Bug Trouble with Babirus and Grimster

Babirus's Bug Trouble (Featuring Grimster)

This fanart has been thought of around the first half of this year, later conceived around July and remained delayed for not only focusing on other arts and story, but taking a well-deserve break on drawing a couple of pieces. The work would later proceed and finished around early October, a really great month for monsters.

In this crossover art, Grimster encounters a mysterious hunchback fellow named Babirus from Scapula series created by Aidan Casserly (@DadaHyena).

Scapula revolves around a titular deviant man wearing a demon skull mask and his weird yet very notorious gang of questionable humans and monsters who sets out to do dangerous missions that may or may not involves unexpected predicaments such as causing a kaiju-like rampage at a city.

Ranges from a flamboyant magician to an extremely short mole-like mad scientist who is foul-mouthed as if Dexter from Dexter's Lab had a much worser life as an adult to a pure psychotic hunchback who does pure massacre on his victims. The comic series is really fun to read from as it mixes with bizarre or even scatological humor to deep emotional moments, similar to the likes few comics such a The Goon. You can check out Adian's work on his webcomic site if you may. Now onwards to the story.

[ Welcome to Bloodshire! It's a peaceful day in city for humans and half-human monsters where both of those sides lives in harmony as there's no danger or anything chaotic happening every come and goes. Everything peaceful until the news coverages keeps discussing about a psychotic roach invasion happening at a city for three days straight! Where are they come from, they don't know but they're here to cause trouble and gore. All of those madness just began yesterday at a Mexican-styled restaurant El Cactus Moon when a mysteriously tall albino half-human monster got irritated over those roaches keeps swarming around his pig-skinned enchilada. For eerie reasons, no ones there but himself and he's really hungry.

Irritated as ever, he's told the chef on what the heck is happening to his food and demands a new one. The chef expresses such fear that something really horrible happening at meat room at the back of the kitchen. He told the tall man that the room was normally very chilly as usual. Today, the room starting to funk up as the meats starts rotting as the cable for the AC is cutted. He informed the man that no non-workers has ever been in the kitchen before. He also informed that he noticed there's a really large hole at the wall that somehow connects to the sewers with the ambient growls. So mysterious that he's afraid to even cook with that large hole being there.

Such carelessness, the tall man slams the table, shouted him to cook anyway or else he'll sue him for 'bad customer servive'. And so, the chef, wimpering over what fate he'll take, went inside and leaves out a scream with intestine flying out the window with an eye ball rolling towards the customer's shoe with red bloody trails.

Not sure what he's doing, the costumer decided to go to the back kitchen to fix the enchilada meal himself! However there's a really loud roar behind it with another gory sounds coming out from it with no ones around here.]

[Later at the office, Grimster is sitting on a chair near the table with a big police half-human monster chief. The interior of the office looked quite messy with so many papers on the table and on floor all over the room with a CRT TV is sitting on a table on the right side of the room closer to the wall. What's playing it are reruns of an old cop show from the 1990s Grimster doesn't know about.
The monster police chief is big, bulky, and red with blue horns that looks resemble to Lucifer but more of a bastardized version of him. He wears blue pants with spikes on his sides and green-light blue stripe patterned shirt. The blue guy is ready for the debriefing for the first time ever. Well, in this place at least.]

Police chief: "Ahh... Ed Grimster, welcome aboard. My name is Chief Vin Stabo and I need your help badly. There's a huge incident going on at the kitchen in El Cactus Moon. You see, there's that huge gore happening on the floor that it was nasty! So nasty that I don't even think I'll be eating hamburgers for a week. A fellow man took a picture of the gore, and I wanted you to see it, if you won't mind."

Grimster: "I'm okay with gore since I played horror video games like Outlast, so give me what it looks like."

[Vic Stabo show Grimster the image of the gore. Grimster seems didn't puke not one bit but feel very uncomfortable when he looks at it.]

Grimster: "Oh. Looks like a really heavy gore here. Opened intestines; top of the head being cracked open like an egg with brains coming out; eyes gone, stomach opens with green acid."

