HEY EVERYBODY! Stooge Man here with another exciting chapter. Looks like Grey is on the run from the unstoppable Rocket and Groot. Can Grey outrun these space outlaws or will they catch him first? I hope you're all enjoying the story so far…because so am I! To find out what happens: Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the next chapter everybody!
Grey ran as fast as his legs could go, with adrenaline already pumping through his body while pushing through the crowd of people as he made some sharp turns past the heavy traffic of walking sidewalk people walking in different directions.
"Excuse me! Comin' through! Pardon me! Excuse me! Heads up! Sorry! Excuse me!" The boy called out as he brushed past of few of them while Rocket and Groot continued chasing him in pursuit. "Look out! Watch it! Sorry, not paying for that!"
Groot had Rocket on his shoulders as the two unlikely pals continued chasing after the prize money in high-speed pursuit.
"Step on it, Groot!" Rocket shouted, "You're letting our money get away!"
"I' am Groot!" Groot protested
"I don't care if you have to tinkle, you should've gone back at the bar" Rocket yelled
"I' am Groot" Groot talked back
"Don't give me that crap just keep your eyes on the prize!" Rocket yelled
(GROOT MUMBLING UNDER HIS TREE-LIKE BREATH)
"Give it up, brat! You can't outrun us!" Rocket yelled to him
"I ain't no brat! Try and catch me, you mangey rat!" Grey yelled back
(ROCKET SNARLS FEROCIOUSLY)
"Mangey?!" Rocket exclaimed, angrily
Grey continued running away from the two strange creatures who were chasing him. Suddenly, out of nowhere, blue-white balls filled with electricity were shooting towards the boy. Grey didn't know if those were gun-shots or just electricity. People began shouting, screaming, running, and ducking out of the way when the shots were being blasted. It would appear that Rocket, who carried his unfeasibly large blaster weapon, was shooting directly at the human child (trying to knock him out).
"NOBODY CALLS ME MANGEY! YOU HEAR ME!" Rocket shouted, shooting his stun-blaster weapon
"You'll never catch me!" Grey yelled
"I' am Groot!" Groot yelled back
"That's right, bud!" Rocket replied, "Never say never!"
Grey ignored their words and continued on running but the teenage tree-like humanoid was already catching up to him. Groot then began to use his strong, wooden legs to speed on ahead and quickly gain on the boy's trail. Groot was going so fast it caused Rocket to fall off his shoulders, making contact with the concrete grounds.
"That's it, bud. You almost got him," Rocket called to Groot. "Bring the money home to Papa!"
Groot was practically right on the boy's heels and at some points right in front of him but Grey jumped to the side and turned every time the tree tried to grab him or got in front of him. The young mobile tree was so busy trying to catch him that he didn't see the 'STOP' sign and smacked right into the pole. Grey looked back, grimaced but continued running away before Rocket rushed over to his aid.
"SORRY!" Grey called
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
"I…am…Groot" Groot said, watching imaginary birds fly around his stump-head
"Groot!" Rocket cried, as he began to help him up. "You okay, buddy"
(GROOT GROANING IN PAIN)
"I' am Groot" Groot replied, rubbing against his forehead
Groot helped himself up the rest of the way, rubbed his face and narrowed his eyes, and soon got himself going after the boy again.
"Thanks for the help, Dad…" the raccoonoid muttered, sarcastically. "Oh, no problem son! Sheesh…Teenagers!"
Rocket quickly rejoined Groot in the chase.
As they ran, Grey spotted a metre's high fence up ahead, once that looked tacky to get over, but the boy couldn't slow down otherwise he'd be caught and have no escape. Grey acted quickly and jumped up to grab onto the top of the fence, not stopping the momentum he quickly lifted himself up and over the fence before he continued running. Groot extended his legs to grow taller, allowing the teenage-tree to walk over the fence with just one big step and resumed chasing while Rocket was having a little bit of trouble climbing over it himself. Luckily, Groot wrapped his tree vine around the raccoonoid's waist and carried him over the fence and placed him back onto the teenage-tree's shoulders. Once the two skidded to a halt, both glanced to the left side and right side of the road, looking for the runaway Terran boy.
