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The Boredom Bugs (cont'd)
1 Chapter Two: Infestation
Falco and Slippy are lounging around in the living room of the Great Fox. Slippy is watching TV, and Falco is reading a new issue of his magazine. They both were sitting on the same couch.
"Hey! There's something blocking my view!" Slippy complained suddenly. Falco looked up. There was indeed something small seemingly stuck to the TV. Slippy got up to look at it.
"What is this thing?" Slippy asked Falco, peeling off the eight- legged purple ant-looking creature from the TV. It had three eyes and a sucker like a fly's mouth, atop a body divided into three parts, each part with two legs, except for the one that was the head, which had and extra pair of legs.
"Eww!" Slippy said, disgusted, dropped the bug, and ran away to his own private quarters.
"Wimp!" Falco called after him. Fox and Peppy ran into the room, panting.
"Say something, Falco?" Fox asked, out of breath.
"Just calling Slippy a wimp." Falco replied. Falco pulled his blaster and aimed it at the non-moving creature. "And taking care of some business." He fired his gun at the thing. Its green guts gushed out, making a small mess on the floor. And an unbearable stench rose from the corpse.
"Oh, God! What is that stench?" Fox asked, finally noticing the now- dead creature.
"Geez, Slip! What'd you do that for?" Peppy asked Slippy, but got no answer as Slippy was in his quarters.
"That was I." Falco assured Peppy.
"Since when did your farts smell as bad as Slippy's?" Peppy asked, confused.
"It's the bug, you moron." Falco said, annoyed. Peppy eyed the purple creature strangely. Falco hurriedly mopped it up and threw the body into the airlock disposal.
"That must be one of the hetertrophic-endocytosinis-dicilin that the egg released!" Peppy said with a very giddy, happy tone of voice.
"Huh?" Falco said, more confused than ever.
"Long story." Fox said.
"The ship's being invaded by small creatures called Boredom Bugs! We have to stop them before they start sucking the life out of all of us!" Peppy explained. Falco leaned closer to Fox.
"Has Peppy been drinking again?" Falco whispered to Fox.
"Nah, he's perfectly sober." Fox answered.
"Has he been doing loop the loops again?" Falco continued.
"I think he did one or two while we were searching for Andross's goons, but I don't think it was enough." Fox replied. "He went back to the library on the ship."
"We have a library?" Falco pondered. Fox just shook his head and listened to Peppy's babbling.
"We must destroy these things! If we don't, they'll bore us to death!" Peppy ranted. Falco chuckled to himself. "This is a serious matter, Falco! What's so funny?" Peppy inquired.
"Oh nothing." Falco replied. Then he whispered to Fox, "I think Peppy will bore us to death first!" Fox had a good chuckle at that.
"What?" Peppy yelled, aggravated from the interruption. Falco and Fox remained silent. "Anyways, we have to stop these things! Fox, Falco, search the quarters for the bugs! I'll check in here and the cockpit! And where is Slippy?" Peppy barked.
"I'll get him when I look in his quarters." Fox said.
"I'll check my own quarters, thank you." Falco asserted. Fox raised an eyebrow at that, but lowered it after a second.
"Well let's go!" Peppy commanded, and ran off to the cockpit with his blaster in hand. Fox and Falco looked at each other and walked off in the direction of the personal rooms, their own blasters in hand.
"Watch out, Falco. These things can bore us to death!" Fox joked.
"Yeah. There's no way we can stand up to their awesome boring powers!" Falco joked back. "Hey, hold up." Falco motioned for them to stop and listen. He heard a faint skitter noise.
"There!" Falco shot his blaster at the ceiling of the corridor.
"REEE!" the bug shrieked as it fell from its perch, bleeding guts like the last one. It also released a stench as bad, or worse, than the first.
"Good thing I brought this!" Falco said, pulling out a dustpan and small broom from his jacket pockets. He brushed up the bug best he could, and tossed it out a nearby airlock disposal. The two continued down the corridor to a fork, Peppy and Falco's quarters down the right, the other two down the left.
"I'll check mine and Peppy's" Falco said.
"I'll check mine and Slippy's, then." Fox returned.
"Ok." Falco affirmed.
"Alright." Fox iterated. Fox went down the left corridor, Falco the right.
Fox had his blaster at the ready, waiting for a bug to pop off the ceiling like the last one did. The corridor was dimly lit; Fox could barely make out the navy blue metallic walls. Fox stopped to listen hard periodically for a few seconds, and moved on. He finally came to the door of his own private room. He opened the door slowly, using the hand with his blaster to open with. Fox peered in the room, looking for any sign of the purple creatures. He looked up, down, behind his poster of Fara, in his dresser, in the closet, but found no sign. He did find, however, his missing issue of Corneria Monthly. Fox hastily placed it in its rightful place on a nearby shelf.
