[CAMP-08] AM: SAM-01 Empowered Agent! Energize!

[Lord Pouchlaw]

American Mouse, The Government S.A.M.

This is the adventures of Stanley Torii Thunder and his story of how he became the government secret known as American Mouse.

[CAMP-08] AM: SAM-01 Empowered Agent! Energize!
By Darrel Vanwinkle (Lord Pouchlaw)
08/21/2018

Chapter One.

Mobile Yuskay Restorative Armored Groomers Elite; Northside, New York; Planet Earth

Stanley Torii Thunder was of average height with an athletic build and had blue eyes, short blond hair and fair skin. He had been wearing a red headband, a white tee shirt, blue jeans and faded sneakers. He was currently wearing a hospital gown while he lay on a preparation table awaiting the arrival of the young man whom had been given his empowerment choice by accident. Stanley was to have the empowerment transferred from the original young man to himself by the Yuskay professionals in MYRAGE (pronounced as 'mirage'.) Waiting nearby reading comic books was his long time friend... William Johnny West, a Native American young man with a tanned complexion and shoulder-length black hair with piercing grey eyes; he was wearing Native American clothes and leather moccasin shoes; He also had a Native American eagle feather tied to a strand of his hair on the right side of his head.

Stanley said to the groomers, "Thanks for allowing my friend to be in here with me, sirs. Although I am starting to get anxious about this whole appointment. When is Sloan going to return from where ever he went?"

The Yuskay Professional said, "He went to retrieve the young man who had gotten your empowerment when the other human doctors screwed up his empowerment by injecting him with your prepared serum. Sloan was understandably upset over the whole affair. He was calmed greatly when he learned of our services where we could repair the damages done. Are you sure you want to be a super powered version of Ratplague from the old World War 2 'Super Stars' comic book?"

Stanley grinned. "I am really getting tired of hearing that question from doctors and psychiatrists when they learn of my desired empowerment. It is no different from a young version of Master Splinter with super powers, right...?"

All three Yuskay Professionals chuckled at the comic book mention as the one said, "The government is paying us to make sure it gets done right, Stanley. And since your friend are on your friends list, he gets a one-time freebie if he wants to chance an empowerment himself. Fully paid for. Otherwise, empowerment services would cost ten grand per person."

Stanley then said, "William... Hand me my cellphone. If my friends get a one-time freebie for an empowerment, then I do have another friend who likely desperately needs this service more than anyone. Alphonzo Takatakashi. Alphonzo suffers from extreme hereditary bloat. So-called medical experts have told their family that they can do nothing reduce his size and weight. This freebie could be the miracle they have been looking for. They were ecstatic recently when my father found their true surname which was hidden by the authorities extremely well. For the last few centuries the family were saddled with a surname that Astro of the Jetsons hated. --- Tralfazworth ---."

William handed Stanley his cellphone reluctantly. "Stanley... We don't like Alphonzo that much. Are you sure you want him here? At least I didn't ask the other question."

Stanley was already one-touch dialing Alphonzo's number. "His unnatural obesity may be the cause of his attitude, William. Any chance we may have of clearing that up must be taken." When Alphonzo answered his cellphone, he sounded frustrated and Stanley could guess why; Stanley's sister Lisa Salis Thunder had recently made it clear that she didn't like Alphonzo. Stanley then laid it on the line for Alphonzo in regards to the one-time paid for freebie to help him. He told Alphonzo where to travel to for this medical miracle. He also mentioned that William was also present. The reply was positive since their family were told that his condition was permanent. And if it was a lie, then this would be a slap in the face for the medical professionals. Stanley then hung up the cellphone and handed it back to William before laying back down once again. "They are on their way. My sister rejected Alphonzo again. So my call was a picker upper."

Alphonzo Takatakashi had just barely arrived and sat down as the rest of those the Groomers were waiting on arrived. The Atlanta Teen Force known publicly as the Protectors (consisting of Joseph "Joey" Williams, Barbra Lang, Jerry Wellington, Pamela Worthington, Lance and Robert Oscarson (sibling brothers,) Samuel and Valeria Williams (also siblings,)) along with General Osric Sloan of Project My Hero, Georgia State Highway Commissioner Johnathan Williams, Overcat and Power Penguin (the last two being cartoon stars from the Overcat Show which aired locally on TV.)

