Title: Teh Dark Knight And The New Mayor
GoldenSama - February 5, 2009 04:18 AM (GMT)
[Sama Says] A very special thanks to Cojo and Crystal who approved of the stuff about to happen to Rowen and Crystal! :D Actually, that same thing applies to the next episode as well – when even more focus is on them, as well as a couple others. XD
Spoony, if you're wondering why I didn't ask YOU for permission for what is about to happen . . . Well, I was gonna in my reply to Ash & Friends or Spoon's Apprentice. XD
“Blackmail is such an ugly word . . . I prefer extortion. The 'x' makes it sound sexy.” - Bender B. Rodriguez
“So, do you feel like telling me what happened?”
“. . .Chicken noodle snowflakes!”
The giant frisbee that CHoW had been hoping would finally give me the victory he so desired was destroyed; blasted apart by Rowen. The heroes had all escaped safely – Tazzy and Avatar were saved by Crystal's airbending, while Kimi had flown Sama to the ground. CHoW and Halberd were missing, no one could find them.
Rowen, the unlikely hero of the day, had been thrown from the frisbee and smashed into window of a giant factory. He was unconscious as he'd fallen into a giant vat of slimy green liquid. As a new day dawned, and workers at that factory came in for the day, they found the super villain.
He was hanging upside down from a ceiling fan, barking like a dog. He'd drawn all over his face with a giant marker, and looked ridiculous. Something was clearly wrong. The workers had quickly called their floor manager, and he'd hurried and called the Military Police. As soon as word reached Mustang what was going on, he'd given a call to the Flan-I.
That was how Sama wound up at the Soft Drink factory at seven in the morning. Shelary, after hearing it was about Rowen, had come along with him. Kimi was not there – she refused to get up at seven unless it was a matter of life or death.
When they'd arrived, Rowen was hopping around like a frog, but mewing like a kitten.
“What the heck is wrong with him?” Sama asked the factory's manager.
“Seems he fell into a vat of unprocessed Cactus Juice.” The manager explained.
Sama had to grab onto the wall so he didn't fall down from laughing. “Oh man! A night marinating in Cactus Juice! No wonder he's gone crazy!”
“I am a English tea set!” Rowen proclaimed loudly – and then he fell onto his back and coughed several times. His face was red with a fever and he was clearly started to come down from the Cactus Juice's effects.
Shelary, with a small smile on her lips, sat on her knees next to Rowen and started to heal him. He was injured from the explosion and crashing through a window, plus the intake of Cactus Juice didn't agree with his system too much. Sama went to post the title before the story progressed too far.
When he got back, he caught the beginning of a conversation.
“So, do you feel like telling me what happened?”
“. . .Chicken noodle snowflakes!”
Sama shook his head, amused. “Any idea when he'll wind up his usual sweet self?” The sarcasm aside, Sama was curious as to when Rowen would recover.
“Ordinarily I'd say a few hours,” Shelary shook her head. “But I can speed it up if you want.”
Sama shrugged. “Up to you. Though if we wait too long Kimi will be awake and most of her talking to Rowen is done with her fists.”
Shelary nodded. “In that case, we'll do this the fast way.” She paused and looked over to the sidekick. “If you're squeamish at the sight of blood, you might want to look away.”
Sama blinked. “What are you gonna . . .”
In a flash, one of Shelary's long silver daggers was in her hand. The daggers had the ability to absorb practically anything. So all she had to do was make a small incision on Rowen's arm and she could suck the Cactus Juice right out of his bloodstream. Of course, once the Cactus Juice was gone, Rowen's mind was free – and he could feel pain.
Which, being stabbed with a dagger certainly qualifies.
“SON OF A – . . . Where am I?” Rowen's first reaction was anger – then he looked up to see Shelary, Sama and a middle-aged man in a hard hat standing over him.
Sama blinked at the factory manager. “You can leave now. You're role in the story is done.”
“Aww.” The manager sighed and walked away, muttering under his breath.
Rowen raised an eyebrow. His first natural instinct was to say something sarcastic – but before he could, Shelary took the knife out and he yelped again. “Will you stop that!?”
“Did you prefer running around yelling embarrassing things?” Shelary asked with a grin. “Because I could embarrass you if that's what you want.”
“. . .” Rowen fell silent in a matter of seconds. He had known Shelary long enough to fear that kind of threat. He still lived in constant loathing that Shelary had become such great friends with Kimi, and one of his greatest fears in life was the things she could tell the heroes.
“I thought that might work.” Shelary grinned, then she looked at him. “So do you feel like telling me what happened yesterday?”
Rowen stayed silent, his eyes moving away from Shelary and falling on Sama. The sidekick sweat dropped. “I'll just leave you two alone for a minute... maybe I can get some free cola while we're here...”
Sama walked away to find the floor manager again, hoping for free samples of their non-cactus juice drinks.
Rowen, once he was satisfied Sama was out of earshot, gave a small sigh. He didn't try to move – Shelary was now healing the cut she had made on his arm. After a moment, he closed his eyes and spoke silently.
“I don't know why I did it.”
“Crap.” Shelary shook her head in defiance. “I know you better than anyone, Cojo, and you --”
“That isn't my name anymore.” Rowen was quick to refuse his old name.
“. . . and you'd never do something like what you did without knowing what you were doing.” Shelary continued, ignoring what he had said completely.
Rowen sighed, but kept his eyes closed. “Fine . . . you're right. I . . . I stopped CHoW. I was angry that Halberd was getting the attention. It was stupid jealousy.”
Shelary narrowed her eyes at him and crossed her arms. When she realized he wasn't opening his eyes, she smacked him on the back of the head – so he'd get the message. “If you keep lying to me, I'm going to start getting mad.”
Rowen opened his eyes and he would have crossed his own arms if he could. “Fine. You want the truth?”
“That's all I ever want from you.” Shelary replied softly.
Rowen felt like someone had just kicked him in the face. She had a way of making him feel guilty, no matter how far he tried to distance himself from his old family, and his old life. “. . . I'm unhappy. I love fighting, you know that, but . . . I don't even remember what I'm fighting for anymore.”
“Hmm . . .” Shelary was trying to hide the smile on her face. An idea had popped into her head, one that she hoped would be successful. With Rowen in such a rare mood, she had to try. “Then maybe . . . you should get a reminder!”
She reached down to her brown belt and opened one of the pouches. Rowen gasped as he saw the small, egg-shaped device she pulled out. He tried to scurry away from her, but she threw the egg-thing at him and it hit his back.
“NO! SHEL! NO!” Rowen yelled, but it was too late. A thick, green liquid had emerged from the egg and was quickly covering his entire body. He tried to struggle, but after a few seconds, he was completely engulfed in a jelly-like substance – and then that substance started to shrink and shrink, until it vanished completely.
Sama was staring with his jaw dropped down to knee-level. “What the fries just happened?”
Shelary turned to him with a big smile – which suddenly faded into an anxious look. “I . . . just took a huge risk. Come on, I'll tell you all about it on the way home.”
[. . . . .]
In the exact center of Teh City sits a gigantic, sleek black building in the shape of a Spoon. The Spoon Tower, which serves as city hall as well as the headquarters for Spoony's group of 'City Managers' is the single building larger and more luxurious than the K Tower. Unlike Kimi's home, though, the Spoon Tower was built for business.
The main rooms seen in the series are the Work Room, where Winry, Lum, Jeremie and Ataru sit at four matching desks while working on their various projects.
Winry was in charge of all of Teh City's infrastructure – she was the one overseeing the roads, buildings, power and water lines . . . basically she acted as supervisor for rebuilding all the stuff Kimi and Sama and their enemies break.
Jeremie was in charge of the telephone, Internet, cable and all computer-related systems in Teh City. He was networked to nearly every public computer imaginable. He was also in charge of making sure that no one hacked into the Spoon's or the Flan-I's computer files – and by 'no one', it was generally assumed to mean the Spork, since he was considered the only nefarious character with the capability to do such a thing. (CHoW used all his fancy electronic gizmos to build robots.)
Lum was in charge of public relations – it was her job to get on television and explain to Teh Citizens whenever something got destroyed, and to make sure they didn't get uneasy at the constant weirdness. It might have seemed like a cheap political trick to send the bikini-clad alien to talk to the public whenever they were angry – and that's exactly what it was.
Ataru . . . well, Ataru really didn't do much of anything. He was a first-grade slacker who basically spent all die devising really bad pick up lines and then trying them out on Lum and Winry until he'd been wrenched and electrocuted so much that he would pass out. (Which was amazing, considering by the time he'd pass out, anyone else would have been long-dead from the punishment).
Beyond the room where the four of them worked (or slept, in Ataru's case) was the Spoon's Office. Here Spoony sat at his computer. No one knows what it is he does all day, though we know what he doesn't do – work on Ash & Friends. (XD Sorry Spoony! You should have expected that.)
“Heeeeeeeeeeeey! Knock it off.” The Fourth Wall complained. Though, then it must have realized it was actually complaining directly about me, the author, so it stopped and I continued with the actual story at that point.
In the Spoon's Office today was a visitor – Crystal Rose, the Flan-I's acting commander. She wasn't her usual cheerful self, since the purpose of this visit was anything but fun.
“There's been no sign of CHoW or Halberd . . . but it looks like Halberd's made a choice to join L.A.S.O.O.F., so we probably won't be getting him back.” Crystal gave a small sigh as she concluded her report on the incident from the day earlier.
The Spoon sighed and leaned back in his chair. “Man, that's a tough break. Another Fallen Flan-I . . .”
Crystal nodded. “Yeah, it's never fun to lose another one.”
Spoony shook his head. “Man, you know Crystal, I honestly think you've got the second-toughest job in Teh City, having to deal with this craziness.”
At first, the Pink Flan-I agreed. “Yeah, I know what . . . wait . . .” She paused and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. “SECOND toughest?”
Spoony blinked and leaned back, his own eyebrow going up. “Yeah, second toughest . . . I mean, being Mayor is the toughest job, no doubt.”
Crystal seemed to doubt that. “Have you ever had to clean the kitchen after one of Avatar's failed experiments?”
“Have you ever had to babysit Ataru Moroboshi all day?” Spoony wasn't about to lose this argument.
“Have you ever had to pry a leech off Sama's head at three in the morning?” Crystal crossed her arms.
Spoony shook his head. “No, but I've had to pay the bills for Kimi and Sama for the last few years! Believe me, there's NOTHING worse than feeding their 'new manga and video game every week' habit . . . that and rebuilding the Tower.”
Crystal and Spoony stared at one another for a moment, neither of them willing to admit the other had the more aggravating job. There was a silence for a long moment, before Spoony spoke up.
“Don't forget, I had your job before you, so I know how to compare the two.” Spoony reminded her.
A smile crossed Crystal's face. “Well in that case, there's only one to settle this.”
[. . . . .]
The green slime appeared on the ground in the middle of a very dark room. It squished and squirmed as it grew bigger and bigger, and resumed the shape of a young ninja with attitude problems. The slime slowly transformed into Rowen, and he coughed and hacked a few times.
