Chapter 7: Runaway To Threed
Moon and Sarah made their way through the cave out of Happy Happy Village and moved through Peaceful Rest Valley. Sarah waited for him to take her hand...but he didn't. "It's dangerous Sarah, the robots and UFOs can give you colds...I don't want to spend a lot of time healing both of us continuously and we only have a limited amount of energy." Sarah rolled her eyes. "Don't be uptight, we'll be fine, I came here all the time to practice using my powers." As they walked over the second bridge Sarah remembered something.
"Moon, how did you get here exactly? The current is too strong for anyone to swim across, the secondary bridge was blocked off by a Pencil Statue, and the first bridge was destroyed by Carpainter." Moon smiled and pulled out a remote, "Apple Kid's invention, it's called the Pencil Eraser...it can destroy anything that looks like a pencil." Sarah looked at him like he was crazy. "That's...incredibly specific...and also way to convenient." she said. Moon suddenly stopped her. "What's wrong?" Moon pointed over towards a tree with eyeballs blocking their path.
"It's just a tree, we can deal with it easily." Sarah said. "Yeah...how about we don't." Moon responded. "Why?" Sarah asked.
Danger!
A UFO whirled around from behind the tree and fired a beam at both of them. They both quickly ducked out of the way. "PSI Freeze α!" Sarah shouted. The UFO was encapsulated by ice and it fell to the ground shattering into pieces. "SARAH!" Moon shouted. She turned around only to find that the tree had moved towards her, it's branches were now pointed towards her like swords. "PSI Rollin α!" Moon shouted. The tree was hit by a multi colored beam it didn't take the tree out but it didn't move. Sarah stood there...did Rollin...freeze it? Moon quickly ran over to her side. "Run!" he said. "Wait why?" she asked.
KA-BOOM!
The tree explode throwing both of them into the side of a cliff. "That's...why." Moon grunted as they stood up. "Are you alright Sarah?" Sarah was pretty taken back from this question. She was holding her head, she had been cut in several places by the rocks, and her leg was probably twisted. "Do I look alright?" She asked him. "Sorry," he said quickly and nervously. "It didn't hurt me as much as you...I was only asking incase you felt like you didn't need healing at the moment." his hand flashed bright green and he ran it over her head. The soreness and cuts from the blow into the cliff vanished instantly and she felt much better.
Suddenly, a familiar tune began to play. They both turned around to see the photo man land on a rock in the center of the river near a waterfall. "Pictures taken instantaneously! I'm a photographic genius if I do say so myself." he said. "Dude, are you following us and just deciding on when to take these?" Moon asked. "Sorry kid I can't tell you my secrets though I must admit you two do make a good couple." the photo man responded. Both Moon and Sarah went red. "Okay now, get read for an instant memory look at the camera say FUZZY PICKLES!" the camera flashed and the man vanished.
"I mean he's not doing anything wrong per say...but I wish he would stop taking photos." Sarah said. "I really don't mind him, as long as he doesn't take a picture somewhere stupid." Moon responded. "Other than that he's not a really a bad guy."
The two finally arrived at the cave the lead them back towards Twoson. "Wow we made it back in like...30 minutes." Moon said. "So what'd we do now?" Sarah asked. "Well, I suppose we can go back to your house...we might as well inform your parents that you're setting off on an adventure with me." She nodded. "Let's not waste anymore time then." she reached for his hand, which he swiftly moved away before she could reach.
"Why won't he hold my hand." Sarah asked herself, "he said he loves me, he should want to hold my hand...did I do something wrong?...he should be used to something like this." Moon could tell that Sarah felt uncomfortable about something. "Are you sure your okay?" he asked. She nodded. "Yeah I'm fine, just thinking about something."
The two arrived at Polestar preschool they were immediately met with the same three kids Moon had seen the day before run over to Sarah squealing with joy. "Sarah you're home!" the boy said. "Where were you...what happened?" Sarah smiled and hugged each of them. "You don't need to know where I was or what happened...what you do need to know is that I'm safe thanks to Moon."
The kids continued to crowd around her. Moon had strangely moved away from all of them, he leaned against the fence and looked at them. Sarah's like...a mother too these kids. he thought. To think all this time...she grew up happy, with friends, she's respected I'm way out of her league. He shook his head. "You need to stop thinking that way." he told himself, "She loves you...this is better than you could've imagined!"
"You keep telling yourself that...but it really is all the same."
"Not you again." Moon said to himself. "Go away, I want nothing to do with this."
"You say that, yet, I keep coming back! I always come back Moon!" It said harshly.
"GO AWAY!" Moon shouted, he was suddenly snapped back to reality. The kids were still huddled around Sarah. Moon shook his head "As I thought, he's back...I can't let her see him, not ever...guess I have no choice but to talk to him later." he said to himself.
The kids eventually let go of Sarah and waved goodbye to her as they walked away. "Are you sure they'll be alright?" Moon asked. Sarah nodded, "Yeah they'll be fine, they all live just up the street...anyways, we should probably talk to my parents and then make our way to Threed."
