-Videogame Chaos-
Chapter
1: Girls play videogames?
Jimmy, Carl and
Sheen are
sitting on Jimmy’s front yard, waiting for it to arrive. Waiting for
what to
arrive? Waiting for Jimmy’s new Playstation 3 to arrive.
“Man, I can’t wait
to play my
new Playstation 3. I did a lot of research, and found the Playstation 3
to be a
better system than Xbox 360 or Wii. The Playstation 3 takes every
system in the
history of videogames and crushes them 10-fold. Gentlemen, this will be
a
gaming experience none of us will ever forget.” spoke an excited,
overzealous
Jimmy.
As if on queue, a
salesperson
arrives at the Neutron household, carrying a big box.
“Are one of you
James Isaac
Neutron?” asks the salesperson, who looks like he is struggling to hold
the
box. Carl and Sheen help the man put the box on the front porch.
“I’m James Isaac
Neutron.”
“Would you sign
this please?
This is for your Playstation 3 unit.” says the salesperson.
Jimmy signs the
papers and
gives it to the salesperson. The salesperson leaves, with a grin on his
face.
Jimmy walks up to Carl and Sheen with a huge smile on his face. They
all go
into his house, carrying their new prized possession, even though Jimmy
was the
one who owned it. They open the box with smiles on their face. Jimmy
even begins
to cry.
“It’s so
beautiful.”
They open the
Playstation 3
box. Inside the box was the Playstation 3, 3 controllers, 2 memory
sticks and 3
games. The games were Killzone 2, Grand Turismo HD, and Family Guy.
Also
included was the instruction manual, which Jimmy read right away, in
its
entirety. After Jimmy finished reading the instruction manual, he gave
it to
Carl and Sheen to read. They then hooked up the Playstation 3.
“Sorry guys, I
ordered a HD
TV, but it hasn’t arrived yet. We will just have to play on the
old-fashioned
regular TV for now. What do you want to play first?” asked an excited
Jimmy.
“I want to play
Killzone 2
first.” said an equally excited Sheen.
“Ya, so do
They put in
Killzone 2 into
Jimmy’s Playstation 3 and start playing. They are having a good time
playing
Killzone 2. They are laughing and smiling, while they are concentrating
on
beating the intense mission. The finally complete the mission. The game
asks if
they with to save.
“Okay, here is the
deal. I
purchased two memory-sticks for a couple of reasons. One stick will be
for when
I play by myself, the other will be for multiplayer.” explained Jimmy.
“Sounds good to
us.” stated
Carl and Sheen simultaneously.
They save the game
on the red
memory stick. The continue playing, while having a good time. Two hours
later,
they took a quick bathroom break. They just completed the fifth
mission, so
they decided this would be a good time for a bathroom and snack break.
They all
go to the bathroom and get some snacks. Once they finish, they sit down
in the
living room.
“Okay, why don’t we
play
something else?” asked Jimmy, who is having a good time. Who wouldn’t?
“Okay, why don’t we
play
Grand Turismo HD.?” asked Sheen, who is also having a good time.
“I like that idea.
Let go
play Grand Turismo HD!” said a happy Carl.
They were just
about to play
when they heard a knock on the door. Jimmy answers the door, with Carl
and
Sheen behind him.
“Hello, are you
James Isaac
Neutron?” asks a deferent salesperson.
“Yes I am.” replies
an even
more excited Jimmy.
“Would you please
sign this?
This if for your videogame safe HD TV.” says the salesperson.
“Of course I will.”
says
Jimmy.
Jimmy then signs
the paper
and hand the paper to the salesperson. The salesperson has his men
carry the
64in. HD TV into the Neutron house. For two hours, the TV was set up,
along
with Jimmy’s Bo’s Stereo, Comcast Cable Box, and, of course, Jimmy’s
prized
Playstation 3. Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen were paying attention to the time
because
they were currently engaging in a conversation with, guess who, Cindy
and
Libby.
“Hey Neutron, what
in the big
box?” asked an intrigued Cindy.
“Which box? I got
two today.”
asked Jimmy, a bit suspicious.
“Relax; I’m not
here to cause
trouble. The one that you just got, to answer your question. I didn’t
know you
got two.” stated Cindy.
“Well, that box
contained an
HD TV.” said Jimmy.
The girls gasp.
“If your surprised
about
that, wait until I tell you about what was inside the first box. Hold
on, I
forgot that girls don’t play videogames, never mind.” said Jimmy, who
feels
stupid for mentioning the first box at all. He should have realized
that girls
don’t play videogames, or so he thought.
“What do you mean
by that?
Some girls don’t play videogames, but me and Libby do. In fact, I just
purchased a Nintendo Wii system, and Libby just purchased an Xbox 360.
So to
say that girls don’t play videogames is an insult.” said Cindy,
somewhat
angrily.
“Sorry, I didn’t
realize that
you girls play videogames. I just purchased a Playstation 3, which was
in the
first box.” said Jimmy, who is a little taken back by the fact that
some girls
actually play videogames.
The girls gasp
again.
“Did you say that
you bought
a Playstation 3?” asked Cindy, who is in shock.
“Ya, bought a
Playstation 3.”
said Jimmy, who has returned to his normal self, at least his normal
excited
self.
“The Playstation 3
is either
$499 to $599. How could you afford that, let alone an HD TV.?” asks
Cindy, who
is in complete shock.
“Well, I have been
saving $50
a month since I was 5 years old. As of this moment, after my major
purchases, I
have $10,000 in my savings account. That is how I could afford the
expensive
things I’ve bought.” said Jimmy.
The others are in
shock. $10,000
was a lot of money, especially to 11 and 12 year olds.
“Okay, why don’t we
all go
inside to play my new system?” asks Jimmy.
Everyone agrees,
and they
follow Jimmy into his living room, so that he and his friends can enjoy
his new
system. When Jimmy puts in Grand Turismo HD and turns on the system,
the girls
are amazed at the graphics of the mega system know as Playstation 3.
The girls
agree; the Playstation 3 puts Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360
to shame.
The Boys and Girls host their own tournament, which the girls win, but
barely.
After a few more hours, the girls go home, while the boys have a
sleepover over
Jimmy’s house. After two more hours of gaming, they all go to bed,
where they
happily dream of videogames.
Jimmy, Carl and
Sheen wake up
from their slumber simultaneously. They eat a nutritious breakfast of
eggs,
waffles, and pancakes, with orange juice and milk. When they are
finished, they
sat down for a major videogame fest. Alas, there was a knock on the
door. Jimmy
answers it. At that moment, he saw that his entire class was on his
front yard,
with Cindy and Libby in front of them.
“Cindy, Libby,
what’s going
on? Why is our entire class on my front yard?” asks a very confused and
somewhat scared Jimmy.
“They are all here
to play
your Playstation 3. It seems you’re the only one with a Playstation 3,
let
alone an HD TV.” answers Cindy.
“Okay, you all want
to play
my Playstation 3. You will have to pay me $15 an hour to play my
Playstation 3,
and, to prevent it from being overused, collectively, there is a
three-hour
time limit. Do you all understand?” asks Jimmy.
Everybody nods
their heads
yes. Everyone tries to enter Jimmy’s house, but he stops them.
“Hold it! I only
have three
controllers, so only three people are allowed in my house at a time,
except for
Cindy, Libby, Carl, Sheen, and I. Everyone must wait out here until it
is your
turn to play. Also, you must pay me before you enter my house.”
explained
Jimmy.
“Okay, but who is
allowed in
first?” asked Jimmy’s class as a whole.”
Sheen and Carl
escort the
three gamers into the house. The rest of the class waits patiently in
the front
yard, while Jimmy, Cindy, and Libby go into the back yard, which now
has a
privacy fence around it. Jimmy closes the gate when they are all in.
Then the calm
storm is turned into a deadly hurricane inside Jimmy.
“What the heck is
going on?
