Disclaimer: Star Wars, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Harvest Moon are not mine. I do not own them… Scott Hall, the lightbulbs, and the story itself, on the other hand, are mine.
HarStarSashi: Chapter Two
Scott ran outside and saw that the trash truck about to leave. He leapt in the back of the truck, just as the hotel's trash was dumped in. He searched through, tossing trash left and right. He found a light bulb, but not his. Not Henry.
After what seemed like endless searching, he finally emerged, holding up his dented, jelly-covered Henry, victorious.
He was glad he had once again rescued his beloved Henry from a terrible fate. He walked over to his aunt's house, to see how his dog was doing. Minku ran to greet him at the front door. Scott swung open the screen door and called for his relatives.
"Aunt Geru? Uncle Bowen?"
No one answered. "Hmm… strange."
He walked inside, and noticed there was mud tracked on the ground. He also saw his friend, JinJo, sitting on the couch.
"These mud tracks, they look like Minku tracks to me," said Scott.
"No," JinJo said. "Minkus always travel in single file. These tracks are side by side. They must be Vambee tracks."
Scott gasped. "V… V...Vambees?"
"Yes…Vambees. But, it's too late. If you had been here, you would have been captured and turned into a Vambee, too."
"JinJo… there's nothing here for me now. I want to become Jedurai, like my father was before me."
"First," said JinJo, "We must go to Mon Tagen space port."
When they arrived at Mon Tagen, they first headed over to a restaurant/bar. A large, burly man was guarding the entrance. Scott approached him cheerfully.
"Hello, Sir. Can we enter this establishment?" he said, grinning.
The man crossed his arms. "Can't let you in until the Mayor says yes. There's a birdy on his roof. Twirly-whirly birdy…"
Scott frowned, and pleaded with the man. "I don't care about any 'twirly-whirly birdy', okay? We need to get inside."
"Mayor has to say yes. There's a birdy on his roof—"
"Ugh! Please! I know… a 'twirly-whirly' birdy. Yada, yada, YADA!"
JinJo stepped in silently, motioning to Scott to let him handle it. Scott stepped aside, wondering what his friend had in mind.
JinJo waved his hand in front of the guard's face. "We don't need to go see the mayor." The guard repeated it in monotone, as if hypnotized.
"These aren't the lightbulbs you're looking for."
The guard also repeated this, and soon let them through the door.
Scott was gaping by the time JinJo had finished. He had never seen anyone so easily influenced, as if by magic! But his amazement was soon forgotten when he entered the restaurant. All sorts of creatures were there, of all colors, shapes, and types. All types, that is, except one.
"Hey!" The restaurant owner, whose name was Mannick, shouted towards the door where Scott stood. Scott blinked in surprise. What could he have done wrong?
"We don't serve their kind here." He continued. Scott looked around, wondering what Mannick could be talking about.
"The lightbulbs. We don't serve their kind." Scott was shocked and a little offended, but warned Henry that they probably wouldn't want to cause trouble. He set Henry and Wanda outside the door. By the time he had returned, JinJo was standing at the counter with a man and a medium-sized brown dog.
"Scott, this is Jon Solo, and his dog, Lenobacca. They have a ship that will get us where we want to go."
Jon led them out to the hangar, where his ship was. It was an unusual shape; Scott had never seen one like it before. But it certainly wasn't new, and had had its share of action.
"That battered old thing is the ship?" Scott voiced his doubts.
"It's a good ship, it's got it where it counts, kid." Jon replied. Lenobacca growled, seemingly in agreement, and they all got onboard.
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So, Chapter Two is up. What do you think? It's kind of funny how the characters of Brave Fencer Musashi have names that translate into Star Wars names so easily. Jon becomes Jon Solo… well, I'll continue this train of thought when the other Musashi-based character comes in… that one's name is even more perfect, I think. ^_~
