Chapter 2: Statues, Stones, and Sharks.
"WHERE IN SAM HILL HAVE YOU BOYS BEEN?!" Pokey's mother shouted as the three walked through the door. Moon winced, Pokey's mother was stupidly loud, good thing they were the only people who lived in the outskirts of Onett. "Sorry about that Mrs. Minch." Moon said hastily, "Pokey and Picky came over to my house to ask me about the noise." Even if Pokey was bothering Moon, he'd make up anything just so the two wouldn't get so badly beaten. Pokey's mother gave him a death stare making him back up a little. "Is that so...well then...I'll have to think of a suitable punishment. Those two know the rules...if we leave them home alone...they are to stay in the house at all times."
Pokey's father, Aloysius Minch, walked over to them. "I'm so terribly sorry that my kids troubled you so much." he said. "You'll both really be getting it now." Pokey and Picky both bolted upstairs while their father chased after them. Moon heard what could only sound like a severe slap on who knows what multiple times. Aloysius came back downstairs a minute later. "By the way." he added grumpily, "I'd really appreciate it if you left sometime soon." Moon slowly back away, "No need to mention it sir...I-I-I was already on my way out." he said nervously. "I'm really tired of your family living next door. We've loaned your father a lot of money, maybe a hundred thousand dollars or more." Moon started to get really ticked off, "It wasn't that much you idiot." he said bitterly. "WHAT WAS THAT!?" Aloysius shouted. "I said it wasn't that much."
"Well I guess you're right...it really could've been less, but because of that lone, my family and I now live in poverty!" Moon looked around, "You call this poverty?...you've got a freaking 82 inch flat screen TV, not to mention that your wife is wearing a big old diamond ring!" Aloysius towered over him..."THIS IS POVERTY!" he shouted. "Okay fine, whatever...crazy old man." Moon said under his breath. Mrs. Minch blocked him from exiting. "Please excuse my husband, he's much too lenient with the children. Oh well, nice guys finish last, that's the story of our lives I guess."
"I swear the whole family is crazy." Moon said to himself as he left the house. Buzz Buzz was waiting for him on the Minch's mailbox. "Sorry I took so long." Moon said. The insect fluttered around for a bit, "It's fine Moon, really, but we must make haste, the sun has risen up soon and we need to get going. You need to begin your great adventure to defeat Giygas." Moon could only look at the insect, "Buzz Buzz, with all due respect, how do I kill Giygas?" The insect buzzed around. "To defeat Giygas, your own power must unite with the Earth's. Earth will then channel your power and multiply it." Moon blinked. "So...how do I do that?" he asked. "To do so, there are eight points that you must visit, make those your own." Buzz Buzz replied. "Each of them will become "Your Sanctuary" in fact one of them is right here in Onett. It is called Giant Step. We must go there first. Do you understand? Moon was a little confused at this point. "I understand Buzz Buzz, just one question. How do I find Giant Step and, more importantly, how do I make it my own? It sounds like these places would be really well hidden and heavily protected."
The insect buzzed. "You would be correct in that assumption" It said as they walked back up the hill to Lier's house. "But if you look you can actually see it now, look down the side of the mountain." Moon glanced at the side of the mountain, in the distance he could see a giant footprint carved out in the ground. "Oh I get it...Giant Step...very clever name." he said. The insect landed on his shoulder, "Now to answer your question about how to make them your own, here let me give you this." The bug held out a stone which Moon took. "Um...what is this?" he asked. "That Moon, is the Sound Stone, you can use it to record the melodies of the eight "Your Sanctuary" locations into this stone, you can listen to them at anytime, and you can also share them with the others when you meet up with them. It's a pretty awesome item."
