Chapter 2: The Power is Coming Part 2
"I did it! HAHAHA!" celebrated the evil and victorious Witch Meeta along with her henchmen. "I destroyed Bionic Bunny! And now, within my staff, holds the greatest power of all!"
"Oh, goodie!" cheered Baboon. "Now we can use the power and awaken Lord Redd." Meeta grabbed her staff and whacked the poor goon on the head. Her furious face told it all that that was not the best idea.
"You meddling moron! Didn't I say I was the one who's going to hold this force?!"
"Oh yes! Of course!" exclaimed a panicked Baboon.
"Now then, with the ultimate power in my hand, I shall unleash my fury upon the Earth and claim for my new empire!"
Unaware of the tragic death of his favourite childhood superhero, Arthur Read was having dinner in the comfort of his home. A nice, cooked meatloaf on the table as his family enjoyed the delicious-looking meal. However, Arthur did not even nibble a single bit of his food. His mind was somewhere else while scrapping the plate with his fork, playing with the peas served alongside the meatloaf. He let out a sigh of disappointment.
"Arthur dear?" called his mother, Jane. "You hardly touched your meatloaf. Is something the matter?" Arthur snapped out of his daydream to answer his mother.
"Huh? Oh. It's nothing really." Arthur's dad, David, looked at him, knowing what his son is truly feeling.
"I know that look." he said. "You're upset about something, aren't you?"
"I'm not upset. I'm just... thinking."
"This is about summer vacation, isn't it?"
"I don't get it." Arthur finally admitted. "Muffy's got work with her dad, Francine has to spend more time with her family, and everyone else is going away on holiday elsewhere."
"But Buster is still here ain't he?" asked Arthur's little sister, D.W.
"Yes, D.W. But it won't be the same. While everyone's away, it will be boring with just the two of us." Arthur rested his elbows on the table as his head laid on his palms.
"There's plenty of things to do here, dear." said Jane. "You can help your dad continue the catering business."
"I could use all the help I can get, son." added David. "It'll be great." Arthur just gave a small sigh. Perhaps a time with dad could be better. "Especially when my business is not doing well these days. Everyone's going for the new cake store near the Sugar Bowl."
"Mum." called D.W. hoping to change the subject. "Can I have a cell phone?"
"Not until you're fifteen, dear."
"Awwww. No fair." The girl scoffed. "Everyone in my class has one." Arthur couldn't care any less. As the conversation carried on between his family members, his thoughts were still on his friends. He hoped for a proper summer vacation with everyone, but his hopes had vanished after hearing that everyone was going to be away for the whole holidays, save for Fern, who was living in the vastness of space for more than five years. He idly daydreamed for a minute, only for his mother to snap him out of it.
"Arthur."
"Huh? Y-yeah Mum?"
"I have to pick up Kate from the Barnes' house. Do clean up the dishes for me, please."
"Isn't Dad the one who does the dishes?"
"Yes but I've got a last-minute order to do for a late night birthday party at the Crosswires'. I've got my hands full."
"But I gotta walk Pal for a while."
"Would you rather have D.W. do the dishes?" D.W. made a suspicious look at her mother.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Arthur quickly responded. "Oh, alright." Finishing up his now cold meal, he got up from the table and cleaned it up. Tending to the dishes, his parents left to do their duties. D.W. just sat at the dinner table, doing her homework. Then, from the door to the kitchen, a golden retriever came walking, with a leash in his mouth. He came and sat near Arthur, nudging him with his nose. Arthur looked down while washing a plate to see his pet Pal holding the leash and wagging his tail in anticipation.
"Aw sorry, Pal. I have to do the dishes first." Hearing his master say that made Pal whimper in disappointment, having his head down. Arthur bent down and stroked Pal's head. "Don't worry, boy. It won't be long." Assured by his master, Pal walked towards the table and laid down under it.
D.W., on the other hand, was struggling with her recent and final history homework before summer vacation. As Arthur finished up with the dishes, he looked and saw his sister in distress.
"What'cha doing there?" asked Arthur.
"History homework." said D.W.
"You need any help?" offered Arthur, but D.W. didn't approve.
"I don't need your help, bro. I can do this all by myself." Without caring less, Arthur went to pick up Pal's leash and the two of them walked outside to the garden, leaving his bratty sister behind to fight the difficult questions.
"Who's the 16th President of the United States of America again?" D.W. scratched her head, puzzled by the current question.
