Introduction:

(DISCLAIMER: I am NOT the creator of any of the characters in this fanfic, except Armand, Zy, Sssuzy, and Owlbert. All the other characters were created by UbiSoft or Michael Ancel. Rayman is © 2002 Ubi Soft Entertainment. The character Rayman & all other characters and subjects are all trademarks of Ubi Soft Entertainment. All rights reserved. No part of this fanfic may be copied, reproduced, etc. All violators will be sent to Captain Razorbeard's prison ship and become his slaves...just kidding. All right, let's just get on with the epic story...)

There was no hope left. The world's energy was rapidly fading away... The space robot pirates had invaded the once-peaceful world that Rayman inhabited, and they were now completely dominating, enslaving, and ruining it. Everything was full of anguish, horror, evil, and darkness. It was a sad sight. Now that Rayman, the hero of the world, had been captured and imprisoned, and his fighting powers had been taken away from him, nothing could stop the evil pirates.
Rayman was an unusual big-eared, orange creature with strong fists. He had just been captured by the space robot pirates, who were constantly searching for innocent prey and had imprisoned him in a cold, dark caged room on their prison ship. As a matter of fact, almost all the other people and creatures of Rayman's world had been reduced to slaves by now. Rayman wanted to escape. He was feeling sad, knowing that nothing could stop the pirates now that Rayman had been captured and his powers were gone. Except for the clumsy Clark, all of the warriors of Rayman's world had been imprisoned on the ship. The pirates had made all the people's powers vanish by destroying the Heart of the World, which had provided all the energy and power for all the people--and the 1,000 Yellow "Lums" of energy which made up the Heart of the World had been scattered and weren't together anymore--they were needed to give the people all their powers, and keep everything in balance and harmony. Now, everything was chaos and panic. The leader of the Robo-Pirates, the fierce Admiral Razorbeard, was piloting this flying Space Pirate ship over the land, with a mean look in his eyes, determined to conquer the universe! The number of slaves on board was now 18,914 and constantly rising...
Several of the Robo-Pirates marched back and forth across the creaking floorboards inside their flying prison ship, while others were out on the earth, seeking more slaves. The slaves who had already been captured, inside their dark caged rooms were frightened, weary, and moaning things like, "Spare us..." "Water..." "O...ooohhhh..." "Help..." However, the pirates didn't seem to be paying much attention to them! The pirates just marched back and forth across the creaking floorboards inside their flying prison ship...
Rayman was sitting inside his caged room tiredly. He couldn't escape. The front of his caged room was blocked by a blue laser forcefield, and the exit at the back of his room was blocked off by a wire grate. Across from Rayman's caged room, there was the cage where his brother, Armand, was held captive in.
"Kind of boring here, isn't it?" sighed Armand.
"Yeah, and scary too," added Rayman, who could hear Armand from his room.
"We'd better find a way to escape and get back at the pirates," sighed Armand, "otherwise the world will be ruined forever..."
"Don't worry," said Rayman. "When I got kidnapped by Razorbeard, my friend Globox was nearby and he saw what was happening. I called to Globox and told him to go see Ly the fairy for help. Maybe she'll help Globox find a way to rescue me..."
Globox was a big, blue frog-like creature. The pirates hadn't kidnapped Globox yet.
"Yeah," sighed Armand, "Globox better succeed in rescuing us..."
Rayman nodded. Then, he fell asleep in his cold caged room...

Meanwhile, the pirates had just captured one more prisoner.
"Captain Razorbeard, we've brought in another one!" yelled the first Robo-Pirate.
"Excellent!" yelled Razorbeard. "Soon, once we have enough slaves from this world, we'll fly off to the next planet!"
They had just captured Globox, the large blue frog-like creature.
"Leave me alone! Leave me alone!" yelled Globox repeatedly, at the top of his lungs! But the pirates didn't listen to him.
Globox had the special ability to create thunder clouds and lightning over enemies' heads to defeat them...but his powers were gone, unfortunately, because the Heart of the World was destroyed--and, without all the Lums together, couldn't provide any energy for the people. Globox, when he had been captured, had tried to do his Rain Dance and create a thunder cloud, but failed. Rayman had had the ability to shoot silver balls of energy from his fists, before the pirates had destroyed the Heart of the World and had captured him...he had tried to shoot a ball of energy at the pirates to defeat them all, but it failed too. Everyone's energy was disappearing...
It turned out that the pirates threw Globox into the same caged room as Rayman! (The pirates were worried they'd run out of space to keep all their thousands of slaves, so they had started bunching some of the slaves together in the same cages.) The pirates didn't know it, but this was an advantage, because Globox seemed to have something with him (which he had received earlier from Ly, the kind fairy) that could help Rayman out...
Rayman was still sleeping, dreaming about escaping and getting back at the evil pirates. Then Ly, the fairy, appeared in Rayman's mind and spoke: "Wake up, Rayman...I've brought help for you..."
"Oh, yay!" thought Rayman. Then Rayman awoke and rubbed his eyes. He felt extremely tired and weak. He had felt like this ever since the pirates had destroyed the Heart of the World and captured him. Everything in Rayman's world which could live, think, and move was given their energy by the tiny magical lights which they called "Lums"...and now this energy core had been broken by the pirates when they had destroyed the Heart of the World... If the people were now all slaves, then how did the pirates expect them to do so much hard work, if all their energy was disappearing? The pirates weren't very smart, were they? They had never thought of that!

