Author's Note: Chapter 5 is divided into 4 different sections. One for every member of the Chosen Four (duh!) The sequence in which you read them doesn't matter as long as you read them. Or else you'll be lost at chapter 6.

EarthBound:

The Seed of Giygas

by

JamesPicard_007

Chapter 5- Jeff

The Sky Runner shook hard as it hit the water. The controls sparked uncontrollably and the lights began to flicker. A loud klaxon blared announcing the crash. Steam escaped from a pressure pipe and into Jeff's face.

Jeff scrambled around to find a wrench to close the steam pipe. All his tools were sliding across the constantly moving floor. Jeff was finally able to grab his wrench and shut off the steam flow. He reached over to the control panel and turned the klaxon off. The Sky Runner became silent, but the emergency lights still were blinking.

Suddenly a small bubbling sound appeared in the Sky Runner. Jeff looked around for the sound. Hidden in small corner was a small leak. Unfortunately there was no way he could repair it right now. The leak was behind the primary processor and if attempted to repair the leak he would have a big chance of accidentally getting the processor.

"This is just what I need right now." Jeff said to himself. Jeff had the Sky Runner run a self-diagnostic. There was considerable hull damage and the engines were out. There was also no way to tell how far under the water he was. So if he were to pop open the door to float towards the surface there was no way he could tell if he could make it alive.

Right now he could only surmise he wasn't that far under as there wasn't that much water in the Sky Runner. He could also be lucky and much water wasn't able to get in. Right now. The critical thing to do right now was to find out what happened with the Sky Runner.

Jeff began to go over the records of the Sky Runner. So far he couldn't find out what had happened. There seemed to be no mechanical failure at the time of the power failure. The only thing that shown on the records was a strange anomaly.

Jeff sat back against the cold metal wall. He needed to think of a way to get out of here. Suddenly the broken steam pipe hissed again. Jeff reached over to tighten the valve again when he got an idea.

He began to search around. Then in the corner he found what he was looking for. The emergency life raft! If he wasn't too far under Jeff could inflate the raft and it would carry him to the surface.

"I'd better build a scuba tank to be on the safe side." He said to himself. He searched and began constructing a scuba tank. About an hour later he was about finished. He was about to begin final preparations when a huge crack appeared in the side.

Water began to rush in and Jeff could feel the Sky Runner sinking. He rushed to put on his scuba tank when the Sky Runner suddenly hit something.

"I better hurry up and get out of here fast." Jeff thought to himself. But it was too late. The Sky Runner began to fall again. The Sky Runner began to spin in the water. Jeff then noticed that the water wasn't coming in this time. It was rushing out.

Suddenly the Sky Runner hit dead ground. Jeff cautiously opened the door. He saw he was in an underwater dome. And inside the dome was a huge, futuristic city!

What's with the mysterious underwater city? Why did the Sky Runner fail? And what's happening to Poo? Find out in The Seed of Giygas Chapter 5- Poo