"Abraham Lincoln, D.W." answered Arthur before closing the door behind.
"That's it! Thanks Arthur!" D.W. wrote on happily, without remembering what she meant earlier.
With all of the walking with Pal done, Arthur was finally able to get a good night's rest. He laid on his bed, however, pondering about his summer vacation. With everyone off on holiday, he couldn't help but wonder if this was going to be one boring vacation. He's sure to have Buster on board, and Francine and Muffy could have some spare time. But with the other kids gone, it just wasn't right for Arthur. He took a photo frame that had a picture of him and his entire class. The stress from his problems can be overwhelming, especially since he's now fifteen and stress always finds its way to torment a teenager's life. He put the picture back on the night table next to the bed. He then tucked himself to bed and got ready to call it a day.
"I wish something cool will happen this summer vacation." he said before closing his eyes.
As midnight approached, up on the moon, all is busy in the tower of Witch Meeta. Her staff was placed on a podium, which was connected to a huge machine that had a large glass container. Everyone gathered around as they prepared to witness history in the making; Witch Meeta's ascension to Empress of Evil.
"Alright, you babbling fools!" she called out. "Gather round! It's time for the main event!"
"Oooohhh. Are we having a buffet?" guessed Squash.
"No! You dimwit!" scolded Meeta.
"Eek!" Squash shielded his face.
"Now, where were we? Dr. Fist! Prepare the power transfer!"
"Right away, my Queen." acknowledged Dr. Fist. To become the empowered Empress she wanted to be, Meeta would have to siphon the power stolen from Bionic Bunny and store it in the glass container on the machine. When the power is stored, the machine will do its work and corrupt it with pure evil. Thus, when completed, the evil Witch would then consume the evil energy and attain the ultimate power for her own, thereby, making her the most powerful being in the universe. She had high expectations with this and she was not willing to fail this time.
Dr. Fist prepared the machine by flipping the switch. The machine soon came to life as it vibrated upon activation. Sparks of electricity fizzed around it and a cloud of steam gushing out from underneath it. The red orb on the staff began to glow bright red as the Bionic Power inside was being drain into the container. The blue energy made its way and was filling it up. Meeta grew more and more eager as the Power was getting closer and closer to her grasp.
"That's it." she spoke to herself. "Soon the Power will be mine." The energy was about to fill to the brim. "Keep going. Keep going!" It was about to reach the top, moving closer to Meeta's destiny. "Yes..."
Suddenly...
BZZT! BRAK! POW!
"What the...?" The machine began to fizz and jolt. Small bursts of explosions and blasts enveloped as it vibrated out of control. The container started to have cracks and electricity jolting out of it. The situation was getting serious as the machine malfunctioned. Everyone in the room was in a panic spree. Baboon and Squash scurried here and there like a bunch of marsh hares until they collided into each other and fell down to the ground. Meeta was getting desperate.
"Fist!" yelled Meeta. "Turned this thing off!" Dr. Fist alarmingly ran for the power switch and flipped it back up. Soon, slowly as seconds passed, the faulty machine began to cool down. Gradually shutting down, the vibrations stopped but there were still jolts of electricity and smoke and small flames around the machine. The staff of Witch Meeta was still glowing bright. But the Witch herself, was not feeling any better. Frustrated at the turn of events, she stormed towards Dr. Fist and grabbed him by the collar.
"Whoa!" The doctor was lifted to the air.
"I want to know what happened now!" demanded Meeta.
"Y-yes, my Queen. I shall look into it." He was dropped to the ground as Meeta stomped towards the machine. She then gave it a nice kick with a grunt. Then, out of nowhere, a smog of smoke burst out of the machine at her face. She coughed and coughed hysterically. After that, we see that her face is covered in black ash. She hacked out one last smoke cloud.
"I think I have a headache..."
Minutes later after the chaos that ensued, Dr. Fist was tending to find the problems and reason behind the failure of the machine. He looked at Meeta's staff, believing that the source of the problem came from that. Looking into his magnifying glass, he searched and searched. Then, he put it down, believing that he had found the problem. Meeta was standing behind him, waiting for the results.
"Well?" she asked, impatiently. Dr. Fist adjusted his spectacles and was ready to explain the situation.
"Well, my Mistress. It appears that the Bionic Power is indeed in your staff..."
"Then why did the machine explode?!" Meeta interrupted.
"Yes, as I was saying, the Power is still stored in your staff. But there is a slight problem. Something is missing."