Stanley remarked, "Look what the two-tailed fox dragged in. We have been patiently waiting, Sloan. I could have had these groomers design an all new empowered rodent in the time it took you to come back." He winked showing that he wasn't serious. "Can we get this started?"

Sloan then asked, "Why is your other local friend in here, Stanley?"

The young man then explained about a clause in the empowerment contract that Hannah Seasons had arranged when paying for the Yuskay Groomers' services where all of Stanley's friends could get a one-time only bodily empowerment at the expense of the government but only if Stanley himself was present. So it was now or never. "And before you reject the idea... take a good look at Alphonzo Takatakashi and his obesity problem. Earth doctors told him that there was no medical cure for his condition; citing that his situation was permanent. The Groomers swear they can repair anything. Therefore... their reputation is on the line with Alphonzo."

The Groomers then had Joey make the transformation into Supermouse so they could take a video picture of the empowerment form that he had ended up with. They then had the mousy hero lay down on a table directly beside the Thunder boy's table. And the Yuskay Groomers got to work.

Stanley then said, "I'll bet you were pissed when they gave you my rodent empowerment, Joey. My favorite animated rodent stars of both American and foreign films were Master Splinter, Gary the Rat, Te'rue the Wererat, Templeton Rat of Charlotte's Web, and Jimmy the Rat of Krypto the Super Dog's show. In High Command, Wererats are known as Techies. They can reportedly repair anything they can get their paws on. And they excel at martial arts. In the comic Book world, I would have to include Ratplague of the Super Stars and the Shou Wererat family of the Ycehart Dorm series."

Joey remarked, "Pissed was an understatement. Sloan was almost shot and killed by my law enforcement father. There was a definitive clause in the My Hero contract that stated that I got to choose the species and giving me a mouse without my consent voided the entire government contract. Sloan almost lost out on my involvement in the project."

End of Chapter One.

[Lord Pouchlaw]

Chapter Two.

Joey then continued. "The stupid mad doctors said that any animal larger than a sheep would result in a failed empowerment. And according to the American Kennel Club's own web site, German Shepherds while technically taller standing than a sheep are actually smaller than a sheep in body mass and weight. So the government doctors as much admitted that they just wanted to play God with a willing subject. Sloan was as angry with them as my father was with him. My family are born and bred law enforcement. Despite my animal choice, Stanley, my favorite cartoon hero is Overcat. He used to be a one-time villain in the Underdog cartoon series. But after his one appearance there, he had problems finding another role to star in until he and his agent reinvented his character to focus on an angle that the Underdog show seemed to miss out on. On Overcat's home world, he was actually a hero who only made the mistake of letting his hero worship go to his head and he fell into the dictatorship trap. Once Underdog defeated him, he changed his ways and migrated to an animated world where Meta Star City was located and he focused on reinventing his heroic identity as well as developing the rest of his powers which included a transformation power that the Underdog show never even covered. In fact, they chose not to include it since they wanted to showcase Overcat as a bully. Overcat had to struggle through people remembering his previous life before he made a major victory in assisting a group of new heroes in stopping a villain war. And thus was formed the Legion of Super Talents otherwise known as The LOST."

Overcat who was standing nearby with Commissioner Williams said, "Well remembered, Joey. Thank you for re-telling my story for these people who may not have heard nor seen it."

Joey then made another observation. "Stanley? When I first transformed into Super Mouse, I was as scrawny and as skinny as a rat; but as I used the form more and more, it bulked up and became as muscular as Overcat's current stature. So if you are going for a rat body, I am not sure how you are going to force the rat to stay topside. I just wanted to let you know."

Stanley replied, "The Yuskay Groomers will figure it out. It is their job to make things right, you know."

The head Groomer then said, "Okay, Joey, power down, lay back and hold still while we transfer the rodent serum out of your body perform a cleansing for the replacement phenotype species." And as Joey did as asked, the Head Groomer then noticed an anomaly within the genetics which seemed to be defying their professional efforts. "Joey? Do you have a secondary form within your body which you may not be all that happy about?"

Joey sighed. "Yes. Super Pirate the Rat. Just after I because Supermouse, he reared his unlawful and homosexual head. He was rude to my girlfriend and he made passes at Robert and Jerry. It is about all we can do to make him relinquish control back over to me. He is the main reason I wanted to reject the rodent. Supermouse alone would not have been all that bad. But not the mouse and the rat."

