At an old abandoned section of the city's subway stands a mobile trailer which serves as a laboratory of an evil scientist known as Dr. BadVibes, who, along with his robot sidekick Buzzbomb, engages in working on another invention to help Big Boss commit another crime. BadVibes: "How's it coming with the vac-mobile, Buzzbomb?" Buzzbomb: *brackets translating Buzzbomb's robot dialect* [Almost finished, sir.] BadVibes: "Excellent. Soon all of the icky, filthy money will be removed from The Bank of The People in one clean sweep!" Berserko: *barging in* "Hey, Dr. BadVibes! Ya gotta help me!" BadVibes: "Berserko! What are you doing running around in your underwear and what's with that broken stringed violin?" Berserko: "I wanna get some strings to fix this here violin Uncle Big Boss wants to
No other instrument in the world compares to the harp, one of the most oldest musical instruments in world history. Its heavenly, ringing sound have brought pleasure and joy to millions of people for thousands of years from the grand palaces in Egypt to the towering castles in Ireland. Its ancestry can be traced to the bow, one of the most ancient of weapons which can produce a pleasant, ringing sound by the pluck of the string. An early hunter must have been inspired by the sound the bow makes when an arrow is shot from it. While experimenting with the bow, he gathered a few additional strings and put them on the bow's framework. Then, he plucked them and found that the short string can create a much higher pitch than the longer string. The longer strings create deep pitched sounds, the s
But first things first-- after getting themselves down from the light post, LongArm and Hardtop radio Bulletproof and Mainframe to report about what happened at the Melody Tunes store.LongArm: "..and just after we got ourselves out of the piano, the piano crashed itself into the brick wall, shattering into many pieces. If it weren't for some quick thinking, we would've been goners by now."Bulletproof: "Any leads?"Hardtop: "Not unless you count those 2 crooks searching for Berserko as leads. They said they're looking for Berserko to confront him over the issue of the stolen violin. "Mainframe: "What did they say?"Hardtop: "They said he broke all 4 of its strings in a careless matter. My guess is that he wanted that violin for himself, or perhaps Big boss wanted the violin so he can make his nephew play it, but I doubt that's the case. All we know is that Berserko somehow must've broken the strings of the violin while playing it and Rock Krusher and Ms. Demeanor is being sent to ste
Meanwhile back at the precinct, LongArm and Hardtop are observing the map of the city.Hardtop: "It was right at this point where we were stopped by that large oversized truck. If it weren't for that long slowpoke-of-a-vehicle, we would've have them by now."LongArm: "That violin is highly valuable. Big Boss must have wanted the violin in order to either learn how to play it or sell it for a fortune."Bulletproof: "Especially since the violin is worth $15,000,000. Thus far, we don't know for sure why the crooks took the violin. But I suspect Big Boss must be planning on selling it for the exact amount the violin is worth. Mainframe, see if there's any auction happenings in the coming weeks that could lead us to the violin and the thieves who stole it."Mainframe: "I'm on it." *types on the PC to reveal no auctions being schedule soon* "Nope. Negative. No auctions being held any time soon. Even for this month."LongArm: "That figures. At least it leads to only one thing -- Big Boss stol
With sirens screaming in the air, Hardtop and LongArm relentlessly pursue the crooks along the highway. It didn't take long for the chase to immediately grew very intense as the Crooks tries desperately to elude the C.O.P.S. as they zoom down the road while crashing cars along the way. Huge pile-ups littered the roads but that doesn't stop Hardtop from skillfully pivoting the car around the pile-ups while keeping himself and LongArm in sight of the 4 crooks. But suddenly, a large truck carrying a long oversize load came out of nowhere and pull out in front of the C.O.P.S.LongArm: "Gasp! Watch out!"Hardtop: "Whoa!!"Instantly Hardtop slams on the brakes and made a u-turn to bring the police car to a screeching halt right next to the truck as it slowly passes by. Thus, preventing a huge accidental collision.Krusher: "*looking in the rear-view mirror* That truck'll hold them off for awhile."Ms Demeanor: "*looking back* My, my, my that's the longest truckload I ever seen."Turbo: "Yeah.
