A JOKERS HAND.


Somewhere, on a ranch in a secluded part of a grassy mountain, a boy the age of sixteen with striking White hair with a long grown tail, loosely worn orange vest, blue pants with dirt stains and a shirt the same, was digging furiously. He wiped the sweat off his face and stopped a moment, wondering why he was doing this, then he remembered that he had woken up this morning and while eating breakfast with his best Monster, when he had a feeling, a flash of premonitions, of him digging in this exact spot on his ranch. His Jell, named Lord Jell, alway's laughed when he Did this, following one of his premonitions, But then he would point that those Premonitions were what led him to HIS mystery Disc in the first place and then Lord Jell would just sigh and hand him a Shovel. He looked towards his stable, where Lord Jell's ORIGINAL Home had been a decade ago, it had remained bare for so long, he wanted to train a new Monster. He then looked towards his house and Smiled, Seeing a Blue humanoid with a jell like body, moving along with it's Jell base, it had no legs you see, and the Red orb in the Middle of it's body was shaking as it Laughed.
"You're still at it?" It asked, looking at the hole he was in.
"Of Course L.J, I might find something Cool." the Kid laughed, going back to digging.
"Vanciusth Orlorf Persius.....Give it up. You KNOW when you get these Flashes or whatever you call them, HALF the time they're a hoax!" Lord Jell laughed, it's body shaking while it shook it's head.
"I told you a million times, call me Vance or Percy, NOT my full name." The Kid asked, sweating with exertion.
"Fine, Percy. C'mon, give it up. Let's just go into town like we planned and grab some food."
"Fine, AFTER I'm done digging." Lord Jell groaned and looked at Percy, then picked his hands up and concentrated, willing them to flatten and form into scoops.
"Might as well help you. The Sooner we head into town, the sooner I get to eat something Besides EGGS."
"I thought you liked eggs." Percy said, grinning crookedly.
"Well....yes, but not for EVERY meal dammit!" Lord Jell laughed, scooping out dirt and throwing it behind him. With Lord Jell's help, it took an hour until they took a break to rest.
"Just to ask, but what are you after?" Jell asked, folding it's arms across' its jell chest. Percy leaned on the Shovel, grinning.
"I'm...well....I'm hoping for a Mystery Disc."
"Oh COME ON. The Chances of you actually FINDING a Mystery disc is like one in one MILLION. Sure you found MINE, but that was when you were SIX, and you were digging in a sand pile on a hunch from your.....FLASHES."
"And my Father took me with him to the Shrine, and Gave a Little baby Jell to me, a gift for being so helpful, and said for me to name the Little pile of goo in my arms. I named it Lord Jell, L.J for short, and immediately you took one of you're itty bitty arms and SLAPPED the crap out of me." Percy laughed. Lord Jell grinned broadly, remembering the Memory.
"But you have to admit Jell, It WOULD be nice to have another Monster on the Ranch, We haven't had one since Mom and Dad died three years ago." Percy said, going back to shoveling. Immediately he stopped, feeling something hard hit his shovel.
"Hey, I think I found something! Help me dig it out!" Percy cried, getting down on his knees and started scraping the dirt, revealing a strange design. He wiped a few more stripes away from the design, revealing a round object in the ground. Lord Jell started jumping up and down as Percy scopped away dirt from around the edges to get a better grip.
"YOU DID IT! YOU ACTUALLY DID IT! YOU FOUND A GODDAMN MYSTERY DISC!" Lord Jell cried in surprise and shock. Percy grasped the edges of the Disc and Pulled, Popping it out of the ground easily. He fell backwards from the surprise, then sat up, starting to cheer with Lord Jell. After a few minutes of dancing and cheering, Lord Jell calmed down enough to think straight.
"So I assume this means we'll be going into town not only to get food, but to ALSO unlock this disc?" Lord Jell asked Coyly.
"HELL YEAH! First we'll pick up groceries, then I'll unlock this baby! Oh Man, I hope it's a Suezo!"
"Or maybe a Pink Jam...Oooo Finally a date for Saturday night.." Lord Jell chuckled evilly while Percy just groaned in disgust.
"Well, Let's get ready to go!" Percy cried, running towards the House. Lord Jell laughed and slowly started to change. His Arm's Shrunk into his body while two Wheels Formed from out of his chest, all the while he was flattening and thinning out. Two More wheels formed in his lower section as he feel to the ground, completing his transformation by moving his red orb to the middle, completing his change to a Skateboard-like form. Percy came back out wearing a Backpack and a red hat, grinning Broadly.
"Jump on and Let's Ride Percy!" Lord Jell cried, spinning around on his rear wheels. Percy laughed and jumped into the air, landing on Lord Jell's new form, which was surprisingly firm.
"Ready to go?"
"Anytime buddy." Percy answered, spreading his arms to balance himself as Lord Jell sped forward towards a dirt path, swerving to avoid bushes and Rocks. He slowly started to pick up speed as they sped down a slope, heading for a Small pass with Rounded sides.
"LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!" Lord Jell cried, swerving onto the rounded sides of the Pass. Percy laughed, enjoying the adrenaline rush and the sheer thrill of the experience. As they neared the end, they flew out of the pass at an angle, spinning slightly and landing roughly, but they kept on going while laughing.
"Now THAT........was Pretty damn cool!" Percy cried as they continued down the trail on the mountain.


