PHANTASY STAR ONLINE: EPISODE ONE

CHAPTER TWO: The Forest of Ragol.

"The sounds of birds singing, butterfly-like creatures in amazing colors…plants like I've never seen before. By definition, this place was paradise. So why did Pioneer 1 seemingly explode?…Why have none of the other hunters came back? I guess we'll soon find out."

Cobra puts his hand above his eye to protect him from the blinding sun. Desert Fox walks over to some boxes and opens them, Takira walks up to Desert Fox. "What the hell do you think your doing?" Asks a confused and angry Takira, "Well, I figure the Pioneer 1 people won't be needing this stuff anymore, so their might be something we could use, like, I don't know, say a high powered Photon Rife or something." Desert Fox continues to rummage through the boxes, Takira walks up to Cobra, "What's up? You haven't said anything since we got here." Asks Takira, Cobra is looking into a deep forest, "There is something in those bushes…I heard something…" says a frightened looking Cobra as we walks a little closer and draws his Saber. Desert Fox walks behind them both to have a look. "Look, it was probably some harmless fox or something. Lets go on, the Pioneer 1 people made these clearings for a reason you know, they should take us to what's left of the central dome." Desert Fox walks through a gate with three or four small, thin blue lasers passing through it. Cobra shakes his head and follows, as does Takira. When then get into the clearing they see two gates, one in front, and one to the left. "Which way?" asks Takira. Desert Fox walks towards the one in front of them, then a small squeak is heard, like a cross between and birds tweet and a mice's squeak. A small bird like creature drops down and stands up, it is best described as a yellow bird with the body of a penguin, and a pink bit sticking out of the top of its head. "What the!" Shouts Desert Fox, "What is this thing?" Cobra walks up behind Desert Fox and kneels down in front of the thing and pats it on the top of its head. "Awwww… cute little thing, isn't it?" as soon as Cobra's sentence ends, the bird gives one hell of a head butt to Cobra, sending him onto the floor.

As Cobra tries to get up, more drop down around Desert Fox and Takira. Desert Fox gets his Photon Handgun out and Takira raises his mystic cane and Cobra gets to his feet and draws his Saber, "Right…I guess we have no choice." Cobra whips his Saber across the head of the bird that hit him, sending it to the floor with a loud shriek. Takira start to launch Foie balls that start to knock them down. Desert Fox is shooting some of the other ones, "Damn I wish I had a rifle!" shouts Desert Fox and he's shooting the little things. Once they're all down, Takira spots something glowing in the grass; he walks over to it, and says, "Hey, guys, over here. It's a message pod." The three gather round and Takira plays the message, "This is Red Ring Rico. I've decided to go on an exhibition and find out why the native creatures have gone so mad. As a scientist and a hunter, this just makes me more interested: The Rag Rappy's seem to have became a lot bigger and more aggressive. I had a hard time knocking them out…" As the message plays the Rag Rappy's that they killed get up and run off, Desert Fox tries to shoot them but to no avail, "Those thing were playing dead!" says Desert Fox, Takira and Cobra are still listening to the message, "I must press on, the people of Pioneer 1 are counting on me. I just fear that if the Rag Rappy's turned out to be so large and violent, what happened to the three Booma's. They are already dangerous if you provoke them, I hate to think what could of happ…oh no…" The message ends. Takira, Cobra and Desert Fox all start nervously looking around, a large growl is herd. They all run to the gate that Desert Fox was heading to earlier, Cobra hits the opening switch and the door opens, they all run inside to the next clearing and breathe a sigh of relief. Then a few meters in front of them three creatures pop out of the ground and raise their claws in the air and roar and very loud roar. They basically look like bears that have been bulked up and given a wider jaw with more teeth. Cobra just says, "Well, I think it's a safe bet that these are the Booma's she was talking about." Everyone draws their weapons, and Takira fires a line of ice that streams along the floor and hits the Booma's feet, but they are unaffected, "Damn, Barta didn't work, I guess I'll use Foie again." They all do their best and Takira manages to get one down, as does Cobra, but Desert Fox is backed into a corner, he breaks open a box in a desperate last effort to stay alive as the Booma's face lights up with an evil smile. "What are the chances?" Says Desert Fox as from the crate he pulls a Rifle and sticks it in the Booma's mouth, "Eat it!" Desert Fox fires the Photon Rifle and the back of the Boom's head flies to the ground, and the body falls along with it. Desert Fox laughs and holds up a rifle that is almost the same length as his body.