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It was dark. It was silent. Calvin could not feel anything. He blinked. Still, nothing but darkness. Calvin sat up. Slowly, the darkness began to fade away. His skin stopped tingling. When the darkness cleared, Calvin could not believe his eyes.
He was in a red spaceship, about to land on a strange planet he had never seen before. His navigational radar showed that the planet was named Akyro. Half of the planet was green and lush, but the other half only consisted of red, jagged mountain ridges and deep valleys. In the rugged half of the planet, tall buildings and spaceports thrust into the sky like needles.
"Wait." Calvin pinched himself to see if he was dreaming, expecting to touch the texture of his cotton shirt. Instead, his fingers felt a strange texture which was like plastic and cotton at the same time. His eyes were wide open as he glanced into the mirror and noticed that he was… Spaceman Spiff!
Calvin danced with joy. "I'm the hero! I will defeat the evil empress of Malicitia! Haha!" Calvin screamed. Of course, the empress was his own imagination, or so he thought… he never knew that the empress actually existed in the planet he was approaching. Or that she was watching him right now. Or that she was sending a hologram of herself to him.
As Calvin (will be called Spaceman Spiff from here on) pulled on the thrusters and slowed the ship down, static buzzed. Spiff turned around. In his ship was a hologram of the Empress. She had a blonde ponytail and looked suspiciously familiar, but Spiff had no time to think about that now. The Empress also wore a black robe. "Spaceman Spiff," she said, smirking. "I have tracked down your spaceship. My men are coming to destroy you. You will die!… or, you have another choice."
"What is it?"
"You can choose to be my slave and help me in my task to take over the whole world. It is your choice. Now what is your answer?"
Spiff glared at the hologram of the Empress. "Do your worst."
The empress laughed evilly. "Fool! Now you will see my might and power! Hahahahahahaha!" With that, the hologram disappeared. Almost immediately, red dots began to appear on Spiff's radar. They were enemy ships! They were soon visible, coming out of the red side of the planet. The leading ship shot a beam of laser at Spiff's ship. Spiff pulled the controls and dodged.
Streaks of blue, green, and red beams flashed around Spiff's ship as he frantically tried to land on the planet. Using his side lasers, he sent two of the enemy ships exploding in flames. The four ships that were left were hot on his trail as Spiff's ship entered the atmosphere of Akyro. Spiff fired his rear blasters and another one of the enemy ships burst into smoke.
The enemy ships were closing in fast. Spiff set the speed lever to the top notch. The red spaceship went hurtling through Akyro's atmosphere. The enemy ships followed him but were blasted by his powerful lasers. Spiff could see the ground approaching fast. He now regretted that he had made his ship go this fast and pulled the speed lever back- but it was too late. Spiff lost consciousness again as a powerful impact shook the ship.
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Spiff opened his eyes. He was in a small room, lying on a couch. Its glowing walls lighted the room. They radiated a strange humming noise. Suddenly, the door slid open and a man walked in.
"I see you are awake, Spaceman Spiff. Or should I call you Mr. Spiff?"
"'Spaceman Spiff'," Spiff mumbled groggily and got up with a groan. "Who are you anyway?"
"I am General Williams of the army of Poloa."
"Poloa? I thought this planet was called Akyro."
"It is, but Akyro is divided into two halves. Poloa and Malicitia. Malicitia is trying to take over Poloa. We need your help in protecting our country."
"All right. But I need to ask you one thing. Where is this?"
"The Poloan Headquarters. I will leave you for now because you are still injured, so when you wake up look for me in the HQ lobby." He sprayed something into the room and went out. It crossed Spiff's mind that the spray was some sort of medicine, but he gave no more thought to it. Suddenly, Spiff felt as if he was floating… and fell into deep sleep again.
When he awoke, Spiff felt refreshed. The pain in his arm and head were completely gone. He slid off the couch and walked toward the door. When he was in front of it, it slid open with a whirr. Outside the door was a long hallway. Its walls were made of the same glowing material, and a door was at the end of the hallway labeled in green shining letters, "Lobby." Two other doors were in the hallway but Spiff walked past them.