Why did you really invite the entire class to my house? Do you
personally want
to make me mad? Now I see why you two are almost never invited over,
except in
emergencies. Just when I was beginning to change my mind about you two,
you go
and pull that. What the heck were you thinking?” Jimmy practically
yelled.
“First off all, we
thought we
were doing you a favor by trying to make you popular with our class. We
didn’t think
you would be so upset. Second of all, who do you think you are,
treating us
like this? Just because you got the most powerful system in the world
doesn’t
mean you can treat us like garbage! You think you’re so smart. You’re
just a
monster with absolutely no heart.” screamed Libby, on her and her
friend’s
behalf. She has tears in her eyes.
“Why don’t you and
Cindy
leave and go do girl things, like putting on make up or playing with
dolls. And
don’t come back anytime soon, you’re not welcome here anymore!” yelled
Jimmy at
the top of his lungs.
Cindy and Libby
leave, with
tears in both girls’ eyes. After words, Jimmy goes to the front yard.
He
receives some dirty looks from his entire class, including the three
gamers.
“Your money’s on
the table,
dirt-bag!”
With that, his
class left.
Carl and Sheen look at Jimmy with shame.
“Are you going to
yell at us
to? We’re leaving, come on Carl. BTW, we left you some money for our
rented
time. Bye, evil butt-hole.”
With that, Carl and
Sheen
leave as well. Jimmy, furiously, walks into his house. Everything is in
order.
His gaming equipment is still there. Jimmy walks down to his basement,
where he
built a custom-made punching bag, for times just like these. He punches
the bag
with anger that he has never seen before. As he is punching, he thinks
to
himself.
“What happened to
make Jimmy
go on a rampage of words?” asked a worried Sheen.
“Who cares? As far
as I see,
egg-head can go away forever, and I wouldn’t care.” said Cindy.
“I know that’s a
lie, you
care about Jimmy, and would be heartbroken if he just left. Even I can
see
that, and my IQ is 50. Point is, we all can see that you care about
Jimmy, even
if you act like you don’t.” stated Sheen, wisely.
“Whatever! Hey, I
have an
idea. Since we all have so much emotion, why don’t we all go to the
school’s
workout room, and work out. We can work out for a few hours, and then
we could
play some videogames at my house.” said Cindy.
With that said,
Cindy, Libby,
Sheen, and Carl begin their walk towards their school’s workout room.
………………………………........................
There they are.
I will
make them pay for making an arrogant, egotistical mean jerk out of me!
“Oh man, we have a
problem.”
said a suddenly scared Sheen.
“What is the matter
with you
all of a sudden? You look like you just saw a ghost.” said Cindy, who
looks at
Sheen with concern, wonder, and awe.
“Look, and you will
be afraid
too.” said Sheen, who looks like he is about to faint from fear.
Sheen points at
their friend,
or former friend, Jimmy. The other looks in the direction that Sheen is
pointing at. When their eyesight reaches their destination, they are
suddenly
filled with fear. They all want to run away, screaming at the top of
their
lungs, but their legs would not move, like they were stuck in concrete.
All
they can do is stare, as their mad best friend walks over to them, with
a look
on his face that said, “I’m angry, and the first person to give me crap
will
pay”. The fear is so overwhelming in Carl that he begins to wet his
pants. The
other, at normal times, would be disgusted, but at this time, they
completely
understand because if it weren’t for their pride, they would be doing
the exact
same thing.
“Look at what the
cat dragged
in! Just the people I was looking for. You know that we all may have
our
differences, but we must learn to overcome them. I would like to
apologize to
all of you. I overreacted, and I am sorry.” said Jimmy with a smile on
his
face.
“Okay, this is
either a
setup, or you just shocked us all.” said Cindy, on behalf of the group.
“This is no setup.
I really
am sorry for all those nasty comments I said. Hey, why don’t I show you
how
sorry I am? I’ll take you all out to lunch, and then maybe we can all
see a
movie. What do you say?” asked Jimmy, putting on a sincere act.
“Okay, but this
better not be
a trick. If it is a trick, then we are kicking your butt. Do you
understand?”
asked Cindy, not buying into the act.
“Loud and clear,
Ms. Bigmouth.
Ladies first.” said the Oh-so-kind Jimmy.
“Well, since I am
treating
you all out to lunch, it would be helpful to know where we are going!”
said
Jimmy, as kindly as he can.
“Keep your callate
curled,
psycho. We were thinking of going to Taco Bell. Right, peeps?” asks
Cindy.
The others nod
their head
yes, slowly. Jimmy just shakes his head with a humorous look on his
face.
“What are you
laughing at?”
asked Cindy, annoyed.
“Oh nothing, lets
go.” said
Jimmy, laughter present in his voice.
They all go to Taco
Bell.
They order their food and sit down.
“So, after we eat,
what movie
do you want to go see?” said an intrigued Jimmy.
“Hm, how about we
see See No
Evil? I’m in the mood for a horror flick.” answered Cindy.
“I don’t like
horror flicks.
Why don’t we see Star Wars instead?” asked Carl.
“No, I’m sick of
Star wars
movies. Why don’t we see X-men 3?” asked Libby.
“No, I want to go
see
Ultralord The Movie.” exclaimed Sheen.
Cindy, Libby, Carl
and Sheen
argue about what movie they want to see for an astounding 45 minutes.
Jimmy
just sat back and watched them, laughing his head off. Finally, he made
a
suggestion.
“Hey, I have an
idea. Instead
of arguing, why don’t we see all the movies? That way, everybody is
satisfied.”
suggested Jimmy, who is still laughing his head off.
“I guess that would
be okay.”
said Cindy.
“Ya, that sounds
feasible.”
said Libby.
“That’s okay by
Everybody waits for
Carl’s
response. He simply nods his head yes. Everyone is then off to see the
first
movie of the day, See No Evil. They get to the movie theater.
“What movie would
you like to
see?” asked the movie attendant.
“All of us would
like tickets
to See No Evil.” said Jimmy.
“Sorry kids, you
have to have
a parental guardian with you to see See No Evil. Is their any other
movie you
would like to see?” asked the movie attendant.
“We would all like
to see
Ultralord The Movie, then.” said the semi-disappointed Jimmy.
“Sorry, were all
sold out of
tickets. Any other movie you want to see.” asked the movie attendant.
“Sorry, we just
removed it from
the theater.” said the movie attendant.
The others,
disgusted with
the theater, leave without another word.
“Man, I can’t
believe it.
Every movie we wanted to see, we couldn’t. This stinks.” said Jimmy,
angrily.
The others simply
nod their
heads yes.
“Hey, I have an
idea. Why
don’t you all come to my house to play some videogames? I upgraded my
VR.
Videogame player. I updated it so you wouldn’t have to win the game to
exit
it.” said Jimmy.
Carl and Sheen get
up,
excitedly, while Cindy and Libby look at each other with confused
looks. Then
they look at Jimmy with that same look.
“It is a machine
that puts
you inside your favorite videogame.” said Jimmy.
“What are you
talking about?
How does it put you inside a videogame?” asked Cindy.
“How do I explain
this? The character
they put in the videogame are like real people, only in the videogame
world. My
machine makes you like one of the characters inside the videogame
world. Look,
why don’t I show you what I mean?” asked Jimmy.
“I think that that
would be a
good idea, considering that Libby and I have no idea what your talking
about.”
said Cindy.
Cindy, Libby, Carl
and Sheen
follow Jimmy to his lab, where the VR. Videogame player is held. They
enter the
lab.
“Okay, I have a
cool
videogame that no one has played before. Carl, Sheen, since you have an
idea of
what I am talking about, why don’t you try out my new videogame, and
demonstrate
how my machine works.” said Jimmy.
Carl and Sheen
agree to be
Jimmy’s guinea pigs, again. They step on the transference pad, as Jimmy
puts in
his cool videogame. Carl and Sheen are transported into the videogame.
Cindy
and Libby watch Sheen and Carl beat level one, easily.
