Rock raised his eyebrow as he watched the hooded man down his 15th glass of alcohol, matching his attempt. The bottle was finished as they both decided to call it a draw.
'You sure know how to handle your drink, you're an outstanding human'
'Who said I was human?' The hooded man revealed that he had a head of a huge white owl
'Hmm, but yet you have the figure of a man' Rock mentioned, perhaps being the only person who wasn't shocked by his strange cranium.
'Well, it's a long story… names Olcadan, and I'll buy the next round' Olcadan announced
'I'm Rock, I'll be drinking your next round' he smiled and shook his hand.
Meanwhile an angry pirate and a horny teenager were out of luck.
'I give up…' Cervantes facepalmed
'But you promised!' Tira suddenly shifted moods
'Yeah, well you're an idiot, I'm sorry but that's the way it is' Cervantes got up and walked away.
'I'm not an idiot, you pathetic wretch!' Tira got up and slapped Cervantes across the back. He didn't flinch, but just stopped momentarily before turning around grinning.
'I gots me a cunning plan…' Cervantes grabbed Tira's arm and ran off into the crowd.
'What are you doing, you annoying beard-o!' Tira exclaimed
'Wait… Beard-o? That some sorta hairy cereal or something? Anyway, I'm looking for someone for you' Cervantes said, scanning the room.
'Really?' Tira said, with a spark of life to her voice.
'Um…' Cervantes tried to keep her gloomy for the sake of his plan.
While the Pirate and the Manic Depressive wandered the lobby, Talim was stalking Algol.
'Algol, did my kiss… mean anything?' asked Talim
'I'd prefer not to say' Algol mentioned
'Oh come on! I'm not that ugly, and I really like you' Talim yelled
Little known to her, Yun-Seong was tracing behind her humming the song 'Mrs. Robinson'.
'He's not THAT old!' Talim groaned
'Well, I'm as old as time itself' Algol mentioned dramatically
'What are you, like, 34?' Talim asked, Algol shook his head and walk-hovered away.
'Jesus loves you more then you will know' Yun-Seong said
'Shush, He's just so…' Talim sighed and skipped off.
'Whoa Ho Ho…'Yun-Seong just slouched on what he has claimed as 'his chair'.
Meanwhile, we trace back to the hooded sythe wielder and the 7 foot golem. Zasalamel had just opened a case full of…
'Explosives! Oh boy, oh boy!' Astaroth clapped his hands in glee.
'Quiet, Rocky, we got to do this just right, one false move, we go boom' Zasalamel sorted the explosives out'
'But I don't wanna go boom! It'll stain my new clothes' Astaroth skrieked
'Then don't go boom…' Zasalamel sighed and continued setting the explosives up.
'What the… BOOM!' Astaroth laughed with glee as Zasalamel ignored him to do his work, planting them at the bottom of the tower.
'The leaning Tower of Pisa will be nothing compared to what these babies are going to do to this one.' Zasalamel kissed a stick of Dynamite
'Zasalamel and TNT sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I… uh… First comes...'
'Sometimes I think if I put my ear to your skull, I'd hear the ocean' Interrupted Zasalamel as he sighed and placed the explosive with the others.
Meanwhile, in the Batcave… I mean the Tower… Yoshimitsu was sitting, cross legged, near the disco area.
'You seem rather lonely' a woman said behind an umbrella
'A warrior is ne'er lonely, nor is he pleased with the company one keeps' Yoshimitsu said, staying still
'Why don't you loosen up a little, dance, y'know, why come to a place like this and not do anything?' she asked
'Gatherings are often pleasurable on occasions, and I never dance' Yoshimitsu said, still frozen in his place
'Let me guess, bad dancer?' the woman asked again
'Let us just say it be a bit wooden' Yoshimitsu mobilized his arms to roll up the sleeve of a wooden arm
'Hm, interesting' the woman said, examining the arm
'Doth thou not flee at the sight at anatomy so artificial? Thoust be either made of steel or just drunk' Yoshimitsu mentioned
'I've seen worse' she said raising her umbrella and retracting it
'Let me guess, thoust would like to boogie woogie' Yoshimitsu said
'On earth, we call it dancing' she said as she lent out her hand
'What are you offering?' Yoshimitsu asked. The woman looked puzzled. 'Your hand, it is positioned in a way of offering'
'I just want to help you up' the woman said
'No need, fair maiden' Yoshimitsu said calmly. He immediately whipped out his sword and rotated it
'Whoa! If you don't wanna…' the woman was paused as Yoshimitsu lifted off the ground by flight.
'Thoust underestimates ones power' Yoshimitsu withdrew his sword
'Well, never mind your tricks and…' the woman was interrupted
'Show me your moves!' shouted the hired DJ, DJ Falcon. A circle of people started and Yoshimitsu joined it.
'Well, you got your big chance' the woman said
'But, thoust name?' Yoshimitsu asked
'Setsuka' she said as she forced Yoshimitsu into the empty circle.
In the meantime (since I can't be arsed writing about dance moves for a page and a half), Maxi was outside, moping to himself on a bench.
'What's the matter?' asked Kilik, who was walking past
'I can't get a girl, I just haven't got the…'
'Sanity? Smarts? Smell? Supercalifragilisticexpialidociousness?' Kilik asked
'I was going to say Charm' Maxi sighed
'Well, there has got to be a desperate girl out there' Kilik said
'Really? Wait, what?'
'Well, I saw a perfect girl in there for you, pretty sexy as dense as a brick' Kilik patted Maxi on the back
'Great! I mean… wait, what now?' Maxi said, but Kilik had already got up and left
As everyone was enjoying the festivities, they did not know what Algol had in store for them. He climbed to the top of the staircase so he could reach everyone.
