Disclaimer: I don't own nothin, but my own characters.
Oh, and the planet Dune has no relation to the science fiction book. Although that book IS very good. You should read it. After you read this, of course.
Warning: May contain choking hazard to small children
"Finally, someone let my outta of my cage.
Now, time for me is nothin' cuz I'm countin' no age"
- Gorillaz; Clint Eastwood
The tale so far...
There are a countless number of universes parallel to the one in which we dwell. Each astonishingly similar to ours, but, look closer, for there are differences.
Variations, be they be miniscule or momentous all hold great significance.
For example, in the universe we dwell in, one Jon Arbuckle is a kind, but dim-witted pet owner. In the particular universe concerning out tale, Jon is a kind, yet rather dimwitted emperor. In our own universe the pets Garfield, Odie, Nermal and Arlene are but mere pets, and Pooky a cuddly teddy bear. When these five make the journey into the realm of Emperor Jon, they are transformed into the superheroes that form the awe-inspiring team known as Pet Force: Garzooka, Odious, Starlena, Abnermal, and Compooky. Five heroes destined to rise to fight for the justice, freedom, the protection of all the innocent that inhabit the realm of Emperor Jon, and maybe to also pick up a pizza.
But, due to the changes and abnormalities in time between parallel universes, they are able to stay for days, sometimes weeks as Pat Force, while but mere nanoseconds slip by in their own universe. Due to this, Arbuckle never notices that his pets have gone.
Of course, being a few minutes behind the rest of world never hurts either.
When peril threatens the peaceful kingdom, more often that not it is the work of the evil veterinarian, Vetvix. Using dark magic and twisted spells more terrible than mortal minds can comprehend she has vowed to conquer the universe, and take the crown from the noble Emperor Jon.
And this universe would indeed fall victim to her villainous schemes, if not for the power of Pet Force-those five furry defenders of justice who have stopped her again and again.
Recently, Per Force had trapped the vile vet inside a force field, body split up by her own combination machine among a cow, gerbil, cheetah, and a lizard. But, due to an astonishing stroke of chance, due to a shock wave from a vessel transporting the latest threats to the universe, the Lethal Lizards (see book 5) she was now free to create havoc on the universe once more, and take her monstrous revenge on Pet Force!
Emperor Jon's Universe
Sweat formed in little beads on the brow of Vetvix's head as she trudged through the desert sands, cursing herself for buying an old, out of date map for cheep. But then again, so were pretty much all maps of the planet Dune, as it was now called. A large desert planet very close to the sun. Luckily, there had been no annoying people, or soldiers to get in the vet's way as she strode forth in her search, seeing as how Dune was completely uninhabited, not a single human on the entire planet. Perhaps it was the scorching 389 degree weather in the day, maybe the -10 temperature at night, or it might have been the deadly asps, cobras, and scorpions that scuttled about, with enough venom to kill in less than five seconds, maybe it was because it was rumored to be haunted by ghosts of the civilization that once thrived here, or it could have been because the cell phone reception here was terrible.
Whatever the reason, not a soul was to be found. In the past however, it had been the home of a great and fearsome empire, known as Kempt, quite similar to the Egypt in another familiar universe. Old ruins were dotted all around the plant, hidden deep underneath miles of sand and dust. Tips of ancient pyramids could sometimes be seen if one looked hard enough, which was exactly what Vetvix was doing. Unfortunately, the sand rover she'd rented to scan the desert (leaving her ship miles away so she'd be able to do so) had just exploded. For what reason, she did not know. She was an evil sorceress, not a mechanic. That was what slaves were for.
"Now let's see...I'm about...fifteen miles from where the monument of Azig once stood, so the temple should be right about...here."
Vetvix rolled up the map and tucked it back into her supply sack, then pressed a button on her belt. Almost immediately her flying Fortress of Fear landed quietly in the sand beside her. Various mutated servants and soldiers peered out of the windows, buzzing with curiosity as to what their master had been planning for the past year, she'd spoken spoke her plans to no one. No one that is, except her pet Gorbull, and he couldn't talk anyway.
"Chirtax!"
A 5'6 gray gerbil/lizard poked its wide eyes head out of the ship, it's whiskers twitching nervously, holding his long tail and a notepad in his shaking little paws. His master didn't usually call upon lesser soldiers like him unless she needed someone to hit. Maybe she'd been unsuccessful, maybe the heat was getting to her. Whatever it was, he was sure it wasn't good.