“Okay, we have seen
your machine,
and we want to play.” said Cindy.
“Okay, just step on
the
transference pad and you will enter the videogame.” said Jimmy.
Cindy and Libby do
as they
are instructed. They enter the videogame. Jimmy resets it to level one.
They
all start playing level one.
“Man, this is so
cool. I’ve
never been in a videogame before. Looks like Neutron actually invented
something we can all enjoy.” exclaimed a very excited Cindy.
“Ya, I know what
you mean.
This is sweet.” said Libby.
“This might be cool
to you,
but we have to be careful. This game might get very challenging, and we
don’t
even know how many lives we got. We best be careful.” said Sheen.
The others agree,
so they
stop talking. They see a bunch of jumping platforms, which they easily
jump
over. Then they see some boxes and crates. They open them to find some
weapons.
“What would we need
these
for? Oh well, we better keep them just in case.” said Cindy.
They then find a
door,
floating in the air. They slowly open it up, and walk inside a room.
They then
see an army of 10,000 bunny rabbits with carrot-shaped bazookas. The
rabbits
start shooting projectiles. Cindy and Libby start doing karate moves on
the
rabbits, disarming them in the process, while Carl and Sheen use their
weapons
on the rabbits. The rabbits put up a fight, but are easily defeated.
Everyone
is trying to catch their breath.
“That battle was
exhausting.
To think this is only level one! Just imagine what is on the next level
and
beyond.” said Libby, who is trying to catch her breath.
“I hear ya! At
least we still
got our health. Hey, speaking of health, do we have a health bar, or is
this a
one hit kill game?” asked Sheen.
“That is a good
question,
Sheen. Unfortunately, I don’t think that any of us has an answer for
ya.” said
Libby.
Just as Libby said
that, a
huge, 20ft rabbit comes out of nowhere and starts to attack.
“I think this is a
life bar
game. I drought that that rabbit would die in one hit.” said Cindy.
Cindy, Libby and
Carl start
using their fist on the rabbit, while Sheen looks around for more
weapons. Upon
finding some weapons, he gives them to his friends. They all attack
with the
weapons. The rabbit is destroyed within 5 minutes, but the battle is
not
without injury. Sheen and Carl have lost half of their life bar, while
Cindy
and Libby are close to losing their first life. A voice from above then
talks.
“For defeating the
rabbit,
there are some bonuses. First, your health has been fully restored. As
another
bonus, each one of you can have a special bonus of your choice.”
Cindy had the
selection of
some throwing stars, a sword, or a bazooka. She picks the bazooka.
Libby had the
choice of a
lion, elephant, or a leopard. She chooses the leopard.
Carl had the choice
of a
shield, a magician’s staff, or a sledgehammer. He chooses the shield.
Sheen had a choice
of steel
knuckles, $10,000 of videogame money, or the spell of healing. He
chooses the
spell of healing.
“You have chosen
the bonuses.
Do you wish to save?”
“Yes”
“Game progress
saved. Now you
may go through the door and begin Level 2, when you are ready. Good
luck”
………………………………........................
The others get into
a circle
and grab hands. Their momentum slows down tremendously.
“Hey look, I see
water. It
would be better if we hit water than solid ground.” explained Sheen.
“He’s right. Good
idea
Sheen.” said Libby.
“Thanks.”
In the circle,
which they
have created, they hit the water, hard, with enough impact to wound
them, but
not kill them. One by one, they slowly break the surface of the water.
On their
life bars, they are almost dead. They slowly swim to land.
“Hey, as a bonus, I
have the
power to heal. If only I knew how to activate it.” said Sheen, who is
trying
all different things to activate his healing power.
………………………………........................
The others look
around to
find any place to go. Suddenly Sheen sees a sign that says shortcut.
“Hey guys, I see a
sign that says
shortcut. Maybe we should follow it.” says Sheen.
“I don’t know, I
don’t trust
signs that say shortcuts. Remember when we were on Intergalactic
Showdown, and
we saw a sign that said shortcut? Remember what kind of trouble we got
into
when we followed it. I just can’t bring myself to follow that sign.”
said
Cindy, who begins to reminisce about when they were all on
Intergalactic
Showdown.
“Ya, I don’t trust
that sign
either, but I don’t see any other path. Do you?” asked Sheen.
Cindy looks around
and, upon
finding no other alternate route, walks the path that says shortcut,
defeated.
The others follow her, upon the shortcut path. Libby, seeing that Cindy
has a
sad look upon her face, walks up to her.
“Hey, Cindy what’s
wrong?”
asked Libby.
“Libs, do you ever
have the
felling that life is not what it seems?” asked Cindy.
“What do you mean?”
asked
Libby.
“Do you ever think
that
something was going to happen, then the total opposite happens?” asked
Cindy.
“Not really, Why do
you ask?”
asked Libby.
“No particular
reason,” lied
Cindy.
Libby knew she was
lying, but
decided to end the conversation. Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen
continued to
walk the path until they came to a big problem. They came to a
mountain.
“Crap, how are we
supposed to
climb this? We have no safety hooks or anything, and this mountain
looks about
1500ft high. Do you think we should turn back, or risk climbing the
gigantic
mountain?” asked Sheen.
“Well, we could
turn back,
but we would have to walk another 30 minutes. Besides, there wasn’t
another
path. Looks like we’re forced to climb this huge mountain.” answered
Cindy.
They all begin to
climb the
mountain. Every 5 minutes, they stopped to take a break. After about 5
hours,
were halfway up the mountain. They were all tired out, so they decided
to make
camp.
“Hey, don’t you
think that
it’s kind of ironic that the first level had a whole lot of enemies,
but this
level didn’t have one enemy.” said Sheen.
The others think
about it for
a moment, and then realize that Sheen is right.
“I never thought
I’d say
this, Ultradork, but you are right. We haven’t encountered one enemy on
this
level so far. Hum, maybe one of us should stay on watch duty, incase
some
enemies should show up.” said Cindy.
“I’ll do it. I’m
not tired
anyways, and besides, with my shield, I’ll be the most protected from
any
enemies.” spoke Carl.
“That a good idea.
The rest
of us should get some sleep. See ya all in the morning.” said Cindy.
“Goodnight” said
Carl, Sheen,
and Libby simultaneously.
Everyone but Carl
went to
sleep. Carl valiantly was staying awake for his watch duty.
What was that? I
had
better keep a watch out for any bad guys.
8 hours later,
Cindy, Libby,
and Sheen wake up. They look around, and realize that Carl is missing!
“Hey, Carl’s
missing! Carl,
where are you?” screams Sheen.
Obviously, nobody
answers.
Cindy then finds the note the ninjas left.
“Hey, I found a
note.”
informed Cindy.
“What does in say?”
asked
Sheen and Libby simultaneously.
“Read it for
yourselves.”
said Cindy.
At that point,
Libby and
Sheen both faint. Cindy immediately tries to wake them up. Libby wakes
up right
away, but Sheen is still unconscious.
“Sheen, wake up! We
don’t
have time for this! Get up!” yelled Cindy.
“Cindy, stop! I
know how to
wake him up, but I’m not going to like it.” said Libby
The moment she said
that,
Libby kissed Sheen on the lips. Just as she predicted, Sheen instantly
woke up.
Once the kiss ended, Libby slapped Sheen across the back of his head.
“Ow! What was that
for?”
asked Sheen, who just got slapped back into reality.
“That is for not
waking up
and making me do that.” said Libby, who had a devilish smirk on her
face.
Cindy, who was
laughing at
the humorous scene, got control of herself and said, “While that was
hilarious,
we do have a situation here. We need to find Carl, now, before it is
too late.
Okay, we should split up, that way we could cover more ground.”
“What if we find
the enemies?
How would we communicate.” asked Libby.
“We will all take
separate
directions and meet here in an hour. Whoever is not back, we will take
to their
direction, hopefully finding whoever is missing, and the enemies.
