CHALKZONE THE MOVIE: EARLY DAYS
Story by DarkHououmon
It started out as any normal day. Craniac 4 was busy gathering all his material posssesions when he heard the alarm go off. He got curious, so he went to check it out. Inside one of the buildings, there was a faint glowing. An eerie green, to be precise. This didn't seem right. Craniac 4 knew it couldn't have been Rudy, since he wasn't in ChalkZone at the time. Scratching his head, the robot wheeled over to the building. The light grew more intense, then....something..or someone....came out!
"Who-who-are you?!" He gaped at the figure in front of him. It wasn't very tall...in fact he kinda looked like that Snap guy he had seen before...only this guy was different. Too different.
Gleaming red eyes shown in the darkness. "You will soon find out." The voice hissed. The figure stepped into view. Sure enough, he looked like Snap. 'How can that be?' Thought the robot. 'If that was Snap...wouldn't he be blue....not white?' Craniac 4 stepped closer. "Excuse me, sir, but just who are you and what do you want from me?" The person smiled an evil grin. His eyes narrowed as he hoarsely replied, "My name is Seyu, younger brother of Snap, and I need to use a certain invention of yours....." He chuckled darkly.
All Craniac 4 could do was move backwards. The very look of the villain's
eyes caused shivers to go through his circuits. 'I have to stop this guy...somehow....'
"Whatever it is....you are not using it!" "Oh, we'll see about that...."
The last thing the robot saw before being pummeled was those crimson eyes.
BRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGG!!!
'Awww...the sound of lunch time!' Was Rudy's first thought after the class was over. He was just about ready to fall asleep as Mr. Wilter was talking about geography. It wasn't like he thought it was that boring, but with the teacher talking so much, it surely seemed like it was. Yawning slightly, he walked over to Penny's desk. "Say, Penny?"
The girl adjusted her glasses. In her hands was a book. A geography book. She was obsessed with studying. Not too surprisingly, she only allowed Rudy and the teacher to interrupt her while she was studying. Everyone else got an ear full of shouts or an eye full of glares. Penny saw Rudy standing there, and smiled. "What is it Rudy?", she asked, setting down her book. The boy suggested they go to ChalkZone. They hadn't went in a few days, and since they had free time, why not go now? Cocking her head, Penny asked, "What if Mr. Wilter finds us missing? Remember the last time he saw us coming out of the board?"
"Penny, that was 3 months ago! Besides, when that happened, the police thought he was a mental case and sent him to the hospital for a while. I don't think he'd try telling them that anymore....not after having to spent the next 5 weeks surrounded by people with crazy ideas of what's reality and what's not." Penny narrowed her eyes slightly, then opened them up. "Besides, what harm could going there for a few minutes be?" The girl looked to the floor. She had to admit, the boy was right. "Alright, but just for a few minutes, Rudy!"
The child picked up the magic chalk, and drew a large circle on the chalkboard after all the students had left. Penny ran to close the door as the ChalkZone entrance was opening. The young boy jumped inside, followed by his friend, Penny.
"Hey, guys!!" Came a startled shout. It was from Snap, and from the look on his face, he was none too happy about something. He seemed shocked and worried about something. It was rare for him to look this way.
'Man...something must be wrong.' Rudy shook his head, and grabbed the frantic Snap's shoulders. "Snap! Settle down and tell me, calmly, what happened?"
"No time! Come now!" The drawing grabbed Rudy's and Penny's wrists and
started to pull them along like a jump rope. They never seen Snap like
this before. Sure he was willing to do anything for Queen, but he never
once acted like this. Something must be up. But what? They didn't know....but
they planned to find out. In fact, they were going to find out in....
"The Dome of the Future?!" Penny snapped. "Why did you bring us here, you idiot?! Do you remember the last time when...." "Shh...." Snap whispered, putting a finger on his lips. He let go of the children. He then crouched down, signalling them to follow him. Rudy and Penny looked at eachother, and shrugged. They got down to their hands and knees and followed Snap. They crawled pass a bunch of buildings. Some of them had a little damage on them, but other than that, the place looked perfectly fine. 'I wonder what the big deal is...Snap is acting stranger than usual.' Penny was getting the idea that Snap had snapped whatever was left of his brain in half.
Snap suddenly stopped, almost causing the children to collide with him.
The girl, blushing with anger, almost screamed out when Rudy covered her
mouth. "Penny...look!" The three looked in front of the heap of car they
were standing behind. To their shock, Craniac 4 was laying down, broken
up.
"Is this what you wanted us to come here for?" Asked Penny.
"Yes...something happened to him. But just who could have done this?"
Rudy walked beside the now pile of junk. He cocked his eyebrow. He said that they should try to talk to him. "But Rudy! Remember the last time?!" "Yes....but I doubt he can do any harm now. Besides, he might be able to tell us what's going on!" Just as he finished his sentence, the red robot's eyes were started to open slowly. He moved his arm a little, and turned his head to focus on Rudy's face. "Rudy...beware......of....S-s-....."