"What is it? I drained every bit of life from that meddlesome superhero!"
"That is what I'm about to get to. What I found is almost disturbing. You see, there was a legend behind Bionic Bunny's power. When Lord Redd invaded his home planet of Bionnicca, he was searching for the Power himself. It was found in a temple somewhere in the capital city in the form of a large green crystal. And under that crystal, there he stood; the person that would become Bionic Bunny. The crystal absorbed into him and gave him his powers. He flew out of the temple and fought all of Lord Redd's minions like they were nothing. And then..."
"Yes, yes! I know the entire story! I was there, you dope! But what does the story have to do with this problem?!"
"Since the Bionic Power came in the form of a crystal, there would be crystal remains inside the power when you drained it from him. But I checked your staff. And I have found that there are none of them in it. Without the crystal, or what was left it, the power is completely unstable, thus the accident." Meeta walked around with her hand grabbing her chin. She had not thought of these possibilities.
"I see." she said, calmly. "Fine then. But where shall we find these crystal remnants?"
"Legend also has it that if the Power has left the body of its holder, it shall separate into a few different pieces and they would be scattered across the world."
"In that case, we must find these crystal pieces. Even if we have to take all year to find it."
"But what about Lord Redd? How sure are you to finding those crystal pieces before he wakes up?" asked Dr. Fist, worryingly.
"Hah! That lousy despot has lost so much power, he couldn't wake up for another ten years! All the time I need." Meeta walked towards the balcony with her evil determination strong again. "Besides, I will find those pieces soon enough! And when I do, I shall become the new overlord of all things evil! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Back on Earth, outside the Sugar Bowl dessert joint in Elwood City, Arthur Read came out of the door, feeling satisfied after a nice bowl of Banana Boat. He put his hands inside his pockets and strolled along the sidewalk. There was a low breeze in the air as he walked past a few pedestrians. The scene was all the typical of Elwood City. The roads weren't all busy, people going by here and there, to and from work. But one thing Arthur noticed that was different was the fact that there weren't any teens his age anywhere. Normally, there would be a couple of classmates here and another bunch there. But as of now, there was not a single familiar face in sight. Arthur walked on as he was well on his way home. He was about to pass a dark alleyway where a dumpster laid by.
Suddenly, something caught his eye. He stopped in his tracks in front of the dumpster and turned to face it. He could've sworn he saw a bright red flash of light from behind it. Curious, he went over there and took a look. He saw a pile of empty cardboard boxes and a piece of Styrofoam board. He looked at it for a minute, wondering where the light had come from. After that, he had had enough of searching. He shrugged as he walked off away from the boxes. Then, as he was about to leave, there was a sudden ping sound coming ftom behind him. It was a little deafening, causing Arthur to cover his ears from the impact. Once again, he was prompted to go back and find out what had happened. And this time, he saw it again. A glowing red light. And it was coming from the boxes behind the dumpster. Confirming his suspicions, he returned to the boxes. He saw the light coming out from one of them and opened it up. And there he found the source.
A ruby-like crystal, completely red in colour and had a bright light red light emitting from inside. It was nothing like anything Arthur had ever seen before.
"Wow..." he admired the crystal's beauty. "Wonder what this is...?" Arthur looked around, wondering who might've left it. Once the area was clear, he thought about what he shall do with it. Maybe he could give it to Muffy. After all, diamonds are a girl's best friend and none could agree more than Muffy Crosswire, the richest girl in Elwood City. Or perhaps he could have Alan Powers, or the Brain as he was called, investigate it with his undeniable intellect. Either way, he couldn't leave such a rare find lying around in the alley.
"Maybe I should keep this until then. Buster would love to see this." He put the crystal into his pocket. Afterwards, Arthur walked out of the alley and resumed his walk back home. Things then went back to normal, just another ordinary day… for now.
Arthur reached in front of the local playground; not the one next to his old elementary school, but rather just a playground in the middle of a curved lane of houses. The wind was blowing mildly, but it was still freezing for Arthur, despite the fact he was wearing a jacket with his hoodie on. His house was just another five minutes away so he didn't have to worry much. He would call whoever's in the house, if only he had charged his cellphone. Unknown to Arthur, however, his pocket was having flashes of light red flickering away. It appeared that the crystal was giving off a strange energy emission from inside, but it was so faint that no one, not even Arthur, could feel it. All that was heard in the area were the silent whooshes of the wind and the rustling of the trees nearby. It was all a quiet and peaceful walk for Arthur. Perhaps a little too quiet…
"Huh?" Suddenly, Arthur turned around, ears perked up. He could've sworn he heard some footsteps from behind him. However, there was no one behind him. He scratched his head in confusion. It did sound like someone was stalking him, but it could have been some fallen leaves blowing off and scraping across the concrete sidewalk. Assuming said theory, Arthur looked forward and continued his walk home.
