It's been a bit of a while since the last chapter, we know. Apologies to anyone actually reading this. (Review! Please!). Still, now the confusion and holidays are over, things will be quicker. Maybe.
On Toiletseat, three days later...
James is sitting on the wing of the Green Falcon in a huge hanger, playing Tetris on a little gameboy thingy. Han comes in.
HL - Hey, James, are you coming to the meeting? They finally decoded the Flea's plans!
JP - I thought you were leaving.
HL - Well, I've got loads of repairs to do, and they have to get my reward together, so I figured I'd hang around for a few more days. So are you coming?
JP - No. I just don't feel up to it.
HL - Listen, kid, there's no use pining over the dingo. He's gone, and I don't think he wanted you to sit around playing Tetris all day.
JP - There just doesn't seem any point any more...
Han sighs and goes out. Suddenly a vent on the top of the Green Falcon goes pssssssssss and smoke pours out. James jumps, and Han runs back in. "Ciabatta! What the hell have you done now? Hey kid, are you ok? Jimbo?" James is watching the smoke as it forms a face slowly...
O-Bendy-Dingo's face in cloud - James
JP - Ben?
OB cloud - James, you have forgotten me
JP - no, how could I?
OB - you have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me. You are my son... I mean, you are a spy, and the one true Jelly. Remember who you are. Remember...
JP - No! Ben! Don't leave me!
OB - (whispers) Remember....
JP - come back....
OB reappears in the smoke
OB - oh sorry, I forgot. You must go to the Sega system, and seek out Yodel. Bye now!
O-Bendy disappears again, and James waves his hands around in the smoke, looking for him.
JP - O-Bendy! Tell me more, please!
HL - Oh squiggly mackerals! Ciaby you great smelly son of a nimrock, tighten that screw up, will you! Sorry James, I hope it didn't scare you. Hey are you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost!
JP - No, Han. In fact, I feel better than I have in a long time.
HL - Um, great! I'd better get going, I'll come and fix this after the meeting.
JP - I think I will come too, on second thoughts.
HL - Great!
The two go to the meeting and sit down, where the other members of the resistance are already assembled... standing in front of them are the Princess, and a large, shaky-looking parrot.
PY - here is Admiral Polly, to outline our plans.
Admiral Polly - SQUAAAK! PRETTY! SQUAAA - oh, oh, I'm so sorry. Ehem. With these plans obtained by Princess Yak and her team we have found the battle-station's weakness. As the rebel fleet attacks the death car a team of three Oxo cubes will enter the station here. (points to plans). The three Oxo cubes will fly through the exhaust pipe avoiding enemy fire and will fire a "LASER".
JP whispers - What's an OXO cube?
HP - oh, it's military jargon. it's a one-man craft, Orange X One stealthers.
Admiral Polly - quiet at the back there!
JP - Sorry.
AP - Sorry! Sorry! SQUAAAK! Sorry! Sorry!
PY - Admiral! Snap out of it!
The princess slaps the Admiral around the beak, and gives him a glass of water.
JP whispers - what's wrong with him?
An old pilot on the other side of him whispers - Oh, he's a great parrot, is Admiral Polly, a great mind, but he was in the great Parrotoonian battle of SQUAAK Bridge, and he lost all his primary tail feathers. Permanently affected him, poor guy.
Admiral - I beg your pardon. So, the Oxo cubes will fire a "LASER" at a small target, and you must pull out quickly, because the "LASER" will cause a chain reaction and enter straight into the main engines, destroying the death car.
JP - Well, that doesn't sound too hard...
Admiral - first a small team must shut down the primary windshield from the underwater moon of Eggwhisk, which the death car is orbiting. The windshield must be shattered before we can attack.
JP - Ah.
AP - This squad has yet to be decided - our attack on the death car will not take place for a while, as our fleet is not yet assembled. So don't get complacent. Meeting dismissed. Help yourselves to digestives and mint tea.
The next day; Han has finished his repairs, and is ready to go - he and Princess Yak are in the middle of a heated argument in the docking bay, as Ciaby loads on board the last of the karaoke equipment.
Hl - Oh come on! Are you trying to say you don't feel anything for me?
PY - that's exactly what I'm saying!
HL - I've seen the way you look at me. You can't deny it.
PY - you're imagining things.
HL - Come on, you're never going to see me again. You can at least give me a goodbye kiss!
PY - I'd sooner kiss a warthog!
Hl - that can be arranged! Hey, where's James? I can't believe he wouldn't say goodbye. What's that?
He sees a note stuck to the door of the Green Falcon.
"Dear all I have gone to the Sega system, to find a Jelly master. I will return before the final assault. See you all soon! James P.S. - Goodbye Han, I know we'll meet again. Take care! P.P.S. - XXXX for Princess Yak!"
HL -whispers - Good luck, kid. out loud Here, this is for you
He throws the letter at Princess yak.
HL - So this is goodbye
PY - I guess so.
Han climbs into the Green Falcon and starts up the engine. He gives a little wave to the princess, fires up the engines, and flies off into the distance. PY stands watching it go, then reads the letter. She wipes a tear from her eye and turns to go, when Ciaby runs out from the corridor, waving a purple microphone.
C - HUUUUUUUURRR!!!
PY - Oh dear God.
A few minutes later the Green Falcon flies back into the hanger. Han comes out, PY looks at him.
HL - erm.... I forgot the warthog.
PY - I see.
HL - well I'll just take Ciaby here and we'll be off...
C - HUUUUUUUUUUUUUURR
HL - What??
C - HUuUUUUUUUUURRRR
HL - (to PY) - excuse us.
to C - what do you mean you don't want to go?
C - HUUUURHUUUURHURHUUUURRRR!
HL - An agent? Here?! This is no time to be thinking of your career, we've got to pay off Martha!
C - HUUUURRRRR!
HL - He'll send off bounty hunters!
C - HURRHURHUIRHUURHUUUR!
HL - Okay, okay. Fine. We'll stay. After all, we're gonna die one way or the other!
C - HUUURRR
HL - oh shut up, you stinking son of a nimrock. You got what you wanted!
C - HUUUURRRRR
HL - yeah, yeah, it's okay. I kinda like it here too.
He turns to the Princess.
Hey, it turns out we're not leaving after all! Bet you're really happy, eh?
PY - ecstatic.
Will James meet his Jelly Master before he gets the top score at Tetris? Will O-Bendy ever come back again? Why is the fate of the Rebellion held in a palsied parrot's pinfeathers? And will Ciaby ever realise his dreams? Find out, next time! (Which will hopefully be a little sooner this time)