Revenge of the Book Part Three
by Martial Arts Master
Care Bears and all related characters copyrighted by Nelvana, DiC Enterainment, and Atkinson Film Arts. I made up Jack the Robber and Manny Macho, though. This chapter's gonna get scary, so those who are faint of heart might want to stop reading. Ladies and Gentlemen: the third chapter.
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Manny Macho was having the time of his life.
First, he, the Care Bears, and the Care Bear Cousins had gone to the ice cream shop.
Manny'd ordered the biggest sundae available.
After that, they'd gone to a playground; only this one was specially built for teenagers, with bigger slides, bigger swings, and generally just "bigger" anything.
Manny'd had a blast. He'd also started to let his emotions show, having fun with the others and playing with them without a care in the world.
This, of course, was the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins' goal. Once, they'd helped Kim and Jason show their feelings in an extremely similar way, by letting them have fun back up in Care-a-lot.
Now, for another bit of fun, they were at the same circus that the great Fettucini and his helper Nicholas performed their shows in.
Manny was amazed by all the things they could do.
Fettucini sawed a lady in half (not really, of course), and Nicholas turned a dove in his hand into cards.
"Hard to believe he used to be friendless," Lotsa Heart Elephant said.
Manny was confused.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Well, Nicholas used to have no friends at all," Funshine Bear responded. "In fact, an evil spirit trapped in a book took advantage of him, and nearly defeated us."
"I...take it you won, though, right?" Manny asked slowly. Well, why not...if there were Care Bears, there were evil spirits, he guessed.
"We did, thanks to two kids named Kim and Jason," Good Luck Bear said cheerfully.
Before Manny could hear any more, the show was over.
As Manny Macho, the Care Bears, and the Care Bear Cousins left, they headed next to the middle of a dense forest.
"So, why are we in this place?" Manny Macho said. "I should get back, the hour's almost up."
"Well, you don't really need man-made stuff to have fun," Playful Heart Monkey said knowingly. "I should know! I'm a monkey! I have fun in the trees all the time."
"Yeah, but I'm a human," Manny snorted.
In answer, Playful Heart Monkey grabbed Manny Macho and swung into the trees with him.
"Hey! What are you...whooooooaaaaaaaa!" Manny shouted as he was swung through the air.
Then, as he got used to it, he thought that it was actually sort of fun.
Then, abruptly, out of seemingly nowhere, a shot rang out, and the limb that Manny and Playful Heart Monkey were currently on broke.
Manny and Playful Heart Monkey ended up crashing painfully into the ground.
"What in blazes?!" Manny screamed. "This is a protected forest! Hunting isn't allowed here! When I get my hands on whatever jerk fired on us..."
"You mean me?" asked a cold, maniacal voice.
A man stepped out from behind a tree with a handgun in one hand and a book in the other, still smoking.
"Who are you?" Grumpy Bear asked.
Jack the Robber smirked mirthlessly. "I'm Jack the Robber," he said, striking a pose as our heroes trembled at the sight of his gun.
Then, he abruptly pointed the gun at them again.
"And you Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins are gonna eat lead!" he shouted. Then, just for good measure, he threw in a "Baaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Secret Bear whispered something in Manny Macho's ear.
"No, I don't know how he knows who you guys are," Manny said back...and then abruptly screamed, leaping back as Jack the Robber shot a bullet at his feet.
"Pipe down, you stupid kid!" the brainwashed robber said. "I only want those stupid little animals."
Then, Jack the Robber shot a large amount of bullets at them.
Our heroes were lucky. They were in a very dense forest, and the bullets, rather than hitting them, merely ended up hitting the trees and either tearing through them, losing their force, or richoeting somewhere else.
"Split up, everyone! This guy's stark raving mad!" Tender Heart Bear shouted.
Everyone else obediently scattered, running to different parts of the forest.
"Darn trees!" Jack the Robber muttered. "Thanks to them even bullets can't hit those, and bullets are faster than the time it takes for a second to pass. I'll have to go after just one at a time."
