A/N: Things have been somewhat glitchy with this story. If you want to leave me a review, but the site won't let you or something else just PM your comment. Ok I'm finished talking. Here's chapter 3! Hope you like it!
"One minute to go," Kim said as she twirled her drum sticks in her hands. "I thought if anyone could get Scott back here in a hurry it would be Ramona. Looks like I was wrong."
"I think I can play guys," Neil said. "ACHOOOO!" His sneeze blew him off his feet and sent him crashing in some other section of the apartment. "Never mind," he said.
"He'll be here Kim. Just give him time," Stephen said to her.
"His time is almost up," Kim said back to him looking at the clock.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
*knock knock*
"Oh thank God," Stephen said not wanting to face Kim's wrath. He walked over to the door and opened it. However, Scott was not standing on the other end. Instead there was a rather menacing looking man dressed in black with a sword strapped to his back.
"Stephen Stills?" He asked.
Stephen has seen 'The Terminator' enough times to know to never say yes.
"Never heard of him," Stephen lied and promptly slammed the door in the man's face.
"I take it that wasn't Scott," Kim said; grip on her drums sticks tightening. "So who was it?"
"Haven't the faintest idea," Stephen said. The door to the apartment flung off its hinges and soared over Stephen's head. Seven men dressed in black stepped inside the apartment.
"Who the hell are you guys?" Kim asked not really seeming threatened despite the fact that they knocked the door from its hinges.
"We," the leader said, "are the League of Evil Minions!"
"Another league?" Kim muttered. "What's next; the league of unoriginality?"
"Ignoring that," the leader said.
"If you're looking for Scott he's not here; so if you'd just kindly exit the apartment and put my door back where it was."
"Silence!" The leader yelled. Stephen just raised an eyebrow. "We have been sent to destroy you by our all mighty leader…!"
"You mean Gideon?" Kim cut off.
"No not Gideon you bitch! Someone far more powerful!"
"You did not just call me a bitch," Kim sneered.
"You've done it now," Neil informed them staggering into the living room and picking up his bass.
"Do you know who we are?" Stephen asked them walking in front of the microphone stand.
"No," one of the other minions said.
"We're Sex Bob-omb!" Kim announced raising her drum sticks. "One, two, three, four!" The band immediately started playing there instruments as loudly as they could. The minions all put their hands over their ears.
"Get them you fools!" The leader furiously ordered.
"What! ?" They all asked.
"Kill them you **** idiots!" He yelled louder this time. Getting the message this time the minions rushed Sex Bob-omb. One of them leapt into the air and pulled out his sword; intent on slicing and dicing Stephen. He grabbed the mic-stand and deflected his sword strike. He disarmed him and struck him in the side of the chest with the stand launching him head first into the wall. His head went right through it and became stuck. Three more minions advanced him and attacked. While he fought the leader lunged at Kim with a knife. While still playing the drums with one hand she fought against him with the other using her drumstick as a weapon.
"What's that thing made of! ?" He shouted. Kim smirked and cut into his wrist making him drop his weapon. Kim plunged her drum stick into his hand making him wail out in pain. Kim stopped playing and slit his throat with the other stick.
"Not bad Kim," Stephen complimented. "Now can you help me out here?" He asked still fighting three guys at once. Kim grabbed one of the drum's symbols and tossed it like a throwing star. The minions all ducked and started to laugh.
"Ha! You missed!"
"Did I," she smirked. The symbol changed direction and cut off all their heads. Stephen's mouth hung open as Kim caught the symbol.
"What did you do to your instruments?" He asked still bewildered. Meanwhile Neil was facing off with two minions using his bass as a weapon. He struck them both against their chests and then rammed it into one of their heads. The minion collapsed to the ground while the other shoved him into the wall; prepared to slice into his neck.
"ACHOOO!" Neil sneezed.
"Cover your mouth! Oh man! You're nasty!" The minion stumbled back wiping his face of Neil germs.
"Neil! Look out!" Kim shouted as the minion pulled out a gun. Neil quickly played his bass emitting a powerful shockwave sending the man flying out through the roof of the apartment and possibly out of the Earth's atmosphere. "Whoa," he said in amazement. Stephen looked around at his partially wrecked apartment and took a deep breath. He walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind him.
"Well he's taking this a lot better than I thought he would," Neil said.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Kim and Neil heard him scream.
"Or not," Kim said. Stephen walked back into the living room panting a little. Kim rolled her eyes and grabbed her coat.
"Where are you going?" He asked as she headed for the door.
"To find Scott; if someone came after us someone probably went after him."
"But you don't even know where he is."
"Think Stephen; what's Scott's most favorite place on Earth?"
"Ramona's bed."
*face palm*
"His other most favorite place," she groaned.
"Ramona's…"
"Forget Ramona! Now focus; where do you think Scott learned all those moves he used to take down the seven evil exes?"
Stephen gets it
"The video arcade!" He realized.
"Finally. Now come on; let's go."