"I' am Groot" Groot said
"Yeah…(panting)…this kid has got some moves" Rocket panted
"I' am Groot" Groot said
"You're right, bud. The kid's got to be tired by now. Shake it off" Rocket said
"I' am Groot?" Groot asked
Rocket continued breathing heavily due to his lack of feeling very out-of-shape, "Don't worry about me…(panting)…just give me second to…(panting)…catch my breath. Geez, I'm working off that drink already"
"I' am Groot" Groot said, teasingly
"You don't need the calories!" Rocket confirmed
Using his sharp hearing, Rocket heard the sound of more heavy breathing, only a little further away and through the crowd of walking people he spotted and a small green-hooded figure hunched over and desperately trying to catch his breath also.
"THERE HE IS! AFTER HIM!" Rocket cried and raced ahead
The two went running towards the boy with maximum speed. Just as they were about to gain on him, Rocket grabbed the boy by the sleeves while Groot wrapped his tree-like arms around the boy's waist; so he wouldn't escape.
"WE GOTCHA!" Rocket declared
But suddenly Rocket saw something very unexpected…and hideous. It was an elderly woman wearing a green sweatshirt, same to what the boy was wearing.
Rocket and Groot released their grasps off the old lady allowing her to breath.
"What's the meaning of this? Am I being robbed?" asked the elderly lady
"I' am Groot" Groot apologized
"Sorry witch…I mean, gremlin lady" Rocket apologized, "We thought you were someone we're after"
(CANE CLONKS ROCKET ON TOP OF THE HEAD)
"OW!" Rocket cried, "HEY!"
"You're damn right I'm no somebody! Otherwise I'd give ya this again!" yelled the elderly lady
(CANE CLONKS ROCKET ON THE HEAD AGAIN)
"Ow! Sheesh! Take it easy, it's a mistake!" Rocket cried, rubbing his bruised head
"And so are you!" said the elderly lady
(CANE CLONKS ROCKET ON THE HEAD ONCE MORE)
"OUCH!" Rocket cried
(GROOT STIFLES A SMALL CHUCKLE UNDER HIS BREATH)
Suddenly the 'WALK' sign appears and everybody started walking across the street in different directions.
"I' am Groot" Groot said
Rocket groaned in annoyance, "Fine. But just this once! Move it, Granny, we'll help you cross the street"
(ELDERLY WOMAN STARTS CLONKING ROCKET MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE HEAD WITH HER CANE)
"Don't call me 'Granny'! You furry whipper-snapper! Get your cotton-picking claws off of me!" shouted the elderly lady
"Ow, Oof, Ouch!" Rocket cried, in pain
(GROOT LAUGHING)
It was only a minute until they finally made it across the street, but only for the elderly lady to keep on nagging and bopping her cane over the raccooonoid's head.
"Here we are, lady" Rocket babbled, with eyes crossed in the middle
"I don't let nobody help me cross the street, especially from no rodent!" yelled the elderly lady
(ELDERLY WOMAN CLONKS ROCKET OVER THE HEAD AGAIN)
"Sheesh!" Rocket said, "Give a guy some respect will ya"
(ELDERLY WOMAN CLONKS ROCKET OVER THE HEAD FOR THE FINAL TIME)
"YEOUCH!" Rocket cried, "AND I AIN'T NO RODENT!"
(GROOT LAUGHING)
The raccoonoid shook his head to get rid of the dizziness until he was reverted back to normal again.
"Now where that no-good brat go?" Rocket said, turning both ways
"You beast! Now you want to harm an innocent child," said the elderly lady, "You oughta be ashamed of yourself. Well you better not pick on that nice boy I've met earlier"
"Boy? What boy?!" Rocket questioned
"The sweet little boy who gave me this warm green sweatshirt, of course" said the elderly lady
"WHERE?" Rocket questioned
Soon the elderly lady flipped her middle finger right up to the raccoonoid's face, "Right here!"
(ELDERLY LADY SLAPS ROCKET IN THE FACE)
"YEOUCH!" Rocket cried, and pulled out one of his big guns. "BEAT IT, GRANDMA!"
(CROWDS GASPING)
(ELDERLY LADY SCREAMING)
"Help, police! POLICE!" The elderly lady cried
"I' am Groot!" Groot exclaimed
Rocket turned to Groot's attention when he saw someone running on the other side of the street. It was the boy! It would seem that the boy had created a diversion by switching sweatshirts with the old lady just so he could elude the space creatures in escape. It would appear that Grey was now wearing the old lady's (L) blue sweatshirt instead of his green one. Rocket snarled under his breath and stomped his boot on the concrete-floor in frustration.
"COME ON, GROOT!" Rocket shouted, "GET HIM!"