Libby, you
take north. Sheen, you take east, and I’ll take west.” said Cindy.
The others, knowing
their
task, separate to their assigned directions; Libby to the north, Sheen
to the
east, and Cindy to the west.
Libby starts to
climb north
until she realizes something.
How do I control
this
thing? Please slow down.
Cool, I think I
found out
how to control this leopard. I control it by my thoughts. Now that I
know how
to control my ride, it’s off to save Carl!
Sheen pulls out his
cell
phone and dials Libby’s cell phone number. He waits and waits until,
miraculously, Libby answers.
“Hey Libby, it’s
Sheen.
Listen, I know who the kidnappers are.”
“Who are they,
Sheen?”
“The kidnappers are
ninjas!
Listen, you have to call Cindy and tell her. Cindy could be in great
danger if
she doesn’t know. Hurry up and call her!” said Sheen, who immediately
hangs up
his cell phone.
Libby, taking
Sheen’s advice,
calls Cindy. Libby waits and waits, but there is no answer.
“Oh no! She must be
in
danger. Leopard, go west.” commands Libby.
The leopard,
following her
master’s command, stops going north, and goes west instead. Libby
wisely calls
Sheen and tells him to go west, as Cindy didn’t answer her cell phone.
Sheen
turns around and goes west. He eventually meets up with Libby and hops
on her leopard,
and goes to look for Cindy and Carl.
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“What do you people
want from
me? Why did you kidnap me?” asked a hysterical Carl.
All he gets for an
answer is
a slap on the face, and the silent sign to be quiet.
All is quite for a
few hours.
Then the ninjas hear a startle in the mountain bushes.
“Whoever is there,
run! There
are a whole bunch of…” said Carl.
Carl is cut off
with a hand
to the face. One of the ninja’s nods his head yes, promoting the other
ninjas
to survey the area and find whatever did that.
The ninjas look
around, and,
after an hour of searching, they find, guess whom, Cindy. The ninjas
try to use
the knockout gas on her, but instead she disarmed them and used the
knockout
gas on them, putting them to sleep. Cindy, now realing the enemies
before her,
quickly unties Carl, with unseen speed. Cindy and Carl then take out
the
ninjas. Before they could escape, however, at least 40 ninjas came out
of
nowhere and surrounded them. It looked like they were doomed, when
suddenly,
from out of nowhere, came a leopard with two passengers on her back.
Cindy and
Carl, who recognize the passengers as Sheen and Libby, start to attack
the
ninjas. Libby, Sheen and even the leopard join in the battle. With so
many
strong warriors, despite a valiant effort by the ninjas, they were
defeated.
Even though the ninjas were defeated, they left their mark because
their
opponents, Carl, Sheen, Cindy and Libby, were almost out of life on
their life
bars. Worse for them, they now had a ninja master to deal with.
“Great, I fell
exhausted, and
now we have this guy to deal with. Sheen, can you heal us while we take
care of
this
“I could, but it
will take a
while. After all, I can only heal one person at a time.” said Sheen.
“Good enough!
Everybody else,
attack!” said Cindy.
At that point,
Cindy, Libby,
Carl, and the leopard attack the master ninja, while Sheen gets to work
on
healing his friends, as fast as he could. First Sheen healed Cindy to
the
fullest extent of her life bar. Sheen then healed Carl, also to the
fullest
extent of his life bar. Then, right before Libby was about to die,
Sheen healed
her to the fullest extent of her life bar. Sheen then joins the battle,
and
helps his friends defeat the master ninja. Cindy fires her bazooka at
the ninja
master. All her shots miss except for one. On the other hand, Carl,
Libby and
Sheen are fist fighting the ninja master. After about 150 minutes, the
ninja
master is defeated. Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen are almost dead. The
leopard,
15 minutes into battle, ran and hid. Just like in the first level, a
voice from
above speaks.
“For completing
level two,
here are some bonuses. First of all, you health has been wholly
restored.
Second, you each get an upgrade to your previous bonuses. Cindy, your
bazooka
has been upgraded to a heat-seeking, enemy- seeking bazooka. Libby, you
now
have two leopards instead of one. Carl, you now have a better shield
and
lightweight armor. Sheen, you now have the power to heal all party
members at
once instead of one at a time. Do you wish to save?”
“Yes!”
“Game progress
saved. When
you are ready, climb the rest of the mountain to battle you first boss
battle.
Good luck!”
Cindy and the other
decide to
rest for the night and battle the boss in the morning.
………………………………........................
8 hours have passed
since
Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen beat level two and decided to make camp.
Cindy
was the first one to wake up. After leaving a note, Cindy decided to
take a
walk, carrying her upgraded bazooka, of course. She takes a long walk,
then
after a while, decides to take a break to gather her thoughts.
Everybody begins
their climb
to the top of the mountain. Noticing that something was wrong, Cindy
asks an
important question.
“Hey Libby, why
aren’t we
riding your leopards to the top of the mountain? It would be faster,
and we
would expend less energy.”
“I am giving the
leopards a
rest. Now shut up and climb.” screamed Libby.
Cindy, startled by
her
friend’s scream, shuts up and climbs the mountain. It takes three hours
to
climb to the top of the mountain. Once they got there, they began to
descend
the mountain, down to the valley below. They climb down for 24 hours,
without
rest. As soon as they got to the valley, Cindy collapses out of
exhaustion. The
others don’t seem even the least bit exhausted, and they start to
laugh. Cindy
pretends to fall asleep for one hour. She overhears her “Friends”
taking.
“Ha-Ha, she’ll
never figure
out that we are the bosses, and that her real friends are captured and
locked
up in a cage. Ha-Ha.” laughed the fake Libby.
“I know, how stupid
can you
be, not to figure out were the bosses. We have put her through torture;
she
should have been able to figure out that we are the bosses.” said the
fake
Sheen.
After that saying,
Cindy pops
up from her fake sleep, and starts to attack the fake Sheen. First, she
does a
roundhouse kick, and then she does a dragon punch. Fake Sheen is down
half of
his life bar. Cindy then does a back flip, narrowly avoiding fake
Libby’s
punch. Cindy then kicks fake Libby in the face, depleting ¾ of
fake Libby’s
life bar. Cindy then does a lightning-quick roll, avoiding fake Carl’s
stomp
kick. Cindy then kicks fake Carl where the sun don’t shine, depleting
more than
¾ of his life bar. Cindy is winning the boss battle until her
boss battle form,
fake Cindy, attacks her. Fake Cindy then puts the real Cindy in a
sleeper hold.
Cindy tries to struggle out of the hold, but fails to do so. She then
falls
asleep, and the bosses then attack Cindy. She is down to ¼ of
her life bar. She
then wakes up and gets a second wind of energy. She kicks out of the
hold, then
flips to get some distance between herself and her enemies. She then
uses her
upgraded bazooka to blast her enemies into oblivion. After about 15
rounds of
ammunition, Cindy’s opponents are defeated. Cindy is very weak, with
only about
two hits left on her life bar. Knowing she cannot last long, she weakly
searches for her real friends. After two long hours, she finds them
locked in a
cage. Not really wanting to look for the key, she does a dragon kick on
the
lock of the cage, which then immediately falls off. Once her friends
are free,
Cindy collapses from real exhaustion. Her real friends, the real Libby,
Carl,
and Sheen, slowly walk out of the cage, and gently carry Cindy to a
place so
she can rest. When she finally does awaken, 16 hours later, a
mysterious voice
from above speaks.
“Cindy Vortex, for
completing
the first boss battle by yourself, I award you with 15 extra lives, and
a full
health bar. Unfortunately, the rest of you just get a full health bar.
Dou you
wish to save?”
“Yes!”
The others decide
to make
camp and look for the door in the morning hours.
………………………………........................
Chapter
8, Part 1: Separate but equal
It has been 24
hours since
Cindy single-handedly beat the first boss battle and rescued her
friends. It
has been 8 hours since Cindy and her friends decided to make camp and
rest
their tired limbs. Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen slowly get up from
their
slumber.
