"Now listen. I want the boy, alive. They say you are the best bounty
hunter around, but correct me if I am wrong, is not most of your bounty
dead when you turn them in?" asked Seto.
"That is correct," answered the bounty hunter.
The bounty hunter was clothed mostly in black, with a red cape that had
short sleeves with it. He wore long black boots, that were gold tipped, and
had a ring of gold just above the heels. His long, black hair was quietly
rustling around because of the breeze from the ventilation shaft. He also
had a red headband. On his right hand was a no-fingered green glove,
keeping close to his pistol resting in its holster. His left arm however,
was a robotic gold arm from the elbow down.
"Where did you get that from anyway?" asked Seto, pointing at the robotic
arm.
"From the only prey to ever have escaped me. Got it ten years ago. The kid
shot off the arm." Answered the bounty hunter.
Seto eyes widened for a split second. "Might I ask your name?"
"Name's Vincent. Vincent Rownadow."
The eyes widened for another split second. "I see. yes, well, be warned,
this is no ordinary boy. He is the chosen one's grandchild, and not one to
be taken lightly." warned Seto.
"I don't believe in all that, 'chosen one' crap. I doubt the whole Kingdom
Hearts thing ever really happened, and that there ever even was a 'Sora',
or 'Ansem'." said Vincent.
Seto's eyes narrowed. "You'd better bring back that boy soon. I'm deducting
one munny a day.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Try me. You are dismissed." said Seto, pointing towards the door.
"You seem awfully familiar." muttered the bounty hunter as he walked off.
*****
"Hey moron! Over here!" yelled Murfy, sticking his tongue out. He was hovering ten feet in front of one of the Hoodlums. "Why you little!" roared the Hoodlum in a rage, swiping at Murfy. But Murfy dodged the hand each time it swiped at him, making the Hoodlum angrier and angrier. Meanwhile, Rayman had hit the Hoodlum behind him with his hands (they were tied together), and then jumped up, stood on his tied hands, and thrust his two feet at two different Hoodlums, knocking them unconscious. Donald had Goofy bite the rope binding his hands in two, and then he had untied Goofy's. Then Goofy knocked several Hoodlums unconscious with his shield, and Donald fried the rest with his 'Firaga' spell. Globox was cowering on the ground, muttering, "I'm a lover, not a fighter!" at that time. Murfy was still buzzing around the first Hoodlum's head, and the Hoodlum seemed to be blissfully unaware of what was going on around him. Then he keeled over to the floor from a blow in the back of the head by Rayman. Murfy then went over and untied Rayman's hands. "They really should've tied my wings and made me walk. Tying the rope to my head made it easy for me to escape, because those oafs have slippery hands. Heh heh. Oh, by the way, could you get this rope off my neck?" said Murfy. Globox then stood up. "Oops!" he said, as he knocked one of the unconscious Hoodlums off the walkway. It fell down, down, until it crashed onto the head of another Hoodlum, who was carrying a small box. The box flew from the Hoodlums hands, and hit a lever on a machine. "This machine will self-destruct in team minus ten seconds," said an electronic female voice (not the same one from Seto's ship though). Everyone angrily glared at Globox. "A-heh. Sorry." he murmured. Then they all jumped off the walkway, down some twenty feet to the ground. "Ow!" yelled Globox, who had fallen onto his face. Then Rayman helped Globox up, and everyone ran away from the machine (which was down to team minus five seconds). They ran down a narrow wooden walkway now, suspended over a burning pool of lava, just in time to hear the sound of an explosion from behind. "Ain't that original." muttered Murfy, talking about the lava. But when the machine had blown, that had set off a chain reaction, and all the machines started to blow. Too bad the machines eventually led to the 'mother' machine. "Hey Rayman, what will happen when the 'mother' machine explodes?' Donald asked. Everyone had now stopped. "Well, all the lava will rise up, and the volcano we're in will blow." answered Rayman. "Okay." said Donald. They all just stood there for a minute, until the significance of this statement sunk in. "Isn't it bad that we're standing over lava then?" asked Goofy. Everyone gulped, and Globox whispered, "Why me?" Then all of a sudden, the lava below them started to rise, and then the walkway they were on was rising quickly. The camera was now right over our hero's head, and Donald looked up and yelled, "Rai!!!!!!!" as they met the screen and slowly dissolved into black. The black was seen to be the pupil of Rai's left eye, as the camera slowly backed away, showing half of his body, some of Ren, who he is still carrying, and some of Lirael behind him. "My friends are in trouble." said Rai quietly, his eyes wide.
*****
"Hey moron! Over here!" yelled Murfy, sticking his tongue out. He was hovering ten feet in front of one of the Hoodlums. "Why you little!" roared the Hoodlum in a rage, swiping at Murfy. But Murfy dodged the hand each time it swiped at him, making the Hoodlum angrier and angrier. Meanwhile, Rayman had hit the Hoodlum behind him with his hands (they were tied together), and then jumped up, stood on his tied hands, and thrust his two feet at two different Hoodlums, knocking them unconscious. Donald had Goofy bite the rope binding his hands in two, and then he had untied Goofy's. Then Goofy knocked several Hoodlums unconscious with his shield, and Donald fried the rest with his 'Firaga' spell. Globox was cowering on the ground, muttering, "I'm a lover, not a fighter!" at that time. Murfy was still buzzing around the first Hoodlum's head, and the Hoodlum seemed to be blissfully unaware of what was going on around him. Then he keeled over to the floor from a blow in the back of the head by Rayman. Murfy then went over and untied Rayman's hands. "They really should've tied my wings and made me walk. Tying the rope to my head made it easy for me to escape, because those oafs have slippery hands. Heh heh. Oh, by the way, could you get this rope off my neck?" said Murfy. Globox then stood up. "Oops!" he said, as he knocked one of the unconscious Hoodlums off the walkway. It fell down, down, until it crashed onto the head of another Hoodlum, who was carrying a small box. The box flew from the Hoodlums hands, and hit a lever on a machine. "This machine will self-destruct in team minus ten seconds," said an electronic female voice (not the same one from Seto's ship though). Everyone angrily glared at Globox. "A-heh. Sorry." he murmured. Then they all jumped off the walkway, down some twenty feet to the ground. "Ow!" yelled Globox, who had fallen onto his face. Then Rayman helped Globox up, and everyone ran away from the machine (which was down to team minus five seconds). They ran down a narrow wooden walkway now, suspended over a burning pool of lava, just in time to hear the sound of an explosion from behind. "Ain't that original." muttered Murfy, talking about the lava. But when the machine had blown, that had set off a chain reaction, and all the machines started to blow. Too bad the machines eventually led to the 'mother' machine. "Hey Rayman, what will happen when the 'mother' machine explodes?' Donald asked. Everyone had now stopped. "Well, all the lava will rise up, and the volcano we're in will blow." answered Rayman. "Okay." said Donald. They all just stood there for a minute, until the significance of this statement sunk in. "Isn't it bad that we're standing over lava then?" asked Goofy. Everyone gulped, and Globox whispered, "Why me?" Then all of a sudden, the lava below them started to rise, and then the walkway they were on was rising quickly. The camera was now right over our hero's head, and Donald looked up and yelled, "Rai!!!!!!!" as they met the screen and slowly dissolved into black. The black was seen to be the pupil of Rai's left eye, as the camera slowly backed away, showing half of his body, some of Ren, who he is still carrying, and some of Lirael behind him. "My friends are in trouble." said Rai quietly, his eyes wide.