“Ugh . . . I'll always hate that.” Rowen complained.
“You know what I hate? Lousy traitors.” It was a tall teen wearing blue cargo shorts and a blue sleeveless vest. His hair was black and he looked pretty tough.
“Mikale...” Rowen's voice was very quiet. Mikale was a member of Rowen's old team, and his former rival. Although Mikale was always gruff when he spoke, he sounded extra mad right now.
“Mikale, I told you to just keep quiet. I'll deal with this.”
Rowen's face became so pale that he looked sick. It wasn't from being transformed into jelly and transported across the world.
“T-Taya. . .” Rowen sat up and gulped. Standing in front of him was a woman with long brown hair. She wore a light green T-shirt with a darker green sleeveless shirt over top, and tan shorts with long green boots. Her gloves were fingerless and she had a sinister kind of smile on her lips.
Taya is Shelary's best friend in the world; and she just loves to pick on the boy's around her. She wasn't picking on Rowen, though – she was genuinely mad. She leaned down and grabbed Rowen by the collar of his shirt and picked him up.
“Do you know how sad Shelary was when she found out you were running around playing super villain?” Taya asked, her eyes narrowing in a way that looked scarier than an angry Kimi.
“. . .” Rowen was silent. At this moment, he would have rather spent a weekend with Crystal Rose than spend another five minutes with his 'family'.
“Come on guys, maybe Rowen has a good reason for betraying everything Azmural ever taught him.” A man with short brown hair, who wore a black shirt under a purple jacket stepped forward. He was Krist, the tech-savvy member of the group. He loved arguing, and sarcasm was the best way to start it.
“You wouldn't understand.” Rowen said quietly, but as soon as he did, he regretted it.
“Maaan, are you trying to make this worse?” On the other side of the room was Saven; he had spiky black hair and wore a black and green vest and gray shorts. He was the only person still sitting in a chair.
Then, another young woman walked up to Rowen, her arms crossed. She wore a light purple shirt and black pants, and was carrying a sword. Her hair was long and dark, and the moment Rowen saw her, he turned his face away.
“Cojo.”
“That isn't my name Cate.”
Rowen's sister dropped down on her knees and got right in his face. Rowen tried to move away – but Mikale grabbed his shoulders and made sure he could not do that.
“We need to talk.” Cate said simply. “Hope you're comfortable . . . you aren't going anywhere.”
[. . . . .]
“So you sent him to see the group you both belonged to?” Sama asked, as he and Shelary arrived back at the K Tower.
“Yeah . . . and I think I did the right thing.” Shelary was very quiet, and it was obvious she did not fully believe what she had just said.
“Ah, you did the right thing.” Sama, however, seemed absolutely sure.
As they two headed up the stairs, Shelary shook her head. “I don't know . . . I'm hoping Rowen will remember what things were like, and maybe he'll change . . . if he's unhappy with L.A.S.O.O.F., maybe this is my chance to get Cojo back.”
She paused for a sigh. “But he could just get Mikale angry and he'll get beaten up.”
Sama snickered. “I think Rowen can handle getting a butt-whooping.”
Shelary shook her head. “A butt-whooping won't help. If that would fix things, he'd be better by now.”
Sama nodded. “Good point... but lately Rowen's seem . . . weird. Maybe things will get better after all!”
“NOTHING gets better when you don't cook breakfast!” There was a loud yell and Kimi's foot was flying at Sama's face so fast it risked breaking the sound barrier. Sama dropped down to avoid it and gave a small sigh.
“Kimi! Stop it!” Shelary yelled loudly. Kimi paused, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.
“... I missed something, didn't I?” Kimi blinked.
“Yeah.” Sama nodded, silently whispering 'thank you' to Shelary. “Rowen got drunk on a Cactus Juice bath, and Shelary sent him to hang out with their old group so maybe he'll find a new path in life and stop trying to kill us.”
Kimi paused. “Cool . . . but that doesn't explain why I don't have my breakfast.”
Sama sweat dropped. “I'll get right on it.”
Shelary nodded. “I'll help!”
Kimi headed to the living room and sat down on the couch. Behind her, there was an opening in the wall next to a counter where Sama usually sat the food after he made it. This allowed Kimi to be a part of the conversation, despite being in another room.
“I'm still worried that I made a mistake sending Cojo to see the old group.” Shelary sighed.
Sama paused as he began to crack some eggs into a pan. “Let me ask you something. You still like him, right?”
“Yeah...” Shelary admitted.
“Well, then you did the right thing.” Sama nodded. He scratched his neck. “Trust me. It's better to take a chance, even if you fail, than to just sit around and never try.”
Shelary blinked. “What do you mean?”
Sama scratched his cheek, wondering how he should explain. “Well . . . okay, so I have this friend, and he --”
“Who?” Kimi called from the living room.
“Just a friend of mine.” Sama called back.
“Yeah, but who?”
“No one you know.”
“Liar! We have the same friends! Who ya talking about?” Kimi inisted.
Sama glared her way (grateful she was facing the television and could not see). “FINE! I'm talking about me, then, I just didn't want to be embarrassed. HAPPY NOW?”
Kimi nodded, but remained facing away. “Yeah. Okay, go on with the story.”
Sama's eye twitched. “LOOK! My point is, if you care about him, you should try to get him back to the way he was. I . . . there was someone I liked, and I never acted on it. Instead I dated a crazy woman from space, and that turned out to be a mistake --”
“No kidding, Conan Edogawa.” Kimi rolled her eyes. Sama was getting a little annoyed at her constant interrupting of the story, so he held up his hand and shot some electricity at her from out of the window separating the room. Kimi was as fast as lightning, though, and while it was a little bit frightening, she dodged with expert timing.
“My original point is this: Even if Rowen winds up going back to L.A.S.O.O.F. in the end, or if he does turn good but nothing ever happens between you two again; it's still better you try. Otherwise you end up alone, wondering 'what if' for the rest of your life while your best friend picks on you until you zap her with lightning.” Sama blinked.
“Actually, I keep picking on you even after the lightning.” Kimi pointed out – throwing a coffee table at him in retaliation for the emerald shock he'd sent her way. Luckily it broke apart against the wall and never made it to the kitchen.
Sama shook his head. He was about to say something to Shelary, when suddenly there was a loud snap and a flash of blue light – Rowen appeared between the two of them.
“What was that light?” Kimi asked, turning around slowly. Afraid that Kimi would get angry if she saw Rowen here, Sama quickly hid him – in the dishwasher. He slammed it shut and it turned on automatically. Shelary looked horrified.
“Erm, sorry Kimi-chan! I left a fork in the microwave! My bad!” Sama rubbed his neck.
“UGH. Don't be dumb.” Kimi shook her head and turned away.
Sama let Rowen out of the dishwasher. He looked livid.
“Did you talk to the others?” Shelary asked.
“Yeah, and --” Rowen started to say, but the door started to open; Kimi was coming inside! Sama grabbed him and stuffed him in the oven. Unfortunately, the oven accidentally clicked on. Shelary looked like she was going to cry, but Sama shot her a 'not a word' look.
“Oh, I almost forgot, I was going to tell you . . . what that's smell?” Kimi sniffed, suddenly. She looked at the oven. “What are you making, anyway?”
Sama turned white. “Umm . . . poptarts?”
Kimi blinked, she looked skeptic. Then: “Only YOU would cook poptarts in the oven. UGH. Fine, let me know when they're done.” She floated back out of the room. Sama sighed in relief and Shelary quickly opened the oven; Rowen spilled out, his face and clothes now burnt.
“I taste charcoal.” Rowen blinked.
“Sorry...” Sama scratched his neck. “Didn't think Kimi would be too happy to see one of her arch enemies in the kitchen.”
Rowen sat up and wiped some soot from his forehead. He was quiet for a moment, his eyes closed. “I... I need to go see the Spoon.”
“Why? Gonna try to kill him, next?”
Sama and Shelary both paled this time; Kimi was floating by the window – they had all apparently forgotten about it. Kimi had a raised eyebrow. “Someone want to tell me WHY Rowen is in my kitchen?”
“Umm...” Sama blinked.
“Well...” Shelary trailed off.
Rowen stood up, and everyone paused. Kimi cracked her knuckles, and Sama's hand moved down to the saber on his belt. Shelary bit her lip, afraid of what might happen next.
“Cojo, what happened when you saw the others?” Shelary asked.
Rowen did not respond. He was looking straight ahead at Kimi. Slowly, he raised his hands above his head to show that he did not want to fight. “Kimi, I'll make you a deal . . . I need to talk to the Spoon. Take me to the mayor's office, and afterwards, if he wants me in jail, I'll go along quietly.”
Kimi fell over. Sama's jaw was now on his feet.
“W-Well . . . If this is some trick, I'll beat your skull in. Alright?” Kimi was thrown by Rowen's sudden offer.
“Fine.” Rowen replied. His expression was blank. Kimi and Sama were both shocked, but Shelary had a smile on her face.
Spoony, if you're wondering why I didn't ask YOU for permission for what is about to happen . . . Well, I was gonna in my reply to Ash & Friends or Spoon's Apprentice. XD
“Blackmail is such an ugly word . . . I prefer extortion. The 'x' makes it sound sexy.” - Bender B. Rodriguez
“So, do you feel like telling me what happened?”
“. . .Chicken noodle snowflakes!”
The giant frisbee that CHoW had been hoping would finally give me the victory he so desired was destroyed; blasted apart by Rowen. The heroes had all escaped safely – Tazzy and Avatar were saved by Crystal's airbending, while Kimi had flown Sama to the ground. CHoW and Halberd were missing, no one could find them.
Rowen, the unlikely hero of the day, had been thrown from the frisbee and smashed into window of a giant factory. He was unconscious as he'd fallen into a giant vat of slimy green liquid. As a new day dawned, and workers at that factory came in for the day, they found the super villain.
He was hanging upside down from a ceiling fan, barking like a dog. He'd drawn all over his face with a giant marker, and looked ridiculous. Something was clearly wrong. The workers had quickly called their floor manager, and he'd hurried and called the Military Police. As soon as word reached Mustang what was going on, he'd given a call to the Flan-I.
That was how Sama wound up at the Soft Drink factory at seven in the morning. Shelary, after hearing it was about Rowen, had come along with him. Kimi was not there – she refused to get up at seven unless it was a matter of life or death.
When they'd arrived, Rowen was hopping around like a frog, but mewing like a kitten.
“What the heck is wrong with him?” Sama asked the factory's manager.
“Seems he fell into a vat of unprocessed Cactus Juice.” The manager explained.
Sama had to grab onto the wall so he didn't fall down from laughing. “Oh man! A night marinating in Cactus Juice! No wonder he's gone crazy!”
“I am a English tea set!” Rowen proclaimed loudly – and then he fell onto his back and coughed several times. His face was red with a fever and he was clearly started to come down from the Cactus Juice's effects.