Moon looked at the stone in his hand. "So what you're telling me, is that I use this stone to absorb the power of the Earth?" he asked. "Correct, I can explain the whole thing again if your still confused." "No thanks I think I understand." Moon said as they arrived at Lier's house. "So why did we come here?" Buzz Buzz asked. "We need to get going, your friends are waiting." Moon frowned, "Lier said he wanted to show me something, I promised I'd come check it out. Besides, those "friends I've never met" can wait a little longer, considering you don't know who they are either." "Fair enough." Buzz Buzz said.
Moon entered Lier's house. There was a giant hole in the middle of the floor with a ladder. "I'm doing this cause I trust you Moon. First let's go to the basement." Lier said Moon glanced at the hole uncomfortably. "Ah! I can tell by the look on your face that you don't want to hang out, do you? That's all right, I understand. After all, we aren't even related. I know you may think I'm a big liar, my name probably doesn't help, but maybe I'll surprise you." he said going down the ladder. "Are you sure you want to follow him Moon?" Buzz Buzz asked. Moon nodded and went down the ladder.
Moon climbed down the ladder into a really big tunnel. Right next to the ladder was some of Lier's digging tools. After walking through a long tunnel, Moon came to a side where Lier was standing, waiting for him. "So Moon, buddy," he said "I found proof of a great treasure, a huge haul." Moon laughed. Lier was a treasure hunter who constantly thought he constantly found something unique or ancient. Most of the time though, it was a bunch of garbage. "Ya, hah, hah, very funny." Lier scowled. "I'll show you, but you're the only one. C'mon now." he said motioning for Moon to follow. Moon entered through a doorway and he saw a magnificent, shiny, golden statue with...horns...holding a sword downwards...with red ruby crested eyes. Moon thought he was dreaming yet again, but nope that statue was as real Buzz Buzz was. Moon stared at the statue in awe. It walk glowing strangely it gave off some sort of vibe similar to that of the animals. Moon also felt like it was staring into his soul as well.looked at the statue's base, it read: Mani Mani Statue.
Lier looked at him excitedly. "Moon if this is a sign of what lies below, I just need a little time. My destiny is to find and dig up the buried treasure. I'll eat more garlic and workout to help strengthen myself." Moon continued to stare at the statue. "You can go home now." Lier said, you're getting in the way of my work. You may start to get greedy thoughts if you stay here longer. "Let's get outta here." Buzz Buzz whispered, "This Mani Mani Statue is giving me the creeps." Moon nodded. "Well good luck Lier, I hope you find that buried treasure." Moon said as he walked back through the tunnel.
Moon and Buzz Buzz walked out into the sunlight and made their way down the hill. "Um Buzz Buzz do you mind if we make one last quick stop at home so I can say goodbye to my family?" Moon asked. "No I guess not." Buzz Buzz replied. "You should probably let them know that you're leaving." As Moon arrived at the front of his house he suddenly heard a loud crack. He turned around only to find a man wearing glasses, a suit, with a top hat, he also had a camera.
"Who the hell are you?" Moon asked. "Pictures taken instantaneously! I'm a photographic genius, if I do say so myself!" the man said. "Okay, get ready for an instant memory look at the camera Ready? Say FUZZY PICKLES!" Moon was taken aback "Wait hold on, I don't have any money and I'm not ready to take a pic-" the man ignored him and snapped a photo. "Wow! What a great photograph it will always bring back the fondest of memories." he said. Moon blinked do to the flash of the camera, when he refocused himself, and the man was gone. "Buzz Buzz please tell me you saw that." Moon said. "Yeah I saw it." Buzz Buzz said. "What a strange man."
Moon entered his house. "Oh you're back." his mother said. "Don't bother talking at the moment, mothers understand these types of things, why don't you eat some of your favorite Cake and scott off to bed. Moon gladly accepted the cake, it was his favorite food after all. But he still had something he wanted to tell his Mom. "Mom, I want to go out and explore the world...and hopefully make some friends...is that alright?" his mother smiled. "You're father and I always knew that one day you'd want to go on an adventure. Sure you can go." Moon could hardly believe his ears. "You're kidding right?" he asked. "No I'm not...I just got off the phone with your father, he said that he thinks your old enough to explore the world on your own. So go out there and be the best person you can be." his mother said smiling. "Just remember to call me and your father, every once and awhile if you feel homesick." Moon smiled and hugged his mother goodbye. Patted King on the head, and headed out the door.
