Chapter 2: Prophecies and a couple of aliens
"I come from ten years in the future, where all is devastation. The Darkness, the universal cosmic destroyer, has sentenced all to the horror of infinite un-existence." Atom Ant spoke to Wally and Cartman. "But there is hope! Legends tell of three boys and a girl who can save the world. And one of those boys is you, Wally."
Wally was stunned. "Me? Are you sure?"
"Well, he sure as hell doesn't mean me! No way am I gonna risk my life for some stupid insect's future crap!" Cartman added in.
"Yes well, such a fate is not for everyone. Wally, if you and the friends you haven't met yet are to succeed in saving the world you will need wisdom, courage, and friendship. These alone will not be enough however. You will need to bond with the power of the Earth, and let it multiply your own strength. But we should get inside for now. The Darkness's evil influence will warp the mind's of wild animals, as well as humans who have darkness in their hearts. He will also send many servants to hinder you. But you must never give up!" Atom Ant said to just Wally. "Do you understand the massive responsibility that has been placed on your shoulders?"
With eyes as wide as saucers, Wally could only nod yes in a dumb manner. As the information began to sink in, he muttered "Joey is never gonna believe this."
"Good. You are every bit as exceptional as I has hoped. For now, we should get to shelter." Atom Ant said while flying into a circle around Wally's head. "Up and at 'em, ATOM ANT!"
"Man oh man, are you in trouble now Beatles!" Cartman said in his annoying voice as the group began to head down the hill.
"Oh shut UP lard-O! While I'm going to try and help people, I bet you're just gonna stay home and stuff your face on the couch!" Wally shouted back. In his annoyance however, he had failed to notice a low hanging tree branch and walked into it. Wally fell to the ground then howled in pain.
"Awww, did the little baby get beaten by a tree branch?" Cartman asked mockingly.
"Would you can it already! Those snakes we fought earlier bit me on the leg, and I just landed in it!" Wally shouted with pain in his voice. Atom Ant fly in closer.
"If you truly are the chosen one, you should be able to wield the power of PSI to attack, defend and support. Place your hand on the wound and focus your thoughts." Atom Ant explained.
"All four of them." Cartman added snidely.
"Remind me never to help you again." Wally said back while doing as Atom Ant instructed. The Australian closed his eyes and focused his mind. His hand suddenly began to glow purple as the wound began to close up and heal. "Woah..."
"With time, you will realize more and more PSI abilities in your quest against The Darkness. Just remember to..." Atom Ant's next words were cut off by a blinding flash of light from the sky. When everyone could see again, a steel gray robot with an antena sticking from its rounded head. Its flexible, ringed arms were held against its hips in a way so that its three fingered hands were pointing away from its body.
"Check it out chumps and chumpettes, Bender's in the house!" The kleptomatic robot exclaimed.
"Bender, my long time foe! The Darkness had tasked him with destroying me 10 years in the future." Atom Ant explained.
"That's right meatbags, Master Darkness has promised me a big sack of loot for bug boy's head on a plate. So when I heard you'd gone into the past, I rigged up my pimpmobile time machine and came back after you! You may have once been a hero Atom Ant, but now you're nothing but a daffodil gut loser!" Bender declared while opening his chest panel, and pulling out a Tommy Gun.
'"PSI shield sigma!" Atom Ant shouted, and a protective shield formed around the kids. Bender began firing, but the bullets bounced off the PSI shield. "Up and at 'em, ATOM ANT!" Atom Ant shouted while charging forward and slamming into the alcoholic robot.
"Up yours buddy!" Bender shouted while dousing a bottle of beer. A few seconds later he belched out a massive fireball that brought down the psychic shield. Wally then took the opprotunity to charge forward and slam his bat into the robot's leg while Cartman played dead. "Aw crap, I'm boned." he muttered.
"PSI Thunder Sigma!" shouted Atom Ant as his body began to crackle with electricity. A bolt of lighting then lepta from the insect and fried Bender.
As the malicious machine slowly shut down on the ground, he sent one last pulse through his vocabulator to vocalize one last piece of dialogue. "Bite...My...Shiny...Metal...Ass."
Atom Ant was panting with weary success. "It seems... time travel had taken more out of me then I thought. Now, we must get inside." he declared, and the three finally returned to Cartman's house.
"Cartman, sweetie, where were you!" Cartman's mom exclaimed as soon as her son came through the door.
"MOM! I just went through some crazy #%&$ and now I'm going up to bed! Bring me some cookies then leave me the *^% alone!" the rotten child shouted while going up the stairs. He stopped suddenly and smirked evilly. "And could you please swat that bug? The buzzing is giving me a headache." he said in his whiny voice.
"Whatever you need sweetie." his mother replied, then ran over to Atom Ant, and before either he or Wally could do something, she smashed Atom Ant into the floor. She then headed into the kitchen to prepare the cookies.
"It appears... that I was weaker then I had hoped. Wally, you must listen very carefully." Atom Ant spoke up while Wally nodded vigorously. "If you are to save the Earth, you must bond with it, and let its power multiply your own. You can accomplish this at eight "Your Sanctuary" locations. The first one is a place named Giant Step in the hills north of Onett. Take this." Atom Ant said while using his last bit of power to float a shiny, smooth pebble out of his pocket. Wally took it and looked closely at it. "It is the Sound Stone. At each Your Sanctuary location, it will record one of eight melodies that will help you defeat the darkness. It is truly an awesome item..."
Wally took the Sound Stone and placed it in his pocket. "I do not have much streangth left, but do you need to hear my story again?"
Wally then scratched his head a little. "Well... ah. Could you go over the part with the Sanctuaries, and the PSI? And, and how many friends am I supposed to meet again? Was it 6? Or Q? You said Q earlier, roight?" he asked in a dumb manner.
"Ugh! I fear... my time has come. It is almost dawn outside, but that makes no difference to me..." With those final words, Atom Ant died.
Wally silently scooped up the heroic insect and went home. He buried the hero from the future in the backyard, ate a dinne prepared by his mother, and went to bed for the night. When morning came, he put on his hoodie, said goodbye to his family, and stepped out the door with his bat over his shoulder.
"Get ready Darkness, 'cause you're going down!" Wally shouted towards the sky and began his quest.
Author's notes: And so our hero's great journey began.
Even though I think Wally is a lot smarter then most people realize, he will still have his moments of the stupidity.
Bender will almost definitely not be re-appearing in this story, but I wanted to have him appear at some point. So he's playing Starman Jr. A dedicated Futurama fan should have caught the various references to episodes.
Paula being played by Kuki should be rather obvious, but I'm still not sure who to use for Jeff and Poo, as well as a few other characters (but I will say that fans of Ed Edd and Eddy as well as Invader Zim will be pleasantly surprised in later chapters.) Suggestions are always welcome.
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