"Now enough talk! Let's do this!" Clyde yelled and the ghosts charged our two heroes. Scott and Knives took off down the other way; gobbling up the yellow dots as they did.
"Split up!" Scott shouted and darted down another section of the hallway. Knives bore down to the bottom area of the maze. Pinky and Sue sprinted after her; gaining on Knives with each passing second. They were about to get her when Knives ran up the wall and jumped behind the two, who wound up crashing into it. Knives smiled and rushed down another section of the maze.
"Get off me you idiot!" Pinky yelled at Sue. Scott meanwhile was barreling down one of the pathways of the maze with Inky, Blink, and Clyde on his tail. Scott skidded to a halt and raced down another path sending the ghost running… er… floating down the wrong way. He ate several more dots along the way.
"Scott!" Scott!"
"You've been yelling at the machine for the past five minutes, Flowers," Julie said while she cleaned up the arcade. "If Pilgrim's actually in there I don't think banging on the screen is going to get him out. You don't even know which game he's in."
"Do you know?" Ramona asked hopefully.
"Heck no," Julie replied.
Yes she does.
"You're lying."
"No I'm not."
Yes she is.
"Do you mind?" Julie said to the randomly appearing dialogue box making it disappear.
"Tell me where Scott is or else," Ramona threatened.
"Or else what?" A not intimidated Julie asked. Ramona reached behind her back and pulled out her giant hammer. "Is that supposed to scare me?" Julie scoffed.
Ramona vs. Julie
FIGHT!
Ramona aimed a swing at Julie's mid-section, but she leapt into the air dodging the strike. She grabbed her mop and spun it around like crazy confusing Ramona. Julie jumped back and hit the bucket of water she was using directly at Ramona. She destroyed it, but wasn't prepared for Julie's dash attack. She hit her in the face and then rammed the bottom of the mop in her chest. Ramona recovered and destroyed the mop and threw a punch at Julie's glasses. Julie blocked it and tried to pull the hammer out of Ramona's grip. They each fought for control until Ramona ran forward; pushing Julie all the way back to the wall. Julie gasped and stepped on Ramona's foot hard. Ramona's hold weakened and Julie shoved her back. She leapt over her and tried to put some distance between them. Ramona tossed her hammer at her and Julie threw herself to the floor to avoid it. She tried to get up, but Ramona tackled her and the two wrestled each other on the floor.
"If someone were to walk in on us they'd probably get the wrong idea," Julie said rolling Ramon over on to her back.
"Been there done that," Ramona said referencing one of the evil exes. She grabbed Julie's shoulders and rolled back on top. "Besides you aren't my type," she said pinning Julie's shoulders at her side. Julie tilted her head to the side, smirked, wraped her legs around Ramona, and tossed her into the counter. Julie flipped over to Ramona and kicked her in the chin followed by a staright jab at her collar bone. Ramona winced, but was able to dodge Julie's next attack. Ramona suwng her fist into the back of Julie's neck snapping it down into the counter. Ramona put Julie into an arm lock and struggled to keep hold of her. Julie slipped out of Ramona's arms and elbowed her in the face and shoved her back. Ramona and Julie took several breaths and then both of them spotted Ramona's dropped hammer. They each made a dive for it, but Ramona got to it first. She kicked Julie onto her back and thrust down her hammer stopping an inch from Julie's neck.
"Ok! Ok! I give up!" Julie surrendered. "When I was cleaning I saw Scott and Knives in the Pac Man machine."
"Was that so hard?" A sweaty Ramona asked stepping off her.
Scott and Knives sat against one of the maze's many walls. They'd just completed the first maze. "That wasn't so hard," Scott said looking over at the tired ghosts all lying on top of one another in a crumpled heap.
"We didn't even have to use any of our power pills," Knives said putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Scott!" Scott and Knives jumped at the sound of Ramona's voice.
"Ramona?" Scott asked. A light cut through the darkness and then Ramona's face appeared.
"Scott! I'm so glad I found you," Ramona said in relief. "What's going on in there? And how'd you get sucked into this game in the first place?"
"Your guess is as good as ours. The ghosts are apparently following some leader," Scott explained to her.
"You think it's Gideon?"
"We are not following that washed up has been!" Blinky shouted. Scott and Knives stared back at the ghosts; they were back on their feet… sort of… and looked completely rejuvenated.
"Not this again," Scott complained.
"I'm with you guys," Ramona said. "I can guide you through the maze."
"Thanks Ramona! I love you!" Scott said to her. Skull and crossbones appeared in Knives eyes.
Level 2!
Ten minutes later
"So tired," Scott breathed out. Despite Ramona's guidance the ghosts gave both him and Knives a run for their money during the second and third maze. They thankfully didn't have to use up any of their power pills yet.
Final Round
"Thank the Lord," Knives said. "Do your stuff Ramona… Ramona?" She was gone.
"You won't be getting any unfair advantages during this stage," Inky said. "It's just us and you now."
BEGIN!