[Grimster looks very carefully to the image of the corpse.]

Grimster: I'm not sure if it's true, but I noticed his scrotum has been ripped to shreds like a peeled grape. Totally makes you want to keep your junk protected very dearly."

Vic: "That's right, my mohawk citizen! But that's not all. Evidence said that there's a large hole happening behind the corpse. Supposedly, a camera meant to be recorded for the whole scene, but some dumbass didn't bother to install the camera in the first place. So this is where you steps in. I mean, you were brave on your previous adventures in different worlds such as the one with the human barbarian* or the gnome guy**, right?"

[*See Innocent Man crossover story]

[**See Lem crossover story]

Grimster: "Sounds right. (And how do you know?)"

Vic: "Cool. Then maybe I know a certain guy who can really help you out on your recent mission. He's a crazy bearded hunchback man with a big eye who works with a mediocre villain you haven't met yet by the name Scapula. He smells very funny and he sure looks and even acts like a very violent man. Rumor has it that he slain multiple of humans in his time like cliche phychos from B-movie horror flicks and he often gets away with it. No remorse. No mercy. It's like he's a half-human monster like the rest of us, but I'm not technically sure what monstro-sapiens he is truly cause it's a bit tough to identify. Maybe he might be a human. But it doesn't matter. But what matter is that he'll be your assistance for this quest."

Grimster: "Alright... And who that crazy bearded hunchback man is..."

Vic: "OH BARIUS!"

[All of a sudden, an axe slices around the door with chunks flying out from it with smokes hovering in the air. Finally, a single kick knocks the door down revealing a hunchback "psycho", laughing in full enjoyment!]

Grimster: (In his thoughts) "Oh no... It's one of those crazy days with those kind of people - even monsters."

Barbirus: "Ey-o, Vic! I'm here to do da job to rip the entrails out from da bastards with my beloved chainsaw! Eh, who's this mohawk goblin with lack of external ear?"

Vic: "This guy is Mr. Grimster. He's a 21-1/2-year-old ghoul and he's been going on his adventure at times. He's here to assist on a job to slay that crazy roach monster who is rampaging at El Cactus Moon. Evidence has it that the large hole at the meat room could be a source of the problem and it's up for you two guys to do the job!"

Grimster: (Nervously) "Uh, I have a another though., Vic. Maybe if I can just go back to my place to harness an atom to retrieve my PSI-like power so that I can solve this problem out my own."

Barbirus: "Pee-ess-eye power from da atom? I dunno dat means but it sounds like baby stuff, blue guy! In my days, I fight physically rather if it's a weapon or my foul hands I refuse to wash for most. It can be a good folks or bad folks. Dat's exactly what I am."

Vic: (To himself under his breath) "Showoff..." (To Grimster) "Now about atom you concern Grimster, you don't have much time to go back to your place to retrieve it. There lives at stake and you should've done that since the start. Tha is why I recruited that half-human monster for a reason. So, are you guys ready or not?"

[Grimster nervously raising his arm while using his "point" gesture for another excuse that he's totally not sure about it.]

Grimster: "Well, I---"

[Babirus shoves Grimster with his left hand; balls his fist on the right]

Barbirus: "WE'RE FREAKING READY!"

Vic: "Then it's settled. Let's get to the van and take you to over to the restaurant, shall we?"

[And so, it happens. As Grimster and Barbrius went into the van that resembles to that of a SWAT team, Vic Stabo instantly drives them to the El Cactus Moon place for investigation. The looks of the exterior of the building, El Cactus Moon looks like any other typical Mexican restaurants - mostly Taco Bell. But there's small difference: a neon light of a happy goofy looking cactus who is sitting on a moon were holding a taco from its band.

The duo left the van as Babirus carry a chainsaw with him.]

Grimster: (Whispering to Babirus) "You're not gonna put it in a bag?"

Babirus: "Nah?"

[Grimster shrugs...]