"Maybe I should check under the bed…" Fox said to himself. He cautiously stepped up to the bed and looked under it. Fox noticed a funky shaped shadow under the bed.
"AAAIEEE!" Fox screeched. It was the last thing he said before the creature jumped on his face and he blacked out.
Falco was having a ball looking for the Bugs.
"Oh, is there one there?" Falco turned around and pointed his gun to the ceiling. "Nope! They're all too scared of the great and mighty Falco!" He twirled his blaster on his wing and readied it. Falco yawned, and continued down the hallway, which was no more lit than Fox's. He started moon walking through the corridor, up to a door similar to the one that led to Fox's room, but it had a giant sized picture of Falco on it.
"Looking sharp, dude!" Falco complimented, and opened the door to enter the room. His jaw dropped as he gaped at the huge mess in his room. Dressers were overturned, posters of himself ripped down, and his beautiful jackets thrown all around the entire room. Falco looked at the bed to see a humanoid green grotesque monster apparently snoozing on it.
"SLIPPY!" Falco screamed. He heard another skitter noise and looked up.
"Aw, crap!" Falco griped. It was his last conscious thought before the Bug landed on his head and he blacked out.
Peppy was running full tilt to the cockpit of the great ship. He had his blaster at the ready, so he could shoot the bugs on a minute's notice. Peppy almost tripped over something small, only to hear a weak, "REEE!" as the Bug he crushed died quickly.
"Well, that's one down!" Peppy said satisfied, and continued to the cockpit. He caught something out of the corner of his eye, and shot his blaster at a dark corner of the corridor.
"REEE!" went the Bug as it exploded. Peppy continued. There seem to be a lot this way; I wonder if Fox and Falco are having this much fun, he thought to himself. He saw and blasted another Bug before he finally got to the door to the cockpit. Peppy panted and opened the door. The last thing he saw was a small purple creature jumping at his face. Peppy blacked out entirely.
"Scanner sweep successful." Rob64 called over the intercom. "I have identified 37 living Bugs. Good luck, Star Fox."
There's Chapter 2 for ya! But that's not it! Watch for Chapter 3! Yay!
The Boredom Bugs (cont'd)
1 Chapter Two: Infestation
Falco and Slippy are lounging around in the living room of the Great Fox. Slippy is watching TV, and Falco is reading a new issue of his magazine. They both were sitting on the same couch.
"Hey! There's something blocking my view!" Slippy complained suddenly. Falco looked up. There was indeed something small seemingly stuck to the TV. Slippy got up to look at it.
"What is this thing?" Slippy asked Falco, peeling off the eight- legged purple ant-looking creature from the TV. It had three eyes and a sucker like a fly's mouth, atop a body divided into three parts, each part with two legs, except for the one that was the head, which had and extra pair of legs.
"Eww!" Slippy said, disgusted, dropped the bug, and ran away to his own private quarters.
"Wimp!" Falco called after him. Fox and Peppy ran into the room, panting.
"Say something, Falco?" Fox asked, out of breath.
"Just calling Slippy a wimp." Falco replied. Falco pulled his blaster and aimed it at the non-moving creature. "And taking care of some business." He fired his gun at the thing. Its green guts gushed out, making a small mess on the floor. And an unbearable stench rose from the corpse.
"Oh, God! What is that stench?" Fox asked, finally noticing the now- dead creature.
"Geez, Slip! What'd you do that for?" Peppy asked Slippy, but got no answer as Slippy was in his quarters.
"That was I." Falco assured Peppy.
"Since when did your farts smell as bad as Slippy's?" Peppy asked, confused.
"It's the bug, you moron." Falco said, annoyed. Peppy eyed the purple creature strangely. Falco hurriedly mopped it up and threw the body into the airlock disposal.
"That must be one of the hetertrophic-endocytosinis-dicilin that the egg released!" Peppy said with a very giddy, happy tone of voice.
"Huh?" Falco said, more confused than ever.
"Long story." Fox said.
"The ship's being invaded by small creatures called Boredom Bugs! We have to stop them before they start sucking the life out of all of us!" Peppy explained. Falco leaned closer to Fox.
"Has Peppy been drinking again?" Falco whispered to Fox.
"Nah, he's perfectly sober." Fox answered.
"Has he been doing loop the loops again?" Falco continued.
"I think he did one or two while we were searching for Andross's goons, but I don't think it was enough." Fox replied. "He went back to the library on the ship."
