Graves’ door with Principal Graves answering and saying, “Oh! Hello, you guys! Come on in!” Wesley leads Micah, Sarah, and Jessica into Principal Graves’ office while subsequently saying, “Principal Graves, there’s something you should see…” Wesley pulls out his Wesley Phone and shows Principal Graves footage of Trekker Jr. controlling Micah’s every move with Principal Graves saying, “Oh my. Please forgive me, Micah. I’ve made a terrible mistake. I hereby eliminate your detention.”

“So I won’t be serving it after all?” asks Micah while holding up his detention slip.

“Nope. I’ll take care of that for you.” answers Principal Graves while holding out his hand. Micah hands his detention slip over to Principal Graves, who rips it up and subsequently says, “Good talk. Now, off to class!” Micah and his friends head off to their classes, finishing out their day while Wesley later shows his footage of Trekker Jr. controlling Micah to his mother, stepfather, and brothers.

“Micah, you are hereby ungrounded. Sorry for the misunderstanding.” said Micah’s stepfather.

“No hard feelings, Kyle.” responded Micah. Later that night, everyone turns in for the night with Micah waking up the next morning in Trekker’s mansion.

“Rise and shine, you broken bolt. Say goodbye to your once-great life!” says Trekker while aiming a ray gun at Micah. Micah hightails it out of Trekker’s mansion and runs into his entire search party that helped him find his nine inventions Trekker once stole and hid.

“What are you all doing here?” asked Micah.

“We came to apologize for yesterday’s misunderstanding.” answered Mrs. Dohner. Trekker suddenly grabs Micah by the neck, choking him while saying, “You’re not apologizing to anyone! Micah is an enemy, and all enemies should be destroyed! This is the last you’ll ever see, or hear, of this broken bolt! So, make like a tree and leave, before I destroy all of you!” Jacinda, one of Micah’s classmates, notices Micah’s face turning blue and angrily says, “Trekker, you let Micah go right now! You’re choking him!”

“Good! In that case, he shall die of suffocation! Ha ha ha ha!” laughed Trekker. A laser suddenly makes contact with Trekker’s tail.

“Ow! What was that?!” asks Trekker agonizingly while releasing Micah from his grip and grabbing his tail. Trekker looks behind him and sees Mrs. Dohner as Super Kathy hovering in the air with steam expelling from her eyes.

“Don’t you get in my way! Looks like I’m going to have to take you down first!” says Trekker angrily while pulling out and aiming a ray gun at Mrs. Dohner. Mrs. Dohner shockingly stares at the ray gun as it warms up while Micah grabs Trekker’s ears and pulls him back, causing Trekker to fire his ray gun up in open air.

“Don’t ever touch me again!” says Trekker angrily while slapping Micah out of the way. With Trekker’s attention on Micah, Mrs. Dohner grabs him by the tail, twirls him around, and throws him into the mansion, causing him to land on top of Trekker Jr. with the two sliding back and hitting the machine, which activates and shrinks them both.

“That ought to take care of them.” says Mrs. Dohner while brushing her hands off.

“So, you guys aren’t mad at me anymore?” asked Micah.

“Nah. We know you’d never hurt us. All is forgiven.” answers Jacinda while hugging Micah. Mrs. Dohner reverts back to normal and says, “I think it’s time for all of us to go home.”

“I got something else to take care of first…” responds Micah with a smirk on his face. Trekker and Trekker Jr. inch closer to the machine with a jar suddenly going over them.

“What the!? What’s going on here?!” asks Trekker while pounding on the glass.

“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the world’s smallest monsters. Let’s see how you like being this tiny…for a long, long time. Mrs. Dohner?” says Micah tauntingly while subsequently drawing his attention to Mrs. Dohner. Mrs. Dohner throws the machine on the floor and stomps on it, crushing it into pieces to Trekker and Trekker Jr.’s horror. Micah takes Trekker and Trekker Jr. in the jar somewhere in the mansion while his search party follows him.

“I hate that broken bolt!” said Trekker angrily.

 

The End