Chapter 1: Katina Landing Zone
Introduction: Hello everyone, and welcome to my first ever story, Once Upon a Time In Lylat. Never underestimate the power of Western themes.
Our story begins in a small spacecraft landing zone on the desert planet of Katina.
Drip, drip, drip, drip, the coolant slowly trickled from a leaking panel in the three-story service building, one of the few buildings for miles.
Drip, drip, drip, drip…
…drip, drip, smack! The dripping coolant met a sudden ending on the armored forelimb of a tall, armadillo-like creature. He stood completely still, as if nothing had happened for years at a time.
Crackle, crick, crackle, crick, a lean gibbon creature cracked each knuckle on its long, black hands…one…by…one.
A third, hairy creature watched in a bored daze as a tiny bug flitted about in the air.
I'm vaguely sure this has happened before, the third moaned to himself, somewhere far away.
Drip, drip…
Crackle, crick…
Bzzz…
PHOOM! A loud laser shot blasted the tiny bug out of the air. I was getting pretty tired of that, the hairy creature smiled.
A small personal fighter slowly started its descent toward the equally small landing site. Noticing this, the armadillo gradually raised its arm and drank the coolant off it. The armadillo belched, and motioned lazily to the gibbon, who ceased his knuckle-cracking and started moving toward the landing pad. The hairy chimp and the armadillo followed suit, hands on their guns, just as the small fighter slowly drifted to a stop and landed, extended its landing gear, and came to a complete stop. Gradually, the super-glass canopy slowly came open, revealing that there was no pilot in the cockpit. Just as before, the canopy drifted to a close, the landing gear lifted, and the fighter ascended into the sky, revealing a blue falcon-man holding a large, forest-green bag. All three gun-men drew their laser pistols, and fired at the falcon-man, scattering the dirt all around him. The dust cloud, just as lethargic as the three gunmen, hung in the air. Just then, there was a warbling echo as a red-trailed projectile zipped out from the cloud and exploded right on top of the gibbon in the middle. The shockwave sent the gibbon and the chimp flailing to the left and right. They tried to fire again, but the falcon-man dove out the back of the dissipating cloud of dirt and blasted both of them with a machine gun. Wincing, he stood to his feet and held a place that was grazed by a blaster shot. "Ah, Katina…" the falcon-man said, grinning.
Stay tuned for Chapter 2: Katina Station