"So now," Buzz Buzz said, "let's make our way to Giant Step" Moon set off down the road to the town of Onett. "So we need to get to that mountain side." Buzz Buzz said. Let's try to go through that house I saw near the entrance to that mountain cave. Moon nodded, "Yeah I've heard about that house. It's supposed to be the traveling entertainers shack...or something like that." They arrived at the shack were two people wearing bright red were both standing anxiously by the door." Moon looked at them curiously. "Can you believe that they locked us out of our own house?" one of the guys said. "I know what a drag, we can't change into our entertainers clothes and the hotels are way too expensive."
"Um what's going on?" Moon asked the two of them. "Oh were just a little on edge cause city hall locked our house and now we can't enter it to change." they responded. "Why do you care?" "I was kind of hoping I could check out that footprint at the top of the mountain." Moon said. "Sorry kid," the entertainers said. "No can do, apparently some punk named Frank trashed our house and now it's under investigation, but since the sharks keep causing mayhem...the police can't do anything about it."
Moon walked back towards Onett, "That's a little bothersome." Moon said. "Maybe if we could stop the sharks...we could get the key...I've heard the mayor say on TV that he'll do anything if someone could put an end to the sharks mayhem all over town." Buzz Buzz buzzed around. "Moon, unfortunately I can't help you fight...as an insect I'm getting old quickly...there are still some important things I need to discuss with you when the time comes...so you're kind of on your own fighting." Moon inwardly groaned. Buzz Buzz had taken care of the Starman Junior so easily that he had hoped that Buzz Buzz would've continue helped him fight. "It's alright Buzz Buzz, I understand." Moon said.
Moon walked into the town of Onett, instantly he smelled his favorite burger shop cooking the burgers he loved to eat dearly. He figured if his father gave him enough money he could buy some to eat on his adventure with his...friends...Moon wasn't really sure what to think of these friends...he had never had any...other than whatever his status with Pokey was.
A man wearing purple with a hula hoop knocked Moon on the back of the head. "You've got some nerve walking in this part of town kiddo." he said laughing hysterically. "NOW GET OUT!" he shouted swinging the hula-hoop at Moon again. Moon ducked out of the range of the hula-hoop and swung his bat at the man. It struck his side causing him to shout out in pain. "HOW DARE YOU!" He shouted. "Boy I am a yes man junior!" Moon blinked. You're um...what?" The man looked furious behind his purple jester mask. "A yes man junior...a ranked member of the sharks." Moon didn't remember the sharks having ranks...or different outfits for that matter, but he did need to find out where the leader of the gang was. "Anyways...enough talk boy. I'm about to hit you into next-" he was cut off as Moon hit him again with the cracked bat. The Yes Man Junior fell to the ground. Moon felt pretty proud of himself..he had just taken out a member of the sharks...something that the police even struggled to do. However, his victory was short lived as his foot was run over by someone on skateboard. "WATCH IT!" Moon shouted. The man on the skateboard stopped rolling on and turned around
"Kid do you want to start a fight or what." the man on the skateboard asked. "You ran over my foot." Moon said. The man noticed the Yes Man Junior on the ground…"Okay boy explain yourself." He said angrily. "Explain what?" Moon asked. "EXPLAIN WHY A SHARK IS LYING ON THE GROUND UNCONSCIOUS!" the man shouted. "Well..um...you see." Moon began. "You did this didn't you!" the man asked furiously. "KID YOU NEED TO LEARN SOME RESPECT!" He flipped his skateboard around and charged straight towards Moon, who jumped out of the way before he got there. Well this is great, Moon thought, how am I supposed to beat him if he's going to keep charging and turning around on that skateboard. The Skate Punk turned the board around again and hit him from behind. Moon was now on the street as the Skate Punk charged at him yet again. Swiftly Moon grabbed his cracked bat and swung it at the legs of Skate Punk flipping him off his skateboard, the punk landed in the bushes outside of the Onett Arcade.