Snap and Penny rushed over. Snap kneeled down and shook the robot by the shoulders. "S-s-? S-s-who?! We need a name! Come on!" Penny pounded him on the head. "OWWW!!" "Well it serves you right." Snap grumbled under his breath. Penny overheard one of the words and gave him the look that meant she was going to kill him. The drawing gulped once, then turned his attention away from the black girl. Looking ahead, he saw Craniac 4 barely standing up. "Hey...." Snap said nicely. "What happened to youse?"
Barely able to talk, Craniac 4 managed to say, "Se-se-seyu attacked me...."
"SEYU?!" The group shouted in unison. Penny stammered, "I-isn't he the-the one who almost k-ki-killed...." Rudy nodded solemnly. After Seyu had attacked them, Penny and Rudy had grown closer together, though they never showed it. They both agreed they should wait a few years before actually going out together on a date. But they were still good friends. Snap shook his head, "Man oh man...I thought we'd seen the last of that ignorant brother of mine." He said the term 'brother' with both hatred and regret. 'He calls himself a brother....he's nothing but a cheap wannabee copy of me.'
Craniac 4 nodded, "Yes, indeed, it was Seyu whom attacked me. From your reactions, I assume you came in contact with him, as well, am I right?" The 3 nodded. "Oh really," he said, scratching his helmet, "Then just what did happen when you first met him?" Rudy stepped forward, rubbing his arm a little. "Well, Craniac 4, when Seyu first appeared, he was after Snap for the apparrent reason that he felt like he was his shadow. Seyu hated Snap, and tried to kill him. When Penny interfered, she was shot down, and I was unable to stop him. Penny came back, though, and knocked him out. Unfortunately, that also weakened her up more, and she had to stay at the hospital for a few days." He looked to the solid surface. "I'm guessing that he's back for revenge..."
"And revenge he'll soon get." "What?"
"Well, you see, Rudy, when Seyu attacked me, he only did it because I would not lend him one of my machines." Snap blinked a few times. "Why would he need any of your machines?" "To stop Rudy of course."
The boy looked around. "Just what do you have that would interest Seyu so much?" Craniac 4 then mentioned that he had a time machine on the brinks. The time machine allows a group of 1-6 persons to travel anywhere in time or space. Upon hearing this, Rudy could only yell in surprise. "He's gonna change the past!" "If he changes the past, then..." "I wouldn't exist!" Snap yelled. He rushed over to Craniac 4. "Please tell us you've an extra time machine!"
The robot shook off the drawing and walked over to a nearby dumster.
After searching through piles of garbage, he pulled out a long and black
device. "The one that Seyu took was the new version. But this older version
should work just as well." Handing it to Rudy, he pointed out the buttons,
"Here's how you set it up. See the circles? Well, each one contains a different
number of lines, each one representing what day of the week. Then there's
the triangles with different circles on them, for the months. Then the
rectangles are for date of year, and of course the pentagons are for area
of place. I hope that's all understandable."
Crickets started to chirp as Rudy and Snap stared blankly at the robot. It chuckled slightly, "Hehehe..oh my....."
Penny smiled, "I perfectly understand it." Snap glared at her while all Rudy did was smile at her with those goo-goo eyes. 'That makes me sick...' Thought Snap. He does know that Rudy and Penny are now a couple, but even after that first day with Seyu, he still hadn't gotten used to the girl being around. He sighed, knowing he can't stop her. 'Or I'm one dead chalk drawing!'
Penny held the time machine in her heads, and started to twist the knobs. The robot indicated that Seyu was going 3 years into the past, and gave the coordinates he used. This way, they would have a better chance at find Seyu than last time. When the time machine was set at August 23, 1998 in Plaineville, Penny sit it down in front of them.
"No! You must be holding it and your friends must be holding your hands if you all want to go to the past!" Shouted Craniac 4, which gotten on Snap's nerves. But Rudy didn't seem to mind. As he and Penny held hands for the time machine, they looked at eachother, smiled, and blushed. Snap saw this scene and almost gagged, but was careful that they did not notice. The robot 'smiled'. "Alright, you are all set. All I need to do is press the red button, and bye bye you go!"
The 3 braced themselves as Craniac 4 walked over to the stick, and pushed
in the red button. As soon as he did, the stick glowed with a radiant red
color. It shook, and beeped, and then shot out a beam at the 3. A giant
vortex opened up behind them, and they were sucked in just like dirt being
sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. Craniac 4 hung on for dear life, but not
before waving goodbye to the children. The vortex closed, and the robot
fell to the ground.
A lot of strange things floated by. As Rudy, Penny, and Snap watched,
they passed through a 3-D red tunnel, and shapes and pictures floated by.
They could see trees, animals, people, buildings, fire, water, and all
kinds of other things coming by. They finally saw the exit. The light shown
brightly, then...darkness.
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Well, that's it for chapter 1! ^_^ If I get around to it, I'll post
chapter 2. I was tired when I wrote this chapter, though. Very very tired.