“I wish I had some
coffee
right now.” said Sheen, half-yawning in the process.
“Sheen, we all know
the last
thing you need is coffee. I mean you’re already hyperactive enough as
it is. I
just can’t imagine what would happen if you were to drink coffee.” said
Carl,
who seems energetic.
“What do you mean
by that,
fatso?” yelled an angry Sheen.
“I said, weirdo,
that the
last thing you need is coffee, or anything caffeinated.” said Carl,
whose anger
is starting to build up.
“That’s it, you’re
going get
it.” said Sheen, who throws an extremely fast and extremely powerful
punch at
Carl.
Carl wisely rolls
out of the
way. He was about to retaliate when Cindy stopped him. By the looks of
it,
Libby had stopped Sheen from trying to cause any further harm.
“Enough!” screamed
Cindy and
Libby commandingly.
Carl and Sheen look
at the
girls with angry eyes, and then they calm themselves down.
“That’s better. Now
I want
you two to shake hands and be friends’ again.” said Cindy.
Carl and Sheen,
seeing no
other options, shake hands and apologize to each other. Although they
apologized to each other, neither meant it.
“Okay, now that you
two are
friends again, we can get back to trying to beat this game. Okay, on
the way
down the mountain, did anybody see any door?” asked a benevolent Cindy.
“No, I didn’t see
one.” said
Libby.
“Neither did I”
said Sheen.
“I didn’t on the
way down.”
said Carl. “But I see one now. Look!”
The other look in
the
direction Carl is pointing at. They see something far in the distance.
It’s the
door!
“Wow, I can see the
door.
Good job Carl!” said Cindy, amazed.
“Thank you.” said
Carl.
“Um, not to break
up this
happy moment, but how do we get up there. It’s at least ten miles
away.” said
Libby, forgetting she had two leopards to ride.
“Libby, did you
forget that
you have leopards we can ride?” asked Sheen, kindly.
“Oops, I guess I
did.” said
Libby, as she mentally calls upon her two leopards.
Almost instantly,
her
leopards appear at her feet. Libby and Sheen climb onto one, as Cindy
and Carl
climb onto the other. They then proceed in the direction of the door.
10
seconds later, they stop at the door.
“Okay, we all know
what happens
when we go though these things. We have to be careful.” said Cindy.
They all walk
through the
door. On the other side, there is a dormant cave. Slowly they enter the
cave.
All along the caves interior, there are pictures. Once they see the
pictures, their
bodies fill with fear and terror. The pictures on the walls of the cave
are
pictures of them, complete with their names.
“Okay, I’m really
creeped
out.” said Carl, who is staring at the pictures of himself.
The pictures that
Carl is
staring at reveal a bunch of masked figures brutally killing him with
sharp,
pointy spears. Carl quickly closes his eyes, hoping that the horrible
pictures
would go away. When they didn’t Carl slowly walks away and begins
looking at
another wall.
“This is spooky.”
said Libby,
who is looking at her pictures.
Her pictures reveal
her being
thrown into a volcano, with masked men around the neck of the volcano,
dancing
a weird dance. Libby, just like Carl, slowly walks away and looks
around the
cave.
“I must agree; this
place is
scary.” said Sheen, staring at his pictures.
His pictures
revealed him
being slain by his hero Ultralord. All that was left of him was a pile
of
ashes. Sheen walks away slowly, looking at the other pictures on the
wall.
“Wow, I would have
never imagined
myself doing this.” said Cindy.
Her pictures
revealed her
bowing down before a mysterious figure dressed in a royal robe. Cindy,
after
examining her pictures, follows the other, looking around the cave. The
four
friends eventually stumble upon a picture that absolutely shocks them.
Their
eyes land upon a picture showing Jimmy in a king’s chair, with royal
guards and
servants around him. His eyes are looking right at them. Cindy, Libby,
Carl,
and Sheen, who are shell-shocked, walk away from the picture. The
pictures eyes
seem to be following them. They follow a path in the cave until they
come
across something strange to them. They come across a 4-way split in the
cave.
Stranger than that, each split had one of their names on it.
“Hey, where do we
go now?”
asked Sheen.
“I don’t know. It’s
strange
that each path in the cave has our names on it.” said Cindy.
They all walk up to
Cindy’s
fork. Libby tries to go though it, but is painfully electrocuted.
“Libby, what
happened?” asked
Sheen, concerned.
“I don’t know,
Sheen! I tried
to go through the path, but I got electrocuted before I could proceed.”
explained Libby.
Sheen, being Sheen,
tries to
go through. Like Libby, he was painfully electrocuted. Carl was the
next one to
try to go though. Like the people before him, he was electrocuted as
well. They
all think they will get electrocuted, however, when Cindy tried to go
through,
she goes through unharmed. When she tries to go back, she is blocked by
an
invisible barrier.
“Okay, it seems
like I’m
blocked by an outside force. I think I see what to do. You all have to
go
through the path with your names. Be careful, because once you go in,
it’s a
one-way trip. Sheen, do us a favor, incase we run into enemies, heal us
every 5
minutes, if you can. Be careful!” said Cindy, as she walks off to find
the end
of the path.
Libby, Carl, and
Sheen,
hesitantly, go to their own paths. They are now separated.
………………………………........................
Great, now that
they are
separated, they wouldn’t be able to surprise me and beat the level.
Ha-Ha.
Cindy turns around,
only to
find herself face to face with a bunch of armed guards with laser
spears.
“As you command.”
said the
armed guards.
………………………………........................
“AHH!”
………………………………........................
………………………………........................
There, I’m all
done. Now
to continue with this search for an exit.
“Any last words?”
asked the corrupt
Ultralord.
“I don’t want to
die.” said
Sheen.
At that moment,
Ultralord
pulled the trigger.
“I won’t die this
way!” said
Sheen.
Sheen just barely
dodges
Ultralord’s molecular blast by baseball sliding under Ultralord’s feet,
punching him in the family jewels as well. Ultralord collapses in pain.
Sheen
wisely uses the moment to disarm Ultralord of all his weapons. He then
uses his
healing spell. At the same time Sheen uses his healing spell, Ultralord
recovers. After Sheen uses his healing spell, he takes a huge rock and
smashes
Ultralord’s weapons, leaving them completely useless.
“So, you’re not as
dumb as I
thought. Looks like I’ll have a real challenge on my hands. Why don’t
we have a
good old-fashioned fist fight?” asked the currupt Ultralord.
“That sounds good
to
Sheen and Ultralord
then
battle. Elsewhere, the others were having their own problems.
“I don’t want to be
burned to
death.” screamed Libby, as she is falling into the 100-foot volcano.
Then, quicker than
an eye’s
blink, one of Libby’s leopards jump across the volcano, catches the net
Libby
was in with it’s teeth, and then lands on the opposite wall than it
jumped
from, 15-feet away. While the one leopard was rescuing Libby, the other
was
attacking Libby’s kidnappers, the face-painted men. The leopard lifts
the
kidnapper into its mouth, then flings him over the volcano neck,
sending him spiraling
down into the boiling lava. The face-painted men fight back with
spears, but
they are quickly decimated, as the leopard that saved Libby joins in
the fight.
When the battle is over, Libby climbs on one leopards and commands her
leopards
to search for an exit. Elsewhere, someone else was having trouble with
mysterious
men.
“I don’t like you
people! Go
away!” said Carl, shielding himself.
Unfortunately for
him, the
attackers attacked his back, his only vulnerable spot, besides his
head. The
mysterious men decimate Carl, forcing him to lose, not just one, but
all three
of his lives. The mysterious men rejoice, as their job is done
……………………………….......................
Ha-Ha, one down,
three to
go.
………………………………........................
“Man, that battle
was easy.”
said the victor of the Ultralord battle, Sheen.