With this in mind, Jack reloaded his gun and then turned and chased after Share Bear, evil spirit book in hand.
He pursued Share Bear for a long distance.
Share Bear, in panic, used her power to make a large ice cream soda come out of the symbol on her tummy. It ended up being dumped on Jack's head.
As Jack was wiping the drink off his face, Share Bear was able to get away.
However, as soon as Jack cleared the drink off, he spotted another Care Bear: Champ Bear, to be exact.
"Time to die, bear!" he shouted as he shot another bullet.
This one, though, richoeted off a particularly hard tree.
Then, Champ Bear made a trophy come out of his tummy symbol.
The trophy fell on Jack the Robber's head.
"Owwwwwwwwwww!" he bellowed, clutching his head in pain.
Champ Bear tried to reason with him.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked. "We've never done anything to hurt you."
"You left me all alone when I was so miserable I stopped caring!" Jack screamed, still in too much pain to fire again.
"That's impossible," Champ Bear snapped. "If you stopped caring, our Care-o-meter should've dipped."
"Liar!" Jack the Robber screamed, rubbing his head with the book in his hand.
That's when Champ Bear noticed the book was open, and a face was inside.
"Oh no! The evil spirit's back!" Champ Bear shouted in fear, running away.
Then, the pain finally cleared, and Jack the Robber looked for another target.
He found another target in Bedtime Bear...who was sleeping.
"You picked a bad time for a nap, you fool," Jack said as he pointed the gun at Bedtime Bear.
Suddenly, he was blasted from behind by a Care Bear Stare.
Champ Bear had retrieved the other Care Bears, and they were all using their infamous Care Bear Stare, the rainbow-colored beam that was the ultimate way to make someone able to love again.
Unfortunately for them, Jack, like Nicholas before him, was too far in the evil spirit book's power for this to work. There were too few Care Bears using the stare.
Then, Bedtime Bear woke up, yawned, and used his Care Bear Stare as well.
It still didn't work.
Jack the Robber pulled the trigger of his gun, but he was out of bullets.
"I have to reload!" he said, running like the wind to get away from the Care Bear Stare.
Meanwhile, where was Manny Macho during all this, you might ask?
He'd been ducking for cover in another part of the forest, so that when the robber ran out of bullets, he could do the macho thing and defeat him singlehandedly.
Then, he caught sight of the robber fleeing.
What luck! Manny thought to himself. The robber must've run out of bullets and is too scared to face the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins without them.
Manny was about to rush the robber when he caught sight of Jack reloading his gun.
Manny cursed to himself for waiting so long.
He was starting to get mad at this jerk.
The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins were warm and loving creatures, who only wanted to make the world a caring place.
And here this bozo was trying to ruin it all!
Manny saw Jack catch sight of Gentle Heart Lamb, who'd been hiding behind a tree.
In a mock version of "Mary Had A Little Lamb", Jack the Robber sang, "Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb whose fleece will soon be red with blood!"
Jack the Robber aimed the gun at Gentle Heart Lamb, who covered her eyes with her forelimbs, waiting for the end.
Two thoughts flashed through Manny Macho's mind at that instant.
The first thought was that the macho thing to do would be to let this psycho kill all the "cutesey" creatures, because according to macho-ness, killers were cooler than those who cared.
The second thought was that Manny was through being macho! He'd had fun with these creatures for a full hour, and he was able to show his sensitive, caring feelings and no one thought ill of him.
Gentle Heart Lamb was an innocent and gentle creature who'd never want to do anyone any harm.
She didn't deserve to die.
Manny screamed and rushed towards the robber and Gentle Heart Lamb, thanking his lucky stars that his parents had made him practice football so he could run fast enough.
He succeeded in performing a football tackle, carrying Gentle Heart Lamb out of the way.
He heard the robber fire, and he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, followed by loss of blood, and followed by loss of consciousness...
***
To be continued...
