NKBANGERS: The Epic of Nicholas

*NKBANGERS: The Epic of Nicholas* is an unfinished manuscript written by Travis in 2012. The book chronicles a series of adventures centered around the  NKBANGERS' attempts to save the world from a giant anthropomorphic chicken sandwich named Mr. Crusty.

## Plot

### Attack at the Festival

The story follows the  Bad Ass Ninja Guys, an elite group tasked with maintaining peace in North Kingstown for centuries. One day during the town's year-end festival, a six foot tall chicken sandwich named Mr. Crusty emerged from the wilderness. After taking a position on stage, Mr. Crusty produced a briefcase bomb, armed it, and escaped in a helicopter.

Mr. Crusty's terrorist attack led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians when the BANGERS failed to show up in time. The residents of North Kingstown led violent protests against the BANGERS, who were forced to disguise as high school students.

### Massacre at the High School

Five BANGERS (Riker, Nick, Travis, Tyler, and Zavier) enrolled in the local high school but were seen as outsiders. One day during lunch, Mr. Crusty returned to wreck havoc on the school. Although outnumbered, Mr. Crusty easily fought off the BANGERS outside the school. During the battle, Nick was killed when Mr. Crusty impaled him with a long sword. Mr. Crusty also broke Riker's leg after throwing him across the field and crushed several of Travis's ribs.

Inside the main foyer, Mr. Crusty spared no one, filling the school with fire and dead bodies. Tyler and Zavier entered the school and managed to save four students from the burning cafeteria before the roof collapsed and killed the rest. Clearly overpowered, Tyler and Zavier fled from Mr. Crusty. In his pursuit, Mr. Crusty caught fire and fled into the woods. After failing once again and with the school destroyed, the remaining BANGERS left in a faculty car.

### Resurrection of Nick

The BANGERS decided to find Simon, who Zavier believed could resurrect Nick with the help of a Daedric Lord. Zavier only knew that Simon was located in the middle of a far away desert. On the way, Zavier drove into about fifty cars on the highway. After many hours the BANGERS reached a desert and were forced to abandon the car and create a makeshift stretcher for Riker. After the BANGERS braved a sandstorm at an oasis, a masked figure parachuted out of a helicopter and approached. After removing his mask, the group greeted Simon, a fellow BANGER.

After flying to Simon's desert dwelling, Simon revealed that they needed an object to host Nick's soul. Tyler decided on a banana and Simon preformed a Daedric ritual to channel Nick's life force into the object. The resurrection was a success and Nick became a talking and temporarily immobile banana.

Afterwards, the BANGERS turned on Simon's TV to find that they were being blamed for the annihilation of the school and the murder of hundreds of innocents. During the program, Tyler ate Nick's banana body and Simon was forced to again summon Nick's soul, this time hosting it in an evil teddy bear.

Emboldened by hunger and a newfound bloodlust, Nick the teddy bear ripped the head off a traveling merchant and sucked his blood. The rest of the caravan found the body and chased the BANGERS with camels and shotguns. Riker, Tyler, Zavier, Travis, Simon, and Teddy Bear Nick mounted the dead man's camel, blasting off with its rocket-booster.

### New Allies in China

Once the camel rocket stopped the BANGERS realized they landed in China. Inside of a fried rice shop, the group found two new allies: a large panda bear named Aidan and a small Asian man named John. Aidan revealed that he was once also a member of NKBANG and resolved to help them defeat Mr. Crusty.

Aidan brought everyone to a house on the outskirts of the city owned by an assassin named Lucas. After hearing the BANGERS' quest, Lucas had a premonition and produced a map leading to the Great Temple, the probable birthplace and residence of Mr. Crusty. However, Lucas was unwilling to help the BANGERS any further in their pursuit.

After failing to find a car to leave China, the heroes created a makeshift slingshot to launch Teddy Bear Nick into the air to hijack a helicopter. However, Nick was launched too high and was ripped to shreds by the spinning rotor blades. The mangled teddy bear body caused the helicopter to crash into the street, killing several people. Zavier quickly managed to get the helicopter working and Aidan, Teddy Bear Nick, Riker, Travis, Tyler, Simon, and Zavier left China for the Great Temple.

### Escape from Prison

With the rest of the BANGERS asleep, Zavier decided to land the helicopter as soon as they reached America but accidentally landed in Mexico. Soon after, a rabble of locals surrounded the helicopter and hauled the squad to their village prison.

Inside prison, Simon resolved to force Nick's roaming soul into the body of the Asian female guard that brought them stale bread once a day. In another cell, an unseen group of prisoners provided the BANGERS with chalk to perform the Daedric ritual with the condition that they will also be freed. Riker put chalk on his face to make him look ill and Aidan called out for help to the guard in Chinese. Once the guard unlocked the door and was inside, Simon cast his magic and Nick's soul was channeled into the guard.

After the ritual, the BANGERS unlocked the other cell. Inside were two scrawny prisoners, Sam and Joran, who explained they were traveling along the border and were ambushed and brought to the Mexican prison two months ago.

### Foray in Mexico

The BANGERS escaped the prison with their new friends to find the village was under attack. American and Mexican forces were battling, leading to a bombardment from helicopters and stealth bombers. In the chaos of the firebombs and explosions, the squad managed to commandeer a landed helicopter. Zavier piloted it, blasted out of the battle zone, and headed for the border.

Two American helicopters engaged in a dogfight with the fleeing BANGERS. Riker and Tyler took control of their helicopter's turrets and destroyed their combatants. In the brawl, the BANGERS' helicopter lost its tail wing and plummeted to the ground.