[As the trio walking towards the place, Grimster saw other officers discussing their danger from one side. On the other side from Grimster's perspective, the officers seem to be in very serious conditions as they're being sent to the ambulance to take them to the hospital. While it's not as crazy as Grimster's previous adventures, this one might be his most dangerous on yet. He stops and beginning to have such anxiety for the fact he's unprepared.]

Babirus: "Ya looks rather afraid, Grimster. Watsa a matter?"

Grimster: "Uh, I'm not afraid. Well, a little for the fact that I'm witnessing injuries of those poor officers. My monster sense tells me that we're in it for trouble. I understand you're not scared for your experiences with that Scapula guy and his cronies you told me back at the van, but not to me. Blood and gore made me feel uncomfortable. Don't even remember the last time I unleash gore on someone or something."

Babirus: "Grimster. Grimster... Don't worry your petrified orc-like face. Your beardy pal just meet ya and ya starting to look like a trustworthy fellow. Beside, when we're in deep predicament, I have a secret bomb in me. A REAL secret bomb that you don't want to imagine. And before that moment comes, I got your back if you got mine."

[Babirus pats on Grimster's chest]

Babirus: "Trust ya heart, blue guy. So, ready to frick em up?"

[Grimster starting to feel determined again!]

Grimster: "You know it, but I'm not equipped. All what I have is this sci-fi looking flashlight my scientist 'uncle' made me. He told me about this before I got requested to volunteer on a mission but didn't even elaborate further because he was too busy on his experiment. So, I guess I have to figure this flashlight out myself."

Vic: "Alright monster and half-human, this here is the building where the nightmare begins. You two are the only ones who can save Bloodshire from that roach-like fiends before their king starts hatching his eggs to other places. Why a male roach-like king monster, I don't know, but he's sure making eggs. Alright, you ready?" (Really loud shouting) "LET'S GET YER ASS IN THERE AND SAVE DAT TOWN!"

[Babirus and Grimster both rubbing their ears for the fact they got some minor ringing out from the chief's shout.]

Grimster: "Chill! You don't have to shout."

[And so, the duo walks in the restaurant looking at a messed-up interior of the place. Barbirus and Grimster smells something foul. To Grimster, it's as worse as catching a whiff of three dead animals who got road kill. To Barbirus, it's like 'heaven' to him. As they walking around, the duo noticed the smell getting stronger.]

Grimster: "I think it might be in the kitchen the chief instructed us to investigate."

[And they did. As soon they reach the kitchen, they noticed extreme gore on the floor with maggots eating.]

Grimster: "EUGH! It looks more worse in real-life compared to the picture."

Babirus: "And no gor' for me?"

[Grimster glances Babirus in a "are you serious" look.]

Babirus: "Oh sorry, the mission. Right."

[The smell gets even stronger than before. The duo made it to the door where the scent coming from.]

Grimster: "Hmm... Perhaps that might be a room where the source is from."

Babirus: "*Chuckles* smells like the time I went to a bathroom at the facility or a lab where the people shouted, 'CODE BROWN'. Good times..."

Grimster: "Babirus, there's no time for bathroom humor. There's lives at stake... Then again, I would totally chuckle and grossed out at the same time if I know you much earlier. Now where's the secret bomb?"

Babirus: (Singing) "It's a surprise..."

Grimster: (Singing) "Alright if I hope it's effective..." (Normal talk) "Now, let's see what's inside."

[Grimster tried to open metal door, but it won't budge not one bit. He signaled Babirus to give him a little extra strength when pushing a door. Barbirus steps back, tapping his feet like a cartoon character, and ran into the door as he and Grimster ran inside the room. "WOAH", yelled Grimster as he and Babirus knocks them down. The duo stood up and looked at a very large hole at the center of the meat locker. Grimster gulps in fear as he turns on the lights. When he did, it noticed a ladder in front of them.]

Grimster: "*scuffs* Who would've guessed... Babirus, you go first."

Babirus: "Why, sure."