Shelary, with a small smile on her lips, sat on her knees next to Rowen and started to heal him. He was injured from the explosion and crashing through a window, plus the intake of Cactus Juice didn't agree with his system too much. Sama went to post the title before the story progressed too far.
When he got back, he caught the beginning of a conversation.
“So, do you feel like telling me what happened?”
“. . .Chicken noodle snowflakes!”
Sama shook his head, amused. “Any idea when he'll wind up his usual sweet self?” The sarcasm aside, Sama was curious as to when Rowen would recover.
“Ordinarily I'd say a few hours,” Shelary shook her head. “But I can speed it up if you want.”
Sama shrugged. “Up to you. Though if we wait too long Kimi will be awake and most of her talking to Rowen is done with her fists.”
Shelary nodded. “In that case, we'll do this the fast way.” She paused and looked over to the sidekick. “If you're squeamish at the sight of blood, you might want to look away.”
Sama blinked. “What are you gonna . . .”
In a flash, one of Shelary's long silver daggers was in her hand. The daggers had the ability to absorb practically anything. So all she had to do was make a small incision on Rowen's arm and she could suck the Cactus Juice right out of his bloodstream. Of course, once the Cactus Juice was gone, Rowen's mind was free – and he could feel pain.
Which, being stabbed with a dagger certainly qualifies.
“SON OF A – . . . Where am I?” Rowen's first reaction was anger – then he looked up to see Shelary, Sama and a middle-aged man in a hard hat standing over him.
Sama blinked at the factory manager. “You can leave now. You're role in the story is done.”
“Aww.” The manager sighed and walked away, muttering under his breath.
Rowen raised an eyebrow. His first natural instinct was to say something sarcastic – but before he could, Shelary took the knife out and he yelped again. “Will you stop that!?”
“Did you prefer running around yelling embarrassing things?” Shelary asked with a grin. “Because I could embarrass you if that's what you want.”
“. . .” Rowen fell silent in a matter of seconds. He had known Shelary long enough to fear that kind of threat. He still lived in constant loathing that Shelary had become such great friends with Kimi, and one of his greatest fears in life was the things she could tell the heroes.
“I thought that might work.” Shelary grinned, then she looked at him. “So do you feel like telling me what happened yesterday?”
Rowen stayed silent, his eyes moving away from Shelary and falling on Sama. The sidekick sweat dropped. “I'll just leave you two alone for a minute... maybe I can get some free cola while we're here...”
Sama walked away to find the floor manager again, hoping for free samples of their non-cactus juice drinks.
Rowen, once he was satisfied Sama was out of earshot, gave a small sigh. He didn't try to move – Shelary was now healing the cut she had made on his arm. After a moment, he closed his eyes and spoke silently.
“I don't know why I did it.”
“Crap.” Shelary shook her head in defiance. “I know you better than anyone, Cojo, and you --”
“That isn't my name anymore.” Rowen was quick to refuse his old name.
“. . . and you'd never do something like what you did without knowing what you were doing.” Shelary continued, ignoring what he had said completely.
Rowen sighed, but kept his eyes closed. “Fine . . . you're right. I . . . I stopped CHoW. I was angry that Halberd was getting the attention. It was stupid jealousy.”
Shelary narrowed her eyes at him and crossed her arms. When she realized he wasn't opening his eyes, she smacked him on the back of the head – so he'd get the message. “If you keep lying to me, I'm going to start getting mad.”
Rowen opened his eyes and he would have crossed his own arms if he could. “Fine. You want the truth?”
“That's all I ever want from you.” Shelary replied softly.
Rowen felt like someone had just kicked him in the face. She had a way of making him feel guilty, no matter how far he tried to distance himself from his old family, and his old life. “. . . I'm unhappy. I love fighting, you know that, but . . . I don't even remember what I'm fighting for anymore.”
“Hmm . . .” Shelary was trying to hide the smile on her face. An idea had popped into her head, one that she hoped would be successful. With Rowen in such a rare mood, she had to try. “Then maybe . . . you should get a reminder!”
She reached down to her brown belt and opened one of the pouches. Rowen gasped as he saw the small, egg-shaped device she pulled out. He tried to scurry away from her, but she threw the egg-thing at him and it hit his back.
“NO! SHEL! NO!” Rowen yelled, but it was too late. A thick, green liquid had emerged from the egg and was quickly covering his entire body. He tried to struggle, but after a few seconds, he was completely engulfed in a jelly-like substance – and then that substance started to shrink and shrink, until it vanished completely.
Sama was staring with his jaw dropped down to knee-level. “What the fries just happened?”
Shelary turned to him with a big smile – which suddenly faded into an anxious look. “I . . . just took a huge risk. Come on, I'll tell you all about it on the way home.”
[. . . . .]
In the exact center of Teh City sits a gigantic, sleek black building in the shape of a Spoon. The Spoon Tower, which serves as city hall as well as the headquarters for Spoony's group of 'City Managers' is the single building larger and more luxurious than the K Tower. Unlike Kimi's home, though, the Spoon Tower was built for business.
The main rooms seen in the series are the Work Room, where Winry, Lum, Jeremie and Ataru sit at four matching desks while working on their various projects.
Winry was in charge of all of Teh City's infrastructure – she was the one overseeing the roads, buildings, power and water lines . . . basically she acted as supervisor for rebuilding all the stuff Kimi and Sama and their enemies break.
Jeremie was in charge of the telephone, Internet, cable and all computer-related systems in Teh City. He was networked to nearly every public computer imaginable. He was also in charge of making sure that no one hacked into the Spoon's or the Flan-I's computer files – and by 'no one', it was generally assumed to mean the Spork, since he was considered the only nefarious character with the capability to do such a thing. (CHoW used all his fancy electronic gizmos to build robots.)
Lum was in charge of public relations – it was her job to get on television and explain to Teh Citizens whenever something got destroyed, and to make sure they didn't get uneasy at the constant weirdness. It might have seemed like a cheap political trick to send the bikini-clad alien to talk to the public whenever they were angry – and that's exactly what it was.
Ataru . . . well, Ataru really didn't do much of anything. He was a first-grade slacker who basically spent all die devising really bad pick up lines and then trying them out on Lum and Winry until he'd been wrenched and electrocuted so much that he would pass out. (Which was amazing, considering by the time he'd pass out, anyone else would have been long-dead from the punishment).
Beyond the room where the four of them worked (or slept, in Ataru's case) was the Spoon's Office. Here Spoony sat at his computer. No one knows what it is he does all day, though we know what he doesn't do – work on Ash & Friends. (XD Sorry Spoony! You should have expected that.)
“Heeeeeeeeeeeey! Knock it off.” The Fourth Wall complained. Though, then it must have realized it was actually complaining directly about me, the author, so it stopped and I continued with the actual story at that point.
In the Spoon's Office today was a visitor – Crystal Rose, the Flan-I's acting commander. She wasn't her usual cheerful self, since the purpose of this visit was anything but fun.
“There's been no sign of CHoW or Halberd . . . but it looks like Halberd's made a choice to join L.A.S.O.O.F., so we probably won't be getting him back.” Crystal gave a small sigh as she concluded her report on the incident from the day earlier.
The Spoon sighed and leaned back in his chair. “Man, that's a tough break. Another Fallen Flan-I . . .”
Crystal nodded. “Yeah, it's never fun to lose another one.”
Spoony shook his head. “Man, you know Crystal, I honestly think you've got the second-toughest job in Teh City, having to deal with this craziness.”
At first, the Pink Flan-I agreed. “Yeah, I know what . . . wait . . .” She paused and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. “SECOND toughest?”
Spoony blinked and leaned back, his own eyebrow going up. “Yeah, second toughest . . . I mean, being Mayor is the toughest job, no doubt.”
Crystal seemed to doubt that. “Have you ever had to clean the kitchen after one of Avatar's failed experiments?”
“Have you ever had to babysit Ataru Moroboshi all day?” Spoony wasn't about to lose this argument.
“Have you ever had to pry a leech off Sama's head at three in the morning?” Crystal crossed her arms.
Spoony shook his head. “No, but I've had to pay the bills for Kimi and Sama for the last few years! Believe me, there's NOTHING worse than feeding their 'new manga and video game every week' habit . . . that and rebuilding the Tower.”
Crystal and Spoony stared at one another for a moment, neither of them willing to admit the other had the more aggravating job. There was a silence for a long moment, before Spoony spoke up.
“Don't forget, I had your job before you, so I know how to compare the two.” Spoony reminded her.
A smile crossed Crystal's face. “Well in that case, there's only one to settle this.”
[. . . . .]
The green slime appeared on the ground in the middle of a very dark room. It squished and squirmed as it grew bigger and bigger, and resumed the shape of a young ninja with attitude problems. The slime slowly transformed into Rowen, and he coughed and hacked a few times.
“Ugh . . . I'll always hate that.” Rowen complained.
“You know what I hate? Lousy traitors.” It was a tall teen wearing blue cargo shorts and a blue sleeveless vest. His hair was black and he looked pretty tough.
“Mikale...” Rowen's voice was very quiet. Mikale was a member of Rowen's old team, and his former rival. Although Mikale was always gruff when he spoke, he sounded extra mad right now.
“Mikale, I told you to just keep quiet. I'll deal with this.”
Rowen's face became so pale that he looked sick. It wasn't from being transformed into jelly and transported across the world.
“T-Taya. . .” Rowen sat up and gulped. Standing in front of him was a woman with long brown hair. She wore a light green T-shirt with a darker green sleeveless shirt over top, and tan shorts with long green boots. Her gloves were fingerless and she had a sinister kind of smile on her lips.
Taya is Shelary's best friend in the world; and she just loves to pick on the boy's around her. She wasn't picking on Rowen, though – she was genuinely mad. She leaned down and grabbed Rowen by the collar of his shirt and picked him up.
“Do you know how sad Shelary was when she found out you were running around playing super villain?” Taya asked, her eyes narrowing in a way that looked scarier than an angry Kimi.
“. . .” Rowen was silent. At this moment, he would have rather spent a weekend with Crystal Rose than spend another five minutes with his 'family'.
“Come on guys, maybe Rowen has a good reason for betraying everything Azmural ever taught him.” A man with short brown hair, who wore a black shirt under a purple jacket stepped forward. He was Krist, the tech-savvy member of the group. He loved arguing, and sarcasm was the best way to start it.
“You wouldn't understand.” Rowen said quietly, but as soon as he did, he regretted it.
“Maaan, are you trying to make this worse?” On the other side of the room was Saven; he had spiky black hair and wore a black and green vest and gray shorts. He was the only person still sitting in a chair.
Then, another young woman walked up to Rowen, her arms crossed. She wore a light purple shirt and black pants, and was carrying a sword. Her hair was long and dark, and the moment Rowen saw her, he turned his face away.
“Cojo.”
“That isn't my name Cate.”
Rowen's sister dropped down on her knees and got right in his face. Rowen tried to move away – but Mikale grabbed his shoulders and made sure he could not do that.
