The Misadventures of Hyperdimension Peashy
Episode 21
by Derald Snyder
(A small wooden house from the Wild West era is seen with lights on, late at night. Music starts up as Anonydeath, wearing a black cowboy hat, lashes out with a neon-colored whip, causing the left window to burst into flames.)
(We then see Nepgear, CyberConnect2, Uni, and Nisa dancing, all dressed in white togas with gold trim, before cutting back to show Steamax wearing a black cowboy hat, lashing out with his whip, causing the right window to burst into flames)
(Cut to Peach, dressed in period dress getting up from her bed in panic, as we see Affmojas in a black cowboy hat lash out with his whip, setting the door aflame, before cutting back to Nepgear and co.)
Nepgear and co.: Do-do-do-dooooooo...
Do-do-do-dooooooo...
Do-do-do-dooooooo...
(They all splay their arms)
Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaah!
(Peach runs out of the house, before falling to her knees a safe distance away from the burning house)
Peach: Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
(Affmojas, Steamax, and Anonydeath come out from the darkness, standing behind Peach)
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and dream of what I need...
I need a hero!
(Cut to Peach dressed in a loose white dress that ruffles in the wind as she stands over a large canyon)
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero!
(Cut back to Peach in front of the burning house)
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life...
(Cut back to Nepgear and co.)
Nepgear and co.: Do-do-do-dooooooo...
Do-do-do-dooooooo...
Do-do-do-dooooooo...
(They all splay their arms)
Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaah!
(Cut to Peach inside the undamaged house, slowly walking over to the bed, before laying on it)
Peach: Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
Someone reaching back for me
(She picks up a black-and-white picture of Adrian)
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
(Peach suddenly looks up, seeing Affmojas at the door. She backs up against the wall as Affmojas cracks his neon whip menacingly)
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero!
(Cut to a shot of the canyon river, then the canyon itself)
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero!
(Cut back to Peach in front of the burning house, as Affmojas, Steamax, and Anonydeath begin to walk around her, like sharks circling their prey)
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life!
(Peach looks around desperately)
I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night...
(Suddenly, the sound of an engine revving is heard, and we see the wheels of a Jeep. The three robo-men break and run, jumping on their hover-bikes and speeding off.)
(We see brief clips of Nepgear and co. dancing, inter-spliced with the action, as we see that the front of the jeep has a white horse-head decoration.)
(Fast-paced heroic trumpets start up as we finally see the driver- Adrian, decked out in full combat gear, save for his head, which is adorned with a white cowboy hat.)
(Adrian draws his sidearm, takes aim, and fires. Anonydeath is hit and falls off his hover-bike, which keeps going without him for a short while.)
(Affmojas and Steamax look behind them, seeing Adrian in hot pursuit, and gun it in panic.)
(Cut back to Peach in white dress standing over the canyon)
Peach: Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me
(Adrian fires again, striking Steamax and knocking him off his vehicle. Now Affmojas is alone)
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood...
(Cut back to Nepgear and co.)
Nepgear: Like the fire in my blood-
CyberConnect2: Like the fire in my blood-
Uni: Like the fire in my blood-
Nisa: Like the fire in my blood-
All: Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaah!
(Cut back to Peach standing over the canyon)
Peach: I need a hero!
(Adrian's gun: BANG!)
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero!
(Adrian's gun: BANG!)
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night...
(Fade to Nepgear and co. standing as the wind ruffles their togas)
Nepgear and co.: OOOOoooooh... oooooOOOOOoooooooh... oooOOOOooooh...
(Adrian's gun: BANG!)
(Affmojas is finally hit, as his hover-bike spins out of control before crashing in a fiery explosion. Adrian lowers his firearm as he nods to himself- mission accomplished)
Nepgear and co.: OOOOoooooh... oooooOOOOOoooooooh... oooOOOOooooh...
(Slow fade to Peach sitting on her knees in front of her burnt-out house, before looking up and seeing Adrian standing there, a smile slowly spreading over her face as the music fades out...)
"Sorry, I'm late, Peashy."
"I was hoping it would be you that saved me..."
"Well, of course, I'm the only heroic male in this entire story, what'd you expect?"
(Aaaaand cue face-palm...)
*Episode 21- End*