Moon was pretty bent out of shape...he was exhausted since the Sharks at hit him quite hard. Unfortunately his troubles weren't over yet. "Kid do you wanna meet Frank?" A man on a pogo stick asked. "You don't want Frank to beat you up, do you?" Moon stared in confusion. "Who's Frank?" This made the man furious. "Frank is the leader of the sharks...kid you've gotta learn your way around Onett." He bounced on his pogo stick and hopped over to Moon at a swift speed. Moon knew there was no time to move out of the way...but then he felt something powerful awaken inside him...it was telling him to say something...something new...something helpful! "PSI Hypnosis α!" He shouted. The man suddenly collapsed off the pogo stick and fell to the ground unconscious. Moon stayed put for a few seconds before breathing a sigh of relief."
"Buzz Buzz...what did I just use?" Moon asked. "The insect buzzed excitedly. "You learned how to use PSI Hypnosis α, it's a type of PSI power that makes enemies fall asleep, "What's with the alpha?" Moon asked. "There are certain levels of PSI Moon, Alpha is the weakest, then Sigma, Beta, Gamma, and finally Omega." "So why not just use the omega version all the time?" Moon asked. "You do not have access to the Omega version of Hypnosis." Buzz Buzz stated, "At least not yet...as you grow stronger you'll master these powers and they'll grow stronger, for example Lifeup alpha only heals one person just a little bit...but Beta will heal one person for a lot more."
Moon skeptically looked at the insect. "This sounds like I'm playing a video game...I can't unlock more powers until I get stronger...those powers that I unlock are stronger than the previous powers." The insect flew over to his face, "Think of however you wish..but that is how PSI powers work." Moon shrugged, he didn't know how useful putting people to sleep was considering he'd probably be whacking them with a bat right after. If he was being honest, when PSI powers came to mind, he thought of powerful magic attacks like maybe shooting fire. Not healing and putting people to sleep. Speaking of healing, he still felt really weak and Lifeup could certainly come in handy about now.
"Hey um Buzz Buzz...how do I...use these powers?" he asked. "There are ways to use PSI powers. To use helpful in battle ones like hypnosis and shield, you must say PSI followed by that word and the level you wish to use. For healing ones like Lifeup...you must concentrate your thoughts on healing...your hand will flash green and you move it around you to heal specific parts of your body. If you want a quick heal of the entire body, place your hand on your head. Would you like me to explain that again?" Moon shook his head, "No thanks Buzz Buzz, I got it." Concentrating on using Lifeup Alpha, Moon finally made his hand flash green. Remembering what Buzz Buzz told him, he placed it on his head. He felt the same warm sensation go through him yet again and he felt stronger after it stopped.
"So now that you're better." Buzz Buzz said, "Maybe now we should focus on finding this Frank fellow." Moon nodded, however he quickly glanced at the arcade, he remembered coming here by himself to play some of the games that were in there. You had Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and his personal favorite Galaga. He remember spending countless hours playing that game trying to get the high score...which he finally did after a few days of playing. However he noticed a few more Yes Man Juniors inside of the arcade. "Buzz Buzz, I think I may have found out where their Frank is."
Moon and Buzz Buzz entered the arcade, immediately they were jumped on by another Pogo Punk. "It was you! YOU beat up my buddy didn't you? You'd better just beat it!" he said. Moon simply whacked the pogo stick with his bat causing the Punk to fall face first onto the floor. "Well that was too easy." Moon said. "Seriously fighting on top of a pogo stick is just so stupid." Buzz Buzz laughed, "Well Moon the world is full of crazy people, but that doesn't give you the right to let your guard down, your adventure will only get more dangerous as you continue to advance onwards, don't forget you'll also have the help and support of your friends."
