EarthBound:

The Seed of Giygas

by

JamesPicard_007

Chapter 11

Winters

            Dr. Andounts fell over a lead pipe. Several cabinets fell and cluttered the floor. Ness shook his head as he watched the clumsy scientist pick himself up. Dr. Andounts straightened his glasses as he looked at the mess.

            "Hmmm. Didn't see that there." He said to himself.

            Ness had only been at the laboratory a few minutes and already was amazed. Dr. Andounts began to pick up the mess when he turned around and saw Ness.

            "Ness! My boy! How have you been? Is Jeff with you?" Dr. Andounts asked.

            "Jeff? No. Why do you ask?"

            "Jeff said he was heading to Eagleland to visit you and the others. I wonder if he's okay."

            "I wouldn't know. I haven't been home in a while."

            "I see. So. What brings you to my humble abode?"

            "I need your help. In a couple days monsters from the Fire Spring will escape and set the Lost Underworld completely on fire!"

            "Hmmm. So why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the Lost Underworld stopping the fire?"

            "Grrrrr. Well technically I am. See I can't stop the fire by myself so I went to the Cave of the Past and froze myself in the Phase Distorter until today. I can't go to the Lost Underworld until I freeze myself again unless I wanna screw up the timeline."

            "I see. I guess you need my help in someway?"

            "I think that we can use the geysers in the Lost Underworld to put out the fires, but they aren't strong enough right now."

            "It's a simple solution. Just build up the pressure."

            "How do I do that?"

            "Just plug up the geysers. The pressure will increase greatly over the course of time until they explode and release the water across the Lost Underworld."

            "But that's completely unpredictable."

            "Just create a champagne cork."

            "Wha?"

            "Plug the geysers for now. When enough time has passed simply release the plugs and the geysers should release the pressure by expending excess amounts of water that have been built up. The water should spread across the Lost Underworld and put out the fires."

            "So how would I plug them up?" Dr. Andounts dug through the mess on the floor and pulled up a strange contraption.

            "Use this Slime Generator on the geysers. The slime will harden and help to build up the pressure. After the fires have started and the pressure is built up the slime will dissipate and release the built up water."

Ness took the Slime Generator from Dr. Andounts. Dr. Andounts turned around to clean up the floor some more. Ness ran out the door and began to teleport to the Lost Underworld.

"Would you like a doughnut?" Dr. Andounts asked. He looked around and saw Ness was gone.

"I guess not."

Under the Sea

            Jeff had continued the work on the Energy Container. He was close to perfecting the necessary energy shield needed to contain it. He had been working hard through the past few days. Sleep was creeping up on him.

            What Jeff didn't realize was that he was being watched. A strange figured hid within the deep darkness of the room. Watching. Waiting.

Will Dr. Andounts Slime Generator work? And who's watching Jeff complete his work? Find out in Chapter 12 of The Seed of Giygas.