[The hunchback maniac walks inside the large hole, turn around to Grimster and salutes the blue guy. He then jumped in the hole. Now it's Grimster's turn. The blue guy casually walks towards a hole and reaches to the ladder. He then climb down and what happens to be a sewer all purple with nasty brown muck.]

Grimster: (In his thought) "Good thing my black sweater is stench proof. Sneakers, not so much."

[Grimster pointed the flashlight to its path. He then notices something gory.]

Grimster: "Look, Babirus! The trail of blood and chunks of gore. It'll might lead us to that causer we'll about to face. Now all we have to do is- GASP"

[He notices some mysterious shadows with glowing eyes. It happens to be a bunch of resemblance of insects.]

Grimster: "Babirus, it's time..."

[Babirus took out a chainsaw, yank a string from the machine as it revving it up!]

Babirus: (Psychotically) "Oh yeah."

[As soon as Babirus wielding the chainsaw, he notices an enlarged roach creeping from the foul water. As it stand up, the roach-like monster let out a really terrifying screeching like something straight out from that very iconic scene the 1978 horror movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers! Grimster chattering his teeth while Babirus pushes Grimster back and uses his chainsaw and decapitated the roach-like monster's head with few exposed veins and other organs hanging out. Grimster breathes to calm down.]

Babirus: "Piece of cake." (Turns around to Grimster) "And to think, I was hoping something more out from this tis sew-sew-sew."

Grimster: "'Sew' what?"

[Babirus points at something behind Grimster as his rotten teeth clinches. The blue guy turn around and saw towards a bunch of ominous glowing red eyes. Grimster quickly turn the flashlight and notice a horde of roach-like insect monsters glancing at them evilly as they drool.]

Grimster: "?! Babirus. Is this the moment where we both run the hell out here?"

Babrius: "Also da moment where shit git worse?"

[Grimster nods.]

Babirus: "... Screw that. RAHHH!!!!"

[Babirus bend down and then leaps into the hoard of insect-like monsters as he's violently slice and dice every single one of them. SLESH from one pest, SLASH from another red-eyed pest. Then a kebob as the chainsaw penetrates through at leave five of those pests. Thought he'll be outnumbered? No way! Suddenly, a large insect-like monster of the same kind emerge from the foul sewage and grab Babirus by piercing his hunchback! It then grabs Babirus's chainsaw and throw it behind him, accompanied with a splash. He's in thin ice now.

Grimster has no idea what to do since he left the atom that contains strong power that no even post-human monsters like him can harness from a very secretive place from the mountain. So, he has one choice: a flashlight his scientist "uncle" made him.

As the large insect-like monster about to gnaw Babirus... Grimster gives out a shout!]

Grimster: "YO ROACH FREAK! COME AT ME!"

[As the insect-like monster drops Babirus down, it began to crawl towards Grimster. Fearfully, Grimster flicks off the flashlight as the large pest is getting closer to him! The blue guy then flicks the flashlight on again and then, BZZZZTOWWW! Right through the large beast's head, thus killing it off.

Babirus stood up and spits the foul water out from his mouth. The hunchback maniac shook his head. He then bend down and pick up a wet chainsaw. Luckily, it's water proof. He then catches a whiff of the large insect's corpse and notice Grimster killed the thing!]

Grimster: "Babirus, are you alright buddy?"

Babirus: "Better than eva! Dat pierce is no match for my back! Say... that was a really nice shot you did there! Didn't know ya got a murdering spirit in ya. Is that your first time killing da freaks?"

Grimster: "Not really. The first time I kill random creatures was raiding at a mysterious freaky cave so times ago in a totally different outfit with a science-related gun. But it was so long that I don't even remember what I did beyond that but that doesn't matter anymore.

So, is that all of the insect-like monsters?"

Babirus: "Uh... Did we remember we supposed to fight that, big ugly king monster that hatches some eggs or those maggot thingies?"

Grimster: "Ah right! Let's continue on following that trail of blood and the chucks of flesh."