The two entered the house only to be immediately jumped on by Sarah's mother. "YAHOO! You rescued Sarah!" She cheered. "Thank you Moon, I can't explain it, but somehow I know that with Sarah's miraculous powers and your great courage will allow you two to stand up to any challenge." Moon grinned, it felt nice to not be yelled at immediately by an adult. "You're father just heard about what happened, he's apologized to Everdread for suspecting him." Sarah smiled "That's good, I've been telling you guys for years that he's not a bad guy...speaking of which, where is dad?" he mother laughed. "Where do you think your father is, he's still looking for you, I told him not to be such a worrier but you know him...um Moon, if he seems off set or acts weird...he has it in his head that you want a little action with Sarah...so sorry ahead of time if that conversation goes south." Moon went red.
"Um...yeah...about that." Moon said. Sarah's mother raised an eyebrow. "Sarah...did you two?" Sarah went bright red. "Yeah, we kissed." her mother shook her head. "Sarah your father's not ready die...and I'm pretty sure Moon shouldn't be put in this position...you know what your father will do!" Sarah's mother responded. Sarah went deep red. "Yeah...I know...but I do love him Mom, and he loves me back." Her mother starred into Moon's eyes in silence for a little before saying. "Moon, you have my approval to date Sarah...my husband will probably be home soon so I recommend you think about what you should say to him...he can be...challenging."
When her mother left the two in the dining room, Sarah immediately turned to Moon with a panicky voice. "Moon I'm so sorry for this...I should've…" Moon held up his hand. "I'll be fine Sarah." he said. "But you saw how my father reacted when I went missing, he wasn't too fond of you when I first told them about you, Moon he's going to EAT YOU ALIVE!" almost on cue, Moon heard her father's voice. "THEY DID WHAT!"
The door to dining room swung open at light speed and Sarah's father entered the room. Moon could tell he was doing his best to stay calm in front of her. "Sarah...go to your room, I want to talk to Moon one on one!" he gritted. "Dad please...No Sarah! I want to get to "know" your boyfriend before I approve of this, I'm already irritated that you two locked lips already so unless you want me to start shouting at you...I recommend you wait in your room until this is over." Sarah glanced at Moon with worry, he simply smiled and nodded. "Yes...dad." Sarah said hesitantly, "I'll wait."
When Sarah had gone upstairs and Moon had heard the door click shut Sarah's father turned to him. "Okay kid...prove yourself to be worthy for Sarah. Just answer a few questions for me." Moon knew what was coming, and frankly he didn't want to answer any of them, but he also wanted to be with Sarah. Thankfully, he had one trick that he could pull.
"Sir, if it's all the same to you...I'd like to just take a hard pass on your questions. I don't think I'm worthy enough to love Sarah anyways...I can sense when I'm outmatched...so if you want to pull the plug, you have my full support." Her father gave him a look of disbelief, "Sarah said you two were bound by your hearts...and this is the answer you give!" he asked. "Well...yeah...I mean, Sarah's clearly way out of my league...you obviously don't want me to be with her...and if I'm being honest...STOP!" her father shouted interrupting him.
"I don't know what type of mind game you think you could play on me but…" Moon didn't even want to bother with this. "Sir I assure you that what I told you is far from me trying to play a trick on you...just know that I care deeply for your daughter and she cares for me...but you get the final say, so if you want to stop this...that's fine by me." her father sighed. "You're...special, I don't think I've ever seen anything like you."
Sarah walked back downstairs. "Dad, I want you to know that…" her father held up a hand to silence her. "Moon thank you, you definitely are the boy who will save the world, like in Sarah's dream. Sarah, I'm sure you'll be a big help to Moon...It's not everyday that a father lets his daughter embark on a journey to save the world...and with her boyfriend no less." Sarah's eyes widened, "You mean...he has your approval?" she asked in disbelief. Her father nodded. Sarah squealed so loudly Moon thought she might shatter a window. "THANK YOU!" she shouted hugging her father. "Just please, go pack your things then you two can continue onwards." he said. Sarah nodded and ran upstairs faster than light.
"Moon promise me this." her father said to him. "No matter what happens between both of you, whether your in love or not, keep her safe, she is your number one priority in all situations...do you understand." Moon nodded, "I promise I'll protect her until the end of time itself."
Sarah came back downstairs, nearly tripping because of her speed. "Be careful," he father said. "I'll still worry about you." Sarah shook her head. "Don't worry about me. Moon and I can take care of ourselves...according to the voice, we meet another friend in Threed. If we combine our power, no one can beat us! Now wipe your eyes, blow your nose, and smile before we take off." her father nodded sadly, "Goodbye Sarah, don't worry I won't cry anymore!"
The couple exited out into the afternoon sunlight, "What time is it?" Moon asked her. "When I checked my clock in my bedroom it was only two, it's only a 30 minute bus ride to Threed...so, I think we can get their."
"Hey are you Moon?" a person wearing red asked. "Yeah why?" Moon asked. "Everdread is looking for you, he said he's got something to give to yeh." Moon facepalmed, he had forgotten about Everdread, good thing this person came to tell him. The man ran off towards Burglin Park.
"So you met Everdread?" Sarah asked. "He's such a nice guy isn't he...everyone thinks that he's a criminal but I've talked with him, he's just lonely." Moon nodded, "Yeah he's not bad, if you don't mind Sarah, before we meet with Everdread, I want to thank Apple Kid for his invention."
