Hello, this is Earth Rockin' Toph here again. You might know me for Star Vacation and Define:Pizza in the WALL-E section, but I've decided to give a test run for a new story titled Michael and James: Energy Harversters! It takes place on a faraway planet populated by a race of humanoid being that can transform into fantastic creatures and bests unlike anything on Earth. They are also so advanced, they have the power of wormhole travel and can produced electrical power from harnessing human sound.
And, if you haven't guessed already, this is a humanized parody of the Pixar classic, Monsters, Inc.
So, for now, I've just got the prologue on here. It has some additional elements I've added, but I want to see if anyone likes the idea.
And now, without further ado...
MICHAEL AND JAMES: ENERGY HARVESTERS!
Prologue
It was late at night in a big city. A figure in a yellow Poison Control hazmat suit ran swiftly down the street to a large building where many Poison Control vans were parked behind a fence of barbed wire. Once inside the building, he knocked on a door that read "Chief".
"Come in," a slightly irritated, elderly female voice spoke.
The figure in the yellow suit entered the office with a folder of papers. He laid them down on the desk. The woman seated at the desk switched on her Luxo lamp, and began looking through the papers, which contained some very advanced-looking schematics.
"What is this? Your free time doodling?!" the woman growled.
"No, chief," the man in the yellow suit replied, "I was able to retrieve these schematics from the desk of the dispatch manager for Energy Floor F over at M. Energy Incorporated. Apparently, he has mysteriously vanished and was last seen 2 days ago, which was when the call was put through to our offices. One of the portal managers, Jeffrey Fungus, tells me that he discovered the body of the former clerk laying next to his desk. Looking at these schematics, I am judging that they may be for a machine, but its use strikes me as being very suspicious, possibly even illegal. I was wondering if you could look into the matter."
"Mysteriously vanishing manager, suspicious machine blueprints... has the CEO said anything about this?" the woman inquired.
"Strangely, not," the man replied, "He is slightly shaken by the loss, however."
"Ehhh..." the woman moved out of her seat as if she were a Hutt from Star Wars, "This seems like the perfect opportunity to go undercover. I will go in as the new dispatch manager for Energy Floor F, and I will demand DOUBLE the paperwork for all the activity going on the floor. Because with my eyes around, I will be watching. ALWAYS WATCHING..."
The woman stared out her window, her gaze cast on a large building out in the distance, with a logo that appeared to be a blue "M" with an eye inside it.
I have a feeling that something illegal is going on, the woman told herself, and I will uncover it, even if it takes me years.
In the city of Osaka, Japan, a little girl named Mariko Tachibana was born. She was raised by her mother and father, Fumiko Hanazawa and Kenjiro Tachibana, who also owned three Japanese Bobtail cats, all of which she nicknamed "Neko-chan" (Japanese meaning "Kitty"). In fact, her love of cats was so much so, that she nicknamed any fluffy animal she saw "Neko-chan", but at the same time, she had an intense fear of reptiles, largely due to a vivid nightmare where she saw a large reptilian-like creature appear before her and attempt to torture and suffocate her as it hissed in her ear. Every night, Mariko would hit and bang the walls of her bedroom, believing that the creature was camouflaged into her flowery pink wallpaper, and if she were lucky, she would kill it. But her mother just believed that she was just going through that "monster in the closet" phase that almost every child on planet Earth went through...
2 Years Later...
"Good night Jared."
"Good night Mom. Good night Dad."
It was the dead of night as a young boy of about eight years of age slept in his bed, only the light of a full moon shining through the window. Drawings of giraffes and horses were taped to the soft yellow wallpaper. The silence that fell upon the bedroom was disturbed by the sound of thumping footsteps. The boy awoke from his bed slightly, looking around, only to see nothing unusual in sight, then went back to sleep. Just as he did, the silhouette of a large, dinosaur-like beast rose from the side of the bed, waving four long tentacle arms, and its eyes glowing a dim red, when suddenly, it growled loud enough that the boy flipped up wide awake and screaming. Unfortunately, the boy's wails frightened the beast as well, who yelped as he stepped one foot on a skateboard, and the other on a soccer ball, which caused him to slip in the air and land on a pile of giant silver jax. The beast cried out in pain as it lay on its side and spun in circles at the same time.
"Simulation terminated! Simulation terminated!" announced a computer voice.
As if out of nowhere, ceiling lights immediately switched on, revealing the bedroom to be a simulated environment stage with a robot boy in the bed, and a woman with orange hair, white camisole, black blazer, and a chevron-patterned red skirt sat at a control panel table. To her right was a group of students wearing ID tags and holding clipboards with crumpled note papers on them.
"Thaddeus Bile!" the woman called out, "You have made a very fatal mistake in this simulation. Can you tell me what you did wrong?"
The beast stood up, morphing into a human being with a spiked mace-ball tail, "Actually, my friends call me 'Phlegm'. I think I may have stepped on a soccer ball."
"Wrong!" Ms. Flint answered, "Can anyone tell me what Mr. Bile's mistake was?!"
The students were silent as Ms. Flint re-winded the tape on one of the computer screens.
"See, there's your mistake, Mr. Bile," Ms. Flint pointed on the screen. "You left the door wide open. And do you know why that's dangerous?"
"Uh, it could let in a draft?" Thaddeus asked.
"It could let in a CHILD." boomed a voice from the shadows. A huge crab-legged beast walked in on the situation, morphing into a human man with a red-vested tuxedo.
"Mr. Waternoose!" Ms. Flint exclaimed, "You were watching this whole time?"
"One touch from an Earth child is fatal enough," continued Mr. Waternoose, "Leaving a door wide open could potentially incite the child to enter our world, and it could spell disaster for all of us."
"Mr. Waternoose, I don't want to collect energy for our world!" a student panicked, "I'll die out there in an Earth bedroom!"
"I understand it is a dangerous job," Mr. Waternoose followed up, "But it is a necessary business and sacrifice for the benefit of our world. I need employees like you who can bring us big numbers in providing energy for our city. I need employees who are tough and can face Earth children without breaking a sweat. I need employees in whom fear runs through their veins as their strength. I need employees like...JAMES P. SULLIVAN."
So, hope you liked this prologue. It will mainly follow the story of the original movie, but with some major differences, even to the plot. Read and review would be much appreciated!