"Ataaaaack!" The ghosts began their charge. Scott duck into one of the passageways drawing away Inky and Blinky. Knives ran for the nearest wall being followed by the other three ghosts. Once again she ran up the wall and leapt behind them all.
"Not this time," Sue said. She, Pinky, and Clyde jumped at the wall and pushed themselves off it; caught off guard by this Knives tripped and fell to the floor. Knives screamed as the ghosts jumped at her. At the last second Scott grabbed her and pulled her out of harm's way.
"Thanks, Scott," she said a little breathlessly.
"We aren't out of danger yet. Come on!" He grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. Pinky, Clyde, and Sue all pursued them down the corridor; at the other end were Inky and Blinky.
"What are we gonna do, Scott!" Knives asked as they got closer to the ghosts.
"Jump at the wall!"
"What do you mean!"
"Just do what I do," he said and jumped at the wall; he kicked himself off it and jumped at the other wall.
"Oh," Knives said and did the same. They both simultaneously jumped off the adjacent walls and crossed over each other while soaring over Inky and Blinky.
*Crash*
The ghosts tangled up in each other from the collision.
"How'd you know how to do that?" Knives asked.
"Ex-girlfriend forced me to sit through 'Eclipse' one too many times. The running through the forest was the only part I paid attention to."
Sue appeared from nowhere to impede their path and Scott instinctively jumped over her.
"Scott," Knives said as the ghosts closed in on her. "Scott!" She screamed.
"Looks like your little boyfriend deserted you," Pinky said.
"Not quite," They heard Scott. A power pellet soared through Sue's chest and into Knives. She began to vibrantly glow while the ghosts all turned blue.
"Just to let you know," Knives said with a look of someone possessed. "He's not my boyfriend." She pulled out her big knives and spun them in her hands. "For now at least," she silently added. Scott heard Knives screeching battle cry followed by the ghost's terrified screams. Scott ran to her position and saw nothing, but the ghost's eyes lying around. Scott let out an impressed whistle and Knives blushed slightly.
"You haven't finished us yet!" Inky yelled. The ghosts' eyes floated up and reformed into the ghosts. They quickly raced off to the other sections of the maze.
"Ok; what just happened?" Scott asked confused. He heard the sound of the ghosts eating something followed by loud burps.
"We've just eaten your remaining power pellet supply," Sue revealed with an evil grin.
"You can't do that! That's cheating!" Knives shouted at the ghosts.
"We're evil; that means we don't have to play by the rules."
"You've been playing by them so far," Scott reminded him.
"Shut up!" The chase was on again, but this time the ghosts were running even faster than before.
"How many dots do we have left?" Knives asked; breathing getting shallower. Scott looked up at the score which read that they had only one dot left. But where was it? Clyde suddenly phased through the wall cutting them off. They slid to a halt and took off in the other direction; now realizing that the ghosts weren't going to play fair. Suddenly Blinky phased through the floor and attempted to grab Knives and Scott. They barely managed to jump over him while still being pursued by Inky. He dove at them, but the pair leapt at two opposite walls and started to run along them; the ghost being left in the dust. They saw the final dot in front of them; they were home free!
Not!
Sue and Pinky phased in front of the path of the final dot. Clyde jumped on their shoulders to ensure they couldn't jump over them. Scott was about to panic when an idea sparked in his head.
"Knives; when I saw 'now' I need you to take my hand. Ok." Knives gave him a very enthusiastic nod just as Blinky and Inky rejoined the chase. Scott was only a few feet away from the ghosts when he jumped on the wall, pushed himself off, and shouted, "Now!" Knives shot out her hand grabbing onto Scott's. With all his strength he tossed her over the ghost blockade. The three ghosts all watched her fly over them and were about to try and stop her when Scott, who made a safe landing, ran up the wall dodging Blinky and Inky. They crashed into their partners and tumbled to the floor.
"NOOOOO!" They all screamed in slow motion as Knives grabbed the final dot. The ghosts floated into the air and began to spin around violently until they finally exploded; their respective colors covering portions of the maze along with Scott and Knives. The maze then vanished from sight and a white door appeared in view.
"Looks like that's out ticket out of here," Scott said. "Nice moves back there Knives," he complimented making her blush even more. They stepped through the door, but didn't re-enter the arcade like they hoped.
"Where the heck are we now?" Scott asked looking around his surroundings.
"Looks like we're in Tokyo, Japan," Knives answered. She looked to her right and her eyes widened. "Get down!"She pushed herself and Scott to the ground just as something soared over their heads and smashed into the building behind them obliterating it.
"What was that?" Scott asked.
"Scott Pilgrim. Knives Chau." Someone called.
*dramatic cliffhanger music*
Scott and Knives both stood to their feet and found themselves face to face with Ryu and Chun-Li from 'Street Fighter'.
"****," Scott cursed.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: Things are only going to get harder for Scott and Knives as they battle through the game world. And if Gideon isn't behind this then who is? Keep reading to find out.
