10. Mad Mr.Melvin

CHAPTER 10 MAD MR. MELVIN Melvin was furious. He ripped the comic book in half and tossed it over his shoulder. Then he washed his hands in the toilet and stormed out of the restroom. "I'm gonna get George and Harold for that," said Melvin. "I'm gonna teach them a lesson they'll NEVER forget!"

After school, Melvin grabbed his Combine- O-Tron 2000 and headed home. Melvin's mother and father were both busy working on a top-secret government experiment when Melvin walked in the front door. "Hello, son," said Melvin's father. "How was your day at school?" "Terrible!" said Melvin. "Nobody in school has sufficient respect for my beautiful mind. Those dull-witted, lame-brained, gum- chewing idiots are more impressed with comic books than they are with the wonders of science. But I shall teach them. I shall teach them all! Ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!" "That's nice, honey," said Melvin's mom.

Melvin marched up to his room to begin building a brand-new super-powered robot. But when he opened his bedroom door, he saw the family's pet cat, Danderella, sleeping quietly on his bed. "Hey!" Melvin screamed. "What are you doing in my room, you stupid cat? You know I'm allergic to you! Now get out and —a-a- A-CHOOO! —STAY OUT!"

After a few hours, Melvin had built his newest and most powerful robot ever, which had three sets of interchangeable laser eyeballs, Macro-Hydraulic Jump-A-Tronic legs, Super-Somgobulating Automo-Arms, and an extendable Octo-Claw rib cage, and was powered by three separate Twin Turbo- 9000 SP5 Kung-Fu Titanium/Lithium Alloy Processors, which were all built into a virtually indestructible Flexo-Growmonic endoskeleton that had the power to punch through cinder blocks, crush steel in its vise- like grasp, and plow mercilessly through poorly written run-on sentences. It could also slice bagels.

"That ought to do the trick," said Melvin, wiping his nose on a tissue. "Now, all I have to do is —a-a-A-Chooo! —combine my body with this bionic robot, and I shall be the most powerful boy who—a-a-A-Chooo!— ever lived!"