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Assylax Vs. Sora
Cid ran his fingers through his hair, as he tried, once again, to get Scrooge's computer to turn on, but the computer refused. Cid was about to pick it up and throw it out the nearest window.
"Is it fixed yet", asked Scrooge, leaning over Cid shoulder." I have a business to run, you know".
"Well, you're not going to do any business on this computer. It's toast",scowled Cid.
"What do you suggest I do with my computer"? said Scrooge.
"I suggest you gut it out and use it for a fish tank".
"Would that make it run better"?
"I don't believe you old fogies", laughed Cid. "I was telling you that your computer is beyond repair and you'll have to get a new one".
"Who are you calling old"? Scrooge huffed." You're no spring chicken yourself".
"I wouldn't insult the only computer guy in town. Unless you want to go back to doing business with a pencil and paper".
"Excuse me", interrupted a female voice from behind them," is this Scrooge's Love Connection"?
Scrooge turned to see a young woman standing by the office counter, looking at him nervously. Scrooge rushed away from both Cid and his computer to the waiting customer. Customers meant money and there was nothing more important to Scrooge than more money.
"How can I help you my dear"? he asked, smiling at her sweetly.
"My name is Assylax and I came to use your dating service", she said," I see that your computer isn't working. Were you able to get the form I e-mailed"?
"Yes, it was no problem. I still was able to access all our files, through my nephew laptop. If you don't mind waiting a few minutes, I'll get a print out of all the information on your date."
Assylax nodded and sat down on the only chair in the room, while Scrooge went to the next room to get his nephew.
Dewy followed his uncle back to the front room and sighed warily. "How long are you going to be using my computer Uncle Scrooge? You know that it's my private computer. I really shouldn't be doing company work on it".
"Shhhh", Scrooge hushed him," do you want our costumer to hear"?
"We have another customer"?
"Would you stop acting surprise every time we have someone come in here", scolded Scrooge.
"Did Mari send you here"? Dewy asked Assylax.
"Why yes", she said, in a surprised voice," how did you know"?
"For some reason, she has been sending a lot of business our way. After her date with Axel, I would have thought she would have us investigated for business fraud".
"Don't be ridiculous", interrupted Scrooge," all I had to do was reason with her a little".
"That all"? asked Dewy, suspiciously.
"And I had to make her a junior partner", Scrooge whispered.
"I figured it had to be something like that", Dewy sighed.
"Is the information on my date ready, yet"?Assylax asked.
"Just a minute, miss", said Dewy," and I print it up for you".
Dewy quickly printed out the need form, while Scrooge looked over it carefully and then clipped a her date's photo to the front of the folder.
"I think you will find your date quite satisfactory",said Scrooge, handing her the folder".
Assylax took the folder from Scrooge eagerly and glance at the picture of her future date. She could tell that he was short with brown, spiky hair and blue eyes, but as the picture was rather blurry, it was hard to tell anything else.
She read the form and saw that his name was Sora, but everything else on the form was either blank or had a smiley face printed on it.
"He looks very nice", said Assylax, politely," but besides his name, I don't know very much about him".
"Sora said that filling out forms gives him a headache", interrupted Dewy." He's not exactly the brightest tool in the shed".
"But a darling boy", Scrooge cut in," and you'll have a wonderful time with him. You'll be meeting him on Destiny Island at five o' clock. Here are the instructions on how to get there and all the other information you might need".
"Thank you", said Assylax," and here is the payment for your serve".
She passed the money to Scrooge, but before he could collect it, Cid reached out and snatched it out of her hands.
"This will just about cover the cost of my service", he said, pocketing the money.
"Service"! screech Scrooge." What service? My computer is still broken".
"That's how it is in the computer business", said Cid.
"That's outrageous! That ridiculous! That's..." Scrooge paused, before a gleam came to his eyes." Cid, my friend, how about taking on a partner in this computer business of yours"?
Assylax stepped off the gummy shuttle at five minutes to five. It had not been a pleasant journey because when she had stood up to fix her skirt, a lady had slid underneath her and taken her seat. When Assylax yelled at her, she started throwing green fire bolts at her. She shouted her name was Malica-something and that Assylax should be glad she did rip her heart from her body.