"That's weird." A few seconds later, there it was again. Arthur still walked on, but with eyes to the back. This time, he knew it wasn't the sound of leaves. It was a 'tip-tap' noise. Arthur had the feeling someone was following him. "If anyone's out there, I'm calling the cops." He picked up the pace and walked faster, hoping to reach home before anything or anyone could get to him. As he walked, the sounds got louder and louder as if someone was closing in on him. Then, at a bush next to him, Arthur heard a rustling sound coming from there. He stopped in his tracks, curious to know what was in there. Looking around to find no one else in the area, he walked towards the bush to investigate. Whatever it was that was following him he wanted to know and deal with it. Arthur stepped forward and reached for the bush. Suddenly…
WHOOSH! "Aaah!" Arthur was thrown back as an unknown figure leapt up in the air and landed right in front of him. He heard the sounds of garbling the next moment. He looked up to find a very frightening face. A much disorientated face, like a bad clay artwork. It was wearing something like a straightjacket, but with a silver 'R' on its chest. But all the same, it did move like a lunatic, swaying its body here and there. Arthur was being terrified by the sight of this alien-like creature. But his troubles have only just begun. He backed off from the humanoid figure, only for him to bump into something else. He turned around and what did he see? It was another one of those things! Then, they were joined by two more coming out of a tree above them. They landed right down on the floor as Arthur was surrounded by these meddlesome monsters. He took careful steps back as they closed in on him.
"Okay. Okay." said Arthur. "What is this? A circus act?" He hoped that he was dealing with a rehearsal for some sideshow at the Elwood Fair or something. "Please do tell me you guys are in costumes?" The creatures garbled at one another, as if they were conversing. Then, they closed in on Arthur again. The boy was starting to get more anxious. These guys were getting too aggressive to be clowns. Provoked, Arthur stepped back some more until he stopped. He then took a deep breath...
...and charged at them! "Yaargh!" The creatures were astonished by the sudden attack. They shielded themselves from the incoming charge. After a few seconds, they found themselves to be A-okay. They also found that the boy had disappeared. They looked around for him until they turned around. There! They jumped to find Arthur running away from them. Panicked, one of them beat two others on the heads while the other pointed out at Arthur. Next, they all stopped their frenzy and ran for Arthur. The chase was on!
Arthur tried to reach for home which was a stone's throw away from where he was at. The creatures were hot on his heels. The boy ran as fast as he could.
He was about to reach home within a minute when suddenly, more of those horrid monsters appeared in front of him! He halted quickly and did not move a muscle. He did not understand what this was all about. Why was he being targeted by a bunch of wacko strangers? Did he do something to deserve this type of treatment? The mob circled around him like a bunch of pilgrims cornering a turkey in a Thanksgiving hunt. He couldn't find another opening to escape through to his house. There was no other choice but to run back the other direction and hope to find the police station or a payphone before he gets hurt. How unfortunate that his handphone was out of batteries. A simple dial of 911 could spare him the trouble much easier. And thus, he began to rush off and brushed past the creatures before they could get him in their grasps. The chase began anew as Arthur ran off to get help. Behind him, the gang of thugs were in pursuit of him. Whatever they wanted with him, they must have wanted him real badly.
The chase went on back to the streets of Elwood City. Arthur was about to head to a nearby payphone to contact the authorities.
"There!" he said to himself. "A payphone. Now to call for help." However, as he reached for the door to the booth...
ZAP! Three more baddies came down via red lightning bolts. They blocked the booth to prevent any form of help.
"Yikes!" Arthur immediately stopped just in time before he could get caught. He looked behind and saw the previous freaks tailing in. "Where are all these weirdos coming from?" Without wasting time, he looked around the area for a new opening. It was then that he found the same alleyway he found the crystal at. But he needed to lose his pursuers before he could hide somewhere. When the running mob was about to jump on him, Arthur instinctively ducked and rolled underneath while they were in mid-air. With Arthur out of the way, the falling thugs soon found themselves tumbling away on top of the new mob instead. A big pile of downed dummies came soon afterwards as Arthur successfully escaped them for now and quickly hid behind the dumpster. He crouched down behind it as the creatures quickly put themselves back together. They found that Arthur was nowhere in sight and scattered around like lost deer in a village. The frantic search for Arthur began. They ran off in all directions as they looked around for the boy.