"We have a library?" Falco pondered. Fox just shook his head and listened to Peppy's babbling.
"We must destroy these things! If we don't, they'll bore us to death!" Peppy ranted. Falco chuckled to himself. "This is a serious matter, Falco! What's so funny?" Peppy inquired.
"Oh nothing." Falco replied. Then he whispered to Fox, "I think Peppy will bore us to death first!" Fox had a good chuckle at that.
"What?" Peppy yelled, aggravated from the interruption. Falco and Fox remained silent. "Anyways, we have to stop these things! Fox, Falco, search the quarters for the bugs! I'll check in here and the cockpit! And where is Slippy?" Peppy barked.
"I'll get him when I look in his quarters." Fox said.
"I'll check my own quarters, thank you." Falco asserted. Fox raised an eyebrow at that, but lowered it after a second.
"Well let's go!" Peppy commanded, and ran off to the cockpit with his blaster in hand. Fox and Falco looked at each other and walked off in the direction of the personal rooms, their own blasters in hand.
"Watch out, Falco. These things can bore us to death!" Fox joked.
"Yeah. There's no way we can stand up to their awesome boring powers!" Falco joked back. "Hey, hold up." Falco motioned for them to stop and listen. He heard a faint skitter noise.
"There!" Falco shot his blaster at the ceiling of the corridor.
"REEE!" the bug shrieked as it fell from its perch, bleeding guts like the last one. It also released a stench as bad, or worse, than the first.
"Good thing I brought this!" Falco said, pulling out a dustpan and small broom from his jacket pockets. He brushed up the bug best he could, and tossed it out a nearby airlock disposal. The two continued down the corridor to a fork, Peppy and Falco's quarters down the right, the other two down the left.
"I'll check mine and Peppy's" Falco said.
"I'll check mine and Slippy's, then." Fox returned.
"Ok." Falco affirmed.
"Alright." Fox iterated. Fox went down the left corridor, Falco the right.
Fox had his blaster at the ready, waiting for a bug to pop off the ceiling like the last one did. The corridor was dimly lit; Fox could barely make out the navy blue metallic walls. Fox stopped to listen hard periodically for a few seconds, and moved on. He finally came to the door of his own private room. He opened the door slowly, using the hand with his blaster to open with. Fox peered in the room, looking for any sign of the purple creatures. He looked up, down, behind his poster of Fara, in his dresser, in the closet, but found no sign. He did find, however, his missing issue of Corneria Monthly. Fox hastily placed it in its rightful place on a nearby shelf.
"Maybe I should check under the bed…" Fox said to himself. He cautiously stepped up to the bed and looked under it. Fox noticed a funky shaped shadow under the bed.
"AAAIEEE!" Fox screeched. It was the last thing he said before the creature jumped on his face and he blacked out.
Falco was having a ball looking for the Bugs.
"Oh, is there one there?" Falco turned around and pointed his gun to the ceiling. "Nope! They're all too scared of the great and mighty Falco!" He twirled his blaster on his wing and readied it. Falco yawned, and continued down the hallway, which was no more lit than Fox's. He started moon walking through the corridor, up to a door similar to the one that led to Fox's room, but it had a giant sized picture of Falco on it.
"Looking sharp, dude!" Falco complimented, and opened the door to enter the room. His jaw dropped as he gaped at the huge mess in his room. Dressers were overturned, posters of himself ripped down, and his beautiful jackets thrown all around the entire room. Falco looked at the bed to see a humanoid green grotesque monster apparently snoozing on it.
"SLIPPY!" Falco screamed. He heard another skitter noise and looked up.
"Aw, crap!" Falco griped. It was his last conscious thought before the Bug landed on his head and he blacked out.
Peppy was running full tilt to the cockpit of the great ship. He had his blaster at the ready, so he could shoot the bugs on a minute's notice. Peppy almost tripped over something small, only to hear a weak, "REEE!" as the Bug he crushed died quickly.
"Well, that's one down!" Peppy said satisfied, and continued to the cockpit. He caught something out of the corner of his eye, and shot his blaster at a dark corner of the corridor.
"REEE!" went the Bug as it exploded. Peppy continued. There seem to be a lot this way; I wonder if Fox and Falco are having this much fun, he thought to himself. He saw and blasted another Bug before he finally got to the door to the cockpit. Peppy panted and opened the door. The last thing he saw was a small purple creature jumping at his face. Peppy blacked out entirely.
"Scanner sweep successful." Rob64 called over the intercom. "I have identified 37 living Bugs. Good luck, Star Fox."
There's Chapter 2 for ya! But that's not it! Watch for Chapter 3! Yay!