"What a witch",Assylax thought, angrily.
When she arrived at the beautiful Destiny Island, she saw it was worth the trip. It was really lovely and exotic looking. She wondered if Sora had something romantic planned for her, like a walk on the beach or maybe a picnic in the moonlight.
She looked around for her date and saw him sitting on a fallen palm tree overlooking the water. She felt a nervous thrill go up her spine as she got closer to where Sora was waiting. Sora must have noticed her because he turned around and smiled.
All of a sudden Assylax knees got weak and she felt light headed. Sora was ADORABLE! No, that wasn't quite right, he was more than adorable. It was as if a thousand purring kittens were playing with a thousand laughing babies dressed in a thousand different animal costumes... but even more adorable.
Could any boy in world be this adorable?
She tried to say something, but before she could, Sora threw his arms around her, give her a big hug and said", You must be Assylax. I'm so happy to meet you".
Assylax felt herself melt in a pile of goo. Nothing mattered as long as she could have a date with Sora.
"So are you ready to get started"? he said, giving her a heavenly smile.
"Ready"? Assylax murmured, dreamily.
"We got to catch the next shuttle before it leaves", said Sora.
Suddenly the blissful bubble surrounding Assylax dream world popped.
"Leave ? But I just got here? Aren't we going to go on our date at this gorgeous island paradise"?
"Here"? said Sora, looking at her in surprise." What on earth could we do here"?
"Well, we could walk on the beach, holding hands and gazing deeply into each other eyes"?
"Don't worry", said Sora, " we don't have to do boring stuff like that. I am going to show you something you never seen before".
"Well... I don't know", she said.
"Trust me, you'll love it"! said Sora, grabbing her hand and dragging her back towards the shuttle.
Assylax felt a cold chill run down her spine, that settled somewhere in her stomach. She had had this feeling before... right before she fell off the roof.
The gummy shuttle was packed to the brim with people, so Sora and Assylax had to stand up the whole trip. They tried to talk to each other, but between the loud shuttle engine and the crowds of people, it was impossible.
Assylax noticed that Sora was carrying a large brown bag with him. She motioned her finger towards the bag and mouthed to Sora " what's that"? He mouthed back to her" surprise" flashing her one of his brilliant smile and Assylax turned into goo again. Even if they couldn't talk, she could at least stare at his cute face until they arrived.
The shuttle suddenly screech to a stop and Sora grabbed Assylax hand again and the stormed out as quickly as they could.
The place Sora had brought her to seemed strangely dark, considering that it was still five o' clock and everything seem old and creepy.
"What is this place"? she asked Sora, in a puzzled voice.
"This is", Sora passed dramatically, before saying, "Halloween Town".
"What's that, an amusement park"?
"No, it's the world I choose for our date! Isn't it awesome! We are going to have such a great time. But first we need to put these on".
Sora handed Assylax one of the paper bags he was carrying and said," there is a restroom over there where you can put this on".
"Put what on"? asked Assylax.
"Your costume, of course".
"A costume? Why do I have to wear a costume"?
"Because everyone here wears a costume", said Sora, looking at her in amazement." Gee, Assylax, do you want to embarrass me in front of all my friends".
"No", said Assylax, slowly" I guess it would be okay".
"Good", said Sora, pushing her towards the direction of the restroom," Hurry; I just can't wait to start our date".
Sora rushed to men's bathroom and quickly changed into his vampire/bat costume and then went to outside to wait for Assylax.
Girls always took a long time getting ready, so Sora waited a full fifteen minutes before he called out," Assylax are you ready yet"?
"No!" she shouted from inside the girl's bathroom," I'm not coming out"!
"Oh, come on," insisted Sora," I'm sure you look great".
After a pause, the bathroom door finally opened and Assylax slowly walked out to where Sora was waiting.
Sora mouth drop open and he said with amazement," You look incredible".
"What are you talking about?" yelled Assylax," You got me a werewolf costume"!
"Yeah, and it looks great on you"?
"Are you nuts? I look terrible! Why on earth would a girl want to look like this on a date"?
"It was the best werewolf costume they had"! said Sora, defensive.
"Why couldn't you have got me a sexy witch or vampire costume? This thing is awful! I haven't been this hairy since I went on vacation and forgot to pack my Nair."