Soon enough, they were at a cliff midway down the mountain overlooking a town far, far, FAR below. Percy grinned, looking down at Lord Jell.
"Up for some high flying?"
"Let's see, as a Skateboard, it'll take me two or more hours to get down this cliff, while as a Flying Contraption, a good five minute flight." With that, Lord Jell jerked backwards with Percy, then sped forward, flying off the cliff and plummeting down towards the town. Percy screamed in sheer terror and thrill as Lord Jell started to change, his wheels flowing back into his body as he thinned out even more, stretching and enlarging himself into the shape of a surfboard. Two small tentacles Wrapped around Percy's Feet for safety while he formed fins on either side of him, slowing the fall.
"WAAAAHOOOOOO! WIND SURFING!" Percy screamed as they swerved like they were riding the very air and wind itself. He Angled them towards the town and continued their plummet, screaming with joy. Percy spread his arms to balance himself more as his hair whipped upwards, his hat staying snugly where it was luckily. They continued to shake and swerve on their way down, enjoying every minute of the adrenaline rush.
"THIS IS NUTS! I LOVE IT!" Percy laughed, his tail of hair flapping wildly. As they neared the village, he could see People staring up at him in shock and surprise. When they were about fifteen yards up in the air, Lord Jell quickly changed again, turning into a Parachute and Latching onto Percy's Backpack, snapping upward from the sudden updraft. They Gently landed, still laughing and tense form the Adrenaline rush. Lord Jell then SNapped back into his original form and high fived Percy.
"What a rush!" He gasped, running a hand through his white hair. He looked at the Townspeople, who simply shook their heads and went back to business.
"Crazy kid." He heard a few mumble, but ignored it.
"Well my friend, that INDEED was a thrill ride! YOU RULE!" Percy complimented, slapping Lord Jell on the back.
"And HOW! Now, let's grab some grub and then mosey on over to the Shrine." Lord Jell said, pointing to a Store marked,"GROCERY OUTLET."
"Alright then!" Percy cried, walking with Lord Jell towards the store, ignoring the look he was getting from the people.


Percy slowly opened the Shrine doors, looking in at it with a touch of awe. It was huge! It had a platform with for towering pillars overlooking it, strange orbs within the Pillars, a Console to unlock a monster was in front of it, while in the platform itself was a hole for the Discs. He walked in, pulling the Mystery disc from his backpack and looking at it, noticing something strange on the back.
"Hey L.J?"
"Yeah?"
"Is It normal for Mystery Discs to have an Emblem on the back?" Percy asked, turning the Disc so Lord Jell could see. There was a Red and Black face emblem on the back, with a black round nose, and it seemed the face was crying.
"Uh....NO. Maybe it's a Dead disc."
"A What?" Lord Jell looked at Percy.
"A Dead Disc. When a Monster dies in battle, it turns into a Mystery disc that can't be unlocked, hence the nickname DEAD DISC." Percy sighed and ran to the Platform, kneeling down.
"One way to find out." He sighed, placing the disc in the hole. He ran back to the Console with Jell and started the unlocking Process. The Disc started to spin rapidly as a Pillar of multi-colored light enveloped it, making the disc float to the middle, where it kept spinnin and spinning. Lord Jell noticed the Orbs in the Pillars Glow, the glow seemed to intensify the spinning and slowly the Disc started to glow. Percy slammed his hand into a large button, pushing it in.
"UNLOCK!" He cried, and covered his eye's instinctively as a Large Flash blinded Percy and Lord Jell for a few moments. When they looked back at the Disc, it was still a disc, but the face emblem was facing them. Percy looked at Lord Jell, who just shrugged, then back to the Disc. They Both gasped as the Face emblem started to move, stretching out of the disc and then back in.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Percy screamed, aghast at this new development.
"Ths just ain't NATURAL!" Lord Jell cried as the face stretched outwards even more, making the Disc crack, a blinding black light piercing through the cracks. Tey fell back as the Disc Shattered, something just suddenly Appearing. They both looked up, seeing a strange monster standing where the disc had been. It was a strange looking one for sure, it had a long black robe connected to large white shoulderpads, when it billowed backward, you could see that it had absolutely no body at all, no limbs even. It had two long Black arms in the cloak's arms, the only limbs apparent, it had black gloves with a white patch and it held an Ax as big as it was, with blades as big as Lord Jell. It's face was white with black eye's and mouth, and a large red nose that would've made it look comical if it didn't give off an aura of pure blackness. It floated a good inch off the ground, standing three feet bigger than Percy or Lord Jell. It looked at them, letting out a disembodied Laugh and hovering slowly towards them. It looked down at Lord Jell, then Percy, letting out another Laugh before grasping the Ax's incredibly long handle with both hands and raising it above it's head.
"HUMANS! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! DIE!" Percy and Jell rolled away as the Ax came down, nearly hitting Percy. He Sprang to his feet and ducked as this Strange Monster kept slashign at him, missing by barely a hairs width. Lord Jell stood up, drawing it's arm back and letting it extend before snapping it like a whip onto this Monsters Back, drawing its attention away from Percy. He drew his arm back, ready to attack again as the Monster turned to him. Percy got to his feet and jumped onto the Console as the Monster Swung it's ax at Lord Jell, who dodged. He Launched himself at the Monster, grabbing it around the throat and covering it's eyes. It swung wildly, trying to get him off.
"L.J! GET OUT OF HERE!" Percy Cried, his legs swinging Wildly.
"NO! IT'LL KILL YOU! IT'S A JOKER! IT'S PURE EVIL!!!!"
"GET OUT OF HERE! I'LL........I'LL BE FINE! TRUST ME!" Percy screeched, almost losing his grip.



