And so, I decided to upload Chapter Four. This one was a little trickier to translate into human form with some of the actions, but I think I managed to get around them well. Also, see if you can find a reference to The Phantom Menace somewhere in the text. =D
Chapter Four: The Meeting
Evelyn went about town, scanning the ground beneath her, with Wallace treading right behind. He followed her into an abandoned ShoppyMart store, where she scanned a pinwheel. As he continued to follow her, Wallace bumped into a shopping cart, and a whole barrage of them followed right behind.
"Somebody save me from these dreaded things!" cried Wallace as he scurried swiftly.
The shopping carts crashed Wallace on the front door; the scout took off, ignoring the poor rubbish collector.
"Some people just try too hard," Evelyn told herself as she walked out of the store.
After a day of arduous work, Evelyn decided to rest for the night at a nearby power plant. She had changed into a soft white nightgown, and tucked herself into a sleeping bag. Wallace crept right behind her, observed her, and then found a toilet seat, a paintbrush, a canvas, and some tempera paints. He started working on something.
"What a peaceful face," Wallace whispered to himself, "She's even more marvelous in her rest. Eh, maybe I'll keep the round white thing for my collection."
That morning, Evelyn arose, only to find a painting of herself, depicting her in graceful flight, standing before her very eyes. She circumscribed the canvas, then hovered away, while Wallace watched her close by.
Evelyn spent her day scanning random objects around the outskirts of town, such as a pizza delivery truck, an Andy Gump-type port-a-potty, a space capsule, and a freighter hold, but all her scans turned up negative.
"Aaaahhhh! This is hopeless!" Evelyn grumbled in frustration.
All of a sudden, she was pulled by an electromagnet. Wallace was shocked to see her in danger.
Evelyn struggled to free herself, but she could not. That's when she aimed her blast cannon at the magnet, fired, and the whole thing came crashing down on the freighter, creating a fiery explosion. She descended down to the ground, and watched as one freighter fell after the other, resulting in an even bigger explosion than the one she caused. Wallace treaded right up to her, and building up enough courage, he cleared his throat and said, "Are you an angel?"
"No," Evelyn answered as she turned around and finally took notice of him, "Why do you ask me such a thing?"
"Oh dear," Wallace sighed, "That's the worst romantic line ever spoken from a science fiction movie, isn't it?"
"No, it's actually very nice," Evelyn answered.
"In the movie I learned that line from," began Wallace, "deep space pirates describe angels as the most beautiful creatures in the universe."
"You're a funny little boy," giggled Evelyn, "So, do you have a directive?"
"What?" Wallace was confused, "Oh, a directive! Yes I do! Watch me."
Wallace grabbed a pile of trash and firmly patted it into a cube. "Ta-da!" he exclaimed.
"Oooh," Evelyn was fascinated.
"Do you have a directive?" Wallace inquired.
"I do, but it is classified," answered Evelyn.
"Oh," Wallace understood, "I didn't know."
"So," Evelyn started again, "What's your name?"
"Me?" Wallace was eager to reply, "My name is Wallace―starts with 'Wall', ends with 'E'. And my surname is Cooper."
"Wallace," Evelyn repeated in a smooth, pleasing tone, "That's a really cute name."
At the sound of her voice, Wallace's heart nearly melted. In fact, he almost fainted.
"Sorry about that," Wallace apologized, "And what might you're name be?"
"My name is Dr. Evelyn McCrea," answered Evelyn, "You may just call me Evelyn, if you wish. Technically, that's what I prefer."
"Evelyn," Wallace pondered, "that is the most beautiful name I've ever heard. What a sweet sound."
"I'm glad you like it," Evelyn replied. She then giggled as Wallace repeated her name over and over. However, a warning on his cell phone went off, telling him that a sandstorm was approaching. He reached to grab Evelyn, but she drew out her blast cannon.
"Hey, what do you think you are doing?!" Evelyn asked, bothered by what she thought was a disrespectful gesture.
Wallace backed away, and the sand hit them hard. Unfortunately, Evelyn got lost in the storm, and she grew terrified.
"Wallace! Wallace!" Evelyn cried out. At that moment, Wallace reached out and took her by the hand. He led her to the safety of his truck home, where they both would be safe. Evelyn sneezed, then took a look around the place, gazing at the enormous collection of junk that Wallace possessed, occupying shelf after shelf after shelf… and it goes on.
Evelyn was captivated by the hanging lights in the ceiling of the truck. She walked slowly, when a singing fish startled her. She immediately drew out her blast cannon.
"Don't destroy that!" Wallace panicked, "It's my most prized singing sea-bass. Here, try this metal thingy. You may like it."