“We need to talk.” Cate said simply. “Hope you're comfortable . . . you aren't going anywhere.”
[. . . . .]
“So you sent him to see the group you both belonged to?” Sama asked, as he and Shelary arrived back at the K Tower.
“Yeah . . . and I think I did the right thing.” Shelary was very quiet, and it was obvious she did not fully believe what she had just said.
“Ah, you did the right thing.” Sama, however, seemed absolutely sure.
As they two headed up the stairs, Shelary shook her head. “I don't know . . . I'm hoping Rowen will remember what things were like, and maybe he'll change . . . if he's unhappy with L.A.S.O.O.F., maybe this is my chance to get Cojo back.”
She paused for a sigh. “But he could just get Mikale angry and he'll get beaten up.”
Sama snickered. “I think Rowen can handle getting a butt-whooping.”
Shelary shook her head. “A butt-whooping won't help. If that would fix things, he'd be better by now.”
Sama nodded. “Good point... but lately Rowen's seem . . . weird. Maybe things will get better after all!”
“NOTHING gets better when you don't cook breakfast!” There was a loud yell and Kimi's foot was flying at Sama's face so fast it risked breaking the sound barrier. Sama dropped down to avoid it and gave a small sigh.
“Kimi! Stop it!” Shelary yelled loudly. Kimi paused, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.
“... I missed something, didn't I?” Kimi blinked.
“Yeah.” Sama nodded, silently whispering 'thank you' to Shelary. “Rowen got drunk on a Cactus Juice bath, and Shelary sent him to hang out with their old group so maybe he'll find a new path in life and stop trying to kill us.”
Kimi paused. “Cool . . . but that doesn't explain why I don't have my breakfast.”
Sama sweat dropped. “I'll get right on it.”
Shelary nodded. “I'll help!”
Kimi headed to the living room and sat down on the couch. Behind her, there was an opening in the wall next to a counter where Sama usually sat the food after he made it. This allowed Kimi to be a part of the conversation, despite being in another room.
“I'm still worried that I made a mistake sending Cojo to see the old group.” Shelary sighed.
Sama paused as he began to crack some eggs into a pan. “Let me ask you something. You still like him, right?”
“Yeah...” Shelary admitted.
“Well, then you did the right thing.” Sama nodded. He scratched his neck. “Trust me. It's better to take a chance, even if you fail, than to just sit around and never try.”
Shelary blinked. “What do you mean?”
Sama scratched his cheek, wondering how he should explain. “Well . . . okay, so I have this friend, and he --”
“Who?” Kimi called from the living room.
“Just a friend of mine.” Sama called back.
“Yeah, but who?”
“No one you know.”
“Liar! We have the same friends! Who ya talking about?” Kimi inisted.
Sama glared her way (grateful she was facing the television and could not see). “FINE! I'm talking about me, then, I just didn't want to be embarrassed. HAPPY NOW?”
Kimi nodded, but remained facing away. “Yeah. Okay, go on with the story.”
Sama's eye twitched. “LOOK! My point is, if you care about him, you should try to get him back to the way he was. I . . . there was someone I liked, and I never acted on it. Instead I dated a crazy woman from space, and that turned out to be a mistake --”
“No kidding, Conan Edogawa.” Kimi rolled her eyes. Sama was getting a little annoyed at her constant interrupting of the story, so he held up his hand and shot some electricity at her from out of the window separating the room. Kimi was as fast as lightning, though, and while it was a little bit frightening, she dodged with expert timing.
“My original point is this: Even if Rowen winds up going back to L.A.S.O.O.F. in the end, or if he does turn good but nothing ever happens between you two again; it's still better you try. Otherwise you end up alone, wondering 'what if' for the rest of your life while your best friend picks on you until you zap her with lightning.” Sama blinked.
“Actually, I keep picking on you even after the lightning.” Kimi pointed out – throwing a coffee table at him in retaliation for the emerald shock he'd sent her way. Luckily it broke apart against the wall and never made it to the kitchen.
Sama shook his head. He was about to say something to Shelary, when suddenly there was a loud snap and a flash of blue light – Rowen appeared between the two of them.
“What was that light?” Kimi asked, turning around slowly. Afraid that Kimi would get angry if she saw Rowen here, Sama quickly hid him – in the dishwasher. He slammed it shut and it turned on automatically. Shelary looked horrified.
“Erm, sorry Kimi-chan! I left a fork in the microwave! My bad!” Sama rubbed his neck.
“UGH. Don't be dumb.” Kimi shook her head and turned away.
Sama let Rowen out of the dishwasher. He looked livid.
“Did you talk to the others?” Shelary asked.
“Yeah, and --” Rowen started to say, but the door started to open; Kimi was coming inside! Sama grabbed him and stuffed him in the oven. Unfortunately, the oven accidentally clicked on. Shelary looked like she was going to cry, but Sama shot her a 'not a word' look.
“Oh, I almost forgot, I was going to tell you . . . what that's smell?” Kimi sniffed, suddenly. She looked at the oven. “What are you making, anyway?”
Sama turned white. “Umm . . . poptarts?”
Kimi blinked, she looked skeptic. Then: “Only YOU would cook poptarts in the oven. UGH. Fine, let me know when they're done.” She floated back out of the room. Sama sighed in relief and Shelary quickly opened the oven; Rowen spilled out, his face and clothes now burnt.
“I taste charcoal.” Rowen blinked.
“Sorry...” Sama scratched his neck. “Didn't think Kimi would be too happy to see one of her arch enemies in the kitchen.”
Rowen sat up and wiped some soot from his forehead. He was quiet for a moment, his eyes closed. “I... I need to go see the Spoon.”
“Why? Gonna try to kill him, next?”
Sama and Shelary both paled this time; Kimi was floating by the window – they had all apparently forgotten about it. Kimi had a raised eyebrow. “Someone want to tell me WHY Rowen is in my kitchen?”
“Umm...” Sama blinked.
“Well...” Shelary trailed off.
Rowen stood up, and everyone paused. Kimi cracked her knuckles, and Sama's hand moved down to the saber on his belt. Shelary bit her lip, afraid of what might happen next.
“Cojo, what happened when you saw the others?” Shelary asked.
Rowen did not respond. He was looking straight ahead at Kimi. Slowly, he raised his hands above his head to show that he did not want to fight. “Kimi, I'll make you a deal . . . I need to talk to the Spoon. Take me to the mayor's office, and afterwards, if he wants me in jail, I'll go along quietly.”
Kimi fell over. Sama's jaw was now on his feet.
“W-Well . . . If this is some trick, I'll beat your skull in. Alright?” Kimi was thrown by Rowen's sudden offer.
“Fine.” Rowen replied. His expression was blank. Kimi and Sama were both shocked, but Shelary had a smile on her face.
GoldenSama - February 5, 2009 04:18 AM (GMT)
[. . . . .]
After a few minutes, they were standing in the Mayor's Office. Something was different, though, because as they walked through the outer room and passed by Spoony's staff, Ataru was absent from his desk, rather than sleeping as he normally was.
Once they were inside the Spoon's office, they found themselves staring at the back of a tall chair. Kimi, Sama and Shelary held back while Rowen stepped forward. For almost an entire minute, the room was completely silent. Then, Rowen spoke in a very soft voice.
“. . . I, um . . . For the last few months . . . ever since I thought Kimi and Sama had died . . . I started thinking. I'll be honest, I'm tired of getting beaten up. I'm tired of being made a fool of. I . . . I didn't want to betray CHoW, but . . .”
The mayor did not say a word, keeping the chair facing away from Rowen. Rowen sighed and rubbed his neck.
“CHoW betrayed me. I . . . I WON'T go back to the Flan-I, and I can't go back to L.A.S.O.O.F. . . . but . . . well . . .” He rubbed his neck. “After they took turns kicking me, some old friends gave me an idea. I . . . I can't believe I'm saying this, but . . .”
He paused, then he stepped forward. Rowen's voice was different than usual. No sarcasm, no anger, no negativity at all. It sounded like he was anxious though. “I . . . want to be a super hero.”
“What the effe?” Kimi couldn't stay quiet on that one.
“I'm confused.” Sama admitted.
Then, something equally confusing happened. The chair spun around into a blur, as a second blur jumped out of it. The chair's blur was black, but the second blur was pink – and in a second Rowen was on the ground, screaming and gasping for air.
“I KNEW IT, COOJIE!” Crystal was huggling him so tightly that Rowen's head was turning blue. “I KNEW YOU WEREN'T ALL BAD!”
“WHAT THE HECK!? WHY ARE YOU HERE!?” Rowen yelled as much as he could with no air in his lungs. He had expected a solemn, disbelieving Spoon – not his hug-crazy former teacher.
“Because I'm the mayor.” Crystal grinned at him – still not letting him go.
“I'm really confused.” Sama blinked again.
“NOOOOO! I CHANGED MY MIND! SEND ME TO PRISON!” Rowen was crying, and trying his best to escape. He'd already chaos controlled three times, but Crystal was holding on too tight to be shaken off.
A red light flashed, an alarm sounded and for a moment Kimi was worried that there were just too many changes happening in this episode and the Fourth Wall was getting angry. When Jeremie popped his head in the door, though, that idea was quickly pushed away.
“There's a robbery at the Worst Buy electronic store downtown.” Jeremie informed them.
“Cojo and I will go!” Shelary grinned, volunteering them instantly.
“Wait, WHAT?” Rowen, after Crystal reluctantly let him go, staggered over to her. “Why you?”
Shelary crossed her arms. “You want to be a superhero, right? You need a sidekick. Besides – I wanna keep an eye on you, that way if you're lying or pretending I can send you back to Mikale for another pounding!”
Rowen groaned. “This is going to be a long day . . .”
“Go.” Crystal crossed her arms. “I don't want to lose a bet with Spoony, so go stop the robbery.”
Rowen paused, rubbing his neck. “I . . . okay. Um, thanks.” He and Shelary disappeared in a chaos control.
Kimi, who had her arms crossed, raised an eyebrow. “I assume you want us to follow them and make sure Rowen doesn't try anything?”
Crystal nodded. “You're still the main superhero in town. So go watch and keep things under control.”
Kimi sighed. “Yeah, alright. And I was hoping for a day off . . . well, come on scruffy!”
“Actually, I need Sama for another errand. Now that I'm mayor, there's something I've always wanted to do.” Crystal said with a huge grin on her face.
[. . . . .]
“This seems so wrong.”
Tazzy, Avatar and Leaf Green were sitting in the living room at the Flan-I Temple. The Spoon stood in front of them, his arms crossed and a grin on his face.
“. . . Look,” Spoony seemed a little annoyed. “This is only until Crystal realizes that I have a tougher job. In the meanwhile, though, I am resuming my command of the Flan-I Order! And we're going to actually do things again!”
Avatar groaned. “DO things? You mean, we're not just letting Kimi and Sama handle everything?”
“I want my free time to draw!” Tazzy crossed her arms.