The Case of The Bulletproof HarpistC.O.P.S File #816022Many people, who decided to play a musical instrument, chose to either play the piano, violin, trumpet, drums, guitar, or the flute. I, Bulletproof Vess, have too decided to play an instrument. An instrument sent from Heaven above. Here's how the caper came down."Whitney Morgan here, giving you the latest scoop on what's happening in Empire City."Right at this moment, I'm standing in front of the famous 647th Precinct,…..where, everyday, these brave men and women, who made up C.O.P.S., loyally serve this great city of ours. As always, they are proud to do their duty to keep the streets of Empire City completely safe from crime - Hey! Am I seeing things or is that a trail of musical notes coming out of the precinct window?"Whitney walks closer to the building. Then she pause for a momentWhitney: "Listen, Beamer. I hear something…"*beautiful music playing*Beamer: "What's that sound?"*beautiful music conti
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The ears of the Big Boss is always open. One word of interest leads the crooks to another opportunity to plan their next wave of crime - even beyond Empire City. Somehow, Big Boss must have heard from his trusted spies that I and my team are going to Chicago and bring back to Empire City, a beautiful harp that will bring joy to all of us. So, he ordered his thugs to follow us to Chicago, put a damper on our excursion, and seize the harp for himself (Either he wants to get his hands on it and play on it for himself or have Squeeky Kleen play the harp for him since he’s much gentler on the strings than Big Boss, it doesn’t matter. My harp must be rescued and the crooks be stopped!). They did just that….or so they thought. They has just pulled 2 major heists on 2 major harp factories and are making their way to the airport with the stolen harps right at this moment. When they arrived at the airport, they parked their vehicles rig
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Seconds later, back in Empire City,
Mirage: "The phone. It’s a long distance call from Chicago!"
At once, Sundown, Highway, Checkpoint, and LongArm gathers around Mirage as she answers the phone.
Mirage: "Hello? Is that you Bulletproof?"
Bulletproof: "Yes it’s me, but there’s no time for casual talk. Two of Big Boss’ crooks, Berserko and Buttons Mc BoomBoom somehow has manage to track us down to Chicago, broke in to the W&W Venus Harp showroom where I found a wonderful harp I’m planning to purchase, own, and play music on (Believe me, you going to love what I got from there.), and stole not only my harp, but all other harps from the factory showroom as well. We chased the crooks into the mist of rush hour traffic where they did managed to cause a pile-up and a traffic jam, blocking our further attempts to stop them. We are trapped between the traffic jam and the pile up and the crooks are last seen dr
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Bulletproof: “*narrating* Hardtop wasn’t kidding. The next thing we knew, we were holding on as Hardtop takes off out on the road, zooming along at high speeds while struggling to keep Blitz in sight while avoiding a roadside accident.”
C.O.P.S.: "Whoa!! - Take it easy! - Watch it! - Careful with your driving, Hardtop!"
Hardtop: "Sorry, gang but I can’t help it! Blitz is going real fast and I got to keep up with him in order to help him catch those crooks!"
Bulletproof: “*narrating* Blitz, who’s in front of us, is running fast at high speeds in hot pursuit of the 2 crooks, who stole my Sunshine, the cash to pay off Sunshine, and all the other harps that were in the W&W showroom. Seeing a need for reinforcements, I quickly got out my transmitter and radio the CPD for backup.”