"I' am Groot" Groot replied
"You got branches that grow, bud. Use them! Swing us across this krutacking city" Rocket ordered
"I' am Groot" Groot replied, with a nod
The teenage tree-like humanoid picked up his furry pal and placed him on his shoulders. Groot then extended his arms to grow longer and he grabbed hold onto one of the hanging streetlights and lung forward, off the ground, and began swinging all across the New York streets as if he were like Spider-Man.
Grey continued his run through the crowds of people walking on the sidewalks. Unaware to him, Groot was swinging across the hanging streetlights right over him. Rocket kept his eye on the little Earthling as he cocked his gun and aimed right for the boy's back.
(ROCKET CHUCKLING)
"We got him now, Groot" Rocket said, smiling
Grey looked behind him and spotted the two space creatures swinging from above the streets, causing the boy to feel more frightened than ever. The boy tried running faster but the raccoonoid and the tree were catching up to him. What mostly frightened the boy was the unfeasibly large blaster gun that was being pointing at him by the raccoonoid.
"YOU'RE OURS NOW, BRAT!" Rocket shouted, "NAP TIME!"
(LARGE GUN FIRES)
In slow-motion, a pulse of blue-white energy streaks across the streets, heading straight for the runaway human. Grey looks back with eyes widened in fear. With quick thinking, the boy leapt forward and collided with the solid concrete floor making the blaster-strike miss him and instead goes right for the policeman's car causing it to explode with a FIREY BANG!
(CAR EXPLODES)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING AND GASPING)
The raccoonoid saw what he had done and he grimaced.
"Oops"
"I' am Groot" Groot says
"I set it to stung…" Rocket replied, "Ooh, wait…never mind, I set it to blast by mistake"
(POLICEMAN SCREAMING)
The raccoonoid and the teenage tree-like humanoid looked down at the sight of a depressed policeman mourning the loss of his precious vehicle.
"WHO DONE THIS!" The policeman demanded
All the witnesses on the sidewalk, including Grey Palmer, pointed their fingers up into the sky that aimed directly at Rocket and Groot. Groot gulped and waved to the people down below; Rocket quickly hid his large weapon away and began thinking soothing and calming thoughts once again.
(GROOT GULPS)
(ROCKET CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY)
"Hehe…is there a problem officer?" Rocket asked, politely
The policeman growled in anger and tugged his communicator from his shoulder to call reinforcements, "This is Officer Fitzgerald. We gotta 10-31 and a 10-32! I need assistance. Alien sightings on Broadway and W. 42 St: one tall tree and a space raccoon with a weapon. I need back-up at once!"
"Bud, I thinks its time to make like a tree and GO!" Rocket ordered
"I' am Groot!" Groot replied in agreement
But Groot looked down at the chattering people and saw the Terran boy wasn't looking up. Groot then extended his tree-like arm down wrapping its branches around the boy's waist pulling him up and into his grasp.
"HELP…" Grey cried, but his mouth was covered-up by one of Groot's branches
(CROWD GASPS)
(OLD LADY SCREAMING)
"Somebody help him!" cried the old lady
Officer Fitzgerald began talking into his communicator again, "Aliens have abducted a child. I repeat, a child abduction is happening on Broadway and W. 42 St. I need back-up, RIGHT AWAY!"
"SWING US OUTTA HERE, GROOT!" Rocket shouted
"I…AM…GGGRRROOOOOOTTT!" Groot exclaimed, swinging with an echo
Police sirens went off and dozens of police vehicles went in high speed pursuit after the alien suspects who had kidnapped the little boy. A police vehicle pulled to the side allowing Officer Fitzgerald to get into the passenger seat. He then took the radio set into his hand. The radio set he was holding onto was connected directly onto the megaphone speaker that was being installed on the roof of the police vehicle.
"Attention all units, Attention all units!" Officer Fitzgerald announced, "Pursuit of that swinging tree. I repeat, pursuit on that swinging tree!"
(POLICE SIRENS SOUNDED OFF)
All police vehicles began following after Rocket, Groot, and Grey at high-speed pursuit. Groot swung from every streetlight post with maximum speed trying to elude the cop-chasers. Although the teenage tree was going straight, there was nowhere he could think of (considering he couldn't think of any place on Earth to hide). Grey struggled to break free from the alien tree's roots but Rocket had his legs wrapped around the boy's neck trying to keep him from escaping.
"Take it easy, kid" Rocket said
(GREY MUFFLED YELLING)
"Relax, we're just trying to help you" Rocket assured
Suddenly Grey managed to bite off one of Groot's branches allowing him to scream his head off as he tried calling for help. Rocket, however, tried to quiet him down until the boy bit the raccoonoid's disconcertingly human-like hand with his teeth.