“I need to train more! I'm new!” Green groaned.
“And I . . . well, actually, kicking some ass and blowing stuff up sounds fun.” Avatar shrugged. “I change my mind, let's do it!”
Spoony sighed. “Look, I wasn't legally allowed to give Crystal my job – I mean, we'd have to have an election, and Roy would get involved, and it would all be one big mess. So, instead of doing all that, I named her Deputy Mayor and then I took my vacation days.”
“That answers that question.” Green nodded.
“BUT, as I'm still legally Mayor, I'm still on the hook for when Kimi and Sama break things! So WE are going to do whatever we can do to make sure nothing gets broken.” Spoony grinned.
“So we're competing with Kimi and Sama?” Green tilted her head.
“No, but we're going to stop as much crime as we can. Kimi and Sama are lazy and they like to waste time. We can stop at least half the crime without them, which should save the city a ton of cash.”
“And it'll let you win your argument with Crystal.” Tazzy raised an eyebrow. Of course, as Crystal's best friend she wasn't too keen on helping the Spoon prove her wrong.
Spoony sweat dropped and grinned. “Well, maybe . . . but all the money we save on not having Kimi and Sama break things, it'll let me raise the Flan-I's budget.”
“Trying to buy their loyalty, Spoony? Cheap trick, don't you think?”
Spoony sweat dropped; Crystal and Sama were standing at the doorway. The still-mayor-but-not-really coughed.
“What are you doing here?” Spoony asked.
“Sama, read 'em the order.” Crystal instructed, stepping forward. Sama walked up next to her, holding a paper full of fancy legal terms.
“By executive order of acting Mayor Rose, it is now illegal to refuse a huggle from the acting mayor and punishable by a beating from a super hero and/or sidekick to anyone who breaks this order.” Sama read, then he put the paper away.
Avatar, from his spot on the couch, had become so pale he looked like he might pass out. “No freaking way.”
Crystal's grin already encompassed her entire face, and it still seemed to grow. “Choice time! You can get a huggle, or Sama can shock you.”
Avatar, for the first time in his life, was speechless. He made a whimpering sound and looked like he might tear up. He glanced over at Spoony. “I'm SO helping you win this bet.” Then, like a man on his way to an execution, Avatar stood and sighed.
Of course, he was tackled in a second and huggled.
“This'll be an interesting bet.” Sama nodded.
“Yeah, I'm sure it will be.” Spoony sighed.
[. . . . .]
“What about this one? Looks sweet.”
In the Worst Buy electronic store, The Professor and Avenger were strolling down the isle with a giant, mechanical cart floating above the ground. It was loaded with very expensive computer equipment – and no one planned to pay for them.
“You don't get an opinion.” Spork replied with a hint of bitterness in his voice.
Avenger rubbed his neck. “Oh, you still mad that I used all your shopping money on Dragonball DVDs?”
“YES,” Spork sneered in response. “You know --” He paused and lowered his voice. “You know I'm planning things! I don't need to draw Kimi and Sama's attention right now.”
Avenger shrugged his shoulders. “Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Let's just steal this stuff and next time I get my paycheck, I'll pay you back.”
Spork narrowed his eyes into a dangerous glare. “I. Write. Your. Paychecks.” He said through gritted teeth.
Avenger's sheepish grin was his only response.
“Just come on.” Spork growled, annoyed that he was taking the risk of stealing new computer equipment.
Avenger paused, wondering something. “So, why are we stealing this stuff, anyway? I mean, I know you need equipment, but that seems like an excuse.”
Spork nodded. “It IS an excuse. With CHoW M-I-A, we have to be the villains for this episode. I showed you the script last time, remember?”
Avenger snapped his fingers. “OH YEAH! I forgot. Heh, so that means there's going to be an explosion in this scene, right? I. LOVE. EXPLOSIONS.”
The Professor paused. “You know, I never did finish the script before we lost it . . . I don't know what happens at the end of the scene.”
“I will kill you both with a hatchet if you keep this up!” The Fourth Wall growled. Spork and Avenger both sweat dropped.
“Man, getting killed has made that guy VIOLENT.” Avenger nodded.
“I wonder why?” Spork raised an eyebrow.
Just as they turned a corner and started throwing RAM boards into the shopping cart, there was a flash of blue light and Rowen and Shelary appeared. Avenger raised his eyebrow and shrugged his shoulders; Spork crossed his arms.
“Rowen! You're here. Feel like helping me move this stuff to the lab?” Spork asked.
Rowen fidgeted his feet and looked down at the floor. Shelary elbowed him in the stomach. “Come on, Cojo . . . say it like I told you on the way over!”
Rowen sighed. He put his hands in his pockets and shifted like an uncomfortable youth who was trying to ask someone out. He rubbed his neck and finally, he said: “Stop breaking the law, Professor . . . or I'll stop you.”
Shelary sighed. “We'll have to work on your enthusiasm.”
“He's a friend!” Rowen complained.
“So is CHoW, would you rather start your career fighting him?”
Rowen sighed. “No...”
“Okay, then!” Shelary patted him on the shoulder.
“What's going on?” Avenger asked, he looked really confused.
“. . . Rowen . . . are you . . .?” Spork raised an eyebrow. He was reading between the lines on this one, and he did not like what he saw.
“I'm . . . a super hero.” Rowen finally admitted, looking up at his friend. “And I'm here to stop you.”
Avenger threw his head back and started laughing. Spork elbowed him in the gut, and just as he was about to complain, he caught the stoic expression on the Spork's face. “Whoa, broham, you believe him?”
“Yes.” Spork replied instantly. “I'd ask about how this happened, but I'm in a hurry to get home and hook up my new equipment. You understand.” His voice was calm, but there was an unmistakable challenge in his words.
“. . . I'm serious, Spork. You saw how unhappy I was working for Crimson – and that was before I knew it was Sama. I'm tired of being on the losing side. I'm . . . I'm doing this. I don't want to fight you, though, so just go home.” Rowen was having a much harder time doing this than he had expected. His chest felt tight and his stomach was queasy.
“Interesting.” Spork shrugged his shoulders. “However, I need this equipment. I don't want to fight you either – but if you insist on getting in my way . . .”
Spork's keyblade appeared in his hand.
Rowen drew his flansaber.
In a second, Avenger and Rowen were fighting. Avenger could teleport at will, and Rowen could chaos control in split-seconds. Each of them disappeared and reappeared – Avenger fired several ki blasts at Rowen, while Rowen was blasting back with chaos spears.
As they were both teleporting, none of the blasts actually hit one another. Instead, they destroyed televisions, computers, telephones and every other electronic thing in the store. There was smoke, fire and burning plastic.
“Mmmm, such a delicious smell!” Avenger grinned.
While the two of them were blowing up the store while they were vanishing and appearing once again, Spork and Shelary looked to one another. They had fought once before – and Shelary had defeated him then.
“Rowen was a friend. I don't care for his becoming a super hero and coming after me.” Spork announced.
“Then maybe you shouldn't steal things?” Shelary stuck out her tongue.
“. . . You've been spending too much time with Kimi.” Spork narrowed his eyes, doubly-annoyed.
Spork raised his keyblade and as he cried, “Thunder!”, a bolt of bright yellow lightning arched from his blade at Shelary. She drew her twin daggers and spun them around; absorbing the lightning into them. The lightning cracked and fizzled on the silver blade.
Spork quickly raised his keyblade; “Reflect!” He yelled another spell, and this time his body was coated with a invisible shield that he knew would protect him. “You're absorbing is pretty impressive, but no matter what you do, you won't break my reflect.”
Shelary nodded – and she threw one of her sabers at him. It sailed right through the reflect, hitting his keyblade and knocking it away from his hand – bringing the reflect down. In a second, she used the second blade to send the thunder back at him and deep fry the mad scientists.
“I've watched Sama play Final Fantasy – reflect only works on magic, not physical attacks! You need barrier for that one.” Shelary stuck out her tongue again.
“So it seems...” Spork held out his hand to re-summon his keyblade, which would re-cast the reflect spell – just as the blade reappeared in his hand, Shelary ran towards him and pushed him against the wall – holding her dagger against his throat. Though his reflect was back, it would do nothing against the shiny silver blade resting on his throat.
“You lose!” Shelary grinned; but in a second Avenger appeared at her side and kicked her in the gut, sending her flying into the back of a big screen television.
“You got skills, girl, but you're waaaaaaaaay out of your league.” Avenger grinned, crossing his arms. He started to reach for his keyblade, but Spork quickly stood and put a hand on his shoulder.
“Teleport us home. Now.” Spork commanded.
“What? But I --” Avenger started to argue, until he saw the look on Rowen's face. He was practically radiating anger, glowing red; but the glow wasn't fury. It was chaos energy.
Avenger paled. “Yeah, let's go.” He teleported the two of them, not back to the lab, but someone else – just in case Rowen followed them. They appeared on the top of a giant skyscraper.
Standing on the top of the needle was Rowen, his arms crossed and still glowing red. Avenger teleporting the two of them once more – this time it was to a much higher peak; Mount Everest.
Rowen was sitting on the very top of the mountain. “What kept you?”
Avenger sweat dropped. He teleported one more time – and they appeared in the belly of a world war II battleship – which was currently sitting at the bottom of the ocean. Spork gasped from lack of air, and Avenger gasped – because Rowen was floating next to them.
With a final teleportation, Avenger and Spork were in the lab.
“Sorry man, but I can't shake the pest, and since robbing the electronic store WAS your idea...” Avenger trailed off.
Spork narrowed his eyes. “I don't mind taking the chaos blast, but DID YOU HAVE TO BRING US BACK TO THE LAB!?”
Avenger paused, and then gave a sheepish grin. “Oops.”
He would have teleported again – but Rowen finally released his chaos blast.
Outside the lab, Hammah, Jimi, KxS and ES were sitting out on the lawn, watching Tinman play his guitar. A second later, the laboratory behind them exploded from within – red light turning it into dust.
“What happened?” KxS blinked.
“... Did I leave the toasted plugged up?” Hammah gulped.
Inside the now-destroyed lab, Avenger and Spork were on the ground, groaning. They were burnt and beaten, and Rowen bent down to look at them.
“Spork.” Rowen was being curt in his voice. “You're my friend, but I'm unhappy with how things have been for me. I'm tired of always losing and I'm tired of watching Shelary's eyes have that hurt look every time she's looking at me. So I'm a Super Hero now – and if that means I have to fight you – or CHoW – I will.”
Then, the ninja looked to Avenger. “You're a cool guy. I like you. If you ever touch Shelary again, though, I will tear your legs off and beat you to death with them. Got it?” Without waiting for an answer, Rowen disappeared in a blue flash.
Avenger groaned as he sat up. “Maaaaaaan. Rowen is Batman.”
Spork, although he'd just lost his new stolen equipment – and had his lab destroyed – did not seem depressed. Instead, he smiled. “I'm sure there's a way this can benefit us . . . but for now, we have a lot of work to do, and we have to insure that Rowen's change of heart doesn't get in the way of the bigger picture . . .”
