DAY 4
"Wow, I can't believe that happened!" Baboo said. He and Rito were playing a game of chess.
Rito took one of his pieces and rubbed it against his head. "I don't get this game at all."
Goldar was walking past the two. "That's because the game requires the use of your brain, something you lack! Ha ha ha…." Goldar laughed at Rito's expense as he walked into another room.
Rito looked back at Goldar as he was leaving. "You know Goldie, a lot of you goes a long way, you know that!"
"Yea, yea," the golden monkey warrior responded as he left.
Baboo moved another one of his pieces. "Check mate. Looks like I win again!"
Rito sighed. "I'm done with this game." He got up from the game and left.
"But this was your first attempt. At least try another game?" Baboo wanted to continue playing chess.
"No! Find someone else to play like your playmate," Rito left the room upset.
"My playmate?" Baboo was wondering who the playmate Rito was referring to. "Oh, he means Squatt! I should have known."
Rito went into his room and started to look around to find something to do. Suddenly, a light turned on in his brain. "I know what I can do."
He walked over to the phone in his room and started dialing a number. There was a few rings before someone from the other end picked it up.
"Hello."
"Gruumm, you old devil. What's going on?" Rito asked.
"Who in the galaxy is this?"
"It's me, your cousin Rito!"
"Rito Revulto, you vile monster. Why in the world did you call me? You know you and I had problems the last time we spoke," Gruumm said over the phone.
"That little thing," Rito said as he was laying in his bed. He waved his hand trying to dismiss the skirmish. "That was centuries ago. I say we live and let monsters be monsters. Deal?"
There was a slight hesitation from Gruumm's part, but he decided to put what was in the past behind him. "Deal."
"Good!" Rito was satisfied. "What's been going on with you these days?"
"Nothing really. Been conquering some minor planets, enslaving some of the population, that sort of thing," Gruuumm replied. "Just trying to make a name for myself. What about you?"
"Well, a few months ago I decided to pay a visit to my sister."
"Rita Repulsa?" Gruumm said. "But last I heard she was trapped in a dumpster thanks to that big oaf Zordon."
Rito shook his head. "Na ah. Some humans visited the moon and freed her. Those poor suckers. Some time last year she married Lord Ed."
"Lord who?" Gruumm didn't know who this Lord Ed was.
"Lord Ed. You know, the guy who claims to be the emperor of all evil and stuff," Rito was explaining.
"You mean Lord Zedd?" Gruumm corrected his cousin.
"Ya, that's him!"
Gruumm couldn't believe his cousin Rita Repulsa was free from her imprisonment but also married to a powerful overlord. "You mean to tell me our cousin is married to one of the most dangerous and evil spirited creatures in the entire galaxy? Brilliant! And here I thought Rita wouldn't ever get married."
"Yea, yea. Ol' sis sure knows how to pick em'," Rito was now swinging his sword around.
"I would have come to the wedding, but I'm in the Jidecca Galaxy."
"Jidecca Galaxy?" Rito was curious why his cousin was way out in the middle of nowhere. "That's a long way from where I'm at."
"Like I said, I'm trying to make a name for myself," Gruumm explained. "I don't need to be in the United Alliance of Evil. I don't even think Dark Specter would even want me. I'm small time compared to what he wants," Gruumm continued. "Besides, I heard he's dealing with the machine empire that recently left the alliance."
Gruumm continued. "And besides that, I found someone from this galaxy I'm currently at who I'm willing to serve called Omni. He may not be as powerful as Dark Specter, but I believe that will change sometime in the future."
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Rito continued talking for another hour before he and Gruumm finally stopped talking. After Gruumm hung up the phone, Rito had an automated voice message.
"Your call has cost you 2,894.55 dollars. Your bill will be billed at your present address. Thank you."
"Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" Rito said as he hit his head with his sword.
He did it again. He was going to get charged with owing more money. Not another good day for Rito .
"I hate this week of boredom," the monster said as he sighed.