Moon smiled but on the inside he couldn't help but be worried...any attempts he had to make friends in the past had blown up horribly...he didn't understand why, but everyone just found him..weird. It went without saying that Pokey's other friends certainly didn't like that he was always around with them at school...he always felt alone...isolated...confused...he wasn't a bad person..yet he never understood why people hung out with jerks and bullies...sure he hung out with Pokey, who in of himself, was a bully to people, but Moon didn't feel as if he was truly Pokey's "friend" he never really participated with Pokey's antics, he was usually the one who came to the rescue whenever something went horribly wrong, which was all the damn time, he'd tell Pokey to get the hell out of the other people's business before things got worse. That was about all he did...then he'd usually have to deal with the ridicule of all kids that were so angry with him, because they didn't get to slap Pokey into next year. He had tried to make good with some of Pokey's buddies...but they just weren't really into the whole...be friends with the guy who keeps us out of trouble every other day. There was a reason he was labeled as "Pokey's Bodyguard." if it wasn't for him, Pokey would probably be dead by this point.
"Is something wrong?" Buzz Buzz asked snapping him back to reality. "No...I was just...thinking about what you said." Moon responded. He approached the back door to the arcade which a Yes Man Junior stood in front of. "Hey kid you wanna become a member?" he asked. "Um sure I guess..where's your leader?" Moon said. "Come back after you've finished EarthBound." Finish EarthBound? That was a weird requirement...was it a new video game or something, Moon wondered. "On second thought no thanks." Moon said. "Don't be such a snob kid." the Yes Man Junior said preparing himself for a fight. Moon simply whacked him over the head with the bat.
Moon walked outside he now stood in a backyard where a man wearing a dark red and white striped suit. He had long golden hair...and he also wore some black sunglasses. There was also a strange machine that resembled a tank with fists behind him, the man who Moon could only assume was Frank, was tinkering with it as Moon approached him.
"A little more and...done." Frank said. "Alright Frankystein Mark 2! You and I are gonna wreck havoc on the streets of Onett." Through the reflection of his sunglasses he saw a boy with a bat behind him, he turned around with a smile on his face. "Hello little boy...I'm Frank...and you are?" Moon didn't know how to respond to this...if he told Frank his name...Frank could probably track down his family if Moon didn't defeat him in a fight "C'mon can't you at least say your name?" Frank asked. Moon stayed silent, and to his dismay...he wished he hadn't. Frank swiftly whipped out two knives, "Oh you've gotta be kidding." Moon said to himself.
Frank charged brandishing his two knives. Moon swiftly jumped away from his knives range. "What's wrong kid? Yah scared?" Frank asked. "Yah should be, I've been mastering the art of the blade for years!" he said swinging a knife at Moon. Moon felt the blade ever so slightly graze his hand Moon looked at his hand, there was a slight cut in the center. Come on think, Moon said to himself, there's no way I could whack him my bat without getting cut severely...if only there was some way to stop him...in his...tracks...I know! "PSI Hypnosis α!" Moon shouted. Instantly Frank's eyelids blinked and he stood there dazed. "Good thinking Moon." Buzz Buzz said. "Now let him have it." Moon slowly walked over to Frank, "Batter Up!" He said swinging his bat at Frank
SMAAASH!