Sheen walks to the
end of the
tunnel. He sees Libby, and rejoices.
“Freedom!”
Libby simply shakes
her head.
Sheen and Libby start to wait patiently for Carl and Cindy. Unknown to
them,
neither would be joining them, at least not anytime soon.
………………………………........................
Cindy is in shock
because,
standing right before her, was Butch.
“Yes, I can’t
believe it
either. Just because I am here doesn’t mean we are friends. In fact,
I’m taking
you to your prison cell.”
“No, I’m not going
anywhere.”
“You have no
choice.” said
Butch, as he snaps his fingers.
As he does,
thousands of
robots appear out of nowhere. Cindy valiantly fights off some of the
robots,
but is quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of robots. She is
quickly
subdued. She is taken to a small, musty-odored, and ugly prison cell.
Cindy
continues to struggle to take control, but to no avail. Almost
instantaneously,
she is thrown into the hard cell, with the robots locking the cell. The
robots
then leave as quickly as they appeared. Cindy looks around the cell.
Cindy, suddenly
feeling
sleepy, quickly falls into a deep, coma-like sleep. She sleeps for 3
hours
until a voice suddenly wakes her up.
“Who’s there?”
asked a brave
Cindy.
Suddenly a figure
appears in
the shadows. The figure steps into the light. It’s…
“April the
Gorlock!” screamed
Cindy in shock.
“SHH! Yes, it is I,
April the
Gorlock. I’m here to help you escape. When I release you, follow
April then kicks
the door of
the cell. The entire front side of the cell falls to the floor. Cindy
exits the
cell.
She and April then
hear Butch
cry out, “Who’s there?”
April quietly
whispers to
Cindy, “Follow me, unless you want them to capture you again.”
Cindy quickly
follows April,
trying to escape. They hear an alarm sound.
“Intruder alert!
Intruder
alert!”
By the time the
guards
discover that Cindy is missing, she and April have already escaped.
They reach
the exit, which happens to be where Sheen and Libby are staying.
“Okay, we don’t
have much
time. An evil man and his robots and guards are chasing us. We need to
find a
way to escape.” said Cindy, as she climbs of the unoccupied leopard.
“The exit is 50
miles
southeast from here. You guys need to go.” said April.
“We aren’t leaving
without
you and out friend Carl.” said Sheen.
“Hate to tell you
this, manic
one, but your friend Carl is dead. You will be too if you don’t get out
of
here. You guys go, I’ll hold of the guards,” said April.
“But”
The others leave,
hesitantly,
with tears in their eyes. Just after they left, the robots and guards
come out.
“Finally, time to
have some
fun.” said the arrogant April.
As she is fighting
the
things, Cindy, Libby and Sheen make their way to the exit for the
level.
“I can’t believe
that Carl is
dead. I won’t believe.” said Sheen, who has entered a state of denial.
“We all miss him.
He might
have been a dork at times, but he was a good friend to all of us.” said
Cindy,
who is sad, but is trying to hide it, for the sake of the group.
“I suppose you
right. We all miss
him. One thing’s for sure. Somebody’s gonna pay!” cried out Sheen, who
is on
the verge of crying.
Finally, Sheen
burst out
crying. Libby, doing her part to comfort him, allows him to rest his
head on
her shoulder. Other than Sheen crying, they are silent for the entire
“trip”.
After 5 minutes, they arrive at the level’s exit. Again, a mysterious
voice
from above speaks.
“You would normally
not
receive any bonuses for your performance on this level, however, I am
sympathetic. Therefore, except for your fallen friend Carl, you will
all be
fully healed, and all of you will now have the ability to heal
everybody at
once. Do you wish to save?”
“Yes.”
“Game progress
saved. You may
proceed through the door and into Level 4. Good Luck and be careful.”
They all decide to
heal and
go though the door. They step through the door, close the door, and
make camp.
Little did they know, that was the last thing they should have done.
4 hours have passed
since the
completion of level four and the fall of Carl. Cindy, Libby, and Sheen
are
sleeping peacefully despite the chaos surrounding them. They were
sleeping peaceful
until a vibration like an earthquake woke them all up. Sleepily and
slowly,
they open their eyes, only to be face to face with a monstrous T-Rex.
They
quickly look around for an escape route, but all they find is hundreds
of
thousands of dinosaurs, looking at them like they were their dinner.
“What do we do?”
asked a
frightened Sheen.
“I know what to
do…Run!” said
Cindy.
“We can’t, we’re
surrounded.”
said a panicky Libby.
At that moment, a
huge
pterodactyl grabs Sheen, carrying him off to the huge bird’s nest.
Pterodactyls
also grab Cindy and Libby.
“This may not be
the best way
to escape, but I’ll take it.” said Sheen.
“I agree. Wait,
what’s that?”
asked Cindy, pointing to a distant object.
“It looks like…a
door! That
must be our way out of here.” said an excited Libby.
“Sweet!” said
Sheen, happily.
All of a sudden,
the
pterodactyls take off in separate directions. Cindy is taken North,
Libby is
taken south, and Sheen is taken west.
Cindy’s pterodactyl
stops at
a nest 6 miles away from the door. The nest is in a 20-foot tree. The
pterodactyl leaves the nest, leaving Cindy by herself, or so she
thought. Upon
closer examination of her surroundings, she realizes there are two
pterodactyl
eggs in the nest. She quickly disposes the eggs by blasting them with
her
bazooka. She then begins her descent of the 20-foot tree.
30 exhausting
minutes later,
Cindy finishes climbing the tree. She then runs as much as she can to
the door.
She runs for 3 miles, and then has to stop to breath. Cindy looks
around for
Sheen and Libby; they are nowhere to be found. Cindy, after catching
her
breathe, attempts to run the last 3 miles. After a few minutes, Cindy
has to
walk; she is too tired to run anymore. Finally, Cindy walks under a
giant
mushroom and collapses from exhaustion. She remains in an unconscious
state
until she hears the movement of a huge dinosaur. Cindy’s eyes snap open
and,
remembering where she was at, runs the remaining way to the door. She
only
stops once to see what dinosaur it was that woke her up. As it turns
out, the
dinosaur was a harmless brontosaurus. Nevertheless, the quicker Cindy
and party
could get out of here, the better. Cindy, after another 3-mile run,
finally
makes it to the door.
Unfortunately for
her, only
one of her friends would make it out of this level alive.
Sheen’s pterodactyl
dropped
him in its nest. Unlike Cindy’s pterodactyl, Sheen’s pterodactyl did
not fly
off. In fact, it did something unexpected. It ate Sheen whole. Unlike
Carl,
Sheen had only one life. The pterodactyl, after finishing its meal,
went to
sleep.
Libby, however, had
better
luck. As the pterodactyl tried to take her to its nest, Libby struggled
out of
the pterodactyl’s hold. Libby fell 40 feet and hit the ground hard.
Luckily,
she did not hit the ground hard enough to go into unconsciousness, and
was able
to heal herself. She fell exactly 1 mile away from the door.
Unfortunately, she
broke her leg during the fall and, despite her healing, was unable to
fix her
broken leg. She was unable to move herself. Fortunately, she had two
worthy
transportation units- her leopards. She then calls upon her leopard and
they
carry her to the door, where they have a reunion with Cindy.
“Libby, what
happened?” asked
a concerned and utterly shocked Cindy.
“I escaped from my
pterodactyl and fell at least 40 feet, which lead to me breaking my
leg.
Luckily, I had my leopards carry me here.” said Libby, who is in
extreme pain.
Cindy and Libby’s
conversation
comes to an abrupt end when they hear a sound they never thought they
would
hear. They turn around only to see their exit door completely
destroyed. Worse
than that, they see a pact of at least 20 t-rexes and 10 pterodactyls.
They all
look hungry.
“What do we do? Our
escape
route is gone, and we have a lot of dinosaurs that want to eat us for
dinner.”
stated Libby.
“We can’t run, so
we have to
fight.” answered Cindy.
