FLCL Universe
Chapter 11
Pandy and Retro Act 3: Manhunt
Continuing on the Story of Pandy and Retro, They met up with the crazy mad-scientist, Dr. Julian Stixx, following their daring escape from Deadleaves prison in his lab located in the middle of nowhere disguised as a broken house. But, his lab could be found in the cellar by walking down a stair case. Dr. Stixx created Pandy and Retro to assist him on an intergalactic trip that which details have not been disclosed yet. But now, we join elsewhere on a different journey…
*tap* *tap* *tap*
Sheriff Amarao: Open up.
Commander Amarao, who was then a sheriff of the Tokyo Police Department, was put in charge of the manhunt for Pandy and Retro. Of course, he brought along Kitsurubami, who was then only his receptionist. It was morning, and Amarao was tapping the front door of the abandoned house.
Kitsurubami: Are you sure they landed here? It looks like uninhabitable.
Amarao: Of course they landed here! This is the final sight that the GPS picked up the helicopter.
Kitsurubami: Then where did the helicopter go?
Amarao: No idea.
Kitsurubami: They probably left already, knowing them they probably jetted when you took that nap here this morning.
Amarao: Not quite…They could be sleeping in here.
Kitsurubami: Then, what are you waiting for? Let's search the house.
Amarao bashes the door open with his night stick, which broke the door clear in half. Moments later, after searching the rooms, they give up the search and head outside.
Amarao: Well, they're obviously not in the house, but they did land here, and air traffic control said that they never sighted them leaving.
Radio (ATC): Nope.
Kitsurubami: Alright, so we go back with our tails between our legs?
Amarao: Not quite…again…
He points at the cellar door.
Meanwhile, in the lab's common area…
Retro: Pandy…Pandy! Wake your ass up!
Pandy stretches out wide and lets out a loud yawn.
Pandy: It's not time…to go…
She turns over on her other side and goes back to sleep.
Retro: Oh yeah? If we want to get there during our lifetimes we better leave now!
Pandy moans and groans.
Pandy: How 'bout one more hour…?
Dr. Stixx's voice: He's right you know!
Pandy jumps up in terror.
Pandy: WHA?
Dr. Stixx's voice: That's right, through the comm. system I can hear and talk to anyone in the dungeon area…oh yes. Course, I'm not a peeping tom and I swear to it!
Retro: So there's a chance we won't get to where we're going in our lifetime?
Dr. Stixx's voice: Hardly! We'll get there in no time; unfortunately, this is the only intelligent planet that doesn't have warp speed technology, so an old coot like me had to build it. Turns out, there's a big division I had to register with for universal travel. But I registered our transport with the universe as well as with our destination planet.
Retro: Which is…?
Dr. Stixx's voice: Come into the briefing room, I'll brief you in there. Go ahead and eat your breakfast, first!
Pandy: Alright, thanks.
Dr. Stixx's voice: Ta-ta!
Retro: That old man is so damn creepy!
Dr. Stixx's voice: I heard that!
Meanwhile, Amarao and Kitsurubami managed to break the cellar door lock and are making their way down.
Kitsurubami: Man, my feet are killing me.
Amarao: Quit your bitching, I just know they're up to something down here…
Kitsurubami: Can we stop, sit on the steps or something? We've been walking for like 5 minutes and I'm still not sure if this staircase even leads anywhere!
Amarao: You're going to have to toughen up, especially if you-
Kitsurubami (Interrupting): Want to make it in the force… Blah! Blah! Blah! I'm only trying to put myself through college and this job makes like $25 an hour…as a RECEPTIONIST!
Amarao: For the last time, you are my assistant now, you'd better forget about answering phones and signing papers, you're going to have to start learning how to shoot weapons and fight enemies.
Kitsurubami: Says who?
Amarao: Says me, you'll thank me when you're older.
The two forget that there's an end to every staircase, and mindlessly walk right into the door.
Kitsurubami: OH SHIT, I think I broke my nose!
She holds her nose and whines.
Amarao: Stand up, eyes forward, and look like you're here to decapitate a child.
Kitsurubami: There're ALL kinds of things wrong with that statement!
*tap* *tap* *tap*
Amarao patiently taps on the door with the night stick.
Meanwhile, in the lab…
Pandy, Retro, and Dr. Stixx react to the knocking at the door. Pandy puzzlingly looks at the old scientist.
Pandy: I'm hoping you have friends…one's who are willingly going to walk down ten flights of stairs…
Dr. Stixx: Who, me? No…There's nobody I really keep in touch with anymore. It's just me, and science…
Pandy: Oh shit! Then it must be-!