In the lobby, Williams was sitting, looking at the main radar. As Spiff entered the room, he stood up. "Spaceman Spiff, our hopes are pretty slim. Malicitian ships are closing in, and our supplies are almost exhausted. Our only hope of surviving is if the Energy Generator in the Malicitian headquarters is shut off."
"Energy Generator?"
"Yes. It is sort of like a power station; only, it supplies power to all the ships and all the command centers of Malicitia. The Empress made it so that she won't use building space making all those power stations and transmission towers. So if the Energy Generator is shut down, they will lose all their power."
"I see. And you want me to do it, correct?"
"Well," Williams hesitated. "You don't have to do it if you don't want to, but that is our only way of winning."
Spiff thought for a while. "I'll do it," he finally said.
"Are you sure? It is dangerous. And the Energy Generator is located deep underground. The enemy headquarters is sort of built around it."
"I'm Spaceman Spiff, hero and space explorer extraordinaire! If I don't do it, who will? Besides, I have a score to settle with Rosa… I mean the Empress."
Williams' face brightened. "Thank you! Even if you fail, your deed will never be forgotten."
"Yeah, they always say that sort of stuff. So when do I start?"
"As soon as possible. We have fixed your spaceship."
An hour later, Spiff got on his spaceship and sped toward the headquarters of Malicitia. It was a long flight around Akyro, but soon it was visible. Spiff gasped as the immense, menacing building came into view. He lowered the speed of his ship and prepared to land, but he found no place to land. As soon as he landed, he would be spotted. He flicked the "Stand By" switch that made the ship stop. It was the same as landing, only it was hovering high in the air. Then he used his jetpack and floated down to the red ground just behind a large rock formation. He hoped no one had seen him. Then, slowly, he started crawling toward the entrance of the Malicitian headquarters. The entrance was heavily guarded. On each side of the entrance were three androids, ready to shoot anyone who came too close. The door was a laser screen.
Suddenly, an android's radar started beeping. He signaled the other androids. With their neutron blasters raised, four of them started walking toward the spot where Spiff was hiding. Spiff's heart skipped a beat. The androids were coming closer…
R&R!!!
It was dark. It was silent. Calvin could not feel anything. He blinked. Still, nothing but darkness. Calvin sat up. Slowly, the darkness began to fade away. His skin stopped tingling. When the darkness cleared, Calvin could not believe his eyes.
He was in a red spaceship, about to land on a strange planet he had never seen before. His navigational radar showed that the planet was named Akyro. Half of the planet was green and lush, but the other half only consisted of red, jagged mountain ridges and deep valleys. In the rugged half of the planet, tall buildings and spaceports thrust into the sky like needles.
"Wait." Calvin pinched himself to see if he was dreaming, expecting to touch the texture of his cotton shirt. Instead, his fingers felt a strange texture which was like plastic and cotton at the same time. His eyes were wide open as he glanced into the mirror and noticed that he was… Spaceman Spiff!
Calvin danced with joy. "I'm the hero! I will defeat the evil empress of Malicitia! Haha!" Calvin screamed. Of course, the empress was his own imagination, or so he thought… he never knew that the empress actually existed in the planet he was approaching. Or that she was watching him right now. Or that she was sending a hologram of herself to him.
As Calvin (will be called Spaceman Spiff from here on) pulled on the thrusters and slowed the ship down, static buzzed. Spiff turned around. In his ship was a hologram of the Empress. She had a blonde ponytail and looked suspiciously familiar, but Spiff had no time to think about that now. The Empress also wore a black robe. "Spaceman Spiff," she said, smirking. "I have tracked down your spaceship. My men are coming to destroy you. You will die!… or, you have another choice."
"What is it?"
"You can choose to be my slave and help me in my task to take over the whole world. It is your choice. Now what is your answer?"
Spiff glared at the hologram of the Empress. "Do your worst."
The empress laughed evilly. "Fool! Now you will see my might and power! Hahahahahahaha!" With that, the hologram disappeared. Almost immediately, red dots began to appear on Spiff's radar. They were enemy ships! They were soon visible, coming out of the red side of the planet. The leading ship shot a beam of laser at Spiff's ship. Spiff pulled the controls and dodged.