The two arrived at his house and knocked on the door. Apple kid opened it eagerly, "Hey Moon, wow you rescued Sarah! Good job!" he said. "What can I do for you?" Moon shrugged. "I wanted to thank you for the Pencil Eraser, it actually was pretty useful, without it, I wouldn't have been able to rescue Sarah!" Apple kid looked at him with skepticism? "Are you saying that to be nice?" he asked. "No I'm not, I hope you keep making inventions...we'll be on our way to Threed so if you want send us inventions be sure to give us a call." Apple kid saluted. "I won't let you down buddy." he said. "Also here, take this." he handed Moon a broken machine. "This is a Counter PSI Unit...I found it in Burglin Park, It's a bit broken but I've heard that a kid named Erick might be able to fix it...if you ever meet him, be sure to give this to him." Moon took the machine from him. "Thanks Apple Kid." Sarah said sweetly. "Moon your backpack is probably pretty full, I'll hold onto that for now." Moon nodded and handed it to her.
"Hey wait did you two say you were heading to Threed?" Apple kid asked. "Dude the buses have stopped going there." Moon and Sarah were both horrified, "What why?" they asked. "Apparently ghosts in the tunnel won't let anyone in...but don't worry there is a way to get past them!" Apple kid said. "It's just a hunch, but I think they might not like upbeat and groovy music, you know things like Rock and Roll! When I was walking through the tunnel one evening, I was listening to the Runaway Five's newest hit, and the ghosts stayed clear of me for awhile."
"Hmm..thanks for the tip Apple Kid." Moon said. The two began their trek towards Burglin Park. "Well this is really good!" Sarah said. "We can ask the Runaway Five to help us they can drive us in their tour bus over to Threed!" Moon shook his head. "One problem, the manager of the theater is holding them their until they pay off their debt...not sure how high that debt is, but I doubt we'll be able to afford it!" Sarah frowned, "Damn," she said. "I was really hoping I'd get to meet them." Moon suddenly remember something. "Actually they've wanted to meet you too Sarah...I'll take you to Chaos Theater after we meet with Everdread, that can be our first date!"
Sarah squealed with delight, "You become a better boyfriend by the minute!" she said. Moon went red, "Yeah...sure." he mumbled. Sarah thought he was going to take her hand but yet again, he didn't. Maybe he'll hold it during the concert? She thought. The couple arrived in Burglin Park and made their way towards Everdreads house. Moon knocked on the door, it was opened a minute later and Everdread pulled them inside.
The inside of his house was small, it was one story and there wasn't much inside. Everdread sat them down on a sofa and sat in a recliner chair in front of them.
"Listen here Moon...I was going to ask you to be my partner. But I know you'll refuse, it's written all over your face...plus your with Sarah now...take good care of her." the couple looked at each other then at him, "Mr. Everdread." Sarah said. "What did you want to give us?" Everdread nodded. "Wise girl, she always remembers, Moon if you had accepted I was going to give you some money. But I actually can't keep the money now anyway. Let me give this to you." he withdrew a huge wad of dollar bills and handed it to Moon. Moon and Sarah's eyes became the size of golf balls. "It's 10,000 dollars, you can use it anyway you like!"
"Everdread, we can't take this!" Moon said. "Actually you kind of have too...you can't refuse my generosity! Just accept it." he said smiling boldly. Moon took the wad of bills and placed it in his hoodie pocket. "Um Everdread." Sarah asked. "This money is legally yours right?" Everdread laughed hysterically, "That's for me to know and for you to never find out!" he said. Moon gave Sarah a nervous look.
"Now with that outta the way, I plan on looking for the Mani Mani Statue, that Lier X. Agerrate unearthed in Onett, I've heard it can be sold for quite a high price. I'll see you too in another time, another space." he said. Moon and Sarah waved goodbye to Everdread and left the house.
"Well this is fantastic, we're probably holding onto illegal money, maybe even counterfeit!" Moon said as they made their way to Chaos Theater. "I mean...it can't be counterfeit, but we should still hold onto it just incase." Sarah said. Lucky and Gorgeous were still hanging outside. "Must be a break in between shows." Moon said. "I'm surprised that people aren't crowding them!" Sarah said looking at them. "Probably almost showtime, let's hurry."
The two walked over to Gorgeous and Lucky who immediately turned over to Sarah. "Wow, you actually came here with her! Good on you playboy." Lucky said "Tell you what, since you two are probably big fans, we'll give you a backstage pass, you can come talk to us before the show if you'd like. We gotta get in there though, it's nearly showtime!" the two men ran into the theater.
"Well...whoop de do." Moon said. "I guess that means I don't have to pay for tickets." "Moon this is perfect, we can ask them how much debt their in! If we're lucky, maybe it won't be that high and we can help pay it off...then they could get us to Threed!" Sarah responded. "Well we might as well go then, if we wanna get to Threed."
Then they heard music once more. "Oh come on really! Twice in one day?" Moon asked. The photo man landed on the ground, "You two know the drill, Pictures taken instantaneously I'm a photographic genius if I do say so myself! Okay get read for an instant memory look at the camera. Ready? Say Fuzzy Pickles!" the camera flashed causing both of them to blink, the Photo man disappeared. "Well, it's a picture of our first date...so...this gets a pass." Moon said.