[. . . . .]
Avatar stopped at Teh City Dump, where he was stopped by the new dump managed – Ataru.
“STOP! What are you throwing away?” Ataru demanded.
Avatar blinked. “My old boots... they've smelt like moldy cheese ever since I got back from Teh Flan.”
Ataru nodded. “Okay, throw them away in the back.”
Avatar raised an eyebrow. “Isn't that where you're supposed to keep the broken mecha?”
Ataru glared. “DO AS I SAY!”
Avatar shrugged and tossed his cheesy boots into a pile of high tech electronics.
[. . . . .]
With no major work to do for the day, Kimi and Sama had retried to one of the balconies of the K Tower. They each had a glass of soda and a sandwich – and were watching the sunset like a pair of Boston lawyers finishing their day.
“Well, Rowen's a super hero. Scared of the competition?” Sama asked, taking a bite of sandwich.
“Naw. He can play hero all he wants, I'm still the star.” Kimi replied with a grin.
“I dunno . . . this episode was major Rowen territory, and you don't have a very big role next time, either.” Sama reminded her.
Kimi shrugged. “True, true . . . but episode five is all about me, don't forget. Stuff about my past, a few parodies, and some new twists.”
Sama laughed. “They all have new twists. That's the theme.”
Kimi yawned. “Yeah, whatever. Oi! Are you worried? Spoony is your boss now at the Flan temple. Are you afraid he'll make you do stuff?”
Sama paused. “I just lost a student – for the second time – I don't think my Flan-I 'cred' is too good.”
Kimi nodded. “Yeah, forgot about that . . . maybe he'll make you clean the Flan Temple!”
Sama shrugged. “How is that different from what YOU make me do all day?”
Kimi snickered. “Merry Christmas, Sama.”
Sama blinked. “It's February . . .”
“Shut up. I was trying to close the show with some good line, like the spoof we're doing.” Kimi crossed her arms.
Sama sighed. “Aside from DP, no one's going to get this anyway. Goodnight, everybody!”
[End]
Hope this was funny! :D
Yes, this was partially inspired by the going-on's in The Infection! However, I tried to set things up very differently so it was the same but different.
ANYWAY! Hope everyone enjoyed this one! Who will win the bet between Crystal and Spoony? You'll find out eventually! XD The bet goes on until one of them admits that the other has a harder job.
The 'Super Rowen' subplot will continue as well! Meaning yes, Rowen IS a super hero now. :o I told everybody earlier that there was a lot of new stuff in this season, and it means some surprising changes!
Speaking of 'surprising' and 'changes', the next episode has some too. That episode is all about the single most confusing and insane thing anyone can ever do – dating. :p The Valentine's Special is next! Three old couples will have some fun new adventures, and we'll see a brand new couple, too. Oh yeah, and a villain returns . . . who? Can you figure it out from the hint in this one?
ALRIGHTY! I'm done for today. XD AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE! The next episode, “The Ships Have Sailed”, will be posted no later than Sunday – I have to work Friday, so I can't do much writing then.
After a few minutes, they were standing in the Mayor's Office. Something was different, though, because as they walked through the outer room and passed by Spoony's staff, Ataru was absent from his desk, rather than sleeping as he normally was.
Once they were inside the Spoon's office, they found themselves staring at the back of a tall chair. Kimi, Sama and Shelary held back while Rowen stepped forward. For almost an entire minute, the room was completely silent. Then, Rowen spoke in a very soft voice.
“. . . I, um . . . For the last few months . . . ever since I thought Kimi and Sama had died . . . I started thinking. I'll be honest, I'm tired of getting beaten up. I'm tired of being made a fool of. I . . . I didn't want to betray CHoW, but . . .”
The mayor did not say a word, keeping the chair facing away from Rowen. Rowen sighed and rubbed his neck.
“CHoW betrayed me. I . . . I WON'T go back to the Flan-I, and I can't go back to L.A.S.O.O.F. . . . but . . . well . . .” He rubbed his neck. “After they took turns kicking me, some old friends gave me an idea. I . . . I can't believe I'm saying this, but . . .”
He paused, then he stepped forward. Rowen's voice was different than usual. No sarcasm, no anger, no negativity at all. It sounded like he was anxious though. “I . . . want to be a super hero.”
“What the effe?” Kimi couldn't stay quiet on that one.
“I'm confused.” Sama admitted.
Then, something equally confusing happened. The chair spun around into a blur, as a second blur jumped out of it. The chair's blur was black, but the second blur was pink – and in a second Rowen was on the ground, screaming and gasping for air.
“I KNEW IT, COOJIE!” Crystal was huggling him so tightly that Rowen's head was turning blue. “I KNEW YOU WEREN'T ALL BAD!”
“WHAT THE HECK!? WHY ARE YOU HERE!?” Rowen yelled as much as he could with no air in his lungs. He had expected a solemn, disbelieving Spoon – not his hug-crazy former teacher.
“Because I'm the mayor.” Crystal grinned at him – still not letting him go.
“I'm really confused.” Sama blinked again.
“NOOOOO! I CHANGED MY MIND! SEND ME TO PRISON!” Rowen was crying, and trying his best to escape. He'd already chaos controlled three times, but Crystal was holding on too tight to be shaken off.
A red light flashed, an alarm sounded and for a moment Kimi was worried that there were just too many changes happening in this episode and the Fourth Wall was getting angry. When Jeremie popped his head in the door, though, that idea was quickly pushed away.
“There's a robbery at the Worst Buy electronic store downtown.” Jeremie informed them.
“Cojo and I will go!” Shelary grinned, volunteering them instantly.
“Wait, WHAT?” Rowen, after Crystal reluctantly let him go, staggered over to her. “Why you?”
Shelary crossed her arms. “You want to be a superhero, right? You need a sidekick. Besides – I wanna keep an eye on you, that way if you're lying or pretending I can send you back to Mikale for another pounding!”
Rowen groaned. “This is going to be a long day . . .”
“Go.” Crystal crossed her arms. “I don't want to lose a bet with Spoony, so go stop the robbery.”
Rowen paused, rubbing his neck. “I . . . okay. Um, thanks.” He and Shelary disappeared in a chaos control.
Kimi, who had her arms crossed, raised an eyebrow. “I assume you want us to follow them and make sure Rowen doesn't try anything?”
Crystal nodded. “You're still the main superhero in town. So go watch and keep things under control.”
Kimi sighed. “Yeah, alright. And I was hoping for a day off . . . well, come on scruffy!”
“Actually, I need Sama for another errand. Now that I'm mayor, there's something I've always wanted to do.” Crystal said with a huge grin on her face.
[. . . . .]
“This seems so wrong.”
Tazzy, Avatar and Leaf Green were sitting in the living room at the Flan-I Temple. The Spoon stood in front of them, his arms crossed and a grin on his face.
“. . . Look,” Spoony seemed a little annoyed. “This is only until Crystal realizes that I have a tougher job. In the meanwhile, though, I am resuming my command of the Flan-I Order! And we're going to actually do things again!”
Avatar groaned. “DO things? You mean, we're not just letting Kimi and Sama handle everything?”
“I want my free time to draw!” Tazzy crossed her arms.
“I need to train more! I'm new!” Green groaned.
“And I . . . well, actually, kicking some ass and blowing stuff up sounds fun.” Avatar shrugged. “I change my mind, let's do it!”
Spoony sighed. “Look, I wasn't legally allowed to give Crystal my job – I mean, we'd have to have an election, and Roy would get involved, and it would all be one big mess. So, instead of doing all that, I named her Deputy Mayor and then I took my vacation days.”
“That answers that question.” Green nodded.
“BUT, as I'm still legally Mayor, I'm still on the hook for when Kimi and Sama break things! So WE are going to do whatever we can do to make sure nothing gets broken.” Spoony grinned.
“So we're competing with Kimi and Sama?” Green tilted her head.
“No, but we're going to stop as much crime as we can. Kimi and Sama are lazy and they like to waste time. We can stop at least half the crime without them, which should save the city a ton of cash.”
“And it'll let you win your argument with Crystal.” Tazzy raised an eyebrow. Of course, as Crystal's best friend she wasn't too keen on helping the Spoon prove her wrong.
Spoony sweat dropped and grinned. “Well, maybe . . . but all the money we save on not having Kimi and Sama break things, it'll let me raise the Flan-I's budget.”
“Trying to buy their loyalty, Spoony? Cheap trick, don't you think?”
Spoony sweat dropped; Crystal and Sama were standing at the doorway. The still-mayor-but-not-really coughed.
“What are you doing here?” Spoony asked.
“Sama, read 'em the order.” Crystal instructed, stepping forward. Sama walked up next to her, holding a paper full of fancy legal terms.
“By executive order of acting Mayor Rose, it is now illegal to refuse a huggle from the acting mayor and punishable by a beating from a super hero and/or sidekick to anyone who breaks this order.” Sama read, then he put the paper away.
Avatar, from his spot on the couch, had become so pale he looked like he might pass out. “No freaking way.”
Crystal's grin already encompassed her entire face, and it still seemed to grow. “Choice time! You can get a huggle, or Sama can shock you.”
Avatar, for the first time in his life, was speechless. He made a whimpering sound and looked like he might tear up. He glanced over at Spoony. “I'm SO helping you win this bet.” Then, like a man on his way to an execution, Avatar stood and sighed.
Of course, he was tackled in a second and huggled.
“This'll be an interesting bet.” Sama nodded.
“Yeah, I'm sure it will be.” Spoony sighed.
[. . . . .]
“What about this one? Looks sweet.”
In the Worst Buy electronic store, The Professor and Avenger were strolling down the isle with a giant, mechanical cart floating above the ground. It was loaded with very expensive computer equipment – and no one planned to pay for them.
“You don't get an opinion.” Spork replied with a hint of bitterness in his voice.
Avenger rubbed his neck. “Oh, you still mad that I used all your shopping money on Dragonball DVDs?”
“YES,” Spork sneered in response. “You know --” He paused and lowered his voice. “You know I'm planning things! I don't need to draw Kimi and Sama's attention right now.”
Avenger shrugged his shoulders. “Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Let's just steal this stuff and next time I get my paycheck, I'll pay you back.”
Spork narrowed his eyes into a dangerous glare. “I. Write. Your. Paychecks.” He said through gritted teeth.
Avenger's sheepish grin was his only response.
“Just come on.” Spork growled, annoyed that he was taking the risk of stealing new computer equipment.
Avenger paused, wondering something. “So, why are we stealing this stuff, anyway? I mean, I know you need equipment, but that seems like an excuse.”
Spork nodded. “It IS an excuse. With CHoW M-I-A, we have to be the villains for this episode. I showed you the script last time, remember?”
Avenger snapped his fingers. “OH YEAH! I forgot. Heh, so that means there's going to be an explosion in this scene, right? I. LOVE. EXPLOSIONS.”