Streaks of blue, green, and red beams flashed around Spiff's ship as he frantically tried to land on the planet. Using his side lasers, he sent two of the enemy ships exploding in flames. The four ships that were left were hot on his trail as Spiff's ship entered the atmosphere of Akyro. Spiff fired his rear blasters and another one of the enemy ships burst into smoke.
The enemy ships were closing in fast. Spiff set the speed lever to the top notch. The red spaceship went hurtling through Akyro's atmosphere. The enemy ships followed him but were blasted by his powerful lasers. Spiff could see the ground approaching fast. He now regretted that he had made his ship go this fast and pulled the speed lever back- but it was too late. Spiff lost consciousness again as a powerful impact shook the ship.
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Spiff opened his eyes. He was in a small room, lying on a couch. Its glowing walls lighted the room. They radiated a strange humming noise. Suddenly, the door slid open and a man walked in.
"I see you are awake, Spaceman Spiff. Or should I call you Mr. Spiff?"
"'Spaceman Spiff'," Spiff mumbled groggily and got up with a groan. "Who are you anyway?"
"I am General Williams of the army of Poloa."
"Poloa? I thought this planet was called Akyro."
"It is, but Akyro is divided into two halves. Poloa and Malicitia. Malicitia is trying to take over Poloa. We need your help in protecting our country."
"All right. But I need to ask you one thing. Where is this?"
"The Poloan Headquarters. I will leave you for now because you are still injured, so when you wake up look for me in the HQ lobby." He sprayed something into the room and went out. It crossed Spiff's mind that the spray was some sort of medicine, but he gave no more thought to it. Suddenly, Spiff felt as if he was floating… and fell into deep sleep again.
When he awoke, Spiff felt refreshed. The pain in his arm and head were completely gone. He slid off the couch and walked toward the door. When he was in front of it, it slid open with a whirr. Outside the door was a long hallway. Its walls were made of the same glowing material, and a door was at the end of the hallway labeled in green shining letters, "Lobby." Two other doors were in the hallway but Spiff walked past them.
In the lobby, Williams was sitting, looking at the main radar. As Spiff entered the room, he stood up. "Spaceman Spiff, our hopes are pretty slim. Malicitian ships are closing in, and our supplies are almost exhausted. Our only hope of surviving is if the Energy Generator in the Malicitian headquarters is shut off."
"Energy Generator?"
"Yes. It is sort of like a power station; only, it supplies power to all the ships and all the command centers of Malicitia. The Empress made it so that she won't use building space making all those power stations and transmission towers. So if the Energy Generator is shut down, they will lose all their power."
"I see. And you want me to do it, correct?"
"Well," Williams hesitated. "You don't have to do it if you don't want to, but that is our only way of winning."
Spiff thought for a while. "I'll do it," he finally said.
"Are you sure? It is dangerous. And the Energy Generator is located deep underground. The enemy headquarters is sort of built around it."
"I'm Spaceman Spiff, hero and space explorer extraordinaire! If I don't do it, who will? Besides, I have a score to settle with Rosa… I mean the Empress."
Williams' face brightened. "Thank you! Even if you fail, your deed will never be forgotten."
"Yeah, they always say that sort of stuff. So when do I start?"
"As soon as possible. We have fixed your spaceship."
An hour later, Spiff got on his spaceship and sped toward the headquarters of Malicitia. It was a long flight around Akyro, but soon it was visible. Spiff gasped as the immense, menacing building came into view. He lowered the speed of his ship and prepared to land, but he found no place to land. As soon as he landed, he would be spotted. He flicked the "Stand By" switch that made the ship stop. It was the same as landing, only it was hovering high in the air. Then he used his jetpack and floated down to the red ground just behind a large rock formation. He hoped no one had seen him. Then, slowly, he started crawling toward the entrance of the Malicitian headquarters. The entrance was heavily guarded. On each side of the entrance were three androids, ready to shoot anyone who came too close. The door was a laser screen.
Suddenly, an android's radar started beeping. He signaled the other androids. With their neutron blasters raised, four of them started walking toward the spot where Spiff was hiding. Spiff's heart skipped a beat. The androids were coming closer…
R&R!!!