You might be thinking that this chapter was too scary for a Care Bears fic. Don't worry, though, everything will work out peacefully in the end. You'll see what I mean in the final chapter once I upload it. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@comcast.net
by Martial Arts Master
Care Bears and all related characters copyrighted by Nelvana, DiC Enterainment, and Atkinson Film Arts. I made up Jack the Robber and Manny Macho, though. This chapter's gonna get scary, so those who are faint of heart might want to stop reading. Ladies and Gentlemen: the third chapter.
***
Manny Macho was having the time of his life.
First, he, the Care Bears, and the Care Bear Cousins had gone to the ice cream shop.
Manny'd ordered the biggest sundae available.
After that, they'd gone to a playground; only this one was specially built for teenagers, with bigger slides, bigger swings, and generally just "bigger" anything.
Manny'd had a blast. He'd also started to let his emotions show, having fun with the others and playing with them without a care in the world.
This, of course, was the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins' goal. Once, they'd helped Kim and Jason show their feelings in an extremely similar way, by letting them have fun back up in Care-a-lot.
Now, for another bit of fun, they were at the same circus that the great Fettucini and his helper Nicholas performed their shows in.
Manny was amazed by all the things they could do.
Fettucini sawed a lady in half (not really, of course), and Nicholas turned a dove in his hand into cards.
"Hard to believe he used to be friendless," Lotsa Heart Elephant said.
Manny was confused.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Well, Nicholas used to have no friends at all," Funshine Bear responded. "In fact, an evil spirit trapped in a book took advantage of him, and nearly defeated us."
"I...take it you won, though, right?" Manny asked slowly. Well, why not...if there were Care Bears, there were evil spirits, he guessed.
"We did, thanks to two kids named Kim and Jason," Good Luck Bear said cheerfully.
Before Manny could hear any more, the show was over.
As Manny Macho, the Care Bears, and the Care Bear Cousins left, they headed next to the middle of a dense forest.
"So, why are we in this place?" Manny Macho said. "I should get back, the hour's almost up."
"Well, you don't really need man-made stuff to have fun," Playful Heart Monkey said knowingly. "I should know! I'm a monkey! I have fun in the trees all the time."
"Yeah, but I'm a human," Manny snorted.
In answer, Playful Heart Monkey grabbed Manny Macho and swung into the trees with him.
"Hey! What are you...whooooooaaaaaaaa!" Manny shouted as he was swung through the air.
Then, as he got used to it, he thought that it was actually sort of fun.
Then, abruptly, out of seemingly nowhere, a shot rang out, and the limb that Manny and Playful Heart Monkey were currently on broke.
Manny and Playful Heart Monkey ended up crashing painfully into the ground.
"What in blazes?!" Manny screamed. "This is a protected forest! Hunting isn't allowed here! When I get my hands on whatever jerk fired on us..."
"You mean me?" asked a cold, maniacal voice.
A man stepped out from behind a tree with a handgun in one hand and a book in the other, still smoking.
"Who are you?" Grumpy Bear asked.
Jack the Robber smirked mirthlessly. "I'm Jack the Robber," he said, striking a pose as our heroes trembled at the sight of his gun.
Then, he abruptly pointed the gun at them again.
"And you Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins are gonna eat lead!" he shouted. Then, just for good measure, he threw in a "Baaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Secret Bear whispered something in Manny Macho's ear.
"No, I don't know how he knows who you guys are," Manny said back...and then abruptly screamed, leaping back as Jack the Robber shot a bullet at his feet.
"Pipe down, you stupid kid!" the brainwashed robber said. "I only want those stupid little animals."
Then, Jack the Robber shot a large amount of bullets at them.
Our heroes were lucky. They were in a very dense forest, and the bullets, rather than hitting them, merely ended up hitting the trees and either tearing through them, losing their force, or richoeting somewhere else.
"Split up, everyone! This guy's stark raving mad!" Tender Heart Bear shouted.
Everyone else obediently scattered, running to different parts of the forest.
"Darn trees!" Jack the Robber muttered. "Thanks to them even bullets can't hit those, and bullets are faster than the time it takes for a second to pass. I'll have to go after just one at a time."