The two entered into Chaos Theater. "Tickets please!" The woman behind the counter said. "Moon showed her the backstage pass, she nodded and let both of them through the door. "The show will start in about 10 minutes you all can go into their dressing room if you wanna meet them." she called after them. "Very good." Moon said.
The two walked into the concert hall where there were still a bunch of open tables. "We'll grab one later, for now we need to know how much debt their in." Sarah said. As they approached the dressing room door, a girl in about her late teens stepped in front of them. "Lucky from the Runaway Five said I could go backstage...only problem is I lost my pass, I heard that you two have one...could I please come with you...I'm sure security will stop me if I try without one."
"What security." Moon asked. "There's literally no one guarding the dressing room!" "Excuse my boyfriend." Sarah said pulling him aside. "Moon she's a crazy fan girl, she just wants to desperately go backstage to bug them. We can't bring her with us." Moon turned back to the girl who was giving them a look that he knew all too well, it said "Do it...or else!" "I don't think she's gonna leave us alone if we don't" Moon whispered, Sarah sighed, "Fine she can come."
"Fine we'll take you backstage." Moon said. "Really, thanks, this rocks...I'll pose as your older sister. Let's go, ooo my heart is pounding!"
The three entered into the dressing room where the girl immediately jumped towards one of the members. She shrieked so loudly that the other member came running over. "OH NO WHO THE HELL LET HER BACK IN HERE!" Lucky shouted. "Sorry, she wouldn't leave us alone unless we did." Moon said. Gorgeous sighed. "It's alright kid, so you came here with Sarah, that's pretty cool, but I assume that both of you have a lot of questions correct?" they both shook their heads. "No...then...why'd you two come back here?" Lucky asked.
"We need to get to Threed," Sarah said. "But the ghosts won't allow anyone through, our friend said we could probably get their if we played loud and upbeat music...so we were hoping you all could maybe drive us there." Lucky peered at them from behind his glasses. "Listen kid we'd love to help you, but we've been stuck in this dump for years...and our manager Poochyfud, isn't gonna let use go until we pay off our debt!"
"How high in debt are you?" Moon asked. "We owe him 10,000 dollars!" Gorgeous said. "If I had that money, I could pay off my debt and move over to the next town." Moon and Sarah looked at each other, "We happen to have 10,000 dollars...it was a um...reward for helping the police. We could pay off your debts for you." Lucky raised his eyebrows, "if you really could, please do it, we'll drive you to Threed if you can get us outta here." Moon and Sarah nodded. "So after the show you all talk to the manager and give him the money. Tomorrow, we'll drive you two to Threed." Lucky said. "Our show doesn't end till 10 and we might need to make some repairs to the old tour bus I hope that's not a problem." Moon shook his head, "Sounds good to us...come on Sarah let's give them some space and get a table.
The couple sat down around one at a table near the back of the hall. "So we gotta wait until tomorrow, little unfortunate but we'll take what we can get." Moon said. A waitress came up the table, "May I get you two something to drink?" she asked politely. "Yeah we'll both take a Coke," Moon replied. "Okay." the waitress said before walking away.
Sarah was eagerly looking around the theater, she had never been to a concert before and the fact that her first one was also her first date was too much to handle. The stage was well crafted and there were already some instruments on the stage...two microphones stood on the stage as well. Then she caught the eye of another boy around her age. "No not now," she said to herself. To her great relief, a speaker started to announce the start of the show.
"Yeah baby that's right! Tonight, you got the Chaos Theater's Soul Men comin' at ya! Rockin and Rollin live on this stage for a limited time only! The world's greatest Bluesmen, the Runaway Five! And here they come! Oh yeah! Baby! "
"Here are your drinks," the waitress said setting two glasses of soda down on the table. They both watched the Runaway five perform their song, Lucky and Gorgeous were both singing. One person was playing a guitar, another had a keyboard, A saxophone player, and a drummer. "I thought there were only five members." Moon said. "Oh yeah, the keyboard player isn't an original member...he joined very recently." Sarah responded.
Sarah waited for him to take her hand...but he didn't. "Okay this is getting worrisome," Sarah said to herself. "Why doesn't he want to hold my hand?" Moon continued to stare at the stage in silence, Sarah had a strange suspicion that he wasn't really enjoying the concert, he had told her he wasn't a music person. "Sarah?" "Yes Moon?" "I'm going to get a refill...are you okay?" he asked. "Yeah, I'm fine...you go on ahead." she responded.
"You know what...I've had enough," she said to herself. "Why is he acting so strange, I want him to hold my hand...but he won't...I want to know why." She knew he probably wouldn't want her to ask here, so she had to figure out a better time to ask him.
"Heh, hey beautiful" a voice said. "Ugh...please no," she said to herself. A boy with jet black hair took the seat on her left. "Fancy seeing you here all alone, did you sneak out of your parents house?" the boy asked. "Go away Dan," Sarah scoffed. "Why? You're here all alone, you may need someone to protect you, people can get quite crazy in here." Dan said slyly. "I have a boyfriend creep." she said.