"Chirtax, you're mostly gerbil, gerbils are from the desert. You know your way around places like this. Tell me, do you sense anything below your grotesquely large feet?"
The gerbil looked down and felt the sand under his toes. He twittered to himself nervously. He felt nothing at all...but if he said that doom would surely wait him. He'd have to tell her what she wanted to hear.
"Errr..umm...ye-"
"And don't just tell me what you think I want to hear either! I'll know if you're lying."
The small soldier gulped, sweat running like a tears down his nose. "O you grand evilness, forgive this soldier's ignorance, but...I feel nothing."
"Of course you don't, idiot! But watch!"
Vetvix took a small sphere out of her pocket, it was about the size of a walnut, made of onyx with small slivers of gold twisting in fantastic designs. She glanced at the horizon, the sun had almost set, the time had come! In time to the vanishing sun, she concentrated slowly chanted the spell written on notepad Chirtax's scaly hands held up.
"An-pu Ap-uat
Abehu 'sat
Em tut
Em 'suït
Em sefit
Em henen tut!
I-neker ma
I-na aa er ker!
Ut'a
Ut'a
Maaxeru semman
Nek en kekiu
Nek en asfet
Nek en neqatu
Nek an tut!
Ut'a rek, Nefer-Tut en kekiu
En asfet
En neqatu
En 'suït
En sefit
Ut'a rek!"
Then- silence. The sun vanished and the blue-violet cloak of night came forth, bringing with it the stars. Vetvix held the sphere so that it caught the starlight, then with all her might, hurled it into the air. Chirtax gasped, positive the beautiful thing would shatter into a thousand pieces. But it did not. As soon as it was airborne, two little beatle wings sprouted forth and the sphere took the form of a black and gold scarab beetle. The beetle dive-bombed down into the sand, forming a sinking hole as it buried under.
Vetvix stepped back, eager with anticipation.
Chirtax's large black eyes got bigger. "Mistress! O, evil one, I feel a great power under the sands!"
She ignored him.
The pile of sand sunk into the depths of the desert reveling a long dark tunnel. Slowly, a shape began to rise to the surface, a tall shadowy figure, a dark silhouette on the milk-white moons of Dune, hair streaming out like an airborne river in the twilight's wind. Its very presence seemed to make the temperature plummet. With every breath it seemed to send out waves of an ancient evil, sending terror down the spines of all on the planet. From the winding serpents, to the deadliest of scorpions, to the minions huddled together in awed silence. Something had arisen, something of great and terrible power the universe had not seen for millennia and would never see again.
A long, evil grin crossed Vetvix's face as she spread her arms out to the heavens.
"It is done!"
The figure seemed to regard this with casual annoyance, it appeared to be rolling it's glowing yellow eyes. It walked slowly with cat-like grace, each step silent, as it approached stared the villain in the face, glowing eyes boring into hers without a trace of the submission, coyness, or vapid bloodlust held in the eyes of her usual minions- for this entity was no mere minion, no servant of any kind to anyone, even Vetvix could see that.
This was someone to be treated not with simple orders, but as an equal or this would never work. She would have to step cautiously if this dark entity was to enter her services.
"Art thou the one whom summoned me?"
Vetvix's grin grew even wider, "I am. You are free once again. And I have a bit of a proposition for you"
A shining row of fangs formed in a lustrous, malevolent smile spreading across the dark figure's face as Vetvix whispered into its long pointed ears. It suddenly lifted its head to the heavens and howled, a chilling cry that shot up into the night sky.
It was soon joined by Vetvix's malicious and insane laughter. Both soared into the skies of Dune with the unspoken message that spelled disaster.
The reign on Emperor Jon was soon to end!
AN: Aaaand that's chapter one! What do you think of it so far? Think I should continue?
Who exactly did Vetvix summon? What can it do? Can it defeat Pet Force? What came first, the chicken or the egg? Why is Odie's tongue so long? Why doesn't Sorcerer Binky clean his castle? Where do broken hearts go? Can they find their way home? Why do fools fall in love? Why am I asking YOU all this?! I don't know! WHY DON'T I KNOW?!
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