The Professor paused. “You know, I never did finish the script before we lost it . . . I don't know what happens at the end of the scene.”
“I will kill you both with a hatchet if you keep this up!” The Fourth Wall growled. Spork and Avenger both sweat dropped.
“Man, getting killed has made that guy VIOLENT.” Avenger nodded.
“I wonder why?” Spork raised an eyebrow.
Just as they turned a corner and started throwing RAM boards into the shopping cart, there was a flash of blue light and Rowen and Shelary appeared. Avenger raised his eyebrow and shrugged his shoulders; Spork crossed his arms.
“Rowen! You're here. Feel like helping me move this stuff to the lab?” Spork asked.
Rowen fidgeted his feet and looked down at the floor. Shelary elbowed him in the stomach. “Come on, Cojo . . . say it like I told you on the way over!”
Rowen sighed. He put his hands in his pockets and shifted like an uncomfortable youth who was trying to ask someone out. He rubbed his neck and finally, he said: “Stop breaking the law, Professor . . . or I'll stop you.”
Shelary sighed. “We'll have to work on your enthusiasm.”
“He's a friend!” Rowen complained.
“So is CHoW, would you rather start your career fighting him?”
Rowen sighed. “No...”
“Okay, then!” Shelary patted him on the shoulder.
“What's going on?” Avenger asked, he looked really confused.
“. . . Rowen . . . are you . . .?” Spork raised an eyebrow. He was reading between the lines on this one, and he did not like what he saw.
“I'm . . . a super hero.” Rowen finally admitted, looking up at his friend. “And I'm here to stop you.”
Avenger threw his head back and started laughing. Spork elbowed him in the gut, and just as he was about to complain, he caught the stoic expression on the Spork's face. “Whoa, broham, you believe him?”
“Yes.” Spork replied instantly. “I'd ask about how this happened, but I'm in a hurry to get home and hook up my new equipment. You understand.” His voice was calm, but there was an unmistakable challenge in his words.
“. . . I'm serious, Spork. You saw how unhappy I was working for Crimson – and that was before I knew it was Sama. I'm tired of being on the losing side. I'm . . . I'm doing this. I don't want to fight you, though, so just go home.” Rowen was having a much harder time doing this than he had expected. His chest felt tight and his stomach was queasy.
“Interesting.” Spork shrugged his shoulders. “However, I need this equipment. I don't want to fight you either – but if you insist on getting in my way . . .”
Spork's keyblade appeared in his hand.
Rowen drew his flansaber.
In a second, Avenger and Rowen were fighting. Avenger could teleport at will, and Rowen could chaos control in split-seconds. Each of them disappeared and reappeared – Avenger fired several ki blasts at Rowen, while Rowen was blasting back with chaos spears.
As they were both teleporting, none of the blasts actually hit one another. Instead, they destroyed televisions, computers, telephones and every other electronic thing in the store. There was smoke, fire and burning plastic.
“Mmmm, such a delicious smell!” Avenger grinned.
While the two of them were blowing up the store while they were vanishing and appearing once again, Spork and Shelary looked to one another. They had fought once before – and Shelary had defeated him then.
“Rowen was a friend. I don't care for his becoming a super hero and coming after me.” Spork announced.
“Then maybe you shouldn't steal things?” Shelary stuck out her tongue.
“. . . You've been spending too much time with Kimi.” Spork narrowed his eyes, doubly-annoyed.
Spork raised his keyblade and as he cried, “Thunder!”, a bolt of bright yellow lightning arched from his blade at Shelary. She drew her twin daggers and spun them around; absorbing the lightning into them. The lightning cracked and fizzled on the silver blade.
Spork quickly raised his keyblade; “Reflect!” He yelled another spell, and this time his body was coated with a invisible shield that he knew would protect him. “You're absorbing is pretty impressive, but no matter what you do, you won't break my reflect.”
Shelary nodded – and she threw one of her sabers at him. It sailed right through the reflect, hitting his keyblade and knocking it away from his hand – bringing the reflect down. In a second, she used the second blade to send the thunder back at him and deep fry the mad scientists.
“I've watched Sama play Final Fantasy – reflect only works on magic, not physical attacks! You need barrier for that one.” Shelary stuck out her tongue again.
“So it seems...” Spork held out his hand to re-summon his keyblade, which would re-cast the reflect spell – just as the blade reappeared in his hand, Shelary ran towards him and pushed him against the wall – holding her dagger against his throat. Though his reflect was back, it would do nothing against the shiny silver blade resting on his throat.
“You lose!” Shelary grinned; but in a second Avenger appeared at her side and kicked her in the gut, sending her flying into the back of a big screen television.
“You got skills, girl, but you're waaaaaaaaay out of your league.” Avenger grinned, crossing his arms. He started to reach for his keyblade, but Spork quickly stood and put a hand on his shoulder.
“Teleport us home. Now.” Spork commanded.
“What? But I --” Avenger started to argue, until he saw the look on Rowen's face. He was practically radiating anger, glowing red; but the glow wasn't fury. It was chaos energy.
Avenger paled. “Yeah, let's go.” He teleported the two of them, not back to the lab, but someone else – just in case Rowen followed them. They appeared on the top of a giant skyscraper.
Standing on the top of the needle was Rowen, his arms crossed and still glowing red. Avenger teleporting the two of them once more – this time it was to a much higher peak; Mount Everest.
Rowen was sitting on the very top of the mountain. “What kept you?”
Avenger sweat dropped. He teleported one more time – and they appeared in the belly of a world war II battleship – which was currently sitting at the bottom of the ocean. Spork gasped from lack of air, and Avenger gasped – because Rowen was floating next to them.
With a final teleportation, Avenger and Spork were in the lab.
“Sorry man, but I can't shake the pest, and since robbing the electronic store WAS your idea...” Avenger trailed off.
Spork narrowed his eyes. “I don't mind taking the chaos blast, but DID YOU HAVE TO BRING US BACK TO THE LAB!?”
Avenger paused, and then gave a sheepish grin. “Oops.”
He would have teleported again – but Rowen finally released his chaos blast.
Outside the lab, Hammah, Jimi, KxS and ES were sitting out on the lawn, watching Tinman play his guitar. A second later, the laboratory behind them exploded from within – red light turning it into dust.
“What happened?” KxS blinked.
“... Did I leave the toasted plugged up?” Hammah gulped.
Inside the now-destroyed lab, Avenger and Spork were on the ground, groaning. They were burnt and beaten, and Rowen bent down to look at them.
“Spork.” Rowen was being curt in his voice. “You're my friend, but I'm unhappy with how things have been for me. I'm tired of always losing and I'm tired of watching Shelary's eyes have that hurt look every time she's looking at me. So I'm a Super Hero now – and if that means I have to fight you – or CHoW – I will.”
Then, the ninja looked to Avenger. “You're a cool guy. I like you. If you ever touch Shelary again, though, I will tear your legs off and beat you to death with them. Got it?” Without waiting for an answer, Rowen disappeared in a blue flash.
Avenger groaned as he sat up. “Maaaaaaan. Rowen is Batman.”
Spork, although he'd just lost his new stolen equipment – and had his lab destroyed – did not seem depressed. Instead, he smiled. “I'm sure there's a way this can benefit us . . . but for now, we have a lot of work to do, and we have to insure that Rowen's change of heart doesn't get in the way of the bigger picture . . .”
[. . . . .]
Avatar stopped at Teh City Dump, where he was stopped by the new dump managed – Ataru.
“STOP! What are you throwing away?” Ataru demanded.
Avatar blinked. “My old boots... they've smelt like moldy cheese ever since I got back from Teh Flan.”
Ataru nodded. “Okay, throw them away in the back.”
Avatar raised an eyebrow. “Isn't that where you're supposed to keep the broken mecha?”
Ataru glared. “DO AS I SAY!”
Avatar shrugged and tossed his cheesy boots into a pile of high tech electronics.
[. . . . .]
With no major work to do for the day, Kimi and Sama had retried to one of the balconies of the K Tower. They each had a glass of soda and a sandwich – and were watching the sunset like a pair of Boston lawyers finishing their day.
“Well, Rowen's a super hero. Scared of the competition?” Sama asked, taking a bite of sandwich.
“Naw. He can play hero all he wants, I'm still the star.” Kimi replied with a grin.
“I dunno . . . this episode was major Rowen territory, and you don't have a very big role next time, either.” Sama reminded her.
Kimi shrugged. “True, true . . . but episode five is all about me, don't forget. Stuff about my past, a few parodies, and some new twists.”
Sama laughed. “They all have new twists. That's the theme.”
Kimi yawned. “Yeah, whatever. Oi! Are you worried? Spoony is your boss now at the Flan temple. Are you afraid he'll make you do stuff?”
Sama paused. “I just lost a student – for the second time – I don't think my Flan-I 'cred' is too good.”
Kimi nodded. “Yeah, forgot about that . . . maybe he'll make you clean the Flan Temple!”
Sama shrugged. “How is that different from what YOU make me do all day?”
Kimi snickered. “Merry Christmas, Sama.”
Sama blinked. “It's February . . .”
“Shut up. I was trying to close the show with some good line, like the spoof we're doing.” Kimi crossed her arms.
Sama sighed. “Aside from DP, no one's going to get this anyway. Goodnight, everybody!”
[End]
Hope this was funny! :D
Yes, this was partially inspired by the going-on's in The Infection! However, I tried to set things up very differently so it was the same but different.
ANYWAY! Hope everyone enjoyed this one! Who will win the bet between Crystal and Spoony? You'll find out eventually! XD The bet goes on until one of them admits that the other has a harder job.
The 'Super Rowen' subplot will continue as well! Meaning yes, Rowen IS a super hero now. :o I told everybody earlier that there was a lot of new stuff in this season, and it means some surprising changes!
Speaking of 'surprising' and 'changes', the next episode has some too. That episode is all about the single most confusing and insane thing anyone can ever do – dating. :p The Valentine's Special is next! Three old couples will have some fun new adventures, and we'll see a brand new couple, too. Oh yeah, and a villain returns . . . who? Can you figure it out from the hint in this one?
ALRIGHTY! I'm done for today. XD AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE! The next episode, “The Ships Have Sailed”, will be posted no later than Sunday – I have to work Friday, so I can't do much writing then.
Avenger29 - February 5, 2009 04:30 AM (GMT)
The Transmission sequence totally brought back memories of this. (Fast forward to 2:50)
The Vidit of Light - February 5, 2009 04:45 AM (GMT)
The Valentine's special is next? Hmm...
AGodofIrony - February 5, 2009 05:30 AM (GMT)
That was awesome GS! XD
Great job on Sporky's lines. Muhahaha.
Man, the SK&WS World is definitely changing! I wonder how else things are going to change.
And darn it, next time I should bring Jimi to help steal things instead of Avenger. :LOL: He gets getting my lab blown up!
Of course, I also find the fact that Spork deals with the Custard-I almost the same way Spoon has to deal with Kimi and Sama hilarious. XD
Finally, I can not wait to see what you have planned for the Valentine's Day Special! I bet that's going to be even more awesome then this!