Dan was a kid she absolutely despised. He was a jock, and pretty handsome one to, girls clung to him to like metal to a magnet. But he was also a complete jerk, he'd talk down to other kids, he was a complete bully, and to top it all off he was quite arrogant. He also cared way too much about his hair. He'd constantly smooth talk others and he was quite good at getting himself and her alone. It also didn't help that his family was quite wealthy. Sarah always felt like he had something wrong with him she also had a feeling that he stalked her as well.
"Please you don't have a boyfriend." Dan said harshly. "I'm the perfect match for you Sarah...you and I would be perfect together." he continued placing an arm around her. "Hands off me you little creep." she snapped shoving him off her. "I hate you, you're a giant pain, and a complete jerk!" Dan laughed, "Don't kid yourself beautiful...everyone tells you that I'd be the perfect boyfriend for you, your parents, the preschoolers, your friends...so why don't you just make it official?" Unfortunately for Sarah, this was true, everyone and their moms told her that Dan would be perfect for her.
"I will never love you," Sarah said angrily. "You are the biggest jerk I've ever met, which says a lot. You don't know what the hell I've been through but I can assure you that it drove me further away from ever loving you. Plus, you have the stupidest haircut I've ever seen!" Dan raised his hand and slapped her across the face. "You can say you don't love me and call me names, but you DO NOT insult my hair." he snarled. Dan had hit her so hard she had fallen out of her chair and onto the floor. "Moon where are you?" she asked herself as she got back up.
"Excuse me sir, but you happen to be in my seat." Moon said walking back over with a refilled glass in his hand. "Oh yeah, and what are you gonna do if I don't give it up?" Dan asked. "I suppose...Sarah and I can always move to a different table if you want to sit here." Moon responded. "What interest do YOU have with Sarah?" Dan snapped. "Well I happen to be her boyfriend!" Moon retorted. Dan looked at Sarah with a furious look. Then he howled with laughter. "REALLY!" he shouted. "Sarah Polestar, the daughter of a highly respected family, is YOUR girlfriend?"
"Yeah...and if it's all the same to you, I'd like to sit next to her." Moon said. "Dan looked at Sarah in rage. "YOU...put your love, in this?" he snapped pointing at Moon. "This is trash, people like him are worthless! I am your perfect match Sarah not this filth!" Sarah was now the one mad, "He is not filth, he saved my life...unlike you he actually has a heart!" Moon looked between both of them, he wasn't sure what was going on...and to be honest, he kind of wanted it to stop. Then he noticed the red mark across Sarah's face. This made him lose control.
"Okay you abusive bastard!" Moon snapped. "You wanna start something?" Dan stood up. "What the hell makes you think you can talk to me like that? Do you know who I am?" Moon's eyes flashed red. "I don't give a damn who you are, did you or did you not slap her?" he gritted. "Yeah I did...and quite frankly, I don't regret it...what the hell are YOU gonna do about it weakling?" Moon's narrowed, "I'm going to teach you lesson that you'll remember until the end of time itself." he snapped. "You and what army?" Dan snapped.
Moon pulled out his Sandlot bat, "I wouldn't call it an army, more like a...weapon!" he snapped swinging at Dan's head.
Dan collapsed to the ground. Sarah's eyes widened in horror. "Moon you can't do that!" she snapped. Moon blinked then shook his head, "Well it turns out I can...because I just did." he said bitterly, "Moon you may have killed him!" she said nervously. Moon felt around for a pulse, "Nope he's alright." Moon said. Dan grunted and made a motion to get back up. Moon pinned him down. "PSI Paralysis α!" he whispered. Sarah watched a tiny electrical shock come out of his fingers.
"What the…why can't I feel my hands...or legs?" Dan asked as he laid helplessly on the floor. Moon tapped Sarah on the shoulder and pointed towards the exit, "Let's get out of here," he whispered, "The show's almost over." Sarah glanced at him nervously, "Moon we can't leave him like this." she whispered back. Moon frowned, "He HIT you Sarah!" Sarah rubbed her face, "I know...but still his parents should probably be informed." Moon sighed. "Fine, tell the people in front of us that he just collapsed or something...actually, hold on." he grabbed a half filled drink from the other table and poured it on Dan. "Okay now you can tell them." he said. "What was that for?" Sarah asked. Moon grinned, "If we talk to Poochyfud fast enough, you'll see."
Sarah tapped the man in front of her, "What is it girl, I'm tryin to watch the show!" he grumbled. Sarah smelt something heavy and gross on his breath, she wasn't sure what it was. "Um, my...friend here...he kind of collapsed, could you inform security?" the man grumbled something about the youth of today, "Fine...you go I'll let the waitress know when she comes back with my drink." he said before hiccuping.
The two walked out of the concert hall, Moon tapped the lady in charge of checking tickets on the shoulder. "Oh pardon me," she said moving out of the way. The two turned towards a cop who was standing by a door. The cop stopped them, "Where do you two think your going?" he asked. "We wanted to talk to Mr. Poochyfud...is that alright...we heard he doesn't talk to anyone until after the show." the cop relaxed. "Ah, okay then, you two go right on in." he said.