Meanwhile, Arthur hid still like a stone statue, not moving an inch. He waited down until the sounds of their footsteps died down. He took a small peek over the dumpster. Over there, he found that the mob was nowhere to be found. All seven of them, gone. He looked behind him into the alley to be extra sure. Fortunately enough, there wasn't anyone there as well. After staying down for a minute or less, Arthur rose from his hiding spot, assuming that he was safe from whatever those things were.
"BOOOLOORR!"
"AAAH!" He was wrong. Another one of those creatures came over from behind him and came into a face-to-face encounter. How shocked Arthur was when he saw that unpleasant face within that close distance. So shocked that he fell down to the floor on his bottom. He backed away as the creature walked towards him in a menacing way.
Inside his pocket, the crystal began to light up in a bright red flash again from the impact of the fall. It repeatedly glowed and glowed, as if the violent force of the situation prompted it to activate a certain power from within.
Elsewhere…
"NEE-eu! NEE-eu!" The alarming sounds of a siren went off.
"Oh-my-my-my-my-MY!" shouted a fast-paced, high-pitched robotic voice. "We have a red alert! I repeat! We have a red alert!" A computer screen went on as a map of the Earth was shown. On the continent of North America, a red blipping dot popped out on the East Coast. Then, a bright beam of light shined out of nowhere right behind a robotic figure.
"It's there, Beta-Bot." called out a low-pitched spiritual voice. "One of the missing pieces has been found. Do bring the one who possesses it."
"BZZT BZZT. Right away, sir!"
Back at Elwood City, Arthur was still having a problem with the creature attacking him. It was creeping up to him slowly, spreading its arms out to grab him. The boy was starting to feel stiffer and stiffer as he crawled backwards.
"S-stay back!" stuttered Arthur. "I'm warning you. I know karate!" But the creature wasn't intimidated by Arthur's 'threats'. When the time was right, it readied itself to make a jump for Arthur. With its two legs, it sprung into the air and tried to pounce at him. "AAHH!" Arthur yelled, shielding his face from the upcoming attack. It was not going to be a pleasant moment for him as the thug was about to strike at him and do who knows what will happen.
But then, suddenly, in the ensuing crisis, Arthur's pocket began to glow again. This time, however, instead of a mere glow, it unleashed something like a mega-powerful blast of blinding light, like the rays of the Sun. The light was so blinding that the creature attacking Arthur also had to block its face from the sudden brilliant flash. And that was not all…
BAMM! Another ray of light shone right out. This one, however, struck at the thug with such force, sending it flying away from Arthur. It landed hard on the floor a few feet away from him, unconscious. In the thick of it all, Arthur was somehow oblivious to the sudden turn of events, still shutting his eyes. He opened them up. To his surprise, he found that instead of being pinned to the ground or worse, he saw that his attacker pinned to the ground in front of him.
"Huh?" Arthur was indeed baffled by what had happened. He was expecting to be hurt in some way. But he was left untouched and unharmed. "What was that?" Then, he looked down on the floor and found something extraordinary. He saw that his pocket was actually shining a bright red light from inside. Curious to know what it was that made the pocket shine, he put his hand inside it and felt for the source. He grabbed something hard and rocky and took it out of his pocket. Opening his fist, he soon knew that it was the red crystal he had picked up from the same place he was at now. He inspected it closely and carefully. "Did this thing just save my life? What kind of power is in this thing?"
However, as the curiosity rose, it was then interrupted by the garbling noises of the previous six monsters. Arthur quickly got back up on his feet as the creatures saw what had happened to their fallen comrade. They all made threatening faces at Arthur, repeatedly pointing at him and walking right towards him. Arthur found himself in the same situation as before, but this time, he knew that he would not be in that state of fear for long. "Stand back! I got this!" He knew that if he can use it correctly, the crystal might react to the troubles again. He pointed it at the approaching thugs. After a few seconds…
"What the?" he said. He swung the crystal up and down, trying to make something come out of it; whatever it was that knocked out the last guy. "Why won't this thing work? Come on."