As he continued showing her around, Wallace handed Evelyn an eggbeater which she spun around so hard, it broke. And without him noticing, she put in back on the shelf. Then, Wallace found a sheet of bubble wrap, and showed it to her.
"Popping these things is fun!" Evelyn exclaimed as she popped the bubble wrap.
Wallace then gave Evelyn an old lava lamp. She pressed a button and it lit up.
"Goodness!" Wallace was shocked, "Let me see that. Maybe it's broken."
Wallace took back the lava lamp to see if it was fine, which it was. He handed it back to Evelyn, but she lit it up again.
"These things are amazing," giggled Evelyn.
"Let me have that," Wallace kindly took it back, "At this rate it could have exploded with the energy you seem to be supplying it."
Wallace took back the lamp and handed Evelyn a Rubik's cube. Next, he showed her his DVD copy of Camp Rock. By the time he returned, the scout girl had solved the cube.
"How is this possible?" Wallace wondered as he stared at the solved cube.
"Wow!" Evelyn grew excited as she looked at the DVD. She then scratched it by accident.
"Aaaaaaaahhh!" Wallace screeched. He then cleaned the CD and put it in to watch. He wanted to show Evelyn how to dance to "Hasta La Vista" on a trampoline.
Evelyn bounced on the trampoline, but her force was too strong for the truck to take. Some of Wallace's stuff was even about to fall off the shelves.
"Stop that!" Wallace panicked, "You're gonna ruin my collection and destroy my home at this rate!"
Wallace then showed her how to twirl, but she spun to fast. In fact, the strength of her whirling sent Wallace crashing into the roof.
"I'm ok," Wallace said, weakly.
The poor trash collector managed to get himself down, but he was hurt in the accident. Fortunately, he had a first aid kit to treat himself with. He pulled out a bandage and put it under his right eye.
"Ta-da!" exclaimed Wallace, "I fixed my eye. How'd you like it?"
Evelyn just gazed at Wallace, until the scene with Mitchie and Shane began playing on the TV. She pulled out a lighter from a shelf, and lit it up. Wallace looked at the singers on TV, and then turned his wide eyes to look at Evelyn, admiring her soft eyes, and the serene expression on her face that made everything around her so calm. He also took note of her white dress, which was so sleek, it made her resemble an iPod. He then took a microphone in one hand, trying to imitate the scene on TV as Mitchie and Shane sung "This is Me", and reached for Evelyn's hand with the other. However, he cowered and pulled away.
"Uh, I thought I dropped something," panicked Wallace, "Hold on, wait right there! I know something you're gonna love!"
As Evelyn watched Wallace reach for his upper shelves, a drum fell on his head.
"Ouch!" yelped Wallace, "Excuse that, please."
"You make me laugh," Evelyn giggled to herself.
The scout girl then took notice of the screen, as she watched Mitchie and Shane holding hands on the Final Jam Stage. She scanned it, and gazed at the screen for a moment, until Wallace gave her a tap on the shoulder. He presented the stalk of celery he found earlier.
"Uh, Evelyn?" Wallace asked nervously, "I found this green thing yesterday, and I was wondering if you would like it. I've never seen anything so brilliantly colored, let alone green. I wonder, what do you think it is?"
"Wow!" exclaimed Evelyn, "How did you know green is one of my favorite colors? If I didn't know any better, I'd say that this is a stalk of celery―"
All of a sudden, Evelyn took the potted celery, and started examining it. She even pulled out a book titled The Undisputable Field Guide to Plants and Vegetation (brought to you by ShoppyMart), and started checking to see if it was a genuine specimen of photosynthesis.
"What's going on here?" Wallace was confused.
"This is what I've been looking for all along!" Evelyn cheered wildly.
Evelyn danced uncontrollably as she placed the celery in a backpack on the back of her uniform. In fact, she was so exhilarated, her eyes shut, and she fainted after shortness of breath, banging her head on the floor. Wallace thought she was dead!
"This cannot be happening!" Wallace cried out, desperately, "I killed her. I killed my only love! How could this happen?!"
Wallace then noticed a green light pulsing on Evelyn's chest, and listened for a heartbeat. He patted her gently, but she still didn't wake. He then realized she was just unconscious.
"Thank goodness," Wallace was relieved, "She's just unconscious. Now how do I wake her up? Evelyn? Evelyn?! EVELYN!"
Ok, so this part sounds a little silly, knowing the fact that Evelyn is going to remain in a vegetative state for a few weeks. The only explanation I could come up with is that before she goes on a scouting mission, she is probably fed nutrients and synthetic stimulants to keep her alive for up to a month or two, being that she has barely or no food with her. Then again, they don't usually go into a vegetative state and just wait on standby for the return trip, but in Evelyn's case, she suffered an accidental concussion. Just needed to do something that would imitate EVE going into sleep mode...