"Get out of here. I'll.........I'll be fine! Trust me!" The Joker heard this, almost not believing it. A Human? Worried more about his monster than his life? Impossible! Such a thing was unheard of! Humans only cared about themselves, nothing more, it was impossible for them to care about anything else! Let alone Monsters! The Child must've known that almost All Jokers were pure evil, they would kill without mercy, even The Child's MONSTER had told him, but still, this small insect clung to His shoulders, screaming for the lowly Jell to leave while he had him distracted. The Joker almost thought he felt something stir within it's blackened soul, but it ignored it, deciding on getting this human of him.


Percy swung wildly, keeping his grip on the Joker. A Joker! What were the Chances of Actually Unlocking A Joker? Had to be like a million to one, but by his luck, he had unlocked one for all the good it was. He Felt the Joker stop and turn his back to the Wall, then Slam into it With Percy, who screeched in pain, but kept his grip.
"L.J! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"
"NOT A CHANCE! YOU'RE MY FRIEND! I'M NOT DESERTING YOU!" Lord Jell cried, jumping backwards and changing into a giant spinning Top. He slammed into the Joker in the chest, sending it back a little, then snapped back into his original form. The Joker slammed again into the Wall, smashing Percy against it even harder until he finally let go and fell to the ground, sore from the wall. He saw the Joker turn to him after swatting Lord Jell away, Ax raised and ready for the finaly blow. He looked upwards, his body refusing to move while his mind screamed, and thought he saw a small spark in the Joker's eyes as it hesitated a moment.
"HEY! JOKER!" The Monster turned to Jell, then flew THROUGH the wall and out into the town. Percy looked to see Lord Jell shaped like a cannon, his barrel still smoking. He Popped back into his original form and landed next to Percy.
"You okay?" He asked, very much concerned. Percy nodded meekly, slowly managing to get to his feet. He gasped when he Saw the Joker get back up, ax still raised. Lord Jell roared and flipped onto his hands, melding to become a base as a Dish formed from his Lower section, his red orb becoming a point in the middle.
"BACK OFF!" He screamed, firing a blast of Energy from the Orb, sending the Joker flying and finally unconscious. Percy saw the Townspeople running into their homes and stores, screaming about how the Joker had arisen. He Looked down at the Fallen Monster, feeling a little sorry for it.
"Think you can carry him back home?" Percy asked after a few minutes.
"WHAT? PERCY! ARE YOU NUTS???" Lord Jell cried, grabbing him roughly by the shoulders.
"CAN you carry him back?" Percy asked again.
"PERCY! That thing nearly KILLED you! Why do you want him to come back to OUR place?"
"Look, if he stays here, he's gonna get Destroyed by local superstition, you know that! And he might go on a murderous RAMPAGE! Better somewhere secluded like Our place than in town! And I have a sneaky Feeling he won't be in a fighting mood when he wakes up."
"Your feelings can go to HELL! HE COULD'VE KILLED YOU!"
"He won't wake up for a couple hours, you nailed him pretty good. Now, CAN you carry him or Not?" Percy said, putting his hands on his hips. Lord Jell looked at the Joker, still unconscious.
"Yeah, I can fly him up the Mountain. But...."
"NO BUTS. Let's just get back home with him before anyone does anything."