Sarah noted that Moon seemed relatively upbeat about what had just happened. "I hope he doesn't take to long, I really want you to see what I did to that dumbhead." he said happily. "If not I'll tell you later." Sarah was a little worried about what he did to Dan, after whacking him with a bat, and paralyzing him, she was a little concerned that the drink he spilled on Dan was acid. "Moon...please tell me that he's not going to die because of it?" she said nervously. Moon laughed. "Don't worry, I'm just making sure he learns his lesson, and if we see his parents, he'll definitely never be a problem for you ever again."
The two entered Poochyfud's office, a portly man with a goatee was sitting behind his desk. He had dark black hair and was wearing sunglasses. "Ah you two must be big Runaway Five fans." he said as they entered. "What can I do for you?" Sarah took a deep breath, "We were wondering how much money the Runaway Five owes you?" she asked. "They owe me 10,000 dollars girl, a price that I'm 100 percent sure you two couldn't afford." Poochyfud responded.
Moon reached into his hoodie pocket and pulled out a wad of bills. "Um...the police gave me a reward for helping them rescue Sarah Polestar, they told me it was about 10,000 dollars I kind of need to get to Threed and was hoping the Runaway Five could get both of us through the ghost tunnel." he said handing the wad to Poochyfud who drew back in surprise. "Yipes, um okay, you surprised me!" Poochyfud said. "Now I'm not sure what to do, I've got my money, of course the Runaway Five are free to leave. I've got no complaints now that I've got my money. Let me call them in and tell them the news!" he pressed a button on the intercom, "may the Runaway Five please come into my office." he said.
A few minutes later, everyone except the keyboard player entered Poochyfud's office. "Well listen here boys do I have news for you!" Poochyfud said. "These two kids payed off your debt for ya, you all are free to go!" The members all cheered in unison. Gorgeous approached him. "Well what do you know? These two nippers took us from a nightmare to a dream!" he said. "Thanks alot you two...come on boys say your thanks and let's get outta here!" he said walking out of the office.
Lucky approached them. "Ow, thanks a bunch you two, we'll get you Threed tomorrow, we promise...it's the least we can do for you getting us outta this dump!" The drummer approached both of them, "Don't worry y'all I'm a good driver, I'll show ya tomorrow." Followed by the Saxophone player, "Let's head on to Fourside baby, I'm sure our ol' hunk o' junk will get us there and you two lovers to Threed." Finally they were approached by the guitar player. "I hope I haven't made a spectacle of myself, thanks kids." he said. With that all of the Runaway Five left.
Poochyfud turned to Moon and Sarah, "Okay you two can get outta my office now." he said. Moon and Sarah both nodded and exited out of his office then out of the concert hall into the now Moon lit streets of Twoson. "Let's go to your house to spend the night," Moon said. "In the morning we can go with the Runaway Five to Threed. Sarah stopped him, this was her opportunity to ask him. "Moon it's really late, almost ten, my parents are probably asleep now, why don't we just get a hotel room." she responded. Moon hesitated, "Wouldn't you rather..No Moon, this is how we are going to be sleeping for the majority of the adventure, we might as well start to get used to it." she said. Moon sighed, "I suppose you are right Sarah." "By the way...what did you do to Dan?" She asked.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU DAN?" A female voice shouted. The two turned to see Dan, along with his mother and father exit the theater, "Honey calm down before you wake the people." his father said. Sarah made a motion to move away, but Moon stopped her. "Hold on now," he whispered. "The fun's just getting started watch this." he moved both of them over to Dan's family. "Excuse me, is he your son?" Moon asked. "Yes...why?" his mother snapped furiously. "Your son happens to be a real jerk, he slapped my girlfriend." Moon said pointing at Sarah, his parents looked at the red mark on her face. Sarah saw Moon give Dan an evil look, Dan looked like he had just come out of haunted house.
Dan's parents looked at him with fury and disgust, then they turned back to Sarah. "We are so sorry for anything our son has ever done to you and...your family...please don't tell them about this." his father said. "We'll make sure he never does anything like this again. Come along now dear."
Dan's mother dragged Dan away by his wrist, Sarah heard her muttering to herself. "First alcohol now this, you're in deep trouble Dan!" Moon was chuckling to himself. Sarah couldn't believe anything of what had just happened. "Moon...what the hell just happened?" she asked.
Moon laughed, "I'll tell you later, let's just get that hotel room!" Moon responded.
Sarah was a little uncomfortable with this whole situation now, sure Dan may have slapped her, but Moon not only hit him with a baseball bat, but also paralyzed him, made it seem like he drank alcohol, and got him in severe trouble with his parents. It was honestly a little scary for her. But at the same time, it felt right, after all the crap he had put her and her friends through, it was kind of enjoyable to watch him get what he deserved.
The two entered into Hotel Twoson, The man from behind the desk looked at both of them. "Why are you two young ones out so late?" he asked. Before either of them could answer he took notice to both of them. "Um, you're Sarah Polestar aren't you?" he asked. "Yeah...why?" Sarah asked. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be at home?" Moon quickly took charge of this situation and tried to speed things along, "Hey I just rescued her from a psychotic cult, it took us a while to get back through the valley, we just got back here, she said she didn't want to wake her parents up at this time...could you please just give us a room for the night?" he asked.