Bulletproof: "C.O.P.S. to CPD! C.O.P.S. to CPD! Come in! This is Bulletproof. We need reinforcements at once! Ove
Whitney: "So tell me, what made you become interested in the harp, Bulletproof?" Bulletproof begins his story, Bulletproof: "I've been thinking about trying to this for a long time. But what really got me into the harp is when we had to go after Berserko, Turbo Tu-Tone, Ms. Demeanor, Rock Krusher who robbing music stores of various types of musical instruments. The music store had a harp in it
(Continued from previous post...) Dr. BadVibes: "Greetings, Dear Bulletproof" Bulletproof: "Who is this?" Dr. BadVibes: "Let's just say I'm someone who always have a brainstorm of an idea. Hee Hee Ha Ha Ha!!" Bulletproof: "Dr. Badvibes, I presume!!" Dr. BadVibes: "That's right, COP! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Since you're here, let me take a moment to give you a thoughtful invitation" Bulletproof: "To where,
(Continued from previous post...) Bulletproof: "Later, back at the precinct, I told everyone about the brown harp and how I was captivated by it, how it got me hooked on playing the harp and the tragic ordeal that followed" Mainframe: "That's terrible!" Mace: "Ms. Demeanor is one mean woman who definitely has no right whatsoever to do what she did to that heavenly harp. No wonder you're so
(Continued from previous post...) Bulletproof: "We landed at the Chicago O'Hare Airport a few hours later. When we left the chopper, Bowser told us to stay put at the airport and wait for him while he goes to a nearby car rental and get a vehicle big enough for us to ride in. It was about an hour later when Bowser came back with a large roomy van capable of fitting all 8 of us inside. We piled in
Continued from previous post... Bulletproof: "At the same time, Nightstick and Taser, who brought on the cake stripped themselves from their disguises as a chef. And all of the rest of the C.O.P.S. came barging in!" Ms Demeanor: "Not that hard!!" Big Boss: "*after having the cake get splatter on his tuxedo* Aaahh!! My tux!!" Nightstick: "Freeze! We're C.O.P.S.! You crooks are all under arrest!!
(Continued from previous post...) Bulletproof: "Immediately, I head back to headquarters and summit my remaining C.O.P.S., Bowser and Blitz, CheckPoint, Airwave, Mace, Taser, Nightstick, Inferno, and Powderkeg, into my office and gave them the lowdown on the situation. Together, we brought up a plan to rescue the rest of my team and give the crooks a birthday surprise they will never soon forget.
(Continued from previous post...) "....they pull out their arsenals and shouted, Turbo: "Freeze!
Rock Krusher: "We're all Crooks and this is a stick up!" Berserko: *grabbing the store manager by the lapel* Ok, Let's have those 88s!" He's referring to the piano. Ms. Demeanor: "And be quick about! We haven't got all day!" "I would not stand for this. Putting the harp down, I stood up and pulled
Continued from previous post... Bulletproof: "Slipping my hand under my shirt, I took out, from one of my cyborg chest compartments, a special disk that shorts circuits any machine it touches and threw it at the baton. It landed straight on the baton, short circuiting it" BadVibes: "GAAAAAAAAHHH!! My Baton!!" Brainwashed C.O.P.S.: "*their bands are short circuiting* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
(Continued from previous post...) Bulletproof: "Thankfully, traffic was not as bad as always during the 5 pm rush hour. Because of this, we were able to make it to Lyon & Healy with no trouble at all. It was about 1:30 pm when we arrived at the harp factory which is in a brick building located on 168 N. Ogden Avenue right near Union Park. We got out to survey the building briefly before I went
(Continued from previous post...) The storm was indeed dying down as the C.O.P.S. team heads back to W&W Venus Harps (Home of The Krasicki Family, who, with great pride, run this family owned and operated business since 1971.) to see how's it coming along with my harp shopping. Along the way, the rain stop falling and the clouds were beginning to clear on out. Along the way, they stopped at the
(Continued from previous post...) Bulletproof: "*narrating* Hardtop wasn't kidding. The next thing we knew, we were holding on as Hardtop takes off out on the road, zooming along at high speeds while struggling to keep Blitz in sight while avoiding a roadside accident." C.O.P.S.: "Whoa!! - Take it easy! - Watch it! - Careful with your driving, Hardtop!" Hardtop: "Sorry, gang but I can't help
(Continued from previous post...) Seconds later, back in Empire City, Mirage: "The phone. It's a long distance call from Chicago!" At once, Sundown, Highway, Checkpoint, and LongArm gathers around Mirage as she answers the phone. Mirage: "Hello? Is that you Bulletproof?" Bulletproof: "Yes it's me, but there's no time for casual talk. Two of Big Boss' crooks, Berserko and Buttons Mc BoomBoom
(Continued from previous post...) The ears of the Big Boss is always open. One word of interest leads the crooks to another opportunity to plan their next wave of crime - even beyond Empire City. Somehow, Big Boss must have heard from his trusted spies that I and my team are going to Chicago and bring back to Empire City, a beautiful harp that will bring joy to all of us. So, he ordered his