'Ladies and Gentlemen and Lizardman' he began. 'I thank you all for joining me in this Grand Gala event. It has certainly gone over a treat. And of course, as we reach the closing hours of the event, I come upon you all to witness, a big surprise' Algol boomed as all the people gathered below him. 'We shall…' Algol tried to finish, but the floor vibrated, ending whatever other people had been doing, including Yoshimitsu, who was so close to breakin' down.
'What did I tell you about the explosives?' Zasalamel said to Astaroth.
'Something about BOOM!' Astaroth jumped around with glee
'No boom!' Zasalamel said, but Astaroth didn't listen…
'What the…' BOOM!
The explosives exploded (I'd be surprised if they did anything else), but there was no damage to anything, then, somehow, as if by coincidence, everybody went outside to witness… fireworks.
'Wait… NO! Drat, double drat and triple drat!' Zasalamel yelled 'No body enjoys the boom!'
'Boom!?' Astaroth ran head first into the rest of the fireworks, creating the unlit fuses to light with the lit fuses
'Sometimes, I think you were created without intelligence'
'Is that a good thing?' Astaroth asked, but Zasalamel shook his head and lay down, defeated.
The fireworks were going off very well, despite there not actually being a fireworks display planned. Everyone had crowded around to watch the spectical. Two of those were was the pairing of Galen Marek and Cassandra Alexandra.
'Wow, I never thought there would be fireworks' Cassandra said
'Yes…' Galen said, but looking towards the ground
'Wh… what is it?' Cassandra asked
'Look… a daisy' he said pointing towards the lone flower
'There are all these fireworks and you want to talk about a daisy?' she asked, confused
'It's not the daisy I'm talking about, it's what it symbolizes. It's the start of spring, and that symbolizes life, perhaps it's time for me to start a new life' Galen picked up the Daisy and examined it.
'So, you're saying that you want to start over?' Cassandra asked
'Yes… I've never seen things so beautiful before. The People, the sky, the fireworks and… perhaps most of all… you' Galen said, turning to Cassandra
'…buh?' Cassandra said
'I want this night to be special, since it may be the only night we share together' Galen said, holding Cassandra's hands gently
'Please…' Cassandra felt a loss of breath '…don't say that' Cassandra, who had been relatively calm throughout finally expressed her true feelings by wrapping her arms around Galen.
'What I do afterwards is for destiny to decide… you shouldn't let yourself be chained by what you think destiny should be, you should just let it happen.' Galen hugged against Cassandra as they watched the fireworks in each others arms.
As the fireworks were going on, Amy tugged at her fathers folded arms as he looked up.
'Yes, my sweet?' Raphael asked
'I want to go home now, I don't like loud noises…' Amy said shyly
'OK then, take the key and let yourself in, I'll be in when the fireworks are over.'
Amy skipped off home as Raphael remained.
'Well, looks like you're all alone now' said someone who whispered in his ear.
'Ivy... glad to see you remembered me' Raphael smiled without looking back
'Well, I thought it would be the other way round, with you being perhaps the most charming man in the whole of this pool of the damned.' Ivy linked her arms with the folded arms of Raphael. Surprisingly, Raphael didn't budge her away.
'You do realise that if we stay this way, you're going to have the night of your life ahead of you' Raphael said, smarmily
'I'll look forward to that' Ivy whispered into his ear cheekily, as she pecked Raphael on the cheek. Followed by a kiss on the lips, then… well, lets say there were tongues.
Slowly as the fireworks reached its climax, everyone soon departed. Leaving a few guests and Algol, who seemed depressed.
'What's the matter hot buns?' Talim sweetly said
'It was a good Gala and all, but I didn't arrange fireworks.'
'What was the big surprise then.'
'A cake… it's going to go to waste' Algol sighed
'Cake!?' Yun-Seong sprung into action
'Yes, it's back inside'
Yun-Seong darted out to see a 10 foot cake staring him in the face.
'Oh lord…' Yun-Seong almost dived straight into an orgy of icing and sponge, one of which Astaroth piledrived into.
'See, not all bad, and besides, I've got a surprise for you' Talim said, beckoning Algol around the corner… I'll leave it to you to imagine what happens next.
'Tira? Tira!' Nightmare called out, trying to find his lost companion. Maxi was seen, running away from something, and following him was Tira.
'You CRAZY!' Maxi shouted as he sprinted off. Tira huffed her way out of the Gala and outside where Nightmare was.
'Shush, we're going home' Tira said violently.
'…Kay' Nightmare tried not to laugh.
Where was Cervantes though? He had actually settled by the still functioning bar drinking his Rum again.
'The party's over, why are you still here?' said Setsuka, who joined him
'Alcohol washes away my memories' Cervantes said, swigging the rum
'Hm, well, you got a point' Setsuka said, ordering a beer
'I thought you were more of a Cocktail person' Cervantes said
'I'm not a wuss, I can handle my booze' she said, swigging her beer.
'It's been a long night…'
Where will Galen Marek go?
Will Tira ever get lucky?
Why is Raphael so god damn awesome?
Will there be an actual conclusion to this story? (Yes)
Find out in the next and final chapter of 'The Gala'
NOTE FROM MUNCHIE: Hey there, this is my Christmas Present to all the fans of the series so far. School brings me down a lot and this is just me persevering and enjoying what I do, so please; do take to heart that I am busy outside of the FanFiction world. I finally got in some parings (If you didn't see them, you must not know what pairings are) and these are parings I personally like, so don't slam me with 'OMFG DEY R NT GUD TOGEVA!' or 'RaphaelxCassandra plz' because I wanted these people to be together, if you want RaphxCass then by all means make your own FanFiction with them. I personally hate the paring of RaphxCass, so I'm using that as an example.
Merry Christmas and a Happy Munch Year!