Frank woke up with a huge throbbing pain, "You..ergh" he said holding his head. "You think you're soooo smart." he said. "But I'm Fail-proof Frank Fly, I CAN'T BE BEATEN! Now child fear the wrath of Frankystein Mark 2!" he said pressing a button on a remote control that he pulled out. Suddenly the robot that Frank had been tinkering with started to sputter and shake. "Oh...hell...no." Moon said as the robot charged towards him. It threw a punch that he was not ready for blowing him back into the wall of the arcade. Moon's vision became shaky as he tried to process what was going on...then he felt something warm...not the same warm sensation he had felt when using lifeup...more of a wet...warm sensation..steamy if anything. He concentrated quickly on lifeup, and moved his hand over to his head, instantly he felt refurbished. The robot was charging at him again this time he was ready and quickly jumped away from the punch. The robot smashed into the wall of arcade...but that didn't matter it didn't do much damage to it. Then it let out a giant burst of steam.
"Moon," Buzz Buzz said. "The robot needs to let out a bunch of steam before it can attack again, use that to your advantage!" "What you can't help me?" Moon snapped. "Is now really the time?" Buzz Buzz asked. "Fine, but you owe me an explanation after this." The robot once again charged at him and Moon jumped out of the way yet again. This time however, he made his move at the robot striking it from behind with his bat. It didn't do much damage and Moon could tell that this was not going to be easy. The robot turned around and, yet again, let off a giant burst of steam. However Moon took notice to the fact that there was a little glassy center to the robot that was generating the steam from. "Okay Frank." he said to himself, "Let's watch your machine go boom!"
The robot let off a punch that Moon ducked under. Then, using all his remaining strength, swung his bat at the center of the robot.
KA-BOOM!
The robot exploded into hundreds of pieces, but the force of the explosion also threw Moon back as well. Moon couldn't think straight as he collapsed on the ground. "Moon..you need to get up." Buzz Buzz said. Weakly, Moon got up off the ground, he was shaky...he had not expected a huge explosion to follow up after hitting the robot.
Frank walked over to him. "I must say kid, you've bested me...believe it or not this is my first defeat...are you alright?" Moon shook his head trying to focus himself. "YOU NEARLY KILLED ME!" he shouted. "I'm sorry kid...I...I'm not sure what came over me...I guess I couldn't bear being Failure-Frank." "He doesn't realize that he was under Giygas' influence." Buzz Buzz whispered to Moon. Sinking in Moon couldn't help but feel bad for Frank...he had nearly killed him, but he was under Giygas' control...so in reality...he didn't know what he was doing.
"Anyway, somehow I know you've been asking around, so I'll tell you a little about Giant Step...it...seems...to be quite a powerful spot. Some kind of...special power is stored there that allows certain people to perform wondrous feats." Moon nodded, "Thanks Frank...is there anything else?" he asked. Frank thought about it for a second. "Oh yeah," he said after a minute. "Apparently some monster sucked up all the energy from that spot...it's now guarding that spot at full force so it'll be quite difficult to get there. This is however, all I know." Moon nodded. "I understand...but um...one problem...you kind of trashed the place and now it's locked, I can't get in."
Frank frowned. "That...is a serious problem." he said. "Oh wait I remember, Pirkle, the mayor Onett, has a key to the shack, he might give it to you if you were to perform some extraordinary feat." Moon thought about this for a second. "Frank...could you maybe...disband the Sharks? I really need to get into Giant Step and maybe you disbanding the Sharks would be enough to make the mayor give me the key." Frank stared at him in shock for a few minutes. "You know what kid...you've become stronger than I, I can tell that you've got some important business to do so just for you...I'll do it.
Moon stared in disbelief, he had expected this to be harder. "Really?" he asked. "Yep." Frank said. "And you don't want anything in return?" "Well, you could tell me your name." Frank said. "I told the Sharks that if anyone could beat me in a fight, I'd disband them...so...I kind of need your name." Moon couldn't believe his luck...all he had to do was tell the man his name...and he'd be good to go. "Um...my name is Moon." he said. Frank gave him a look that made Moon question whether or not he was going to believe this. "Moon...huh...well Moon, your adventure is only just beginning, if you ever need some advice or support you can always come find me here." Moon smiled, "Thanks Frank..this really means a lot." "Also, just for your sake, I recommend you get yourself a better bat." Frank said pointing at the cracked bat. "I heard the department store is having a sale on Tee Ball Bats, it'll certainly deal more damage than that cracked one of yours." Moon got the same videogame like sensation again, "Thanks for the advice Frank." he said.
