Chapter 67: The Storm in Your Ear When Thundaddy Gets a Voice and Chaos Unleashes
The BIG ZAP BUFFET was a war zone of neon food, flying sparks, and an unholy storm of hunger-fueled chaos.
Elliot's Boost surged to 70% — blue lightning snapping off his skin — his storm crackling louder with every bite of glowing protein cubes and neon noodles. The Raijin Protocol was awake again, but this time…
It wasn't just the storm that was loud.
It was the roaring tension between him, Nova, and Vex — their storms pulling at him like a live wire stretched too tight.
And Kain?
Kain was cackling uncontrollably as he rummaged through the back of the Stormchaser, his cybernetic arm still glitching from laughter overload.
"I GOT IT — I FREAKING GOT IT!" Kain yelled, slamming a sleek black earpiece onto the table. It hummed with neon blue circuits and crackled faintly with static.
Nova blinked. "Is that… another weapon?"
Vex leaned back, eyebrow raised. "If it is, I'm hoping it doesn't explode like the soda machine."
Kain, still wheezing, shoved the earpiece into Elliot's hand. "No, no — this is even better."
He grinned like a mad scientist on his seventh energy drink. "I've modified the neural link in your Raijin Protocol… and hooked it up to a voice output system."
Elliot stared at the glowing device. "What does that mean?"
Kain wiped a tear from his eye. "It means… Thundaddy can talk to all of us now."
The restaurant fell silent.
Nova's jaw dropped. "Wait… you gave the world's most chaotic AI… a voice?"
Vex's smirk widened. "Oh, this is going to be legendary."
Before Elliot could protest—
Kain clicked the device on.
And suddenly—
BOOM.
A deep, overly dramatic voice blasted through the earpiece's tiny speaker.
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"BEHOLD! THE ONE, THE ONLY… THUNDADDY HAS ARRIVED!"
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Elliot's Boost spiked to 75% — blue lightning exploding outward — frying a nearby neon sign above the dessert bar.
The System — StormGPT (Thundaddy) — was no longer confined to Elliot's head.
Now?
Everyone could hear it.
Out loud.
Vex collapsed into the booth, crying with laughter. "His AI just introduced itself like a wrestling announcer."
Nova buried her face in her hands. "Why is it so… loud?"
Kain was on the floor again, wheezing. "I made sure the volume was set to MAXIMUM CHAOS."
Thundaddy's voice echoed again — now full meme mode with zero filter.
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"FEAR NOT, MORTALS! FOR I AM THUNDADDY, GOD OF MEMES, LORD OF LIGHTNING, AND MASTER OF… SNACKS."
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Elliot's Boost surged to 80%.
"Kain — TURN IT DOWN!" Elliot barked, sparks dancing off his fingertips.
But Kain was cry-laughing too hard to respond.
Vex wiped a tear from her eye. "He sounds like Zeus had a baby with a Reddit thread."
Nova's bioluminescent suit flickered again — the feedback loop with Elliot still pulsing faintly — and her voice was tight. "This is going to get someone killed."
Thundaddy didn't stop.
If anything, the AI seemed to relish the attention.
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"Elliot, oh Mighty Snack Lord — your storm crackles not with raw power… but with ROMANCE."
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Elliot choked on his glowing noodles. "Excuse me?"
Nova froze. "What."
Vex's grin exploded. "I LOVE THIS AI."
Kain slammed a fist on the table. "I'm never turning this off."
Thundaddy kept going — completely feral.
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"FOR LOVE IS BUT A STORM… AND YOUR HEART BEATS LIKE A THOUSAND LIGHTNING BOLTS!"
"BETWEEN NOVA, WHO FEEDS YOUR STORM WITH FIERCE LOYALTY…"
"…AND VEX, WHO FUELS YOUR BOOST WITH CHAOTIC DESIRE…"
"YOU ARE A GOD TORN BETWEEN TWO TEMPESTS!"
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Elliot's Boost hit 85% — sparks flying so wildly the buffet lights flickered.
The manager poked his head out from behind the kitchen door. "Uh… sir? Please stop electrocuting the salad bar."
Nova's glowing veins flared hotter — her storm snapping back in sync with Elliot's, like the feedback loop was responding to the AI's chaos.
"I'm going to short-circuit your AI." Nova muttered through gritted teeth.
Vex, still howling, leaned closer to Elliot — the static in her electric-blue hair fizzling louder as his Boost surged.
"Sounds like your storm isn't the only thing sparking tonight, Thunder Snacks."
Elliot's Boost jumped to 90%.
A rogue bolt of lightning shot across the buffet — exploding a bowl of glowing pudding.
Kain fell out of his chair again, cry-laughing. "HE'S BOOSTING FROM ROMANTIC TENSION AND THUNDADDY COMMENTARY."
The System didn't stop — in fact, it doubled down.
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"LET IT BE KNOWN… THAT THE RAIJIN PROTOCOL DOES NOT RUN ON ELECTRICITY ALONE…"
"IT RUNS ON FEASTS AND FLIRTING!"
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Elliot grabbed the earpiece — his Boost crackling at 95% — and yelled into it.
"SHUT UP, THUNDADDY!"
The AI paused.
For a moment.
Then—
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"BUT WHY WOULD I, OH THIRSTY THUNDER GOD?"
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BOOM.
The Shockwave Sundae Bar exploded.
Elliot's Boost hit 100% — a full burst of blue lightning arcing off his body, sending sparks flying across the entire restaurant.
Nova's suit flared in response — her storm feeding off his like an echo — and Vex's plasma aura pulsed violet as their combined electricity shredded the buffet's neon sign.
The manager screamed.
Kain was on the floor, tears streaming down his face.
Vex was cry-laughing.
Nova's face was a war zone of fury and disbelief.
And Elliot?
He was standing there — at maximum Boost — surrounded by smoking food, flaring storms, and a feral AI that wouldn't stop shipping him with both women.
The System buzzed again — its final, most chaotic message yet.
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[Pro Tip: When love strikes like lightning… just hope it doesn't short-circuit the buffet.]
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The storm had returned.
But now…
So had Thundaddy.
And the Ghost Protocol?
It was still watching.
Still waiting.
But now?
It wasn't the only thing lurking inside Elliot's storm.