Hello to my few remaining fans out there! GP here, just letting you guys and gals know about this new fanfic for Rayman. Hopefully it won't be completely and utterly abandoned like my last fanfic (which suffered a major attack of writer's block and died.) Anyway, on with the show!
Chapter 1: Ambush
It had to end like this. They both knew it. Two enemies, once friends, turned against each other against their will. The blood-stained field was littered with bodies, killed by the two warriors. Fighting for the same belief, but on opposite sides, merely the pawns for some grander plan. Now it had come to this. The limbless warrior and the forest fairy. Where had it all gone wrong?
TWO DAYS EARLIER
Rayman woke with a yawn. The sun was lazily rising above the valley, casting its tired gaze across the dew-filled grass. Everything looked so peaceful, so pristine! As if nothing could go wrong. Still, there was something in the air, a hint that something was not quite right with this idyllic scene. If only Rayman could put his finger on it…
Suddenly a large crash was heard from the bushes, ad Globox ran as quickly as he could through the forest, chased by something. Rayman heard the gruff voices and knew they weren't following Globox to wish him a happy day. "Great," he muttered, stretching and turning to face these new foes, rubbing his eyes slightly. Two large robotic pirates ran out of the undergrowth, steel joints creaking and sounding full of rust. "I thought I'd taken care of these guys!" said Rayman. Sighing and rolling his eyes, he finished the robots off quickly. It was then that the thing, whatever it was, connected with the back of his head, and everything went black.
Ly stirred from her meditation, her expression anxious. She had seen all that had gone on through Globox's eyes, and didn't like the look of it. How could they have caught Rayman off-guard like that? It was definitely unusual, that was true. Still, there was something else that disturbed her more. It wasn't one of the robots who had struck Rayman.
It was Globox.
The man stepped out from the hologram of Globox, smirking to himself. "Poor little Rayman. So disappointing. And I thought you would have done better than this." He kicked Rayman's torso. Rayman did not move. "Guards," snapped the man impatiently. Two large, bulky creatures without much of a face, looking very much like hoodlums, but yet alien to the planet, appeared from nowhere. "Take the prisoner to the holding bay, with the rest." The creatures nodded, taking Rayman's unconscious body and carrying it off into the undergrowth. "One hero down, two to go," he said, taking out a checklist and making a small tick in one of the boxes. The man dropped a small card, his own calling card as it were, and then turned to walk nonchalantly off into the valley.
Who is this mysterious stranger? What does he want with Rayman? Who are his henchmen and where do they come from? Why are you asking me? All these questions will be answered in the next chapter! Comments and suggestions are appreciated.