“But my leg is
broken. I
can’t fight!” said Libby.
“Yes you can. The
leopard not
carrying you can fight the dinosaurs. The leopard that is carrying you
can take
you to a safe distance, while you fire my bazooka at the dinos.” said
Cindy.
“Okay, but what are
you going
to fight with? I doubt you can use your excessive Tai Kwan Do training
on the
dinos, and I don’t see any weapons around.” said Libby, who is looking
out for
the safety of her best friend.
“Just leave the
dinos to me.
Take my bazooka and hide.” commanded Cindy.
Libby hesitantly
takes
Cindy’s bazooka and hides with her leopard. Cindy, now weaponless,
dodges the
charging t-rexes and pterodactyls. She begins looking for any weapons
as
Libby’s other leopard begins attacking the dinosaurs. Cindy, who
quickly looks
for a weapon, finds one…sort of. She finds a nice to humans’ twonkie.
She
begins to sing to it to make it angry. The twonkie transformed into its
enraged
form, however, instead of attacking Cindy, it started to attack the
dinosaurs.
As the leopard and the twonkie were attacking the dinosaurs so was
Libby. Libby
was doing her part in the fight, as she was dispatching of the
pterodactyls.
Within a matter of minutes, she killed all 10 of the pterodactyls. The
t-rexes
were another story. The twonkie killed of three t-rexes before it was
killed
off itself. The leopard killed off 10 t-rexes before it was so badly
damaged
that it had to hide and heal up. This left Cindy alone with seven angry
t-rexes. The only thing Cindy could do was fight the t-rexes with her
excellent
Tai Kwan Do training. She battled the t-rex and, with help from Libby,
defeated
them. The victory was not without cost, however, because Cindy lost
five of her
15 extra lives. Not to mention, her and Libby’s escape route door was
completely destroyed and throughout the entire battle, Sheen had not
shown up, which
was not a good sign. Libby had come out of her hiding place, as well as
her
leopard friends. They all rejoin Cindy.
“Wow, what a
battle! Ya know,
I would be celebrating if it weren’t for the fact that the door to our
freedom
is destroyed, and the fact the Sheen is nowhere to be found.
Unfortunately, I
have a hunch that Sheen, my love, is dead.” said Libby, tears forming
in her
eyes.
Cindy,
sympathetically, gives
Libby a hug. Libby regains her composer. Cindy then stops hugging her.
“What are we going
to do?”
asked a broken-hearted Libby.
“We’re going to
escape, we’re
going to win this game, and we’re going to get revenge. First we need
to get
out of here.” said Cindy, who is fired up.
“How?” asked a
semi-frightened and semi-fired up Libby.
“We can help with
that.” said
two familiar voices.
Cindy and Libby
turn around
and almost faint out of shock. Floating above the ground were the
ghosts of
Sheen and Carl. They snap their fingers and the exit door is
instantaneously
rebuilt. Then the ghosts say goodbye. Carl says goodbye by waving his
hand. He
also gives Cindy and Libby a piece of his equipment; he gives Cindy his
armor
and Libby his shield. Then he vanishes. Sheen says goodbye to Cindy by
giving
her a hug, which she gladly accepts. Sheen says goodbye to Libby by
telling her
that he loves her. He also gives her a kiss on the lips. Then he too
vanishes.
Cindy and Libby stand their, stunned. Then they realize that their
escape route
is rebuilt. Cindy and Libby quickly put on the equipment Carl gave
them. Libby
realizes that her leg is no longer broken.
“Thank you.”
whispers Libby.
Cindy and Libby
then exit the
level, no longer saddened by the deaths of their friends.
Upon entering the
door, Cindy
and Libby decide to get a good nights’ sleep- a first in many days.
They,
almost instantly after making camp, fall into a deep, REM-type sleep.
They
sleep solidly for 24-hours straight. They slowly wake up from their
slumber.
“That rest was
necessary.” said
a sleepy Cindy.
“I agree. Now that
we’ve
rested, I should give this back to you.” said Libby, as she hands the
bazooka
she’d been using back to Cindy.
“Thanks. Now we
should look
around for a pas…”
“Look” said Libby,
pointing
to what looks like a small pond.
Cindy
examines the water. It’s a pond all right, but it wasn’t small. It was
huge!
The head of the pond was small, but the depth was immeasurable. Cindy
calls
Libby over and they both look at the water, trying to come up with a
plan. They
were completely stumped as of what to do.
“That
pond goes on forever. There is no way we could get to the bottom
without
drowning.” said Libby.
“Or
maybe there is a way.” said Cindy, pointing to some scuba gear she just
found.
“That’s
perfect. We can swim down to the bottom. Look, it even comes with
lights so we
can see.” said an overexcited Libby.
“That’s
a good thing. Let’s just hope that there are no enemies down there.”
said
Cindy.
With
that said, Cindy and Libby put on the scuba gear and hop into the pond.
Once
they are 15 feet down, the entrance that led them into the water begins
to
close up. Cindy and Libby notice and race to try to get out. When they
are
1-foot away from the exit/entrance, it completely closes up. Cindy and
Libby
look at each other, with eyes that say, “We’re in deep trouble”. That
was the
least of there worries, as a great white shark was looking at them with
murderous eyes. Cindy tries to use her bazooka, and luckily it works,
as it
acts as a torpedo gun underwater. The shark is easily defeated. Cindy
and Libby
start to swim faster, but to no avail. Since they were so deep
underwater, the
pressure of the water was preventing them from going any faster than
they
already were. Another problem was that their oxygen tanks were slowly
running
out.
“Oh,
no. Please tell me that those aren’t electric eels.” said Cindy in a
muffled
voice.
Unfortunately,
Cindy was right. In front of them were many electric eels, about 15 to
be
exact. Cindy and Libby try to swim away, but to no avail. They are
trapped in a
ring of electric eels. Cindy tries to use her bazooka on the swarm of
eels, but
is shocked by the eels instead. Deciding her weapon is useless, Cindy
and Libby
swim as fast as they can, away from the eels. It is no use, though,
because the
eels follow them and zap them every few moments. Luckily, every few
moments
Cindy or Libby heals themselves.
“That’s
it, we have to fight. We can’t outrun him.” said Cindy.
Cindy
pulls out her bazooka and starts firing away at the eels. She is
constantly
getting zapped, but she doesn’t care. Libby, not being able to fight,
does the
healing. Soon all the electric eels are destroyed. Cindy would have
lost at
least five lives if not for Libby’s healing. After the enemies are
defeated,
the girls continue downwards into the pond. The environment begins to
go dark,
so the girls put on the light on their helmets. The light is dim, so
they could
not see much, including the four sharks near them. Cindy and Libby
continue to
swim down until Libby feels something on her leg. She turns around,
only to see
a shark biting her leg. She cries out for help, but it is muffled.
Luckily,
Cindy noticed that Libby was not following her, and came back to help.
Cindy
easily defeats the four sharks. Cindy and Libby continue their intense
journey
to find an exit. They continue until something grabs them. That
something is a
giant squid. The giant squid grabs them and put them into a tight
squeeze.
Cindy and Libby try to fight out, but fail to do so. Then something big
happens. Cindy and Libby, with a burst of adrenaline, manage to fight
out of
the squid’s hold. Cindy quickly fires her bazooka twice, and the
bullets hit
the squid’s eyes, blinding it. Cindy and Libby quickly use the
opportunity to
swim away from the giant squid. A few moments after their escape, Libby
starts
to feel faint. Her oxygen tank is about to run out. 2 minutes later,
she dies
of suffocation. Cindy slowly starts to faint as well. She was about to
die
until she lands on a crystal that transports her out of the level and
on to an
oxygen filled environment. She remains passed out for a long time. On
the
horizon, was a huge boss battle, one that she would never forget.
Cindy,
after being passed out for hours, wakes up.
“Where
am I?” asked Cindy, confused.