As Arthur continued to try and make the crystal work, the creatures soon halted. Arthur saw this and also caught a glimpse at their change of behaviour upon seeing the crystal. They seemed to be ecstatic and excited for some reason. They were pointing at the crystal and making more garbling noises with a joyful sense. They sounded like they hit the jackpot as they continued to act all overjoyed at the sight of the crystal. Arthur was puzzled by this and he watched them on. But then, the creatures' attention was soon diverted back to Arthur and they returned to their aggressive stance. The boy immediately reacted by coming back to his alerted state.
The squad moved in for the attack. Arthur tried again to make the crystal do something by swinging it up and down again. "Oh no. Come on. Stupid piece of rock!" There was still no response as the creatures moved closer and closer as Arthur grew more and more anxious. Finally, after a few seconds, they made another mad leap for him altogether.
"Work already!" Arthur, out of panic, smashed his fist with the crystal inside to the ground. It was at that moment that, finally, something did happen. The crystal finally lit up. But it did not light up another ray of light. Instead, Arthur felt some sort of surge of electricity surrounding his body. However, it did not literally shock him. Rather, in a blink of an eye, he felt his body disappear instantaneously. And that was exactly what happened.
ZAP! The squad of thugs soon found themselves in a painful situation when they found that Arthur had mysteriously vanished! The first thug landed hard on the floor face first. Then, one by one, the rest landed on top of one another as the failed attempt to get Arthur had caused a rather big messy pile of troublemakers. What had happened to Arthur? Where did he disappear to?
We soon find out that Arthur was indeed A-okay. In a millisecond, he began to feel his body come back to him as he fell to a new metallic floor from where he last felt his body again. His glasses fell off from his face from the impact of the fall.
"Argh! Ow!" He painfully rubbed his back. He then got himself back up from that terrible fall. Once he got his spectacles back on and opened his eyes, all of his pain soon vanished as, as of now, newfound confusion took its place. He found out that he was no longer in Elwood City anymore. He was somewhat in a dark room with a small amount of light coming from the floor, revealing a cloud of mist enveloping throughout the floor. Arthur walked around the mysterious dark room. So far, he had seen nothing but the mist, adding up to his bafflement. "Where am I? More importantly, who sent me here?"
Arthur was really having a lot of confusion swimming around in his mind. First, the mysterious crystal, the ugly creature mobs and now, being in a dark room with nothing and no one for him to see.
"Can someone tell me, what in heck's name is going on here?!" As he was about to lose it, something quickly snapped him out of it. A sudden bright white light, shining at him from behind. It was so illuminating that the room practically lit up in an instant. Arthur looked behind and saw the blinding light source, causing him to shield his eyes. He continued to face the light, doing nothing.
Suddenly…
"Come." A deep voice soon called out. Arthur moved his right hand away from his eyes, but still had his left hand blocking the light from entering them. As his vision adjusted to the light, he could see something from the ray of light. He couldn't precisely make it out, but it appeared to be a circular orb.
"W-who… Who said that?" asked Arthur, calling out to the unknown owner of the voice.
"Come here." It continued to call for Arthur.
"M-me?"
"Yes. We've been waiting for you, Arthur Timothy Read."
"W-wait. How did you know my name?" Despite the continuous questions, Arthur walked closer towards the light. As he moved closer, he could see the orb a little more clearly. The light dimmed for him to see somewhat a face and two long ears sticking out.
"Do you wish to know why you're here?" asked the mysterious being.
"Of course. What the heck is going on here?" Arthur grew impatient, demanding an answer from it.
"You are here… because you've been chosen."
"Chosen? Chosen to do what?"
"Before I tell you, do you promise to keep a secret?" Arthur nodded. The orb then, suddenly flashed up, causing Arthur to cover his face again. As the flash faded, Arthur opened up his eyes.
"What?!" His eyes widened. His face looked mighty surprised as if he had seen a ghost. To be extra sure, he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes before putting them back on. What he saw was completely mind-blowing. It turned out that the being had revealed its true form and identity. And to Arthur, it was a complete surprise. "Are you… really…?"
To Be Continued!
A/N~ Another chapter done for this parody! And in one day, I somehow came up with how this story will end altogether. Like a dream, it just inspired me with more ideas on how this will play. But I wish not to spoil anything, so I must not tell anyone of what the ending will be like. All I have to do is start working on the rest of the upcoming chapters. I have to tell you, I'm getting real excited about it!
Hope you like this chapter so far :)
Thanks for reading and I will catch you in the next one!