(BITES HAND)
"OW! Biting? That's my job, you little…" Rocket snarled
"Let go!" Grey cried
"No!" Rocket yelled
"I' am Groot!" Groot yelled
"Stay out of this!" Rocket ordered
"I' am Groot, I' am Groot!" Groot declared
"What are you saying?" Rocket questioned
Grey screamed, "TRUCK!"
Due to their random fighting, the threesome soon spotted a very large truck coming straight towards them.
(TRUCK HORN HONKING LOUDLY)
(ROCKET, GROOT, AND GREY SCREAMING)
Groot acted fast and swung around the truck which caused his branches to break. Luckily, Groot managed to grab hold of the edge of another moving truck that was going in the opposite direction. Rocket and Grey were screaming their heads off fearing of not getting hit by any large objects. Unfortunately for Rocket, he found himself getting head-butted by multiple traffic signal lights every time the light was green.
(CLONK)
"OW!" Rocket cried
(CLONK)
"I…"
(CLONK)
"HATE…"
(CLONK)
"THIS…"
(CLONK)
"PLANET!"
(CLONK)
"YEEOUCH!" Rocket squealed
Soon enough the truck came to a red light and stopped. Rocket's eyes were crossed in the middle and he heard imaginary birds chirping around his head. Grey grimaced by the sight and continued to break free, but Groot kept his branches tight around the human boy's body and the teenage tree waved a branch finger at him.
"I' am Groot" Groot said, to the boy
"And I'm in danger!" Grey cried, "LET ME GO!"
(LOUD SMACK)
Grey was suddenly knocked-out by Rocket, who had his big gun in his disconcertingly human-like hands that he used to knock the boy out with. The raccoonoid smiled in glorious victory.
"Sorry kid, but you asked for it," Rocket said, ruffling the boy's hair
"I' am Groot?" Groot said, noticing the bruises on his father-figure's face
"Don't. Wanna. Hear it!" Rocket warned
(POLICE SIRENS ECHOING)
"Uh-Oh," Rocket said, "This rust bucket's leading back to the cops. We gotta find somewhere to hide, Groot"
"I' am Groot?" Groot asked
"Don't worry about the kid. He'll be fine" Rocket assured, "Now move your skinny ass and find us someplace to hide, will ya!"
"I' am Groot" Groot replied
Groot quickly hopped off the truck and flew right into an empty alley landing safely on the ground and started running with his raccoon-father on his shoulders and the unconscious human boy in his branches. Witnesses on the sidewalks called for the police telling them that they spotted the raccoonoid and the tree as five to six officers began chasing after them down the alley in pursuit.
"HALT!" shouted one of the police officers, "STOP OR WE'LL OPEN FIRE!"
The raccoonoid snorted a laugh and aimed his unfeasibly large blaster gun at the upcoming officers.
"I'LL SHOW YOU FIRE, SCUM-BAGS!" The raccoonoid yelled back
(LARGE BLASTER GUN FIRES)
"TAKE COVER!" cried one of the police officers
Blazes of fire blasted from Rocket's weapon and at the police officers. A few had ducked but two of them weren't so lucky when they suddenly caught themselves on fire; screaming in pain. The four remaining officers pulled out their guns out and began firing at the runaway tree and the talking raccoonoid.
(GUNS FIRING)
"I' AM GROOT!" Groot cried, after being shot in the lower back while running
(ROCKET SNARLING FEROCIOUSLY)
"SHOOT AT MY KID, WILL YA?" Rocket yelled, "I'LL KILL EVERY ONE OF YOU KRUTACKIN' ASSHOLES!"
(LARGE BLASTER GUN CONTINUES FIRING)
Officer Fitzgerald quickly enters the scene and called off to his troops, "Hold your fire, Hold your fire!"
The four remaining officers ceased firing allowing Groot to continue running away without receiving any more bullet-holes in the back. The raccoonoid exchanged and evil smirk before flipping off the Terran officers with a middle finger.
"SMELL YOU LATER, LOSERS!" Rocket said back
(ROCKET LAUGHING EVILLY)
Officer Fitzgerald huffed as sweat began drizzling down his face, "Who the hell are those guys?"
Another chapter finished! Looks like Rocket and Groot have caught Grey but it's caused them trouble with the police of New York. What will Rocket and Groot do next? What will happen to Grey? Please review and stay tuned for more fun, hilarious, and exciting action soon!