She
has temporary amnesia. She looks around. She is floating on a cloud,
and
20-feet below her, is a platform. She looks at her bazooka, which is
soaked but
still useable. She then remembers where she is at, and what happened in
the
last level.
Out
of frustration, Cindy screams, “Jimmy, when I get a hold of you, I’m
going to
kill you!”
Cindy,
grabbing her bazooka, jumps down to the platform. When she reaches the
platform, she is teleported to an arena, with hundreds of thousands of
fans
cheering: some cheering for her and some cheering for her opponent. An
announcement
is made over a loudspeaker.
“Ladies
and gentleman, this is your host speaking. Welcome everybody to the
main event.
In this match, a brave soul will have to face a 5-round on slot of
enemies.
Already in the fighting grounds, weighing in at 98 pounds, and at a
height of 4
ft 2, the brave soul who will be taking on this challenge, Cynthia
Vortex.
Round one consist of 40 deadly cobras each trying to take out this
beautiful
blonde-haired woman. Ready, begin!”
The
cobras are released though 10 steel doors. Cindy wisely shoots all the
snakes.
Within 10 seconds, all the snakes are dead. Another announcement is
made.
“Wow,
we have seen somebody complete that challenge that fast in years. In
fact, that
is the newest arena record, well done. Now round two will be a lot
tougher. In
round two, you will have to face hundreds of poisonous spiders. Ready,
begin.”
400
hundred poisonous spiders are released though the 10 steel doors.
Again, Cindy
simply kills the spiders with her bazooka. Within 1 minute, the spiders
are
killed.
“Wow
that was simply amazing. Round three consists of fighting a flying
ghost ship.
Good luck! Ready, begin!”
A
flying ghost ship appears, along with a myst, at the center of the
arena. The
ship fires its cannons. Cindy, blinded by the myst, barely dodges the
cannon
fire. Cindy shoots her bazooka blindly at the ship, and misses every
shot.
Cindy
blindly dodges more cannon fire, and tries to use the sound to find the
ship.
When she thinks she has a good shot, she fires the bazooka. The ship
continues
to fire its weapon of choice, not caring if it is hit. That led to its
downfall. After 20 minutes of hide and seek, the ship is destroyed. The
battle
did have its repercussions, because Cindy was now down to ½ of
her life bar.
The damage is quickly destroyed, as Cindy heals herself to full health.
“That
was quite an exciting match. I hope the next round will be as exciting.
In the
next round, round four, the contestant will be facing a group so
dangerous, the
galaxy will tremble beneath its power. The contestant must fight this
round
while a pit of boiling lava sits in the center of the arena. Ready,
begin!”
The
center of the arena opens, revealing a pit of hot lava. The ten steel
doors
open, revealing the opponents- the League of Villains and Meldar Prime.
Meldar
calls upon his robots, while the League of Villains attack. The league
is
moving to fast to be hit with Cindy’s bazooka, so Cindy decides to
carry her
bazooka and use hand-to-hand combat on the League of Villains. First,
she hits
the Junkman with a dragon-whip kick, which renders him unconscious. She
then
attacks P.C. with a huge right hook, knocking him out. She them throws
P.C. and
the Junkman into the lava pit, burning them to a crisp. Cindy then
attacks
Beautiful Gorgeous, choking her into unconscious. Then she throws her
into the
lava pit, destroying her beauty and killing her. The space bandits try
attacking Cindy, but trip on their own two feet, right into the lava.
Eustace,
not wanting to be killed, tries to run away, but is grabbed by Cindy,
who
throws him into the lava, killing him anyways. Grandma Taters tried to
attack
Cindy from behind with a sword, but Cindy back flipped over her head, a
pushed
her into the lava, and killed her, but not without taking her sword in
the
process. She then uses her newly won sword on King Goobot, mercilessly
destroying him. All that was left to conquer was Meldar and his robots.
Cindy
easily slays Meldar, and takes out the robots with her bazooka. Cindy
exhaustedly heals any damage she may have endured during the fight.
“Wow
that was a battle. Now it is time for the final round. It will be Cindy
Vortex
vs. The Nanobots. Ready, begin!”
The
lava pit in the center of the arena closes. Through the top of the
arena roof
arrive the Nanobots. They use the molecular diatomizer (Md) to attack
Cindy.
Cindy dodges the first attack. She counterattacks with her bazooka, but
it is
ineffective against the Nanobots steel plate cover. The Nanobots use
the Md to
destroy the bazooka, leaving Cindy defenseless. The Nanobots were about
to kill
Cindy with the Md, but due to Carl’s shield, the attack is deflected
back at
the Nanobots, destroying them. The entire arena started to go into a
riot, and
people started to kill each other. Soon, only Cindy was left in the
arena. A
mysterious voice from above speaks.
“Good
job beating the challenge. As a reward, I will give you everything your
friends
had, and another enemy-seeking bazooka. Go through the door when you
are ready
to continue. Do you wish to save?”
“Yes”
“Game
progress saved. Continue your journey, when you are ready.”
Cindy
decides that before she continues, she will take a long and much needed
rest.
That was one of the smartest moves she could have made, as she would
soon find
out.
After
Cindy had her rest and healed, she heads through the door. As she does,
she
enters a different realm. She lands on an island. Not just any island.
The
island Jimmy and her were stranded on. When she looks around, she sees
only one
thing, Jimmy. Instead of an angry, enraged Jimmy, Cindy sees a kind,
compassionate Jimmy. Looks can be
deceiving, but not in this case. The game is over. Cindy is then
teleported to
Jimmy’s lab, where she is surprised to see Carl, Sheen and Libby. Even
more
surprising than that is that fact that Jimmy is nowhere in sight. Cindy
has a
surprised look on her face, while Carl, Sheen and Libby have smiles on
their
faces.
“How…Why…What
is going on here?” asked a very confused Cindy.
“We
were never in any danger. It was all a set-up, an act if you will. Come
outside, we have something to show you.” said Libby.
As
instructed, Cindy follows Carl, Sheen and Libby outside. When she gets
outside,
she nearly collapses. When she gets outside, the entire town is looking
at her.
More importantly, standing in the center of a big altar, is Jimmy in a
suit,
with a huge smile on his face.
Before
Cindy faints, Jimmy asks, “Cindy, will you marry me?
At
that moment, Cindy franticly says yes, and jumps into Jimmy’s arms.
Almost
immediately, they get married and have a huge party, with a cool D.J.
and great
refreshments. They all have a great time. In the middle of the party,
The D.J.
calls Jimmy and Cindy to the middle of the newly made dance floor, for
a slow dance.
They lock arms and start to slow dance. While they are dancing, Jimmy
explains
to Cindy why he did all of this.
“Cindy,
this may all be confusing, but I’ll explain why I did all of this. I’ve
always
loved you, but I couldn’t find a way to tell you. I spent all day and
all night
trying to find a way to tell you how I really felt, but I couldn’t find
a way.
Then I discovered a way, but you couldn’t find out right away, so when
you were
on vacation, I conducted a town meeting explaining my plan. My plan was
to act
like a jerk, apologize, get you, Carl, Sheen and Libby into a
videogame,
pretend to kill them off, and have you mad, and eventually let you win
the
videogame. In the meantime, the townspeople, including Carl, Sheen, and
Libby,
and me would plan and arrange a weeding for us. We’ve always liked each
other,
so I knew it would happen, and I know it will last.” explained Jimmy.
Just as
he finished explaining his actions to Cindy, the slow song ended. At
the end of
the song, Jimmy and Cindy share a kiss. The wedding celebration
proceeds until
it ends.
“Congratulations
Mr. and Ms. Neutron, you are now proud parents of a baby boy and a baby
girl.”
said the nurse as she hands the newborns to Cindy and Jimmy. The nurse
then
leaves.
The
end…For Now.
I would like to thank
everybody who read and reviewed my story on www.fanfiction.net
There
will probably be a sequel in the near future.