The man sighed, "Very well, that'll be one hundred dollars please." he said. Moon paid the man and took the key to the room.
The two entered the hotel room and prepared themselves for bed. "Moon I wanted to ask you something." Sarah said as she took her teddy bear out of her backpack. "Yeah?" Moon asked. "I've been waiting for you to hold my hand all day...we're a thing now, we got my father's approval, why aren't you making the most of it?"
Moon hesitated and went semi red, "I...uh, I wasn't sure you were ready...I'm not really...familiar with this whole thing." he said. Sarah looked at him, this was a little disappointing for her, she had expected something along the lines of "I was waiting for the right moment." but nope, he was just nervous. "Moon, I wanted us to be in love, I want you to hold my hand...you have no reason to be afraid." she said climbing into the bed. "Now let's get a good night's sleep we got a long day ahead of us tomorrow." Moon nodded and climbed into the other bed. Sarah sighed, she wasn't going to put up with this either. She got out of her own bed and laid next to him on the other bed.
"What are you doing?" Moon asked her. She honestly felt like slapping him at this point, the fact that he didn't understand that she wanted to sleep with him was irritating, but if she wanted to make this work she was going to to have to be patient. she took a deep breath, "He's just nervous, try to make him relax...make him think he's doing it for you." she told herself. "I'm scared Moon," she said with sad voice, "Please can we just share a bed, I'd feel much more comfortable knowing your right next to me." She felt him squirm for a bit in the bed. "Alright Sarah," he said. "You can sleep with me and tomorrow I'll start holding your hand." Sarah smiled to herself she wanted him to put his arm around her, as she expected, he didn't do that either. She laid in silence for a bit holding her teddy bear. After a while she heard Moon breathing giving her a cue that he had fallen asleep, she turned over and looked at him through the moonlight.
"You're special." she whispered, "I know you are...you and I will be the ultimate team, we will love each other until the end of time, I'll never stop loving you!" she said before falling asleep.
(Mindscape)
Moon arrived back in the empty void, "I know it's risky, she could see this, but I have to do it now...I can't afford another slip up like that to happen again."
Suddenly a shadow similar to Moon appeared in front of him, it had blood red eyes, and it wore a black hoodie and hat, .
"Well isn't this a nice change of pace...looks like you called me for a change." The shadow said.
"You know why you're here Dark!" Moon responded. "Can you please just go away?"
"I can't go away Moon, I'm a part of you!"
"Just go away, I'm not letting you take control again!"
"You let me take control for a bit! Why couldn't you let me finish the job?"
"You were scaring her!"
"She can handle it Moon, I exist in her too!"
"Maybe so, but still, you scared her, there's a reason, I stopped letting you take control!"
"Sarah is nothing more than my playmate...if you ever feel nervous to do stuff with her…"
Moon cut him off. "Listen here Dark, if you ever lay a finger on her, or the other two! I promise you I will find a way to never let you take control again!"
The Shadow bowed, "As you wish Moon...I won't touch Sarah, or Erick, or the Samurai kid! But you will have to let me take control if I feel the time is right!"
"That's not how it works Dark, you know that! We made an agreement about your control years ago, when do you take control again?" Moon snapped.
The Shadow frowned. "Only when you wish, or if you become too angry!" it mumbled.
"Another thing, QUIT TALKING TO ME ALL THE TIME!" Moon snapped.
The Shadow laughed "No, I enjoy our little talks Moon, It's been so long since we've been in action, this adventure is the perfect time for us to...catch up! Sorry but I'll continue to be there."
"One last thing," Moon said. "If Sarah ever tells you stop...you better stop! I don't care what your doing, if your in control, and she says stop, you better stop!"
The shadow crackled, "Ergh, you're no fun anymore, Mark my words I'll find a way to gain permanent control Moon, or at bare minimum get you to listen to me!" with that the shadow vanished and Moon felt himself being thrown upwards
(Reality)
Moon awoke in the Twoson hotel room, he glanced to his side, it was around seven in the morning and Sarah was still sleeping soundly next to him holding her teddy bear. He decided to let her sleep a little longer and began to move about, his head was killing him after last night, he concentrated on lifeup only this time when his hand flashed green...nothing happened. "What the hell...I just had a good night's sleep why isn't the pain?" he cut himself off and held his head again. It throbbed, it was like he had been whacked with a piece of metal.
"Ness...Paula...Jeff...Poo...the original four...now...theres...these four!"
"Moon?" Moon shook himself awake, Sarah was standing in front of him she looked concerned. "Are you okay?" she asked. "Huh...oh...yeah...I'm fine." he responded. Sarah didn't seem too convinced by this. "Are you sure...Moon please, if something's wrong tell me." Moon took her hand, "Sarah, I promise you, if something's wrong, you'll be the first person I tell, I promise you...I'm fine...don't worry." Sarah looked in his eyes for a while, "Alright." she responded, "Let's get going then...we need to get to Threed!" Moon nodded, "Yeah, the Runaway Five is waiting."
The two walked outside in to the crisp cool air, They saw that the Runaway Five's tour bus, was outside of Chaos Theater. "They kept their promise," Sarah said. "Let's get going."