[And so, they did. As the duo continues to follow the trail, the two noticed more and more gore flowing. Something REALLY bad is gonna happen.]

Grimster: "Look! There's something glowing at the end of that path. Let's go!"

[Once they made it, the duo noticed a large circular room full of blood and gore with several dead body of monster citizen and even humans! And what's in the center of it was something HUGE! Something far bigger than they imagine. The giant roach-like monster of all monsters! His appearance is nearly as identical as his little creatures except more horrifying than the latter. However, he's even more humanoid than the others as he lacks an insect abdomen. Huge, obese, and with tentacles on both of his size of the torso. He even wears a crown carved in flesh.

The duo saw that he's eating a couple of corpses as it seems to be yummy for him.]

Grimster: (Whispering to Babrius) "Babirus, we got a source of all problems. The king of the roach-like monsters. So, where's the bomb?"

Babirus: "Just wait..."

[The giant fatso glances at the blue monster and half-human monster all devilishly.]

Roach-like Monster King: "WHO DARES TO INFILERATE MY THRONE AND MURDERING MY KIND?"

Grimster & Babirus: (In union) "You talk?"

Roach-like Monster King: "Yes I talk! I have translated so many languages including the most obscure ones. I reckon both of you come here to sabotaging my plan on causing such infestion at the town as well as attempting on killing me off. That's what you're trying to do right?"

Grimster: "Well yes on the plan part. On the killing, well uh I think-"

Babirus: "WE'RE GONNA MURDER YA!"

Grimster: "?!"

Roach-like Monster King: "I KNEW IT! So, you two are here to slain me just so you want to be heroes for such 'good-natured' monsters like you two freaks of natures. Oh, I just forgot we haven't met yet. My name is King Roachzaard VII. I was once a human biologist who loves insects and bugs, to which I'll be damn if anyone who dares to kill anyone of those little creatures from my very own eyes... even spiders. However, when I was thirsty, I decided to give a drink of that monster-transforming 'product' Itscool as it made me feel completely insane. So much that I carried my roach collection outside of my home and into the sewer as the effect of the Itcool starting to get worse and worse to the point where I wind up looking like this!

Now here I am, in this underground sewer that is my main very home for me and my new minions to strike as a revenge for turning ME into a monster as I don't want anyone here to mess it up."

[Roachzaard struggling to stands up with grunts.]

Roachzaard: "But now that you two are here... Just to let you know that I've swallowing 200 roaches after the Itscool effect and I think my, uh, minions starting to mutate and it's time to let them out! Hope either of you get a therapist."

[And so, something really disgusting happens. Roachzaard psychotically turns around, facing his bare rear at both Grimster and Babirus as the two monsters are looking for each other on what the heck is he's doing. The humanoid roach-like monster then spread his butt slightly open as something squirming coming from it. Grimster starting to puke while Barbirus got a really special idea.]

Babirus: (Whispering) "Psst, hey Grimster. Ya see that 'hole' from the center of the rear. I've got an idea."

[Babirus gives Grimster a chainsaw for him to use]

Babirus: "Use my chainsaw. Good luck." (to Roachzaard) "Ey, King, Grimster is very determine to strike ya minions down show him what ya got!"

Grimster: "WAIT WHAT?! BABIRUS YOU SON OF A-"

Roachzaard: "Okay then, here it comes!"

[Disgustedly, Roachzaard let out a SPLOASH with the river full of mutated roach-like pests from his anus while Babirus comedically swimming threw the raining pests and right into the "target". Meanwhile, Grimster, now remembers the bravery he had done in his time, uses all the courage he got, decided to slay a bunch of roach-like pests. Luckily, they're seem to be smaller compared to the ones they meet earlier.

The army of pest swarms towards Grimster but unfortunately got killed easily as the blue slices one wave of the pests on one side of him, blasting them the other side of them with the use of his science-made powerful flashlight.

The fat King is watching the whole battle delicately.]