With this in mind, Jack reloaded his gun and then turned and chased after Share Bear, evil spirit book in hand.
He pursued Share Bear for a long distance.
Share Bear, in panic, used her power to make a large ice cream soda come out of the symbol on her tummy. It ended up being dumped on Jack's head.
As Jack was wiping the drink off his face, Share Bear was able to get away.
However, as soon as Jack cleared the drink off, he spotted another Care Bear: Champ Bear, to be exact.
"Time to die, bear!" he shouted as he shot another bullet.
This one, though, richoeted off a particularly hard tree.
Then, Champ Bear made a trophy come out of his tummy symbol.
The trophy fell on Jack the Robber's head.
"Owwwwwwwwwww!" he bellowed, clutching his head in pain.
Champ Bear tried to reason with him.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked. "We've never done anything to hurt you."
"You left me all alone when I was so miserable I stopped caring!" Jack screamed, still in too much pain to fire again.
"That's impossible," Champ Bear snapped. "If you stopped caring, our Care-o-meter should've dipped."
"Liar!" Jack the Robber screamed, rubbing his head with the book in his hand.
That's when Champ Bear noticed the book was open, and a face was inside.
"Oh no! The evil spirit's back!" Champ Bear shouted in fear, running away.
Then, the pain finally cleared, and Jack the Robber looked for another target.
He found another target in Bedtime Bear...who was sleeping.
"You picked a bad time for a nap, you fool," Jack said as he pointed the gun at Bedtime Bear.
Suddenly, he was blasted from behind by a Care Bear Stare.
Champ Bear had retrieved the other Care Bears, and they were all using their infamous Care Bear Stare, the rainbow-colored beam that was the ultimate way to make someone able to love again.
Unfortunately for them, Jack, like Nicholas before him, was too far in the evil spirit book's power for this to work. There were too few Care Bears using the stare.
Then, Bedtime Bear woke up, yawned, and used his Care Bear Stare as well.
It still didn't work.
Jack the Robber pulled the trigger of his gun, but he was out of bullets.
"I have to reload!" he said, running like the wind to get away from the Care Bear Stare.
Meanwhile, where was Manny Macho during all this, you might ask?
He'd been ducking for cover in another part of the forest, so that when the robber ran out of bullets, he could do the macho thing and defeat him singlehandedly.
Then, he caught sight of the robber fleeing.
What luck! Manny thought to himself. The robber must've run out of bullets and is too scared to face the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins without them.
Manny was about to rush the robber when he caught sight of Jack reloading his gun.
Manny cursed to himself for waiting so long.
He was starting to get mad at this jerk.
The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins were warm and loving creatures, who only wanted to make the world a caring place.
And here this bozo was trying to ruin it all!
Manny saw Jack catch sight of Gentle Heart Lamb, who'd been hiding behind a tree.
In a mock version of "Mary Had A Little Lamb", Jack the Robber sang, "Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb whose fleece will soon be red with blood!"
Jack the Robber aimed the gun at Gentle Heart Lamb, who covered her eyes with her forelimbs, waiting for the end.
Two thoughts flashed through Manny Macho's mind at that instant.
The first thought was that the macho thing to do would be to let this psycho kill all the "cutesey" creatures, because according to macho-ness, killers were cooler than those who cared.
The second thought was that Manny was through being macho! He'd had fun with these creatures for a full hour, and he was able to show his sensitive, caring feelings and no one thought ill of him.
Gentle Heart Lamb was an innocent and gentle creature who'd never want to do anyone any harm.
She didn't deserve to die.
Manny screamed and rushed towards the robber and Gentle Heart Lamb, thanking his lucky stars that his parents had made him practice football so he could run fast enough.
He succeeded in performing a football tackle, carrying Gentle Heart Lamb out of the way.
He heard the robber fire, and he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, followed by loss of blood, and followed by loss of consciousness...
***
To be continued...
You might be thinking that this chapter was too scary for a Care Bears fic. Don't worry, though, everything will work out peacefully in the end. You'll see what I mean in the final chapter once I upload it. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@comcast.net