And a villain returns hmmm? I slightly hope it's Thunder, but with this Valentine's Day thing, I wonder if maybe Pepper or Pepsi might somehow return...
Can't wait for the next one!
Great job on Sporky's lines. Muhahaha.
Man, the SK&WS World is definitely changing! I wonder how else things are going to change.
And darn it, next time I should bring Jimi to help steal things instead of Avenger. :LOL: He gets getting my lab blown up!
Of course, I also find the fact that Spork deals with the Custard-I almost the same way Spoon has to deal with Kimi and Sama hilarious. XD
Finally, I can not wait to see what you have planned for the Valentine's Day Special! I bet that's going to be even more awesome then this!
And a villain returns hmmm? I slightly hope it's Thunder, but with this Valentine's Day thing, I wonder if maybe Pepper or Pepsi might somehow return...
Can't wait for the next one!
Dark Phazon - February 5, 2009 05:31 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
| “LOOK! My point is, if you care about him, you should try to get him back to the way he was. I . . . there was someone I liked, and I never acted on it. |
Foreshadowing?
Actually, I wonder who that person is to be, for Sama. And I wonder if any of my guesses will be correct...
...
| QUOTE |
| “Blackmail is such an ugly word . . . I prefer extortion. The 'x' makes it sound sexy.” - Bender B. Rodriguez |
XD XD XD XD XD
...
Rowen as a good guy? I see too much chaos in his feelings for that to last too long, at least how things stand right now... Can't wait to see what happens that may or may not change that, though!
...
XD at the ending sequence!
...
EDIT: Oh! I know where the hint at the next villain is, but I don't know what it's for. Give me a night of sleep and I probably could come up with a guess, though. :heh:
GoldenSama - February 5, 2009 06:36 AM (GMT)
Avenger: XD I'd never seen that before, but I have seen scenes like that in other things. :3 And yes, that kind of scene is what I was aiming for. Thanks for reading!
Vidit: See reply to your PM. Thanks for reading!
AGOI: Thank you!
It IS changing. :3 In lots of ways. The first three episodes have the most obvious changes (characters, sides, romance) but the rest of the new season has other, more subtle changes -- episode five, for example, will reveal some details of Kimi's past that no one has known before now. :D
XD Jimi wouldn't have been a lot of help this time, I'm afraid. But you're right, the lab wouldn't have gone boom. XD Spork'll rebuild, I'm sure. EVERYONE in this show seems magical at rebuilding.
YES! :D If you're named for silverware, you'll have a bunch of people hanging out with you who will be awesome friends but cause you headaches. XD
XD It shall be awesome! All the chaos and craziness of dating, mixed with the craziness and chaos of this series. Let us all be afraid!
You're thinking waaaaaaaaaay too recent. :p I went old school for this one.
Thank you!
DP
Foreshadowing? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe. :shifty:
Knowing YOUR record for guessing things accurately, I'd give you the best odds of anyone for getting it right. XD
XD Bender is the king of awesome quotes. We all love it. That one was from the "What If" Machine episode, Leela's "What if I was more impulsive" segment, for the record. :D
Rowen is quite chaotic inside! But that plays a big role in what's going on. We'll all know what Rowen picks at the end of the season!
XD I KNEW YOU'D LIKE THE END. Denny Crane.
You know where the hint is but haven't figured it out yet? :p Hmm... I bet you could. Everyone who doesn't will be like "OOOOOH!" when they find out... assuming they remember a few stories ago.
THANKS EVERYONE!
Vidit: See reply to your PM. Thanks for reading!
AGOI: Thank you!
It IS changing. :3 In lots of ways. The first three episodes have the most obvious changes (characters, sides, romance) but the rest of the new season has other, more subtle changes -- episode five, for example, will reveal some details of Kimi's past that no one has known before now. :D
XD Jimi wouldn't have been a lot of help this time, I'm afraid. But you're right, the lab wouldn't have gone boom. XD Spork'll rebuild, I'm sure. EVERYONE in this show seems magical at rebuilding.
YES! :D If you're named for silverware, you'll have a bunch of people hanging out with you who will be awesome friends but cause you headaches. XD
XD It shall be awesome! All the chaos and craziness of dating, mixed with the craziness and chaos of this series. Let us all be afraid!
You're thinking waaaaaaaaaay too recent. :p I went old school for this one.
Thank you!
DP
Foreshadowing? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe. :shifty:
Knowing YOUR record for guessing things accurately, I'd give you the best odds of anyone for getting it right. XD
XD Bender is the king of awesome quotes. We all love it. That one was from the "What If" Machine episode, Leela's "What if I was more impulsive" segment, for the record. :D
Rowen is quite chaotic inside! But that plays a big role in what's going on. We'll all know what Rowen picks at the end of the season!
XD I KNEW YOU'D LIKE THE END. Denny Crane.
You know where the hint is but haven't figured it out yet? :p Hmm... I bet you could. Everyone who doesn't will be like "OOOOOH!" when they find out... assuming they remember a few stories ago.
THANKS EVERYONE!
Crystal Rose - February 5, 2009 03:28 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
| “By executive order of acting Mayor Rose, it is now illegal to refuse a huggle from the acting mayor and punishable by a beating from a super hero and/or sidekick to anyone who breaks this order.” |
That'sthe kind of city I want to live in :D
GREAT job Sama! I'm really loving the new season! Can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve!
| QUOTE |
| Sama scratched his cheek, wondering how he should explain. “Well . . . okay, so I have this friend, and he --” “Who?” Kimi called from the living room. “Just a friend of mine.” Sama called back. “Yeah, but who?” “No one you know.” “Liar! We have the same friends! Who ya talking about?” Kimi inisted. Sama glared her way (grateful she was facing the television and could not see). “FINE! I'm talking about me, then, I just didn't want to be embarrassed. HAPPY NOW?” |
XD
| QUOTE |
| “Yeah, and --” Rowen started to say, but the door started to open; Kimi was coming inside! Sama grabbed him and stuffed him in the oven. Unfortunately, the oven accidentally clicked on. Shelary looked like she was going to cry, but Sama shot her a 'not a word' look. |
XDDDD
GoldenSama - February 5, 2009 05:51 PM (GMT)
C_R: XD Well it's your City now. At least for a while.
Thank you! ^_^ I'm glad the new season is a hit. Maybe it makes up for all those months of non-updates? :heh: I have many things up my sleeve, and hopefully soon the next installment will be done!
Sama doesn't catch many breaks with Kimi around, does he?
Roast Rowen, anyone? Just dip it ketchup and it's delicious.
Thank you! ^_^ I'm glad the new season is a hit. Maybe it makes up for all those months of non-updates? :heh: I have many things up my sleeve, and hopefully soon the next installment will be done!
Sama doesn't catch many breaks with Kimi around, does he?
Roast Rowen, anyone? Just dip it ketchup and it's delicious.
ChaosHalberd750 - February 5, 2009 11:16 PM (GMT)
Great chapter! ...The Valentine special's coming up...and from what I've read so far...boy, are things gonna be chaotic...
GoldenSama - February 6, 2009 02:00 AM (GMT)
Thank you! :D
"Chaotic" is an understatement. XD
"Chaotic" is an understatement. XD
Dark Phazon - February 6, 2009 03:18 AM (GMT)
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| Knowing YOUR record for guessing things accurately, I'd give you the best odds of anyone for getting it right. |
I consider them "Educated Guesses". Sounds more scientific that way!
Anyways, I have a few ideas, but I also don't really want to say them in case they are correct and ruin the surprise. But I will say I believe the returning villain may have a big connection in the history of another. As for the other thing, I'm not very confident in my idea at all, and will stay away from revealing my guess (though I do believe it is a familiar name...).
GoldenSama - February 6, 2009 03:24 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dark Phazon @ Feb 5 2009, 09:18 PM) | ||
I consider them "Educated Guesses". Sounds more scientific that way! Anyways, I have a few ideas, but I also don't really want to say them in case they are correct and ruin the surprise. But I will say I believe the returning villain may have a big connection in the history of another. As for the other thing, I'm not very confident in my idea at all, and will stay away from revealing my guess (though I do believe it is a familiar name...). |
I would have called them "hypothesis".
:p
I believe I know at least your first guess, and all I'll say is "interesting".
Though I'm not sure I know your second guess. :heh:
Knucxsonia - February 6, 2009 04:04 AM (GMT)
Awsomeness =D
Oooo! Valintines day special! I wanna who's dating who! *hops up and down*
Oooo! Valintines day special! I wanna who's dating who! *hops up and down*
Dark Phazon - February 6, 2009 04:24 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Knucxsonia @ Feb 5 2009, 11:04 PM) |
| Awsomeness =D Oooo! Valintines day special! I wanna who's dating who! *hops up and down* |
Spoony & Winry Rockbell
Mojohanna & Roy Mustang
Sama & ?????? ????????
And Hammah will try to do something to have something happen with Prof. AGoI and Crystal Rose, because he's Hammah. XD
And I do not know why my grasp of the English language has regressed so much lately... :heh: I should have been able to think of "hypothesis" right away...
Cojo - February 6, 2009 04:30 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dark Phazon @ Feb 5 2009, 08:24 PM) |
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Why does that make me feel like I died a little on the inside?? XD
Very awesome and epic tale Gs! I've commented on it enough in various pms!
The fight scene was a good one and very well planned, and I loved the scene where Rowen kept getting thrown into various appliances.
The question is how?
And you guys got to meet the rest of the crew! You'll be seeing pictures of them all soon I think :D
GoldenSama - February 6, 2009 04:39 AM (GMT)
DP: Well, you're partially right in most instances...
*semi-spoiler below, use SRB 2.1 skin to avoid it*
*semi-spoiler below, use SRB 2.1 skin to avoid it*
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| Hammah will be busy rebelling against the fourth wall for not allowing Amelie in the episode. XD |
Cojo: XD Yes you have! I thank you and am glad you liked it.
I have no idea where the idea of stuffing Rowen in the appliances came from. XD I'm crazy. It was a toaster at one point, but that would have made even less sense.
The rest of the crew will be back to
One last thing! Enough with the V-Day chat, already! XD I'm nervous enough as it is... although I did get permission, so I guess it'll all be good.
Dark Phazon - February 6, 2009 04:42 AM (GMT)
XD
tailsonic15 - February 6, 2009 06:50 AM (GMT)
XD Poor Rowen. Stuffed in a dishwasher....and then an oven.
...
.....how did he fit in a dishwasher though? Oo'
I spotted a song in there, me thinks
...
.....how did he fit in a dishwasher though? Oo'
I spotted a song in there, me thinks
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| Kimi was as fast as lightning, though, and while it was a little bit frightening, she dodged with expert timing |
XD Too bad she wasn't kung fu fighting *shot for incredible horrible joke*
XD Excellent work, GS! Can't wait for the next one!
XD Excellent work, GS! Can't wait for the next one!