JDE: Metal Mouth's Revenge
Chapter One: Kidnapping And Theft
The Bronze Boarder, a being from being the stars, soared across the skies of Earth. In order to protect this world, he had rebelled against his master, Gastricus, and as a result, he had found himself exiled to that very planet. Though he held no regrets about his decision, the Boarder, who held long travelled the spaceways freely, found himself constrained by the limited space of this single, small world.
As he soared over middle Europe, his melancholy thoughts were broken by a plaintive cry from below. Looking down, the Boarder spotted a person wrapped in a cloak, one who was clearly lost in the snowy wasteland.
"Help!" Croaked the cloaked figure. "Someone, please... help me!"
The kind-hearted Boarder flew down to the ailing figure.
"I will help you." He pulled the lost man onto his board. "Just tell me where you wish to go."
"Over there." The figure pointed a trembling finger to the east.
The Boarder and his passenger soared across the forest of pine trees, to find a small log cabin at the base of a mountain.
"Thak you, stranger." The cloaked man opened the cabin door, revealing two empty rocking chairs by an unlit fireplace. "Please, join me inside. Join me by the fire."
The Boarder had no need for rest or warmth; The power given to him by Gastricus kept him eternally energised, without the need for food or sleep. Nonetheless, he could not deny the poor man's hospitality. He sat on the chair closest to the door. After lighting the wood in the fireplace, the cloaked man sat in the chair opposite.
"Are you comfortable, stranger?" He asked.
"Yes, I am." The Boarder replied.
"Not for long." The cloaked man hissed.
Before the Boarder could react to this odd statement, the cloaked one pushed the underside of his armrest. Sudenly, restraints clamped down on the Boarder's wrists, at the same time as wires extended from the back of the chair, plugging into the one alongside it. Helmets of some kind descended on the heads of the cloaked one and the Boarder from a hidden compartment in the ceiling, and the next thing the Boarder knew, he was feeling unendurable agony.
"AAAAARGH!" The Boarder screamed, having never felt pain in many years, let alone pain this great.
"Yes!" The cloak figure roared.
The Boarder felt his strength draining out of him, and being poured into the cloaked one.
"How..." He groaned.
"I have been watching you for some time now, my chromed compatriot." The cloaked one sneered. "I have analysed your powers, and discovered a way to strip you of them, and implant them within myself."
"Why...?" The Boarder wheezed.
"It's a long story." The cloaked one lowered his hood, revealing a mouth full of golden teeth. "But the short answer is... revenge! Soon, I, Metal Mouth, shall destroy the Justice Ducks, once and for all. And you, my gullible friend, practically handed me the means to do so!"
"Noooo..." The Boarder whispered, before falling into unconsciousness.
The last sound the Boarder heard was Metal Mouth's diabolical laughter.
To Be Continued...
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