Chapter 5: Junk?
Apple Kid was busily making his lunch when the doorbell rang. He politely opened the door and saw his new friends, Paula and Ness. He warmly invited them in, and Ness began to explain the recent events. Moments later, Poo and Jeff arrived. All five sat down on Apple Kid's new couches, bought with the extra money Ness gave him from defeating monsters. The Chosen Four had all brought some supplies and weapons, and began to set them out and prepare for their second journey into Stonehenge.
"I never thought I would ever have to use this thing again," Poo said while he polished the Sword of Kings. "I was about to lock it up in the main palace showcase forever."
"It all seems too unreal that you guys must go fight Pokey again," Apple Kid said. "There might be a way that I can help." He then got up from where he was sitting and began to rummage around in various drawers and chests. A few minutes passed until Apple Kid finally came back. He dropped everything he gathered onto a pile on the floor.
"What is all this junk?" Paula asked.
"Junk? These are devices, which I just happen to not know what they do, and maps of the Stonehenge base which I made before leaving the base back when you guys rescued me and everyone else," Apple Kid explained. "They may come in handy, but Pokey may have made changes, so who knows?!"
"What is this?" Ness asked, holding up a rather odd-shaped device that kind of resembled a garage door opener.
"It's a portable shield generator." Apple Kid explained. "It renders all physical attacks useless against the bearer, but leaves them vulnerable to all psychic attacks."
Ness stuffed a few maps into his small yellow backpack while Jeff examined the shield generator closely. "I think I might be able to make some additions to this to create a psychic shield instead of a physical one, but it would still be very thin," Jeff declared.
"Do it," Poo replied. "We'll need any shields we can get."
"Let's go back to my lab in Winters. We can get some rest there, and we won't have to waste much energy traveling to the base, since it is just a little south." Jeff said. "Also, I will need to get special tools to repair this." He then placed a few of the more interesting objects into his bag. Who knows what I can use these for, he thought.
The team gathered all of their equipment and bid farewell to their inventor friend. Ness teleported, while everyone held on tightly.
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When they arrived at the lab, Jeff immediately went to work on the shield generator. The others went upstairs and rested. A few hours later, Jeff burst into the room in which Ness, Paula, and Poo were sleeping.
"It's done!" he exclaimed. "I was able to make a rather powerful shield, so I split the cable-blah blah blah..."
"In English, professor," Paula said, still trying to wake-up.
"I made a smaller generator for each of us." Jeff explained. "Now we all can use either a physical or psychic shield just by flipping this switch up or down."
Ness, Paula and Poo reached out for their generators. "Cool beans," Ness declared.
"But remember, the shields are very thin and will only take a couple of blasts before being destroyed." Jeff continued. "And I have no idea how long the batteries in these will last."
"Okay, everyone make sure your equipment is ready, and then head up for bed." Ness told his friends. "We are leaving very early in the morning, and we will be ready, okay?"
Everyone nodded in agreement and went their separate ways to prepare for the next day.