Retro (whispering): Shh! You'll get us busted!
Pandy (whispering): Let's go hide in the common room or something, this place is gargantuan; they couldn't do a thorough search of this place and find us.
They slide away, while Dr. Stixx tends to the visitors.
Dr. Stixx: Who is it…?
Amarao: This is Sheriff Amarao, and I have reason to believe you are harboring illegal weapons in your establishment!
Kitsurubami (whispering): Weapons!?
Amarao (whispering): You gotta beat around the bush, first.
Dr. Stixx: Weapons, me? Do I have weapons? Doesn't sound like me? I haven't seen or heard of such thing.
Amarao: Why else would you have a living establishment underground, ten stories underground that is?
Dr. Stixx: Well, can't an old coot like me be paranoid of storms?
Amarao: Strange proposal… why is this?
Dr. Stixx: Well, let's see…
Kitsurubami just watched the two yell at each other through a door.
Dr. Stixx: You saw that house before you stormed down my cellar, it used to be mine. Back when it was just an old house so me and my Anita could live out our lives until she got dragged away by the 'ol typhoon of '74. Oh, what a god forsaken day!
Kitsurubami: It's just some crazy old man who did something off the wall…Now can we go?
Amarao: Not quite.
He takes a deep breath and leans over for a moment, then looks up.
Amarao: Did you see a helicopter land here last night at about 3AM?
Dr. Stixx: It landed, but then these two cooky looking people got out and started doing something strange to it, then they took off again through the horizon!
Kitsurubami (whispering): So they disarmed the GPS? Figures.
Amarao: Well, thank you for your time, we'll make our way out now.
Dr. Stixx: Alrighty, then. Good luck!
Amarao and Kitsurubami make their way up, and eventually reach the surface after about 5 minutes.
Kitsurubami: I don't think I could ever make that kind of walk ever again!
Amarao: It's pretty tiring.
He picks up his cell phone, and dials a number.
Amarao: Hey, It's me, get me the general.
Kitsurubami: How will he react to failure, Sheriff?
Amarao: I need back up, I think I found the other guy we're looking for.
Kitsurubami: Wait, what's going on?
Amarao (To Kitsurubami): I didn't say this before, but I detected a lot of radiation towards the bottom, some serious dosage, wondering why the guy hasn't died of cancer yet.
Amarao: I have reason to believe there's a harboring of radioactive material down there, and he most likely has the helicopter, and is holding Pandy and Retro. Bring aircrafts, I believe they are planning something big.
At the military base…
General: You better not be yankin' my chain, or it's your ass!
He slams the phone down.
Soldier #489: General, sir!
The soldier salutes him.
General: Uhh…at ease.
Soldier #489: What's wrong? Sir!
General: I need a drink…
He picks up the phone and dials.
General: Captain? Go ahead and scramble a fleet on location 227, we found our man, and I'll bet he's harboring the escapees.
Captain's Voice: As you wish, General, and I'm surprised we didn't take them down already…
Back at Stixx's Lab…
Dr. Stixx: Come out Pandy and Retro, we have to get going…
They come out of a dark corner.
Retro: Is he gone?
Dr. Stixx: I don't think so, he probably read masses amounts of radiation down here, and we're most likely boned. We should get going now…
Pandy: You don't have to tell me twice!
Dr. Stixx: To the ship!
Pandy and Retro start running toward the ship, when they notice that Dr. Stixx isn't running with them.
Retro: Come on, old man!
Dr. Stixx: I apologize, I can't walk very fast.
His steps were slower of that of a turtle's, to show this comparison, a turtle walks by him and continues forward.
Dr. Stixx: Damn turtles and their families…
Retro picks him up and carries him to a nearby golf cart.
Retro: Pandy, drive!
They arrive at the ship, which is located down a long tunnel from the main room, Dr. Stixx waddles to the control panel and opens up the hatch.
Retro: You got everything, Pandy?
Pandy: I got all I need as long as there's a deadly turret on this ship, and a few changes of clothes, of course.
Dr. Stixx: Well you're in luck, I've moved your things in there this morning, oh good, so we can leave now!
Stixx walks up the hatch ramp, slowly boarding the ship, while Pandy and Retro walk right in at normal speed.
Pandy: Oh, this is nice!
This first room you walk into is a common room, with doors that lead to other parts of the ship, as well as the cock pit, but this room has TV screens, sofas, even a kitchen.
Retro: We could live in here! So long as we don't run out of resources.
Dr. Stixx: Which we will, if we take too long to get to where we're going.
Pandy: Oh yeah, you never briefed us!
Retro: Where are we headed?