Roachzaard: "Wow. Seeing this is way cooler than one of those cheesy zombie shooting games. Oh... Why am I feeling something crawling up my ass?"

[While Grimster continue on fighting, the hunchback fellow venture through the interior of the king's body as he enters from the rectum.]

Babirus: "Hmm... Such an emptied place so far. Now where can I set off my bomb at? Hmm..."

[Babirus looks everywhere spots in the very disgusting entrails]

Babirus: "There has got to be a very weak spot somewhere here. AH-HA!"

[Babirus notice a glowing wounded organ that might appears to be in between both the lungs and heart.]

Babirus: "Jackpot. Time for the bomb."

[Outside of the body of the king, Grimster is panting heavy with his mohawk getting all messed up with a lot of insect organs and blood on him.]

Roachzaard: "I'm impressed, blue guy. You may've singlehandedly obliterated my minions, but it'll take more than that to perform justice. Looks like it's time for ME to kill you where you stand."

[Roachzaard grabs Grimster with his tentacles and pulls him towards him. Grimster trying to turn on the chainsaw again, but the weapons doesn't seem to be working at all! Neither does his flashlight! He's doom as the king opens his disgusting mouth sharp teeths!]

Roachzaard: "Prepare for your demise, blue guy. You know, you sure do look like a tasty little monster that might taste super well for my appetite!"

Grimster: "Isn't that cannibalism?!"

[Roachzaard thinking about it.]

Roachzaard: "... Good enough! After that, I'll be taking a... sniff sniff. Why am I..." (getting slurred) "Smelling extremely strong... uh...."

[Unexpectedly, the king suddenly tilted and then passed out on the gory floor. It's a huge victory for Grimster somewhat.]

Grimster: "Huh... Looks like he's passed out with a strong smell. Dead even. Aw well, at least the mission is fully done. Babrius? Yo, Babrius."

[Grimster looks everywhere for his new buddy.]

Grimster: "Where are you, hunchback buddy?"

[Grimster heard a gross sound coming out from the 'dead' King's mouth, revealing none other than Babrius, who zip up his overalls.]

Grimster: "Babrius! Thank god you're here! Your idea really works in a rather bizarre way. So, I'm assuming a bomb is a very deadly smoke, right?"

Babrius: "*Chuckles* Nah. Da bomb is rather organic. It's coming out from my butt."

Grimster: (Unsurprised) "What?"

Babrius: "You see, the bomb is actually-"

[Babrius whisper to Grimster what the "bomb" really is for him. Grimster is grossed out, once more.]

Grimster: "I'm totally agree with the King in front of us, I definitely need a therapist after all of this. But hey, at least I'm very glad it's finally over. Do you mind carrying me to the surface to meet the doctors before the celebration of our victory? I think my muscles feels such pure sore after slaying 200 roach-like creatures."

Babrius: "Sure thing pal."

[Babrius picks up Grimster and carrying him on the way back to the surface. While the two are walking down the sewer for the exit...]

Grimster: "Babrius?"

Babrius: "Ya?"

Grimster: "I got a question for ya. Are you really a monster or just a human - no 'half-human'? I'm asking this because it's so rare that I've ever seen a human before in my life after the monster-transformation incident and it got me wondering... Do you think there's more humans around in this world? Unless if you're one of those humans who came from a different world due to a mythical world-traveling atom if you know what I'm talking about."

Babrius: "Well, I'm da homicidal murderer. You know about my story earlier so why do you think Imma human? Are you saying that I need to be redeemed before seeing more of them?"

Grimster: "What, no no. I was curious to see if you're one of the few humans who survive the monster-transforming nuke or 'product' that you haven't turn into a TRUE monster. But it doesn't matter anymore. But what matter is that you're a real hero, well anti-hero at least."

[Babrius hugs Grimster.]

Babrius: "I'll take that as really good words!" (in his thoughts) "'Hmm 'mythical world-traveling atom' huh? I oughta tell Scapula about this whenever he arrives here to get me out of tis silly monster world!"