Stanley made a suggestion at that point. "I think he might be rebeling because he knew he was to go to an actual rodent fan and he ended up inside a law man who likes dogs and horses. But if he won't cooperate for a transfer, then maybe the Groomers will have to opt to give him his own body and arrange for his trip into Frontier to join the other pirates out there."

The Head Groomer then asked, "How would you suggest we do this if he won't cooperate for a transfer?"

Stanley got up and took the Head Groomer out into the Hallway for privacy. "I noticed that when Joey transforms in his full spiel, his human form is temporarily in the center of the power well and then the rodent slides out from behind him to be directly beside him before sliding around to take the frontal position and hiding the human entirely. Then the costume forms over the rodent humanoid in question. My suggestion is this: when he is in the process of transforming, you Groomers wait for the rodent to be sliding out from behind Joey and then you force the slide to exit the side of the power well where you direct it into a new body creation power well. After Super Pirate is extracted, you can focus on transfering Supermouse out of Joey and into me without Super Pirate interference. While I am bisexual myself, Joey is clearly straight and he really did not deserve to be dealing with a homosexual unlawful pirate rat."

The Head Groomer replied, "This is worth a try. Super Pirate is fighting the transfer. He is clearly not a good rat."

Stanley said, "I brought you out of the room so he wouldn't hear the plan. Lets go back in now."

The two then came back into the operation chamber where Stanley got back into position. "Let's do this. I want my rodent."

The Groomers then prepared a third power well for putting the plan into motion.

The Head groomer then said, "Joey, I want you to transform deliberately into Super Pirate with the full slow drawn out transformation. We need to see how sexy the rat considers himself to decide on how to grant him what he thinks he wants."

Joey frowned. "You really better hope you can handle this lug. He is difficult to deal with. He might even try to kick me out of my own body. He has threatened to do it before."

The Head Groomer said, "Just do this so you can finally be free of him."

Joey's eyes sparked fiercely as he focused on forcing his metamorphosis. Within his minds eye, Joey was standing within the center of the power well as he slid to the right and from behind his left side, there came a flash of darkness that revealed a slender yet athletic male humanoid rat with glowing blood red eyes. As he was postitioned to the left side, his body became covered with his black costume with dark ebony like armor in the fashion of a pirate standard, the Jolly Roger, though with a rat skull. But the rat noticed that he wasn't moving to the front of the transformation as he continued to slide to the left entirely out of the energy well where he fell into a brand new power well and he linked to a newly forming body of his own. Super Pirate growled. "I'll get you for this!" Stanley made a quiet comment. "Glad I didn't end up with that kind of a rodent. I try to give all rodents a chance; but that guy was so bitter."

Joey smiled at Stanley. "I finally feel free. I don't know what you told the head groomer but your idea worked. If there is anything the New Protectors can do for you; just ask."

End of Chapter Two.

[Lord Pouchlaw]

Chapter Three.

Stanley remarked, "How about this? You originally said you could deal with the mouse but not the mouse and the rat at the same time. Give the mouse a chance before you change over to a new species that you don't have much data experience to base your decision off of. At current, the only canine proof of concept models are Underdog, Huckleberry Hound, Hong Kong Phooey, Auggy Doggy, and later the Road Rovers. And they never had any German Shepherds to make a base comparison with. I know you originally wanted a German Shepherd; but think about what all Trooper has to deal with in his personal life, both good and bad, before you become one yourself. You already have some experience with the mouse. So think it over first."

Joey then recalled all the flea and tick baths that Trooper got as a puppy as well as the rabies shots and then having to wear the anti-pest collars which never smelled good at all. "You might be right, Stanley. I should retain Supermouse since Overcat already knows that hero."

Stanley then said, "I'll team up with you in the future once I learn how to use my rodent form. Sloan? Did you contact the Fairdale boys so I won't be committing copyright infringement to their creation? I want to gain this new power with a clean conscience."

General Sloan nodded his head as he pulled out the typed permission form signed by all four Fairdale, Pennsylvania teenagers. "The owner of the character said that the TV show skewered their creations. How they used creative liberties to turn the idea into something other than what it was meant to be. The boy in question said that as long as you respected rodents, you could have permission to use his character's name as your own in your heroic form." He then showed the head groomer the character concept drawing of the rodent hero in question.