Moon exited out of the arcade and walked towards the department store. "So Buzz Buzz, why didn't you help me fight the robot?" Moon asked. The insect was still on his shoulder, "Moon as an insect, I don't live as long as humans." he said. "I'm conserving my energy to help you against that sanctuary guardian just incase. After you've claimed your first sanctuary, I probably won't be able to guide you much further." Moon realized what this meant, "So...you're dying?" he asked. "Yes, I am dying...but I'm not leaving you without figuring out who you're other friends are and when you'll meet them. In a way, I'm kind of trying to pinpoint who and where the other "chosen ones" are." Buzz Buzz replied. "You're becoming a very special boy Moon...keep going in the direction I've set you in. Don't worry about me, not even lifeup can save me at this point." Moon was upset that he was losing his guide...but he didn't want to show fear or doubt. There was prophecy that had been true so far...if he had to complete the adventure without his guide, so be it.
Moon arrived at the department store and opened the door. "Welcome!" a man from behind the counter said. Moon smiled and said hello to the man and went over to the payphone and he called his dad he needed to know how much money he had. "Moon...is that you?" his father asked. "It's your dad speaking." "Hello dad," Moon responded, "how much money do I have in my account?" "Ah going out on a little adventure I see, lemme check...I've deposited $500 into your bank account." Moon nearly had a heart attack when he heard this. "$500? Dad why did you deposit so much?" "I'm making more money than you think kiddo, believe me I've got money to spare...your mother told me that you were heading out on some sort of adventure so I figured I'd give you a little investment." "Um...Okay then...thanks Dad." Moon said hanging up the phone. "Excuse me sir...how much for a Tee Ball Bat? Moon asked. The cashier rang it up. That'll be $48.00. "Okay thanks a lot!" Moon said handing the man the money. "Would you like us to buy your cracked bat?" the cashier asked. Moon thought about it, but then he remembered that Tracy still needed protection, "Um no thanks...I think I'll hold onto this...just for the memories." "Okie Dokie then have a nice day sir." the cashier said
Moon walked down towards City hall he figured that Frank had enough time to tell the people that the Sharks were no more. He entered into city hall and walked towards the back. Pushing open a door he was met with a staircase and a lady sitting behind a long desk. The lady looked up from her computer. "What's your name? Do you have an appointment?" She asked "My name's Moon." Moon said to her. The lady shrieked with joy, "oh my you're the one who beat up the Sharks!" she said. "Go right on up, Mayor Pirkle is waiting for you."
Moon walked up the staircase and entered an office full of people. Including a police officer, the second he entered the officer ran up to him, "Thanks so much for all your help." he said shaking Moon's hand. "You're...welcome...I guess." Moon said. "The mayor's over there, the officer said pointing towards a desk where a portly man sat. "Hey, hey, hey! I'm mayor BH. Pirkle. It's so nice to meet you." the man said cheerfully. "Um...nice to meet you too Mr. Mayor." Moon responded. "Kid your a hero, you beat the town bullies, punched them out big time, kicked their butts, bits their heads off, spit in their eyes, and made them wet their pants." Moon rubbed the back of his head. What the hell did Frank tell these people? He wondered. "And to top it all off you forced them to promise not to make any more trouble. For that I am grateful, thank's kid! Is there anything I can do to repay you?" Mayor Pirkle asked. "Um...could I have the key to the touring entertainers shack?" Moon asked. The mayor looked at him like he was expecting something more. Then he began rummaging through the drawer, "You know what, you've got yourself a deal. For someone as great as you, giving you this key could help keep this town safe and peaceful." he said handing Moon a key. Buddy you have no freaking idea, Moon said to himself.