"If you hate it so much, then I won't make you wear it", said Sora." Just change back into your original outfit".
"I would", scowled Assylax," but when I turned my back, the toilet ate it"!
"Oh, yeah. I guess I forgot to warn you things like that happen here", said Sora.
"Let's just go see the surprise you have planned for me. Maybe it will make me forget what I look like".
"It's right this way", said Sora.
Sora and Assylax walked through a large wrought iron gate into the main square. Assylax certainly could see where the town got its name. For despite the fact, that it was the middle of May, the place was decorated to the extreme, with Halloween decor.
She had to admit the place was pretty cool. She especially liked the guillotine that continually went up and down. The water fountain with the glowing green water was pretty neat to. Maybe this place wasn't so bad for a date. She could almost forgive Sora for picking out this horrendous costume.
They were traveling through a pretty realistic looking cemetery, when Assylax heard someone call out Sora name. She turned around expecting to see one of Sora's costumed friends, but instead she saw tall skeleton walking right towards her.
She let out a blood curdling scream and tried to run, but Sora grabbed her before she could get very far.
" Don't be afraid", said Sora," It's just Jack! He's my friend".
"Friend"? screech Assylax," he's the living dead! Quick find a torch! We have to roast him now before he can call up an undead army to destroy the world"!
"A bit dramatic isn't she", said Jack." Although I'm flattered that you're scared, you don't have to run away. I just here to escort you and Sora to..."
"Don't tell her, Jack", interrupted Sora," I want it to be a surprise"!
"Are you sure he won't raise an evil army of the dead"? asked Assylax.
"I assure you, that I am only here to serve", said Jack, bowing gracefully. "And may I say that Sora has excellent taste in women. It so becoming to see a young lady as hairy as you are".
"It's only a costume, you know", said Assylax, dryly.
"Oh, really? What a pity. However, let us not tarry, your evening of excitement awaits! But first," Jack said before taking a bit of black material from his pocket," Sora has asked that I blindfold you".
"I guess its okay", said Assylax." Sora you'll have to hold my hand, so I will know where to go".
"Okay", said Sora," hold on tight. Don't worry you can trust me".
After a somewhat successful journey, (Sora only ran her in a tree twice) they came to a stop. Assylax heard the sound of a door opening and suddenly she got the feeling that she was falling from a great height. She would have ripped the blindfold off but Sora had both of her hands. When the landed, Assylax heard another door open and suddenly it became rather cold.
"Sora"? she asked, hesitantly," are we there yet"?
"Almost", he said," just a little bit farther."
Her next journey was much more successful (Sora only ran her into a pole once) and Assylax found that she was no longer outside. She could hear the crackling of a fire place and the room around her seemed to be filled with high pitch voices.
"Are you ready"? asked Sora.
"Yeah", said Assylax, her voice trembling with excitement.
Sora took off her blindfold and yelled," surprise! "It's Santa Claus".
Assylax looked around and saw that she was in some sort of workshop surrounded be a bunch of elves, with a man dressed as Santa, looking at her nervously.
Assylax turn and glared at Sora before saying," Are you out of your mind"?
"What do you mean"?
"You made me travel in a noisy shuttle, dressed me in this ridiculous costume, scared me half to death with this freak you call a friend, and for what? To see a guy dress up as Santa Claus? You said it was something I've never seen before. Are you kidding? I can go to any mall in the world, at December and see the same thing?"
"But those men are all imposters", insisted Sora." This is real Santa"!
"What? Do I look like I'm five years old"? she hissed." What next? Are we going to have a tea party with Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny"?
"Don't be ridiculous", said Sora." I don't even like tea"!
"That's it, brother"! said Assylax," I was expecting romance, moonlight, and roses. And what do I get? The oldest kindergarten student in the world. I'm leaving"!
"I can't promise you roses or moonlight", interrupted Santa," but we are having a little party here in Sora's honor".
"Forget it", said Assylax," nothing could make me stay here with him"!
"We have a chocolate fountain", said Santa.
"Chocolate fountain? Well, I guess I can stay for that"! said Assylax, reluctantly.
Sora leaned over and whispered in Jack's ear", Do I know women or what?"