Rayman looked around his room on the prison ship and immediately noticed Globox standing in the same room as him!
"Rayman?" said Globox, surprised that they were still together.
"GLOBOX! MY FRIEND!" yelled Rayman, running up to him and hugging him.
"Are you okay, by the way?" wondered Globox. "I'm feeling very weak."

"So am I..." replied Rayman. "All my powers have disappeared...and I wonder how we'll get out of here? You know, Globox, I think this might be the end..."
And it sure seemed like it. Soon, all the energy of the world would completely disappear...and no one would have any energy anymore...
"No, not the end!" Globox spoke. "I have a special gift from Ly, the fairy. She requested me to give this to you, if I got caught and placed on this ship with you..."
"Oh? Really?" spoke Rayman, excitedly! He wondered, "What is it?"
Globox then pulled out a glowing Silver Lum of energy! Silver Lums were much more special and more valuable than the Yellow Lums! The fairies had crafted these special Silver Lums, which could give the people even more power than Yellow Lums, as well as enabling the people to gain new abilities!
Rayman quickly picked up this Silver Lum. It felt warm and light.
"Incredible!" yelled Rayman! "I can feel its energy building up in me!...YAHOO!!!"
"That's great!" yelled Globox.
"Maybe, I can shoot balls of energy from my fists again! Globox, I think we're saved!!!"
Oops. Rayman had yelled so loudly that the Robo-Pirates had heard him.
"Did you hear that?" yelled one of the henchmen to Razorbeard. "He might use that power to break free from his cage!"
"Arrrrrgh!!!!!" roared Razorbeard, furiously. "He musn't escape! He was supposed to be my most obedient slave! I'll go deal with him...I'll conviscate that stupid Silver Lum from him..."
Then, Razorbeard stomped loudly and angrily towards Rayman's caged room.
"Quick, Rayman," whispered Globox quickly. "Shoot a ball of energy at the grate at the back of the room, to break it open...then, we'll head through it and escape! And hurry, 'cause I hear Razorbeard's footsteps. He might try to stop us!"
"Yes," said Rayman, creating a small, silver ball of energy in his fists, which slowly grew into a bigger ball. "When we get out--I mean, if we do get out--let's go see Ly, the fairy, so she can give me the rest of my powers back!" Without hesitating, he aimed the silver ball of energy at the back door of his cage, and fired it. The door burst open! Rayman and Globox hurried through it, just before Razorbeard came to stop them.
"Hey! What about me?" frowned Armand. "Aren't you going to get the rest of us off this prison ship?"
"Don't worry," Rayman called to Armand, "I'll soon find a way to rescue the rest of you..."
Behind this back door, Rayman and Globox found themselves in the inside of a long pipeline, which was part of the ship. Rayman and Globox slid through the inside of it, to the other end of it. It was very slippery because this pipe sloped downwards! When they quickly reached the end of it, they came to an opening leading out of this pipe, and outside the prison ship! Rayman slid out through this opening, ahead of Globox, and through the opening at the end of the pipeline. Rayman was now standing on a tiny, narrow wooden plank sticking out of the ship. Rayman gazed down at the ground, which was 1,000 feet below the flying ship. He could see the forests, the marshlands, the cliff zone, and the Iron Mountains from way up here! It looked like a long way down. Everything on the ground at the bottom looked like teensy-tiny dots from way up here! How would Rayman get down safely?
Maybe Rayman could glide down there! Rayman had the ability to make his hair spin around, just like helicopter blades spinning, allowing him to glide safely down across long distances, using his "helicopter hair".
Rayman was about to start gliding down, but then he thought: How would Globox get down?
Rayman didn't get a lot of time to think about this, because suddenly, Globox came sliding into Rayman, from behind him. He bumped into Rayman, and this caused Rayman and Globox to both go flying off the wooden plank, and plummeting down to the ground rapidly below.
Rayman was scared, and he screamed, "OOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" This would be a very hard landing, it seemed...