Dr. Stixx: We're headed to the planet 'Metrolia,' it's a planet about twice the size of Earth, but it's one big infrastructure. Only about 15% water, but they learned how to clean up their atmosphere, unlike earth.
Retro: Why do you want to go there?
Dr. Stixx: I want to establish a lab there, leaving this one behind, maybe to come back if Earth humans can't survive there.
Pandy: How long will it take?
Dr. Stixx: Oh…not long...I say about three weeks, we're going pretty fast, so consider yourselves lucky!
Naota: YOU'RE NOT CUTTING TO THE CHASE!
*Flashback End*
Naota: Who is Dr. Stixx? Why do you keep talking about him? Why can't we just skip all that and get to the good parts?
Retro: Quit your bitching, it's a long flashback saga, kinda explaining some back story,
Pandy: Yeah! You know, before you find Haruko and the series runs out.
Naota: But you guys need to get to Metrolia, Let's move along…this is an FLCL fanfic, not a Deadleaves one.
Retro: Oh, shut it! You know that adding cool space outlaws like us was a great idea.
Pandy: ANYWHO!
*flashback continued*
Dr. Stixx: Everyone to your turrets, I just know we're going to have a military face off once we get out of the dungeon.
He starts the engine.
Dr. Stixx: Systems online, time to say goodnight, Earth!
Retro: How is it we get out of here? We're sealed!
Dr. Stixx: Oh…you'll see.
A tunnel opens up in front of the ship, and begins to accelerate down the tunnel.
Dr. Stixx: I hope everyone's fastened tightly…hahahaha…
He laughed evilly, which puts a blank yet weary look on both Pandy and Retro's faces.
Retro: Here we go!
Just then, a door opens that takes the ship outside, the ship exited the underground via opening in a cliff.
Dr. Stixx: and…Lift off! I feel so alive right now! Forever young, baby!
Pandy: Whatever you say, gramps.
Suddenly, a loud clapping sound is heard.
Retro: Oh, fuck me. It's the Military.
The Military's fleet showed up, firing missiles at the intergalactic cruiser.
Pandy: Don't just sit there! Shoot them!
Pandy and Retro begin shooting the missiles down, before they got too close for the explosion to damage the ship.
Dr. Stixx: Keep your guard up, any major damage and we won't be leaving the atmosphere.
The communication system begins to make a ringing sound.
Pandy: I'll take this.
She presses the red button on her HUD.
Pandy: Who is this?
Amarao: So you guys thought you could get away?
Amarao's face pops up on the on-screen HUD.
Pandy: Still not following.
Retro: You bastard!
Amarao: Sheriff Amarao is my name, and you're not going anywhere. Dr. Julian Stixx, you're going to land that ship now, before we launch a smart missile and take you to the grave!
Dr. Stixx: I land for no one; I'm leaving this planet because I have the technology for it!
He then pulls the thrusters back.
Dr. Stixx: Pandy! Retro! Take him down if he tries to follow! Watch for other aircrafts too!
Retro: I got this!
Retro opens fire on two fighter jets following close behind, the impact causes the aircrafts to explode.
Retro: Woooo!
He celebrates, and jeers at Amarao over the video comm.
Retro: What else you got? I could hack a nuke from here!
Amarao squeezed his fist and gritted his teeth.
Amarao: You haven't seen the last of me.
His picture disappears from the screen and the Spacecraft begins to ascend into the upper atmosphere.
Dr. Stixx: Here comes the tricky part, stay fastened in.
The ship goes quiet, with the crew grabbing hold tightly onto the armrests of their seats, excluding the professor, who fears almost nothing. Two minutes later a boom is heard, the ship has left the atmosphere.
Retro: Shit yeah! We're in the clear!
Pandy: Don't get too cocky, we've got a long trip to go, and we've never been outside this solar system.
Retro: True, so let's get to it!
The ship flies away, over the horizon, into the deep darkness of space…
Meanwhile, back on earth… Sheriff Amarao ordered a search of the lab.
Amarao: I want you to find the technology for intergalactic travel! This could be a key invention for mankind…
Amarao stood still, watching all the gigantic machines being wheeled out through tunnels, as well as the strange experiments being uncovered and read descriptively.
Amarao (thinking): Pandy, Retro, Dr. Julian Stixx: your days are numbered…I'm going to hunt you down, don't think you can get away from me!
He looks forward to find one of his officers carrying a box and walking awkwardly in front of him.
Amarao: Stop acting like you're so unsure and keep searching!
Officer: Yes, sir…sorry, sir…ulp…
Amarao: That's what I thought.
The officer continued on his way while carrying the box.
Officer (thinking): Those…eyebrows…
To Be Continued…