While Sloan and the head groomer spoke about Stanley's new rodent hero form, Alphonzo spoke to Jerry in regards to his anthropomorphic hippogriff form and how Alphonzo would like a pegasus version of the heroic hippogriff; the two worked with a another Yuskay Groomer in regards to Alphonzo's request.

The head groomer then said to Stanley and Joey, "Copy, paste and alter time, boys. Lets make a new heroic mouse for Sloan's project!"

Joey prepared for the words to make his change. The view around him took on the appearance of both a revolving door and window blinds as a light erupted from its center. "Of Mice and Men!" And then the revolving door effect swung around causing Joseph to vanish from view. "A hero again!" Then the door swung back around causing his muscular antropomorphic mouse body to come into view as the light around him flared in a brilliant display. A navy blue uniform like outfit with bright red stripes on the right and shiny silver stars along the left appeared on his body first. His black leather belt with a golden buckle and black boots were next. Wrapped around his neck was what appeared to be a cape like dark red cloak with a lowered hood. On the back of the cloak was an 'S' insignia with a generic mouse's ahead beneath it. He had a communication headset on his head and he wore a shiny silver mask over his eyes. "I am Supermouse! Protector of Justice!"

Stanley prepared to speak the words that would change him! "Empowered Agent! Energize" And when he did this, his voice seemed to echo and his body began to glow with magical power. As his factual and good-looking, 5'8, slender though athletic anthropomorphic mouse body with light brown fur and blond hair flashed into existence, his costume began to appear on his ever so sexy body. First a comfortable pair of blue jeans appeared on his legs. This was followed by a red bandanna around his neck and a black leather biker jacket adorned with the patriotic stars and bars of the American flag appearing over his stud like torso. Over his blue eyes, his aviator like goggles appeared, giving protection to his superior vision. Finally, an ending flair of light appeared all around him, as he gave a fair smile with a laid back salute to the audience. "I am American Mouse! The Secret of Uncle Sam!"

General Sloan smiled. "Looking good, boys. I hope this straightens everything out. Now to see how your friends made out with their choices."

Joey then handed Stanley copies of the Teen Force enrollment forms since Stanley was planning on opening a version of the world-wide team in New York. Stanley began to read over the forms as Sloan headed off to check on the other boys and their empowerments.

Sloan walked into the door where William was preparing for his transformation.

"Native Justice! Activate!" William struck his pose and felt the energy rush cascading up his body from his waist to his head. Then as he felt his hair stand on end and goosebumps ripple over his skin, a circle of power and a conic pyramid of energy illuminated his body brightly. The circular disc he stood on in front of the pyramid of conic energy then revolved around behind the pillar of power as on the next position of the disc the form of a handsome and muscular eagle man came into view to take the place of the former human. His militia like costume appeared in a flash to cover his body. Then he exclaimed, "Native American Sprit Sequence!" His hero armor then appeared in flashes up and down his eagle body and around his wings, followed by his gloves and boots, and finally his clear safety visor which appeared over his eyes. He then leaped off of the disc in a mighty aerial flip as he landed in full view where he made a flurry of Avian arts before striking his final pose for all to see. "Captain Eagle!"

Sloan said, "Well done, William! Now to check on Alphonzo!"

Sloan walked into the door where a deflated Alphonzo was preparing for his transformation.

"Olympian Freedom!" Alphonzo struck his pose as he felt the energy rush cascading up his body from his waist to his head. Then as he felt his hair stand on end and goosebumps ripple over his skin, his surroundings temporarily changed to look as if he was standing on Mount Olympus, where his entire body illuminated brightly. Magical lightning began flashing out of nearby marble temples where upon each bolt of lightning became pieces of his armored uniform. As his outfit was forming, his body grew nearly two feet in height as his feet become one-toed hoofs, a horse's tail grew out of his tail bone, and his form changed into that of a handsome and muscular Pegasus man which had a long vibrant mane. Then his new armored uniform merged over the top of his handsomely sexy beautiful muscular body. Then his shiny armored bracers appeared on his wrists. Each one had the symbol of lightning upon them. Then he exclaimed, "Haji Skill Sequence!" The spirits of Hercules, Achilles, Jason, and Icarus then appeared briefly as each one merged into his body causing more lightning to cascade down all around him. Then his surroundings returned to normal where he made a series of martial arts moves. "Heroic Spirit!"

Sloan said, "Looking good, Alphonzo. You will do good with Stanley and William. Let's get you back to your friends."

End of Chapter Three.