"YOU!" they both turned around as Dan stormed up to them. "Sarah, go on ahead," Moon said completely ignoring him. "But Moon"..."that's an order Sarah" he said. Sarah sighed and walked on towards Chaos Theater.
"Listen here hoodlum!" Dan snapped when she was out of earshot. Moon's eyes flashed red, "Stay the hell away from her, she's my girl, not yours if I ever see you with her again I promise you I'll...OW!" Moon stopped him by grabbing his wrist and squeezing it like it was rope tied around a body part. "Perhaps I didn't make myself clear when I whacked you with a bat, poured alcohol on you, and left you on the ground!" he said coldly, "So in the spirit of fairness, I'll give you one last chance...If I ever find out that you slap Sarah...or one of her friends again...I will make sure that you get far worse than what I did before!" Dan's eyes widened, "Y-y-you're freaking insane!" he said in horror. Moon tightened his grip "Am I?"
"MOON!" Sarah shouted, she ran over to him and quickly grabbed his arm. "I said go on ahead Sarah" he gritted, "Moon he may be a jerk and he may have hit me, but you don't need to do this."
Moon looked into her eyes...but to her...it felt like she was looking at someone completely different. Moon was giving off a semi-dark energy vibe, and his eyes looked cold and emotionless instead of the caring and loving look she was used to it was terrifying...she didn't understand what was going on but she was desperate to stop it.
"Moon stop...please...this isn't like you!" she cried. Moon closed his eyes and shook his head, Sarah felt the dark energy around him vanish...his eyes slowly went back to way they were supposed to. He immediately let go of Dan's arm. "Sarah..you're in love with a goddamn psychopath!" Dan snapped before running away.
Sarah looked at Moon. "What has gotten into you?" she asked with worry. Moon turned away from her, "I can't tell you Sarah...not now at least, wait until I've calmed down." Sarah wasn't going to accept that for an answer. "Moon you were giving off a dark energy, and you had a cold and heartless look in your eyes please tell me what's wrong!"
Moon grabbed her hand, it was sudden, but he was at least being gentle. "Sarah please, you have to understand, what you saw, is dangerous...I know it may seem like I'm avoiding telling you, but please...if I tell you...you'll have a burden to carry...I can't put you in that position...not until I know that you are ready for it...do you understand?" he asked. "I'm your girlfriend! I deserve to know what this burden is!" she snapped. "Sarah, please just for me, you may think you're ready, but I know you aren't please just wait." Sarah crossed her arms. "I don't want to wait Moon!" Moon sighed. "I promise you, I'll tell you before we meet our next friend, this...thing, it has to stay between both of us!" Sarah gave him a look, "Fine, I'll wait." she said.
The two arrived at Chaos Theater, Gorgeous was standing by a black tour bus, there were a bunch of suitcases tied to the top. He smiled as the two of them approached him
"Hey you two," he said. "Our ol' bus is all fixed up and ready to rock and roll...we asked around, and you're right, the ghosts can't stand no loud music." Moon and Sarah were both delighted to hear this. "Alrighty then," Gorgeous continued, "As promised, let's get you two to Threed!...oh but incase we accidentally get pulled over by cops...let me just ask you...do you want a ride?" Moon and Sarah both nodded, "Oh yeah, baby! Let's get on the bus."
They entered onto the bus with the rest of the Runaway Five and took a seat in the front. Once Gorgeous got on the driver said. "Okay guys, here we go!" he began to back the bus up. Then with a sudden halt he crashed into the sidewalk. "HEY SIDEWALK! The driver shouted. Get out of my way!" without warning he floored the gas pedal and the bus shot off down the road.
Sarah looked out the window nervously when they entered the tunnel, she saw actual ghosts, they looked solid somehow, and they also started to chase after the bus when passed. After a while, they gave up their pursuit and just fell behind. She turned to Moon who was still holding her hand but just look straight forward. "So...about our friend," Sarah said. "He's from Winters, you know the small country to the north...always really cold." Moon nodded. "I guess he's on vacation here in Threed or something...so that's pretty good...did this voice tell you anything about him?" Sarah shook her head. "No, just that he was from Winters." she said.
Moon glanced down. "What's wrong?" Sarah asked. "It's more of a concern, just that...there are ghosts guarding the tunnel to Threed...no doubt in my mind Giygas put them there, if that's the case then...what's the actual town going to be like?" he asked. "I don't know," Sarah said. "But don't worry Moon..it can't be that bad, we've fought UFO's and Exploding Trees...if we can deal with that then surely we can deal with a few ghosts! How bad could it possibly be?"
That's all for now, honestly returning to Twoson was a bit of a breather for me, this chapter is long because there is still so much to do when you first bring Paula home. So I hope you didn't mind this extremely long chapter.
As I've mentioned before I really wanted to be unique with my retelling since all of them have something that sets them apart I drew a lot of inspiration off of what other writers have done and tried to do things my way.
Anyways, what do you guys think of my story so far, I'm always open to suggestions and improvements I could make for a more enjoyable story to others so if theirs something you think I should know, or if you just want to tell me your thoughts on what I've wrote I'd love to hear it.